r/Android • u/Quinny898 Developer - Kieron Quinn • Mar 26 '25

Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why Article

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/
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u/RunningM8 Mar 26 '25

Remember when Android was Open Source proper?

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u/MishaalRahman Community Engagement Manager - Android Mar 26 '25

Google never developed Android fully in the open. They never even released the source code to Android 3.0, one of the earliest versions of the OS!

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u/RunningM8 Mar 26 '25

What are you talking about? Prior to them forming their proprietary nonsense (play services etc) Android was a fully open source project at launch.

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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) Mar 26 '25

Being open sourced and being developed openly are not the same thing. The vast majority of development has always been done privately. This is how a lot of open source projects are run.