Mobile Application Development CS5603 By Abdul Haq

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Mobile Application Development CS5603 By Abdul Haq Prerequisites Object Oriented Programming using Java Mobile Operating Systems A mobile OS is an operating system designed for smartphones, tablets, PDAs, or other mobile devices. Mobile OSs combine features of a personal computer OS with other features useful for mobile or handheld use; usually including, and most of the following considered essential in modern mobile systems; touchscreen, cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS mobile navigation, camera, video camera, voice recorder, music player, etc. Mobile OS based software platform Android mobile OS based on modified version of Linux kernel and other open-source software designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones. iOS mobile OS developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its smartphones. It was unveiled in January 2007 for the first-generation iPhone, launched in June 2007. BlackBerry OS is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system developed by Canadian company BlackBerry Limited for its BlackBerry line of smartphones. Symbian is a discontinued mobile OS and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. Consortium. Windows Mobile is also a discontinued mobile OS developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants. Other mobile OS are Palm OS, Bada, WebOS, FireOS, EMUI, Sailfish OS, ColorOS, Flyme, PureOS, etc. Mobile OS global market share Introduction to Android Android is an open-source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile devices such as smartphones. Android was developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other companies. Android offers a unified approach to application development for mobile devices which means developers need only develop for Android, and their applications should be able to run on different devices powered by Android. Features of Android Beautiful UI: Android OS basic screen provides a beautiful and intuitive user interface. Connectivity: GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, NFC, and WiMAX Storage: SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used for data storage purposes. Media Support: H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC, AAC 5.1, MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP. Messaging: SMS and MMS Web browser: Based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine supporting HTML5 and CSS3. Multi-touch: Android has native support for multi-touch. Introduction to Android The code names of Android version range from A to P, released in alphabetical order, and the latest version