New Android SDK Released!

Google released the new Android SDK today. Codenamed m5-rc14, it boasts the following features and developments:

New user interface - As I mentioned when we introduced the m3 version of the Android SDK, we're continuing to refine the UI that's available for Android. m5-rc14 replaces the previous placeholder with a new UI, but as before, work on it is still in-progress.
Layout animations - Developers can now create layout animations for their applications using the capabilities introduced in the android.view.animation package. Check out the LayoutAnimation*.java files in the APIDemos sample code for examples of how this works.
Geo-coding - android.location.Geocoder enables developers to forward and reverse geo-code (i.e. translate an address into a coordinate and vice-versa), and also search for businesses.
New media codecs - The MediaPlayer class has added support for the OGG Vorbis, MIDI, XMF, iMelody, RTTL/RTX, and OTA audio file formats.
Updated Eclipse plug-in - A new version of ADT is available and provides improvements to the Android developer experience. In particular, check out the new Android Manifest editor

You can check out the developer's blog for more information. As always, we're reminded of the issues tracker that keeps tabs on problems with the software and also the contest that Google set up. Reactions and commentary from developers should become available in a few days, so we'll keep you posted when that happens. For now, enjoy the previews.

Source: Hello Android

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