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外文文献 Hello Android Reto Meier Whether you’re an experienced mobile engineer, a desktop or web developer, or acomplete programming novice, Android represents an exciting new opportunity to write innovative applications for an increasingly wide range of devices. Despite the name, Android will not help you create an unstoppable army of emotionless robot warriors on a relentless quest to cleanse the earth of the scourge of humanity.Instead,Android is an open-source software stack that includes the operating system, middle ware, and key mobile applications, along with a set of API libraries for writing applications that can shape the look, feel, and function of the devices on which they run. Small, stylish, and versatile, modern mobile devices have become powerful tools that incorporate touchscreens, cameras, media players,Global Position in System receivers, and Near Field Communications (NFC) hardware. As technology has evolved, mobile phones have become about much more than simply making calls. With the introduction of tablets and Google TV,Android has expanded beyond its roots as a mobile phone operating system,providing a consistent platform for application development across an increasingly wide range of hardware. In Android, native and third-party applications are written with the same APIs and executed on the same run time. These APIs feature hardware access, video recording, location-based services, support for background services, map-based activities, relational databases, inter-application communication, Bluetooth, NFC, and 2D and 3D graphics. Android has powerful APIs, excellent documentation, a thriving developer community, and no development or distribution costs. As mobile devices continue to increase in popularity and Android devices expand into exciting new to create innovative applications on matter what your development experience. A LITTLE BACKGROUND In the days before Twitter and Facebook, when Google was still a twinkle in its founders’eyes and di