2. HISTORY OF ANDROID
First Android Team :
Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger) : There was a small Software
Company called Danger , founded by Veteran Apple engineer
Andy Rubin (2000 to 2005) .
Android was acquired by the Google in 2005 for 50 million $ and
unveiled its distribution in 2007 with formation of Open Handset
Alliance led by Google.
The first commercially available phone to run Android was the
HTC Dream, released on October 22, 2008 With Android
Version 1.0
4. OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a group of companies Which are allowed to use
source code of Android and develop applications.
The OHA was established on 6 November 2007, led by Google with 78 members
including mobile handset makers, application developers and chip makers.
In OHA group companies are allowed to use source code of Android and develop
applications.
Major group members of OHA group is Google , HTC, Sony, Dell , Intel, Samsung,
Nvidia, LG etc.
5. OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE
# Reason for Nokia not to develop Android Mobiles is Nokia is not part of OHA.
21. WHY USE KOTLIN FOR ANDROID
DEVELOPMENT ?
• Concise : Drastically reduce the amount of boilerplate code you need to write.
• Safe : Avoid entire classes of errors such as null pointer exceptions.
• Versatile : Build server-side applications, Android apps or front-end code running in
the browser.
• Interoperable : Leverage existing frameworks and libraries of the JVM with 100%
Java Interoperability.