Inception Of Android

Android, as a system, is a Java-based operating system that runs on the Linux 2.6 kernel.

The system is very lightweight and full featured. Android applications are developed using Java and can be ported rather easily to the new platform. Other features of Android include an accelerated 3-D graphics engine (based on hardware support), database support powered by SQLite, and an integrated web browser.

One of the more exciting and compelling features of Android is that, because of its architecture, third-party applications(including those that are “home developed”—are executed with the same system priority as those that are bundled with the core system). This is a major departure from most systems. Each application in android is executed within its own thread using a very lightweight virtual machine.

On top of all the features that are available from the Android side of the equation, Google has thrown in some very tantalizing features of its own. Developers of Android applications will be able to tie their applications into existing Google offerings such as Google Maps and the omnipresent Google Search.

Suppose you want to write an application that pulls up a Google map of where an incoming call is emanating from, or you want to be able to store common search results with your contacts; the doors of possibility have been flung wide open with Android.

Here onwards we are beginning our journey to Android Environment. we will learn the how’s

and whys of this Android OS and its apps.