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Android Introduction

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:57:18 +0500

Android is a Linux-based operating system with a java programming interface primarily designed for touch screen mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers.

Android Incorporation was founded in 2003 in PALO ALTO in CALIFORNIA by Arubin, Rich Mina and Chris White.

Android Architecture

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:01:37 +0500

Android was created on top of the open-source Linux 2.6 kernel. The Android team chose to use this kernel because it provided proven core features to develop the Android operating system on.

Atop the Linux 2.6 kernel, the Android framework was developed with various features. These features were pulled from numerous open-source projects.

Android Features

Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:03:45 +0500

Multiprocess and App Widgets

The Android OS does not restrict the processor to a single application at a time. The system manages priorities of applications and threads within a single application.

Touch, Gestures, and Multitouch

The touch screen is an intuitive user interface for a hand-held device.

Android installation for windows-XP, windows-Vista, windows-7.

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:08:07 +0500

Before you start coding, you need to install Java, an Eclipse IDE, and the Android SDK. The Android software development kit (SDK) works on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The applications you create, of course, can be deployed on any Android devices.

Android project creation step by step guide

Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:12:10 +0500

I'm going to walk you through how to create your first Android application to help solidify a few key aspects in the Android project creation process.

You will be creating a very simple "Hello Android" application that requires no coding whatsoever. What? No coding? How's that possible?

Android project structure explaination step by step

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:16:27 +0500

Every Android project contains several folders & files Understanding what they're for and how they got there is a key aspect of understanding Android development.

Creating AVD or Emulator

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:19:53 +0500

To run your App first you need to create an Android Virtual Device (AVD), also known as an emulator. An AVD is a virtual Android device that looks, acts, walks, and talks (well, maybe not walks and talks) just like a real Android device. AVDs can be configured to run any particular version of Android as long as the SDK for that version is downloaded and installed.

Run your app step by step guide

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:25:35 +0500

Running the App in the emulator/AVD(Android Virtual Device) STEP 1: Create a Project

STEP 2: Create an Emulator/AVD

STEP 3: Creating Launch Configurations The Android ADT(Android Development Tools) gives you two options for creating launch configurations:

Android manifest file information

praveen@kiss-android.com — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:28:39 +0500

The Android manifest file is stored at the root of your project and is named AndroidManifest.xml. Every application must have an Android manifest file in its root directory.

The Android manifest file is the central configuration file for an Android application.