Android Tutorial

By : Ketan Bhimani

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 Display, keypad input, camera, Wi-Fi, Flash memory, audio, and binder

(IPC) driver access.

Android Application Runtime Environment

Each Android application runs in a separate process, with its own

instance of the Dalvik virtual machine (VM). Based on the Java VM,

the Dalvik design has been optimized for mobile devices. The

Dalvik VM has a small memory footprint, and multiple instances of

the Dalvik VM can run concurrently on the handset.

Diagram of the Android platform architecture.