App Developers are Frustrated with Android Market yet Excited about Android
TweetAccording to a recent study by Skyhook Wireless, a large majority(over 80%) of Third party app developer community feels dissatisfied with the current state of Android Market, making it difficult for them to keep investing time and money in building apps for Android platform.
Such an analysis brings no surprises to us as we ourselves wrote about the inefficiencies of Android Market and ways by which Google can cover up the pot holes and make things better for Android Marketplace. According to the survey, one good thing about Android that came out is that most of the developers are very much excited about Android as an open platform and want to keep building apps for it. The current problem with developers is only the weak financial returns as a result of poor Android app download volume in case of most of the app developers.
Most often, android app download comparisons are made with App Store but the developer community isn’t accounting the fact that App Store entertains tens of millions of iPhone user demands, which isn’t the case with newer competitor, Android. The volume sales for Android apps will certainly take more time as the Android userbase is on the verge of explosion(but not exploded yet).
Year 2010 has tens of android phones lined up for launch and things will only get tough for iPhone to breathe. Developers who’re little frustrated with the current Android Market very well know about the bright scope of Android and can’t afford to leave it, just because their returns aren’t encouraging at the moment.
On one side, there’s a populated App Store from Apple that restricts apps from entering App Store every now and then, which leaves developers with too little options left and go seek early bird opportunities in Android Marketplace.
With spectacular response to Motorola Droid, the market sentiments for the future of Android have only become stronger. One thing that’s definitely needed for Android now is to enhance Android Marketplace and make it as lucrative place for developers as App Store.


