1Hello, Android
ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Whether you’re an experienced mobile engineer, a desktop or web developer, or a complete programming novice, Android represents an exciting opportunity to write applications for an audience of over two billion Android device users.
You’re probably already familiar with Android, the most common software powering mobile phones. If not, and you purchased this book in the hope that Android development would help you create an unstoppable army of emotionless robot warriors on a relentless quest to cleanse the earth of the scourge of humanity, you should reconsider this book purchase (and your life choices.)
When announcing Android at its launch in 2007, Andy Rubin described it as follows:
The first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications—all of the software to run a mobile phone but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation.
—WHERE’S MY GPHONE?
(http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html)
Since then, Android has expanded beyond mobile phones to provide a development platform for an increasingly wide range of hardware, including tablets, televisions, watches, cars, and Internet-of-Things ...
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