Android Best Practices

Chapter     4

Agile Android

As a developer, you want to get better at Android development, have fewer bugs, make a better product, or simply make the customer happy. Whether you’re developing for the web, mobile, or even the desktop, it pays to adopt an Agile approach to your development and testing.

Benefits

I’m going to talk about the real benefits of the Agile approach for Android and indeed mobile development in general. By the end of this chapter, it should be clear just how much of a sweet spot Agile really is for Android developers.

Let’s begin with the most obvious benefits of Agile development:

• You’ll have fewer errors.
• You’ll get faster feedback.
• It’s repeatable and reliable.
• You’ll need less manual testing.
• It’s cheaper.
• It offers ...