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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Android OS Naming in Different Releases


I dont know how many of you aware of android os naming convention. Common practice in all software industry is that they will provide different name for different releases of their product. Usually they will give different name for main releases (There is a major functionality changes on previous release) and not for patches. Likewise Android OS also named in different releases. Special here is Google using alphabetical order to name their android OS.


Here I listed table for android versions with its release name and release date.

Version
Release Name
Release date
Pre(1.0)*
Astro
Sep 28,2008
Pre(1.1)*
Bender
Feb 09,2009
1.5.x
Cupcake
Apr 30,2009
1.6.x
Donut
Sep 15,2009
2.0.x
Eclair
Oct 26,2009
2.2.x
Froyo
May 20,2010
2.3.x
Gingerbread
Dec 06,2010
3.x.x
Honeycomb
Feb 22,2011
4.0.x
Ice Cream Sandwich
Oct 19,2011
4.1.x
Jelly Bean
Jun 27, 2012

* The pre-release versions of Android were dubbed Astro and Bender, but these names could not ultimately be used for trademark reasons. But officially trademarked this as Android.