The source code for Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich is accessible: made available for download by Google, it also allows access to the files of previous versions of the operating system.
In a distinctly open move, Google has decided to release the source code for Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, relating to its latest version, specifically 4.0.1.
Let’s take a step back: despite the clear intention to share files and source code, the Honeycomb version for tablets was never released to developers, as Google had always stated it was a transitional version, ahead of the new operating system’s release.
Indeed, just weeks after the presentation of Ice Cream Sandwich, Google is keeping its promises and opening up the code, while also offering the chance to take a look at Android Honeycomb: in this download, you can actually see the file history of the past operating system.
The interest in the source code of Android 4 primarily stems from the fact that this is the first release of its kind for the tablet sector.
The sharing license chosen by Google is AOSP – Android Open Source Project – and certainly, following this news, in the coming days, custom ROM versions specifically created by individual developers will begin to multiply.
The official link from which to download the Ice Cream Sandwich source code is http://source.android.com/index.html.
From this page, you can directly access the Source Tree and simultaneously have the opportunity to monitor all the latest Android news, constantly updated by the official staff at work.
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