Google posts guide to prep Honeycomb apps for Ice Cream Sandwich

By on Sep 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM
Software September 19, 2011

Google posted a guide on its Android Developers website on Monday that should help developers prepare Honeycomb applications for the new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system, which will run on smartphones as well as tablets. That means Honeycomb developers will need to make their applications compatible with displays smaller than those found on various Android tablets. Creating an Ice Cream Sandwich compatible version of an application is important to reaching a larger audience, too. “Optimizing for handsets can be tricky if your designs currently use all of a large screen to deliver content,” Google explained in a blog post. “It’s worth the effort, though, because Ice Cream Sandwich brings the Honeycomb APIs to handsets and you’ll significantly increase the user-base for your app.” Read on for a link to to the Android developer site, where you can read an in-depth guide to adding smartphone support to Honeycomb apps. 

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  • Jasonharris42

    can’t wait

  • Anonymous

    uhh fix your “Read” link…

  • Anonymous

    Translation: since developers are ignoring HoneyComb due to our depressing tablet sales, maybe knowing HoneyComb apps will also run on phones will cause developers to actually write some apps. 

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      There are plenty of Tablet(Honeycomb) only applications in the Android market. You wouldn’t know this of course because you are a fanboy. I do enjoy that they are merging the two though, it will make everything way smoother and seemless. At least Google is attempting to give people more when they purchase a tablet instead of just slamming a supersized OS onto it.

  • Michael Scrip

    What Honeycomb apps?

    I kid, I kid…. (sorta)

  • Anonymous

    Does anyone even know how many honeycomb apps are out there? The fact that Google or Android doesn’t mention these numbers shows that there really are NO apps available for Android tablets. They’re just wasting their time, praying with their fingers crossed. I saw a list on another website “The 20 best apps for Android.” Away from the popular apps (Evernote, DropBox, etc.), most of the apps were pretty useless. It was pretty sad. I know admitting defeat would sink these companies in the market (the next day), so I can see why they refuse to just give-up. 

    • Anonymous

      At least 2 million…

      • Plazmic Flame

        Then minus 2 million

      • Anonymous

        +1

      • Anonymous

        Lol! Where are you getting your “imaginary” numbers from? If Google/Android actually sold more than a million units of “anything”, they’d shout from the highest mountain, to anyone that’ll listen! Either way, that’s a really sad number, but apparently it’s good to you! Instead of wasting your time on here, why not press Google for actual numbers.

  • Scott Duffy

    And this is what makes getting the GS2 so hard (waiting for the AT&T version). I’m just not confident Samsung (or AT&T for that matter) will provide a timely update to ICS for the GS2. The hardware is great, but I still hate not knowing when (or if) my Android phone will be updated. Yes, I can root and install customer ROMS, but damn it, I want my updates. It’s one of the things that might drive me back to iPhone. It shouldn’t take Google this damn long to figure that out!

    • Anonymous

      Man, are you kidding? Google makes it super simple to upgrade! Simply buy a new phone. They come out every 15 minutes. That’s the fun part of being a Goofans (aka Apple Hater!)

      • Mr Brianswails

        “Buy a new phone”? Really you think that’s a good thing that android phones have short life’s?

        Dude stop drinking the Punch!

      • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

        You are embarrassing.

      • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

        You are just getting lazy with this, I expect more out of you.

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      I don’t see your need for updates, if you are capable of installing custom roms then an OEM one is just silly. Most custom roms are tailored for the BEST possible performance possible out of your specific device. Do yourself a favor and go back to the iPhone.

      • somedude0123

        Yes, the best solution for your Android problems is to fix it yourself. Or by an iPhone.

      • Scott Duffy

        Dude, I work 40+ hours a week and I’m in school for 20 hours a week. I don’t have time to sit there and tinker with my phone. I run CM7 on my Nexus One, and to be honest, it even feels have baked. Why wouldn’t the phone manufacturer update their product? It would keep me as a customer. The GS1 (Captivate) still doesn’t have 2.3. That’s unexceptionable in my books.

  • http://twitter.com/hawaiiinsomniac hawaiiinsomniac

    Wish the ice cream sandwich was neapolitan… o_O

  • Anonymous

    When google or android figure out some serious shit in there camp including this oracle issue battery life, fragmentation, security i will not drop my BB7 not even for those POS apps. ICS better be something special im not using the word innovative because the mobile world is to quiet.

    • http://levelten.org tdmiller productions

      a new breed of troll?

      • http://www.pixelreason.com PixelReason

        i was thinking the samething!

  • Antonio de Sousa Barroso

    The Read link is broken.

  • Anonymous

    Think Ill go eat some Ice Cream bars. Cant wait till Google shows it off.

  • Anonymous

    YES!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Just bring on the Nexus Prime!

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