In addition to the core tools, several libraries can enhance your Android app development experience on Linux: SQLite: An embedded database for storing data locally in Android apps.

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necess… ...

What is Aliyun OS? A Linux fork? An Android fork? An Android rip-off? It appears to be an illegal Linux/Android fork offering pirated Android programs.

Google is developing official support for running Debian Linux on Android devices through a new Terminal app using AVF. Developers can code and test Android apps directly on phones and tablets ...

The newest Linux kernel, version 3.3, includes code from Google's Android project. That should help both Android and other Linux-based projects.

The Linux Terminal app is now available for Pixel devices on the latest Android 15 update. The app lets users run Debian on their devices.

Linus Torvalds on Android, the Linux fork There's still a lot of distance between Google's Android and its parent operating system Linux, but eventually, the gap will close... eventually.

At its core, Android is just Linux. But Android provides a runtime and various other libraries that applications depend on, so you can’t just install Android apps on Linux and expect them to ...

In this quick tutorial (which comes with a video), we'll show you how to manually install Android Lollipop on a Nexus device.