Basic4android's New UI Cloud Service Enables Immediate Testing of User Interface Layouts
Written by Anywhere Software
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Basic4android's New UI Cloud Service Enables Immediate Testing of User Interface Layouts on Multiple Android Smartphones and Tablets
- Set of Hosted Devices Allows Android Developers to Perform "On-the-Fly" Design Review on Wide Variety of Screen Sizes and Resolutions
YODFAT, Israel, November 27, 2012 -- Anywhere Software, a leading provider of developers' tools for the
Android, Windows Mobile, and Pocket PC platforms, today announced the
addition of a new service to its Basic4android development platform. Known as the "Basic4android UI Cloud," this
service will allow developers to test their UI design layouts on
multiple Android devices hosted by Anywhere Software. The Beta version
of this service was released on November 1, 2012 and has received a very enthusiastic welcome from Basic4android's community of more than 30,000 developers.
The high level of fragmentation within the Android market makes it
both expensive and time-consuming for developers to test their
applications on every relevant device and OS version. In terms of the
user interface, the multitude of available screen sizes and resolutions
have a profound effect on the layout and are a crucial factor in UI
testing. This is particularly relevant for applications that run on both
smartphones and tablets.
"The Basic4android UI Cloud service is designed to simplify the
testing of design layouts in a highly fragmented Android market, saving
developers both time and money," said Erel Uziel,
CEO of Anywhere Software. "The UI Cloud comprises a set of Android
phones and tablets that cover the most common screen sizes and
resolutions on the market. As all the devices are hosted and managed by
Anywhere Software, developers do not have to purchase and maintain
dozens of devices in order to test their layouts."
The UI Cloud works in conjunction with the Basic4android's powerful
Visual Designer tool, a true WYSIWYG visual editor supporting multiple
screens and resolutions. The Visual Designer allows the developer to
build a layout and see the result immediately on a specific device or
emulator, without the need for compilation and deployment on a device.
Using the UI Cloud, developers can now view the results of their work on
every device in the cloud with a single click of their mouse. The
service then displays two screenshots for each device - one for portrait
and one for landscape. This enables developers to see where adjustments
are needed and to make the necessary corrections within a matter of
minutes.
The practical advantages of the UI Cloud are already clear to Beta
users, as evidenced by the positive feedback on Basic4android's online
developers' forum. For example, one forum member known as PHB2
commented: "Just tested this myself and it worked like a charm. I can
now see that I need to pay greater detail to the way the screens are
laid out!"
Basic4android supports all Android phones and tablets (from Android
1.6 and up to Android 4.0). To date, the platform has been used to
develop thousands of advanced applications including features such as:
SQL databases, GPS, Serial ports (Bluetooth), Camera, XML parsing, Web
services (HTTP), JSON, Animations, Network (TCP/IP), Text To Speech
(TTS), Voice Recognition, WebView, AdMob (ads) , Graphics, Services
(background tasks), NFC, USB and many more.
About Anywhere Software
Specializing in mobile development since 2005, Anywhere Software
develops and markets developers' tools for the Android and Windows
Mobile platforms. Our flagship offering - Basic4android - is a
comprehensive, feature-rich Rapid Application Development toolbox that
enables both novices and experts to develop high-performance native
Android apps. Basic4android is used by thousands of Java developers
worldwide to help them design and implement their user interfaces for
Android phones and tablets. In addition, Anywhere Software offers
Basic4ppc, a development platform for Windows Mobile. For more
information, please visit our website at http://www.basic4ppc.com.
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