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The document discusses the features and categories of Android mobile applications. It provides an overview of the Android operating system including its history, development, programming languages and versions.

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1 - Introduction To Android

The document discusses the features and categories of Android mobile applications. It provides an overview of the Android operating system including its history, development, programming languages and versions.

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Mobile & Application Development

(Android)
(CSI-601)
3(2-1)

By
Muhammad Salman Ullah
Lecturer (CS),
Govt. Graduate College, Samanabad, Faisalabad
Why Android

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Android Features...
Sr. Feature & Description
1 Beautiful UI
Android OS basic screen provides a beautiful and intuitive user interface.
2 Connectivity
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
3 Storage
SQLite, a lightweight relational database, for data storage purposes.
4 Media Support
H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC, AAC 5.1, MP3,
MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, and BMP.
5 Messaging
SMS and MMS
6 Web browser
Based on the open-source WebKit layout engine,
coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine supporting HTML5 and CSS3.

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Android Features...
7 Multi-touch
Android has native support for multi-touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero.

8 Multi-tasking
User can jump from one task to another and same time various application can run simultaneously.
9 Resizable widgets
Widgets are resizable, so users can expand them to show more content or shrink them to save space.
10 Multi-Language
Supports.
11 GCM
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) is a service that lets developers send short message data to their users on
Android devices, without needing a proprietary sync solution. (Direct Delivery/Communication)
12 Wi-Fi Direct
A technology that lets apps discover and pair directly, over a high-bandwidth
13 Android Beam
A popular NFC-based technology that lets users instantly share, just by touching two NFC-enabled phones
together.
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Android Applications
• Android applications are usually developed in the Java language using the Android Software
Development Kit.

• Layouts (Screens / Static Pages) are designed in XML format and are programmatically
implemented by the Java coding. (Application isolation form code)

• Once developed, Android applications can be packaged easily and sold out either through a
store such as Google Play, SlideME, Opera Mobile Store, Mobango, F-droid and the Amazon
Appstore.

• Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around
the world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile platform and growing fast. Every day
more than 1 million new Android devices are activated worldwide.

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Categories of Android Applications

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Android OS
Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel
and other open-source software, designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices
such as smart phones and tablets.

Initially Developed by: Andy Rubin , Nick Sears & Rich Miner (2003)

Current Developer: Google Inc. (since 2005)

Programming languages: Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, C, Go, C++, Assembly language

Default user interface: Graphical user interface (Multi-touch)

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Android OS Versions
•The Organization was established in the year 2003 and later owned by the Google in 2005.
•The first android beta version was released in 2007.
•The initial releases were named alphabetically from A to P. Then version 10 was release leading to the
current latest release which is Android version 14. (released in year 2023), Version 15 is under development

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