Android SDK 1.5 Update Revealed
The Google Android dev team have announced the release of an 'early look' at the next version of the Android platform.
The new version 1.5 is based on the Cupcake branch of the open source operating system and promises lots of improvements over the current version.
Version 1.5 introduces APIs for features such as soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. Along with support for video recording, Bluetooth tweaks, and better integration with many of Google's online services. The user interface will also see improvements for a lot of the system's features.
According to the Android developer site, the final Android 1.5 SDK will be made available "around the end of this month" with no indication as to when consumers can expect to receive a similar 'over the air' update for their T-Mobile G1 or HTC Magic devices.
[via android-developers.blogspot.com]
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April 14th, 2009 at 7:20 am
So, lets see…
No Bluetooth FTP nor HID (nor BIP)
No Gmail “send as” nor filter edit/create
No Google Reader keyboard shortcuts nor tag add/edit/create
No IM expansion (more than one Talk account, more Jabber servers than just Google Talk, more than one active IM account at a given time)
No Google Docs read/write
I’m having a very hard time finding much to get excited about. Lots of “ho hum” (soft keyboard, cut/copy and paste, etc.). At least one “WTF? that’s STUPID” (unified “go” and “search” box in the web browser!?).
I hope the general speed ups and detail clean ups are worth it, because it otherwise sounds like a waste of time.
April 14th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Download the preview release @johnkzin and you will see that its actually worth it. And the combined go and search is really good. Look at how chrome does it. Same thinking!
The Google Docs and Reader stuff you mentioned will never be in the regular cupcake releases, since those are part of the “proprietary” software and are closed source. So maybe there being developed independently! (here is to hoping).
But fully agree with still not having an API and further support for BT.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:29 am
@johnkzin a proper Google Docs app would be ace but at least people like AndrOffice are working on a good Office program which, combined with the GDocs app already out will provide a solution
Doubt it will be too long before we have a good integrated system available
April 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
its pointless getting our hopes up again anyway because the cupcake update in january was coming and we never got it. and were not gonna get this one either
April 28th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I was just wondering… what if i upgraded my unlocked g1 (android 1.1) to android 1.5, do you think itll lock my phone? thanks for the help