Module 1 (ICS26011)

Mobile app development

the act or process by which a mobile app is developed for mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants, or mobile.

Android

open-source

Linux-based Operating System

for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

Android

world's best-selling Smartphone

currently over 3.5 million apps available for Android

primarily written in Java and mostly in Kotlin.

Why ANDROID?

Open source

Larger Development and Community Reach

Increased Marketing

Inter App Interogation

Reduced Cost of Development

Higher Success Ratio

Rich Development Environment

Founder, Android Inc

Andy Rubin

Android Inc.

founded in Palo Alto, California

October 2003

Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White.

•Their goal was to develop a "smarter mobile device that was more aware of its owner's location and preferences.”

Android TV 

a version of the Android operating system designed for digital media players.

A replacement for Google TV

Android Auto

a mobile app developed by Google to mirror features from an Android device to a car's compatible in-dash information and entertainment head unit.

Wear OS by Google

previously known as Android Wear

a version of Google's Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables. 

Android

most popular Operating System for mobiles which is used by more than 2 Billion Monthly Active Android Devices

Android 1.0

This version of Android had only 35 apps

Android 1.5

the first version to get a code name

April 2009

(CUPCAKE)

Android 1.6

September 2009

(DONUT)

ANDROID 2.0/2.1

October 2009

(Eclair)

ANDROID 2.2

(FROYO)

May 2010

ANDROID 2.3

(gingerbread)

December 2010

ANDROID 3.0/3.1/3.2 

(HONEYCOMB)

February 2011

ANDROID 4.0

(ICE CREAM SANDWICH)

October 2011

ANDROID 4.1 / 4.2 / 4.3

(JELLY BEAN)

July 2012

ANDROID 4.4

(KITKAT)

October 2013

ANDROID 5.0 / 5.1

(LOLLIPOP)

November 2014

ANDROID 6.0

(MARSHMALLOW)

October 2015.

ANDROID 7.0

(NOUGAT)

August 2016

ANDROID 8.0

(OREO)

August 2017

ANDROID 9.0

(PIE)

ANDROID 10.0

(QUINCE TART)

September of 2019

ANDROID 11.0

(RED VELVET CAKE)

September 2020

ANDROID 12.0/12.0L

(SNOW CONE)

October 2021

ANDROID 14

(UPSIDE DOWN CAKE)

October 2023

ANDROID 15.0

(VANILLA ICE CREAM)