Practical Mobile Forensics - Fourth Edition

The evolution of Android

Android is a Linux-based mobile operating system developed for touchscreen mobile devices. It is developed by a consortium of companies known as the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), with the primary contributor and commercial marketer being Google. The Android operating system has evolved significantly since its inaugural release date. Android was officially launched to the public in 2008, with Android version 1.0. With the Android 1.5 Cupcake release in 2009, the tradition of naming Android versions after confectionery was born. The version names were also released in alphabetical order for the next 10 years. However, in 2019, Google announced that they were ending the confectionery-based naming, and were using numerical ...