1 page.title=Platforms 2 @jd:body 3 4 <div id="qv-wrapper"> 5 <div id="qv"> 6 7 8 <h2>See Also</h2> 9 <ol> 10 <li><a href="{@docRoot}about/versions/jelly-bean.html">Jelly Bean 11 Highlights and APIs</a></li> 12 <li><a href="{@docRoot}about/versions/android-4.0-highlights.html">Ice Cream Sandwich 13 Highlights and APIs</a></li> 14 <li><a href="{@docRoot}about/versions/android-3.0-highlights.html">Honeycomb 15 Highlights and APIs</a></li> 16 <li><a href="{@docRoot}about/versions/android-2.3-highlights.html">Gingerbread 17 Highlights and APIs</a></li> 18 </ol> 19 20 </div> 21 </div> 22 23 24 25 <p>To develop an Android app, you must install at least one Android platform from the SDK Manager 26 against which you can compile your app. Often, any given version of the Android will be revised 27 with bug fixes or other changes, as denoted by the revision number. Below, you'll find the 28 release notes for each version of the platform and the subsequent revisions to the platform 29 version.</p> 30 31 <p>To determine what revision of an Android platform you have installed, refer to the 32 <strong>Installed Packages</strong> listing in the Android 33 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/sdk-manager.html">SDK Manager</a>.</p> 34 35 <p class="caution"><strong>Important:</strong> To download the most recent Android 36 system components from the Android SDK Manager, you must first update the SDK Tools to 37 revision 22 or later and restart the SDK Manager. If you do not, 38 the latest Android system components will not be available for download.</p> 39 40 41 42 <h2 id="4.3">Android 4.3</h2> 43 44 45 <div class="toggle-content opened"> 46 47 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 48 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-opened.png" 49 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 1</a> <em>(July 2013)</em> 50 </p> 51 52 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 53 54 <p>Initial release. The system version is 4.3.</p> 55 <dl> 56 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 57 <dd>Android SDK Platform-tools r18 or higher is required.</dd> 58 <dd>Android SDK Tools 22.0.4 or higher is recommended.</dd> 59 </dl> 60 61 </div> 62 </div> 63 64 65 <h2 id="4.2">Android 4.2</h2> 66 67 68 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 69 70 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 71 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 72 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 2</a> <em>(February 2013)</em> 73 </p> 74 75 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 76 77 <p>Maintenance update. The system version is 4.2.2.</p> 78 <dl> 79 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 80 <dd>SDK Tools r21 or higher is required.</dd> 81 </dl> 82 83 </div> 84 </div> 85 86 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 87 88 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 89 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 90 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 1</a> <em>(November 2012)</em> 91 </p> 92 93 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 94 95 <p>Initial release. The system version is 4.2.</p> 96 <dl> 97 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 98 <dd>SDK Tools r20 or higher is required.</dd> 99 </dl> 100 101 </div> 102 </div> 103 104 <h3>Device Definitions</h3> 105 106 <p>The platform includes the following device definitions for use in creating Android Virtual 107 Devices in the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/avd-manager.html">AVD Manager</a>:</p> 108 109 <ul> 110 <li> 111 Nexus 7 (7.3", 800 x 1280, Large tvdpi screen) 112 </li> 113 <li> 114 Galaxy Nexus (4.7", 720 x 1280, Normal xhdpi screen) 115 </li> 116 <li> 117 Nexus S (4.0", 480 x 800, Normal hdpi screen) 118 </li> 119 <li> 120 Nexus One (3.7", 480 x 720, Normal hdpi screen) 121 </li> 122 <li> 123 10.1" WXGA Tablet (1280 x 800, X-Large mdpi screen) 124 </li> 125 <li> 126 7.0" WSVGA Tablet (1024 x 600, Large mdpi screen) 127 </li> 128 <li> 129 5.4" FWVGA (480 x 854, Large mdpi screen) 130 </li> 131 <li> 132 5.1" WVGA (480 x 800, Large mdpi screen) 133 </li> 134 <li> 135 4.7" WXGA (1280 x 720, Normal xhdpi screen) 136 </li> 137 <li> 138 4.65" 720p (720 x 1280, Normal xhdpi screen) 139 </li> 140 <li> 141 4.0" WVGA (480 x 800, Normal hdpi screen) 142 </li> 143 <li> 144 3.7" WVGA (480 x 800, Normal hdpi screen) 145 </li> 146 <li> 147 3.7" FWVGA slider (480 x 854, Normal hdpi screen) 148 </li> 149 <li> 150 3.4" WQVGA (240 x 432, Normal ldpi screen) 151 </li> 152 <li> 153 3.3" WQVGA (240 x 400, Normal ldpi screen) 154 </li> 155 <li> 156 3.2" QVGA ADP2 (320 x 480, Normal mdpi screen) 157 </li> 158 <li> 159 3.2" HVGA slider ADP1 (320 x 480, Normal mdpi screen) 160 </li> 161 <li> 162 2.7" QVGA slider (240 x 320, Small ldpi screen) 163 </li> 164 <li> 165 2.7" QVGA (240 x 320, Small ldpi screen) 166 </li> 167 </ul> 168 169 170 171 <h2 id="4.1">Android 4.1</h2> 172 173 174 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 175 176 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 177 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 178 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 3</a> <em>(October 2012)</em> 179 </p> 180 181 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 182 183 <p>Maintenance update. The system version is 4.1.2.</p> 184 <dl> 185 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 186 <dd>SDK Tools r20 or higher is required.</dd> 187 </dl> 188 189 </div> 190 </div> 191 192 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 193 194 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 195 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 196 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 2</a> <em>(July 2012)</em> 197 </p> 198 199 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 200 201 <p>Maintenance update. The system version is 4.1.1.</p> 202 <dl> 203 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 204 <dd>SDK Tools r20 or higher is required.</dd> 205 </dl> 206 207 </div> 208 </div> 209 210 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 211 212 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 213 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 214 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 1</a> <em>(June 2012)</em> 215 </p> 216 217 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 218 219 <p>Initial release. The system version is 4.1.0.</p> 220 <dl> 221 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 222 <dd>SDK Tools r20 or higher is required.</dd> 223 </dl> 224 225 </div> 226 </div> 227 228 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 229 230 <p>The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skins:</p> 231 232 <ul> 233 <li> 234 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 235 </li> 236 <li> 237 WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen) 238 </li> 239 <li> 240 WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen) 241 </li> 242 <li> 243 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 244 </li> 245 <li> 246 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 247 </li> 248 <li> 249 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 250 </li> 251 <li> 252 WXGA720 (1280x720, extra-high density, normal screen) 253 </li> 254 <li> 255 WSVGA (1024x600, medium density, large screen) 256 </li> 257 <li> 258 WXGA800-7in (1280x800, high density, large screen) <span class="new">new</span> 259 </li> 260 <li> 261 WXGA800 (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen) 262 </li> 263 </ul> 264 265 <p>To test your application on an emulator that represents the <a 266 href="http://play.google.com/nexus7">Nexus 7</a> tablet device, you can create an AVD with 267 the new WXGA800-7in skin. For best performance, make sure to enable <a 268 href="{@docRoot}tools/devices/emulator.html#accel-graphics">graphics acceleration</a> in the 269 emulator configuration.</p> 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 <h2 id="4.0.3">Android 4.0.3</h2> 285 286 287 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 288 289 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 290 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 291 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 3</a> <em>(March 2012)</em> 292 </p> 293 294 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 295 296 <p>Maintenance update. The system version is 4.0.4.</p> 297 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> This system image includes support for emulator 298 hardware graphics acceleration when used with SDK Tools r17 or higher. 299 (<a href="{@docRoot}tools/devices/emulator.html#accel-graphics">more info</a>)</p> 300 <dl> 301 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 302 <dd>SDK Tools r17 or higher is required.</dd> 303 </dl> 304 305 </div> 306 </div> 307 308 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 309 310 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 311 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 312 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 2</a> <em>(January 2012)</em> 313 </p> 314 315 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 316 317 <p>Maintenance update. The system version is 4.0.3.</p> 318 <dl> 319 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 320 <dd>SDK Tools r14 or higher is required.</dd> 321 </dl> 322 323 </div> 324 </div> 325 326 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 327 328 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 329 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 330 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Revision 1</a> <em>(December 2011)</em> 331 </p> 332 333 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 334 335 <p>Initial release. The system version is 4.0.3.</p> 336 <dl> 337 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 338 <dd>SDK Tools r14 or higher is required.</dd> 339 </dl> 340 341 </div> 342 </div> 343 344 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 345 346 <p>The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skins:</p> 347 348 <ul> 349 <li> 350 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 351 </li> 352 <li> 353 WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen) 354 </li> 355 <li> 356 WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen) 357 </li> 358 <li> 359 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 360 </li> 361 <li> 362 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 363 </li> 364 <li> 365 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 366 </li> 367 <li> 368 WXGA720 (1280x720, extra-high density, normal screen) 369 </li> 370 <li> 371 WSVGA (1024x600, medium density, large screen) 372 </li> 373 <li> 374 WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen) 375 </li> 376 </ul> 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 <h2 id="4.0">Android 4.0</h2> 394 395 396 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 397 398 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 399 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 400 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 4.0, Revision 2</a> <em>(December 2011)</em> 401 </p> 402 403 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 404 <p>Maintenance update. The system version is 4.0.2.</p> 405 <dl> 406 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 407 <dd>SDK Tools r14 or higher is required.</dd> 408 </dl> 409 </div> 410 </div> 411 412 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 413 414 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 415 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 416 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 4.0, Revision 1</a> <em>(October 2011)</em> 417 </p> 418 419 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 420 <p>Initial release. The system version is 4.0.1.</p> 421 <dl> 422 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 423 <dd>SDK Tools r14 or higher is required.</dd> 424 </dl> 425 </div> 426 </div> 427 428 429 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 430 431 <p>The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skins:</p> 432 433 <ul> 434 <li> 435 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 436 </li> 437 <li> 438 WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen) 439 </li> 440 <li> 441 WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen) 442 </li> 443 <li> 444 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 445 </li> 446 <li> 447 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 448 </li> 449 <li> 450 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 451 </li> 452 <li> 453 WXGA720 (1280x720, extra-high density, normal screen) <span class="new">new</span> 454 </li> 455 <li> 456 WSVGA (1024x600, medium density, large screen) <span class="new">new</span> 457 </li> 458 <li> 459 WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen) 460 </li> 461 </ul> 462 463 <p>To test your application on an emulator that represents the latest Android device, you can create 464 an AVD with the new WXGA720 skin (it's an xhdpi, normal screen device). Note that the emulator 465 currently doesn't support the new on-screen navigation bar for devices without hardware navigation 466 buttons, so when using this skin, you must use keyboard keys <em>Home</em> for the Home button, 467 <em>ESC</em> for the Back button, and <em>F2</em> or <em>Page-up</em> for the Menu button.</p> 468 469 <p>However, due to performance issues in the emulator when running high-resolution screens such as 470 the one for the WXGA720 skin, we recommend that you primarily use the traditional WVGA800 skin 471 (hdpi, normal screen) to test your application.</p> 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 <h2 id="3.2">Android 3.2</h2> 486 487 488 489 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 490 491 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 492 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 493 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 3.2, Revision 1</a> <em>(July 2011)</em> 494 </p> 495 496 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 497 498 <dl> 499 <dt>Initial release. SDK Tools r12 or higher is recommended.</dt> 500 </dl> 501 502 </div> 503 </div> 504 505 506 507 508 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 509 510 <p>The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skin:</p> 511 512 <ul> 513 <li> 514 WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen) 515 </li> 516 </ul> 517 518 <p>For more information about how to develop an application that displays 519 and functions properly on all Android-powered devices, see <a 520 href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/screens_support.html">Supporting Multiple 521 Screens</a>.</p> 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 <h2 id="3.1">Android 3.1</h2> 541 542 543 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 544 545 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 546 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 547 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 3.1, Revision 3</a> <em>(July 2011)</em> 548 </p> 549 550 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 551 552 <dl> 553 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 554 <dd> 555 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r12</a> or 556 higher.</p> 557 </dd> 558 <dt>Notes:</dt> 559 <dd> 560 <p>Improvements to the platform's rendering library to support the visual layout editor in the ADT 561 Eclipse plugin. This revision allows for more drawing features in ADT and fixes several 562 bugs in the previous rendering library. It also unlocks several editor features that were added in 563 ADT 12.</p> 564 </dd> 565 </dl> 566 567 </div> 568 </div> 569 570 571 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 572 573 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 574 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 575 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 3.1, Revision 2</a> <em>(May 2011)</em> 576 </p> 577 578 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 579 580 <dl> 581 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 582 <dd> 583 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r11</a> or 584 higher.</p> 585 </dd> 586 <dt>Notes:</dt> 587 <dd> 588 <p>Fixes an issue with the visual layout editor rendering library that prevented Android 3.1 from 589 running in ADT.</p> 590 </dd> 591 </dl> 592 593 </div> 594 </div> 595 596 597 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 598 599 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 600 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 601 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 3.1, Revision 1</a> <em>(May 2011)</em> 602 </p> 603 604 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 605 606 <dl> 607 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 608 <dd> 609 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r11</a> or 610 higher.</p> 611 </dd> 612 </dl> 613 614 </div> 615 </div> 616 617 618 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 619 620 <p>The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skin:</p> 621 622 <ul> 623 <li> 624 WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen) 625 </li> 626 </ul> 627 628 <p>For more information about how to develop an application that displays 629 and functions properly on all Android-powered devices, see <a 630 href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/screens_support.html">Supporting Multiple 631 Screens</a>.</p> 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 <h2 id="3.0">Android 3.0</h2> 644 645 646 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 647 648 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 649 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 650 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 3.0, Revision 2</a> <em>(July 2011)</em> 651 </p> 652 653 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 654 655 <dl> 656 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 657 <dd> 658 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r12</a> or 659 higher.</p> 660 </dd> 661 <dt>Notes:</dt> 662 <dd> 663 <p>Improvements to the platform's rendering library to support the visual layout editor in the ADT 664 Eclipse plugin. This revision allows for more drawing features in ADT and fixes several 665 bugs in the previous rendering library. It also unlocks several editor features that were added in 666 ADT 12.</p> 667 </dd> 668 </dl> 669 670 </div> 671 </div> 672 673 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 674 675 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 676 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 677 alt="" />Android 3.0, Revision 1</a> <em>(February 2011)</em> 678 </p> 679 680 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 681 682 <dl> 683 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 684 <dd> 685 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r10</a> or higher.</p> 686 </dd> 687 </dl> 688 689 </div> 690 </div> 691 692 693 694 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 695 696 <p>The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skin:</p> 697 698 <ul> 699 <li> 700 WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen) 701 </li> 702 </ul> 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 <h2 id="2.3.4">Android 2.3.4</h2> 722 723 724 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 725 726 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 727 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 728 alt="" />Android 2.3.4, Revision 1</a> <em>(May 2011)</em> 729 </p> 730 731 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 732 <dl> 733 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 734 <dd> 735 <p>Requires SDK Tools r11 or higher.</p> 736 </dd> 737 </dl> 738 </div> 739 </div> 740 741 742 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 743 744 <p>The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use 745 for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The 746 emulator skins are:</p> 747 748 <ul> 749 <li> 750 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 751 </li> 752 <li> 753 WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen) 754 </li> 755 <li> 756 WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen) 757 </li> 758 <li> 759 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 760 </li> 761 <li> 762 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 763 </li> 764 <li> 765 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 766 </li> 767 </ul> 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 <h2 id="2.3.3">Android 2.3.3</h2> 782 783 784 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 785 786 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 787 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 788 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 2.3.3, Revision 2</a> <em>(July 2011)</em> 789 </p> 790 791 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 792 793 <dl> 794 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 795 <dd> 796 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r12</a> or 797 higher.</p> 798 </dd> 799 <dt>Notes:</dt> 800 <dd> 801 <p>Improvements to the platform's rendering library to support the visual layout editor in the ADT 802 Eclipse plugin. This revision allows for more drawing features in ADT and fixes several 803 bugs in the previous rendering library. It also unlocks several editor features that were added in 804 ADT 12.</p> 805 </dd> 806 </dl> 807 808 </div> 809 </div> 810 811 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 812 813 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 814 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 815 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android 2.3.3, Revision 1</a> <em>(February 2011)</em> 816 </p> 817 818 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 819 <dl> 820 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 821 <dd> 822 <p>Requires SDK Tools r9 or higher.</p> 823 </dd> 824 </dl> 825 826 </div> 827 </div> 828 829 830 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 831 832 <p>The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use 833 for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The 834 emulator skins are:</p> 835 836 <ul> 837 <li> 838 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 839 </li> 840 <li> 841 WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen) 842 </li> 843 <li> 844 WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen) 845 </li> 846 <li> 847 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 848 </li> 849 <li> 850 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 851 </li> 852 <li> 853 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 854 </li> 855 </ul> 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 <h2 id="2.3">Android 2.3</h2> 869 870 871 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 872 873 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 874 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" 875 alt="" />Android 2.3, Revision 1</a> <em>(December 2010)</em> 876 </p> 877 878 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 879 <dl> 880 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 881 <dd> 882 <p>Requires SDK Tools r8 or higher.</p> 883 </dd> 884 </dl> 885 </div> 886 </div> 887 888 889 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 890 891 <p>The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use 892 for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The 893 emulator skins are:</p> 894 895 <ul> 896 <li> 897 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 898 </li> 899 <li> 900 WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen) 901 </li> 902 <li> 903 WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen) 904 </li> 905 <li> 906 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 907 </li> 908 <li> 909 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 910 </li> 911 <li> 912 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 913 </li> 914 </ul> 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 <h2 id="2.2">Android 2.2</h2> 925 926 927 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 928 929 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 930 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 931 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android {@sdkPlatformVersion}, Revision 3</a> <em>(July 2011)</em> 932 </p> 933 934 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 935 936 <dl> 937 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 938 <dd> 939 <p>Requires <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK Tools r12</a> or 940 higher.</p> 941 </dd> 942 <dt>Notes:</dt> 943 <dd> 944 <p>Improvements to the platform's rendering library to support the visual layout editor in the ADT 945 Eclipse plugin. This revision allows for more drawing features in ADT and fixes several 946 bugs in the previous rendering library. It also unlocks several editor features that were added in 947 ADT 12.</p> 948 </dd> 949 </dl> 950 951 </div> 952 </div> 953 954 <div class="toggle-content closed" > 955 956 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 957 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 958 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android {@sdkPlatformVersion}, Revision 2</a> <em>(July 2010)</em> 959 </p> 960 961 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 962 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 963 <dd> 964 <p>Requires SDK Tools r6 or higher.</p> 965 </dd> 966 967 <dt>System Image:</dt> 968 <dd> 969 <ul> 970 <li>Adds default Search Widget.</li> 971 <li>Includes proper provisioning for the platform's Backup Manager. For more information about how 972 to use the Backup Manager, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/data/backup.html">Data 973 Backup</a>.</li> 974 <li>Updates the Android 2.2 system image to FRF91.</li> 975 </ul> 976 </dd> 977 978 </dl> 979 </div> 980 </div> 981 982 <div class="toggle-content closed"> 983 984 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> 985 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" 986 class="toggle-content-img" alt="" />Android {@sdkPlatformVersion}, Revision 1</a> <em>(May 2010)</em></p> 987 988 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> 989 <dl> 990 <dt>Dependencies:</dt> 991 <dd> 992 <p>Requires SDK Tools r6 or higher.</p> 993 </dd> 994 995 <dt>Tools:</dt> 996 <dd> 997 <p>Adds support for building with Android library projects. See <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/tools-notes.html">SDK 998 Tools, r6</a> for information.</p> 999 </dd> 1000 1001 </dl> 1002 </div> 1003 </div> 1004 1005 1006 <h3>Emulator Skins</h3> 1007 1008 <p>The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use 1009 for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The 1010 emulator skins are:</p> 1011 1012 <ul> 1013 <li> 1014 QVGA (240x320, low density, small screen) 1015 </li> 1016 <li> 1017 WQVGA (240x400, low density, normal screen) 1018 </li> 1019 <li> 1020 FWQVGA (240x432, low density, normal screen) 1021 </li> 1022 <li> 1023 HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen) 1024 </li> 1025 <li> 1026 WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen) 1027 </li> 1028 <li> 1029 WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen) 1030 </li> 1031 </ul> 1032