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| Title | How to Develop Android Go App & How is it Different From Regular Android |
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| Category | Business --> Business Services |
| Meta Keywords | Android go app, Android app development |
| Owner | kalyani |
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| What is the Use of Android Go app Besides being extremely lightweight and efficient, Android Go has more features that make it suitable for a large number of projects. You must always think about the software development life cycle first. If you want to deliver a project within a given time frame, then you have to make sure the lifecycle is as short as possible. Go gives you the exact capabilities for a fast Mobile app development lifecycle. Compared to other Android frameworks, Go is faster than all other frameworks. Go ensures garbage collection and memory safety, a concrete step towards being fast and efficient. Go allows programmers to write smaller blocks of code, but more powerful programs, offering many conveniences. Binaries are also compiled by the Go compiler. Go's API documentation is extensive. However, the richness of API documentation does not inhibit memorization convenience, as documentation is easy to read and remember. DevOps and microservices found Go to be a suitable choice. Built-in unit tests are an important advantage of using Go in your projects. Go shares friendly operations with the C programming language and is much faster than other languages like Java, C#, Rust, and Python. These are many benefits that justify the use of Go in your project. The list doesn't end there. There are many more benefits to using Go for projects. How to Create an Android Go App?The main difference between Android Go and regular Android apps There is no better way to understand the differences between Android Go and the regular apps provided, but to focus on a few selected apps. Fortunately, most of the popular and widely used Google apps now have their Android Go versions. Here, we will try to elucidate key aspects of both applications. » Google and Google Go The Google Go version is lighter and simpler than the regular Google app. The app size is only 12 MB compared to the regular Google app's 166 MB. The app downloads faster and saves a lot of download time thanks to the stripped-down file size. But don't think that with a scaled-down version, you have to compromise on key features. With the Go version, you also get all the key features like Google Translate, voice search, integrated Google Maps, image search and GIFs. » Gmail Go and Gmail Gmail is an important application that is available to users on low budget devices through the Gmail Go version. It works just as well as the regular Gmail app in terms of looks, performance, and main features. » Google Maps Go with Google Maps Google Map Go has a leaner version with an APK size of just 0.009 MB, which is very lightweight compared to the regular Google Map app's 48 MB file size. Despite being so light in size and size, it offers key features like real-time location sharing. The only downside is that Google Maps Go doesn't allow navigation, which requires downloading another app called Navigation for Google Maps Go. Even if you use both apps at the same time, they still consume far less storage space than the regular Google Maps app. » YouTube Go and YouTube Google even built a lightweight version of the YouTube app. YouTube Go consumes only 29 MB of space compared to the regular YouTube app's 122 MB file size. Although YouTube's Go version is so stripped down and streamlined, you can watch videos with just one tap. But it also doesn't allow many key functions. Best of all, with YouTube Go, you can't subscribe to many channels that cater to high-quality audiovisual content. » Google Assistant Go and Google Assistant Unlike other versions of Go created by stripping the file size of earlier applications, Google Assistant Go has been built as a separate application. Although it's a lightweight and streamlined app, it's fully powered by Google Assistant's artificial intelligence (AI). While some features are missing, it provides all the really important stuff for this popular virtual assistant app. Best of all, the Go version's AI features work just as well as the regular Google Assistant app. » File to go Google allows the download and management of Google applications through the Download Manager application, which allows browsing of features and applications in the device storage. For Android Go, Google launched a full-fledged Files Go app with some unprecedented sharing features, such as file transfers, that are very similar to iOS's Airdrop feature. Conclusion Google understands the importance of building and launching a stripped-down version of the Android operating system, primarily to cater to the booming market of Android users with access to low-budget smartphones. For Google, the main focus is to keep the OS and corresponding app versions lean and lightweight to capture this market opportunity. Small file and APK sizes are critical for optimal utilization of device memory and performance, and in this regard, the Android Go app comes fully equipped. As the Android market continues to expand, Android app development companies should seize the opportunity of this new platform. In addition to meeting the needs of users on low-RAM devices, Android Go apps can play a key role in creating more space and thus improving app performance on all Android devices. | |