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Android?A Programmer’s GuideJ.F. DiMarzioNew York Chicago San FranciscoLisbon London Madrid Mexico CityMilan New Delhi San JuanSeoul Singapore Sydney TorontoAbout the AuthorJ.F. DiMarzio is a developer with over 15 years ofexperience in networking and application developmentand is the author of seven books on computing technologies.He has become a leading resource in the fields of ITconsulting and development. He lives in Central Florida.About the Technical EditorGilbert L. Polo is a software developer with over 20years of experience working in the telecommunications,financial, and, most recently, educational industries. Hehas programmed in various languages including C, C++,Java, and C#.Chapter1What Is Android?Key Skills & ConceptsHistory of embedded device programmingExplanation of Open Handset AllianceFirst look at the Android home screenIt can be said that, for a while, traditional desktop application developers have beenspoiled. This is not to say that traditional desktop application development is easier thanother forms of development. However, as traditional desktop application developers, wehave had the ability to create almost any kind of application we can imagine. I amincluding myself in this grouping because I got my start in desktop programming.One aspect that has made desktop programming more accessible is that we havehad the ability to interact with the desktop operating system, and thus interact with anyunderlying hardware, pretty freely (or at least with minimal exceptions). This kind offreedom to program independently, however, has never really been available to thesmall group of programmers who dared to venture into the murky waters of cell phonedevelopment.NOTEI refer to two different kinds of developers in this discussion: traditional desktopapplication developers, who work in almost any language and whose end product,applications, are built to run on any “desktop” operating system; and Androiddevelopers, Java developers who develop for the Andr