Google on Monday released the final version of software to create programs for a forthcoming update to the company's Android mobile phone operating system.
Xavier Ducrohet announced the Android 1.5 software development kit (SDK) on the Android developer blog.
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list of new features with Android 1.5, code-named Cupcake
Among the changes users will be able to see in Android 1.5, code-named Cupcake, are the following:
• Video recording and playback, and videos can be uploaded to YouTube.
• Stereo Bluetooth and auto-pairing for better Bluetooth headset support.
• A Web browser with the latest WebKit technology, including the Squirrelfish technology for faster JavaScript. The browser also includes copy-and-paste support, search within the page, the unified search and address bar that debuted in Google's Chrome browser, and faster scrolling.
• "Much faster" acquisition of location through the GPS system.
• A "soft" screen-based keyboard.
• More widgets on the home screen, including a music player and picture frame, along with the current search and clock widgets.
• Applications can rotate when the phone's accelerometer detects a new orientation.
• User interface improvements to messaging, Gmail, calendar, browser, and other applications. The Gmail application supports batch operations so multiple messages can be deleted or archived at once, for example.
• Faster camera start-up and operation. Photos can be uploaded to Google's Picasa photo-sharing site.
• User photos in the contacts application.
There are changes under the hood, too, including the new Linux kernel version, 2.6.27. Android applications run at a higher level, though, using a variation of the Java technology for writing and running programs, and here there are changes too. Developers will be able to tap into several new application programming interfaces, providing easier support for a number of phone features:
• APIs for recording and playing back audio and video.
• Some support for the OpenGL graphics technology.
• A text prediction engine to speed typing.
• A framework for speech recognition.
• A framework to make it easier for background processes to interact with running applications' interface processes.
• APIs for widgets on the home screen and frameworks for various widgets. (copied fm http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10218850-94.html)
Source 1 :http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/android-15-is-here.html
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