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Android is Google’s mobile operating system. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is the open core; Google Mobile Services, Play and most device builds are proprietary additions.

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Company
Google (google)
Product type
operating_system
Categories
operating_system
Official site
https://www.android.com/ ↗
Catalog ID
android

At a glance

Android is Google’s mobile operating system. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is the open core; Google Mobile Services, Play and most device builds are proprietary additions.

Catalog categories: operating_system.

Catalogued capability areas: - Mobile OS runtime, app framework, system UI - App sandbox and permission model - App distribution via Play (proprietary layer)

This summary reflects the catalog record, not a complete product specification. Verify intended users, end-to-end workflows, supported platforms, edge cases, data handling, and constraints against cited sources. Treat capability labels as research leads until that verification is complete.

  • Mobile OS runtime, app framework, system UI
  • App sandbox and permission model
  • App distribution via Play (proprietary layer)

Open-source alternative

4 candidate projects in the landscape. A candidate may cover all, part, or none of what Android does — read the coverage and gaps below.

AOSP

Apache-2.0

The open-source core of Android itself.

The upstream project — no Play services.

LineageOS

Apache-2.0

Community Android distribution for many devices.

Widest device support.

GrapheneOS

MIT

Security-hardened Android, no Google services.

Pixel-focused.

/e/OS

GPL-3.0 (varies)

De-Googled Android with a privacy app suite.

Consumer-oriented fork.

Coverage and gaps

Alternative coverage

Available. Android’s core is open source and several independent distributions replace the proprietary layer.

The gap

Google Mobile Services, Play and the certified hardware ecosystem are proprietary.

Build this product with your agent

This Markdown file is the coding-agent skill for Android. Give it to your agent in your project; it guides research, reuse decisions, implementation and verification.

Get the Android build skill

rae android --out ./android-agent

Generate the skill with the RAE CLI, or download the Markdown skill. The source skill is also available in the catalog.

  • agent-kit.mdDownloadable Markdown skill with product-specific instructions for your coding agent.available
  • skill.mdGenerated copy of the same product skill — rae android --out ./android-agent.in kit
  • mcp.jsonOptional MCP server config — rae android --out ./android-agent.in kit
  • Product workspaceOptional starting workspace for your agent — rae build product android --out ./android.
  1. ChoosePick the product you want to build.
  2. ReviewAsk your agent to check the product skill, evidence and alternatives.
  3. BuildGive the skill to your coding agent and build in your own project.
  4. VerifyRun the checks for your implementation and review the result.

Evidence

Sources

Provenance

Next step

Give the Android skill to your coding agent in your project. Ask it to evaluate AOSP ↗ against your needs, reuse what fits, then follow the skill's build and verification instructions.

Give the product skill to your coding agent in the project where you want to build. Optional starter workspace: rae build product android --out ./android. CLI reference.

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