Android Community

Here is a page full of links to various Google and Android community resources.

Google sites

• http://developer.android.com/ - site mainly for application developers
  • mailing lists for app developers
• http://source.android.com/ - site devoted to source code management
  • mailing lists for source/platform discussions

People

Prominent developers:

• Benno - has a blog, provides busybox binary (V.P. of Engineering at Open Kernel Labs)
  • Android Framework Startup tutorial on framework startup (and how to change a ramdisk.img)
  • Android - under the hood analysis of system startup
  • list of android articles by Benno
  • busybox binary
• JesusFreke - makes custom system images
  • JesusFreke's Blog (with release anouncements)
• Haykuro - makes custom system images
  • Haykuro's site (blog, info)
• Brandorr (Brian Gupta) - author of FAQ at Android-DLs
• TheDudeOfLife - makes custom system images
  • announcement of 1.5 (cupcake) build
• Others on xda-developers: xmoo, Stericson, dapro, marcusmaximus, manup456

Community sites

• Android-DLs
  • Android-DLs wiki
  • Android-DLs forum
• xda-developers
  • XDA Developers Dream Android Development forum - lots of good discussion about ROMS and Android system development
• AndroidCommunit.com

Manufacturers

• HTC - G1/ADP1 (aka 'Dream')

News sites

• http://www.talkandroid.com/ - app news?
• http://androidguys.com/ - app and device news?
• http://www.androidcentral.com/ - app news?

Uncategorized sites

• http://www.helloandroid.com/
• http://www.android-internals.org/index.php?title=Main_Page - Android-internals wiki (5 pages on May 14, 2009)
• http://android.comyr.com/index.php/Main_Page - another Android wiki, not developer-oriented (9 pages on May 14, 2009)
• Official Android Wiki - there are lots of pages (>100) for apps, a few on system information, but I didn't see much system developer information