ANDROID

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Introduction to Android

Hi friends,

These notes are for those who don't want to spend to much of time on reading but want to get everything in less time so here i am for you with short notes on android .

-You can refer these notes for your last our preparation of interview. 

-And the best thing is you will get explanation to each and every line of code the examples you get here.

-So let's start....

Prerequisites for Android:

   You might have herd like you need to master  java and advance java and  bla bla bla.....,

   Yes, those who say it they are true but not 100%, as per my experience  what i know is if  you better known C and C++( OOP concepts) you  the one who can start developing your own android app's.

History:

Does it matters lot to know history of android?

No ,not so but you should know something like what?  Why? And How?

So what is android?

Now days any one can tell you easily its thing which made you smart with things to do smartly. 
"As your mobile device quickly has become the easiest portal into your digital self."
                                                                                                   

And in technical terms:

“ It is nothing but an OS (Operating System) introduced by Google in November 2007 with its Android alpha and  the first commercial  version, Android 1.0 in September 2008 and still they are developing it .”

Name and Version	Release	API Level
1.0	Sept 2008	1
1.1	Feb 2009	2
Cupcake (1.5)	April 2009	3
Donut    (1.6)	Sept 2009	4
Éclair   (2.0 – 2.1)	Oct 2009	5-7
Froyo   (2.2 – 2.2.3)	May 2010	8
Gingerbread (2.3 – 2.3.7)	Dec 2010	9-10
Honeycomb (3.0 – 3.2.6)	Feb 2011	11-13
Ice Cream Sandwich  (4.0 – 4.0.4)	Oct 2011	14-15
Jelly Bean (4.1 – 4.3.1)	July 2012	16-18
KitKat  (4.4 – 4.4.4,  4.4W – 4.4W.2)	Oct 2013	19-20
Lollipop (5.0 – 5.1.1)	Nov 2014	21-22
Marshmallow (6.0 – 6.0.1)	Oct 2015	23
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                                  Table: 1 Android Versions And API levels

    Setup Android Environment:

         There are  three different  ways to do this: 

               1) Manually using

                  -Eclipse IDE

                  -ADT Plugin

                  -Android SDK

      2) ADT Bundle: this alone is collection of above three components.

      3) Android Studio: Now it’s an official IDE for android development


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