How are the Android OS versions named?

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Naming of versions of Android OS
Yes, it is an obvious matter that when android releases its versions, they go by dessert names and most often by alphabetical orders. Starting its order from the name cupcake, Google has restricted to the format since the launch of its first version Android 1.0 during September 2008. A quick chronological order of the versions are mentioned below in accordance with their Application Programming interface (API) levels.

Android 1.0 (API level 1)
Android 1.1 (API level 2)
Android 1.5 Cupcake (API level 3)
Android 1.6 Donut (API level 4)
Android 2.0 Eclair (API level 5)
Android 2.0.1 Eclair (API level 6)
Android 2.1 Eclair (API level 7)
Android 2.2 - 2.2.3 Froyo (API level 8)
Android 2.3 - 2.3.2 Gingerbread (API level 9)
Android 2.3.3 - 2.3.7 Gingerbread (API level 10)
Android 3.0 Honeycomb (API level 11)
Android 3.1 Honeycomb (API level 12)
Android 3.2 Honeycomb (API level 13)
Android 4.0 - 4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 14)
Android 4.0.3 - 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 15)
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (API level 16)
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (API level 17)
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (API level 18)

The above sequence is mentioned in reference from Wikipedia.

Google announced on its latest version a successor on 3rd September 2013 as a successor over the last version. This version is named as Android 4.4 Kit Kat whose official release is yet to be declared.

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