APP DEV PRELIM EXAM

An open source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

The year when the first commercial version, Android 1.0 was released

An integer value that uniquely identifies the framework API

revision offered by a version of the Android platform.

The API Level of Marshmallow

Stack of software components which is roughly divided into five sections and four main layers

This provides a level of abstraction between the device hardware and it contains all the essential hardware drivers like camera, keypad, display, etc.

On top of Linux kernel there is a set of libraries including open-source Web browser engine WebKit.

Provides access to the application model and is the cornerstone of all Android applications.

This is the third section of the architecture and available on the second layer from the bottom.

A kind of Java Virtual Machine specially designed and optimized for Android.