Android itself isn’t a perfect mobile app development OS either, of course – with its sometimes lacking documentation and some quirky-behaving code – but it is still certainly a force to be reckoned with. This sometimes creates additional headaches for developers when incompatibilities or vendor-specific bugs arise (read: workarounds). Numerous hardware vendors have used Android for their handsets (Samsung, HTC, Sony, Motorola and LG just to name a few), often adding their own custom features and code. Google introduced Android as an open source project in 2007 (see AOSP) so it could get a foothold in the emerging smartphone market. As of this writing, Android is in its 7th year, now at version 4.4 (“KitKat”) and has undergone 19 SDK releases. Since the Android OS is not just a language, but a complete, rich and growing software framework, it has a lot to master. Such a process can then be augmented with questions-such as those presented herein-to identify those sparsely distributed candidates across the globe who are true Android experts.Īndroid is a smartphone operating system built on top of Linux based on Java and XML. With that comes enormous demand for developer talent, so locating elite Android app developers can be a daunting task.įinding them requires a highly-effective recruiting process, as described in our post In Search of the Elite Few – Finding and Hiring the Best Software Developers in the Industry. The ChallengeĪndroid has become the dominant smartphone platform on the planet with over 81% market share (more than Apple iOS’ 15% and Microsoft Windows’ 4% combined) and 240 million mobile devices worldwide. This guide offers a sampling of questions that are key to evaluating the breadth and depth of a candidate’s mastery of the Android mobile framework when looking to hire Android app developers part-time or full-time. As with any technology, there’s knowing Android and then there’s really knowing Android.
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