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Free mobile phone contact, photo, video and text message backup. Google App Inventor Wants to Help Non-Coders Build Android Apps. @yanks003: As a rule, developing based on an emulator alone is irresponsible for a commercial app.

Google App Inventor Wants to Help Non-Coders Build Android Apps

It assumes the emulator is flawless, and the hardware and OS platform the emulator is run under can effectively emulate the hardware functions of the phone in software. It's great that it can work via an emulator, but should be used for training to lower the developer's costs. If you plan to sell something, you have an obligation to your customers to have at least tested the app in a real-world scenario before charging money for it. This applies doubly for developers of mobile apps, as they are often created by individuals rather than groups, and hobbyists rather than trained programmers.

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