Introduction to Android Platform

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1. What is Android

2. The Skeleton of Android Platform.

3. Debugging Tasks

4. Reference

What is Android
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Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.

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Android Architecture

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Application & Application Framework

Application Components: 1.! Activities 2.! Services 3.! Broadcast receivers 4.! Content providers

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Application Life Cycle

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Application Life Cycle Illustration SYSTEM_PROCESS

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Foreground Activity
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Libraries
Android includes a set of C/C++ libraries used by various components of the Android system. These capabilities are exposed to developers through the Android application framework.

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Android Runtime
Android includes a set of core libraries that provides most of the functionality available in the core libraries of the Java programming language.

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Linux Kernel
Android relies on Linux version 2.6 for core system services such as security, memory management, process management, network stack, and driver model. The kernel also acts as an abstraction layer between the hardware and the rest of the software stack.

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Debugging Tasks
Tools
1.! 2.! 3.! 4.! 5.! DDMS ADB Hierarchy Viewer Traceview Eclipse plugin

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Reference
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Android Official Website
http://www.android.com/

Android
http://www.android1.net/

Android: Dalvik VM Internals

http://sites.google.com/site/developerdaytaiwan/google-developer-day-2008-taiwan/android-dalvik-vm-internals

Linux2

http://search.books.com.tw/exep/prod_search_redir.php?key=linux+%B4O%A4J%A6%A1&area=mid&item=0010429236

Linux Device Driver Programming

http://tlsj.tenlong.com.tw/WebModule/BookSearch/bookSearchViewAction.do?isbn=9789862011867&sid=48388

Linux (Linux Device Drivers, 3/e)

http://tlsj.tenlong.com.tw/WebModule/BookSearch/bookSearchViewAction.do?isbn=9867794737&sid=30777

Linux
http://search.books.com.tw/exep/prod_search_redir.php?key=Linux+%C5X%B0%CA%B5%7B %A6%A1&area=mid&item=0010420630
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