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 1 | # Android RAD Frameworks & Tools Review
 2 | This review is part of an effort to determine whether or not there's a need for better [RAD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development) tools and frameworks for the Android Platform.
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 4 | ## Results
 5 | http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/android-frameworks-377y5zil
 6 | 
 7 | Or if you prefer an Excel sheet:
 8 | https://doc.co/dcP5mq
 9 | 
10 | ## Survey
11 | So is there a need for better RAD tools and frameworks on Android? Please tell me:
12 | 
13 | https://sahal3.typeform.com/to/iQ5wBt
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15 | Same link safely shortened for tweeting/sharing: http://mcaf.ee/zmk6qu
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17 | > To all who took the survey: Thank you so much for your generousity and honesty. Your answers are helping and I promise to publish the results here soon.
18 | 
19 | ## Background
20 | 
21 | #### Review Scope
22 | Any framework or tool that
23 | * Claims to aid in rapidly starting the development of **native Android applications written in Java**.
24 | 
25 | > For this requirement, different combinations of keywords such as *framework*, *bootstrap*, *template*, *base*, *architecture*, *generator* were used during the search phase
26 | 
27 | * Was updated during 2015/2016
28 | * Has a license
29 | 
30 | #### Notable Exclusions
31 | * Cross-Platform Frameworks
32 | * Library projects limited to narrowly-scoped functions or application layer
33 | 
34 | #### Other Notes
35 | * For open-source, [GitHub](https://github.com) was the main place for finding projects. [BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/) didn't retrun useful or relevant results while [OpenHub](https://www.openhub.net/) was more or less redirecting to the same GitHub results
36 | * If similar projects (e.g. forked projects) were found only the latest one was included
37 | * Proprietary projects weren't execluded but I found none that fit the scope. For better or worse, googling *android* and  *framework* returns mostly references to cross-platform frameworks
38 | 
39 | #### Discussion
40 | https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/45drgi/top_40_android_rapid_development_frameworks/
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