Introduction: What Is Android?
ANDROID
By S.Bharadwaj 07951A0510 CSE IV A
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS ANDROID?
Android is a mobile operating system initially developed by Android Inc. Android was bought by Google in 2005. Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android 's development and release. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android. Unit sales for Android OS smartphones ranked first among all smartphone OS handsets sold in the U.S. in the second and third quarters of 2010, with a third quarter market share of 43.6%. The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 79 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license. The Android operating system software stack consists of Java applications running on a Javabased, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore[ media framework, SQLiterelational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc. The Android operating system consists of 12 million lines of code including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++.
Features of Android
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Handset layouts Android can adapt to traditional smart phone layouts, as well other VGA, 2D, and 3D graphics libraries.
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Storage Android uses SQLite to store all its junk-- I mean, information. Connectivity Android supports a wide variety of technologies, including Bluetooth, WiFi, GSM/EDGE, and EV-DO.
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Messaging MMS and SMS
By S.Bharadwaj 07951A0510 CSE IV A
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS ANDROID?
Android is a mobile operating system initially developed by Android Inc. Android was bought by Google in 2005. Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android 's development and release. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android. Unit sales for Android OS smartphones ranked first among all smartphone OS handsets sold in the U.S. in the second and third quarters of 2010, with a third quarter market share of 43.6%. The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 79 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license. The Android operating system software stack consists of Java applications running on a Javabased, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore[ media framework, SQLiterelational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc. The Android operating system consists of 12 million lines of code including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++.
Features of Android
•
Handset layouts Android can adapt to traditional smart phone layouts, as well other VGA, 2D, and 3D graphics libraries.
• •
Storage Android uses SQLite to store all its junk-- I mean, information. Connectivity Android supports a wide variety of technologies, including Bluetooth, WiFi, GSM/EDGE, and EV-DO.
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Messaging MMS and SMS
References: Licenses Android Open Source Project. Open Handset Alliance. http://source.android.com/license. Retrieved on 22 October 2008. Open Handset Alliance (5 November 2007). Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices. Press release. http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html. on 5 November 2007. Google 's Android parts ways with Java industry group. Retrieved http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9815495-39.html. General Android http://code.google.com/android/kb/general.html#c. Retrieved on 29 August 2008.