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Android Open Source Community

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The development of the Android operating system in the world of telecommunications is very fast. This is because it is supported by the Android open source community is always active between developers and enthusiasts who use the Android source code. The purpose of this community is the remedy android develop and distribute their own modified version of the operating system so it can meet the needs of the users.

This community occurs on discussions between developers, users and programmers around the world to enhance the features of mobile devices and tablet computers that many emerging new features of mobile devices that use Android as an operating system. That's one of the advantages of open source software.

Because it is oper-source, then the programmer can easily modify and create new applications development based on Android to be applied to a variety of telecommunications equipment including on smartphones and tablets computers. However not all of the new software meets the standards are allowed, because they have not done proper testing within a certain time so it may result in errors in these devices.

Nevertheless the ideas that emerged in the community still needs to be appreciated as it can serve as a reference and consideration in the development of software based on Android in the future according to user demands. Many topics that you can discuss in the Android open source community in between:
  1. Android-platform: This list is for general discussion about the Android open-source project or the platform technologies.
  2. Android-building: Discussion about building the Android source code, and on the build system. If you've just checked out the source code and have questions about how to turn it into binaries.
  3. Android-porting: This list is for developers who want to port Android to a new device. If you're wondering how to combine the Android source code with your hardware, this is the right group for you. We can discuss about the specifics of porting Android to individual devices, from Obtaining toolchains and kernel drivers merging all the way to configuring or modifying applications for your specific configuration.
  4. Android-contrib: This list is for developers who want to contribute code to Android. This is a working list, and is not appropriate for general discussion. 
  5. Android-kernel: This list is for deveopers who want to contribute to the Linux kernel that Android devices use. If you've downloaded the kernel code, if you know how to compile it, if you want to write kernel code to specifically support Android, this is your place. 
If you are interested in becoming members of the android community, you can visit http://source.android.com/source/community/index.html