The Basics Of The Google Android OS
Android Operating system came in to existence in July 2005 when Google acquired Android, a small start up company based in California. Co-founders of Android Operating system were Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White.
Google officially released most of the Android operating system under the open source, free software ” Apache license.
The article will As it is usually not easy to understand the technical terms associated with an operating system. The Android operating system and its features will therefor be explained in an universal easily understandable manner.
Android is an operating system that is based on a Linux Kernel that has been modified by Google. The programming language used to code applications for the software platform is Java. Developers receive access to various Java libraries which they can use to program applications for the operating system.
Some of the most important features of Android next to hardware support and its development environment are messaging, web browsing and connectivity capabilities as well as support of a virtual machine and media support.
The Android operating system supports both SMS and MMS forms of messaging including threaded text messages for conversations. It supports a variety of technologies including Bluetooth, EDGE, GSM, Wi-FI or EV-DO. Data is stored in SQLite databases.
The Google Android software platform supports graphic standards and libraries like 2d graphics, VGA, Open GL but also traditional smart phone layouts and specifications. Webkit has been selected as the framework for the Android web browser.
The Dalvik virtual machine has been added to the Android platform to run Java applications in a virtual environment. The implementation of the virtual machine has been specifically designed for mobile platforms.
Media formats such as H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, AAC, OGG, JPEG, GIF, PNG are supported by Android. Other features include touch screens, accelerometers, GPS, video/still cameras and accelerated 3D graphics. The Android operating system incorporates a device emulator, tools for debugging, a plug in for the Eclipse IDE and performance profiling.
The Android operating system has been the mobile platform for running Google applications. It ships with several Google applications such as Google Mail, Google Maps or Google Search preinstalled.
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