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== Versions ==
<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;" align="center">API<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;" align="center">Version<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Name<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Date<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.0<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">APPLE PIE<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Oct 2008<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.1<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">BANANA BREAD<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Feb 2009<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">3<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.5<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">CUPCAKE<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">May 2009<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">4<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.6<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">DONUT<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Sep 2009<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">5<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.0<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">ECLAIR<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Nov 2009<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">6<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.0.1<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">ECLAIR<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Dec 2009<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">7<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.1<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">ECLAIR<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Jan 2010<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">8<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.2<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">FROYO<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">May 2010<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">9<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.3<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">GINGERBREAD<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Dec 2010<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">10<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.3.3<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">GINGERBREAD<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Feb 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">10<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">2.3.4<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">GINGERBREAD<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">May 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">11<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">3.0<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">HONEYCOMB - Tablet Only Features<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Feb 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">12<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">3.1<br> </td> <td valign="top">HONEYCOMB<br> </td> <td valign="top">May 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">13<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">3.2<br> </td> <td valign="top">HONEYCOMB<br> </td> <td valign="top">July 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">14<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.0<br> </td> <td valign="top">ICE CREAM SANDWICH - Combined Phone and Tablet Features<br> </td> <td valign="top">Oct 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">15<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.0.3<br> </td> <td valign="top">ICE CREAM SANDWICH<br> </td> <td valign="top">Dec 2011<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">16<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.1<br> </td> <td valign="top">JELLY BEAN<br> </td> <td valign="top">July 2012<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">17<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.2<br> </td> <td valign="top">JELLY BEAN<br> </td> <td valign="top">Nov 2012<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">18<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.3<br> </td> <td valign="top">SWEETER JELLY BEAN<br> </td> <td valign="top">July 2013<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">19<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.4<br> </td> <td valign="top">KITKAT<br> </td> <td valign="top">Oct 2013<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">20<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">4.4<br> </td> <td valign="top">KITKAT with Wearable Extensions<br> </td> <td valign="top">July 2014<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">21<br> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">5.0<br> </td> <td valign="top">LOLLIPOP<br> </td> <td valign="top">Oct 2014<br> </td> </tr> </table>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history Android version history on Wikipedia.]
* [https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html?utm_source=suzunone#Platform Official version distribution data from Google.]
== Architecture ==
[[Image:System-architecture.jpg ]]
== Devices ==
* Phones
* Tablets
* e-Readers
* Netbooks
* Audio players
* Internet TV
:* Wearables
:* watches
* Glasses
* Cars
* Game consoles
== Applications Stores ==
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps?hl=en Google Play] formally called Android Market
* [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid] Open Source Store for Android apps
* [http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?node=2350149011 Amazon App Store]
* [http://www.1mobile.com/ 1mobile] Alternative to Google Play
== Alternatives to Google's Android ==
* [https://source.android.com/ Android Open Source Project (AOSP)]
* [http://www.cyanogenmod.org/ Cyanogenmod]
* [https://www.tizen.org/ Tizen]
* [http://www.ubuntu.com/phone Ubuntu for Mobile]
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/ Firefox OS]
* [http://jolla.com/ Jolla]