Developers also have to pay a fairly low one-time registration fee of $25. Going beyond smartphones. Developing Android apps means building software for an entire ecosystem of devices.

This article takes a (largely) unbiased look at the strengths and weaknesses of developing for Android vs iOS. Which is easier and most profitable?

There are plenty of developers today using Xamarin to write apps for Android and iOS using C# and .NET. These apps should be easily portable to Windows 8 and Windows Phone—but often those ...

Microsoft is heading for a single UI framework for everything from web apps to native desktop and mobile apps.

If you're building applications for Android and iOS, cross-platform mobile development tools can make you more productive. Just don't expect the results to look pretty.

Indeed, app developers for quite some time now have indicated that iOS users are more likely to purchase apps than their Android counterparts.

The rumors were true. Five million PHP developers will now be able to design and build mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.

Despite iOS getting this first app mover advantage, more developers target Android phones overall than target iPhones (84% rank Android phones as a priority vs 77% for iPhones).

You might think app design is app design, whether the software is being developed for iOS or Android. But, in fact, creating highly polished, elegant-looking apps is simply easier to do when ...