The favorite pet of mobile device lovers, android robot, he has a name. At the same time of that, there are many curiosities that surround the origin of the most used software in the mobile market.
What kind of software is Android?
Android is a software of the type “mobile operating system” or mobile OS. This means that it works in a way equivalent to the operating system of a computer..
Android works like a bridge between applications and hardware of touch devices mainly oriented to multimedia playback. This mobile OS works in layers, these are in charge of specific functions, described below:
- core the core: This is Based on Linux and it's the cape “nearest” al hardware. This is responsible for organizing and manipulating the drivers of the components of the phone (camera, memories, battery, bluetooth and display).
- Base library: this is the layer immediately above the core. In it are the different commands (in JAVA language) to be used for the operation of the operating system. This set of commands is compiled in a system called ART and compiled at the moment of flashing the system in the memory of the phone.
- Application Libraries: here are the rest of the libraries supported in C ++ and C standard where the commands that applications need to execute functions will be saved. Among them: 3D graphics, calculation of mathematical operations, media playback etc …
- Application framework: this layer can be considered as the place where applications work. It is here regularly that the application developers apply the settings and add the famous “Upgrades”, being the versions the different revisions of the same.
- Applications: this is the layer closest to the end user and is the last layer of the Android architecture. In it are the clients of the applications, all of them executed through the system “Launcher” O “Launch”.
This launcher system is another application that runs automatically when the device is turned on and is the one that serves as the user-application interface. Serves as the application directory and regularly runs on top of other applications having the highest priority for user commands.
What is the reason why it is called Android?
Android Inc. It was a company created in 2003 por Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Chris White y Nick Sears, whose purpose was create a Linux-based mobile operating system.
The name of the company comes from the love of Andy Rubin (former Apple engineer) for robotics. This led to his co-workers at Apple They will nickname it Android.
Despite this, the name ended up being a reference to the novel. Androids dream of electric sheep? por Philip K.. Dick.
What is the name of the Android mascot?
The operating system mascot was designed by Irina Block, who was asked to make a robot-shaped design. The design of the green robot so captivated Google engineers that Andy Rubin himself nicknamed him “Andy”..
There are suspicions that the design was liked so much by its similarity to the character of the game “Gauntled: the third meetingWho is called Android that many of the engineers were fans of?
The rest of the engineers nicknamed the robot “Bugdroid” due to its resemblance to an insect and the number of bugs that usually appear with each version of Android during its development.
Whatever the case, Google has not declared an official name for your pet, since its operating system is open source and therefore the design of the robot is also open.
Why are their versions named after desserts?
The names of the desserts were given for all versions after Android 1.5 (Cupcake) since in the words of its developers “smartphones came to sweeten our lives”. The following versions were designated in alphabetical order as:
- Donut Android 1.6
- Eclair Android 2
- Froyo Android 2.2
- Gingerbread Android 2.3
- Diaper Android 3.0
- Ice cream sandwich Android 4.0
- Jelly Bean Android 4.1
- Kit Kat Android 4.4
- Pacifier Android 5
- Malvavisco Android 6
- Nougat Android 7
- Ventilation Android 8
- Pie Android 9
After this, on 2019 Google would stop using dessert sorting using the Android name 10 simply. Despite this, an unofficial emergency name was designated by calling this version Queen Cake or Fifteen Tart.
The current version of Android 11 It is still called internally Red Velvet Cake and the next Android 12 will be released at the end of the year 2021. It could be called Snow Cone. What dessert for the letter “T” Android will bring us 13?
