My Android

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I'm just a man who is born with all its weakness and fear on the date of August 31, 1991 in the town of Purbalingga, Central Java, Indonesia. A village boy who happens to be an opportunity to recognize the virtual world and the modernity of this world. I was about 21 years (calculated in 2012). I still consider myself a person who has not become fully mature. Although when asked what was up I did not have a satisfactory answer. I still live with my family. Father of the family who built his...

In January 2010, Google released its own smartphone, the Nexus One (N1) shown in Fig. 1.1. The N1 was developed by HTC and, by all accounts, was an ideal model for how manufacturers should develop their phones. The processor was extremely fast (1 GHz), it was running the latest version of Android, and it had innovations such as three microphones which survey background noise and blend your voice to create the most clear conversation possible. The N1 was sold directly by Google and was sold...

Android is clearly a powerful mobile device platform which costs an enormous amount in development. So why did Google give Android away for free? The answer starts with Google’s clearly defined mission (Corporate information:,about, n.d.): Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Cell phones are the most popular consumer device, numbering over 4 billion, so, by providing an advanced mobile stack at no cost, Google believes they...

After an application is designed, developed, tested, and signed, it is ready to be deployed into the Android Market.To use Google’s Android Market, a Google Checkout account needs to be created. It is used not only to pay for the initial developer fee of $25, but is also used for payment back to the developer for any charged apps. Public exposure to a developer’s creation is often exciting.Within hours of upload, the application can get hundreds of views, downloads, ratings, and reviews from...

The Android OS periodically rolls out new features, enhancements such as improved efficiency, and bug fixes.A main driver in OS improvement is the increased capability of hardware on new devices. In fact, major releases of the OS are generally coordinated with new hardware roll-outs (such as Eclair’s release with Droid). Some legacy Android devices cannot support the new version requirements and are not updated with new OS releases.This leads to a user base with a variety of different possible experiences.The...

The Android SDK is comprised of the platform, tools, sample code, and documentation needed to develop Android applications. It is built as an add-on to the Java Development Kit and has an integrated plugin for the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment. Installing and Upgrading There are many places on the Internet that discuss detailed step-by-step instructions on how to install the Android SDK. For example, all the necessary links can be found on the Google website http://developer.android.com/sdk/.Therefore,...