android api,Android 4.0.3 Platform

API Level: 15

Android 4.0.3 is an incremental release of the Android 4.x

(Ice Cream Sandwich) platform family. This release includes new features for

users and developers, API changes, and various bug fixes.

For developers, the Android 4.0.3 platform is available as a

downloadable component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes

an Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator skins and

more. To get started developing or testing against Android 4.0.3,

use the Android SDK Manager to download the platform into your SDK.

API Overview

The sections below provide a technical overview of new APIs in Android 4.0.3.

Social stream API in Contacts Provider

Applications that use social stream data such as status updates and check-ins

can now sync that data with each of the user’s contacts, providing items in a

stream along with photos for each.

The database table that contains an individual contact’s social stream is

defined by

To read or write social stream items for a contact, an application must

request permission from the user by declaring

android:name="android.permission.READ_SOCIAL_STREAM"> and/or

android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM"> in their manifest files.

Calendar Provider

Adds the class Calendar

Provider. The class provides fields for accessing

colors available for a given account. Colors are referenced by

Adds

Home screen widgets

Starting from Android 4.0, home screen widgets should no longer include their

own padding. Instead, the system now automatically adds padding for each widget,

based the characteristics of the current screen. This leads to a more uniform,

consistent presentation of widgets in a grid. To assist applications that host

home screen widgets, the platform provides a new method

Spell-checking

For apps that accessing spell-checker services, a new

For spell-checker services, a new suggestions flag,

Apps connected to the spell-checker can use the

A new

Bluetooth

New public methods

UI toolkit

New methods

Graphics

New method

Accessibility

Clients of

The methods

When touch-exploration mode is enabled, a new secure setting

Text-to-speech

Adds the new method

Adds a new listener class,

Database

A new

The

The

Intents

Adds new categories for targeting common types of applications on the

device, such as

Camera

Permissions

The following are new permissions:

For a detailed view of all API changes in Android 4.0.3 (API Level

15), see the API Differences Report.

API Level

The Android 4.0.3 API is assigned an integer

identifier—15—that is stored in the system itself.

This identifier, called the "API level", allows the system to correctly determine whether an

application is compatible with the system, prior to installing the application.

To use APIs introduced in Android 4.0.3 in your application, you need compile the

application against an Android platform that supports API level 15 or

higher. Depending on your needs, you might also need to add an

android:minSdkVersion="15" attribute to the

element.

For more information, see the API Levels

document.