Best Android Developer Tools to Get You Started on Android Development

Mobile app development tools play a very vital role in carrying out the application development process effectively as well as efficiently. For instance, every Android mobile app developer requires only the best mobile application development tools so that they can improve their skills and make the process smoother.

To back it up, let’s take a look at some of the statistics and facts that were recently collected. According to a recent research survey from a well-known portal, the total number of mobile apps available in leading app stores like Apple app store and Google Play store as of 3rd quarter 2018 are as follows:

• The Google Play Store has 2.8 million mobile apps.


• The Apple App Store has 2.2 million mobile apps.


• The Windows Store has 6.9 million mobile apps.


• Amazon has 600,000 mobile apps.


• The BlackBerry App Store has 234,500 mobile apps. 

So these were the approximate number of Android mobile apps available in leading app stores as of 3rd quarter in the year 2018. Here, the official mobile app store for Google i.e Google play store holds the largest share of the application market. This implies that there are an average of 6,140 Android apps that are being published on a daily basis. 

This being one of the main reasons why it comes as no surprise Android holds about 85 percent of the overall global market share in the year 2018. In addition to this, in the month of July in 2018, the world's best-selling Android apps consisted of many popular gaming apps, two of them being Pokemon Go and Candy Crush Saga.

The latest statistics also show that there are 12 million mobile application developers on a global level, representing more than half of the total app developer community worldwide and the interesting part is almost half of those mobile app developers are focusing on Google Android. 

As per a recent survey, it is also estimated that by the year 2020, the total number of mobile application developers is expected to reach a total of 14 million.

Top Android App Development Tools In 2019

Here are some of the essential Android application development tools that are vital to be used during the process of designing and developing a mobile application on an Android platform: 

1. Android Debug Bridge

Android Debug Bridge, also known as ADB, is basically a debugging tool that is often used in the process of Android application development environment. A popular app development tool is a client-server program for Android developers that includes three main components:

• A client, which basically sends commands.


• A server that is known to manage communication between the client and the ADBD.


• The last component is the ADB which is included in the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) Platform - Tools package. App developers can download this package using the SDK Manager which first downloads on android_sdk / platform-tools. Or, if you need the standalone Android SDK Platform - Tools package, you can install it from its official website. 

2. B4A 

Basic4Android or B4A is a simple but powerful Android application development environment. The language of B4A is similar to the Visual Basic language and it also supports more objects in comparison. This tool is known to compile code into Android native applications without the support of any other runtime environments. This tool is developed only for Android applications and does not support other platforms, for example, iOS or Windows. 

• Developing Android apps with a simpler programming language (BASIC).


• A visual editor for manipulating views while customizing. 


• Wireless debugging in the application.


• B4A also offers an effective IDE and interpreter for creating applications in a programming language that is much simpler.

3. AIDE

Last but not least, we have AIDE in our list is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing amazing Android mobile apps directly on different Android devices.

If you are just starting your career in the field of mobile app development, then you must learn how to use AIDE or similar application development tools. 
So in order to design and develop innovative applications, app developers need to use the full potential of Android developer tools. In fact, learning how to use these tools is the first crucial step in your Android development journey.