Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and libraries necessary to begin developing applications that run on Android-powered devices.

The Guide holds most of the documentation for the Android platform, except for reference material on the framework API.

However, Android’s full range of computing services and rich functional support have the potential to extend beyond the mobile-phone market. Android can be useful for other platforms and applications. In this article, get an introduction to the Android platform and learn how to code a basic Android application.

In this series Donn Felker will walk through all the necessary steps to building and launching a sophisticated Android application.
Introduction Google Android Software Development

1 – Introduction to Android Development
2 – Android Architecture
3 – Building the UI
4 – UI Explained Pt 1
5 – UI Explained Pt 2
6 – Consuming a JSON API
7 – Consuming a JSON API Pt. 2
8 – Introducing Roboguice

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