Service API changes starting with Android 2.0Watching developers use the Android platform the last year has shown a number of trouble areas in the Service API as well as growing issues in the ways services operate. As a result, Android 2.0 introduced a…
Back and other hard keys: three stories
Android 2.0 introduces new behavior and support for handling hard keys such as BACK and MENU, including some special features to support the virtual hard keys that are appearing on recent devices such as Droid.This article will give you three stories o…
One of the major new features we are introducing in Android 1.5 is our Input Method Framework (IMF), which allows developers on-screen input methods such as software keyboards. This article will provide an overview of what Android input method editors…