</ref> an in maist devices wi [[proprietary saftware|proprietary]] components<ref name="ars-irongrip">{{cite web |title=Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary |url=http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary |work=Ars Technica |accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>
| released               = {{start date|2008|9|23}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2008/09/announcing-android-10-sdk-release-1.html|title=Announcing the Android 1.0 SDK, release 1|date=September 9, 2008|accessdate=September 21, 2012|archive-date=2015-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919030955/http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2008/09/announcing-android-10-sdk-release-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| latest release version = [[Android Marshmallow|6.0.1 "Marshmallow"]]
| latest release date    = {{release date and age|2015|12|09}}
| latest preview version = [[Android N]]
| latest preview date    = {{release date and age|2016|03|09}}
| frequently updated     = yes
| marketing target       = [[Smartphone]]s<br />[[Tablet computer]]s
| programmed in          = [[C (programmin leid)|C (core)]], [[C++]], {{nowrap|[[Java (programmin leid)|Java (UI)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Android Code Analysis|url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/android/analyses/latest|accessdate=June 6, 2012|archive-date=2013-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914185702/http://www.ohloh.net/p/android|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| language               = Multi-lingual (46 leids)
| package manager        = [[Google Play]], [[APK (file format)|APK]]
| supported platforms    = [[32-bit]] [[ARMv7|ARM]], [[MIPS airchitectur|MIPS]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4215490/MIPS-gets-sweet-with-Honeycomb |title=MIPS gets sweet with Honeycomb |publisher=Eetimes.com |date= |accessdate=February 20, 2012 |archive-date=2012-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211075357/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4215490/MIPS-gets-sweet-with-Honeycomb |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[x86]],<ref name="ARMAN-4.0-on-x86">{{cite web |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222323/Google_s_Android_4.0_ported_to_x86_processors |title=Google's Android 4.0 ported to x86 processors |last=Shah |first=Agam |date=December 1, 2011 |work=Computerworld |publisher=International Data Group |accessdate=February 20, 2012}}</ref> [[x86-64]]
| kernel type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] (modified Linux kernel)
| userland               = [[Bionic (saftware)|Bionic libc]],<ref>[https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/master/libc/ android/platform/bionic/]</ref> [[Korn shell|mksh]] shell,<ref>[https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mksh/+/master android/platform/external/mksh/]</ref> native core utilities wi a few frae [[NetBSD]]<ref>[https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/toolbox/ android/platform/system/core/toolbox/]</ref>
| ui                     = [[Graphical uiser interface|Graphical]] ([[Multi-touch]])
| license                = [[Apache License]] 2.0<br />Modified [[Linux kernel]] unner [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] v2<ref name="Licenses">{{cite web|url=http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html|title=Licenses|work=Android Open Source Project.|publisher=Open Handset Alliance|accessdate=September 9, 2012|date=|quote=''The preferred license for the Android Open Source Project is the Apache Software License, 2.0.&nbsp;... Why Apache Software License?&nbsp;... For userspace (that is, non-kernel) software, we do in fact prefer ASL2.0 (and similar licenses like BSD, MIT, etc.) over other licenses such as LGPL. Android is about freedom and choice. The purpose of Android is promote openness in the mobile world, but we don't believe it's possible to predict or dictate all the uses to which people will want to put our software. So, while we encourage everyone to make devices that are open and modifiable, we don't believe it is our place to force them to do so. Using LGPL libraries would often force them to do so.''}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.android.com/}}
}}
'''Android''' is a mobile [[operatin seestem]] (OS) based on the [[Linux kernel]] that is currently developed bi [[Google]]. It is feckly uised for touch-screen devices, sic as [[smartphone]]s an tablet [[computer]]s, but haes an aa been developit for uiss wi ither Google hardware includin [[televeesion]]s (Android TV) an wearables (Android Wear).