Android Programming for Smart phones - Get All Answers

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Contents

• History of Android
• Android Fragmentation
• The Role of Google
• Features and Architecture
• Android Software Development Kit
• Android Devices
• Android Compatibility
• Mobile Gaming
• Conclusion

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History of Android

• The version history of the Android mobile
  operating system began with the release of the
  Android beta in November 2007. The first
  commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in
  September 2008. Android is under ongoing
  development by Google and the Open Handset
  Alliance (OHA), and has seen a number of updates
  to its base operating system since its initial
  release.
• The most recent major Android update is
• Android 5.0 "Lollipop", which was released
  on
• November 3, 2014.

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Android Fragmentation

• A term being used in the Android development
  community is Android fragmentation.
• Fragmentation within Android is when a variety of
  versions of the Android platform, combined with a
  mixture of
• hardware result in the inability for some
  devices
• to properly run certain applications.

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The Role of Google

• Expand search advertising revenue
• Step in a door in developing countries. As more
  and more users satisfy their computing needs on
  their smart phones, Google want's to be in a
  prime position to serve and satisfy the needs of
  those users
• Understand usage data. As Google understands how
  people
• use their products outside the PC, they can
  provide more
• personalized search experiences. 
• Remember that Google ultimate goal is to store
  information
• of everything and everyone on the web and
  this is a small
• step in that direction

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Features and Architecture

• Android is not just another Linux distribution
  for mobile devices
• Android possesses several nice features
• An application framework that provides a rich set
  of APIs for creating various types of
  applications.
• reuse and replacement of components
• A set of graphics libraries for 2D and 3D
  programming.
• Media support for common audio, video, and image
  formats.
• Theres even a specialized API for playing back
  sound effects, which will come in 
• handy in your game development adventures.

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Android Software Development Kit

• A software development kit (SDK or "devkit") is
  typically a set of software development tools
  that allows the creation of applications for a
  certain software package, software framework,
  hardware platform, computer system, video game
  console, operating system, or similar development
  platform.
• It may be something as simple as the
  implementation of one or more application
  programming interfaces (APIs) in the form of some
  libraries to interface to a particular
  programming language or to include sophisticated
  hardware that can communicate with a particular
  embedded system. Common tools include debugging
  facilities and other utilities,

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Android Devices

• Android is not locked into a single hardware
  ecosystem. Many prominent handset manufacturers,
  such as HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and LG
• They have jumped onto the Android bandwagon, and
  they offer a wide range of devices running
  Android.
• In addition to handsets, there are a slew of
  available tablet devices that build upon Android.
  
• Some key concepts are shared by all devices,
• though, which will make your life as
  game developer
• a little easier.

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Mobile Gaming

• Gaming was a huge market segment long before the
  likes of iPhone and Android appeared on the
  scene. However, with these new forms of hybrid
  devices, the landscape has started to change.
  Gaming is no longer something just for nerdy
  kids.
• Easier for small time developer to make a fortune
• Mobile devices are everywhere. Thats probably
  the key statement , From this, you can easily
  derive all the other facts about mobile gaming.