Black Duck Software intros Android fast start tool

WALTHAM, USA: Black Duck Software has announced the availability of Android Fast Start, a bundled software and service offering designed to help Android developers automate and ensure compliance and simplify the operational challenges of managing Android projects.

Accordigng to the company release, Android Fast Start saves months of ramp-up time, provides on-going cost and time savings with timely updates for future Android releases.

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Android is a complex open source project made up of more than 165 components, 80,000 files, and 2 GB of code under 19 different licenses. The code base evolves rapidly, with many developers and companies contributing on a regular basis.

"Android has rapidly become a leading platform for mobile innovation by offering developers rich, varied and flexible components. Innovation is made possible by rapid enhancements and significant releases, which require management and control," said Bill McQuaide, EVP of Products and Strategy, Black Duck Software.

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Android Fast Start provides visibility and control of Android, simplifies change management and ensures and automates compliance, so development organizations can focus their resources on adding value to the Android stack and ship their products with confidence, added the release.

The release further added that the new tool includes a custom configured version of the Black Duck Suite, a platform for management and governance of open source software in a multi-source development process, populated with detailed Android component information.