Android Development (The Beginning)

Android Development



Hey reader, 
Thanks for visiting my first blog in this series of Android Development.
Here will learn all sort of android programming and some theory related to Android. This is my second post of this series if you want to see my first blog just tap down the list to the of Blog Archive.
So here will have a quick recap of what we have seen so far...
  • What is Android?
  • Android Applications
  • Getting All required setup
  • Android IDE's
Today will go through some more concept of Android Development before beginning with the actual Android Programming. I know its a boring part but its damn IMPORTANT to see whats actually happening behind the seen. So lets start....

Android History:

Development of Android Started in 2003 by Android.inc , Which was later purchased by Google in 2005. The history of Android Mobile Operating System began with the release of Alpha  in November 2007. The First commercial Android Version 1.0 was released in September 2008.
Android is Developed by Google and Open Handset Alliance and has given us number of intuitive Updates for Android Base Operating System since the first release.

Android Versions:

Android Version are defined in API Levels.

What is API Level?

API is a integer value that uniquely defines the Framework API revision offered by a version of Android Platform.
Below we have the Tabular view for various API levels and their corresponding Code names
Code names of Android Operating System is Alphabetically Arranged from A-N, Started from Base version Alpha to the most recent version Android 7.0 Nougat.

Code Name
Version Number
Release Date
API Level
N/A
1.0
23rd Sept 2008
1
1.1
9th Feb 2009
2
Cupcake
1.5
27th April 2009
3
Donut
1.6
15th Sept 2009
4
Eclair
2.0 - 2.1
26th Oct 2009
5-7
Froyo
2.2 - 2.2.3
20th May 2010
8
Gingerbread
2.3 - 2.3.7
6th Dec 2010
9-10
Honeycomb
3.0 - 3.2.6
22nd Feb 2011
11-13
Ice Cream Sandwich
4.0 - 4.0.4
18th Oct 2011
14-15
Jelly Bean
4.1 - 4.3.1
9th July 2012
16-18
KitKat
4.4 - 4.4.4
31st Oct 2013
19-20
Lollipop
5.0 – 5.1.1
12th Nov 2014
21-22
Marshmallow
6.0 - 6.0.1
5th Oct 2015
23
Nougat
7.0 - 7.1
22nd Aug 2016
24

We have a pie chart for Android Version Distribution Worldwide before launch of Android 7.0 Nougat.
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