How does an android box operating system run on linux?

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How do android boxes function? What I mean is how does the different software code run together? I know it some how uses linux with android running on top of it. How is that done? I dont understand the concept of programming running on top of another programming code. Please kindly help me understand the concept.

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What I have tried:

Researching internet for a year. I cant find the answer.

Posted 21-Nov-17 15:14pm

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Updated 23-Nov-17 7:25am

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Mehdi Gholam 22-Nov-17 1:56am

No one will help you with the attitude you are presenting.

Member 13534263 22-Nov-17 9:50am

I dont have an attitude. I just want an answer to a simple question. How does the android os work or get installed over linux? How does linux get put on the hardware?

David Crow 24-Nov-17 22:58pm

I don't see an attitude. The OP seemed to ask a legitimate question.

Mehdi Gholam 24-Nov-17 23:58pm

The unedited version was different.

David Crow 24-Nov-17 23:01pm

You need to understand the basic fundamentals of OS development. Try sites such as this and this to start with.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2017-11-21T21:44:00

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Android is proprietary software and owned by Google, you should ask them. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia[^]

Posted 21-Nov-17 21:44pm

Richard MacCutchan