android full report

[seminar class]

Presented By :
Abhishek Verma

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Introduction 1 :
What is Android ?
 1. A Software platform and operating system for mobile devices.
 2. Based on Linux kernel.
 3. Developed by Google.
 4. Allows writing managed code in java language.
Introduction 2 :
 Unveiling of Android platform was announced
On 5 November 2007 with the founding of OHA.
àOHA (open handset alliance) is a consortium of several companies.
Introduction 3 :
 What is OHA ?
à 1. Devoted the advancing standards for mobile devices.
2. Develop technologies that will significantly lower the cost of developing and distributing mobile devices and services.
Introduction 3 :
Versions :
Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)
Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread)
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Android 1.6 (Donut)
Android 1.5 (Cupcake)
 Market of Android Platforms on 15 March 2011
 Platform 1:
Hardware :
àAndroid is not a single piece of hardware; it's a complete, end-to-end software platform that can be adapted to work on any number of hardware configurations. Everything is there, from the boot loader all the way up to the applications.
 Platform 2 :
Operating System :
• Android uses Linux for its device drivers, memory management, process management, and networking.
• The next level up contains the Android native libraries. They are all written in C/C++ internally, but you’ll be calling them through Java interfaces. In this layer you can find the Surface Manager, 2D and 3D graphics, Media codecs, the SQL database (SQLite), and a native web browser engine (WebKit).
• Dalvik Virtual Machine. Dalvik runs dex files, which are coverted at compile time from standard class and jar files.
 Platform 3 :
• Network Connectivity :
It supports wireless communications using:
 GSM mobile-phone technology
 3G
 Edge
 802.11 Wi-Fi networks
 Platform 4 :
Security :
 Android is a multi-process system, in which each application (and parts of the system) runs in its own process. Most security between applications and the system is enforced at the process level through standard Linux facilities, such as user and group IDs that are assigned to applications.
 Additional finer-grained security features are provided through a "permission" mechanism that enforces restrictions on the specific operations that a particular process can perform, and per-URI permissions for granting ad-hoc access to specific pieces of data.
 Platform 5 : Performence
 Platform 6 :
Future possibilities :
• Google Android Sales to Overtake iPhone in 2012
• The OHA is committed to make their vision a reality: to deploy the Android platform for every mobile operator, handset manufacturers and developers to build innovative devices
• Intel doesn’t want to lose ownership of the netbook market, so they need to prepare for anything, including Android
• Fujitsu launched an initiative to offer consulting and engineering expertise to help run Android on embedded hardware, which aside from cell phones, mobile internet devices, and portable media players, could include GPS devices, thin-client computers and set-top boxes.
Software Development 1 :
• Development Requirements :
• Java
• Android SDK
Software Development 2 :
• Programming Languages :
• Java – officially supported
• C/C++ – also possible but not supported
Overall Evaluation 1 :
Advantages :
• The ability for anyone to customize the Google Android platform
• The consumer will benefit from having a wide range of mobile applications to choose from since the monopoly will be broken by Google Android
• Men will be able to customize a mobile phones using Google Android platform like never before
• Features like weather details, opening screen, live RSS feeds and even the icons on the opening screen will be able to be customized
Advantages :
• As a result of many mobile phones carrying Google Android, companies will come up with such innovative products like the location
• In addition the entertainment functionalities will be taken a notch higher by Google Android being able to offer online real time multiplayer games
 Overall Evaluation 2 :
• Limitations :
Bluetooth limitations
o Android doesn't support:
 Bluetooth stereo
 Contacts exchange
 Modem pairing
 Wireless keyboards