1 page.title=Android 2.0 Platform Highlights 2 excludeFromSuggestions=true 3 sdk.date=October 2009 4 5 @jd:body 6 7 8 <style type="text/css"> 9 #jd-content div.screenshot, 10 #jd-content div.video { 11 float:right; 12 clear:right; 13 padding:15px 60px; 14 font-size:.9em; 15 font-weight:bold; 16 line-height:1.7em; 17 } 18 #jd-content div.video { 19 padding-top:0; 20 margin-top:-15px; 21 } 22 #jd-content div.screenshot.second { 23 clear:none; 24 padding:15px 0 15px 60px; 25 } 26 #jd-content div.screenshot img { 27 margin:0; 28 border:1px solid #ccc; 29 } 30 </style> 31 32 <div class="video"> 33 <object width="278 height="180"> 34 <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param> 35 <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> 36 <embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/opZ69P-0Jbc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 37 allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="278" height="180"></embed> 38 </object> 39 </div> 40 41 42 <p>The Android 2.0 platform introduces many new and exciting features for 43 users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features 44 and technologies in Android 2.0.</p> 45 46 <ul> 47 <li><a href="#UserFeatures">New User Features</a></li> 48 <li><a href="#PlatformTechnologies">New Platform Technologies</a></li> 49 </ul> 50 51 52 53 <h2 id="UserFeatures" style="clear:right">New User Features</h2> 54 55 <!-- screenshots float right --> 56 57 <div class="screenshot"> 58 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/quick-connect.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 59 Quick Contact for Android 60 </div> 61 62 <div class="screenshot second"> 63 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/multiple-accounts.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 64 Multiple Accounts 65 </div> 66 67 <div class="screenshot"> 68 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/mms-search.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 69 Messaging Search 70 </div> 71 72 <div class="screenshot second"> 73 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/email-inbox.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 74 Email Combined Inbox 75 </div> 76 77 <div class="screenshot"> 78 <img src="{@docRoot}sdk/images/2.0/camera-modes.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 79 Camera Modes 80 </div> 81 82 83 84 <h3 id="Contacts">Contacts and accounts</h3> 85 86 <ul> 87 <li>Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact 88 synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can 89 choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)</li> 90 <li>Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with 91 additional data sources.</li> 92 <li>Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to 93 a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a 94 contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications 95 such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget 96 when you touch a contact photo or status icon.</li> 97 </ul> 98 99 100 <!-- 101 <ul> 102 <li>Sync support for contacts from multiple data sources including Exchange. 103 Handset manufacturers can choose whether or not to include Exchange support 104 in their devices.</li> 105 <li>New way to hover on a person to see more info and select communication 106 mode (for example, phone, SMS, email).</li> 107 </ul> 108 --> 109 110 <h3 id="Email">Email</h3> 111 112 <ul> 113 <li>Exchange support.</li> 114 <li>Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.</li> 115 </ul> 116 117 118 <h3 id="Messaging">Messaging</h3> 119 120 <ul> 121 <li>Search functionality for all saved SMS and MMS messages.</li> 122 <li>Auto delete the oldest messages 123 in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.</li> 124 </ul> 125 126 127 <h3 id="Camera">Camera</h3> 128 129 <ul> 130 <li>Built-in flash support</li> 131 <li>Digital zoom</li> 132 <li>Scene mode</li> 133 <li>White balance</li> 134 <li>Color effect</li> 135 <li>Macro focus</li> 136 </ul> 137 138 <h3 id="Keyboard">Android virtual keyboard</h3> 139 140 <ul> 141 <li>An improved keyboard layout to makes it easier to hit the correct characters 142 and improve typing speed.</li> 143 <li>The framework's multi-touch support ensures that key presses aren't missed 144 while typing rapidly with two fingers.</li> 145 <li>A smarter dictionary learns from word usage and automatically includes 146 contact names as suggestions.</li> 147 </ul> 148 149 150 <h3 id="Browser">Browser</h3> 151 152 <ul> 153 <li>Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly 154 tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation.</li> 155 <li>Bookmarks with web page thumbnails.</li> 156 <li>Support for double-tap zoom.</li> 157 <li>Support for HTML5:</p> 158 <ul> 159 <li>Database API support, for client-side databases using SQL.</li> 160 <li>Application cache support, for offline applications.</li> 161 <li>Geolocation API support, to provide location information about the device.</li> 162 <li>{@code <video>} tag support in fullscreen mode.</li> 163 </ul> 164 </li> 165 </ul> 166 167 168 <h3 id="Calendar">Calendar</h3> 169 <ul> 170 <li>Agenda view provides infinite scrolling.</li> 171 <li>Events indicate the attending status for each invitee.</li> 172 <li>Invite new guests to events.</li> 173 </ul> 174 175 176 <h2 id="PlatformTechnologies" style="clear:right">New Platform Technologies</h2> 177 178 <h3 id="MediaFramework">Media Framework</h3> 179 180 <p>Revamped graphics architecture for improved performance that enables better 181 hardware acceleration.</p> 182 183 184 <h3 id="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</h3> 185 186 <ul> 187 <li>Bluetooth 2.1</li> 188 <li>New BT profiles: Object Push Profile (OPP) and Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)</li> 189 </ul> 190 191 192 <h3 id="DeveloperAPIs">New Framework APIs</h3> 193 194 <p>Android 2.0 includes several new developer APIs. 195 For an overview of new APIs, see the 196 <a href="{@docRoot}about/versions/android-2.0.html#api">Android 2.0 version notes</a>.</p> 197 198 <p>For a complete report of all API changes, see the 199 <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/api_diff/5/changes.html">API Differences Report</a>.</p> 200 201 202 203
