Android

Android Google's operating system mobile devices. I competitor Apple's OS iPhone Microsoft's Windows Mobile mobile devices.

Technologically, Android includes middleware y applications, modified version Linux kernel. I initially developed y Android I., later purchased y Google, lately y Op Handset Alliance. I allows developers write managed J language, controlling device Google-developed J libraries.

T O A Oy Android operating system software stack consists J applications running J based object oriented application framework p J libraries running Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written C include surface manager, OpenCore media framework, SQLite relational database management yem, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, Bionic . T O A Oy Android operating system consists 12 million lines including 3 million lines XML, 2.8 million lines C, 2.1 million lines J.

T O A Oy unveiling Android distribution 5 November 2007 announced founding Op Handset Alliance, consortium 71 hardware, software, telecom companies devoted advancing p standards mobile devices. Google released Android under Apache License, software p source license.

According NPD Group, sales Android OS smartphones ranked second among smartphone OS handsets U.S. first quarter 2010. BlackBerry OS OS ranked first third respectively.