Application streaming is a form of on-demand software distribution. In these scenarios,only essential portions of an application's code need to be installed on the computer:while the end user performs actions in the application,the necessary code and files are delivered over the network as and when they are required.
Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software,designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android is developed by a consortium of developers known as the Open Handset Alliance,though its most widely used version is primarily developed by Google. It was unveiled in November 2007,with the first commercial Android device,the HTC Dream,being launched in September 2008.
The Android Debug Bridge is a programming tool used for the debugging of Android-based devices. The daemon on the Android device connects with the server on the host PC over USB or TCP,which connects to the client that is used by the end-user over TCP. Made available as open-source software under the Apache License by Google since 2007,its features include a shell and the possibility to make backups. The adb software is available for Windows,Linux and macOS. It has been misused by botnets and other malware,for which mitigations were developed such as RSA authentication and device whitelisting.
Android Ice Cream Sandwich is the fourth major version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google. Unveiled on October 19,2011,Android 4.0 builds upon the significant changes made by the tablet-only release Android Honeycomb,in an effort to create a unified platform for both smartphones and tablets. The first phone with Android Ice Cream Sandwich was Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Google Play,also known as the Google Play Store or Play Store and formerly Android Market,is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android operating system and its derivatives,as well as ChromeOS,allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google. Google Play has also served as a digital media store,offering games,music,books,movies,and television programs. Content that has been purchased on Google Play Movies &TV and Google Play Books can be accessed on a web browser and through the Android and iOS apps.
Google Hangouts was a cross-platform instant messaging service developed by Google. It originally was a feature of Google+,becoming a standalone product in 2013,when Google also began integrating features from Google+ Messenger and Google Talk into Hangouts. Google then began integrating features of Google Voice,its Internet telephony product,into Hangouts,stating that Hangouts was designed to be "the future" of Voice.
Android KitKat is the codename for the eleventh Android mobile operating system,representing release version 4.4. Unveiled on September 3,2013,KitKat focused primarily on optimizing the operating system for improved performance on entry-level devices with limited resources. The first phone with Android KitKat was the Nexus 5.
Wear OS is a version of Google's Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables. By pairing with mobile phones running Android version 6.0 "Marshmallow" or newer,or iOS version 10.0 or newer with limited support from Google's pairing application,Wear OS integrates Google Assistant technology and mobile notifications into a smartwatch form factor. Wear OS is closed-source,in contrast to the free and open-source Android.
Google Fit is a health-tracking platform developed by Google for the Android operating system,Wear OS,and iOS. It is a single set of APIs that blends data from multiple apps and devices. Google Fit uses sensors in a user's activity tracker or mobile device to record physical fitness activities,which are measured against the user's fitness goals to provide a comprehensive view of their fitness.
Android Marshmallow is the sixth major version of the Android operating system developed by Google,being the successor to Android Lollipop. It was announced at Google I/O on May 28,2015,and released the same day as a beta,before being officially released on September 29,2015. It was succeeded by Android Nougat on August 22,2016.
Eddystone was a Bluetooth Low Energy beacon profile released by Google in July 2015. In December 2018 Google stopped delivering both Eddystone and Physical Web beacon notifications. The Apache 2.0-licensed,cross-platform,and versioned profile contained several frame types,including Eddystone-UID,Eddystone-URL,and Eddystone-TLM. Eddystone-URL was used by the Physical Web project,whereas Eddystone-UID was typically used by native apps on a user's device,including Google's first party apps such as Google Maps.
Android Nougat is the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9,2016,it was officially released on August 22,2016,with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. The LG V20 was the first smartphone released with Nougat.
Android Oreo is the eighth major release and the 15th version of the Android mobile operating system. It was initially unveiled as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2017 and later made available to the public,on August 21,2017.
Flutter is an open-source UI software development kit created by Google. It can be used to develop cross platform applications from a single codebase for the web,Fuchsia,Android,iOS,Linux,macOS,and Windows. First described in 2015,Flutter was released in May 2017. Flutter is used internally by Google in apps such as Google Pay and Google Earth as well as by other software developers including ByteDance and Alibaba.
ARCore,also known as Google Play Services for AR,is a software development kit developed by Google that allows for augmented reality (AR) applications to be built. ARCore has been integrated into a multitude of devices.
Android Go,officially Android (Go edition),is a stripped-down version of the Android operating system,designed for low-end and ultra-budget smartphones (but is also used by some tablets). It is intended for smartphones with 2 GB of RAM or less and was first made available for Android Oreo. Android Go has platform optimizations designed to reduce mobile data usage (including enabling Data Saver mode by default),and a special suite of Google Mobile Services designed to be less resource and bandwidth-intensive. The Google Play Services package was also modularized to reduce its memory footprint. The Google Play Store will highlight lighter apps suited for these devices.
Android Pie,also known as Android 9 is the ninth major release and the 16th version of the Android mobile operating system. It was first released as a developer preview on March 7,2018,and was released publicly on August 6,2018.
Android 10 is the tenth major release and the 17th version of the Android mobile operating system. It was first released as a developer preview on March 13,2019,and was released publicly on September 3,2019.
MicroG is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries that serves as a replacement for Google Play Services on the Android operating system. It is maintained by German developer Marvin Wißfeld. In a presentation,Wißfeld described microG as "the framework to create a fully-compatible Android distribution without any proprietary Google components".
Android App Bundle is the Android application publishing file format. The App Bundle must include the application's compiled code and resources,which allows for the signing and generation of APK files to be deferred to the app store,reducing the initial download size of the app. The file extension used for this format is ".aab".
