Android Introduction
on Mar 12thBy Praveen Deshmane
Android is a Linux-based operating system with a java programming interface primarily designed for touch screen mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers.
Android Incorporation was founded in 2003 in PALO ALTO in CALIFORNIA by Arubin, Rich Mina and Chris White.
Android Architecture
on Mar 18thBy Praveen Deshmane
Android was created on top of the open-source Linux 2.6 kernel. The Android team chose to use this kernel because it provided proven core features to develop the Android operating system on.
Atop the Linux 2.6 kernel, the Android framework was developed with various features. These features were pulled from numerous open-source projects.