Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System
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- Author：Chet Haase
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Summary
The fascinating inside story of how the Android operating system came to be。
In 2004， Android was two people who wanted to build camera software but couldn't get investors interested。 Today， Android is a large team at Google， delivering an operating system （including camera software） to over 3 billion devices worldwide。 This is the inside story， told by the people who made it happen。
Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System is a first-hand chronological account of how the startup began， how the team came together， and how they all built an operating system from the kernel level to its applications and everything in between。 It describes the tenuous beginnings of this ambitious project as a tiny startup， then as a small acquisition by Google that took on an industry with strong， entrenched competition。 Author Chet Haase joined the Android team at Google in May 2010 and later recorded conversations with team members to preserve the early days of Android's history leading to the launch of 1。0。 This engaging and accessible book captures the developers' stories in their own voices to answer the question: How did Android succeed？
In 2004， Android was two people who wanted to build camera software but couldn't get investors interested。 Today， Android is a large team at Google， delivering an operating system （including camera software） to over 3 billion devices worldwide。 This is the inside story， told by the people who made it happen。
Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System is a first-hand chronological account of how the startup began， how the team came together， and how they all built an operating system from the kernel level to its applications and everything in between。 It describes the tenuous beginnings of this ambitious project as a tiny startup， then as a small acquisition by Google that took on an industry with strong， entrenched competition。 Author Chet Haase joined the Android team at Google in May 2010 and later recorded conversations with team members to preserve the early days of Android's history leading to the launch of 1。0。 This engaging and accessible book captures the developers' stories in their own voices to answer the question: How did Android succeed？
Reviews
Aditya
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Building from 0 to 1 is something that relates to me the most。
Nick
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This history of Android from its start to the launch of the Droid is broken up into many chapters， long and short， which describe how each subsystem came to be。 Going through， it really struck me how Android at Google was a sort of 'dream team' of Danger， WebTV， and Be folks who already knew each other and could work in isolation from the rest of the company。 I don't think something like that could happen again。 This history of Android from its start to the launch of the Droid is broken up into many chapters， long and short， which describe how each subsystem came to be。 Going through， it really struck me how Android at Google was a sort of 'dream team' of Danger， WebTV， and Be folks who already knew each other and could work in isolation from the rest of the company。 I don't think something like that could happen again。 。。。more
Calvin Austin
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Having worked at a number of startups and seen a number of characters in those startups it seems like Android had many of the same ingredients for success or failure。However Chet does a wonderful job of weaving peoples background， characters and roles together。 I also enjoyed the footnotes， perhaps the longest I’ve ever seen！ This is a great read， congratulations Chet on a wonderful book。
Gianguido Sorà
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An interest POV into the early days of Android development。 I appreciated the details and the interview-driven narration。
Vitaliy Zasadnyy
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It was fascinating to read the internals of how Android team was crunching towards 1。0 release。 After reading the book I realized how much it takes to bring product of the Android scale to the world: team， timing， visionary leadership。。。 Take one out and Android could be a footnote in the history books。
Tianyao Chen
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Fantastic history of Android。 As an Android dev， I couldn't love it more！ Fantastic history of Android。 As an Android dev， I couldn't love it more！ 。。。more
Aaron McCollum
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Reading this book was like sitting at a table with all the people who created the Android OS and hearing them talk about how they did it。 This was a fantastic read that I would suggest to anyone in the tech space or are fans of Android。
Devanshu
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An inspiring silicon valley tale - a must read for （an）droid heads， or people looking to start their produt or team-building journey。
yu ch
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An interesting piece of history about the dynamics of the Android team and the decisions made when developing and shipping Android。
N
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A great showcase of how real innovation can happen in big corps
Suraj Kumar
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 One of the best line:His eyes popped out， ‘With 300 people you could do a new Android！’ “I said ‘No。 With 300 people， you couldn’t — you need twenty people。
Akshat Goel
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Relished every page of it。 Great insight into the team and how Android was developed。
Alexandru Dascălu
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Surprised to have read it with a lot of nostalgia but also with the feeling that I was sharing the joy and the adrenaline of a group of people determined to solve some unfinished business because they have received another shot at it。 Chet did an excellent job of letting each member of the team express their own perspective of how things were back when Android started。Going through chapters I was really surprised to see how grounded the original engineers are， even though they definitely took pr Surprised to have read it with a lot of nostalgia but also with the feeling that I was sharing the joy and the adrenaline of a group of people determined to solve some unfinished business because they have received another shot at it。 Chet did an excellent job of letting each member of the team express their own perspective of how things were back when Android started。Going through chapters I was really surprised to see how grounded the original engineers are， even though they definitely took pride in their success; especially those who had previously worked on not-so-successful similar products。 I've also found myself smiling sometimes at the painfully dad jokes of Chet。 。。。more
Vorapol Jittamas
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A good book to understand how Android team and the system was built。 The book iterate each layer that have to be built for Android in a non-technical way。 An easy read but a bit repetitive in some areas。
Manuel Laphroaig
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Enjoyed it， sometimes I wished it was easier to understand the flow of time but I appreciate why that was so hard to do。 A great history book on a foundational piece of modern technology and how it was built。
Aryan
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The author feels like he has to introduce each and every developer who was part of the original android team， including a short blurb about their university and past experiences。 It just takes away from the story overall of android， and is impossible to keep a track of if those characters are referenced later on。 A lot of this could have been solved with better editing。 The book also does not have very many interesting insights which one might not already know if they’ve been reading about andro The author feels like he has to introduce each and every developer who was part of the original android team， including a short blurb about their university and past experiences。 It just takes away from the story overall of android， and is impossible to keep a track of if those characters are referenced later on。 A lot of this could have been solved with better editing。 The book also does not have very many interesting insights which one might not already know if they’ve been reading about android on the news。 I wish we got to know more about the specific business decisions regarding android， on how the Google Play services model works etc。 Instead， we got a summary of features of Android 1。0 Finally， I wish the author at least addressed some of the controversy surrounding Andy Rubin as Rubin comes across as a technical genius in this book， and that is not how his history should be written。 Definitely needs to be contextualised。 。。。more
Pavlo Rekun
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Great take on the history of creating the Android OS from the guy， who wasn’t there， but worked with most of the original team later。 It doesn’t use any deep technical terminology， so it should be interesting for anyone :）
Thom
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This recent release has a lot of history， some technical details， and mini-bios of a HUGE cast of characters。 Taken from interviews with some of them， this is a prettier version of history。txt - and not exactly fun to read。The author acknowledges this in the introduction， and other reviewers seem to have given him a pass on that， rating the book 4 of 5 stars。 I can't help but rate it as a book， where it falls short。 It's not a good history （though it contains a lot of historical information） and This recent release has a lot of history， some technical details， and mini-bios of a HUGE cast of characters。 Taken from interviews with some of them， this is a prettier version of history。txt - and not exactly fun to read。The author acknowledges this in the introduction， and other reviewers seem to have given him a pass on that， rating the book 4 of 5 stars。 I can't help but rate it as a book， where it falls short。 It's not a good history （though it contains a lot of historical information） and it's not a good technical book （too technical for a lot of the audience， probably not specific enough for the rest）。 Yes， the author recognized that in the intro as well， saying he tried to make it accessible。 My feet are firmly planted in the tech industry， which is why I read it - but this is far from accessible to non-coders。Why not 1 star？ It does contain some great history and some wry observations of the team and the work。 Could be a good source for another book surveying the industry or the market。 Wouldn't recommend reading it cover to cover， though。 。。。more
Jay Yeo
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An excellent insider recount of the institutional history and anecdotes in the creation of Android。 Very interesting to note that many of the team members had previously worked together， and on similar mobile projects， as opposed to Google's hiring philosophy of throwing smart generalists at any problem。 Highly recommended。 An excellent insider recount of the institutional history and anecdotes in the creation of Android。 Very interesting to note that many of the team members had previously worked together， and on similar mobile projects， as opposed to Google's hiring philosophy of throwing smart generalists at any problem。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Lingaraj Sankaravelu
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This book allowed me to experience the android as a startup。 Very insightful and funny at sometimes。I like to thank the entire android team and people who were determined in making this android platform/product an open source。Let's face facts， In India we don't have to sell our kidney to buy a smartphone。:-）。 This book allowed me to experience the android as a startup。 Very insightful and funny at sometimes。I like to thank the entire android team and people who were determined in making this android platform/product an open source。Let's face facts， In India we don't have to sell our kidney to buy a smartphone。:-）。 。。。more
Achilles
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Great piece of history， terrible writing
David Viner
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This book is a good review of the development of Android from the inside。 If you're not in the tech industry， I'm not sure it'd be terribly compelling。 I found it interesting to see the twists and turns of building a mobile operating system from scratch at a time when such a thought was totally alien。 This book is a good review of the development of Android from the inside。 If you're not in the tech industry， I'm not sure it'd be terribly compelling。 I found it interesting to see the twists and turns of building a mobile operating system from scratch at a time when such a thought was totally alien。 。。。more
Karl
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While not overly entertaining， and I don't think it was meant to be。 Androids is an interesting read for someone who is getting tired of Android media coverage websites， and wanted more insight to the open source OS I love and how we got here after all these years of dessert themed releases later。 I would love a follow-up about the years after the early 1。0 and droid release。 Maybe looking back at Holo UI and the first Material Design UI。 Also， a story into the Motorola deal with the Moto X and While not overly entertaining， and I don't think it was meant to be。 Androids is an interesting read for someone who is getting tired of Android media coverage websites， and wanted more insight to the open source OS I love and how we got here after all these years of dessert themed releases later。 I would love a follow-up about the years after the early 1。0 and droid release。 Maybe looking back at Holo UI and the first Material Design UI。 Also， a story into the Motorola deal with the Moto X and Nexus 6。 And maybe the ill fated Nexus Q！ There's a lot of history and stories to tell Chet！ 。。。more
Baruno Sardadi
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Good， with lots of interesting story， but not as good as computer product engineering classic like The Soul of the New Machine （one of my all time favourite book）。
Hafiz Hussain
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I appreciate all the efforts by the Author， Chet Haase。First， this is not a technical book， I think I will get some technical material in the middle of the books， but this book is 100% on the platform's history。 I am sharing a summary of my learning from this book; maybe that will help someone confused about reading this book。。 Android is started by engineers who already worked on other Mobile Operating Systems like Danger， BE， Palm， Microsoft mobile。 。 All engineers mentioned in the book can ac I appreciate all the efforts by the Author， Chet Haase。First， this is not a technical book， I think I will get some technical material in the middle of the books， but this book is 100% on the platform's history。 I am sharing a summary of my learning from this book; maybe that will help someone confused about reading this book。。 Android is started by engineers who already worked on other Mobile Operating Systems like Danger， BE， Palm， Microsoft mobile。 。 All engineers mentioned in the book can access the computer in their early childhood， so they are geeky at college age。 。 Google changed its hiring policy from generalist to specialist， ignoring college degree requirements for some people。。 Google makes Android independent， so Android works as a startup and not govern by corporate rules。。 As per my understanding iPhone also help Android because when iOS is launch， there is no other option for big telecommunication companies to sell something against iPhone。。 Samsung is the hero for Android OS's early success。 。。。more
Hannah Olukoye
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Amazing details on AndroidIf you ever wondered how Android started， this is the book to read。I really enjoyed the entire journey。 Glad they overcame the challenges。
Rahul Ravindran
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Pre ordered this one cause I like chet's sense of humor。 IT was extremely interesting for someone who really liked using the Android OS early on and later built apps on it。 This book is like a backstage view of a play（Android） as it happened。 Pre ordered this one cause I like chet's sense of humor。 IT was extremely interesting for someone who really liked using the Android OS early on and later built apps on it。 This book is like a backstage view of a play（Android） as it happened。 。。。more
Georgi Mirchev
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Amazing book about the history of Android， how it all started， what was the focus， and how the team & the moment were so important。 Really loved reading it。
Kartik Khare
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