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icecream sandwich changes

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changes to action bar and menus

left or right swipe to delete

significant changes to widgets

quick intro to updates: computer world

what is ics photoapp?

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what is android beam?

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Apparently you can transfer apps and context from one device to the next by tapping.

press your device's power and volume-down button simultaneously, and an image of your screen is captured and saved to your storage.

Read this tech crunch feature list


roboto typeface
folders: dragging apps/contacts
favorites tray
notifications
widgets
cut/paste
enhanced talk to text
tabs/offline browsing
better contacts ui
android beam
data usage

we should read anything that said a deep dive

ics: high level differences from google

Detailed API changes

refined animations

more visible actions

system button and virtual buttons are accessible everywhere

recent apps action gets more formal and accessible

notifications integrated with system bar seamlessly

favorites tray home folders


contacts
social profile
invite intent
contact usage feedback
calendar api
a new intent to add to calendar
voice mail provider api
updated multimedia api
lot of media affects using opengl
   HTTP/HTTPS live streaming protocol version 3 
   ADTS raw AAC audio encoding 
   WEBP images 
   Matroska video 
updated camera api
android beam and nfc features
wifi p2p
spellcheker services
Much enhanced actionbar
menus
notification area changes
hover is introduced
stylus
property animation
loaders

Here is previous installation instructions

emulator in ics seem to have video webcam hooked up!

ics emulator way too slow or something else?

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Very interesting read: common android device configurations

optimizing the android emulator: Al Sutton

how do you unlock ics android emulator

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guide to the emulator

It is very slow. I have to restart 5 times to get it running. I have also changed ram to 256 and size to 5 inches.

May be i will ramp it up again and see if it is better now.

To unlock ics emulator, click on the lock. it should respond. if not close the emulator and start again. Then move to the righ on the lock that is open image.

avd resolution ics emulator settings for tablets

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there is some information at this link

this is more useful


Choose skin WXGA800
ram: 512
density: 160

Available ICS android skins: wxga800 wxga720

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screen sizes and densities discussion on developers group

android wxga wvga skins

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details about wxga and others on wiki


HVGA
QVGA

WQVGA400
WQVGA432

WSVGA

//phones
WVGA800
WVGA854

//tablets
WXGA720
WXGA800

Tablets are just not viable in that amount of memory.

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