Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.
Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005. The unveiling of the Android distribution on November 5, 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 84 hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software license. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android.
Android consists of a kernel based on the Linux kernel, with middleware, libraries and APIs written in C and application software running on an application framework which includes Java-compatible libraries based on Apache Harmony. Android uses the Dalvik virtual machine with just-in-time compilation to run Dalvik dex-code (Dalvik Executable), which is usually translated from Java bytecode. Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. Developers write primarily in a customized version of Java. There are currently approximately 300,000 apps available for Android, from a total of 500,000 apps over the life of Android. Apps can be downloaded from third-party sites or through online stores such as Android Market, the app store run by Google.
Android was listed as the best-selling smartphone platform worldwide in Q4 2010 by Canalys with over 190 million Android devices in use by October 2011.
See also
Links
Info
- Android Wikipwdia
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6214186/android-how-to-use-zxing-based-qr-code-with-inbuilt-scanner
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5498051/qr-code-scanner
- http://www.kaloer.com/android-preferences
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/552070/android-how-do-i-set-a-preference-in-code
- Stop EditText from gaining focus at Activity startup?
- standard android button with a different color
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1997328/android-clickable-hyperlinks-in-alertdialog
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3161854/how-to-change-localization-in-my-android-app-without-going-to-the-settings
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5322901/import-existing-android-project-in-eclipse-no-gen-source-folder
- Discover and pilot the Parrot AR.Drone and AR.Drone 2.0 from Parrot using the new application, AR.FreeFlight 2.0.
Dev
- http://developer.android.com/index.html
- http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- http://blog.androgynoid.com/2012/06/android-ci-on-devcloud.html
- https://felhr85.net/2015/01/09/a-dirty-and-quick-example-of-serial-port-communication-in-android/ - A dirty and quick example of serial port communication in Android
Tutorials
- http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html
- http://xmlvm.org/tutorial/
- thenewboston Official Android Application Development Playlist!
- http://www.mkyong.com/tutorials/android-tutorial/
Maven
- Building Android Apps with Apache Maven
- Get started using Android Maven Plugin
- Chapter 14. Android Application Development with Maven
- android + eclipse + maven + actionbarsherlock
Blackberry
.Net
iPhone
- Run Android apps on iPhone
- Run your Android application on iOS devices
- Install Android on iPhone
- How to Run ANDROID Apps on IPhone & IPAD 2 Ways [ Pics & Video Guide]
- Overview: Android to iPhone
Install android OS on PC
- http://code.google.com/p/jar-of-beans/
- http://code.google.com/p/live-android/
- http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/
- https://sites.google.com/a/android-x86.org/web/
- Install Android 4.0 ICS On PC video
- How to install android OS on PC video
- http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-install-and-run-android-4.0-on-mac-windows-pc-or-linux-tutorial/
- http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-x86-tutorial-helps-you-load-android-on-your-pc/
- http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here-is-how-to-install-Android-on-your-PC_id36990
- http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/10/2696168/bluestacks-android-apps-windows-8
- http://www.bluestacks.com/
- http://www.xda-developers.com/android/jar-of-beans-a-portable-android-emulator/
- http://www.amd.com/us/vision/shop/cool-apps/Pages/cool-apps.aspx
Visual Studio
- How can I use MS Visual Studio for Android Development?
- vs-android: Developing for Android in Visual Studio
- Android Debugging, Visual Studio style!
- Integrated development of Android NDK C/C++ software under Visual Studio
- WinGDB for Mobile Systems beta