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In-Depth Information
Android Software Development Kit
The Android
Software Development Kit
(
SDK
) helps the development world to build,
test, and debug applications to run on Android. This is achieved by providing necessary
tools to create the applications. But along with this, it also provides valuable documenta-
tion and other tools that can be of great help during the investigation of an Android device.
A good understanding of the Android SDK will help you to get to grips with the particulars
of a device and the data on the device.
The Android SDK consists of software libraries, APIs, tools, emulators, and other reference
material. It can be downloaded for free from
http://developer.android.com/
. During a
forensic investigation, the SDK helps connect to and access the data on the Android device.
The Android SDK is updated very frequently so it's important to verify that your worksta-
tion also remains updated. The Android SDK can run on Windows, Linux, and OS X.
