Android Architecture

                                 Android Architecture 

• Android architecture (Software stack ) contains five layers as follows

•  Linux Kernel
•  Native Library
•   Android Run-time
•   Application Framework
•   Applications

   1. Linux Kernel  

         Linux Kernel is root layer of Android architecture , which is responsible for device drivers & power management.

    2. Native Library

          Native Library is responsible for in-built operations like Audio-video, WiFi ,graphics, ...etc

Some of libraries are OpenGL (Open Graphic Library) is useful for 2D/3D Animation , WebKit this useful for WebView & Web Browser , SGL (Standard Graphic Library ) require for basic graphic support. This are few examples like wise there are multiple libraries are available.

  3. Android Run-time

       Android Run-time contains core -libraries and DVM (Dalvik Virtual Machine).Those libraries are purely written in C & C++.