Android is an open source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially Android was developed by Andy Rubin ,Android name is after himself only.After that his company was acquired by Google and then Android was developed under the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other companies.
The first beta version of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) was released by Google in 2007 where as the first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008.
On June 27, 2012, at the Google I/O conference, Google announced the next Android version, 4.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is an incremental update, with the primary aim of improving the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance.
The source code for Android is available under free and open source software licenses. Google publishes most of the code under the Apache License version 2.0 and the rest, Linux kernel changes, under the GNU General Public License version 2.
Why should we use Android-
This image explain itself that Android is an open source that makes it superior than other mobile development platforms.Android has larger base of audience and rich user interface.
Versions of Android-
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