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Android 4.0 SDK Now Available
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- veeti 15y agoGoogle really needs to provide an action bar implementation in the compatibility package (for 2.3 and lower) if they want developers to port apps over to ICS.
- mdenny 15y agoI'm really hoping they do, and soon, because I'm just about to hack together an action bar for my 2.1-2.3 app.
- zrgiu_ 15y agoThere you go: http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ActionBarCompat/index.html http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ActionBarComp... Probably not exactly what you expected, but should do the job
- Jwsonic 15y agoExcellent! I was waiting for them to do a developer's blog post on backwards compatibility, but this is a huge help on getting started.
- ch0wn 15y agoThis is exactly what ActionBarSherlock[0] does. [0]: http://actionbarsherlock.com/ http://actionbarsherlock.com/
- deniz 15y agoI'm using sherlock in a few projects but ActionBarCompat mentioned below might be the way to go in the future.
- mceachen 15y agoCheck out http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html -- a lot of dubious stuff, but these seem legit: * cool "continuous dictation" * faster browser (thanks to V8) * wifi direct (!!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2lWjfpywQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2lWjfpywQ )
- dantheman 15y agoVPN client API Developers can now build or extend their own VPN solutions on the platform using a new VPN API and underlying secure credential storage. With user permission, applications can configure addresses and routing rules, process outgoing and incoming packets, and establish secure tunnels to a remote server. Enterprises can also take advantage of a standard VPN client built into the platform that provides access to L2TP and IPSec protocols. http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html Does that mean we'll get a Cisco VPN client? That will be a killer app.
- jrockway 15y agoProbably, but will enterprises ever allow devices that don't have remote-wipe? (You can pretend to have remote wipe with Android, but backup software is very easy to write and have run every night, and good luck remotely wiping my S3 space. There is even software that will copy your entire flash image to S3 or Dropbox at timed intervals. Not compatible with "we don't trust our employees".)
- rednaught 15y agoRemote wipe is starting to appear on Android devices. Check the Samsung Stratosphere that was released this week. It also has Cisco's SSL VPN client on it. http://www.talkandroid.com/65998-verizon-wireless-officially-announces-the-samsung-stratosphere-available-october-13/ http://www.talkandroid.com/65998-verizon-wireless-officially... That funny word "enterprise" to me means that in fact the employee is not trusted so here's the device that's been chosen for you and your app market has been provided by the IT staff. If you need assistance, contact the help desk but be forewarned they they are fully engaged supporting Windows 95 and NT because the budgeteers have decided IS is a scary cost center.
- nodata 15y agoRemote wipe has been available for ages - there are at least five apps from well-established companies that offer it. The latest was Norton iirc. Samsung phones come with it by default, you just have to enable it (samsungdive.com)
- jrockway 15y agoThe "unlock via face recognition" feature looks cool. But I guess someone can just take a picture of your face and show the picture to the phone to unlock it. Oh well, it seemed cool for a few minutes :)
- Garbage 15y agoIt's a limitation/drawback of face recognition technology as a whole. I would not consider it as Google's.
- Someone 15y agoOne can still blame Google for choosing to use a flawed technology. If they chose ROT13 for encrypting user data, would you say "It's a limitation/drawback of ROT13. I would not consider it as Google's fault to use it"?
- kefs 15y agoWhen I saw them unveil Face Unlock, and then have the demo fail on stage, I immediately wondered why they were even bothering with such a gimmicky feature... and your 'photo imposter' scenario is realer than most people believe [1]. [1] PDF: Paper by Nguyen Minh Duc and Bui Quang Minh from Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Center/Hanoi University of Technology http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Nguyen/BlackHat-DC-09-Nguyen-Face-not-your-password.pdf http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Nguyen/BlackH...
- aw9994 15y agoNo feature is perfect. This still protects against data theft or prying eyes if you lose your phone, my primary concern. Those finger-swipe locks that people seem to be so fond of on my University campus are less secure than decent facial recognition software IMO. Hypothetically I could find a phone left behind in the library and see their passcode pretty clearly in their finger smudges on the screen. Do you remember to wipe your screen clean every time? Facial recognition will not deter someone who is deliberately targeting you, no. Maybe some combination of facial recognition AND numeric-passcode would be more suitable.
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- kefs 15y agoHas anyone been able to successfully launch a 4.0 AVD image in the emu? I keep trying, but all I get is the boot anim. I also noticed that the arm image is updated to v7a.. :/
- veeti 15y agoTry closing it and starting again. Give it at least 5 minutes. Took me a few tries. Oh, and (as expected), they've somehow managed to make the emulator even slower now.
- Caballera 15y agoyeah it took awhile to start up..
- foobarbazetc 15y agoHow the hell do you make the emulator slower than it already is?
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- jannes 15y agoBeginning with Android 4.0, hardware acceleration for all windows is enabled by default if your application has set either targetSdkVersion or minSdkVersion to “14" or higher. Hardware acceleration generally results in smoother animations, smoother scrolling, and overall better performance and response to user interaction. This is great news for users like me who couldn't stand Android's low-framerate animations. But what's sad is that it took them so long.
- mceachen 15y agoA number of my friends point to Android's laggy scrolling as the reason they wouldn't consider it over an iPhone. It'll be interesting to see if the hardware acceleration fixes this defect.
- watty 15y agoI've never noticed laggy scrolling and I don't even have a current gen phone (Droid X). Perhaps your friends have other reasons for not considering it... Edit: Maybe because I've always used launcher pro?
- eatporktoo 15y agoEven with Launcher Pro, other parts of the OS can be laggy. (Though Launcher Pro is amazing.) But I thing the more accurate term would be choppy. You don't notice it that much until you use another platform for a small amount of time. Then going back it is very noticable.
- tbob22 15y agoGingerbread fixes some of the "lag" issues with the partly GPU accelerated UI, mostly noticeable in the notifications pull-down menu. Opera Mobile (GPU accelerated), with a decent launcher, memory optimizations (V6 Supercharger, or a good Autokiller config), and Android will perform just as good as any other mobile OS. Unfortunately to get great performance Android needs to be rooted.
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- seclorum 15y agoAudio performance is still dismal. I had really hoped that Android would catch up with iOS in the audio latency department with this release, but my tests so far don't indicate much attention on this deficit yet. A pity, Android tablets would make good synthesizers too ..
- anigbrowl 15y agoHave you tried Caustic? That seems to be hitting a sweet spot.
- estel 15y agoReally? That's a shame: I was hoping vaguely that the OpenMax AL stuff might get that bit closer.
- liljimmytables 15y ago"Android 4.0 provides a direct, efficient path for low-level streaming multimedia" http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html I've been on the Android audio latency trail since 2009, and recently spoke to some platform developers who've hinted that something is finally on the horizon. I'm too tired of the situation to be blindly optimistic about it, but maybe just maybe...
- seclorum 15y agoFine for streaming .. but audio generation/synthesis? I think not.
- TwoBit 15y agoI wish they would supply a C/C++ debugger option. As it stands now we are stuck using printf like we did on other platforms in the 80s.
- lvillani 15y agoGenuine question: did they announce when the source code for ICS will be released? AFAIK, http://android.git.kernel.org http://android.git.kernel.org is still down, I can't seem to reach http://android4.git.kernel.org http://android4.git.kernel.org and http://source.android.com/ http://source.android.com/ still lists Gingerbread as the latest source code drop available.
- estel 15y agoI can't envisage it being released before the first ICS phones hit the market (for relatively obvious reasons), and can easily imagine it taking at least a month from then.
- davidw 15y agoHow about the source code? Anyone know what the status of that is?
- RexRollman 15y agoI'd like to know that too. Google's recent lack of openness with Android source code has been disappointing.
- Nemisis7654 15y agoI am not sure on a release date, but it has been said that they will be releasing the source code for ICS, unlike what they did for Honeycomb.
- Roritharr 15y agoWhen are the old nexus devices gonna see their version?
- andreiursan 15y agoIf Android Keeps going this way I might do more Android Development in the future, IMO by version 5, android will have an mature API - not that now it doesn't this is jut my opinion. As an Apple fan boy is nice to see that iOS is getting some healthy competition - in the end both platforms will win if the competition is High. My Context: I only did iOS development and a little Android. I love apple technology because works so well and is so well integrated mainly with their products.
- rodh257 15y agoDoesn't look like there's a way to simulate two NFC devices with android beam, which is a bit of a bummer, Android Beam support fits the intended use case of my iPhone app I'm about to port to Android (http://convoyapp.net http://convoyapp.net) but as an independent developer I've already spent enough money on gadgets, can't afford to buy TWO NFC enabled ICS devices for testing purposes. On that note, is there any service that lets you hire devices for dev/testing purposes? Would be great to get access to a lab with 20 different Android devices (for debugging obscure device specific bugs/screen size differences) along with all ipads, iphones, iPod touches and some WP7 devices.
- asmithmd1 15y agoYes, this. Company gives full access to devices over the Internet on an hourly basis: http://www.deviceanywhere.com/mobile-application-testing.html http://www.deviceanywhere.com/mobile-application-testing.htm... Pretty cool service
- daralthus 15y agoI wonder when discovering peers with wifi direct, can I be connected to another wifi network in the meantime?
- jasondavies 15y agoFinally, SVG support for Android handsets! See this long-standing issue: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1376 http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1376 where their stated reason for leaving out SVG was to save 1MB of space in the WebKit image size.
- piinbinary 15y agoIt took them until version 4 to release an (official) calendar API?
- gren 15y agoGood news for web support improvement. probably still a long way to go to reach iOS advancement. I hope we reach it ;)