Summary: *** Milestone - This is my One Hundredth Podcast *** It comes on many devices and is probably the most used OS in the world. It can be the OS on a phone, tablet, laptop, TV & set-top box, Auto or others mainly mobile devices. Google's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Android</a> open-source operating system is a derivative of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Linux</a>. You may have heard of this before or not. The current version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Lollipop" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Android is 5.1.1 Lollipop</a> released April 21 2015. The next version will be Android M. The official site for all <a href="https://www.android.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Android</a>. First question someone might have is Why Choose Android. First would be price as most devices are cheaper. Second most have removable parts like batteries or memory cards. Third is Features not found on other devices. Fourth is standard USB charging. Fifth its Linux and allows you to unlock or customize it. I will give you some of the Android Basics of Android 5 Lollipop for this tutorial. This would be my minimum standard version you should have on your device as it has better features, security and other things that are useful to have. Understanding Apps vs Widgets are applications or programs, but Apps are applications that need to be started from the screen by clicking an application icon whereas widgets are always running in the background. Because Widgets are always running they are always consuming resources and so you should be careful how many are running at once. There are tons of apps and you should remove the ones you really don't need as they use memory when installed. There are also some standard ones that come with Android and may not be able to be removed. Home Screen: - Screen Layout - Top left of the screen is the notifications area. Emails, system messages etc will display here. Top right shows system and status messages. - Notification Shade/Area - Displays small notification icons from various Apps. To open the notifications, swipe down from the top left corner of any screen. - System/Status Area - Shows the battery, Wi-Fi, time etc status. Swipe down from the top right you can get to the quick settings screen. - Favorites Bar or Tray - Sits above the Navigational bar on the bottom of your screen, and contains the Apps that you use most often. The central icon will take you to the All Apps screen. You can add/remove Apps by simply dragging them from/to the home screen. Navigation Bar: - Back Button – Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different App. - Home Button - Opens the central Home screen. If you’re viewing a left or right Home screen. - Recent Apps - Opens a list of thumbnail images of Apps you’ve recently been using. To open an App, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right. - Adding Widgets and Apps to the Home Screen. To add an App/Widget to the a home screen go to the All Apps screen. Select either Apps or Widgets from the menu selection in the top left. Touch the App/widget icon and hold until a home screen appears in the background. Drag the icon to the desired location and let go. - Removing Widgets and Apps from the Home Screen. Touch and hold the App/Widget icon and the remove App sign appears on the top of the screen. Drag the App to the remove App sign and it will be removed. - Moving Apps Between Screens - Move an icon between screens by pressing and holding the icon then drag it left or right to the new screen and release. - Creating Folders - Lets you organize. You could create a folder for what you want and then place them in a folder. To create press and hold an icon and then drag it on top of another icon that you want in the same folder and then release.
