![]() ![]() The Mac OS X Lion was preceded by version codenames like Leopard, Panther, Cheetah and Puma. ![]() This version was named ‘ Donut’.Īndroid code-names have a broad similarity with those of Apple OS platforms – Google loves dessert names, just like Apple has a fondness for the names of the various species of wild cats. To do away the problem, Google released Android 1.6 (based on API 4) – which also had superior imaging and video capabilities. The main bone of contention was the rebooting error in the operating system. Getting rid of the rebooting bugs – Android Cupcake was revolutionary enough, but the reviews from mobile app development companies and software developers were not uniformly positive. Initially, the in-house Google personnel toyed with the idea of calling it Android 1.2 – but they later went ahead with 1.5 and the first-ever ‘tasty treat’ code name. The first popular Android code name – ‘ Cupcake’ was the name of Android 1.5, which was officially released in April 2009. Most of these minor upgrades do not have code names. Minor bug-fixes and upgrades are released as decimal points. Every major release (complete with new developer APIs) are assigned a whole number. The number convention – The manner in which the succeeding Android versions are numbered is pretty simple. It was a small-scale upgrade over version 1.0 – and general public, understandably, did not get a chance to get familiar with the Petit Four name. ![]() This was the name internally given to Android 1.1. What is the Petit Four? – Even many experienced developers of Android apps are not aware of the Petit Four. The first OS version of the platform was simply called Android 1.0, and did not have any code name. Launch of the Google Phone – Google presented the first Android-powered smartphone in the second half of 2007. With phone software experts, analysts and mobile app developers already starting to guess what the name of the Android 5.0 platform would be, a sneak peek at the timeline of the earlier Android versions would be in order: While the reason behind this naming strategy is not known, it can easily be seen that they follow an alphabetical chronology. All of them, of course, had ‘tasty’ code names!Įclair, Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread, Cupcake…no, we are not talking about a big upcoming dessert party! All of these are the names of the different Android OS versions – which have invariably been named after a ‘tasty treat’ by Google. The name of which dessert will be chosen as the code name of Android 5.0? As debates and discussions on this topic heats up among techies, we take a look back at the previous versions of the Android mobile OS. ![]()
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