Introduction to Android (Part - 01)

Throughout this article series, I am planning to give a brief introduction to Android mobile application development and this first part will cover the background of Android from it's starting age to present versions as well as hope to cover the granular level of the Android platform. So what is Android? Android is an open source mobile platform which consists of an operating system, middleware and key applications. G o o g l e says..... Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. History In September 2003 this mobile platform was founded by a company called Android incorporated but due to some financial later this company decided to sell this entire platform to Google Inc. So, in July 2005 android acquired by Google. After ...