Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System
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- Author：Chet Haase
- ISBN：1737354829
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Summary
In 2004， Android was two people who wanted to build camera software。 But they couldn't get investors interested。 Today， Android is a large team at Google， shipping an operating system （including camera software） to over three billion devices worldwide。
This is the inside story， told by the people who made it happen。
“What are the essential ingredients that lead a small team to build software at the sheer scale and impact of Android？ We may never fully know， but this first person account is probably the closest set of clues we have。”
–Dave Burke， VP of Android Engineering
“Androids captures a strong picture of what the early development of Android， as well as the Android team， was like。”
–Dianne Hackborn， Android Framework Engineer
“Androids is the engaging tale of a motley group of coders with a passion to make insanely great products who banged out the operating system when that idea seemed nuts。
True to his geek genes， Chet Haase tells this remarkable tale of technical and business success from the trenches， an inspiring， massive collective effort of dozens of programmers who flipped their seemingly late timing to their advantage， and presaged a generation of platform builders。 Read Androids to discover what it takes to create a hot tech team that shipped a product running today on more than 3 billion devices。”
–Jonathan Littman， co-author of The Entrepreneurs Faces: How Makers， Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed， and author of The Fugitive Game
This is the inside story， told by the people who made it happen。
“What are the essential ingredients that lead a small team to build software at the sheer scale and impact of Android？ We may never fully know， but this first person account is probably the closest set of clues we have。”
–Dave Burke， VP of Android Engineering
“Androids captures a strong picture of what the early development of Android， as well as the Android team， was like。”
–Dianne Hackborn， Android Framework Engineer
“Androids is the engaging tale of a motley group of coders with a passion to make insanely great products who banged out the operating system when that idea seemed nuts。
True to his geek genes， Chet Haase tells this remarkable tale of technical and business success from the trenches， an inspiring， massive collective effort of dozens of programmers who flipped their seemingly late timing to their advantage， and presaged a generation of platform builders。 Read Androids to discover what it takes to create a hot tech team that shipped a product running today on more than 3 billion devices。”
–Jonathan Littman， co-author of The Entrepreneurs Faces: How Makers， Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed， and author of The Fugitive Game
Reviews
Aram
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Very well written， I enjoyed reading the story of how Android became the most relevant OS in mobile history！
Aurimas
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A page-turner book on the origins of Android OS。 It is a story of one of the most impactful software projects in the past two decades。 The book is filled with quotes from the folks that were part of the journey。 Chet did a great job interweaving stories with a healthy amount of wit to keep the book from being dry。 If you want to learn how the Android sausage was made， this is a book for you。
Ben Galbraith
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Androids is unlike any “behind the scenes” tech book I’ve ever read—and I’ve read bunches。 Chet Haase takes us through the creation of the world’s most popular smartphone operating system step-by-step， from the ground up， and in the process provides endlessly fascinating insights about how everything came together。 He’s able to do this because Chet’s an insider himself， knowing all of the key actors first-hand， and is a respected engineering leader on the Android team。 And that's the trade-off o Androids is unlike any “behind the scenes” tech book I’ve ever read—and I’ve read bunches。 Chet Haase takes us through the creation of the world’s most popular smartphone operating system step-by-step， from the ground up， and in the process provides endlessly fascinating insights about how everything came together。 He’s able to do this because Chet’s an insider himself， knowing all of the key actors first-hand， and is a respected engineering leader on the Android team。 And that's the trade-off of this book; what you don’t get that a Steven Levy or Tracy Kidder offers in terms of writing experience， you make up for in terms of having an author who deeply understands the tech。 （I。e。， there’s nothing like that beautiful opening scene from a Soul of a New Machine about sailing， but there are a few chapters on the architecture of Android’s system framework。）But this isn't a book for programmers only; Chet is careful to make all of the geeky stuff accessible for （relatively） general audiences。 What you do get is a book that should appeal to technologists and enthusiasts who want a front-row seat to what happened， and that goes pretty deep technically， and illustrates how key decisions were made。I know a lot of the folks in the story myself， but I learned a great deal reading the book， and very much enjoyed it。（Note: I know Chet and received an advance copy of the book; I did my best to provide an honest review despite my bias。） 。。。more
Beatrix Haase
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It's my dads book so。。。 It's my dads book so。。。 。。。more
Rebecca Franks
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