AOSP architecture, build and boot
28 April 2025, 5 minute read
Android's layers from kernel to apps, how the build moved from Make to Soong, and every stage from power-on to the launcher.
Read it, in 10 parts- The complete stack
- From Make to Soong
- Build commands
- Where things live in the source
- The boot process
- How system_server starts services
- Device and board configuration
- Runtime resource overlays
- Making builds faster
- A change, start to finish