Android software development: Difference between revisions

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Those firmware packages are updated frequently, incorporate elements of Android functionality that haven't yet been officially released within a carrier-sanctioned firmware, and tend to have fewer limitations. [[CyanogenMod]] and [[VillainROM]] are two examples of such firmware.

On 24 September 2009, Google issued a [[cease and desist]] letter<ref>{{cite web |url = http://androidandme.com/2009/09/hacks/cyanogenmod-in-trouble/ |title = CyanogenMod in trouble? |work = Android and me |first = Taylor |last = Wimberly |date = 24 September 2009 |accessdate = 2009-09-26}}</ref> to the modder Cyanogen, citing issues with the re-distribution of Google's closed-source applications<ref>{{cite web |url = http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/note-on-google-apps-for-android.html |title = A Note on Google Apps for Android |work = Android Developers Blog |first = Dan |last = Morrill |date = 25 September 2009 |accessdate =2009-09-26}}</ref> within the custom firmware. Even though most of Android OS is open source, phones come packaged with closed-source Google applications for functionality such as the application[[Android storeMarket]] and GPS navigation. Google has asserted that these applications can only be provided through approved distribution channels by licensed distributors. Cyanogen has complied with Google's wishes and is continuing to distribute this mod without the proprietary software. He has provided a method to back up licensed Google applications during the mod's install process and restore them when it is complete.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cyanogenmod.com/home/the-current-state |title = The current state... |work = CyanogenMod Android Rom |first = Cyanogen |date = 27 September 2009 |accessdate =2009-09-27}}</ref>

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