Starting July 2013, the Google Play store has had more than one million Android ("applications") distributed, and more than 50 billion applications downloaded.[12] An April–May 2013 overview of portable application engineers found that 71% of them make applications for Android;[13] another 2015 study, found that 40% of full-time proficient designers consider Android to be the "need" target stage, which is more than iOS (37%) or other platforms.[14] At Google I/O 2014, the organization uncovered that there were more than one billion dynamic month to month Android clients, up from 538 million in June 2013.[15]
Android's source code is discharged by Google under open source licenses, albeit most Android gadgets at last ship with a blend of open source and restrictive programming, including exclusive programming created and authorized by Google.[3] Initially created by Android, Inc., which Google purchased in 2005,[16] Android was disclosed in 2007, alongside the Open's establishing Handset Alliance – a consortium of equipment, programming, and telecom organizations gave to propelling open principles for portable devices.[17]
Android is prominent with innovation organizations which oblige an instant, minimal effort and adaptable working framework for cutting edge devices.[18] Android's open nature has supported an extensive group of engineers and lovers to utilize the open-source code as an establishment for group driven activities, which include new elements for cutting edge users[19] or convey Android to gadgets which were formally discharged running other working frameworks. The working framework's prosperity has made it an objective for patent suit as a major aspect of the alleged "cell phone wars" between innovation organizati
