Understanding the Android Software Stack
So far we've covered Android's history and its optimization features, including the Dalvik VM, and we've hinted at the Java programming stack available. In this section, we will cover the development aspect of Android. Figure 1–3 shows the Android software stack from a developer's perspective.
Figure 1–3. Detailed Android SDK software stack
At the core of the Android platform is a Linux kernel responsible for device drivers, resource access, power management, and other OS duties. The supplied device drivers include Display, Camera, Keypad, Wi-Fi, Flash Memory, Audio, and inter-process communication ...
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