Android was first released in 2007 after being acquired by Google, Inc. Initially, Android was primarily used on a handset. Android 3.0 added features to take advantage of the growing tablet market.
In 2014, Google announced Android had over 1 billion active users! With over 1 million applications available on Google Play, there's never been a more exciting time to join the Android community!
This year, 2018, marks a significant milestone for Android - 10 year anniversary since the first Android phone was released! And with that, we have a new OS version release as well - Android Pie. In this new edition of the book, we'll cover features released for the platform in several new topics across many chapters, as well as updates to existing popular topics to cover SDK changes. As usual, the Android platform is constantly changing!
