The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications.
Developers can now develop applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use, which runs on top of a Linux kernel.
If you want to know how to develop applications for Android, you're in the right place. This site provides a variety of documentation that will help you learn about Android and develop mobile applications for the platform.

What's New in This Release:
Dependencies:
· Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.
· If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that the SDK Tools r21.0.1 is designed for use with ADT 21.0.1 and later. If you haven't already, update your ADT Plugin to 21.0.0.
· If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have Apache Ant 1.8 or later.
General Notes:
Build:
· Updated build to detect and handle package name conflicts between an application and the libraries it depends on. Libraries cannot share package names unless all of them share the same package name. (Issue 40152, Issue 40273)
· Added a flag to disable dex merging to deal with cases where merging could generate a broken dex file. If this happens to your project, add the following setting to your project.properties file: dex.disable.merger=true This setting causes the build system to revert to the older, slower dex processing that does not pre-dex libraries.
Renderscript:
· Added support for Filterscript compilation.
· Added new project setting to contro...