Is Android Open Source Or Not

Exodus for Android: Finds trackers embedded in all your apps (Open-Source) https://www.privacytools.io/guides/exodus-for-android-finds-trackers 15 comments 1/12/2022 opensource

An (open-source) app to control your mobile platform from an Android phone via Bluetooth https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluetooth 6 comments 1/1/2013 arduino

Interested in learning Android? Let us save you a couple hundred hours. Here's our attempt at High-quality Open-source Android "Cliffnotes" https://github.com/thecodepath/android_guides/wiki 47 comments 28/10/2013 programming

Kakapo - an open-source privacy-centric social networking app for Android https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/fg1kyu/kakapo_an_opensource_privacycentric_social/ 16 comments 9/3/2020 privacy

Android Was 2011's Open Source Story of the Year http://ostatic.com/blog/android-was-2011s-open-source-story-of-the-year 2 comments 2/1/2012 linux

The ProtonMail Android app is open source https://protonmail.com/blog/android-open-source/ 4 comments 23/4/2020 freesoftware

Open Source Android Terraria/Minecraft Clone Release! https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/4r3yqa/open_source_android_terrariaminecraft_clone/ 21 comments 3/7/2016 gamedev

Mishaal Rahman: Android might swap which open-source decoder it uses for playing back AV1 videos in order to improve performance on lower-end hardware https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1722742433887216102 4 comments 13/11/2023 android

How often are Android open source apps audited? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/5konn8/how_often_are_android_open_source_apps_audited/ 4 comments 28/12/2016 privacy

SkyTube: open source YouTube app for Android with ad-blocking and video downloading https://www.ghacks.net/2021/05/30/skytube-open-source-youtube-app-for-android-with-ad-blocking-and-video-downloading/ 3 comments 30/5/2021 degoogle

Introducing the new lead for Android Open Source Project https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/introducing-new-lead-for-android.html 28 comments 9/8/2018 linux

Oracle Announces Open Source JavaFX for iOS and Android http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/02/javafx-ios-android 17 comments 15/2/2013 programming

Open source on the move: Android passes iPhone in US market share. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20004585-266.html?tag=newsleadstoriesarea.1 8 comments 11/5/2010 programming

Open source chromium os with android apps and linux for chromebook https://www.asus.com/de/Laptops/For-Home/Chromebook/ASUS-Chromebook-Flip-CX5-CX5500/ 7 comments 9/3/2022 chromeos

Kore: A Kodi remote app for Android (official and open source) http://liliputing.com/2015/05/kore-a-kodi-remote-app-for-android-official-and-open-source.html 6 comments 12/5/2015 opensource

Nexus S gets its first OTA update (Android 2.3.1). Thanks to Android open source project http://www.geekword.net/install-android-2.3.1-nexus-s/ 18 comments 23/12/2010 opensource

Google Open Source Blog: Introducing Android Scripting Environment http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html# 4 comments 8/6/2009 linux

The first release of the libcamera (an open source camera stack and framework for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS) team is out! https://twitter.com/libcamera/status/1581941610413056000 14 comments 17/10/2022 linux

Awesome Android Apps - A curated list of awesome open source Android applications, tutorials, and resources. https://gitlab.com/linuxcafefederation/awesome-android/-/blob/main/README.md#productivity 13 comments 6/1/2021 opensource

Mirror and control you android device from your computer using Scrcpy, a free and open source application https://medium.com/@krishnivas/mirror-and-control-your-android-device-from-your-computer-using-scrcpy-5e3addf6006 36 comments 31/7/2020 linux

GrapheneOS is an Android-based, security-hardened, open source operating system https://liliputing.com/2019/04/grapheneos-is-an-android-based-security-hardened-open-source-operating-system.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+liliputing+%28liliputing%29 4 comments 6/4/2019 technology

Arista Transcoder 0.9.4 released (User-friendly multimedia converter for GNOME) Adds support for Android, WebM and more. Project and website are 100% open source. http://www.transcoder.org/ 14 comments 30/5/2010 opensource

Cryptocam: Record encrypted video to protect sensitive footage (open source Android app) https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/n89n7r/cryptocam_record_encrypted_video_to_protect/ 8 comments 9/5/2021 privacy

Tutanota's new website puts open source front and center, even sporting the F-droid logo before Android and iOS https://tutanota.com/ 12 comments 10/12/2018 opensource

Zim - desktop based open source note taking application. Despite lacking an android app, I have used Zim to store all my notes for almost a year now. It stores everything in text format and has incredible features not found in other apps of its type. Give it a try. http://www.zim-wiki.org/ 37 comments 13/11/2016 linux

Neo900 Project - An open source, open hardware successor to the Nokia N900, with support for Android, Debian, and others http://neo900.org/ 29 comments 21/10/2013 opensource

Eugene Kaspersky: Open source will kill off the iPhone. Apple needs to ease developer restrictions. Android, Symbian will survive but will be hacker targets. http://news.techworld.com/personal-tech/3221881/open-source-will-kill-off-the-iphone-says-kaspersky/?intcmp=nws-hm-l 21 comments 28/4/2010 programming

So some guys are developing a real Linux (not Android) based open source smartphone. Definitely gonna get one of these myself. https://www.reddit.com/r/pinephone?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share 7 comments 8/7/2019 technology

GrapheneOS - open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility https://grapheneos.org/ 16 comments 11/6/2019 programming

Linux Foundation Announces Tizen - Open Source, Standards-Based, Software Platform for mobile devices. Could it give Android a run for its money? http://www.thethoughtsbubble.com/2011/09/tizen-open-source-standards-based.html 13 comments 29/9/2011 linux

OpenLogic Scan Shows Open Source License Violations for iPhone and Android: More Than 70%+ Of Mobile Applications Containing Open Source Fail to Comply http://www.openlogic.com/news/press/03.08.11.php 4 comments 9/3/2011 opensource

This Week in Open Source - Ubuntu on RISC-V, Android 13, Linux 6.0 rc-1, Flathub update, and other news and releases you might have missed https://fossweekly.beehiiv.com/p/foss-weekly-13-ubuntu-on-risc-v-android-13-linux-6-0-purchases-on-flathub-and-other-updates-from-thi 4 comments 20/8/2022 linux

Sign the petition to open kernel source of Phoenix OS - Android-x86 Nougat based with full desktop UI. Community will help improve hardware support! https://www.change.org/p/phoenix-os-is-a-great-desktop-ui-android-nougat-for-pcs-but-has-poor-hardware-support-lets-ask-the-os-maker-to-open-source-the-kernel-and-allow-the-community-to-help-with-the-issue-sign-the-petition-now-phoenix-os-chaozhuo-technology?recruiter=383567004&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition 55 comments 31/8/2017 linux

"Android is huge. Creating an open source mobile platform was one of the smarter things Google has done. It's too bad that they haven't done that great of a job doing it. Android has succeeded despite Google...Android is successful for one primary reason. The iPhone is only available on AT&T." http://www.itsbeach.com/blog/2010/08/developing-for-android.html 212 comments 6/9/2010 programming

Fedora is changing: "look at successful products MacOS X, Playstation 4, Android and ChromeOS, the red thread between them is that while they all was built on top of existing open source efforts, they didn’t just indiscriminately shovel in any open source code and project they could find" http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2014/04/16/preparing-the-ground-for-the-fedora-workstation/ 252 comments 21/4/2014 linux

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