The changes introduced in the cupcake branch have been merged into the
master branch, preserving all of the previous commits to master. The
same will happen for each future drop to cupcake.
So soon you will can use the video recording ,Stereo Blue
tooth ,etc ....
So soon you will can use the video recording ,Stereo Blue
tooth ,etc ....
Applications
* MMS
o New features
+ Save attachments from MMS.
o Significant bug fixes
+ Faster conversation list scrolling
* Email
o Significant bug fixes
+ Accounts that were marked "never check" are not auto-
checked.
+ Date & time displayed using user preference (e.g. 24
hr vs. AM/PM).
+ cc: displayed in message view.
+ Relaxed POP3 parser rules so it works with non-
compliant email servers.
+ Password quoting bugs in IMAP. Makes it work for
users with funny chars in their password (e.g. spaces).
+ Various sources of errors in auto & manual account
setup.
+ Improvements on how we report various connection
errors. Makes it much easier for user to diagnose failed account
setups.
+ New-mail notifications for POP3 accounts.
+ Properly recover from POP3 connection failures, so
that the next connection has a chance of working properly.
+ Remove automatic accounts setup entries that were
broken or not testable. Minor fixes to a few of the remaining
entries. Improvements to warning dialogs used for a few special
cases.
+ New accounts are now set to check every 15 minutes
(instead of defaulting to "never").
+ Fixed a bug causing approximately 1 in 25 outbound
messages to freeze up the IMAP connection (to a Gmail based server)
when transferred to the Sent folder. This broke the entire connection
so new messages could not be downloaded either.
+ Unit test framework so Email can be extended &
tested more reliably.
+ Fix IMAP manually-created accounts so message delete
works properly.
* Alarm Clock
o Significant bug fixes
+ Alert now plays audio/vibe directly, rather than
through AlarmManager. AlarmClock alert starts playing audio/vibe in
its IntentReceiver, rather than on activity start. These changes
should prevent alarms from being blocked by modal dialogs.
* Package Installer
o Significant bug fixes
+ Bugs related to replacing existing applications.
* Settings
o New features
+ New menu option to list running processes in
Settings->ManageApplications.
* Music
o New features
+ Music playback fades in after suspending for phone
call.
+ New media search intent allows for 3rd party apps to
launch or respond to media searches based on artist, album, or title.
Affects: Music Player, YouTube, Browser
applications.
* Browser
o New features
+ Updated WebKit browser core, synced with Nov 2008
WebKit version.
+ Support for new, optimized JavaScript engine
(SquirrelFish).
+ Copy / paste is enabled in the browser. To copy with
touch, press and hold the shift key and select the text. Releasing the
shift key or ending the touch drag copies the text. To copy with the
trackball, press and hold the shift key, move the cursor to the
selection start, click the trackball, and move the trackball to the
extend the selection. Releasing the shift key, or clicking the
trackball a second time, copies the text.
+ Find is enabled in the browser. To find text, choose
it from the menu and type the text to find.
+ Drawing has been sped up substantially by supporting
partial content invalidates and partial screen invalidates. Pages with
animations are 5x faster.
* VoiceDialer
o New features
+ VoiceDialer supports 'open app' command
* Camera/Gallery
o New features
+ Video recorder mode
+ Share intent for videos
+ Video thumbnails
+ Local file playback
Download manager
* New features
o Support for HTTP codes 301, 302, 303 and 307 (redirects).
o HTTP code 503 is now handled, with support for retry-after
in delay-seconds.
o Downloads that were cleanly interrupted are now resumed
instead of failing.
o Applications can now pause their downloads.
o Retry delays are now randomized.
o Connectivity is now checked on all interfaces.
o Downloads with invalid characters in file name can now be
saved.
Framework
* New features
o Support of touch events in WebView.
o New JavaScript engine (SquirrelFish) in WebView.
o Input method framework, for soft keyboards and other on-
screen input methods. Includes new APIs for applications to interact
with input methods, and the ability for third party developers to
write their own input methods.
o Access to the raw audio data for playback and recording
from application code.
o New PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT option.
o Support for top-level boolean resources.
o Tactile feedback to the LockPatternView. Tactile feedback
can be enabled/disabled by going to Settings > Security & location and
then checking/unchecking "Use tactile feedback". Note that this can be
used independently of the visual feedback of the lines ("Use visible
pattern"). Thus it gives users a middle ground between showing the
lines on the screen and having no feedback at all.
o PackageManager changes to support un-installation of
partially installed applications. Added new flag
PackageManager.GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES to include partially installed
apps in all relevant PackageManager api's. ManageApplications screen
now lists such partially installed apps and the user can uninstall
these applications completely.
o Support third party updates of system applications. New
menu options in Settings->ManageApplications to list updated system
applications.
o Framework support to list current running processes. New
API in ActivityManager.
o Framework feature to declare required configurations by
applications. New manifest attribute uses-configuration in android
manifest.
o Hardware accelerated video encode (video recorder) in
opencore.
o Simplified SREC speech recognition API available.
o Streaming audio I/O for applications.
* Significant bug fixes
o Fixed issues with saving state in the view hierarchy, so
that you can properly subclass from something like TextView and create
your own state that inherits from that provided by TextView.
o TextView now implements onKeyMultiple(), so that flinging
the trackball will result in accelerated scrolling. This required some
changes to movement methods, and included some improvements to the
acceleration computed when flinging.
o Framework bug fixes in PackageManager to share/un-share
permissions for applications with shared uid's.
o Significant rework of Settings->ManageApplications
Performance and UI enhancements.
o A number of settings in android.provider.Settings.System
were moved to android.provider.Settings.Secure. Only system software
can modify these settings. Additionally, a new permission,
WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS, is required to access these settings. The old
constants in Settings.System have been deprecated. It is possible to
read settings values via Settings.System using the deprecated
constants. However, attempts to modify these settings via
Settings.System will result in a log message and the setting value
will be left unchanged.
o Many bug fixes in the media framework
Bluetooth
* New features
o Support for A2DP & AVRCP profiles.
* Significant bug fixes
o First connection after pairing always fails on many
carkits.
o Mini Cooper and some late model BMW cars fail to use
Bluetooth or take 2 minutes for Phone Book transfer.
System software
* New features
o New kernel based on Linux 2.6.27.
o Improvements to the wakelock API.
o Work to transition to the USB Gadget Framework underway.
o Basic x86 support.
Radio & Telephony
* New features
o SIM Application Toolkit 1.0.
o Green CALL button is no longer a shortcut for "add a new
call". This has been a rarely used feature and confusing if triggered
accidentally.
o Longer in-call screen timeout when using the speakerphone.
o "Show dialpad" / "Hide dialpad" item added to the in-call
menu, to make it easier to discover the DTMF dialpad.
* Significant bug fixes
o An obscure case where the Phone UI could cause the device
to not go to sleep on its own. This would happen if user bails out of
the in-call screen by hitting HOME, followed by the call disconnecting
remotely.
o Don't allow a single tap to open the in-call dialpad. It
is now required to touch and drag it. This makes it much harder to
accidentally open the dialpad by touching the screen with your face.
Developer Tools
* New features
o Enable handset manufacturers to extend the Android SDK
with add-ons. SDK add-ons will include:
+ system libraries to let developers use additional
APIs provided by handset manufacturers or from other 3rd party vendors
that handset manufacturers chose to include
+ emulator system
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