The document discusses the new features and changes in Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of the Android mobile operating system. Some of the key improvements include a more unified user experience across devices, an updated notification system, improved camera and spell checking, and more controls over app usage and data. Developers will benefit from new APIs and more consistent user interfaces making app development easier. Technically, Ice Cream Sandwich features updates to multimedia, connectivity, security, and developer tools.

1. The latest build in the Android evolution
introducing
Icecream Sandwich
Amrit Sanjeev
Bangalore Android User Group
(www.blrdroid.org)

2. About me
• Co-organizer of the Bangalore Android
User Group.
• Part of Mobility Group at Philips R&D
• Architect – Android platform development
• Android hacker

3. Agenda
Introduction Deep dive Application
to ICS into level
features changes
It’s the small things that matter

4. Introduction to Ice-
cream Sandwich
Different perspectives

5. Why is it so exciting ?
• Worlds most popular smartphone
operating system.
• First step towards a truly convergent
platform.
• Will be available for tablets & phones.
• Carry the user experience across android
powered devices.
• Evolutionary change.

6. What you will notice first
• Improved notification manager.
• Improved camera
• Better spellchecker
• More control over apps and data usage
• Gallery app gets a Photo editor

7. User’s perspective
• UX is the same across different devices.
• Slicker and more modern looking user
interface.
• Face unlock
• More rich graphically.
• No more capacitive buttons .
• Voice control
• Easier multitasking

8. Developer’s perspective
• Lots for the developer to be happy about.
• Plenty of new APIs
• Uniform UX increases reach of apps and
also reduces development time .
• New ways to interact with users. Eg)
updated speech engine, android beam etc
• New accessibility features for the disabled.

9. Deep dive into the
feature set
From now on its going to get really exciting

10. What we would discuss today ?
New UX
improvements
Under the hood
improvements

11. UX improvements
Roboto – New Refined
new interactive animations
typeface notifications & feedback
New lock
Favorites Resizable
screen
tray widgets
actions
Improved
Voice input text input &
engine spell-
checking

12. Under the hood - Enterprise features
VPN client API
• Allows apps to build their own VPN running as a
service
• Security implications
Device management API for camera
• Apps can disable camera if required

13. Under the hood – Multimedia
Support for WebP
content, streaming
VP8 content, HTTP
Live streaming
protocol version 3.
A new native API
Live effects of
based on Khronos
transforming video
OpenMAX AL 1.0.1.
Applications can Take data, apply
apply graphics transformation, and
effects to each Multimedia then send the data
frame using to the platform for
OpenGL display

14. Under the hood - Connectivity
Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth Health
• Secure direct wifi Device Profile (HDP)
connection • Connect to Bluetooth
• Share content enabled medical devices
• Gaming
Bluetooth Hands Free
Profile (HFP) 1.6
• Higher quality audio

15. Under the hood - Security
• Secure management of credentials
– new keychain API and underlying encrypted
storage let applications store and retrieve
private keys and their corresponding
certificate chains
• Address Space Layout Randomization
– help protect system and third party
applications from exploitation due to memory-
management issues.

16. Under the hood – New APIs
Visual
Calendar
Social API voicemail
API
API
Accessibility Text to VPN client
API speech API API
Remote Text
Android
media Services
Beam
control API API

17. Under the hood – UI Components
New layout
Flatter hierarchies
GridLayout
Ability to directly
integrate OpenGL Hardware-
ES textures as accelerated 2D
rendering targets in drawing
a UI hierarchy

18. Under the hood –Dev options on device
• More options for the
developer for on
device testing of
applications.
– Show touches
– Show screen updates
– Pointer location

19. Application Changes
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20. Application changes
• Photo editor
• Improved email
• Android browser
• Face unlock
• People and profiles
• Unified calendar
• Visual voice mail

21. Q&A