Version and History of Android

Introduction

This article explains History and Version of the Android system.

Andy Rubin, Rich Miners, Nick Sears and Chris White founded the Android incorporation in United States on october 2003. Later Google acquired Android Corporation on August 17 2005. Since then it is a subsidiary of Google Incorporated. The Android operating was developed by the four peple named Andy Rubin, Rich Miners, Nick Sears and Chris White. The Android palteform was announced on 5 November 2007 with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). The Open Handset Alliance is a consortium of 84 companies. The OHA IS devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices and developed technologies to significantly lower the cost of developing and distributing mobile devices and services. Android is licensed under version 2 of the Apache Software License (ASL).

Android Versions, CodeName and API

Version=1.5 CodeName=Cupcake API=3

Version=1.6 CodeName=Donut API=4

Version=2.1 CodeName=Eclair API=7

Version=2.2 CodeName=Foroy API=8

Version=2.3 CodeName=Gingerbraed API=9 and 10

Version=3.1 and 3.3 CodeName=Honeycomb API=12 and 13

Version=4.0 CodeName=IceCreamsandwitch API=15

Version=4.1,4.2 and 4.3 CodeName=JellyBean API=16 and 17

Version=4.4  CodeName=Kitkat API=19

Android Version Images

Cupcake

Donut

Eclair

Froyo

Gingerbread



HoneyComb



Ice Cream Sandwitch



Jellybean

Ktkat