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ENVOIRMENT SETUP

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  You will be glad to know that you can start your Android application development on either of the following operating systems − Microsoft Windows XP or later version. Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later version with Intel chip. Linux including GNU C Library 2.7 or later. Second point is that all the required tools to develop Android applications are freely available and can be downloaded from the Web. Following is the list of software's you will need before you start your Android application programming. Java JDK5 or later version Android Studio Here last two components are optional and if you are working on Windows machine then these components make your life easy while doing Java based application development. So let us have a look how to proceed to set required environment. Set-up Java Development Kit (JDK) You can download the latest version of Java JDK from Oracle's Java site −  Java SE Downloads . You will find instructions for installing JDK in downloaded files, follow the given...
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                    What is Android? Android  is an open-source operating system based on Linux with a Java programming interface for mobile devices such as Smartphone (Touch Screen Devices who supports Android OS) as well for Tablets too.    Android was developed by the  Open Handset Alliance  (OHA), which is led by Google. The  Open Handset Alliance  (OHA) is a consortium of multiple companies like Samsung, Sony, Intel and many more to provide services and deploy handsets using the android platform.   In  2007 , Google released a first beta version of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and the first commercial version of Android  1.0  (with name  Alpha ), was released in September  2008 .   In  2012 , Google released another version of android, 4.1  Jelly Bean . It’s an incremental update and it improved a lot in terms of the user interfac...
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