Developing Android Apps on the Desktop Android native apps are commonly developed on a desktop machine using various software tools, including: Java JDK Android SDK Eclipse IDE Android Development Tools (ADT) plugin for Eclipse PhoneGap (device API library) Apache Ant (PhoneGap builder tool) These software packages must be downloaded, installed, configured, backed-up, and maintained for every development machine in use. Developing Android Apps on the Cloud A cloud-based solution like Appception IDE is a more recent alternative to desktop development. Appception IDE is a hosted solution for building, debugging, testing, releasing, and publishing Android hybrid apps written in HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Appception IDE eliminates the need to manage the desktop development software packages. Appception IDE also includes productivity tools for developers and others, reducing overhead, time-to-market, and promoting collaboration and sharing. read more