android-Best Practices for Web Apps

Developing web pages and web applications for mobile devices presents a different set of challenges compared to developing a web page for the typical desktop web browser. To help you get started, the following is a list of practices you should follow in order to provide the most effective web application for Android and other mobile devices.

1.Redirect mobile devices to a dedicated mobile version of your web site

2.Use a valid markup DOCTYPE that's appropriate for mobile devices

3.Use viewport meta data to properly resize your web page

4.Avoid multiple file requests

5.Use a vertical linear layout

For a more thorough guide to creating great mobile web applications, see the W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices. For other guidance on improving the speed of your web site (for mobile and desktop), see Yahoo!'s guide toExceptional Performance and Google's speed tutorials in Let's make the web faster.