How to Start with Android ?

Android is a famous mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for  mobile devices like smartphones, hand held devices and tablets. Android’s user interface is mainly based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. In addition to touchscreen devices, Google has further developed Android TV or smart TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Android Wear for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on notebooks, game consoles, digital cameras, and other electronics.
To start working with android you need know how different applications are created on android platform. Android is based on java for its programming purposes so good knowledge of java SE is must.
Various softwares are available to start working on Android development, some of them are:-
  • Android Studio
  • Ecllipse
First of all java jdk (java development kit) is must for any development in java code, thus it is must for android development as well.
Secondly, android sdk (software development kit) is also necessarily be present in order to run android applications.

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