As new Android tablets approach, app development ramps up
The launch of Google Android tablets first approach.
Flashing another sign of the new software is imminent, Google sent an updated version of its development kits. This new set of tools for application developers working with the forthcoming Android operating system 3.0.
Android is designed for smartphones in mind. Android 3.0, also known as Honeycomb is the first version of Google targeted tablet PC.
The first fruits of this work will be the end of February, when Motorola releases Xoom, which is the network of Verizon Wireless. Later, LG and T-Mobile U.S. debut at the G-Slate.
Google's hardware partners have taken pictures in Android molded to fit larger screens. For example, Samsung Electronics has done for its galaxy Tab, a touch pad screen of 7 inches.
But these types of products have been criticized for small steps, rather than creating a system suited to the whole tablets. Galaxy tablets are also struggling to attract many app-makers are willing to retool programs for large screens, despite Samsung to sell a million of them in two months.
Google expects to have more luck with the tablets of his formal proof. Not long after the release of Android 3.0 SDK, blogs and forums dedicated to Android applications were digging through the documents and begin to experiment with the code.
The package provides a closer look at some primary tablet applications. The web browser displays a Google Chrome on which software skills, and closely integrated with the desktop synchronization software for things like bookmarks. The application of the camera is a side scroll wheel effect.
To help developers create new applications that Google Android also explains how the new handles multitasking and comments.
Information for developers of Google also goes in depth on how people navigate on a shelf without physical buttons - using what is called a bar, a ribbon appears at the bottom to access the screen home and navigation buttons, and a bar at the top level action that switches depending on the application.
The developers have about a month to be ready for applications to meet demand, which could be expected to issue Xoom.
It is not just software that runs on larger screens. responsible for application will be able to use features that are not present in a tablet or other device, as the barometer sensor installed in the form of tablets to come from Motorola.