In order to create higher-quality mobile apps, Twitter created Fabric in 2014.
Fabric is comprised of a suite of app development tools, which includes Crashlytics to help evaluate application performance, MoPub for advertising, Fastlane for application deployment and other components for integration like AWS and Stripe.
In January 2017, Fabric made the announcement that Google has purchased the company and it will integrate the software into the Developer Products Group for Google’s Firebase.
Fabric executives posted that the move to Google will be beneficial to both parties as their overall mission is similar to that of Google’s. While monetary numbers were not released, cost does not seem to be a push for the sale because Fabric developers are continuing to work with Twitter’s community forums.
Moreover, Google is only acquiring app development tools in the deal. MoPub was not part of the sale.
“The integration of Fabric is part of our larger, long-term effort of delivering a comprehensive suite of features for iOS, Android and mobile Web app development,” stated Francis Ma, project manager for Firebase.
Currently, Fabric is accessed by 2.5 billion devices – a 25 percent increase since April – and is used by roughly 580,000 app developers.