What goes into making an Android app

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1. What goes into making an Android app
2. What is Android? Android is an operating system. Not so much this:
3. More like this:
4. Allows for multi-tasking
5. Writing mobile software is different Android is a mobile operating system
6. Mobile devices have Less memory Slow and unreliable network Small Screen
7. Mobile operating systems are much more hands on Low memory - kills apps in background Screen rotation throws away everything and rebuilds it
8. What makes Android a unique mobile OS? Open source software and tools
9. What parts of Android are open source? The Android operating system and Linux kernel The software development kit (SDK) code for making apps The tools for packaging Android apps Essential mobile apps like the phone, contacts list, camera, etc
10. Java Android and Android apps are written in Java. Java is open source and the worlds most popular programming language.
11. Tens of thousands of devices Android is an inviting ecosystem for hardware manufacturers and software developers.
12. How does Google t into it They write and maintain the Android project. They get agreements from hardware manufacturers. Pro t from advertising revenue
13. The Google Play Store is not open source
14. App developers need Google
15. Making an app Get familiar with the documentation Write code that uses the SDK Package the app
16. Building blocks
17. Android Studio
18. Questions