Android 2.0 SDK gets official

By on Oct 27, 2009 at 3:19 PM
General October 27, 2009

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Looks like Google wanted to break some Android 2.0 news of their own — as of today, the Android development community will have access to the 2.0 API’s in the Android SDK. Several new tools including an improved Bluetooth API that allows for peer-to-peer connections and a new account manager API that will allow synchronization with various contact resources have been added. A text and video walk through of the highlights have been posted on the developer site and we’ve embeded it after the break. Now all we need are a few more Android 2.0 handsets…

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  • http://www.internetzpolice.com Danny

    Nice! Looking forward to this and the Droid!

    • AJL

      Any ideas if Android 2.0 will allow bluetooth headset-initiated calling?

  • Tony

    Awesome, can’t wait to get this on the Droid!

    • http://www.bgr.com Andrew Munchbach

      It is indeed the Droid.

  • Jordan

    notice the verizon branding at 0:50. can we assume this is the droid in the video???

    • http://www.bgr.com Boy Genius

      yeah, it’s the Droid in the video.

  • Scott

    Does anyone know if this update is going to be for all Android phones? I remember reading that the ROM of the G1 was going to be too small for the update to 2.0 Thanks!

  • iDavey

    Thank goodness I am rooted. I need a ROM for 2.0 to get out expeditiously!

  • John

    Does anyone know if this will finally fix the issues with non-Gmail or exchange emails? Simply put, will 2.0 allow full use of Yahoo mail? I like the myTouch but it’s kind of silly that a phone dictates what email I should use. I’m not asking for full push support, but at least allow native folder and read/delete sync.

    Thanks for the insight!

    • T

      The SDK announcement has a Program Highlights page in it that has Exchange Support mentioned… so….. I believe so?

  • chris

    What about app memory? How bad will the memory leak? How many battery pulls will I need in one day?

    • Drew

      This isn’t the useless Imagio. Talk about buyers remorse

  • Observer

    DROID!!!!

  • shaneaus

    Can’t wait! until devs get this built into a ROM for my G1!!

  • Steve

    TG Signup?? Does this mean TG for Android?

  • kg

    This is the first real walk through of the droid working… and boy is it fricking fast. Still looks a bit drap with a gray wallpaper but quick like lightning.

    kg.

  • Mustafa

    If it only didnt have a stupid slide out keyboard. It looks horrible when the keyboard is extended.

  • Remnever

    No multi touch huh? Damn

    • inTECHrity

      What do you need multi touch for aside from pinching and zooming in Google Maps or with pictures?

      • ZZstu

        Those two things and web browsing are the only things you really need it for, but I just think it’s a cool feature. But it is simply icing on the cake, so to speak. I’m pretty much sold on the droid.

      • inTECHrity

        A-greed. I do love multi-touching on my friends iphone, but it isn’t a necessary add on like a physical keyboard is!

    • Naseer

      Multi touch is supported at the framework level. It just need support in the app.

  • ZZstu

    BGR, what are the chances the Droid will feature multi touch at release?

  • Maans

    Obviously less important than all the new feutures but what is the multimedia support in Android2. So what video and audio codecs are supported out of the box and what is th eplayback like.

  • RAUL

    will this update be available on the mytouch 3g???

  • kumar

    See http://developer.android.com It says there is multi-touch support.

  • kg

    you can see a demo of android 2.0 (on the motorola driod emulator) at

  • Hamid

    Quote from Android website:
    “MotionEvent can now report simultaneous-touch information for devices that support it. Up to three pointers can be tracked simultaneously”
    That should mean it is capable of adding multi-touch to it :)

  • Trevon

    THE DROIDDOES.COM COUNTDOWN ENDED LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT SO DOES THAT MEAN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER STARTING TODAY?

  • Rutger

    I can’t wait! Really hope android 2.0 will support my apple bluetooth keyboard…

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