Android (operating system)
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|---|---|
 Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" | |
| Company / developer | Google Inc., Open Handset Alliance |
| Programmed in | C (core),[1] C++ (some third party libraries), Java (UI) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Initial release | 21 October 2008 |
| Latest stable release | 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) [2] / 9 February 2011[2] |
| Supported platforms | ARM, MIPS, Power Architecture, x86[3][citation needed] |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (modified Linux kernel) |
| Default user interface | Graphical |
| License | Apache 2.0 (Linux kernel patches are licensed under GPL v2[4]) |
| Official website | android.com |
Android is a mobile operating system initially developed by Android Inc. Android was bought by Google in 2005.[5] Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android's development and release.[6][7] The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android.[8]
In Q4 2010 the Android O.S. was the world's best-selling smartphone platform, dethroning Nokia's Symbian from the 10 year top position, according to Canalys.[9][10]
Android has a large community of developers writing application programs ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. There are currently over 200,000 apps available for Android.[11] Android Market is the online app store run by Google, though apps can be downloaded from third-party sites (AT&T does not permit installing third-party apps, or "sideloading", on any of their Android devices [12]). Developers write primarily in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.[13]
The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 79 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[14][15] Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license.[16]
The Android operating system software stack consists of Java applications running on a Java-based, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore[17] media framework, SQLite relational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc. The Android operating system consists of 12 million lines of code including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++.[18]
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