Not exact matches
Probably the two biggest points of pushback were that Google could build an encrypted
system if they wanted to (as I explained on Monday, they already tried, and they can't really exercise
Android leverage right now), and that carriers could build a federated key exchange
system and / or something akin to the certificate authority
framework that undergirds HTTPS.
The
framework is still based on the
Android operating
system, but with new software on top and new hardware beneath.
Google
Android 4.4 builds on the success of Jelly Bean with KitKat, a powerful mobile operating
system that makes up for its lack of candy coating with a solid
framework.
The Marvell ARMADA family of application processors is the first to offer customized silicon solutions for market segments ranging from smartphones to consumer, embedded, and smartbook devices combined with fully optimized support of industry standard operating
systems and software
frameworks such as Google
Android, Microsoft Windows Embedded, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Adobe Flash, Ubuntu and Maemo while offering OEMs a high level of software re-use in order to enable them to focus on product differentiation at the application and user interface levels.
Ever since Google incorporated native support for Sony's Runtime Resource Overlay (RRO) theme engine in
Android 6.0 Marshmallow, we've been waiting for Google to provide a built - in interface as well as public APIs that developers can use to theme both
system framework application as well as third - party applications.
Project Treble, you might recall, modularizes
Android by separating the operating
system's core
framework from low - level, vendor - specific code.
Folks who've received the update and dug through the
system report that
Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + doesn't meed the modular update
framework's prerequisites.
Android as a
framework instead of an operating
system means that it's easier to change the user - facing features.
For those not in the know, Project Treble is a modular
framework that essentially sandboxes off different parts of the core
Android system.
If
Android becomes more of a
framework than a full operating
system, it will be easier to get that
framework updated on more phones at a faster pace.
Going forward,
Android Wear will have a
system - wide
framework for letting apps show data on any watch face that implements the Complications API.
In essence, it separates the
Android operating
system (the
Android «
framework») from the vendor Hardware Abstraction Layers («HALs») that allow for the OS to work with the device's hardware.
The tech giant also announced that it will extend the
Android Enterprise Recommended
framework to mobile carriers, OEMs of dedicated and rugged devices,
systems integrators and enterprise mobility management providers.
The December 2017
Android security patch includes fixes for a number of vulnerabilities, some of which are discovered in the media
framework and the
system component of Google's operating
system.
The December 2017
Android security patch includes fixes for several vulnerabilities found in the media
framework of the operating
system, some -LSB-...]
In addition, the update installs the December 2017
Android security patch which contains fixes for a number of vulnerabilities found in the media
framework of Google's operating
system.
The company also says it has plans to expand the
framework for
Android Enterprise Recommended to include more rugged phones, carriers,
system integrators, and more.
Chris Palmer — formerly Google
Android security
framework engineer and now Technology Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation — writes about the cavalier attitude toward security exhibited by the major mobile operating
system vendors, and the risk this poses to all of us:
Android application developers,
framework engineers, multimedia pros and operating
system experts are all listed positions.