The new tool offers a simple and powerful platform for developing native Android apps. Basic4android has attracted an active and supportive Android developers' community and a trial version can be downloaded free.

MISGAV, Israel, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Anywhere Software, a developer of platforms for mobile application development environment, officially launched today Basic4android, a simple and powerful development environment for developers of Google Android-based applications.

The Basic4android allows mobile application developers, including those who lack previous experience in creating Android apps, easily develop advanced applications for the most advanced smartphones. The software has already been downloaded by thousands of users, and has led to the creation of an active online user community, providing further support for the product.

"With Google's Android becoming the world's leading smartphone platform, a growing number of  developers are looking for an easy and powerful way to develop public and private applications for Android-based devices," said Erel Uziel, CEO of Anywhere Software. "Basic4android allows these developers to easily create native and market-compatible applications without having to write any XML, achieving a performance that is similar to Java written applications."

"Basic4android is a must for those wishing to create their own mobile phone apps in virtually no time. Basic4android provides you with the true look and feel of an Android phone, eliminating the need for learning Eclipse and Java," said Robert Brenner CEO of Requio Web Design, an Okinawa, Japan-based developer of Android astronomical applications. "Moreover, both product support and the online community are outstanding."

The Basic4android language is similar to Visual Basic with additional support for objects. All its compiled applications are native Android applications and there are no extra runtimes or dependencies.

Basic4android, which supports Android v1.6 and above, including tablets, contains a powerful GUI designer with built-in support for multiple screens, It has developed advanced applications including: SQL databases, GPS, Serial ports (Bluetooth), Camera, XML parsing, Web services (HTTP), JSON, Animations, Network (TCP/IP ,(Text To Speech (TTS), Voice Recognition, WebView, AdMob (ads) and Graphics and Services (background tasks).

Basic4android offers also the following benefits:

• Rapid Application Development IDE (Integrated Development Environment) solely focused on Android development
• Powerful WYSIWYG Visual Designer with support for multiple screen sizes and resolutions

Anywhere Software offers a trial version for 30 days which can be downloaded free. After the trial period, Basic4android is now being offered at a special introductory price. The Standard Version, which includes two months of free upgrades, a Single developer license and full access to the forum, can be purchased for only $39. The Enterprise Version, which includes in addition two years of free upgrades, is being offered for $99.

About Anywhere Software

Anywhere Software develops software-based platforms for Application Development Environment (ADE). The company's software allows easy development for Google Android operating systems (OS) and Windows-based applications.  Anywhere Software, which was founded in 2005 as a mobile development company, previously released Basic4ppc, a development environment that targets Windows Mobile devices.

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