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diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd b/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd index 4b659a1..646b61d 100644 --- a/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd +++ b/docs/html/sdk/android-1.6.jd @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -page.title=Android 1.6, Release 1 +page.title=Android 1.6, Release 2 sdk.platform.version=1.6 sdk.platform.apiLevel=4 sdk.platform.majorMinor=minor -sdk.platform.releaseDate=September 2009 +sdk.platform.releaseDate=December 2009 sdk.platform.deployableDate=October 2009 @jd:body @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ sdk.platform.deployableDate=October 2009 <h2>In this document</h2> <ol> <li><a href="#features">Platform Highlights</a></li> + <li><a href="#releases">Release Notes</a></li> <li><a href="#apps">Built-in Applications</a></li> <li><a href="#locs">Locales</a></li> <li><a href="#skins">Emulator Skins</a></li> @@ -37,20 +38,21 @@ sdk.platform.deployableDate=October 2009 <em>API Level:</em> <strong>{@sdkPlatformApiLevel}</strong></p> <p>Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} is a {@sdkPlatformMajorMinor} platform release -deployable to Android-powered handsets starting in {@sdkPlatformDeployableDate}. -The release includes new features for users and developers, as well as changes +deployable to Android-powered handsets since {@sdkPlatformDeployableDate}. +The platform includes new features for users and developers, as well as changes in the Android framework API. </p> -<p>For developers, the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} platform is available as a -downloadable component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes a -fully compliant Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator -skins, sample applications, and more. The downloadable platform is fully -compliant and includes no external libraries. </p> +<p>For developers, a new release of the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} platform +is available as a downloadable component for the Android SDK. The platform +— Android 1.6 r2 — includes a fully compliant Android library and +system image, as well as a set of emulator skins, sample applications, and minor +development updates. The downloadable platform is fully compliant (API Level 4) +and includes no external libraries.</p> <p>To get started developing or testing against the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} platform, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager tool to -download the platform into your Android 1.6 or later SDK. For more information, -see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK +download the latest Android 1.6 platform into your Android 1.6 or later SDK. For +more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/adding-components.html">Adding SDK Components</a>.</p> @@ -61,6 +63,45 @@ href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-{@sdkPlatformVersion}-highlights. {@sdkPlatformVersion} Platform Highlights</a> document.</p> +<h2 id="relnotes">Release Notes</h2> + +<p>The sections below provide information about the available releases of the +Android 1.6 platform.</p> + +<h3>Android 1.6, Release 2</h3> + +<p>December 2009. Requires SDK Tools r4 or higher.</p> + +<p>API related:</p> +<ul> +<li>Properly exposes CDMA-related constants {@link android.telephony.TelephonyManager}: <code>DATA_ACTIVITY_DORMANT</code>, +<code>PHONE_TYPE_CDMA</code>, <code>NETWORK_TYPE_CDMA</code>, +<code>NETWORK_TYPE_EVDO_0</code>, <code>NETWORK_TYPE_EVDO_A</code>, and +<code>NETWORK_TYPE_1xRTT</code>.</li> +</ul> +<p>System image:</p> +<ul> +<li>Fixes bug so that Bitmap's density is now propagated through Parcelable.</li> +<li>Fixes NinePatchDrawable to properly scale its reported padding for compatibility mode.</li> +<li>Fixes TextView to properly compute styled font metrics based on the screen density.</li> +<li>Updates kernel to 2.6.29, to match kernel on commercially +available Android-powered devices.</li> +</ul> +<p>Tools:</p> +<ul> +<li>Adds new Ant build system with support for Emma instrumentation projects +(code coverage).</li> +<li>Fixes emulator skins to properly emulate d-pad in landscape mode.</li> +<li>Fixes density rendering in the layout editor in ADT.</li> +</ul> + + + +<h3>Android 1.6, Release 1</h3> + +<p>September 2009. Initial release. Requires SDK Tools r3 or higher.</p> + + <h2 id="apps">Built-in Applications</h2> <p>The system image included in the downloadable platform provides these |