SDK, Android Developer Challenge, community, blog, video channel

As promised, today the software development kit appeared . It is proposed to create applications in Java and run on Dalvik, a virtual machine running with the Linux kernel. Documentation has become available: “If you want to know how to develop applications for Android, you are in the right place. The site will provide you with all the necessary documentation to help you understand Android and start building applications for this platform. ” Right now you can create your own first application for a new mobile platform.


Announced Android Developer Challenge , with awards totaling $ 10 million - for "great applications created on the Android platform."

Appeal of Sergey Brin with colleagues to the developers (thanks for the link thanks to Chapaev ):

Video summary: main applications (browser, maps + Street View, contacts) are already working, and they look great ( a question arises: why should we expect devices to be released for such a long time ), but Google expects independent developers to create powerful and feature-rich applications ( that's the answer ). Bryn concludes: “You saw some apps that we’ve already created for Android. But the best applications are still not created. Because they will be written by you and many other developers, just like you. We would like to reward such developers, mark them as much as possible. So we decided to allocate 10 million dollars to people who decided to develop the best applications using Android. We are in anticipation of the discovery of really great applications, innovative, multifunctional, original, not existing before. We look forward to seeing all your work. ”
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An Android Developer Channel has been created on YouTube, where you can find and post “a video containing demonstrations, tutorials, other information related to the first perfect, open and free mobile platform.”

Open: main site , blog , Android Developers Discussion Group .