This document provides a glimpse of the many new features and technologies that make android 4. This user guide contains important and useful information that will. More fullon visual revamp than simple update, an os bump this deep and broad makes android 2. Oct 18, 2011 the first ice cream sandwich equipped phone will be the galaxy nexus, which launches in november, but the sdk is available for developers on the android.
The android os, on the whole, is the most used smartphone os in the u. Create, accessorize and share android characters that look like you, your best friend, your uncle salanyone, really. Ice cream sandwich is the dessertthemed android codename for version 4. Its newest avatar, the ice cream sandwich, not only has a lot of exciting new features, but is also a mobile os compatible for use on a tablet. Ice cream sandwich was the last version to officially support adobe systems flash player. There appears to be no codename assigned to versions 1. The codenames correspond to the following version numbers, api levels, and ndk releases. Upgrading your galaxy tab to android 4, aka ice cream. Ice cream sandwich upped the ante on customisation and user control tailor your home screen, define how much data you use and instantly share content when you want. They arent too dramatic for people used to android, but people new to. The pantech element has many features designed to enhance your mobile experience. Nov 24, 2012 list of ice cream sandwich android phones. Create and share your animated android characters as emoticons, animated gifs and pictures over texts, posts or chats.
Major refinements to the holo interface with the new roboto font family. Google finally gives a name to android q androidpit. A users guide to android ice cream sandwich pcworld. Android development releases are organized into families with alphabetical codenames that are inspired by tasty treats. There are many other web browsers that will keep releasing updated versions for android ice cream sandwich in the near future. With elements pulled in from gingerbread and honeycomb, ics also has plenty of n. The future version of android isnt called ice cream. Codenames, tags, and build numbers android open source project. For more detailed information on ndk releases, see ndk revision history.
Android q to warn users running apps targeting android lollipop or older mishaal rahman. The latest version of the software that is generally available is android 9. Techcrunch just revealed that there will be ice cream sandwich after honeycomb. Stick with cnet as we peel back the layers to get to the os core. But the good news is that the sdk is available right now at the android developer web site.
Here is a list of a few mainstream web browsers that will continue to work on the android ice cream sandwich devices. Apr 28, 2017 here are the versions and their names. Oct 19, 2011 android is now three years old, and with v4. Ten reasons why ice cream sandwich beats gingerbread cnet. As you can see, the update system was without any sort of regularity early on, but the ice cream sandwich era started the yearly os version update schedule. Googles overriding aim, in ice cream sandwich, wasnt to add new features but to make androids current features easier fo r people to. Ice cream sandwich upped the ante on customisation and user control tailor your home screen, define how much data you. Google, which developed android, released the latest version late last year, somewhat whimsically called ice cream sandwich. From the day it was released, it came up with newer versions having updated features. The first phone to run android 4 is the samsung galaxy nexus, which will be available next month. Heres a fastpaced tour of android version highlights from the platforms birth to. A smartphonecentric update based on the linux kernel v3. Ice cream sandwich icecream bewteen two biscuits, called an icecreamsandwhich android 4. Dubbed as icecream sandwich, enhanced functionality was not the only big change that it brought in.
Jun, 2012 ten reasons why ice cream sandwich beats gingerbread. Here are the most popular android versions of october. Icecream bewteen two biscuits, called an icecream sandwhich. Ten reasons why ice cream sandwich beats gingerbread. Dec 09, 2018 ice cream sandwich debuted in 2011 and most android users have long since upgraded to a later version of the software. With eclair, froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb, ice cream sandwich, jellybean, and kit kat now in the books just for fun im revising my predictions. In keeping with the tradition of giving android releases dessert names, android 4 was nicknamed ice cream sandwich. What are the android os code names nicknames to date and.
Google has finally confirmed the official name of the next version of android. Mar 04, 2015 fortunately, chrome is not the only web browser available for android. With its unique and stylish design, you will enjoy the entire element experience. Jan 11, 2011 its going to be called ice cream sandwich. A delicious list of android version names updated gizmodo. Just two days ago, cnets san francisco team got its hands on the, the flagship smartphone thats launching android 4. Google play protect, regular security updates and control over how your data is shared. Aug 23, 2019 interestingly, the first version of android didnt adhere to a dessert name convention.
Ice cream sandwich was the last version to officially support adobe systems flash. Androids iconic dessert names are going away, starting with. Google has updated its android developers portal to reflect the state of all android devices currently in use, noting that its new android 4. Platform codenames, versions, api levels, and ndk releases. Android versions and their flavours noteworthy the journal blog. Most popular android versions 2018 always updated list.
Dec 25, 2011 ice cream sandwich ics is the biggest update to android since the os launched, and the changes are pretty significant. List of android versions with names a to z techsparkle. Repredicting androids os dessert names beyond kit kat. Googles latest version of its android software takes it up to version 4. Make sure there are no sub folders present before you move in the mobile. Google to end support for android devices running ice cream.
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