Android 2.1 SDK released to developers

By on Jan 12, 2010 at 7:52 AM
News January 12, 2010

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The Nexus One burst onto the scene rocking Android 2.1 and now developers can finally get their hands on the SDK for this latest Android release. The SDK offers minor improvements from Android 2.0 and includes new APIs to develop animated wallpapers, a new SignalStrength class which contains phone signal strength data and new methods to add geolocation, improved video handling and more to Android’s WebKit-based browser. It’s available now for developers to download via the Android SDK and AVD Manager and gives developers a small headstart on making their apps compatible with Android 2.1, which is expected to roll out to the current crop of handsets later this month.

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  • Droid Eris Chicago

    Score!!!

  • Brandon

    It’s 2.1 just around the corner!

  • Tim

    Yeah but where’s the source code? Damn you Google.

  • Seth

    Forgive me; I seem to be stuck on the “a small headstart” phrase. It caught my eye and won’t let go. If you think it is a “headstart”, let me draw your attention to the mounting “This app may not work on Nexus One” comments in the Android Market. Seriously. This isn’t a “small” headstart or — for that matter — any type of headstart. Now that Google has finally released the SDK, developers get to throw themselves into “how fast can I catchup?” mode. I feel for the developers who got left in the dust by Google on this “headstart”.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • Ron

    I’m still looking for these features:
    * Originate a call from a bluetooth headset
    * Accept/Reject a calendar invitation in E-mail app
    * Proxies associated with WiFi connections

    I don’t quite care which flavor or pastry this shows up in, but these are required features, or should I say, these are features available in existing phones (smart OR otherwise). These are not news, these are not some thing we’re waiting on patents to grant, these are mundane everyday features missing in my Android 2.0 (and now 2.0.1) mobile.

    Let me be more direct – these features exist in iPhone 3.x and WM 6.x. They should be in Android 2.x.

  • Unsung Hero

    Fuck the Nexus one ! Fuck Google! Fuck Htc!!! Fuck Google! By Far the stupidest most incompetent idiotic “retaaaard” hangover quote phone launch ever!!! Tried that damn Google site to buy the phone over 150 times to upgrade my T mobile account and kept getting could not reach tmobile servers!!!! Why ???? Because I have a business account and they don’t support business accounts, flex accounts, or family plans!!! Screw you Google ! Learn how to sell a fucking phone you egotistical douchebags! For people that tout themselves as brilliant you don’t have the sense a punk kid on the corner selling dime bags does make the Sale! If you want to sell it display why!!!!! When I called in they said it was to make it simple!!! Not simple fucking stupid!!!!!!

    • Will

      Ah yes… 2.1 here we come…

    • Just some guy

      wow…hate to be this guy’s dog

  • mike

    @unsung hero
    wow you sure whine like a little punk kid that didn’t get their new toy from daddy.

  • Magdiel

    I completely agree with UNSUNG HERO.

  • Diabl0

    Ah yes, hopefully this one will have a remedy for nexus one’s wallpaper crash.. and some other glitches. Details: http://bit.ly/nexus-one-disadvantages-compiled-details

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