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Introduction#

Android is pretty cool because:

• it's based on Linux, sqlite, freetype, OpenGL etc.
• the Java-like VM and libraries are Open Source
• great phones, tablets and others are coming out with Android
• the framework has declarative syntax for GUI and animation
• the framework as a nice inter-process communication (Intents)
• people are porting it to all kinds of devices (netbooks, other phones etc.)

Documentation#

The main Android doc lives there

Apparently Netbeans can be used to develop for Android although Eclipse is the official environment.

Hardware support#

Hardware requirements#

In 2008 Rubin said in an interview that smaller machines were targeted too and listed the following requirements:

• 32MB RAM
• 32MB Flash Memory
• 200MHz Online Processor

Alternative hardware#

The following have been used to run Android:

The following might be able to do it:

• Zaurus 5500
• Leapfrog DIDJ (runs Linux)