ANDROID OS
Company
LOGO
OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION
1. INTRODUCTION TO
TO ANDROID
ANDROID
2. INTRODUCTION
2. INTRODUCTION TO
TO PLATFORM
PLATFORM
3. SECURE
3. SECURE DATA
DATA STORAGE
STORAGE
4. EXECUTION
4. EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
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What is ANDROID?
Android is a bunch of software
It is a mobile operating system
Founded in Palo Alto of California , U.s by
Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and
Chris White in 2003. Later Acquired by
Google in 2005.
Now developed by Google and Open
Handset Alliance
So Android is simply an
Operating System
Middleware
Applications
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Why Android Was Created?
Software development
Run on very small electronic devices
Full phone software stack including applications
Android is open source OS.
Android is free
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ANDROID ARCHITECTURE
Fig. Architecture of Android OS
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Linux Kernel
Linux Version 2.6 as - h/w abstraction layer
Security, Memory & Process Management
Efficient computing resource management
Stable and proven for mobile platform
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Libraries
Written in C/C++ - System C Library(libc)
Surface manager - composing different drawing
screens
Display/Graphics(SGL)-for 2D graphics
OpenGLES 3D Graphics Library
Media Libraries
SQLite RDB engine-light weight
LibWebCoreweb browser engineembeddable
web view
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Android Runtime
Includes a set of core libraries that provides most
of the functionality-JAVA
Every Android application runs in its own process
Dalvik VM executes files in the (.dex) format
Device can run multiple VMs efficiently
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Application Framework
Activity Manager :
Manages the lifecycle of applications
Content provider :
Enable applications access data from other applications
Resource Manager :
Providing access to non-code resources
Window Manager
Notification manager
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Techniques for saving data
SQLite Databases:
Relational database library for storing and
managing complex data
It is a very light database and consumes
hardly few KiloBytes
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The Dalvik Virtual Machine
Interpreter only machine
optimized for use on low powered,
low memory devices like phones
Dalvik uses the Java programming
language but not the JVM
Dalvik is not a Java virtual
machine.
It uses bytecode format called
dex.
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Android Application Development
Android
Eclipse
SDK
IDE
Android
Android
Mobile
Emulato
Device
r
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Android Development
Java
Android Source
Manifest
Generate Java .dex Dalvik
d Class Compiler File VM
Resource
XML
Android
Libraries
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Android Versions
Version Nos of APIs
5.0 Jelly Bean 15-16
4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 14.15
3.x.x Honeycomb 11-13
2.3.x Gingerbread 9-10
2.2 Froyo 8
2.1 clair 7
1.6 Donut 4
1.5 Cupcake 3
Brief Version overview
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Android First Release
Beta ver. (1.0) was released in November 2007
Developed by Google and Open Handset Alliance
Since April 2009, each Android versions has been
developed under a codename based on a dessert
item
These versions have released in alphabetical
order: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread,
Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich.
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Techniques for saving data
SQLite Databases:
Relational database library for storing and
managing complex data
It is a very light database and consumes
hardly few KiloBytes
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