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Crucial Skillset to look for when hiring Android Developer

Author: Aanchal Kaura
by Aanchal Kaura
Posted: Sep 14, 2018

Having a good life in this smart world, smartphones and applications have become a mandatory unit.

People have realized the importance of apps.

For a business to flourish, it’s important to have an own app. The only thing constant these days is the constant development. New platforms are created every day where developers emerge with new ideas to build an app.

However, iPhone and Android still rule the world. The android and iPhone application development are booming realms till date.

Android developer skills are in great demand, and this need is expected to grow even further as Android is the dominant mobile operating system today, running on endless models of cellphones and tablets, as well as many other devices.

Android devices are comparatively cheaper than iOS devices which make them accessible to a large portion of the population. This also implicates that the apps developed for the android platform would have a huge target audience and user base. If you have thought of getting an android app developed for your business or you have an idea for an app, the next step involves hiring an android application developer. Following is the list of skills that should be looked out for in an Android developer to hire.

Hard skills

The professional need have a solid proficiency in IT fundamentals such as:

1. Prowess in JAVA

Android applications are written in java, so make sure the developer is well versed with the language. The developer having latest details of the latest version is not necessary, but he/she should have a well-grounded knowledge of the basic syntax and programming structures. The expert should have a good hand on things like variables, lists, loops, control structures and object-oriented concepts like class vs. static methods and inheritance.

2. Knowledge on Android SDK

Android experts should have a good sound on Android Software development Kit (SDK). The basic concept which the developer must be well informed about layouts and views, user input, getting data from the web, action bar, accommodating different screen size, storing data, activities and their life cycle, and densities. The Android Software Development Kit is a bag of handy code libraries that let Java application make use of Android and phone-specific features like the camera.

3. Prowess in SQL

Most of the time consumed by a developer is at SQL. Most of Android applications require a back-end to store the app and user data. The professional should have an experience in this domain and should be well familiar.

Soft Skills

1. Passionate

Passions change from second to second, and we can be slow and steady about our passion just the same as energized and chaotic. At times developers face a daunting task of coding for this the resource must believe in him/her.

2. Communicable

Easy and real- time communication with the help of different channels is possible if an Android Developer is hired. So that in future any modification in functionality or removing any feature in a project can be instructed easily.

3. Patient but enthusiastic

Even if the developer and his code keep failing, he is patient enough about it and keeps trying again. Being ardent about the work is the only key which will push him to continue doing it again and again irrespective of number of times he fails.

Lastly,

Now that you are aware of all these benefits while hire android developer who has got good communication skills and is caring about his project like it does his’, then believing him as a good developer won’t be of any harm.

About the Author

As an Android App Developer, I have developed numerous android apps for different nature of businesses with advanced tools and technologies. As a result, I come to know the key components of success for the different projects.

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Author: Aanchal Kaura

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