Android SDK Features

The Android  platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This artical provides a some of the new features in Android SDK.
The followings are the main features of android :-

• No licensing, distribution, or development fees.
• Wi-Fi hardware access.
• GSM, EDGE, and 3G networks for telephony or data transfer, allowing you to make or receive calls or SMS messages, or to send and retrieve data across mobile networks.
• Comprehensive APIs for location-based services such as GPS.
• Full multimedia hardware control including playback and recording using the camera and microphone.
• APIs for accelerometer and compass hardware.
• IPC message passing.
• Shared data stores.
• An integrated open source WebKit-based browser.
• Full support for applications that integrate Map controls as part of their user interface.
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) support using Google Talk.
• Mobile-optimized hardware-accelerated graphics including a path-based 2D graphics library and support for 3D graphics using OpenGL ES.
• Media libraries for playing and recording a variety of audio/video or still image formats.
• An application framework that encourages reuse of application components and the replacement of native applications.

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1. Application Framework :

It enables the reuse and replacement of components. Android is the open development platform, so it offers the ability to build extremely rich and innovative applications.

2. Dalvik Virtual Machine :

It is optimized for mobile devices. It is the software that runs the apps on Android devices.

3. Integrated Browser :

Android comes with an integrated Browser which is based on  the open source engine.

4. Optimized Graphics :

Optimized Grapics powered by a custom 2D and 3D Graphics library.

5. SQLite :

SQLite is an Open Source Database which is embedded into Android. It requires only little memory at runtime (approximate  250 KByte).

6. Media Support :

Android has built-in media support for common audio, video, and still image formats. 

7. Hardware Dependent Features :

Android also have many hardware dependent features like- GSM Telephony, Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi, Camera, GPS, Compass and accelerometer 

8. Rich Development Environment :

Rich Development Environment includes a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory & performance profiling, and a plugin for the eclipse IDE.

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