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What Is ANDROID

Android is an open-source, Linux-based operating system primarily used to power smartphones and tablets. It was developed by Android Inc. which was bought by Google in 2005. Key points about Android include that it uses Java and C/C++ for app development, has a touch-based interface, and has gone through many versions from early ones like Gingerbread to the modern Jelly Bean. Future predictions are that Android use will continue growing due to its large app library and low cost for phone manufacturers.

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What Is ANDROID

Android is an open-source, Linux-based operating system primarily used to power smartphones and tablets. It was developed by Android Inc. which was bought by Google in 2005. Key points about Android include that it uses Java and C/C++ for app development, has a touch-based interface, and has gone through many versions from early ones like Gingerbread to the modern Jelly Bean. Future predictions are that Android use will continue growing due to its large app library and low cost for phone manufacturers.

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What Is ANDROID ?

• Android is a linux based operating system.


• Programmed in- C, C++, Java.
• Available language- multi-lingual.
• Android as an open source communtiy.
• Android's user interface is based on 
direct manipulation, using touch inputs that
loosely correspond to real-world actions, like
swiping, tapping, pinching and reverse pinching
to manipulate on-screen objects.
HISTORY OF ANDROID

• Android inc. was


founded in october
2003 by Andy Rubin.

• The first commercially


available phone to run
Android was the 
HTC Dream.
VERSIONS OF ANDROID
• Gingerbread(2.3.3 - 2.3.7)
• Honeycomb(3.1 & 3.2)
• Ice Cream Sandwich(4.0.x)
• Jelly Bean(4.1.x)
• Jelly Bean(4.2.x)
GINGERBREAD
• Support for extra-
large screen sizes
and resolutions.
• New 
Download Manager,
giving users easy
access to any file
downloaded from the
browser, email, or
another application.
• Enhanced copy/paste
 functionality.
• Updated user
interface design with
increased simplicity
and speed
• Support for multiple
cameras on the
device, including a
front-facing camera
HONEYCOMB
• Honeycomb
introduces the first
tablet only on android
update.
• The first device
featuring this version,
the Motorola Xoom
 tablet, was released
on 24 February 2011.
• Simplified multitasking.
• Hardware acceleration.
• Quick access to camera
exposure, focus, flash, zoom,
front-facing camera, time-
lapse, and other camera
features.
• Support for multi-core
processors
• Redesigned keyboard, making
typing fast, efficient and
accurate on larger screen
sizes.
ICE CREAM SANDWICH
• Android 4.0.1 (Ice
Cream Sandwich),
based on Linux kernel
3.0.1 was publicly
released on 19
October 2011.
• 1st phone running ics
was Samsung galaxy
nexus.
FEATURES
• Separation of widgets in a new tab.
• Introduction of drag and drop style.
• Face Unlock.
• A new typeface family for the UI, Roboto
• Better voice integration and continuous,
real-time speech to text dictation.
• Built-in photo editor.
• Integrated screenshot capture.
• Improved camera app introducing
panorama mode.
• Ability to shut down apps that are using
data in the background.
JELLYBEAN
• Google announced
Android 4.1 (Jelly
Bean) at the 
Google I/O
 conference on 27
June 2012.

• Primary aim to
develop was ‘Project
Butter’.
FEATURES
• The Nexus 7 tablet, the
first device to run Jelly
Bean, was released on
13 July 2012.

• The first devices to run


Android 4.2 were LG's 
Nexus 4 and Samsung's 
Nexus 10.
• Enhanced accessibility.
• Google Now search application.
• "Photo Sphere" panorama photos.
• Bi-directional text and other language
support.
• Gesture Mode navigation for blind users.
• Shortcuts and widgets can automatically
be re-arranged or re-sized to allow new
items to fit on home screens.
STOCK and NON STOCK
ANDROID
• Stock Android is the default android OS
which basically runs the android kernel
that google originally designed and having
no UI overlay on top of it.

• UI overlays on top of stock android is non


stock android.
GOOGLE GLASS
ANDROID ROOTING

• Android rooting is
the process of
allowing users of the 
Android 
mobile operating syst
em
to attain root access
within Android's
subsystem.
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
OF ROOTING
• Install and Run Special Applications.
• Install Custom ROM
• Enhanced BackUp.
• Freeing Your Memory.
• Enhanced Speed, Battery Life and
Performance.
Usage share of android
versions
DISADVATAGES OF
ANDROID
• Fragmentation.

• Decentralized.

• Often hangs or crash.

• Battery drainage and overheating.


FUTURE OF ANDROID
Statistics of usage of OS
 
Google Play, formerly known as the Android Market, is
a digital application distribution platform for Android and
an online electronics store developed and maintained by
Google.
The service allows users to browse and download
music, magazines, books, movies, television programs,
and applications published through Google. Users can
also purchase Chromebooks and Google Nexus-
branded mobile devices through Google Play.
• The number of apps available for Android
now totals about 800,000
• And it equals the figure Apple most
recently counted.
• But 70% of apps are free in androids
whereas only 30-40% are free in iOS.
• So the future is mostly Android.
• Of course we have seen things change
more rapidly than prediction allows for
before and this prediction is based on
things going on as they are today.
• Chromebooks might sweep the market
making inroads into both iOS and
Windows use.
• Mozilla might have a winner on its hands
with Firefox OS, taking market share from
Android.
• It could even be that Microsoft manages to
work out how to get Windows to work
properly on tablets and phones and it could
add to the Windows user base by taking
share from Android and iOS - but this last
one doesn't look likely at the moment

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