The document provides an overview of Android, detailing its history, versions, architecture, features, advantages, and disadvantages. Founded in 2003 and acquired by Google in 2005, Android is an open-source operating system based on the Linux kernel. It has rapidly grown to become the most used mobile operating system due to its diverse offerings and customization options.

1. Android

2. Introduction
• Introduction Of Android
• History Of Android
• Android Versions
• Android Architecture
• Features Of Android
• Advantages Of Android And Disadvantages
• Conclusion

3. History Of Android
• Android Inc. founded in Palo Alto, California, United
States in October 2003.
• Android Develop By:- • Andy Rubin [Co-Founder of Danger]
• Rich Miner[Co-Founder of Wildfire
Communication Inc.] • Nick Sears[Once VP at T-mobile]
• Chris White[Headed Design & Interface
Development at Web TV]

4. Introduction Of Android
• It is a open source software platform and operating system for mobile Devices.
• Based on the Linux kernel
• Developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance (OHA).
• Allows writing managed code in the Java language
• Android has its own virtual machine i.e. DVM(Dalvik Virtual Machine) ,which is used for
executing the android application.
• Google purchased the initial developer of the software , android
incorporated in 2005.

5. Android Versions
● Angel Cake (Android 1.0)
● Battenberg (Android 1.1)
● Cupcake (Android 1.5)
● Donut (Android 1.6)
● Eclair (Android 2.0/2.1)
● Froyo (Android 2.2)
● Gingerbread (Android 2.3)
● Honeycomb (Android 3.0)
● Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
● Jelly Bean (Android 4.1)
● KitKat (Android 4.4)
● Lollipop (Android 5.0/5.1/5.2)
● Marshmallow (Android 6.0/6.1)
● Nougat (Android 7.0 – Coming Soon)

6. Android Architecture
• Linux Kernel
• Libraries
• Android Runtime
• Application Framework
• Application

7. Features Of Android
• General:-
Messaging , Web Browser, Voice-based features, Multi-touch,
Multitasking, Screen capture,TV recording, Video calling,Multiple
language support Accessibility
Connectivity:-
Bluetooth, Tethering

8. Security
• Android is a multi-process system, in which each application (and parts of
the system) runs in its own process.
• Most security between applications and the system is enforced at the
process level through standard Linux facilities, such as user and group IDs
the portability of the attack.

9. Advantages Of Android
• The ability for anyone to customize the Google Android platform
• It gives you better notification.
• It lets you choose your hardware.
• It has better app market(1,80,000 application)
• With the support of many applications, the user can change the screen
display.
• With Google chrome you can open many window at once.

10. Disadvantages Of Android
• Android Market is less control of the manager, sometimes there are malware.
• Wasteful Batteries, This is because the OS is a lot of "process" in the
background
causing the battery quickly drains.
• Sometimes slow device company issued an official version of Android your
own .
• Extremely inconsistence in design among apps.
• Very unstable and often hang or crash.

11. Conclusion
I've learned through my research that Android is a much more diverse operating
system than iOS and Windows Phone Mobile.
• Android has grown rapidly over the past 4 years becoming the most used.
• It's because Android doesn't release 1 phone from 1 company with 1 new OS
every year, but countless phones from numerous companies, adding
their own twist, throughout the year, developing gradually day-by-
day.incomparable to other mobile operating systems.