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For the past 6 months since Google first Touch Phone
we didn`t hear much about it. This will change because Google has released Android 1.5 SDK. The new development
kit offers developers to write programs for the Android update soon in the first quarter of May in some
locations. It brings in the ability to run Android Virtual Devices inside an emulator for better modeling
of real devices and other improvements for performance issues to make development easier.
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New Android 1.5 is the first version of the SDK that will support add-ons, which
let the Android SDK to give you access to the external Android libraries. Among
the actual changes to Android in 1.5 that end users will see later are an on-screen
soft keyboard, widgets in the home screen for a music player, search and other features,
stereo Bluetooth support; and video recording and playback.
Some of the features of new released SDK are:
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Multiple versions of the Android platform are included (Android 1.1, Android 1.5).
The tools are updated to let you deploy your application on any platform in the
SDK, which helps you ensure forward-compatibility and, if applicable, backward-compatibility.
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Introduces Android Virtual Devices - (AVD) configurations of options that you run
in the emulator to better model actual devices. Each AVD gets its own dedicated
storage area, making it much easier to work with multiple emulators that are running
concurrently.
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Support for SDK add-ons, which extend the Android SDK to give you access to one
or more external Android libraries and/or a customized (but compliant) system image
that can run in the emulator.
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The new Eclipse ADT plugin (version 0.9.0) offers new Wizards to let you create
projects targeted for specific Android configurations, generate XML resources (such
as layouts, animations, and menus), generate alternate layouts, and export and sign
your application for publishing.
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Improved JUnit support in ADT
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Easier profiling of performance
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