Smartphones and other mobile devices play a vital role in the modern digital world. Businesses not only rely on mobile applications for connecting with customers and clients, but also deploy applications for use by employees for internal communications and interaction. Of course, consumers use their mobile devices for a multitude of social and commercial activities.

Android is one of the primary operating systems supporting mobile devices. Android developers design, code and test applications written for mobile devices using one of the many versions of the Android OS and its platform. Because the Android platform is so widely deployed and used for so many different applications, an experienced Android developer will be familiar with the nuances of many different mobile devices.

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Just like any other application developer, Android developers design programs and test applications created for a specific operating system or platform. However, Android developers are often required to create applications that can run on a multitude of devices with variable display sizes and capabilities. Such applications must be able to adjust to each device’s specification, which means the developer must anticipate and compensate for those differences.