Unit I – Android and its tools

1.1 Introduction to Android, Open Handset Alliance, Android Ecosystem

1.2 Need of Android, Features of Android
1.3 Tools and software required for developing an Android Applications
1.4 Android Architecture

1.1 Introduction to Android, Open Handset Alliance, Android Ecosystem

Open Handset Alliance
 Open Handset Alliance (OHA) was formed in November 2007. It was created by Google.
 The OHA is the group that is in charge of the Android smartphone operating system.
 The OHA is the business alliance that consists of 47 companies (like google, HTC, LG Electronics,
Motorola, Samsung Electronics, T-Mobile and so on) for developing open standard platform for
mobile devices.
 The members of OHA include handset manufactures, chip makers, commercialization
companies, software companies and mobile operators.
 The primary objective of these companies is to develop open standards for mobile devices.
 The goal of Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is to create mobility without borders or walls where
mobiles devices and mobile applications all work together to achieve a single goal i.e. providing
users with the services and applications that they want and need.