Android App Development

Android is a based on the Linux V2.6 Kernel with Java programming interface operating environment. Initially, the Android deployment target for the mobile phone arena included the Smartphone and lower cost flip phone devices. Android now uses Dalvik (special Java virtual machine) which is based on the Apache Harmony Java implementation. Android also supports 2D and 3D graphic animation using open GL libraries for data storage and uses the SQLLite database.

Google announced the Open Handset Alliance and the Android development platform along with first beta version of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) in November of 200s7. Within a few months, over 1 million people downloaded the android development SDK from the Google's website. T-Mobile first announces the G1 Android Mobile phone and before the end of the year several thousand mobiles were sold.