Android Basic notes

1. Android
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2. Android
• 1. Android Introduction
• 2. Platform Overview
• 3. Brief History
• 4. Android Architecture
• 5. Development
• 6.Publishing and Monetizing
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Basic phone Smart phone
Duration of battery 1Week 3hours
games Minimum Maximum
Camera VGA Mega pixels
Recording(Audio/Video) No Yes
Torch Yes Yes
Internet connectivity No Yes
Screen size 2 or 3 inch Minimum 3 to 4.7 inch
screen
Vibration call Yes Yes
Bluetooth No Yes
Examples Symbian,S60(Nokia,Samsu
ng and LG),BREW,J2ME
Anroid,iphone,Microsoft
(Lumia)

4. Android Introduction
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 A Software platform and operating system for mobile.
 Based on the Linux kernel.
 Android was found way back in 2003.
 It was developed in Palo Alto, California.
 Android was developed by the Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick
Sears and Chris White.
 Android was purchased by the GOOGLE in AUGUST,2005 for 50
million $.

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 It’s consortium of several companies.
 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.

6. Android Market Share
• From second quarter of 2009 to the second
quarter of 2010, Android's worldwide market
share rose from 1.8% to 17.2%.
• On November 15, 2011, Android reached
52.5% of the global smartphone market share.
• On September 2014 Android's global market
share rose to 85%.
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7. Brief History - Android
• 2005
– Google acquires startup Android Inc. to start Android platform
– Work on Dalvik VM begins
• 2007
– Open Handset Alliance announced
– Early look at SDK
• 2008
– Google sponsors 1st Android Developer Challenge
– T-Mobile G1 announced
– SDK 1.0 released,(Android Astro 1.0)
– Android released open source (Apache License)
– Android Dev Phone 1 released
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8. Brief History cont.
• 2009
– SDK 1.5 (Cupcake)
• New soft keyboard with “autocomplete” feature
– SDK 1.6 (Donut)
• Support Wide VGA
– SDK 2.0/2.0.1/2.1 (Eclair)
• Revamped UI, browser
• 2010
– Nexus One released to the public
– SDK 2.2 (Froyo)
• Flash support, tethering
– SDK 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• UI update, system-wide copy-paste
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9. Brief History cont.
• 2011
– SDK 3.x (Honeycomb)
• Optimized for tablet support
– SDK 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Virtual UI buttons
• 2012
– SDK 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean)
• Triple buffered graphics pipeline
• 2013(November)
- SDK KitKat(4.4)
• 2014(November)
- SDK Lollipop (5.0)
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10. Brief History cont.
– SDK 3.0/3.1/3.2 (Honeycomb) for tablets only
• New UI for tablets, support multi-core processors
– SDK 4.0/4.0.1/4.0.2/4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Changes to the UI, Voice input, NFC
Ice cream Sandw
Android 4.0+
Jelly Bean
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11. Android Architecture
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12. Android Application Development
Eclipse IDE
Android
SDK
Android
Emulator
Android
Mobile
Device
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13. • Development
process for an
Android app
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14. Publishing and Monetizing
• Paid apps in Android Market, various other markets
• Free, ad-supported apps in Android Market
– Ad networks (Google AdMob, Quattro Wireless)
– Sell your own ads
• Services to other developers
– Ex. Skyhook Wireless (http://www.skyhookwireless.com/)
• Contests (Android Developer Challenge)
• Selling products from within your app
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15. Android Market (Google Play)
– https://play.google.com/store
• Has various categories, allows ratings
• Have both free/paid apps
• Featured apps on web and on phone
• The Android Market (and iTunes/App Store) is great
for developers
• Level playing field, allowing third-party apps
• Revenue sharing
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16. Publishing to Google Play
• Requires Google Developer Account
– $25 fee
• Link to a Merchant Account
– Google Checkout
– Link to your checking account
– Google takes 30% of app purchase price
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18. Various Android Phones
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Phones
HTC G1,
Droid,
Tattoo
Motorola Droid (X)
Suno S880 Samsung Galaxy Sony Ericsson

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Tablets
Velocity Micro Cruz Gome FlyTouch Acer beTouch
Dawa D7
Toshiba Android
SmartBook
Cisco Android Tablet

21. Android-Powered Microwave
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30712/android-powered-microwave-cooking-
google
By Touch Revolution – at CES 2010
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22. Android-Powered Watch
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23. Android-Powered Camera
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24. Android-Powered TV
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25. Android-Powered Car Radio
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26. Android-Powered Washing Machine
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 Making source code available to everyone
inevitably invites the attention of hackers.
 Android operating system uses more amount of
battery as compared to normal mobile phones.
 As there are so many user sometimes it becomes
difficult to connect all the users.
 As we call Android is world of applications we
continuously need to connected with the internet
which is not possible for all the users.

28. Other design principles
• http://developer.android.com/design/index.html
• Great reference!
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