In general yes .... BUT and the BUT is very very big ..... Android is an OS which consists of different parts. Android is based on Linux which can in general run on whatever platform you could think of (with some more or less efforts). To be able to communicate with the HW the Linux kernel uses drivers which are normally developed by the HW vendor. On top of the Linux kernel you have the Android framework which uses libraries. Libraries are a set of functionalities bundled together. Last but not least Android consists of an application layer. On this layer you find applications written in Java ( there is something called NDK, but this might be too confusing).
As you can see, the Android platform consists of different layers. To be able to run an Android application on devices like iPhone, Blackberry, ... you would have to port these Android layers or parts of Android to another platform (which is not trivial). If you want to do Android development on a mobile device try to get a device which is Android compatible. If you don't want to spend money, you can still use your PC and do testing using the emulator which comes with the Android SDK. But the really first step is to get some understanding in programming. -- Roman Baumgaertner Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Oct 19, 11:52 am, SamDP <pija2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have zero knowledge of software so pls bear with my questions b'se > they might seem to be some stupid questions. > > I want to develop a application which can be used on different cell > phones like iPhone, Blackberry, Palm. I am aware that it might need > something different for each one. May be the programming language > could be different or whatever. Again my software knowledge is zero so > will appreciate inputs, advice. > > Can a application developed using Android used on any mobile phone > type? > > Thanks > Sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
