1 page.title=Android 2.0 Platform Highlights 2 sdk.date=October 2009 3 4 @jd:body 5 6 7 <style type="text/css"> 8 #jd-content div.screenshot, 9 #jd-content div.video { 10 float:right; 11 clear:right; 12 padding:15px 60px; 13 font-size:.9em; 14 font-weight:bold; 15 line-height:1.7em; 16 } 17 #jd-content div.video { 18 padding-top:0; 19 margin-top:-15px; 20 } 21 #jd-content div.screenshot.second { 22 clear:none; 23 padding:15px 0 15px 60px; 24 } 25 #jd-content div.screenshot img { 26 margin:0; 27 border:1px solid #ccc; 28 } 29 </style> 30 31 <div class="video"> 32 <object width="278 height="180"> 33 <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param> 34 <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> 35 <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 36 allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="278" height="180"></embed> 37 </object> 38 </div> 39 40 41 <p>The Android 2.0 platform introduces many new and exciting features for 42 users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features 43 and technologies in Android 2.0.</p> 44 45 <ul> 46 <li><a href="#UserFeatures">New User Features</a></li> 47 <li><a href="#PlatformTechnologies">New Platform Technologies</a></li> 48 </ul> 49 50 51 52 <h2 id="UserFeatures" style="clear:right">New User Features</h2> 53 54 <!-- screenshots float right --> 55 56 <div class="screenshot"> 57 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/quick-connect.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 58 Quick Contact for Android 59 </div> 60 61 <div class="screenshot second"> 62 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/multiple-accounts.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 63 Multiple Accounts 64 </div> 65 66 <div class="screenshot"> 67 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/mms-search.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 68 Messaging Search 69 </div> 70 71 <div class="screenshot second"> 72 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/email-inbox.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 73 Email Combined Inbox 74 </div> 75 76 <div class="screenshot"> 77 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/camera-modes.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 78 Camera Modes 79 </div> 80 81 82 83 <h3 id="Contacts">Contacts and accounts</h3> 84 85 <ul> 86 <li>Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact 87 synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can 88 choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)</li> 89 <li>Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with 90 additional data sources.</li> 91 <li>Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to 92 a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a 93 contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications 94 such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget 95 when you touch a contact photo or status icon.</li> 96 </ul> 97 98 99 <!-- 100 <ul> 101 <li>Sync support for contacts from multiple data sources including Exchange. 102 Handset manufacturers can choose whether or not to include Exchange support 103 in their devices.</li> 104 <li>New way to hover on a person to see more info and select communication 105 mode (for example, phone, SMS, email).</li> 106 </ul> 107 --> 108 109 <h3 id="Email">Email</h3> 110 111 <ul> 112 <li>Exchange support.</li> 113 <li>Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.</li> 114 </ul> 115 116 117 <h3 id="Messaging">Messaging</h3> 118 119 <ul> 120 <li>Search functionality for all saved SMS and MMS messages.</li> 121 <li>Auto delete the oldest messages 122 in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.</li> 123 </ul> 124 125 126 <h3 id="Camera">Camera</h3> 127 128 <ul> 129 <li>Built-in flash support</li> 130 <li>Digital zoom</li> 131 <li>Scene mode</li> 132 <li>White balance</li> 133 <li>Color effect</li> 134 <li>Macro focus</li> 135 </ul> 136 137 <h3 id="Keyboard">Android virtual keyboard</h3> 138 139 <ul> 140 <li>An improved keyboard layout to makes it easier to hit the correct characters 141 and improve typing speed.</li> 142 <li>The framework's multi-touch support ensures that key presses aren't missed 143 while typing rapidly with two fingers.</li> 144 <li>A smarter dictionary learns from word usage and automatically includes 145 contact names as suggestions.</li> 146 </ul> 147 148 149 <h3 id="Browser">Browser</h3> 150 151 <ul> 152 <li>Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly 153 tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation.</li> 154 <li>Bookmarks with web page thumbnails.</li> 155 <li>Support for double-tap zoom.</li> 156 <li>Support for HTML5:</p> 157 <ul> 158 <li>Database API support, for client-side databases using SQL.</li> 159 <li>Application cache support, for offline applications.</li> 160 <li>Geolocation API support, to provide location information about the device.</li> 161 <li>{@code <video>} tag support in fullscreen mode.</li> 162 </ul> 163 </li> 164 </ul> 165 166 167 <h3 id="Calendar">Calendar</h3> 168 <ul> 169 <li>Agenda view provides infinite scrolling.</li> 170 <li>Events indicate the attending status for each invitee.</li> 171 <li>Invite new guests to events.</li> 172 </ul> 173 174 175 <h2 id="PlatformTechnologies" style="clear:right">New Platform Technologies</h2> 176 177 <h3 id="MediaFramework">Media Framework</h3> 178 179 <p>Revamped graphics architecture for improved performance that enables better 180 hardware acceleration.</p> 181 182 183 <h3 id="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</h3> 184 185 <ul> 186 <li>Bluetooth 2.1</li> 187 <li>New BT profiles: Object Push Profile (OPP) and Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)</li> 188 </ul> 189 190 191 <h3 id="DeveloperAPIs">New Framework APIs</h3> 192 193 <p>Android 2.0 includes several new developer APIs. 194 For an overview of new APIs, see the 195 <a href="{@docRoot}about/versions/android-2.0.html#api">Android 2.0 version notes</a>.</p> 196 197 <p>For a complete report of all API changes, see the 198 <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/api_diff/5/changes.html">API Differences Report</a>.</p> 199 200 201 202
