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The Ten (10) Best Android Productivity Tools, Plugins, andLibraries

Every engineer worth his/her salt should have a set of awesome tools to help increase productivity. Livecoding.tvengineers are no exception. We would like to share one such set of tools, plugins, and libraries that Androidstreamers use on Livecoding.tv on a daily basis.

What is Android?“Android is an easy to use mobile operating system designed by Google It is the customizable and powers morethan a billion devices across the globe — from phones and tablets to watches, TV, cars and more”(Android.com). Google has today launched its Android Studio IDE version 2.0 which is used for the purpose ofwriting apps for Android. One of its many important updates is the improvement in deployment speeds, the newversion can do a full build “2x to 2.5x faster” than previous releases. Among the new features that come with thelatest build include Instant Run – a much requested feature that will dramatically improve development workflow.

Here are the ten (10) best Android productivity tools, plugins, and libraries recommended by Livecoding.tvengineers:

MyAppBuilder

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MyAppBuilder uses PhoneGap framework which allows you to create apps usingstandardized web API’s for the platforms you care about. You can easily createapps using the web technologies you know and love: HTML, CSS, andJavaScript.

Appmakr

AppMakr is a DIY app creation platform that allows you to make your own mobile app. In only 20 minutes youcan build an iPhone app, an Android app, and an HTML5 mobile formatted website. And the best part: NO codingrequired.

Android Studio

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Android Studio is the official IDE for Android application development, based on IntelliJ IDEA.At the core ofAndroid Studio is an intelligent code editor capable of advanced code completion, refactoring, and codeanalysis.The powerful code editor helps you be a more productive Android app developer.

Mippin

Mippin is an agile and dynamic mobile application and content company. We build world-leading app-creationplatforms & multi-award winning apps. The App Factory is a cross-platform app-creation engine that allowscontent owners to build great-looking apps in minutes.

ShoutEm

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Shoutem is a mobile app creator. It is a platform that can rapidly deploy cost-effective mobile apps forindividuals, clubs, and small budget SMEs.

Chrome Remote Desktop

Chrome Remote Desktop allows you to remotely access one computer from another over the Internet. Forexample, you can use the app to securely access your files or applications from another computer. Or you cangive a friend temporary access to your desktop so they can help you solve a computer problem. Livecoding.tvengineers find CRD a very useful app.

Cabinet BETA4/7

As its name suggests, Cabinet BETA is a file manager still in beta, featuring Material Design. It also supportsroot access and remote server access via SFTP.

GenyMotion

GenyMotion is an Android Emulator for testing. It allows you to test your mobile Android application by simulatingthe Android environment on your computer.

Robotium

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Robotium is an Android test automation framework that has full support for native and hybrid applications.Robotium makes it easy to write powerful and robust automatic black-box UI tests for Android applications. Withthe support of Robotium, test case developers can write function, system and user acceptance test scenarios,spanning multiple Android activities.

Appium

Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with native, hybrid and mobile web apps. It drivesiOS and Android apps using the WebDriver protocol.

And that’s it. The ten (10) best Android tools, plugins, and libraries to help you become more productive, asrecommended by Livecoding.tv engineers. What are your favorite Android productivity tools? What did we missin this list that definitely needs to be added to make it complete?

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