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T. HagosLearn Android Studio 4https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5937-5_1

1. Android Overview

Ted Hagos1 
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Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines
 
What the chapter covers:
  • Brief history of Android

  • The Android operating system

It’s been quite a while since the little green robot made waves and disrupted the mobile computing world. It started as an operating system for phones, but it has, since, made its way into all sorts of places like TVs, car systems, watches, e-readers, netbooks, and game consoles, among other things.

Android, to many people, may seem like an OS only, which for the most part it is; but apart from the OS, Android also includes a software development kit, libraries, application frameworks, and reference design. ...

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