1page.title=Android 2.0 Platform Highlights 2sdk.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" 36allowscriptaccess="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 42users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features 43and 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="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="images/2.0/multiple-accounts.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 63 Multiple Accounts 64</div> 65 66<div class="screenshot"> 67 <img src="images/2.0/mms-search.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 68 Messaging Search 69</div> 70 71<div class="screenshot second"> 72 <img src="images/2.0/email-inbox.png" class="screenshot" alt="" /><br/> 73 Email Combined Inbox 74</div> 75 76<div class="screenshot"> 77 <img src="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 87synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can 88choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)</li> 89 <li>Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with 90additional data sources.</li> 91 <li>Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to 92a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a 93contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications 94such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget 95when 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 180hardware 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. 194For an overview of new APIs, see the 195<a href="{@docRoot}sdk/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
