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    ANDROID

    AN OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE PROJECT PRESENTED BY SURABHI MOHIT KUMAR

    INTRODUCTION TO

    ANDROID

    INTRODUCTION TO ANDROID
    o A complete & modern embedded operating system o A cutting-edge mobile user experience o A world-class software stack for building applications o An open platform for developers, users & industry

    o Full phone software stack including applications


    o Designed as a platform for software development

    o Android is open,free
    o 100% Java Phone

    OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE


    Est. 2007, led by Google,open source Main product: Android Platform Enthusiastic support from Industry : both equipment makers and network operators HTC to deliver Android capable device soon!

    HISTORY
    July 2005
    Google acquired Android Inc.

    5 Nov 2007
    Open HandSet Alliance formedGoogle, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm,T-Mobile

    Android is the OHA first product

    12 Nov 2007
    OHA released a preview of the Android OHA

    ANDROID FEATURES
    SOFTWARE FEATURES
    o o o o o o o o o o Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine SQLite for relational data storage Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF) Dalvik Virtual Machine optimized for mobile devices Cellular networking : GSM, EDGE, 3G (hardware dependent) LAN : Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi (hardware dependent) Graphics Hardware Acceleration Camera, GPS and Compass (hardware dependent) Touch screen and accelerometer for motion sensing

    HARDWARE FEATURES

    ANDROID ARCHITECTURE

    APPLICATION FRAMEWORK
    Enable applications access data from other applications ,sharing

    Providing access to non-code resources

    Enables all applications to display alerts in the status bar

    Manages the lifecycle of applications

    LIBRARIES
    Written in C/C++ - System C Library(libc) Display/Graphics(SGL) Media Libraries SQLite RDB engine-light weight

    LibWebCoreweb browser engineembeddable web view

    LINUX KERNEL
    Linux Version 2.6
    Security, Memory & Process Management Proven driver model Efficient computing resource management

    Stable and proven OS for mobile platform


    10

    DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
    The Android SDK includes a variety of custom tools that help you develop mobile applications on the Android platform.Three of the most significant tools are: 1.Android Emulator -A virtual mobile device that runs on our computer -use to design, debug, and test our applications in an actual Android run-time environment 2.Android Development Tools Plugin -for the Eclipse IDE adds powerful extensions to the Eclipse integrated environment 3.Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS) -Integrated with Dalvik -this tool let us manage processes on an emulator and assists in debugging

    11

    REAL TIME APPLICATION


    A translater for Android If you are in a country where no one understands your
    language

    You cannot read anything


    No aditional device needed You have your mobile phone
    always with you

    REAL TIME APPLICATION (cont.)

    Uses the google translator Can be extended with new languages Adaptive GUI Uses XMPP for data transmission

    GUI fully defined in XML


    Uses camera input and OCR

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    IMPORTANCE HIERARCHY
    Foreground Process -required for what the user is currently doing Visible Process -holding an Activity - visible to the user onscreen but not in the foreground(on pause)

    Service Process -holding a Service - not directly visible to the user- relevant tasks
    Background Process -holding an Activity - not visible to the user - can kill at any time(stopped) Empty Process -doesn't hold any active application components(as a cache to improve start-up time)
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    FINDINGS

    Android uses proven technology like Java, XML andLinux There is an initial learning effort Android doesnt have many of the limitations of current
    mobile platforms

    It offers a rich API for application development Android is still in beta Android development is fun

    THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION

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