Android Tutorials - Introduction and Overview

Introduction

Android is an open source operating system for mobile devices like tablets, smart phones and smart watches which is based on Linux operating system. Android was developed by Open Handset Alliance which is led by Google and some other companies. But now, Google is the main leader of Android Operating System.

What You Need?

These tutorials are prepared for beginners and intermediate people. But if you have a little knowledge of java, then it will be very easy for you. If you need high level tutorials, then check our Android Examples section to get materials which is more relevant to your needs.

Overview

Android is open source Linus based operating system led by Google. There is great approach offered by Android which helps you running your application across different Android devices including tablets. Which means you have to design and develop you app once, you don't have to create a separated app for each devices. It will run on all devices having Android operating system.

There are many Android Software Development Kits (SDKs) in the market. But the first version of Android Software Development Kit (SDK) was released in 2007 by Google. It was a beta version. ANDROID 1.0 was the first commercial version released by Google in September 2008.

Latest SDK is ANDROID 6.0 which is named as MARSHMALLOW.

You can find the source code for Android under free and open source software licenses It's code is mostly published under Apache License V 2.0 by Google. And other Linux Kernel changes under the GNU General Public License version 2.

Advantages of Android Development

Android Development Features