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docs: add 2.2 platform highlights
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diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.jd b/docs/html/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.jd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c59871c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.jd @@ -0,0 +1,309 @@ +page.title=Android 2.2 Platform Highlights + +@jd:body + + +<style type="text/css"> +#jd-content { + max-width:800px; +} +#jd-content div.screenshot { + float:left; + clear:left; + padding:15px 30px 15px 0; +} +#jd-content div.video { + float:right; + padding:0 60px 40px; + margin-top:-15px; +} +#jd-content table.columns { + margin:0 0 1em 0; +} +#jd-content table.columns td { + padding:0; +} +#jd-content table.columns td+td { + padding:0 2em; +} +#jd-content table.columns td+td>*:first-child { + margin-top:-2em; +} +.green { + color:#8db529; + font-weight:bold; +} +</style> + +<!-- +<div class="video"> +<object width="278 height="180"> +<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param> +<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" +value="always"></param> +<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" +allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="278" height="180"></embed> +</object> +</div> +--> + +<p>The Android 2.2 platform introduces many new and exciting features for +users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new user features +and technologies in Android 2.2. For more information about the new developer APIs, see the <a +href="android-2.2.html#api">Android 2.2 version notes</a>.</p> + +<ul> + <li><a href="#UserFeatures">New User Features</a></li> + <li><a href="#PlatformTechnologies">New Platform Technologies</a></li> + <li><a href="#DeveloperServices">New Developer Services</a></li> + <li><a href="#DeveloperApis">New Developer APIs</a></li> +</ul> + + + +<h2 id="UserFeatures" style="clear:right">New User Features</h2> + +<h3>Home</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<p>New Home screen <span class="green">tips widget</span> assists new users on how to configure the +home screen with shortcuts and widgets and how to make use of multiple home screens.</p> +<p>The Phone, applications Launcher, and Browser now have <span class="green">dedicated +shortcuts</span> on the Home screen, making it easy to access them from any of the 5 home screen +panels.</p> + </td> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/22home.png" alt="" height=150 /> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<h3>Browser</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/22browser.png" alt="" height=220 /> + </td> + <td> +<p><span class="green">Flash:</span> Browser is able to fully support the latest version of Flash so +the web experience is even closer to the desktop. Adobe Flash will be available to download from +Android Market.</p> +<p><span class="green">Performance of the browser</span> has been enhanced using the V8 engine, +which enables faster loading of JavaScript-heavy pages.</p> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<h3>Exchange support</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<p><span class="green">Improved security</span> with the addition of numeric pin or alpha-numeric +password options to unlock device. Exchange administrators can enforce password policy across +devices.</p> +<p><span class="green">Remote wipe:</span> Exchange administrators can remotely reset the device to +factory defaults to secure data in case device is lost or stolen.</p> +<p><span class="green">Exchange Calendars are now supported</span> in the Calendar application.</p> +<p><span class="green">Auto-discovery:</span> you just need to know your user-name and password to +easily set up and sync an Exchange account (available for Exchange 2007 and higher).</p> +<p><span class="green">Global Address Lists look-up</span> is now available in the Email +application, enabling users to auto-complete recipient names from the directory.</p> + </td> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/22exchange.png" alt="" height=300 /> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<h3>Camera and Gallery</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/22gallery.png" alt="" height=220 /> + </td> + <td> +<p>Gallery allows you to <span class="green">peek into picture stacks</span> using a zoom +gesture.</p> +<p>Camera <span class="green">onscreen buttons</span> provide easy access to a new UI for +controling zoom, flash, white balance, geo-tagging, focus and exposure. Camcorder also provides +an easy way to set video size/quality for MMS and YouTube.</p> +<p>With the <span class="green">LED flash</span> now enabled for the Camcorder, videos can be shot +at night or in low light settings.</p> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<h3>Portable hotspot</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<p>Certain devices like the Nexus One can be turned into <span class="green">a portable Wi-Fi +hotspot</span> that can be shared with up to 8 devices.</p> +<p>You can use your Android-powered phone as a 3G connection for a Windows or Linux laptop by +connecting their phone to the computer with a USB cable. The connection is then shared between the +two devices.</p> + </td> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/22hotspot.png" alt="" height=180 /> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<h3>Multiple keyboard languages</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/22keyboard.png" alt="" height=220 /> + </td> + <td> +<p>Multi-lingual users can add multiple languages to the keyboard and <span class="green">switch +between multiple Latin-based input languages</span> by swiping across the space bar. This changes +the keys as well as the auto-suggest dictionary.</p> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<h3>Improved operating system performance</h3> + +<table class="columns" style="max-width:800px"> +<tr> + <td> +<p><span class="green">Dalvik Performance Boost:</span> 2x-5x performance speedup for CPU-heavy code +over Android 2.1 with Dalvik JIT.</p> +<p>The graph to the right shows the performance <span class="green">speedup</span> from Android 2.1 +to Android 2.2 using various benchmark tests. For example, LinPack is now more than 5 times +faster.</p> +<p><span class="green">Kernel Memory Management Boost:</span> Improved memory reclaim by up to 20x, +which results in faster app switching and smoother performance on memory-constrained devices.</p> + </td> + <td> +<img src="images/2.2/jit-graph.png" alt="" height=200 /> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + + + + +<h2 id="PlatformTechnologies">New Platform Technologies</h2> + + +<h3>Media framework</h3> + +<ul> + <li>New media framework (Stagefright) that supports local file playback and HTTP progressive +streaming</li> + <li>Continued support for OpenCore in Android 2.2</li> +</ul> + + +<h3>Bluetooth</h3> + +<ul> + <li>Voice dialing over Bluetooth</li> + <li>Ability to share contacts with other phones</li> + <li>Support for Bluetooth enabled car and desk docks</li> + <li>Improved compatibility matrix with car kits and headsets</li> +</ul> + + +<h3>2.6.32 kernel upgrade</h3> + +<ul> + <li>HIGHMEM support for RAM >256MB</li> + <li>SDIO scheduling and BT improvements</li> +</ul> + + + + +<h2 id="DeveloperServices">New Developer Services</h2> + + +<h3>Android Cloud to Device Messaging</h3> + +<p>Apps can utilize Android Cloud to Device Messaging to enable mobile alert, send to phone, and +two-way push sync functionality.</p> + + +<h3>Android Application Error Reports</h3> + +<p>New bug reporting feature for Android Market apps enables developers to receive crash and freeze +reports from their users. The reports will be available when they log into their publisher +account.</p> + + + + +<h2 id="DeveloperApis">New Developer APIs</h2> + + +<h3>Apps on external storage</h3> + +<p>Applications can now request installation on the shared external storage (such as an SD +card).</p> + + +<h3>Media framework</h3> + +<p>Provides new APIs for audio focus, routing audio to SCO, and auto-scan of files to media +database. Also provides APIs to let applications detect completion of sound loading and auto-pause +and auto-resume audio playback.</p> + + +<h3>Camera and Camcorder</h3> + +<p>New preview API doubles the frame rate from ~10FPS to ~20FPS. Camera now supports portrait +orientation, zoom controls, access to exposure data, and a thumbnail utility. A new camcorder +profile enables apps to determine device hardware capablities.</p> + + +<h3>Graphics</h3> + +<p>New APIs for OpenGL ES 2.0, working with YUV image format, and ETC1 for texture +compression.</p> + + +<h3>Data backup</h3> + +<p>Apps can participate in data backup and restore, to ensure that users maintain their data +after performing a factory reset or when switching devices.</p> + + +<h3>Device policy manager</h3> + +<p>New device policy management APIs allow developers to write "device administrator" applications +that can control security features on the device, such as the minimum password strength, data wipe, +and so on. Users can select the administrators that are enabled on their devices.</p> + + +<h3>UI framework</h3> + +<p>New "car mode" and "night mode" controls and configurations allow applications to adjust their UI +for these situations. A scale gesture detector API provides improved definition of multi-touch +events. Applications can now customize the bottom strip of a TabWidget.</p> + + + +<p>For more information about the new developer APIs, see the <a +href="android-2.2.html#api">Android 2.2 version notes</a> and the <a +href="{@docRoot}sdk/api_diff/8/changes.html">API Differences Report</a>.</p> + + + + + diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22browser.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22browser.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..817439d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22browser.png diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22exchange.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22exchange.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..1fa1f59 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22exchange.png diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22gallery.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22gallery.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0cb74ad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22gallery.png diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22home.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22home.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a11ea30 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22home.png diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22hotspot.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22hotspot.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0951439 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22hotspot.png diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22keyboard.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22keyboard.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..69f95ca --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/22keyboard.png diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/jit-graph.png b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/jit-graph.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..52b8d60 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/images/2.2/jit-graph.png |