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Android Overview

Contents
• Android operating system
• Android platform architecture
• Android versions
Android operating system
• Android is a Linux-based operating system
• Open source
– https://source.android.com/
– Just the OS, not the Play store or Google play
services
• User Interface for touch screens
• Highly customizable for devices / by vendors
Android Ecosystem
• Android - phones and tablets
• Android wear - smartwatch
– Extended notification center
• Android TV - televisions, consoles
– Native TV app experience for IPTV
• Android auto - cars
– Connecting phone with the car
• Android things
– Platform for IoT
• Google glass
Android Platform Architecture 5

4
1. Linux Kernel
2. HAL: Expose device hardware capabilities
3
3. Expose native APIs; run apps
4. Java API Framework: Android OS API in Java
framework 2
5. System and user apps

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Android Platform Architecture
1. Linux Kernel
• Threading and low-level memory management
• Security features
• Drivers
Android Platform Architecture
2. Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Standard interfaces that expose
device hardware capabilities as libraries
Examples: Camera, bluetooth module

3.1 C/C++ libraries: give access to core native Android system


components and services.

3.2. Android runtime: Each app runs in its own process with its own
instance of the Android Runtime.
Android Platform Architecture
4. Java API Framework:
The entire feature-set of the Android OS is available to you through
APIs written in the Java language.
● View class hierarchy to create UI screens
● Notification manager
● Activity manager for life cycles and navigation
Android Platform Architecture
5. System and user apps
● System apps have no special status
● System apps provide key capabilities to app developers
● Example:
Your app can use a system app to deliver a SMS message.
Android versions
Android versions
Android versions
Challenges of Android development
• Multiple screen sizes and resolutions
• Performance: make your apps responsive and smooth
• Security: keep source code and user data safe
• Compatibility: run well on older platform versions
Android application development
● Android Studio
● Develop, run, debug, test, and
package apps
● Monitors and performance tools
● Virtual devices
● Project views
● Visual layout editor
Android application development
● Android Software Developer Kit (SDK)
● Development tools (debugger, monitors, editors)
● Libraries (maps, wearables)
● Virtual devices (emulators)
● Documentation (developers.android.com)
● Sample code
References

• https://google-developer-training.github.io/android-developer-fu
ndamentals-course-concepts-v2/
Practice Project samples for groups (5 members)
• Describe: Develop an Android application for Products Sale
• Database: Using MySQL/SQLServer (using Restful API) or database on Firebase cloud
• Functions:
– Sign Up/Login screen: manage users
– List of Products screen: show list of products
– Product details screen: show information of a product
– Product Cart screen: show products that user selects to buy
– Billing screen: process payment of user
– Show a notification if Cart has products when opening the application
– Map screen: show Store’s location
– Chat screen: customers can chat with Store
Other apps
• Task management
• Expense management
• Story reading app
• Music app
• Video app
• Weather app
• Some games
• Etc.
Requirement for project
• Each member at least 3-4 screen (medium)
• Submit source code & Document
• Present the result.

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