Unlocking Android

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Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Manning Publications (May 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933988673
ISBN-13: 978-1933988672
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
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ProgressBar

ProgressBar is a visual indicator of progress in some operation. Displays a bar to the user representing how far the operation has progressed; the application can change the amount of progress (modifying the length of the bar) as it moves forward.

Android Wireless Application Development (Developer's Library)

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Paperback: 525 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (September 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321627091
ISBN-13: 978-0321627094
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Android Deleted From Linux Kernel

Uhohs! It appears that the Google Android Code has been deleted from the Linux Kernel. The change is explained in depth at Kroah.com but the folks at RegHardware sum it up nicely:

“No one cared about the code, so it was removed,” writes Kroah-Hartman. “As I’ve stated before, code in the staging tree needs to be worked on to be merged to the main kernel tree, or it will be deleted.”

But the larger problem, he continues, is that Android uses a new lock type, new hooks for its “sometimes bizarre” security model, and a revamped framebuffer driver infrastructure. All this, he says, prevents “a large chunk” of Android drivers and platform code from merging into the main kernel tree.

Google, he ultimately argues, has forked its mobile OS.

Android 2.1 SDK is released