Android 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich ) provides new features to define the UI which completely redefine the applications.
Layout Enhancement : A new Grid Layout for android applications which improve performance by supporting flatter view hierarchies that are faster to layout and render. New set of UI elements which can be control in layout based on their visual appearance.
OpenGL ES Texture View : A new Texture View to directly integrate the texture views in UI hierarchy. Texture View provides a more powerful method to render the user interface on surface and allow developers to create previews of video, game scene, embedded camera preview and animated videos.
Hardware accelerated 2d Drawing: Android 4.0 provides the hardware accelerated 2d drawing feature which allows developers to add high resolution UI for devices and allow lots of transformation and real life effects to build in application.
Android 4.0 also redefines the input methods to enhance the interaction with the Android 4.0 powered devices.
Stylus Input : Android 4.0 includes full support for stylus input events, including tilt and distance axes, pressure, and related motion event properties. To help applications distinguish motion events from different sources, the platform adds distinct tool types for stylus, finger, mouse, and eraser. (Stylus is a digital writing tool)
Multi Button & Hover event Support: For multi button pointing devices Android 4.0 added the distinct primary, secondary and back and forward buttons. For better navigation Android added events enter and exit on hover.
New Text Service with integrated spellchecker : Android 4.0 allows applications to query available text services such as dictionaries and spell checkers for word suggestions, corrections, and similar data. The text services are external to the active IME, so developers can create and distribute dictionaries and suggestion engines that plug into the platform. When an application receives results from a text service — for example, word suggestions — it can display them in a dedicated suggestion popup window directly inside the text view, rather than relying on the IME to display them.
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Layout Enhancement : A new Grid Layout for android applications which improve performance by supporting flatter view hierarchies that are faster to layout and render. New set of UI elements which can be control in layout based on their visual appearance.
OpenGL ES Texture View : A new Texture View to directly integrate the texture views in UI hierarchy. Texture View provides a more powerful method to render the user interface on surface and allow developers to create previews of video, game scene, embedded camera preview and animated videos.
Hardware accelerated 2d Drawing: Android 4.0 provides the hardware accelerated 2d drawing feature which allows developers to add high resolution UI for devices and allow lots of transformation and real life effects to build in application.
Android 4.0 also redefines the input methods to enhance the interaction with the Android 4.0 powered devices.
Stylus Input : Android 4.0 includes full support for stylus input events, including tilt and distance axes, pressure, and related motion event properties. To help applications distinguish motion events from different sources, the platform adds distinct tool types for stylus, finger, mouse, and eraser. (Stylus is a digital writing tool)
Multi Button & Hover event Support: For multi button pointing devices Android 4.0 added the distinct primary, secondary and back and forward buttons. For better navigation Android added events enter and exit on hover.
New Text Service with integrated spellchecker : Android 4.0 allows applications to query available text services such as dictionaries and spell checkers for word suggestions, corrections, and similar data. The text services are external to the active IME, so developers can create and distribute dictionaries and suggestion engines that plug into the platform. When an application receives results from a text service — for example, word suggestions — it can display them in a dedicated suggestion popup window directly inside the text view, rather than relying on the IME to display them.
Enjoy developing new app experience using Ice cream Sandwich.
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