Google releases the Android SDK

Funny for a company to ship a new mobile phone SDK before releasing the phone, instead of announcing one months after the device hits stores and generates thousands of complaints about its lack of third party expansion. Hey, different companies do things differently, I guess.

The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use which runs on top of a Linux kernel.

If you want to know how to develop applications for Android, you're in the right place. This site provides a variety of documentation that will help you learn about Android and develop mobile applications for the platform.

An early look at the the Android SDK is also available. It includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and of course all the libraries you'll need to build an Android application.

 

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cesjr
on Nov 13, 2007
"Hey, different companies do things differently, I guess." Yea, one shipped a working product in June 2007 and the other won't see any phones using its OS until second half 2008 (could be December 2008) and even that's just a prediction at this point. I guess if you ship the product 12-18 + months later you can release an SDK before the product.
lotsamystuff
on Nov 14, 2007
Funny how one company has generated nothing but developer complaints despite having an SDK ("on paper") while another has hundreds of applications available (and developers chomping at the bit) despite not having an SDK. Weird, isn't it? Guess that's the difference between the VaporPhone and the iPhone.

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