Android OS.ppt

Android OS Yummy Desserts! Cupcake Donuts éclair Frozen Yoghurt (Froyo) Gingerbread Honeycomb What do these have in common? Smartphone OS Symbian Windows Mobile RIM Blackberry OS Apple iOS Google Android Palm WebOS Windows Phone 7 Android OS Fastest growing mobile OS Over 300,000 Android activations a day Android overtook iOS as the dominant OS in US during 2H 2010 First phone launched HTC G1 in 2008 Currently an OS of choice for Motorola, HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, among others Software updates every few months Android – what is it? software stack for mobile devices incl. OS, middleware and key applications Open source – source code is open and contributions are welcome application framework enabling reuse/replacement of apps Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile integrated browser based on webkit Optimized graphics – 2D graphics library, 3D based on OPEN GL ES SQLite for data storage Media support (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG,…) Support for radio interfaces, Bluetooth, WiFi, Camera, GPS, accelerometer Software Development Kit (SDK) Preinstalled applications from Google (GMS) Gmail, Maps, Search, Voice Search, Youtube Software Stack Linux kernel Libraries Android run time core libraries Dalvik virtual machine application layer application protocol Android Architecture Android Google Maps and other GMS applications Background services and applications allows multi tasking of applications Shared Data and interprocess communication All applications are equal does not discriminate between native and non-native applications allows any applications to be enhanced/reused p2p interdevice application messaging Dalvik VM All applications written in Java and converted to the dalvik executable .dex Every android app runs its own process, with its own instance of the dalvik virtual machine Not a traditional JVM, but a custom VM designed to run multiple instances efficiently on a single device VM uses linux kernel to handle low-level functionality incl. securit