Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Android : Introduction

      Linux-based operating system

     Designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

     Currently developed by Google.

•     Initially developed by Android Inc, whom Google financially backed and later purchased in 2005.

      The Android Software Development Kit (Android SDK) provides all necessary tools to develop Android applications. This includes a compiler, debugger and a device emulator, as well as its own virtual machine to run Android programs

Android is open source and Google releases the code under the Apache License

Android applications run in a sandbox, an isolated area of the system that does not have access to the rest of the system's resources, unless access permissions are explicitly granted by the user when the application is installed. Before installing an application, the Play Store displays all required permissions

The source code for Android is available under free and open source software licenses. Google publishes most of the code (including network and telephony stacks)[104] under the Apache License version 2.0  

The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the release of the Android beta in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008


Below is List of Android Version and API Level

 
Version Code name Release date           API level
4.2     Jelly Bean November 13, 2012               17
4.1.x Jelly Bean July 9, 2012                      16
4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich December 16, 2011       15
3.2 Honeycomb July 15, 2011       13
3.1 Honeycomb May 10, 2011       12
2.3.3–2.3.7 Gingerbread February 9, 2011      10
2.3–2.3.2 Gingerbread December 6, 2010       9
2.2 Froyo May 20, 2010        8
2.0–2.1 Eclair October 26, 2009       7
1.6 Donut September 15, 2009                4

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