Android Application launch process

Question

I am searching for some information about how are apps launch on android. I want ot found infromation what make zygote and about fork() . Do you know some usefull web-sites or books?

Answer 1

I have written a two part series to explain Android Application launch process on my blog -

http://multi-core-dump.blogspot.com/2010/04/android-application-launch.html

http://multi-core-dump.blogspot.com/2010/04/android-application-launch-part-2.html

I hope you will find it useful.