ICS (4.0.3) Source Code Description Document

[Nanik T]

Hi,

Android source code is huge and it takes sometime for a developer to get around it to know what is stored inside it. The first time I looked into the source code I thought there must be someway easier to look into this, something like a page that explains what does each directories inside Android contains. I've created a document explaining the different directories inside Android containing simple description what is its contents and thought of sharing it to other developers in the spirit to help make it easier for other Android developers. At the moment the document contains information for Android 4.0.3_r1, as source code keep on changing I will try to keep it up to date to the latest version that are available in the Android repository. 

Here is the link to the document  -->  https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17PySzW_2nZF9dDiV9ov-8d7dY3B0vzZ6trFSQbQNSFs

Feel free to comment or correct anything in the document. 

Thanks

[Prithwish]

Thanks for the documentation. :)

[Alejandro Ricoveri]

Great job!, i was looking for something like this since i began downloading source from repo, thanks a lot!, is has been really useful! ... 

[Ehtesh Choudhury]

That's really neat. I think it would be more helpful as a wiki, though.

[Nanik T]

Hi,

The wiki now has been restructure slightly in terms of versions that are available. The current version that are available is : android-4.0.3_r1  and android-4.1.1_r4. I've added a new link master-android http://www.elinux.org/Master-android which will outline the source in 'master' branch and will kept up to date at least once a month (or whenever anybody wants to contribute) to make sure it stays in sync with Google's 'master'  branch.

Cheers