Androids
The Team That Built the Android Operating System
In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software. But nobody wanted to fund them. Today, Android is a large team at Google, shipping an operating system to over three billion devices worldwide.
This is the inside story of how that happened—told by the people who made it happen.
Editorial Reviews
“What are the essential ingredients that lead a small team to build software at the sheer scale and impact of Android? We may never fully know, but this first person account is probably the closest set of clues we have.”
— Dave Burke, VP of Android Engineering
“Androids captures a strong picture of what the early development of Android, as well as the Android team, was like.”
— Dianne Hackborn, Android Framework Engineer
“Androids is the engaging tale of a motley group of coders with a passion to make insanely great products who banged out the operating system when that idea seemed nuts. True to his geek genes, Chet Haase tells this remarkable tale of technical and business success from the trenches... Read Androids to discover what it takes to create a hot tech team that shipped a product running today on more than 3 billion devices.”
— Jonathan Littman, co-author of The Entrepreneurs Faces
Get the Book
The new edition of the book, published by No Starch Press, is available in eBook and paperback formats:
No Starch Press
Order just the eBook ($19.99) or get both paperback and eBook bundle ($24.99) directly from the publisher.
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Get the Kindle edition ($14.99) or the paperback copy ($24.99) shipped straight to your door.
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Available in Nook eBook format ($14.99) or standard paperback edition ($24.99).
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The audiobook is narrated by the author, Chet Haase, and published by Tantor Media. It is available for $19.99 on major platforms:
Presentations & Slides
I've given several talks discussing Android history, the factors that led to Android's success, and lessons for other software engineering teams.
- Why Projects Succeed: Download slides from DroidKaigi 2022.