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diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/android-1.5-highlights.jd b/docs/html/sdk/android-1.5-highlights.jd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6c4f88 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/android-1.5-highlights.jd @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +page.title=Android 1.5 Platform Highlights +sdk.version=1.5_r1 +@jd:body + +<p> +<em>April 2009</em> +</p> + + +<p>The Android 1.5 platform introduces many new features for users and developers. +The list below provides an overview of the changes. </p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="#ui">User Interface Refinements</a> +<li><a href="#perf">Performance Improvements</a> +<li><a href="#features">New Features</a> +<li><a href="#apis">New APIs and Manifest Elements</a> +</ul> + +<h2 id="ui">User Interface Refinements</h2> +<ul> + <li>System-wide: + <ul> + <li>Refinement of all core UI elements</li> + <li>Animated window transitions (off by default)</li> + <li>Accelerometer-based application rotations</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>UI polish for: + <ul> + <li>In-call experience</li> + <li>Contacts, Call log, and Favorites</li> + <li>SMS & MMS</li> + <li>Browser</li> + <li>Gmail</li> + <li>Calendar</li> + <li>Email</li> + <li>Camera & Gallery</li> + <li>Application management</li> + </ul> + </li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="perf">Performance Improvements</h2> + +<ul> +<li>Faster Camera start-up and image capture</li> +<li>Much faster acquisition of GPS location (powered by SUPL AGPS)</li> +<li>Smoother page scrolling in Browser</li> +<li>Speedier GMail conversation list scrolling</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="features">New Features</h2> + +<ul> + <li>On-screen soft keyboard + <ul> + <li>Works in both portrait and landscape orientation</li> + <li>Support for user installation of 3rd party keyboards</li> + <li>User dictionary for custom words</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Home screen + <ul> + <li>Widgets + <ul> + <li>Bundled home screen widgets include: analog clock, calendar, + music player, picture frame, and search</li> + </ul></li> + <li>Live folders</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Camera & Gallery + <ul> + <li>Video recording</li> + <li>Video playback (MPEG-4 & 3GP formats)</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Bluetooth + <ul> + <li>Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP and AVCRP profiles)</li> + <li>Auto-pairing</li> + <li>Improved handsfree experience</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Browser + <ul> + <li>Updated with latest Webkit browser & Squirrelfish Javascript engines</li> + <li>Copy 'n paste in browser</li> + <li>Search within a page</li> + <li>User-selectable text-encoding</li> + <li>UI changes include: + <ul> + <li>Unified Go and Search box</li> + <li>Tabbed bookmarks/history/most-visited screen</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Contacts + <ul> + <li>Shows user picture for Favorites</li> + <li>Specific date/time stamp for events in call log</li> + <li>One-touch access to a contact card from call log event</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>System +<ul> + <li>New Linux kernel (version 2.6.27)</li> + <li>SD card filesystem auto-checking and repair</li> + <li>SIM Application Toolkit 1.0 </li> +</ul> +</li> + +<li>Google applications (not available in the Android 1.5 System Image that is +included in the Android SDK) + <ul> + <li>View Google Talk friends' status in Contacts, SMS, MMS, GMail, and + Email applications</li> + <li>Batch actions such as archive, delete, and label on Gmail messages</li> + <li>Upload videos to Youtube</li> + <li>Upload photos on Picasa</li> + </ul> +</li> +</ul> + +<h2 id="apis">New APIs and Manifest Elements</h2> + +<ul> +<li>UI framework + <ul> + <li>Framework for easier background/UI thread interaction</li> + <li>New {@link android.widget.SlidingDrawer SlidingDrawer} widget</li> + <li>New {@link android.widget.HorizontalScrollView HorizontalScrollview} widget</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>AppWidget framework + <ul> + <li>APIs for creating secure home screen {@link android.appwidget +AppWidgets}. For information about how to use AppWidgets, see the Developer's +Guide <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html">AppWidgets</a> +documentation. Also see <a +href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/introducing-home-screen-widgets-and.html"> +Introducing home screen widgets and the AppWidget +framework</a> on the Android Developer's Blog.</li> + <li>APIs for populating {@link android.provider.LiveFolders Live Folders} + with custom content.</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Media framework + <ul> + <li>Raw audio recording and playback APIs</li> + <li>Interactive MIDI playback engine</li> + <li>{@link android.media.MediaRecorder Video Recording APIs} for developers (3GP format).</li> + <li>Video and photo sharing Intents</li> + <li>Media search Intent</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Input Method framework + <ul> + <li>{@link android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService Input Method + Service} framework</li> + <li>Text-prediction engine</li> + <li>Ability to provide downloadable IMEs to users</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Application-defined hardware requirements + <p>Applications can now use a new element in their manifest files, <a +href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-configuration-element.html"><uses- +configuration></a> to indicate to the Android system what hardware features +they require in order to function properly. For example, an application might +use the element to specify that it requires a physical keyboard or a particular +navigation device, such as a trackball. Prior to installing the application, the +Android system checks the attributes defined for the +<code><uses-configuration></code> element and allows the installation to +continue only if the required hardware is present.</p> +</li> + +<li>Speech recognition framework + <ul> + <li>Support for using speech recognition libraries via Intent. See {@link +android.speech.RecognizerIntent RecognizerIntent}.</li> + </ul> +</li> + +<li>Miscellaneous API additions + <ul> + <li>LocationManager - Applications can get location change updates via + Intent</li> + <li>WebView - Touch start/end/move/cancel DOM event support</li> + <li>Redesigned {@link android.hardware.SensorManager Sensor Manager + APIs}</li> + <li>GLSurfaceView - convenience framework for creating OpenGL + applications</li> + <li>Broadcast Intent for app update install succeeded - for smoother app + upgrade experience</li> + </ul> +</li> +</ul> |