World is contracting with the growth of mobile phone technology. As the number of users is increasing day by day, facilities are also increasing. Starting with simple regular handsets which were used just for making phone calls, mobiles have changed our lives and have become part of it. Now they are not used just for making calls but they have innumerable uses and can be used as a Camera , Music player, Tablet PC, T.V. , Web browser etc . And with the new technologies, new software and operating systems are required.
What is Android
Operating Systems
have developed a lot in last 15 years. Starting from black and white
phones to recent smart phones or mini computers, mobile OS has come far
away. Especially for smart phones, Mobile OS has greatly evolved from
Palm OS in 1996 to Windows pocket PC in 2000 then to Blackberry OS and
Android.
One of the most widely used mobile OS these days is ANDROID. Android is a software bunch comprising not only operating system but also middleware and key applications. Android
Inc was founded in Palo Alto of California, U.S. by Andy Rubin, Rich
miner, Nick sears and Chris White in 2003. Later Android Inc. was
acquired by Google in 2005. After original release there have been
number of updates in the original version of Android.
Features & Specifications
Android is a powerful Operating System supporting a large number of applications in Smart Phones. These applications make life more comfortable and advanced for the users. Hardwares that support Android are mainly based on ARM architecture platform. Some of the current features and specifications of android are:
Android
comes with an Android market which is an online software store. It was
developed by Google. It allows Android users to select, and download
applications developed by third party developers and use them. There are
around 2.0 lack+ games, application and widgets available on the market
for users
.
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Android
applications are written in java programming language. Android is
available as open source for developers to develop applications which
can be further used for selling in android market. There are around
200000 applications developed for android with over 3 billion+
downloads. Android relies on Linux version 2.6 for core system services
such as security, memory management, process management, network stack,
and driver model. For software development, Android provides Android SDK (Software development kit). Read more about open source software.
Applications
These are the basics of Android applications:
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Android applications are composed of one or more application components
(activities, services, content providers, and broadcast receivers)
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Each component performs a different role in the overall application
behavior, and each one can be activated individually (even by other
applications)
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The manifest file must declare all components in the application and
should also declare all application requirements, such as the minimum
version of Android required and any hardware configurations required
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Non-code application resources (images, strings, layout files, etc.)
should include alternatives for different device configurations (such as
different strings for different languages)
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