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14. Hardware

Peter Späth1  
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Leipzig, Germany
 

Android can do more than presenting a GUI on a smartphone. Android is also about wearables , talking to appropriately equipped TV sets, and infotainment in cars. And smartphones have cameras, NFC and Bluetooth adapters, and sensors for position, movement, orientation, and fingerprints. And, yes, smartphones can do phone calls as well. This chapter describes how the Android OS can run on devices other than smartphones and how to interact with the device’s hardware.

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