Fastboot is a protocol used to update the flash filesystem in Android devices from a host via USB. It is part of the Android Debug Bridge library (adb). The materialization of this protocol is the fastboot command, which we can make use of, to easily interface with the protocol. Since it is part of the adb library, before using it, we need to install the Android SDK and configure our environment to work from the command line. This post, will guide you through this process.
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Getting Started for Developing for/under Android – Setting up the System
One of the first things that needs to be done before starting developing for a specific platform, is setting up the system, which involves installing Developing Tools, SDKs, etc. Here we are going to describe how to set up a Linux Ubuntu from scratch in order to get started in Android development.
Developing for Android – Underneath Apps
Some weeks ago, I started working with Android, not as an application developer, but as a platform one. What does this means? Under any Android there is a great deal of things that need to work in order to be able to run whichever app we can think of – from a game to e-banking.
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