Why Android is Most Popular Used Mobile Operating System

Technology is advancing very rapidly and the number of people use smartphones is increasing. Now days Many smartphone companies embed their phones with android OS which make it to be operating system that many smartphone users use it.

Android is a google product and it is open source software where the companies can use it and they can make some modifications on it. This has made the OS to be used by many worldwide.

Phones that use android are affordable compared to the iphones smartphones. Since google is allowing any smartphone to use the OS this has lead to the companies which produce low qualities and cheap price phonies to have the market for most low income earners.

 This situation has resulted in increasing the number of smartphones which use android as operating system. In third word countries there smartphones brands which are unknown and not marketable to large part of the world especially in developed countries. But those brands are doing well in low income countries.

Iphones operating system the OS which can challenges the Android is specifically designed for devices manufactured by Apple Inc. Thus no third part companies can use IOS for their smartphones which is different with Android.

Therefore the two reasons mentioned are the main factors which make android to be a most popular operating system in the world. Regardless the presence of many mobile operating system like ubuntu, mozilla, zenten etc android remains to be the OS favored by many.

Now here come the question, will this domination persist for a long time? few years ago blackberry was a famous OS, but after some few years later the OS perished in smartphone market and it has failed to penetrate the market once again. The android might meet the same fate if another OS emerge into the market with specific unique features, but when?

How to Design an Android Apps From The Scratch

Android Operating System is the most popular and used Os, The estimations show at least 80% of people with smartphones use android phones. It makes a huge market for developer to design the application which might give income.

The main source of income of many apps are commercial ads from google Admob. The methods of  payments are categorized in three aspects, the first an app can get the revenue through revenue per click, it is the method that one is paid basing on the number of users who clicked the advertisement.

Another method of generating the income is called Revenues Per Thousands Impression (CPM) here a developer is paid by counting each thousand people who has viewed a page of the blog or the content of the app.

This has attracted many developers to design the android applications and newbies want to do the same thing. Unfortunately some newbies do not know the requirements needed to design the android app and other design the apps which do not attract people to use it.

The first thing needed is knowledge on java programming language or kotlin although one can use other frameworks to design an app. The second thing is idea which reflects real word problems. Then one should think how to use programming language to solve the problem using mobile phones.

Once people find the solution through using your application it will make the app to be popular used.

Visit android website to download android studio software. It is used to write android codes and to design an interface using drag and drop or through xml texts.

Before you install android studio a computer must have java sdk installed because android uses java programming language as its official programming language.

The last requirements is right skills to develop the apps which are helpful meaning apps which solve some problems. Such type of apps are the ones which can generate great revenues since it will be demanded greatly.

 

How To Share Internet Connection From Computer to Other Computers or Devices Using WiFi

It is common to share internet using mobile phones hotspot but you can share your Internet connection from your computer to other devices like other computers, and phones.

There are some few steps to be followed to achieve the task. The instructions posted here are basing on windows OS.

In order to share internet from laptop, laptop must have been enabled with WiFi which will act as a virtual router.

Your computer must have connected to the internet via modem or any other device which can connect your computer to the internet.

First, A wireless network must be created. This network is the one that will be used to share internet connection to other devices.

To create the wireless network in Microsoft windows just open command prompt (CMD) as an administrator.

To open CMD  click the start button and search for the word "cmd" then right click and run the cmd as an administrator.

Now it is a time to write some commands which will help to create a hosted network in your computer for wireless connection with other devices.

Type the following command without quotation "nesth wlan set hostednetwork ssid=yourname mode=allow key=yourpassword"

This command creates the network named yourname and the password that will be inserted by other device to get the access to this network is yourpassword.

Other devices will be able to connect with your computer using this network. Unfortunately our new created network does not have internet connection.

We need to connect this network with internet. Since your computer has internet connection you will have to do some settings so that you can share your internet connection.

On Task bar find the internet connection icon and right click and then click network settings and sharing, a new window will come out, on the left hand side find place written change adapter settings, a new window will appear showing different devices including your modem.

Right click modem and click property then you will see another tab of sharing select the tab and allow the connection to share with other network.

You will choose wireless connection that you created earlier, These steps have created internet sharing from your laptop or computer.

Now go back to command prompt and write the following command without quotation "netsh wlan start hostednework"

If you want to stop this network write this command "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork"

In order other people to access this network they must know the password of this network otherwise they will not be able to get the access of the internet from this wireless network. 

There are other software designed to simplify this task and you will not have to follow all the steps posted here, there software are like connectify hotspot, virtual router and many other. 

How To Record Screen Video on Android Phones Using Some Powerful Apps

Sometime you may need to record android screen video for giving visual instructions on the particular events but you may not have a good camera for recording but also the camera might not give good visualization.

These issues can be solved by using some android applications which record your screen as video. These apps record the screen and save them as video. This gives clear and good video which is easy for someone to view and understanding what is being instructed.

One among the good apps for screen recording is Du Recorder, this is a free app which is available on android play store.

In order to record the screen using Du Recorder you need to perform the following steps, first make sure Du Recorder has been installed in your phone.

Launch the application and the option for starting recording will appear on top part of your screen. In this part the application will ask to tap it so that you can start record the screen.

When you tap the alert will come out notifying you that the entire screen will be recorded, you will have to accept since you need to record it.

Then the steps are now completed and the application is recording everything you do on your android phone screen. 

If you want to stop recording the screen just scroll down the top part of the screen and click stop on the DU recorder app, other option that you will see are delete the video, play the video and save the video.

The application gives very clear video with high quality, It is good if you can make the edition on your videos, because sometimes you may need to omit or add some portions on your videos.

There are so many application out there which can perform this task but Du Recorder is the best among them and it is free from ads, In Du Recorder you can shake your phone for stopping recording the screen.

For these who need to give someone instruction it is recommended to use this application rather than using third part camera. If you use the camera of another phone the video can be of low quality and might annoy people who watch your videos.

If you do not like the application you can try to use other apps which available on android play store. keep research on many apps which perform the same task because some of the apps contain many features and other has very limited features.

Learn How to Livestream Yourself By using Laptop WebCam Via VideoLan(VLC) Player

VLC media player is an open source software which allows people to live stream different media including videos, audios and also you can create live streaming using webcam of your laptop and other device connected with your laptop can see you.

Also If your computer has microphone you can make other people hearing your voice live using VLC media player.

There are some few procedures to be followed in order to live streaming yourself using either webcam for video streaming or  microphone for voice streaming.

The first important thing your laptop must have camera and microphone if you need to live streaming yourself otherwise you won't be able to go live using VLC.

Another requirement The VLC must be installed on your computer and other laptops or phones want to see your video or listening to your voice live.

The network using wifi hotspot must be created. Other devices want to see your livestreaming must be connected to this network.

You can google to get the information on how to create WiFi hotspot on Laptop. Alternatively you can use the hotspot available on your phone.

Lets go and see how we can create a livestreaming using your webcam and microphone of laptop(PC). 

Launch VLC software from your computer, On the menu click media and you will find different options for our intended purpose you will have to click open Capture Device or in shortcut hold ctrl button and click C button.

The window having different options will appear. The first row there is option of selecting the device. In case you want to stream video of yours from laptop camera, then you should choose video camera and VLC will open your laptop camera.

In case you want streaming only your voice you will choose microphone from the given menu. Then you will see play button having drop down menu arrow, click the arrow and choose stream.

A new window will come out showing the description and source of streaming device, click next and the window with HTTP setup will appear choose Http and click add.

There is port number you can change it or leave it, it is your option. On the Path field do not fill anything.

Click next, Then transcoding option will appear and uncheck transcoding option, click next then stream. The setup for streaming is over. Devices need to see the streaming must be connected to the same network.

Therefore these devices must know your IP address of your computer. How can you identify the IP address of your computer? well if you use windows OS open command prompt and type this command "ipconfig /all" you will see your IP address.

The other devices will insert this IP address in their VLC software or app but opening the stream and insert the address in this format "your_ip_address:port" for example 112.444.222.111:8080

How to Convert MP4 or Any Video File To MP3 Using VLC Media Player

If you have VLC software installed in your computer you don't need additional software to convert mp4 or any video file to mp3 audio.

VLC has many tools which perform different tasks and one among them is audio converting from any video. It is easy to convert video to audio using VLC. All you need is having VLC software installed in your computer.

The procedures follow few steps and they can be applied to all operating system. But this feature  of converting videos is not available on vlc app for android therefore the procedures which are going to be explained on this post are basing on PC. The PC can use Linux/Windows/Mac.

Starting converting video file to mp3 just Open VLC software and on the top bar of VLC there is menu which involves Media,   Playback, Audio, Video, Subtitle, Tools, Views and Help, you should select Media and you will see a drop down menu which involves other commands for performing various tasks.

These commands include open file, open multiple files, open disk, open network stream, stream, convert and save and many other commands, for converting you will have to select "convert/save". After clicking the new dialog will appear needing to add the video file to convert.

Choose video file that you want to convert by clicking add button or you can drag and drop the video file. Then click convert/save button the next dialog with different options to select will appear, the dialog involves source of file selected, settings and the destination place of your output file.

On the setting part leave other parts unchanged but on profile part there is drop down menu having many options. Click and select  Audio-MP3 since the video file is supposed to be converted to MP3 file.

The additional setting is required to accomplish the task of converting video file to mp3 because if you will decide to convert as it is, the file wont play accordingly. Next on drop down menu there is icon of setting click it and another dialog with options of Encapsulation and others will appear,

Here we will select encapsulation part. There are so many options required to select only one option on this part. Click WAV for encapsulation and save.

Now the final step is here. In this part the destination file name will be assigned, give a name the output file. The name should be in this format "name_of_the_file.mp3" and locate the destination folder.

Then click convert/save and video will be converted to mp3 audio. Make sure repeat options on VLC are off if they are turned on the file will be converted frequently.

How to Download Videos and Audios on Your Android Phones From Any Website

There are many ways to use for downloading audios and videos on your Android phones. You can download the audios or videos by using applications and some website designed for that task.

One of the useful android application for downloading youtube videos is tubemate which is available on their official website.

This application is not available on google play store, you can search the app through any search engine like google.

When you download the application launch the app  and accept the terms and conditions that will be asked by the app. After then you will see the some videos from youtube. In order to download the video play a video you want to download. On the top of tubemate bar there is downloading icon which is green in color shown by downward arrow.

Once you  play video the icon will shake indicating it is ready to download the video therefore you will have to click. When you click, the menu showing different videos formats will appear. You will select the format you want.

This is one of the method to download videos from youtube but another way to download videos from any video website is by using vidmate. It is a good application to download any video from any website that have videos like dailymotion and others.

Just open the application and enter your video URL or you can search the video you want. The procedures are similar  with tubemate. Yuo will have to play the video you want once the video starts playing the downloading icon will appear and you will click the icon to download the video you want.

The good thing is that the application is flexible and it can download any video from any website. although the pop up ads might annoy to use the app for downloading the video but so far so good the app is the best for video downloading.

Videos from youtube specifically can also be downloaded by other alternatives method like savefromnet website. This is simplest method to download youtube videos. You will have to do the following in order to download videos using this platform.

Open any browser and enter youtube address then search video you want to download when you find it play the video, then go to the address bar of your browser after www. add "ss" letters for example www.youtube.com/xv625z become www.ssyoutube.com/xv625z then Enter and you will be directed to savefromnet website. you will see different video formats of your video and will choose the suitable one for you.

In android you can download mp3 files from any website. There are number of apps which specifically designed for that purpose, some of them include music paradiso pro, SuperCloud Song MP3 downloader, 4shared, Hungama Music, Tunee, Skull mp3 Music downloader, tubidy website and many others. Just keep doing research to get the best app for mp3 downloading