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The document provides an overview of Android including its history and key features. It discusses Android's open source operating system and development platform, the dominance of Android in the mobile market, and why developers may choose to build Android apps.

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Lecture3 Mad

The document provides an overview of Android including its history and key features. It discusses Android's open source operating system and development platform, the dominance of Android in the mobile market, and why developers may choose to build Android apps.

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MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

ANDROID OVERVIEW
MOBILE BY THE NUMBERS
 7.7 billion people on the planet

 8.9 billion mobile connections

 5 billion unique mobile phone users

Ref: https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world
MOBILE DEVICES VS PC SALES
WHAT IS ANDROID?

 A software stack for mobile devices that includes


 A free, open-source mobile OS (15 years)
 An open-source development platform for creating apps (Android Studio)
 Google owns Android
 Android was developed using the core code of open-source Linux
 Uses Linux to provide core system services
 Security
 Memory management
 Process management
 Power management
 Hardware drivers
ANDROID FOR DIFFERENT DEVICES
ANDROID
PLATOFORM
ARCHITECTURE

See: An Overview of the Android Architecture


https://developer.android.com/guide/platform/
ANDROID FEATURES
 Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
 Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
 Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the
OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
 SQLite for structured data storage
 Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR,
JPG, PNG, GIF)
 GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
 Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
 Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)
 Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and
performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE
A SHORT HISTORY OF ANDROID
 2001 Palm Kyocera 6035, combing PDA and phone
 PDA = personal data assistant, PalmPilot
 2003 - Blackberry smartphone released
 2005
 Google acquires startup Android Inc. to start Android platform.
 Work on Dalvik VM begins
 2007
 Open Handset Alliance announced
 Early look at SDK
 June, iPhone released
 2008
 Google sponsors 1st Android Developer Challenge
 T-Mobile G1 announced, released fall
 SDK 1.0 released
 Android released open source (Apache License)
 Android Dev Phone 1 released
SHORT HISTORY CONT.
 2009
 SDK 1.5 (Cupcake) after Alpha and Beta
 New soft keyboard with “autocomplete” feature
 SDK 1.6 (Donut)
 Support Wide VGA
 SDK 2.0/2.0.1/2.1 (Eclair)
 Revamped UI, browser

 2010
 Nexus One released to the public
 SDK 2.2 (Froyo)
 Flash support, tethering
 SDK 2.3 (Gingerbread)
 UI update, system-wide copy-paste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
SHORT HISTORY CONT.
 2011
 SDK 3.0 (Honeycomb) for tablets only
 New UI for tablets, support multi-core processors, fragments

 SDK 3.1 and 3.2


 Hardware support and UI improvements

 SDK 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)


 For Q4, combination of Gingerbread and Honeycomb
SHORT HISTORY CONT.

 2012
 Android 4.1, "Jelly Bean" released in
July
 2013
 Android 4.4, KitKat released
October 31, 2013
SHORT HISTORY (GETTING LONGER)

 November, 2014
Android 5.0 Lollipop
released.
API level 21
"Material Design"
 October, 2015
Android 6.0
Marshmallow
API level 23
STILL MORE

 August 2016
 Nougat
 Daydream Virtual Reality Interface
 Doze functionality to improve battery
life
 August 2017
 Oreo
 Jetpack, tools for building apps, common
libraries and frameworks
DOMINANT VERSION

 http://www.bidouille.org/misc/androidcharts
IPHONE VS. ANDROID
2015 APP DOWNLOADS

https://www.appannie.com/
ANDROID VS IOS
REVENUE
WHY ANDROID?
 Powerful and open SDK
 No licensing fees
 Thriving developer community
 Low barrier to entry
 Huge potential market of users

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