Widget Design Guidelines

Since the beginning of the year, the Android UI team has been hard at work on the Android 1.5 release. Starting today with widgets, we would like to share some of our evolving... اقرأ المزيد »

Backward compatibility for Android applications

Android 1.5 introduced a number of new features that application developers can take advantage of, like virtual input devices and speech recognition. As a developer, you need to be aware of backward compatibility issues on older devices—do you want to allow your application to run on all devices, or... اقرأ المزيد »

Android 1.5 at Google I/O

I admit, I've been talking big about Google I/O in my last few posts. But I'm entirely serious: Google I/O is going to be the Android developer event of the year, no doubt... اقرأ المزيد »

Android 1.5 is here!

I've got some good news today: the Android 1.5 SDK, release 1 is ready! Grab it from the download page.For an overview of the new Android 1.5 features, see the 1.5 release notes page in our developer site.I am also happy to let you know that our partners at HTC have made available new system images... اقرأ المزيد »

Introducing GLSurfaceView

GLSurfaceView is a new API class in Android 1.5. GLSurfaceView makes OpenGL ES applications easier to write by:Providing the glue code to connect OpenGL ES to the View system.Providing the glue code to make OpenGL ES work with the Activity life-cycle.Making it easy to choose an appropriate frame buffer... اقرأ المزيد »

Live folders

Live folders have been introduced in Android 1.5 and let you display any source of data on the Home screen without forcing the user to launch an application. A live folder... اقرأ المزيد »

Future-Proofing Your Apps

Hi, developers! I hope you've heard about the early-look version of the Android 1.5 SDK that we recently released. There are some great new features in there, but don't get too excited yet -- some of you will need to fix some problems in your apps before you can start taking advantage of Android 1.5.We've... اقرأ المزيد »

Creating an Input Method

To create an input method (IME) for entering text into text fields and other Views, you need to extend the InputMethodService.class. This class provides much of the basic... اقرأ المزيد »

On-screen Input Methods

Starting from Android 1.5, the Android platform offers an Input MethodFramework (IMF) that lets you create on-screen input methods such as softwarekeyboards. This article... اقرأ المزيد »

Introducing home screen widgets and the AppWidget framework

One exciting new feature in the Android 1.5 SDK is the AppWidget framework which allows developers to write "widgets" that people can drop onto their home screen and interact... اقرأ المزيد »

UI framework changes in Android 1.5

On Monday, we released an early look at the Android 1.5 SDK. Not only does this platform update contain numerous new features, APIs, and bug fixes, but Android 1.5 also brings... اقرأ المزيد »

Getting ready for Android 1.5

I'm excited to announce that starting today, developers can get an early look at the SDK for the next version of the Android platform. This new version (which will be 1.5)... اقرأ المزيد »