Were back in action after a Thanksgiving break filled with turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. Now its the holiday season (at least, here in the U.S.) and were filled with good will toward developers. Today I wanted to talk about a couple things we just finished polishing up.
First, the Android 1.0 SDK, release 2 is now available. Like the previous 1.0_r1 release, this new 1.0_r2 build creates applications that are compatible with Android 1.0 devices, such as the T-Mobile G1. This new release fixes a few bugs. In 1.0_r1, it was possible for developers to write technically-illegal code by using the Java Reflection APIs to access private or protected fields and methods. 1.0_r2 fixes that problem by enforcing private/protected visibility of items accessed via Reflection. Meanwhile, the class android.R.styleable was included in 1.0_r1 primarily for documentation purposes as a way for developers to look up the style attributes available to them to use. However,
Both of these problems are obscure "future-proofing" issues, and Id be quite surprised if they actually caused problems for anyone, but now theyre fixed. 1.0_r2 also includes a few other smaller changes; check out the release notes for all the details.
Second, many of you have asked if developer devices will be available. Weve worked with our partners to create a program for developers to purchase devices that enable them to test and debug applications more easily.
I think these new tools will be quite helpful to developers, and Im looking forward to seeing what people do with Android, next.
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