From fefa95a9c828d2b67227894b7ee3979504c0f52a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dirk Dougherty Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:32:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Doc change: Add version notes for Android 2.3.3. --- docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd | 1 + docs/html/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.jd | 5 +- docs/html/sdk/android-2.3.3.jd | 426 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/html/sdk/sdk_toc.cs | 7 + 4 files changed, 438 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/html/sdk/android-2.3.3.jd diff --git a/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd b/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd index 6ab0fc2af8d7..cbe3bf4c2981 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Android platform.

+ diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.jd b/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.jd index d8614d3afa52..b076b3de191c 100644 --- a/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.jd +++ b/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.jd @@ -336,12 +336,15 @@ can create new applications that offer proximity-based information and services to users, organizations, merchants, and advertisers.

Using the NFC API, -applications can respond to NFC tags “discovered” as the user “touches” an +applications can read and respond to NFC tags “discovered” as the user “touches” an NFC-enabled device to elements embedded in stickers, smart posters, and even other devices. When a tag of interest is collected, applications can respond to the tag, read messages from it, and then store the messages, prompting the user as needed.

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Starting from Android 2.3.3, applications can also write to tags and +set up peer-to-peer connections with other NFC devices.

+

NFC communication relies on wireless technology in the device hardware, so support for the platform's NFC features on specific devices is determined by their manufacturers.

diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3.3.jd b/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3.3.jd new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dbc48f429f9a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/sdk/android-2.3.3.jd @@ -0,0 +1,426 @@ +page.title=Android 2.3.3 Platform +sdk.platform.version=2.3.3 +sdk.platform.apiLevel=10 + + +@jd:body + +
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In this document

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  1. Revisions
    2. +
  2. API Overview
    3. +
  3. API Level
    4. +
  4. Built-in Applications
    5. +
  5. Locales
    6. +
  6. Emulator Skins
    7. +
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Reference

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  1. API +Differences Report »
    2. +
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See Also

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  1. Adding SDK Components
    2. +
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+API Level: {@sdkPlatformApiLevel}

+ +

Android 2.3.3 is a small feature release that adds several improvements +and APIs to the Android 2.3 platform.

+ +

For developers, the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} platform is available as a +downloadable component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes +an Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator +skins and more. The downloadable platform +includes no external libraries.

+ +

To get started developing or testing against Android +{@sdkPlatformVersion}, use the Android SDK Manager to +download the platform into your SDK. For more information, +see Adding SDK +Components. If you are new to Android, download the SDK Starter Package +first.

+ +

For a high-level introduction to Android 2.3, see the Platform Highlights.

+ + +

Revisions

+ +

The sections below provide notes about successive releases of +the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} platform component for the Android SDK, as denoted by +revision number. To determine what revision(s) of the Android +{@sdkPlatformVersion} platforms are installed in your SDK environment, refer to +the "Installed Packages" listing in the Android SDK and AVD Manager.

+ + + + +
+ + + Android {@sdkPlatformVersion}, Revision 1 (February 2011) +
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Dependencies:
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Requires SDK Tools r9 or higher.

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API Overview

+ +

The sections below provide a technical overview of what's new for developers +in {@sdkPlatformVersion}, including new features and changes in the framework +API since the previous version.

+ +

Near Field Communications (NFC)

+ +

Android 2.3.3 provides improved and extended support for NFC, to allow +applications to interact with more types of tags in new ways.

+ +

A new, comprehensive set of APIs give applications read and write access +to a wider range of standard tag technologies, including:

+ + + +

The platform also provides a limited peer-to-peer communication protocol +and API. Foreground Activities can use the API to register an NDEF +message that will get pushed to other NFC devices when they connect.

+ +

Advanced tag dispatching now gives applications more control over how and +when they are launched, when an NFC tag is discovered. Previously, the platform +used a single-step intent dispatch to notify interested applications that a tag +was discovered. The platform now uses a four-step process that enables the +foreground application to take control of a tag event before it is passed to any +other applications (android.nfc.NfcAdapter.enableForegroundDispatch()). + +The new dispatch process also lets apps listen for specific tag content and +tag technologies, based on two new intent actions — +android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED and +android.nfc.action.TECH_DISCOVERED.

+ +

The NFC API is available in the {@link android.nfc} and +{@link android.nfc.tech} packages. The key classes are:

+ + + +

NFC communication relies on wireless technology in the device hardware, and +is not present in all Android devices. Android devices that do not support +NFC will return a null object when +{@link android.nfc.NfcAdapter#getDefaultAdapter(android.content.Context) +getDefaultAdapter(Context)} is called, and +context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_NFC) +will return false. The NFC API is always present, however, regardless of +underlying hardware support.

+ +

To use the NFC API, applications must request permission from the user by +declaring <uses-permission +android:name="android.permission.NFC"> in their manifest files.

+ +

Additionally, developers can request filtering on Android Market, such that +their applications are not discoverable to users whose devices do not support +NFC. To request filtering, add +<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.nfc" +android:required="true"> to the application's manifest.

+ +

To look at sample code for NFC, see +NFCDemo app, filtering by tag technology, using foreground dispatch, and foreground NDEF push (P2P).

+ +

Bluetooth

+ +

Android 2.3.3 adds platform and API support for Bluetooth nonsecure socket +connections. This lets applications communicate with simple devices that may not +offer a UI for authentication. See +{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice#createInsecureRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(java.util.UUID)} and +{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter#listenUsingInsecureRfcommWithServiceRecord(java.lang.String, java.util.UUID)} +for more information.

+ +

Graphics

+ + + + +

Media framework

+ + + + +

Speech recognition

+ +

The speech-recognition API includes new constants to let you manage voice +search results in new ways. Although the new constants are not needed for normal +use of speech recognition, you could use them to offer a different view of voice +search results in your application. For information, see {@link +android.speech.RecognizerResultsIntent}.

+ + +

API Level

+ +

The Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} platform delivers an updated version of +the framework API. The Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} API +is assigned an integer identifier — +{@sdkPlatformApiLevel} — that is +stored in the system itself. This identifier, called the "API Level", allows the +system to correctly determine whether an application is compatible with +the system, prior to installing the application.

+ +

To use APIs introduced in Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} in your application, +you need compile the application against the Android library that is provided in +the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} SDK platform. Depending on your needs, you might +also need to add an android:minSdkVersion="{@sdkPlatformApiLevel}" +attribute to the <uses-sdk> element in the application's +manifest. If your application is designed to run only on Android 2.3 and higher, +declaring the attribute prevents the application from being installed on earlier +versions of the platform.

+ +

For more information about how to use API Level, see the API Levels document.

+ +

Built-in Applications

+ +

The system image included in the downloadable platform provides these +built-in applications:

+ +
Platform VersionAPI Level
Android 2.3.310
Android 2.39
Android 2.28
Android 2.17
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+
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  • Browser
    • +
  • Calculator
    • +
  • Camera
    • +
  • Clock
    • +
  • Contacts
    • +
  • Cusom Locale
    • +
  • Dev Tools
    • +
  • Downloads
    • +
  • Email
    • +
+		 +
    +
  • Gallery
    • +
  • IMEs for Japanese, Chinese, and Latin text input
    • +
  • Messaging
    • +
  • Music
    • +
  • Phone
    • +
  • Search
    • +
  • Settings
    • +
  • Spare Parts (developer app)
    • +
  • Speech Recorder
    • +
+
+ + +

Locales

+ +

The system image included in the downloadable SDK platform provides a variety of +built-in locales. In some cases, region-specific strings are available for the +locales. In other cases, a default version of the language is used. The +languages that are available in the Android {@sdkPlatformVersion} system +image are listed below (with language_country/region locale +descriptor).

+ + + + + + +
+
    +
  • Arabic, Egypt (ar_EG)
    • +
  • Arabic, Israel (ar_IL)
    • +
  • Bulgarian, Bulgaria (bg_BG)
    • +
  • Catalan, Spain (ca_ES)
    • +
  • Czech, Czech Republic (cs_CZ)
    • +
  • Danish, Denmark(da_DK)
    • +
  • German, Austria (de_AT)
    • +
  • German, Switzerland (de_CH)
    • +
  • German, Germany (de_DE)
    • +
  • German, Liechtenstein (de_LI)
    • +
  • Greek, Greece (el_GR)
    • +
  • English, Australia (en_AU)
    • +
  • English, Canada (en_CA)
    • +
  • English, Britain (en_GB)
    • +
  • English, Ireland (en_IE)
    • +
  • English, India (en_IN)
    • +
  • English, New Zealand (en_NZ)
    • +
  • English, Singapore(en_SG)
    • +
  • English, US (en_US)
    • +
  • English, Zimbabwe (en_ZA)
    • +
  • Spanish (es_ES)
    • +
  • Spanish, US (es_US)
    • +
  • Finnish, Finland (fi_FI)
    • +
  • French, Belgium (fr_BE)
    • +
  • French, Canada (fr_CA)
    • +
  • French, Switzerland (fr_CH)
    • +
  • French, France (fr_FR)
    • +
  • Hebrew, Israel (he_IL)
    • +
  • Hindi, India (hi_IN)
    • +
+		 +
  • Croatian, Croatia (hr_HR)
    • +
  • Hungarian, Hungary (hu_HU)
    • +
  • Indonesian, Indonesia (id_ID)
    • +
  • Italian, Switzerland (it_CH)
    • +
  • Italian, Italy (it_IT)
    • +
  • Japanese (ja_JP)
    • +
  • Korean (ko_KR)
    • +
  • Lithuanian, Lithuania (lt_LT)
    • +
  • Latvian, Latvia (lv_LV)
    • +
  • Norwegian-Bokmol, Norway(nb_NO)
    • +
  • Dutch, Belgium (nl_BE)
    • +
  • Dutch, Netherlands (nl_NL)
    • +
  • Polish (pl_PL)
    • +
  • Portuguese, Brazil (pt_BR)
    • +
  • Portuguese, Portugal (pt_PT)
    • +
  • Romanian, Romania (ro_RO)
    • +
  • Russian (ru_RU)
    • +
  • Slovak, Slovakia (sk_SK)
    • +
  • Slovenian, Slovenia (sl_SI)
    • +
  • Serbian (sr_RS)
    • +
  • Swedish, Sweden (sv_SE)
    • +
  • Thai, Thailand (th_TH)
    • +
  • Tagalog, Philippines (tl_PH)
    • +
  • Turkish, Turkey (tr_TR)
    • +
  • Ukrainian, Ukraine (uk_UA)
    • +
  • Vietnamese, Vietnam (vi_VN)
    • +
  • Chinese, PRC (zh_CN)
    • +
  • Chinese, Taiwan (zh_TW)
    • +
    + +

    Note: The Android platform may support more +locales than are included in the SDK system image. All of the supported locales +are available in the Android Open Source +Project.

    + +

    Emulator Skins

    + +

    The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use +for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The +emulator skins are:

    + + + +

    For more information about how to develop an application that displays +and functions properly on all Android-powered devices, see Supporting Multiple +Screens.

    diff --git a/docs/html/sdk/sdk_toc.cs b/docs/html/sdk/sdk_toc.cs index 9b67fee99668..2ba807686a3f 100644 --- a/docs/html/sdk/sdk_toc.cs +++ b/docs/html/sdk/sdk_toc.cs @@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ class="new">new!