diff options
author | Dirk Dougherty <ddougherty@google.com> | 2009-09-09 13:33:45 -0700 |
---|---|---|
committer | Dirk Dougherty <ddougherty@google.com> | 2009-09-10 12:49:30 -0700 |
commit | 24db03a79d981fc05730d728fe32f12013c74ff0 (patch) | |
tree | 008e5e9bd6df7be56e43ff7c6096dc09bce889a9 | |
parent | dac0d75ad7fbd10981477b1fcc35c955185a41fd (diff) | |
download | frameworks_base-24db03a79d981fc05730d728fe32f12013c74ff0.zip frameworks_base-24db03a79d981fc05730d728fe32f12013c74ff0.tar.gz frameworks_base-24db03a79d981fc05730d728fe32f12013c74ff0.tar.bz2 |
Move API change details from highlights doc to version notes doc.
Change-Id: I7c9123092742d64d986cdb91803f16987cd6b4da
-rw-r--r-- | docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd | 205 |
1 files changed, 147 insertions, 58 deletions
diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd b/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd index 29dceec..5dd2d95 100644 --- a/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd +++ b/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ page.title=Android 1.6 Version Notes <ul> <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a> -<li><a href="#features">New Features</a> +<li><a href="#features">Release Highlights</a> <li><a href="#apps">Built-in Applications</a> <li><a href="#locs">Locales</a> <li><a href="#api-changes">API Changes</a> @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ page.title=Android 1.6 Version Notes <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>The Android 1.6 system delivered in the SDK (as library and system image) is -the development counterpart to the Android 1.6 production system image, -deployable to Android-powered handsets starting September 2009. The system is fully -compliant and includes no external libraries.</p> +the development counterpart to the Android 1.6 production system image, which is +deployable to Android-powered handsets starting October 2009. The system is +fully compliant and includes no external libraries. </p> <p>The Android 1.6 system delivers an updated version of the framework API. As with previous versions, the Android 1.6 API @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ system to correctly determine whether an application is compatible with the system, prior to installing the application. </p> <p>For more information about how to use API Level, see the <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/">API Levels</a> document. </p> +href="{@docRoot}guide/appendix/api-levels.html">API Levels</a> document. </p> -<h2 id="features">New Features</h2> +<h2 id="features">Highlights</h2> -<p>For a list of new system features, see the <a +<p>For a list of new user features and platform highlights, see the <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-1.6-highlights.html">Android 1.6 Platform Highlights</a> document.</p> @@ -139,22 +139,45 @@ available in the Android 1.6 system image are listed below (with </tr> </table> -<p>Localized UI strings match the locales that are displayable in -the emulator, accessible through the device Settings application.</p> +<p>Localized UI strings match the locales that are accessible +through Settings.</p> <h2 id="api-changes">API Changes</h2> -<h3 style="padding-top:0">Overview</h3> - -<ul> - -<li>Search framework</li> +<h4 id="UIFramework">UI framework</h4> + <ul> + <li>New classes in {@link android.view.animation} + to control the behavior of animations: + <ul> + <li><code>AnticipateInterpolator</code></li> + <li><code>AnticipateOvershootInterpolator</code></li> + <li><code>BounceInterpolator</code></li> + <li><code>OvershootInterpolator</code></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>New XML attribute <code>android:onClick</code> to specify a View's +<a href="/reference/android/view/View.OnClickListener.html">View.OnClickListener</a> +from a layout file. + </li> + <li>New support for dealing with varying screen densities. Density +information is associated with Bitmap and Canvas for performing the +correct scaling. The framework will automatically scale bitmaps and +nine-patches based on the density the resource was found under and the +density of the screen, etc. + </li> + </ul> + +<h4>Search framework</h4> <ul> - <li>Applications can now expose relevant content to users as search suggestions in the Quick Search Box, a new device-wide search capability that is accessible from the home screen. To support this, the search framework adds new attributes to the searchable metadata file. For complete information, see the {@link android.app.SearchManager SearchManager} documentation.</li> + <li>Applications can now expose relevant content to users as search +suggestions in the Quick Search Box, a new device-wide search capability that is +accessible from the home screen. To support this, the search framework adds new +attributes to the searchable metadata file. For complete information, see the +{@link android.app.SearchManager SearchManager} documentation. + </li> </ul> -</li> -<li>Accessibility framework</li> +<h4>Accessibility framework</h4> <ul> <li>New {@link android.view.accessibility android.accessibility} package that includes classes for capturing accessibility events and forwarding them to @@ -163,73 +186,139 @@ an {@link android.accessibilityservice AccessibilityService} handler. </li> that lets your application track user events and provide visual, audible, or haptic feedback to the user. </li> </ul> -</li> -<li>Gestures</li> +<h4>Gesture Input</h4> <ul> <li>New {@link android.gesture gesture} API for creating, recognizing, loading, and saving gestures.</li> </ul> -</li> -<li>Text-to-speech</li> +<h4>Text-to-speech</h4> <ul> - <li>New package {@link android.speech.tts android.speech.tts} provides + <li>New {@link android.speech.tts android.speech.tts} package provides classes for synthesizing speech from text, for immediate playback or to create a sound file.</li> </ul> -</li> - -<li>Permissions</li> - <ul> - - <li>New permissions for -{@link android.Manifest.permission#CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE}, -{@link android.Manifest.permission#INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER}, -{@link android.Manifest.permission#READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS}, -{@link android.Manifest.permission#WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, and -{@link android.Manifest.permission#WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS}.</li> - </ul> -</li> -<li>Graphics</li> +<h4>Graphics</h4> <ul> <li>Classes in {@link android.graphics android.graphics} now support scaling for different screen densities.</li> </ul> -</li> -<li>Telephony</li> +<h4>Telephony</h4> <ul> <li>New {@link android.telephony.SmsManager SmsManager} and other classes for sending and receiving SMS messages.</li> </ul> -</li> -<li>Utilities</li> +<h4>Utilities</h4> <ul> <li>New {@link android.util.DisplayMetrics DisplayMetrics} fields for determining the density of the current device screen.</li> </ul> -</li> - -<li>Application-defined support for various screen densities</li> - <p>Applications can now use a new element in their manifest files, <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/supports-screen-element.html"><supports- -screen></a> to indicate to the specific screen resolutions/densities that -they are designed to support. When the application is installed on a device -whose screen is not explicitly supported by the application, the system -runs the application in Compatibility Mode, where possible. </p> -</li> -</ul> - -<h3 id="api-diff">API Change Details</h3> - -<p>For a detailed view of API changes in this platform (API Level 4), see the <a -href="{@docRoot}sdk/api_diff/4/changes.html">API Differences Report</a>.</p> - - +<h4 id="AndroidManifest">Android Manifest elements</h4> + + <ul> + <li>New <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/supports-screens-element.html">{@code + <supports-screens>}</a> element lets you specify the device screen sizes that your + application is designed and tested to support, where "size" is a combination + of resolution and density. If your application is run on a device whose screen + size is not specified in the <code><supports-screen></code> element, the system + displays the application in <em>compatibility mode</em>, which performs best-effort scaling + of the application UI to match the resolution and density of the screen. + + <p>The attributes available for defining an application's screen support are: + + <ul> + + <li><code>smallScreen</code>: Boolean value that indicates whether the + application is designed to run on devices with small screens. + Examples: QVGA low density; VGA high density. + </li> + <li><code>normalScreens</code>: Boolean value that indicates whether + the application is designed to run on devices with normal screens. + Examples: WQVGA low density; HVGA medium density; WVGA high density. + </li> + <li><code>largeScreens</code>: Boolean value that indicates whether + the application is designed to run on devices with significantly + larger screens, such that special care may be required on + the application's part to make proper use of the screen area. + Examples: VGA medium density; WVGA medium density. + </li> + <li><code>anyDensity</code>: Boolean value that indicates whether + the application can accommodate any screen density. + </li> + <li><code>resizable</code>: Boolean value that indicates whether + the application can expand its layout to fit slightly larger screens. + </li> + </ul> + </p> + </li> + + <li>New <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html">{@code <uses-feature>}</a> + element lets an application specify hardware (or other) + features that it requires to function normally. When an application + specifies such features, the system allows the application to be installed only + on devices that offer the required features. The element supports these + attributes: + <ul> + <li><code>name</code>: The name of the feature required by the application. Currently accepts + "android.hardware.camera" and "android.hardware.camera.autofocus" values, which specify that a + camera and camera autofocus are required, respectively.</li> + <li><code>glEsVersion</code>: Indicates the minimum version of OpenGL ES required.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>New attributes for the + <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html">{@code <uses-sdk>}</a> element: + <ul> + <li><code>maxSdkVersion</code>: This indicates the maximum API Level on which an application is + designed to run. If an application declares this attribute, the Android system prevents the user + from installing the application if the system's API Level is higher than the value specified in + this attribute. </li> + <li><code>targetSdkVersion</code>: This indicates the API Level that the application is targeting. + It is able to run on older versions (down to minSdkVersion), but was explicitly tested to + work with the version specified here. Specifying this version allows the platform to + disable compatibility code that is not required or enable newer features that are not + available to older applications. </li> + </ul> + </li> + + </li> + </ul> + +<h4>New Permissions</h4> + + <ul> + <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE + CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE}: Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi + Multicast mode. + </li> + <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#GLOBAL_SEARCH}: Allows the + global search system to access the data of a specified content provider. + </li> + <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER}: + Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location Manager. + </li> + <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS}: + Allows an application to read (but not write) the user's browsing history + and bookmarks. + </li> + <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS}: + Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's browsing history + and bookmarks. + </li> + <li>{@link android.Manifest.permission#WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}: + Allows an application to write to external storage. Applications using API Level 3 + and lower will be implicitly granted this permission (and this will be visible to + the user); Applications using API Level 4 or higher must explicitly request this + permission. + </li> + </ul> +<h3 id="api-diff">API Change Details</h3> +<p>For a detailed view of API changes in Android 1.6 (API Level 4), see the <a +href="{@docRoot}sdk/api_diff/4/changes.html">API Differences Report</a>.</p> |