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Android is a software stack that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications for mobile devices. It is based on the Linux operating system and was developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. Developers can write code in a Java-like language using Google-developed Java libraries, but native code is not supported. The Android platform was unveiled in 2007 with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. When released in 2008, most of Android was made available under the Apache open source license.

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Android is a software stack that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications for mobile devices. It is based on the Linux operating system and was developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. Developers can write code in a Java-like language using Google-developed Java libraries, but native code is not supported. The Android platform was unveiled in 2007 with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. When released in 2008, most of Android was made available under the Apache open source license.

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ANDROID

ABSTRACT: -

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key

applications. Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux

operating system and developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write

managed code in a Java-like language that utilizes Google-developed Java libraries, but does not support

programs developed in native code.

The unveiling of the Android platform on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the

Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 hardware, software and telecom companies devoted to advancing

open standards for mobile devices. When released in 2008, most of the Android platform will be made

available under the Apache free-software and open-source license.

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1. INTRODUCTION

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key

applications. Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux

operating system and developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write

managed code in a Java-like language that utilizes Google-developed Java libraries, but does not support

programs developed in native code.

The unveiling of the Android platform on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the

Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 hardware, software and telecom companies devoted to advancing

open standards for mobile devices. When released in 2008, most of the Android platform will be made

available under the Apache free-software and open-source license.

1.1 THE BIRTH OF ANDROID


1.1.1. Google Acquires Android Inc.

In July 2005, Google acquired Android Inc., a small startup company based in Palo Alto, CA.

Android's co-founders who went to work at Google included Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger), Rich Miner

(co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc), Nick Sears (once VP at T-Mobile), and Chris White (one of the
first engineers at WebTV). At the time, little was known about the functions of Android Inc. other than they

made software for mobile phones.

At Google, the team, led by Rubin, developed a Linux-based mobile device OS which they marketed

to handset makers and carriers on the premise of providing a flexible, upgradeable system. It was reported that

Google had already lined up a series of hardware component and software partners and signaled to carriers that

it was open to various degrees of cooperation on their part.

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