WHAT IS ANDROID…??

ANDROID OS

• Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and

tablet computers.

• Android was developed by the Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White in

Palo Alto, California.

• Android specially developed for applications.

• There are more than 1 million apps in Android market.

• Android was purchased by the GOOGLE in August 2005 for $ 50 million.

• The first working Android -powered phone was sold in October 2008

AIM OF ANDROID LAUNCH.?

“The basic aim to introduce ANDROID

was to bring Open Standards to

mobile industry.”

-Sundar Pichai

Senior vice president

Android, chrome & apps

Google

OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE(OHA)

It’s consortium of several companies of 84 firms to develop open standards for mobile devices.

This group of companies are allowed to use source code of Android and develop applications.

Reason for Nokia not to develop Android Mobiles is Nokia is not part of OHA.

Members of OHA are not allowed to produce phones that run incompatible versions of Android.

FEATURES OF ANDROID

Android is not a single piece of hardware.

Android supports wireless communication using:-

3G Networks

4G Networks

802.11 Wi-Fi Networks

Bluetooth Connectivity.

Android is a multi-process system, in which each application (and parts

of the system) runs in its own process.

FEATURES OF ANDROID

Android supports advanced audio/video/still media formats such as

MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, and AAC, AMR, JPEG, PNG, GIF.

Android lets you change your settings faster.

User gets millions of applications that user can not get in any other

mobile operating system.

Interface that is better then the previous touch screen mobiles.

VERSIONS OF ANDROID

• Android 1.0 (Alpha) 23 September 2008

• Android 1.1 (Beta) 9 February 2009

• Android 1.5 (Cupcake) 30 April 2009

• Android 1.6 (Donut) 15 September 2009

• Android 2.0 (Eclair) 26 October 2009

• Android 2.2 (Froyo) 20 May 2010

• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) 6 December 2010

• Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) 10 May 2011

• Android 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich) 19 October 2011

• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) 13 July 2012

• Android 4.4 (kitkat) 31 October 2013

LET’S HAVE A NICE LOOK OVER HERE…

•http://www.android.com/kitkat/

HOW AN ANDROID APP WORKS..

WHY TO DEVELOP FOR ANDROID

ANDROID MARKET

• Android Market is the online software store developed by Google for Android

devices.

• Users to browse and download apps published by third party developer.

• As of recent status there are more than 1 million apps available for Android.

• Android has several famous apps like voice action, sky map, place

directory, GPS, etc.

• Android play store has crossed 48 billion app install.

WHAT IT MEANS..??

MONEY

MONEY

AND

MONEY

^_^

SO LET’S START WITH APP MAKING….