Android DevelopmentFirst Steps

Vasily Yevstygnyeyev

History

• Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, United States in October, 2003 by Andy Rubin

• Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005.[

• November 5, 2007 Open Handset Alliance• On December 9, 2008, 14 new members joined,

including ARM Holdings, Atheros Communications, Asustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd, Huawei Technologies, PacketVideo, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone Group Plc.

• 2010 Case against the testcase code

Architecture

• Android consists of a kernel based on the Linux kernel, with middleware, libraries and APIs written in C and application software running on an application framework which includes Java-compatible libraries based on Apache Harmony. Android uses the Dalvik virtual machine with just-in-time compilation to run compiled Java code.

Development Environment

• Eclipse /Netbeans• Android SDK for Java Development• Android NDK for C/C++ Development• Android X86 Emulator (see blog how to use)• Android ARM Emulator

Development Cycle

• Idea• Java Code• Build target .APK file• Run Virtual Environment/ Real Device

Real Example

• Deploy HelloWorld• Deploy Snake

Reference

• http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/motodevstudio/

• http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html• http://www.android-x86.org/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_

%28operating_system%29• http://blog.gokifu.com/2011/05/android-x86-

faster-emulator/ How to use VirtualBox

Thank You