Abstract
This chapter introduces the Android operating system, giving you a little background information to put things into perspective. We’ll visit just how expansive this platform has become in today’s Internet 2.0 environment of portable consumer electronic devices. Internet 2.0 here refers to the consumption of the Internet over a wide variety of different types of data networks using highly portable consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, tablets, e-book readers, and even new emerging consumer electronic products such as interactive television (iTV).
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- Preliminary Information
- Integrate Development Environment
- Android Platform
- Consumer Electronic Manufacturer
- Android Operating System
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Jackson, W. (2011). Preliminary Information: Before We Get Started. In: Android Apps for Absolute Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3447-0_1
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