One million and still counting! That’s the number of apps on Google Play. With the rise of Android as the mobile OS of choice, specially in India, Goa has seen a boom in Android development.

With India having a strong base for some of the best Android Developers throughout the globe, Goa has the potential to bite off a big chunk of the big apple, so to speak. Although Android doesn’t enjoy the majority of the mobile marketshare in Goa, it’s very clear that this will soon be the case as Goans shift to the affordable open source smartphones.

With the information boom that hit Goa over the past decade, a number of young Goans have taken up jobs other than those related to the tourism and the hospitality industry. This lead to more technological advanced thinking and a merger of the various fields. Enterprising Goans began using, enhancing and then developing apps to suit their preferences.

Even though Goa itself is not a large market for Android apps, several Goan developers have thrown their hat into the development ring of the Android marketplace as it’s borderless nature allows anyone, anywhere, to create some for potentially everyone, everywhere. This potential in the Goan Android Market has even led to investors from the US, UK, Sweden and Canada to invest in Android developers in Goa.

Goa already has a promising number of Android developers that are emerging such as RZ2 Games with technical head, Pranav ‘Sven’ Tekchand. They’ve built innumerable games and apps and have some extremely popular titles in the Google Play store. Wise Lane Corporation which creates a good deal of innovative apps in the Android market and design them according to the customs of its user is a rather fast emerging company on Goan soil. Ideus Concepts, an ever growing, Goan originated, company that provides designs and concepts that shape the Android world into a more friendly and creative UI for users in Goa and all over. This vision can be seen right from their website. Teknorix Systems Pvt Ltd is yet another android developer in Goa that handles web development as well. Right from Desktop Development to Backend Database, this company working from Verna handles a number of offshore projects as well. Another interesting android developer in Goa is L&A Tech. Located in Verna, this company has designed and developed a number of Apps on Google Play, such as Bible Inspiration, Gita Inspiration and Social Coconut. They pride themselves in developing clean, noise-free apps for android.

Another well-known android developer in the Goan scene is Prajyot Mainkar who is the founder of the GAUG (Google Android User Group). The group founded in 2011 which meets monthly, is an independent group for developers interested in Google’s developer technology and everything Andriod related.

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