Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by skiman10 » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 5:19 PM UTC

Developer Preview of Android O
android-developers.googleblog.com

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by dang » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 6:09 PM UTC

Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924269.

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by modeless » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 6:20 PM UTC

Wi-Fi Aware looks cool. Something like this has been sorely needed for things like Chromecast setup and local multiplayer games. Has anyone out there used it, or are there no supported devices yet?

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by italophil » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 6:39 PM UTC

Too bad the OEMs don't keep up. Only 2% of devices have Android 7 (N). http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-distribution-new...

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by hehheh » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 6:46 PM UTC

italophil wrote: post #4

Too bad the OEMs don't keep up. Only 2% of devices have Android 7 (N). http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-distribution-new...

I look at these previews as an example of things to come 3 years from now.

I keep hoping that Google will figure out a solution to that (restrict access to Play Services, say). Until then, I guess I'll continue targeting API 16.

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by zigzigzag » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 7:09 PM UTC

modeless wrote: post #3

Wi-Fi Aware looks cool. Something like this has been sorely needed for things like Chromecast setup and local multiplayer games. Has anyone out there used it, or are there no supported devices yet?

How is it different to WiFi Direct? Aren't there quite a lot of these wifi-without-base-station standards, but they never seem to work or take off?

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by nileshtrivedi » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 7:14 PM UTC

> AAudio API for Pro Audio

Android has gone all the way from A to O (15 versions) but still can't do what the first gen iPod touch could do.

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by vetinari » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 8:02 PM UTC

nileshtrivedi wrote: post #7

> AAudio API for Pro Audio Android has gone all the way from A to O (15 versions) but still can't do what the first gen iPod touch could do.

And vice versia, iOS today still cannot do few things, that the first Android could.

Some people simply do not care about something, that might be a pet feature of someone else.

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by pjmlp » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 8:10 PM UTC

hehheh wrote: post #5

italophil wrote: post #4

Too bad the OEMs don't keep up. Only 2% of devices have Android 7 (N). http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-distribution-new...

I look at these previews as an example of things to come 3 years from now. I keep hoping that Google will figure out a solution to that (restrict access to Play Services, say). Until then, I guess I'll continue targeting API 16.

That is the solution, the contract for accessing Play Services already has quite a few clauses, requiring updates would just be yet another requirement for accessing Play Services.

Re: Developer Preview of Android O

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Post by pjmlp » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 8:14 PM UTC

nileshtrivedi wrote: post #7

> AAudio API for Pro Audio Android has gone all the way from A to O (15 versions) but still can't do what the first gen iPod touch could do.

And the NDK developer experience is still pretty awful compared with what C and C++ developers have at their disposal on iOS and UWP SDKs.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list?can=2&q=NDK&so...