What is Android?
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.
The Android OS is a Linux based operating system.
The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.
The Android Platform embraces the idea of general-purpose computing for handheld devices.
Android's libraries cover telephony, video, graphics, UI programming, and a number of other aspects of the device.
Android is an operating system developed by Google that is dedicated to mobile devices.
Android core libraries are written in C ,C++ and Java.
Android platform is written in Java.
Android uses a virtual machine - Dalvik.
Android offers a set of APIs in the Java language for application developers.