android-developers.blogspot.com - 4/14/2009
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Android 1.5 SDK release! 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) is based on the cupcake branch from the Android Open Source Project . Version 1.5 introduces APIs ...
developer.android.com - 4/14/2009
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developer.android.com —
LocationManager - Applications can get location change updates
via Intent WebView - Touch start/end/move/cancel DOM event support
SensorManager - redesigned sensor APIs GLSurfaceView - convenience framework for creating OpenGL applications Broadcast ...
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Android 1.5 Highlights | Android Developers
i.gizmodo.com - 4/14/2009
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Google has announced that the Android 1.5 "Early
Look" SDK is now available to developers , and
man, does it bring the features. Check out the list below. There are a lot of new toys for developers, including some kind of emulator configuration thing ...
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Android 1.5 "Early Look" SDK Now Available: Adds Soft ...
developer.android.com - 4/14/2009
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developer.android.com —
You must have Eclipse 3.3 or 3.4. Eclipse
3.2 is no longer supported. There are many flavors,
or "editions", of Eclipse. To develop, we'd recommend the "Java" edition. The "RCP" version is also suitable, but "J2EE" is probably overkill. If updating an ...
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Android 1.5 Early Look SDK | Android Developers
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Google offers pre-release version of Android 1.5 SDK
TechSpot —
Google announced that it is making a pre-release version of the Android 1.5 SDK available to developers . This next version of Android is based on the Cupcake branch of the open source mobile platform and introduces a bunch of APIs for features such as the promised on-screen keyboard, video recording and playback capabilities, and a new home screen framework for developing widgets and populating live folders with custom content. [image] Google's own applications on the platform have also been tweaked to offer a number of usability and performance enhancements. For developers, ...
Google Gives Developers "Early Look" at Android 1.5
Tech-Ex —
Google on Monday announced it was giving developers an "early look" at the SDK for Android 1.5, which incorporates the "Cupcake" development branch I've written about previously. While probably not a direct reaction to the announcement of the iPhone OS 3.0, as it was definitely already in the works, Google's announcement can't hurt, now can it? Android 1.5 will add a number of enhancements, including speech recognition, live folders, on-screen keyboards, and much more (see below for more detail). The new Android version ...
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