Android Terminology

Android Terminology

Mind map matters. Try to tap the new terms with your previously learned concepts.

Activity : Windows, Screens ..

Intent   : Amalgamation of action, event…

Resource : Strings, bitmaps..

XML Files : Novel way of representing the Resources, manifest (compilation details..)

Content provider : set of data

Android SDK comes out with important packages. You may need to include necessary packages to work on the specific application.

Packages starts with

android.content

android.database

android.location

android.telephony

In all, the Android Java API contains more than 40 packages and more than 700 classes.

The details of the Android source distribution are published at http://source.android.com