Mobile Operating System
Android Touch Interface
Home screen
customizable space that
houses app shortcuts, folders and widget
Navigate between different home
screen panels by swiping left and right
The Favorites Tray at the bottom always keeps your most important shortcuts and folders in view
regardless of which panel is currently showing.
Access the entire collection of apps and widgets by touching the All Apps button at the center of the Favorites Tray
All apps screen
The All Apps screen lets you browse the entire set of apps and widgets that are installed on your device
Users can drag an app or widget icon from the All Apps screen and place it in any empty location on any Home screen
Recents screen
Recents provides an efficient way of switching between recently used applications. It provides a clear navigation path between multiple ongoing tasks
The Recents button at the right side of the navigation bar displays the apps that the user has interacted with most recently. They are organized in reverse chronological order with the most recently used app at the bottom.
Switch to an app by touching it.Remove an item by swiping left or right
Start an App
To start an app, tap its icon. The app starts
Apps can be started from the Home screen: Tap a launcher icon to start the associated app
These icons represent apps installed on your phone
Managing Apps
What is a Mobile OS
OS that is
specifically designed to run on mobile devices
example:mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers
and other handheld devices
Mobile OS is software that allows smartphones, tablet PCs, and other devices to run application and programs
3 PRIMARY MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS
Apple iOS
Google Android
Microsoft Windows Phone OS
MOBILE OS, WHAT IS IT FOR?
run our desktop computers and laptop and manage their resource and memory when they're being used for multi-tasking
smartphones have used operating systems too and it's this development that has brought advanced functions to mobiles
a platform so developers can create applications or 'apps' (software programs developed for smartphones that can carry out specific functions).
family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune.
first launched in October 2010 with Windows
Phone 7.
Windows Phone 8.1 is the latest public release on April 14, 2014.
replaced by Windows 10 Mobile
in 2015
system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware.
presently powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
second most popular mobile operating system
globally after Android.
responds to the user's touch - allowing you to tap
on the screen to open a program, pinch your fingers together to minimise or enlarge an image, swipe your finger across the screen to change pages.
not allowed to be used in third party
systems, you will only be able to use it on products
made by Apple
owned by Google and powered by the Linux
kernel
your phone came with app launchers and widgets affixed to the Home screen
you can keep those launchers, add your own, remove some, and change their locations
And when the Home screen brims with launchers like an overflowing teacup, you can build folders to further organize and keep your apps neat and tidy
Add launchers to
Home Screen
- Go to Home screen page on which you want to stick the launcher
- Tap the Apps icon to display the Apps drawer. Find the icon of the apps that you want to stick at the launcher.
- Tap on the icon, press it long and drag to Home Screen. Release app where you desire by lifting your finger
Add launchers to
Home Screen
Uninstall apps from the
Android device
Managing Widgets
The app hasn’t moved.
What you see is a copy or shortcut.
You can still find the app in the Apps drawer, but now the app is also available — more conveniently — on the Home screenng your finger
Move apps (launchers)
to another screen
- Click on the desired apps
- Drag it to another position on the Home screen.
- If you drag to the far left or far right of the screen, the item is sent to another Home screen page.
Remove apps (launcher)
from Home Screen
- Drag that item up to the top of the Home Screen page, where the Remove icon lurks (appear).
- The Remove icon can appear as shown in the figure.
- When the item hovers over that part of the screen, lift your finger. The apps will be gone when the Remove icon disappear. If its still there, you might have done it wrong.
Place widgets on the
home screen
Create folders
- Switch to a Home screen page that has enough room for the new widget.
- Access the widgets.– On newer phones, long-press a blank part of the Home screen. Tap the Widgets icon.
- Long-press the widget you want to add.
- Drag the widget to the Home screen.
- Lift your finger.
Move widgets between different home screen
- Click and hold on the desired widget.
- Drag it to a preferred home screen. You can see an almost invisible widget moving along your swiping movement.
- You can either move it to the left or right side of the screen. You must drag it to right most or left most of screen before it can be moved.
- Once you reached the desired home screen, release the widget
Create folders by
overlapping launchers
- Drag one launcher over another on the Home screen. Be quick! When the two launchers get close, a circle encloses them, which provides visual feedback that a folder is created.
- Some phones require that you first create a folder
Change folders name
Folders are managed just like other items on the Home screen. You can rearrange folder icons and remove them just like launchers and widgets. Removing a folder doesn’t uninstall its enclosed apps.
To change a folder’s name, open the folder and then tap the current name. Use the onscreen keyboard to type a new name
Delete folders by
removing apps
- To remove a launcher from a folder, open the folder and drag out the icon.
- When the second-to-last icon is dragged out of a folder, the folder is removed.
- If not, drag the last icon out, and then remove the folder as described in the earlier slide.
- Open the Play Store app.
- Choose My Apps & Games from the navigation drawer.
- Tap the Installed tab.
- Choose the app that you want to uninstall. Then tap the UNINSTALL button.
- Tap the OK button to confirm.
recognisable from its tile-based interface
features removable and interchangeable squares sections on the home screen, each with its own purpose and function.
also has aggregators called 'hubs'
group
together all photos from all applications or all music
into one library
your Facebook photos can be
found with your camera photos
your documents
from different sources grouped together in one
easy to
access location
comes with a mobile-optimised
version of the Internet Explorer for accessing the web and Exchange
Safari web browser
for internet use
iPod application for playing music
Apple's Mail for managing your emails
can be found on a wide range of devices
open source operating system which allows
developers to access unlocked hardware and develop new programs as they wish
means unlimited access to any anyone who wants to develop apps for the phone and places very little restriction on its licensing
dominant smartphone
platform due to its tremendous traction with a wide
spectrum of users
best features of Android include the
ability to customise multiple homescreens with useful widgets and apps that give you quicker
has an excellent capacity for multitasking with the ability to close programs by simply swiping
them away
Differences and Similarities
iOS
Windows Phone
Android
can make it so that only the apps you use
often are visible to you
can’t hide any unused apps, but you can organize them into folders
Use desktop interface “Tiles” feature
minimalist design with bright colors and fast-swiping, left-to-right scrolling across home screens
Google Play
a greater variety of apps, quality maybe not be as
high, some apps may not be transferable or compatible with devices
App Store
the most cutting edge apps
usually appear on Apple devices
first
Windows
Store smallest
consumer base
Careful examination over the applications in its Google Play Store
subject to strict
security protocol
control over the
software
Microsoft and Apple maintain greater control over the software than Android
All three platforms are updated on a fairly regular basis, from big releases with new features and occasional redesigns every few months, to smaller releases to deal with minor bugs.
Push And Pull Method
installing application and content sources on mobile devices : push and pull
push protocols
client opens a
connection to the server and keeps it
constantly active
server will send (push) all new events to
the client using that single always on
connection.
pull protocols
client periodically connects to the server, checks for and gets (pulls) recent events and then closes the connection and disconnects
from the server
client repeats this whole procedure to get
updated about new events
the clients periodically PULLs the
new events from the server
the server
PUSHes the new events to the client
Difference
push protocols
pull protocol
get new events (such as
a new email, a new chat message) literally
instantly.
But you may experience a small time
delay in pull protocols.
it check for new events so
regular (every 30 seconds)
that the time
delay is mostly not noticeable
example
Pull
Push
cell phone is always connected to the mobile
network. You can tell this by the signal bars on your
phone's screen. When a caller calls, the network
sends the call to your cell phone via that active
connection your cell phone already have.
when you're waiting for a specific program on
your TV, you repeatedly turn it on and check if your program started and then turn in off.
IOS Touch Interface
Identifying Home Screen
Place apps on home screen
Move Apps between different
Creating Folder to be removed or added
Uninstall Apps
- Press the home button
- Search at App Store
- Download the app
- The downloaded app will appear on home screen
- Tap and hold
- Drag the app to new location
- Drag the app to left or right to the next page.
- Click home button to save
- Hold and drag the app on another add to create a folder
- Open folder, hold and drag it out from the folder to remove
- Tap and Wiggle
- From settings
- From iTunes on a Mac