Android Basics

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Mobile Application Development (MAD)

Intro to Android platform
Platform architecture
Application building blocks
Development tools
Textbook: Hello, Android
 WHAT IS ANDROID

Android is an operating system for Mobile phones.

I will explain more about this in the later part of
this article. Lot of advances can be seen these days
in the field of smart phones.
As the number of users is increasing day by day,
facilities are also increasing.
ANDROID VERSIONS
 ANDROID FEATURES

 Reuse and replacement of components

 Dalvik virtual machine
 Integrated browser
 Optimized graphics
 SQLite
 Media support
 Rich development environment
 APPLICATION
FUNDAMENTALS

Apps are written in Java

Bundled by Android Asset Packaging Tool
Every App runs its own Linux process
Each process has it’s own Java Virtual Machine
Each App is assigned a unique Linux user ID
Apps can share the same user ID to see each other’s files
 Libraries
• C/C++ libraries
• Interface through Java
• Surface manager – Handling UI Windows
• 2D and 3D graphics
• Media codecs, SQLite, Browser engine
 Android Runtime
• Dalvik VM
– Dex files
– Compact and efficient than class files
– Limited memory and battery power
• Core Libraries
– Java 5 Std edition
– Collections, I/O etc…
 APPLICATION COMPONENTS

 Activity
◦ Present a visual user interface for one focused endeavor the user can undertake
◦ Example: a list of menu items users can choose from
 Services
◦ Run in the background for an indefinite period of time
◦ Example: calculate and provide the result to activities that need it
 Broadcast Receivers
◦ Receive and react to broadcast announcements
◦ Example: announcements that the time zone has changed
 Content Providers
◦ Store and retrieve data and make it accessible to all applications
◦ Example: Android ships with a number of content providers for common data types
(e.g., audio, video, images, personal contact information, etc.)
 ACTIVITIES

Typically correspond to one UI screen

But, they can:
Be faceless
Be in a floating window
Return a value
 INTENTRECEIVERS

Components that respond to broadcast ‘Intents’

Way to respond to external notification or alarms
Apps can invent and broadcast their own Intent
 INTENTS

Think of Intents as a verb and object; a description of what you

want done
E.g. VIEW, CALL, PLAY etc..
System matches Intent with Activity that can best provide the
service
Activities and IntentReceivers describe what Intents they can
service
 Intents
Home System picks best
component for that action Photo
Gallery
Contacts

“Pick photo”
GMail

Client component makes a

Chat request for a specific
action
Blogger
Blogger
New components can use
existing functionality
 SERVICES

Faceless components that run in the background

E.g. music player, network download etc…
 FUTURE SCOPE

I'm just curious to what you guys think the future of Android will be like,
especially after Apple won their lawsuit with Samsung. With that lawsuit, and
Adobe eliminating Mobile Flash, I am less optimistic about the future of
Android than I have ever been. The lawsuit could dramatically impact the
design of Android (of course we will still have launchers to make our phone
look how we want).
A future change in the basic design could dramatically hurt Android. The
current Icon setup is the most popular for users (Windows, Macs, iPhone,
Android) but if that were to change, people may not want to keep buying
Androids. Personally, I hope Samsung is able to sue Apple when the mini iPad
comes out for design patents. Since Apple was able to win a rectangle with
rounded corners, why can't Samsung win the 7inch design. The mobile war
lawsuits are silly and will cause all of us to pay more for future Smartphones.
CREATED BY

Nishita Sharma.
Rahul Sharma.
Rachit Sharma.
Arpit Sharma.
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