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9<h6>Table of Contents</h6>
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11<div id="toc">
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13<div id="toc_left">
14
15<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#1_introduction">1. Introduction</a></p>
16
17<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#2_device_types">2. Device Types</a></p>
18
19<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#2_1_device_configurations">2.1 Device Configurations</a></p>
20
21<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#3_software">3. Software</a></p>
22
23<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_1_managed_api_compatibility">3.1. Managed API Compatibility</a></p>
24
25<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_2_soft_api_compatibility">3.2. Soft API Compatibility</a></p>
26
27<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_1_permissions">3.2.1. Permissions</a></p>
28
29<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_2_build_parameters">3.2.2. Build Parameters</a></p>
30
31<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_3_intent_compatibility">3.2.3. Intent Compatibility</a></p>
32
33<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</a></p>
34
35<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_2_intent_overrides">3.2.3.2. Intent Overrides</a></p>
36
37<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_3_intent_namespaces">3.2.3.3. Intent Namespaces</a></p>
38
39<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_4_broadcast_intents">3.2.3.4. Broadcast Intents</a></p>
40
41<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_5_default_app_settings">3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</a></p>
42
43<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">3.3. Native API Compatibility</a></p>
44
45<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_3_1_application_binary_interfaces">3.3.1. Application Binary Interfaces</a></p>
46
47<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_3_2_32-bit_arm_native_code_compatibility">3.3.2. 32-bit ARM Native Code Compatibility</a></p>
48
49<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_4_web_compatibility">3.4. Web Compatibility</a></p>
50
51<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_4_1_webview_compatibility">3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</a></p>
52
53<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_4_2_browser_compatibility">3.4.2. Browser Compatibility</a></p>
54
55<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_5_api_behavioral_compatibility">3.5. API Behavioral Compatibility</a></p>
56
57<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_6_api_namespaces">3.6. API Namespaces</a></p>
58
59<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_7_runtime_compatibility">3.7. Runtime Compatibility</a></p>
60
61<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_8_user_interface_compatibility">3.8. User Interface Compatibility</a></p>
62
63<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_1_launcher_home_screen">3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)</a></p>
64
65<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_2_widgets">3.8.2. Widgets</a></p>
66
67<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_3_notifications">3.8.3. Notifications</a></p>
68
69<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_4_search">3.8.4. Search</a></p>
70
71<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_5_toasts">3.8.5. Toasts</a></p>
72
73<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_6_themes">3.8.6. Themes</a></p>
74
75<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_7_live_wallpapers">3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</a></p>
76
77<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_8_activity_switching">3.8.8. Activity Switching</a></p>
78
79<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_9_input_management">3.8.9. Input Management</a></p>
80
81<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_10_lock_screen_media_control">3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control</a></p>
82
83<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_11_dreams">3.8.11. Dreams</a></p>
84
85<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_12_location">3.8.12. Location</a></p>
86
87<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_13_unicode_and_font">3.8.13. Unicode and Font</a></p>
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91</div>
92
93<div id="toc_right"><br>
94
95
96
97<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_9_device_administration">3.9. Device Administration</a></p>
98
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +0100[diff] [blame]99<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_9_1_device_provisioning">3.9.1 Device Provisioning</a></p>
100
101<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_9_1_2_device_owner_provisioning">3.9.1.1 Device Owner provisioning</a></p>
102
103<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_9_1_2_managed_profile_provisioning">3.9.1.2 Managed profile provisioning</a></p>
104
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]105<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_10_accessibility">3.10. Accessibility</a></p>
106
107<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_11_text-to-speech">3.11. Text-to-Speech</a></p>
108
109<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_12_tv_input_framework">3.12. TV Input Framework</a></p>
110
111<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#4_application_packaging_compatibility">4. Application Packaging Compatibility</a></p>
112
113<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#5_multimedia_compatibility">5. Multimedia Compatibility</a></p>
114
115<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_1_media_codecs">5.1. Media Codecs</a></p>
116
117<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_1_audio_codecs">5.1.1. Audio Codecs</a></p>
118
119<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_2_image_codecs">5.1.2. Image Codecs</a></p>
120
121<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_3_video_codecs">5.1.3. Video Codecs</a></p>
122
123<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_2_video_encoding">5.2. Video Encoding</a></p>
124
125<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_3_video_decoding">5.3. Video Decoding</a></p>
126
127<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_4_audio_recording">5.4. Audio Recording</a></p>
128
129<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_1_raw_audio_capture">5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture</a></p>
130
131<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_2_capture_for_voice_recognition">5.4.2. Capture for Voice Recognition</a></p>
132
133<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_3_capture_for_rerouting_of_playback">5.4.3. Capture for Rerouting of Playback</a></p>
134
135<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_5_audio_playback">5.5. Audio Playback</a></p>
136
137<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_1_raw_audio_playback">5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback</a></p>
138
139<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_2_audio_effects">5.5.2. Audio Effects</a></p>
140
141<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_3_audio_output_volume">5.5.3. Audio Output Volume</a></p>
142
143<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_6_audio_latency">5.6. Audio Latency</a></p>
144
145<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_7_network_protocols">5.7. Network Protocols</a></p>
146
147<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_8_secure_media">5.8. Secure Media</a></p>
148
Glenn Kasten87ef61d2015-07-29 09:01:36 -0700[diff] [blame]149<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_9_midi">5.9. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)</a></p>
150
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]151<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_10_pro_audio">5.10. Professional Audio</a></p>
152
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]153<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#6_developer_tools_and_options_compatibility">6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility</a></p>
154
155<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#6_1_developer_tools">6.1. Developer Tools</a></p>
156
157<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#6_2_developer_options">6.2. Developer Options</a></p>
158
159<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">7. Hardware Compatibility</a></p>
160
161<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_1_display_and_graphics">7.1. Display and Graphics</a></p>
162
163<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">7.1.1. Screen Configuration</a></p>
164
165<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_1_screen_size">7.1.1.1. Screen Size</a></p>
166
167<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_2_screen_aspect_ratio">7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio</a></p>
168
169<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_3_screen_density">7.1.1.3. Screen Density</a></p>
170
171
172</div>
173
174<div style="clear: both; page-break-after:always; height:1px"></div>
175
176
177<div id="toc_left_2">
178
179<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_2_display_metrics">7.1.2. Display Metrics</a></p>
180
181<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_3_screen_orientation">7.1.3. Screen Orientation</a></p>
182
183<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_4_2d_and_3d_graphics_acceleration">7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</a></p>
184
185<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_5_legacy_application_compatibility_mode">7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</a></p>
186
187<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_6_screen_technology">7.1.6. Screen Technology</a></p>
188
189<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_7_external_displays">7.1.7. Secondary Displays</a></p>
190
191<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_2_input_devices">7.2. Input Devices</a></p>
192
193<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_1_keyboard">7.2.1. Keyboard</a></p>
194
195<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_2_non-touch_navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</a></p>
196
197<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_3_navigation_keys">7.2.3. Navigation Keys</a></p>
198
199<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</a></p>
200
201<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">7.2.5. Fake Touch Input</a></p>
202
203<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_6_game_controller_support">7.2.6. Game Controller Support</a></p>
204
205<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_2_6_1_button_mapping">7.2.6.1. Button Mappings</a></p>
206
207<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_7_remote_control">7.2.7. Remote Control</a></p>
208
209<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_3_sensors">7.3. Sensors</a></p>
210
211<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1. Accelerometer</a></p>
212
213<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_2_magnetometer">7.3.2. Magnetometer</a></p>
214
215<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</a></p>
216
217<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_4_gyroscope">7.3.4. Gyroscope</a></p>
218
219<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_5_barometer">7.3.5. Barometer</a></p>
220
221<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_6_thermometer">7.3.6. Thermometer</a></p>
222
223<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_7_photometer">7.3.7. Photometer</a></p>
224
225<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_8_proximity_sensor">7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</a></p>
226
227<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_4_data_connectivity">7.4. Data Connectivity</a></p>
228
229<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_1_telephony">7.4.1. Telephony</a></p>
230
231<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_2_ieee_80211_wi-fi">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</a></p>
232
233<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_4_2_1_wi-fi_direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</a></p>
234
235<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_4_2_2_wi-fi-tunneled-direct-link-setup">7.4.2.2. Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup</a></p>
236
237<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></p>
238
239<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_4_near-field_communications">7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</a></p>
240
241<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_5_minimum_network_capability">7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability</a></p>
242
243<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_6_sync_settings">7.4.6. Sync Settings</a></p>
244
245<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_5_cameras">7.5. Cameras</a></p>
246
247<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera</a></p>
248
249<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_2_front-facing_camera">7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera</a></p>
250
251<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_3_external_camera">7.5.3. External Camera</a></p>
252
253<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_4_camera_api_behavior">7.5.4. Camera API Behavior</a></p>
254
255
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257
258
259</div>
260
261<div id="toc_right_2">
262
263<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_5_camera_orientation">7.5.5. Camera Orientation</a></p>
264
265<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_6_memory_and_storage">7.6. Memory and Storage</a></p>
266
267<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</a></p>
268
269<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_2_application_shared_storage">7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</a></p>
270
271<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_7_usb">7.7. USB</a></p>
272
273<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_8_audio">7.8. Audio</a></p>
274
275<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</a></p>
276
277<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</a></p>
278
279<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_8_2_1_analog_audio_ports">7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports</a></p>
280
281<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#8_performance_compatibility">8. Performance Compatibility</a></p>
282
283<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_1_user_experience_consistency">8.1. User Experience Consistency</a></p>
284
285<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_2_memory_performance">8.2. Memory Performance</a></p>
286
287<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">9. Security Model Compatibility</a></p>
288
289<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_1_permissions">9.1. Permissions</a></p>
290
291<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_2_uid_and_process_isolation">9.2. UID and Process Isolation</a></p>
292
293<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_3_filesystem_permissions">9.3. Filesystem Permissions</a></p>
294
295<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_4_alternate_execution_environments">9.4. Alternate Execution Environments</a></p>
296
297<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_5_multi-user_support">9.5. Multi-User Support</a></p>
298
299<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_6_premium_sms_warning">9.6. Premium SMS Warning</a></p>
300
301<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_7_kernel_security_features">9.7. Kernel Security Features</a></p>
302
303<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_8_privacy">9.8. Privacy</a></p>
304
305<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_9_full-disk-encryption">9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</a></p>
306
307<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_10_verified_boot">9.10. Verified Boot</a></p>
308
309<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#10_software_compatibility_testing">10. Software Compatibility Testing</a></p>
310
311<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#10_1_compatibility_test_suite">10.1. Compatibility Test Suite</a></p>
312
313<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#10_2_cts_verifier">10.2. CTS Verifier</a></p>
314
315<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#11_updatable_software">11. Updatable Software</a></p>
316
317<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#12_document_changelog">12. Document Changelog</a></p>
318
319<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#13_contact_us">13. Contact Us</a></p>
320
321<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#14_resources">14. Resources</a></p>
322
323</div>
324
325</div>
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327<div style="clear: both"></div>
328
329<div id="main">
330
331<h1 id="1_introduction">1. Introduction</h1>
332
333
334<p>This document enumerates the requirements that must be met in order for devices
335to be compatible with Android ANDROID_VERSION.</p>
336
337<p>The use of &ldquo;MUST&rdquo;, &ldquo;MUST NOT&rdquo;, &ldquo;REQUIRED&rdquo;, &ldquo;SHALL&rdquo;, &ldquo;SHALL NOT&rdquo;, &ldquo;SHOULD&rdquo;,&ldquo;SHOULD NOT&rdquo;, &ldquo;RECOMMENDED&rdquo;, &ldquo;MAY&rdquo;, and &ldquo;OPTIONAL&rdquo; is per the IETF standard
338defined in RFC2119 [<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">Resources, 1</a>].</p>
339
340<p>As used in this document, a &ldquo;device implementer&rdquo; or &ldquo;implementer&rdquo; is a person
341or organization developing a hardware/software solution running Android ANDROID_VERSION. A
342&ldquo;device implementation&rdquo; or &ldquo;implementation is the hardware/software solution
343so developed.</p>
344
345<p>To be considered compatible with Android ANDROID_VERSION, device implementations MUST meet
346the requirements presented in this Compatibility Definition, including any
347documents incorporated via reference.</p>
348
349<p>Where this definition or the software tests described in <a href="#10_software_compatibility_testing">section 10</a> is silent, ambiguous, or incomplete, it is the responsibility of the device
350implementer to ensure compatibility with existing implementations.</p>
351
352<p>For this reason, the Android Open Source Project [<a href="http://source.android.com/">Resources, 2</a>] is both the reference and preferred implementation of Android. Device
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]353implementers are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to base their implementations to the
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]354greatest extent possible on the &ldquo;upstream&rdquo; source code available from the
355Android Open Source Project. While some components can hypothetically be
356replaced with alternate implementations this practice is strongly discouraged,
357as passing the software tests will become substantially more difficult. It is
358the implementer&rsquo;s responsibility to ensure full behavioral compatibility with
359the standard Android implementation, including and beyond the Compatibility
360Test Suite. Finally, note that certain component substitutions and
361modifications are explicitly forbidden by this document.</p>
362
363<p>Many of the resources listed in <a href="#14_resources">section 14</a> are derived directly or indirectly from the Android SDK, and will be
364functionally identical to the information in that SDK&rsquo;s documentation. For any
365case where this Compatibility Definition or the Compatibility Test Suite
366disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK documentation is considered
367authoritative. Any technical details provided in the references included in <a href="#14_resources">section 14</a> are considered by inclusion to be part of this Compatibility Definition. </p>
368
369<h1 id="2_device_types">2. Device Types</h1>
370
371
372<p>While the Android Open Source Project has been used in the implementation of a
373variety of device types and form factors, many aspects of the architecture and
374compatibility requirements were optimized for handheld devices. Starting from
375Android 5.0, the Android Open Source Project aims to embrace a wider variety of
376device types as described in this section.</p>
377
378<p><strong>Android Handheld device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation that is typically used by holding
379it in the hand, such as mp3 players, phones, and tablets. Android Handheld
380device implementations:</p>
381
382<ul>
383 <li>MUST have a touchscreen embedded in the device.</li>
384 <li>MUST have a power source that provides mobility, such as a battery.</li>
385</ul>
386
387<p><strong>Android Television device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation that is an entertainment interface
388for consuming digital media, movies, games, apps, and/or live TV for users
389sitting about ten feet away (a &ldquo;lean back&rdquo; or &ldquo;10-foot user interface&rdquo;).
390Android Television devices:</p>
391
392<ul>
393 <li>MUST have an embedded screen OR include a video output port, such as VGA, HDMI,
394or a wireless port for display.</li>
395 <li>MUST declare the features android.software.leanback and
396android.hardware.type.television [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#FEATURE_LEANBACK">Resources, 3</a>].</li>
397</ul>
398
399<p><strong>Android Watch device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation intended to be worn on the body,
400perhaps on the wrist, and:</p>
401
402<ul>
403 <li>MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal length in the range from 1.1 to
4042.5 inches.</li>
405 <li>MUST declare the feature android.hardware.type.watch.</li>
406 <li>MUST support uiMode = UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH">Resources, 4</a>].</li>
407</ul>
408
409<p><strong>Android Automotive implementation</strong> refers to a vehicle head
410unit running Android as an operating system for part or all of the system and/or
411infotainment functionality. Android Automotive implementations MUST support
412uiMode = UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR">Resources, 111</a>].</p>
413
414<p>All Android device implementations that do not fit into any of the above device
415types still MUST meet all requirements in this document to be Android ANDROID_VERSION
416compatible, unless the requirement is explicitly described to be only
417applicable to a specific Android device type from above.</p>
418
419<h2 id="2_1_device_configurations">2.1 Device Configurations</h2>
420
421
422<p>This is a summary of major differences in hardware configuration by device
423type. (Empty cells denote a &ldquo;MAY&rdquo;). Not all configurations are covered in this
424table; see relevant hardware sections for more detail.</p>
425<table>
426 <tr>
427 <th>Category</th>
428 <th>Feature</th>
429 <th>Section</th>
430 <th>Handheld</th>
431 <th>Television</th>
432 <th>Watch</th>
433 <th>Automotive</th>
434 <th>Other</th>
435 </tr>
436 <tr>
437 <td rowspan="3">Input</td>
438 <td>D-pad</td>
439 <td><a href="#7_2_2_non-touch-navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</a></td>
440 <td></td>
441 <td>MUST</td>
442 <td></td>
443 <td></td>
444 <td></td>
445 </tr>
446 <tr>
447 <td>Touchscreen </td>
448 <td><a href="#7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen input</a></td>
449 <td>MUST</td>
450 <td></td>
451 <td>MUST</td>
452 <td></td>
453 <td>SHOULD</td>
454 </tr>
455 <tr>
456 <td>Microphone </td>
457 <td><a href="#7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</a></td>
458 <td>MUST</td>
459 <td>SHOULD </td>
460 <td>MUST</td>
461 <td>MUST</td>
462 <td>SHOULD</td>
463 </tr>
464 <tr>
465 <td rowspan="2">Sensors</td>
466 <td>Accelerometer </td>
467 <td><a href="#7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1 Accelerometer</a></td>
468 <td>SHOULD</td>
469 <td></td>
470 <td>SHOULD</td>
471 <td></td>
472 <td>SHOULD</td>
473 </tr>
474 <tr>
475 <td>GPS</td>
476 <td><a href="#7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</a></td>
477 <td>SHOULD</td>
478 <td></td>
479 <td></td>
480 <td>SHOULD</td>
481 <td></td>
482 </tr>
483 <tr>
484 <td rowspan="5">Connectivity</td>
485 <td>Wi-Fi</td>
486 <td><a href="#7_4_2_ieee_802.11">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11</a></td>
487 <td>SHOULD</td>
488 <td> MUST</td>
489 <td></td>
490 <td>SHOULD</td>
491 <td>SHOULD</td>
492 </tr>
493 <tr>
494 <td>Wi-Fi Direct</td>
495 <td><a href="#7_4_2_1_wi-fi-direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</a></td>
496 <td>SHOULD</td>
497 <td>SHOULD</td>
498 <td></td>
499 <td></td>
500 <td>SHOULD</td>
501 </tr>
502 <tr>
503 <td>Bluetooth</td>
504 <td><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></td>
505 <td>SHOULD</td>
506 <td>MUST</td>
507 <td>MUST</td>
508 <td>MUST</td>
509 <td>SHOULD</td>
510 </tr>
511 <tr>
512 <td>Bluetooth Low Energy</td>
513 <td><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></td>
514 <td>SHOULD</td>
515 <td>MUST</td>
516 <td>SHOULD</td>
517 <td>SHOULD</td>
518 <td>SHOULD</td>
519 </tr>
520 <tr>
521 <td>USB peripheral/host mode</td>
522 <td><a href="#7_7_usb">7.7. USB</a></td>
523 <td>SHOULD</td>
524 <td></td>
525 <td></td>
526 <td>SHOULD</td>
527 <td>SHOULD</td>
528 </tr>
529 <tr>
530 <td>Output</td>
531 <td>Speaker and/or Audio output ports</td>
532 <td><a href="#7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</a></td>
533 <td>MUST</td>
534 <td>MUST</td>
535 <td></td>
536 <td>MUST</td>
537 <td>MUST</td>
538 </tr>
539</table>
540
541
542<h1 id="3_software">3. Software</h1>
543
544
545<h2 id="3_1_managed_api_compatibility">3.1. Managed API Compatibility</h2>
546
547
548<p>The managed Dalvik bytecode execution environment is the primary vehicle for
549Android applications. The Android application programming interface (API) is
550the set of Android platform interfaces exposed to applications running in the
551managed runtime environment. Device implementations MUST provide complete
552implementations, including all documented behaviors, of any documented API
553exposed by the Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html">Resources, 5</a>] or any API decorated with the &ldquo;@SystemApi&rdquo; marker in the upstream Android
554source code. </p>
555
556<p>Device implementations MUST NOT omit any managed APIs, alter API interfaces or
557signatures, deviate from the documented behavior, or include no-ops, except
558where specifically allowed by this Compatibility Definition.</p>
559
560<p>This Compatibility Definition permits some types of hardware for which Android
561includes APIs to be omitted by device implementations. In such cases, the APIs
562MUST still be present and behave in a reasonable way. See <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a> for specific requirements for this scenario.</p>
563
564<h2 id="3_2_soft_api_compatibility">3.2. Soft API Compatibility</h2>
565
566
567<p>In addition to the managed APIs from <a href="#3_1_managed_api_compatibility">section 3.1</a>, Android also includes a significant runtime-only &ldquo;soft&rdquo; API, in the form of
568such things as intents, permissions, and similar aspects of Android
569applications that cannot be enforced at application compile time.</p>
570
571<h3 id="3_2_1_permissions">3.2.1. Permissions</h3>
572
573
574<p>Device implementers MUST support and enforce all permission constants as
575documented by the Permission reference page [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html">Resources, 6]</a>. Note that <a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">section 9</a> lists additional requirements related to the Android security model.</p>
576
577<h3 id="3_2_2_build_parameters">3.2.2. Build Parameters</h3>
578
579
580<p>The Android APIs include a number of constants on the android.os.Build class [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html">Resources, 7</a>] that are intended to describe the current device. To provide consistent,
581meaningful values across device implementations, the table below includes
582additional restrictions on the formats of these values to which device
583implementations MUST conform.</p>
584<table>
585 <tr>
586 <th>Parameter</th>
587 <th>Details</th>
588 </tr>
589 <tr>
590 <td>VERSION.RELEASE</td>
591 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in human-readable
592format. This field MUST have one of the string values defined in [<a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/ANDROID_VERSION/versions.html">Resources, 8]</a>.</td>
593 </tr>
594 <tr>
595 <td>VERSION.SDK</td>
596 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in a format accessible
597to third-party application code. For Android ANDROID_VERSION, this field MUST have the
Unsuk Jung8bebb3e2015-09-29 22:10:23 -0700[diff] [blame]598integer value ANDROID_VERSION_INT.</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]599 </tr>
600 <tr>
601 <td>VERSION.SDK_INT</td>
602 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in a format accessible
603to third-party application code. For Android ANDROID_VERSION, this field MUST have the
Unsuk Jung8bebb3e2015-09-29 22:10:23 -0700[diff] [blame]604integer value ANDROID_VERSION_INT.</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]605 </tr>
606 <tr>
607 <td>VERSION.INCREMENTAL</td>
608 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer designating the specific build of the
609currently-executing Android system, in human-readable format. This value MUST
610NOT be reused for different builds made available to end users. A typical use
611of this field is to indicate which build number or source-control change
612identifier was used to generate the build. There are no requirements on the
613specific format of this field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty
614string ("").</td>
615 </tr>
616 <tr>
617 <td>BOARD</td>
618 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer identifying the specific internal
619hardware used by the device, in human-readable format. A possible use of this
620field is to indicate the specific revision of the board powering the device.
621The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular
622expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
623 </tr>
624 <tr>
625 <td>BRAND</td>
626 <td>A value reflecting the brand name associated with the device as known to the
627end users. MUST be in human-readable format and SHOULD represent the
628manufacturer of the device or the company brand under which the device is
629marketed. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match
630the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
631 </tr>
632 <tr>
633 <td>SUPPORTED_ABIS</td>
634 <td>The name of the instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
635 </tr>
636 <tr>
637 <td>SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS</td>
638 <td>The name of the instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
639 </tr>
640 <tr>
641 <td>SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS</td>
642 <td>The name of the second instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native
643code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
644 </tr>
645 <tr>
646 <td>CPU_ABI</td>
647 <td>The name of the instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
648 </tr>
649 <tr>
650 <td>CPU_ABI2</td>
651 <td>The name of the second instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native
652code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
653 </tr>
654 <tr>
655 <td>DEVICE</td>
656 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the development name or
657code name identifying the configuration of the hardware features and industrial
658design of the device. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII
659and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
660 </tr>
661 <tr>
662 <td>FINGERPRINT</td>
663 <td>A string that uniquely identifies this build. It SHOULD be reasonably
664human-readable. It MUST follow this template:</p>
665
666<p class="small">$(BRAND)/$(PRODUCT)/$(DEVICE):$(VERSION.RELEASE)/$(ID)/$(VERSION.INCREMENTAL):$(TYPE)/$(TAGS)</p>
667
668<p>For example: acme/myproduct/mydevice:ANDROID_VERSION/LMYXX/3359:userdebug/test-keys</p>
669
670<p>The fingerprint MUST NOT include whitespace characters. If other fields
671included in the template above have whitespace characters, they MUST be
672replaced in the build fingerprint with another character, such as the
673underscore ("_") character. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit
674ASCII.</td>
675 </tr>
676 <tr>
677 <td>HARDWARE</td>
678 <td>The name of the hardware (from the kernel command line or /proc). It SHOULD be
679reasonably human-readable. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit
680ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;. </td>
681 </tr>
682 <tr>
683 <td>HOST</td>
684 <td>A string that uniquely identifies the host the build was built on, in
685human-readable format. There are no requirements on the specific format of this
686field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
687 </tr>
688 <tr>
689 <td>ID</td>
690 <td>An identifier chosen by the device implementer to refer to a specific release,
691in human-readable format. This field can be the same as
692android.os.Build.VERSION.INCREMENTAL, but SHOULD be a value sufficiently
693meaningful for end users to distinguish between software builds. The value of
694this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
695 </tr>
696 <tr>
697 <td>MANUFACTURER</td>
698 <td>The trade name of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the product.
699There are no requirements on the specific format of this field, except that it
700MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
701 </tr>
702 <tr>
703 <td>MODEL</td>
704 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the name of the device as
705known to the end user. This SHOULD be the same name under which the device is
706marketed and sold to end users. There are no requirements on the specific
707format of this field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
708 </tr>
709 <tr>
710 <td>PRODUCT</td>
711 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the development name or
712code name of the specific product (SKU) that MUST be unique within the same
713brand. MUST be human-readable, but is not necessarily intended for view by end
714users. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the
715regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
716 </tr>
717 <tr>
718 <td>SERIAL</td>
Owain Davies4f8796e2015-09-24 14:01:26 +0100[diff] [blame]719 <td>A hardware serial number, which MUST be available and unique across
720devices with the same MODEL and MANUFACTURER. The value of this field MUST
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]721be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^([a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20})$&rdquo;.</td>
722 </tr>
723 <tr>
724 <td>TAGS</td>
725 <td>A comma-separated list of tags chosen by the device implementer that further
726distinguishes the build. This field MUST have one of the values corresponding
727to the three typical Android platform signing configurations: release-keys,
728dev-keys, test-keys. </td>
729 </tr>
730 <tr>
731 <td>TIME</td>
732 <td>A value representing the timestamp of when the build occurred.</td>
733 </tr>
734 <tr>
735 <td>TYPE</td>
736 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer specifying the runtime configuration
737of the build. This field MUST have one of the values corresponding to the three
738typical Android runtime configurations: user, userdebug, or eng.</td>
739 </tr>
740 <tr>
741 <td>USER</td>
742 <td>A name or user ID of the user (or automated user) that generated the build.
743There are no requirements on the specific format of this field, except that it
744MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
745 </tr>
746</table>
747
748
749<h3 id="3_2_3_intent_compatibility">3.2.3. Intent Compatibility</h3>
750
751
752<p>Device implementations MUST honor Android&rsquo;s loose-coupling intent system, as
753described in the sections below. By&ldquo;honored &rdquo; it is meant that the device
754implementer MUST provide an Android Activity or Service that specifies a
755matching intent filter that binds to and implements correct behavior for each
756specified intent pattern.</p>
757
758<h4 id="3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</h4>
759
760
761<p>Android intents allow application components to request functionality from
762other Android components. The Android upstream project includes a list of
763applications considered core Android applications, which implements several
764intent patterns to perform common actions. The core Android applications are:</p>
765
766<ul>
767 <li>Desk Clock</li>
768 <li>Browser</li>
769 <li>Calendar</li>
770 <li>Contacts</li>
771 <li>Gallery</li>
772 <li>GlobalSearch</li>
773 <li>Launcher</li>
774 <li>Music</li>
775 <li>Settings</li>
776</ul>
777
778<p>Device implementations SHOULD include the core Android applications as
779appropriate but MUST include a component implementing the same intent patterns
780defined by all the &ldquo;public&rdquo; Activity or Service components of these core
781Android applications. Note that Activity or Service components are considered
782&ldquo;public&rdquo; when the attribute android:exported is absent or has the value true.</p>
783
784<h4 id="3_2_3_2_intent_overrides">3.2.3.2. Intent Overrides</h4>
785
786
787<p>As Android is an extensible platform, device implementations MUST allow each
788intent pattern referenced in <a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">section 3.2.3.1</a> to be overridden by third-party applications. The upstream Android open source
789implementation allows this by default; device implementers MUST NOT attach
790special privileges to system applications' use of these intent patterns, or
791prevent third-party applications from binding to and assuming control of these
792patterns. This prohibition specifically includes but is not limited to
793disabling the&ldquo;Chooser&rdquo; user interface that allows the user to select between
794multiple applications that all handle the same intent pattern.</p>
795
796<p>However, device implementations MAY provide default activities for specific URI
797patterns (eg. http://play.google.com) if the default activity provides a more
798specific filter for the data URI. For example, an intent filter specifying the
799data URI &ldquo;http://www.android.com&rdquo; is more specific than the browser filter for&ldquo;http://&rdquo;. Device implementations MUST provide a user interface for users to
800modify the default activity for intents.</p>
801
802<h4 id="3_2_3_3_intent_namespaces">3.2.3.3. Intent Namespaces</h4>
803
804
805<p>Device implementations MUST NOT include any Android component that honors any
806new intent or broadcast intent patterns using an ACTION, CATEGORY, or other key
807string in the android.* or com.android.* namespace. Device implementers MUST
808NOT include any Android components that honor any new intent or broadcast
809intent patterns using an ACTION, CATEGORY, or other key string in a package
810space belonging to another organization. Device implementers MUST NOT alter or
811extend any of the intent patterns used by the core apps listed in <a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">section 3.2.3.1</a>. Device implementations MAY include intent patterns using namespaces clearly
812and obviously associated with their own organization. This prohibition is
813analogous to that specified for Java language classes in <a href="#3_6_api_namespaces">section 3.6</a>.</p>
814
815<h4 id="3_2_3_4_broadcast_intents">3.2.3.4. Broadcast Intents</h4>
816
817
818<p>Third-party applications rely on the platform to broadcast certain intents to
819notify them of changes in the hardware or software environment.
820Android-compatible devices MUST broadcast the public broadcast intents in
821response to appropriate system events. Broadcast intents are described in the
822SDK documentation.</p>
823
824<h4 id="3_2_3_5_default_app_settings">3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</h4>
825
826
827<p>Android includes settings that provide users an easy way to select their
828default applications, for example for Home screen or SMS. Where it makes sense,
829device implementations MUST provide a similar settings menu and be compatible
830with the intent filter pattern and API methods described in the SDK
831documentation as below.</p>
832
833<p>Device implementations:</p>
834
835<ul>
836 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.HOME_SETTINGS intent to show a default app
837settings menu for Home Screen, if the device implementation reports
838android.software.home_screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html">Resources, 10]</a></li>
839 <li>MUST provide a settings menu that will call the
840android.provider.Telephony.ACTION_CHANGE_DEFAULT intent to show a dialog to
841change the default SMS application, if the device implementation reports
842android.hardware.telephony [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony.Sms.Intents.html">Resources, 9</a>]</li>
843 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.NFC_PAYMENT_SETTINGS intent to show a default
844app settings menu for Tap and Pay, if the device implementation reports
845android.hardware.nfc.hce [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html">Resources, 10]</a></li>
846</ul>
847
848<h2 id="3_3_native_api_compatibility">3.3. Native API Compatibility</h2>
849
850
851<h3 id="3_3_1_application_binary_interfaces">3.3.1. Application Binary Interfaces</h3>
852
853
854<p>Managed Dalvik bytecode can call into native code provided in the application
855.apk file as an ELF .so file compiled for the appropriate device hardware
856architecture. As native code is highly dependent on the underlying processor
857technology, Android defines a number of Application Binary Interfaces (ABIs) in
858the Android NDK. Device implementations MUST be compatible with one or more
859defined ABIs, and MUST implement compatibility with the Android NDK, as below.</p>
860
861<p>If a device implementation includes support for an Android ABI, it:</p>
862
863<ul>
864 <li>MUST include support for code running in the managed environment to call into
865native code, using the standard Java Native Interface (JNI) semantics</li>
866 <li>MUST be source-compatible (i.e. header compatible) and binary-compatible (for
867the ABI) with each required library in the list below</li>
868 <li>MUST support the equivalent 32-bit ABI if any 64-bit ABI is supported</li>
869 <li>MUST accurately report the native Application Binary Interface (ABI) supported
870by the device, via the android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS,
871android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS, and
872android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS parameters, each a comma separated list
873of ABIs ordered from the most to the least preferred one</li>
Unsuk Jung06706432015-08-31 11:26:13 -0700[diff] [blame]874 <li>MUST report, via the above parameters, only those ABIs documented and
875described in the latest version of the Android NDK ABI Management documentation
876[<a href="https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis.html">Resources, XX</a>],
877and MUST include support for the Advanced SIMD (a.k.a. NEON)
878[<a href="http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0388f/Beijfcja.html">Resources,XX</a>]
879extension
880 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]881 <li>SHOULD be built using the source code and header files available in the
882upstream Android Open Source Project</li>
883</ul>
884
885<p>The following native code APIs MUST be available to apps that include native
886code:</p>
887
888<ul>
889 <li>libc (C library)</li>
890 <li>libm (math library)</li>
891 <li>Minimal support for C++</li>
892 <li>JNI interface</li>
893 <li>liblog (Android logging)</li>
894 <li>libz (Zlib compression)</li>
895 <li>libdl (dynamic linker)</li>
896 <li>libGLESv1_CM.so (OpenGL ES 1.x)</li>
897 <li>libGLESv2.so (OpenGL ES 2.0)</li>
898 <li>libGLESv3.so (OpenGL ES 3.x)</li>
899 <li>libEGL.so (native OpenGL surface management)</li>
900 <li>libjnigraphics.so</li>
901 <li>libOpenSLES.so (OpenSL ES 1.0.1 audio support)</li>
902 <li>libOpenMAXAL.so (OpenMAX AL 1.0.1 support)</li>
903 <li>libandroid.so (native Android activity support)</li>
904 <li>libmediandk.so (native media APIs support)</li>
905 <li>Support for OpenGL, as described below</li>
906</ul>
907
908<p>Note that future releases of the Android NDK may introduce support for
909additional ABIs. If a device implementation is not compatible with an existing
910predefined ABI, it MUST NOT report support for any ABIs at all.</p>
911
912<p>Note that device implementations MUST include libGLESv3.so and it MUST symlink
913(symbolic link) to libGLESv2.so. in turn, MUST export all the OpenGL ES 3.1 and
914Android Extension Pack [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/opengl.html#aep">Resources, 11</a>] function symbols as defined in the NDK release android-21. Although all the
915symbols must be present, only the corresponding functions for OpenGL ES
916versions and extensions actually supported by the device must be fully
917implemented.</p>
918
919<p>Native code compatibility is challenging. For this reason, device implementers
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]920are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to use the implementations of the libraries listed above from the upstream
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]921Android Open Source Project. </p>
922
923<h3 id="3_3_2_32-bit_arm_native_code_compatibility">
9243.3.2. 32-bit ARM Native Code Compatibility
925</h3>
926
927<p>The ARMv8 architecture deprecates several CPU operations, including some
928operations used in existing native code. On 64-bit ARM devices, the following
929deprecated operations MUST remain available to 32-bit native ARM code, either
930through native CPU support or through software emulation:</p>
931
932<ul>
933<li>SWP and SWPB instructions</li>
934<li>SETEND instruction</li>
935<li>CP15ISB, CP15DSB, and CP15DMB barrier operations</li>
936</ul>
937
938<p>Legacy versions of the Android NDK used /proc/cpuinfo to discover CPU features
939from 32-bit ARM native code. For compatibility with applications built using this
940NDK, devices MUST include the following lines in /proc/cpuinfo when it is read
941by 32-bit ARM applications:</p>
942
943<ul>
944<li>&quot;Features: &quot;, followed by a list of any optional ARMv7 CPU features
945supported by the device</li>
946<li>&quot;CPU architecture: &quot;, followed by an integer describing the device's
947highest supported ARM architecture (e.g., &quot;8&quot; for ARMv8 devices)</li>
948</ul>
949
950<p>These requirements only apply when /proc/cpuinfo is read by 32-bit ARM
951applications. Devices SHOULD not alter /proc/cpuinfo when read by 64-bit ARM or
952non-ARM applications.</p>
953
954<h2 id="3_4_web_compatibility">3.4. Web Compatibility</h2>
955
956
957<h3 id="3_4_1_webview_compatibility">3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</h3>
958
959<div class="note">
960<p>Android Watch devices MAY, but all other device implementations MUST provide
961a complete implementation of the android.webkit.Webview API.</p>
962</div>
963
964
965<p>The platform feature android.software.webview MUST be reported on any device
966that provides a complete implementation of the android.webkit.WebView API, and
967MUST NOT be reported on devices without a complete implementation of the API.
968The Android Open Source implementation uses code from the Chromium Project to
969implement the android.webkit.WebView [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html">Resources, 12</a>]. Because it is not feasible to develop a comprehensive test suite for a web
970rendering system, device implementers MUST use the specific upstream build of
971Chromium in the WebView implementation. Specifically:</p>
972
973<ul>
974 <li>Device android.webkit.WebView implementations MUST be based on the Chromium
975build from the upstream Android Open Source Project for Android ANDROID_VERSION. This build
976includes a specific set of functionality and security fixes for the WebView [<a href="http://www.chromium.org/">Resources, 13</a>].</li>
977 <li>The user agent string reported by the WebView MUST be in this format:
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]979AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 $(CHROMIUM_VER) Mobile
980Safari/537.36</p>
981 <ul>
982 <li>The value of the $(VERSION) string MUST be the same as the value for
983android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]984 <li>The value of the $(MODEL) string MUST be the same as the value for
985android.os.Build.MODEL.</li>
986 <li>The value of the $(BUILD) string MUST be the same as the value for
987android.os.Build.ID.</li>
988 <li>The value of the $(CHROMIUM_VER) string MUST be the version of Chromium in the
989upstream Android Open Source Project.</li>
990 <li>Device implementations MAY omit Mobile in the user agent string.</li>
991 </ul></li></ul>
992
993<p>The WebView component SHOULD include support for as many HTML5 features as
994possible and if it supports the feature SHOULD conform to the HTML5
995specification [<a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">Resources, 14</a>].</p>
996
997<h3 id="3_4_2_browser_compatibility">3.4.2. Browser Compatibility</h3>
998
999<div class="note">
1000<p>Android Television, Watch, and Android Automotive implementations MAY omit a
1001browser application, but MUST support the public intent patterns as described in
1002<a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">section 3.2.3.1</a>. All other types
1003of device implementations MUST include a standalone Browser application for
1004general user web browsing.</p>
1005</div>
1006
1007<p>The standalone Browser MAY be based on a browser technology other than WebKit.
1008However, even if an alternate Browser application is used, the
1009android.webkit.WebView component provided to third-party applications MUST be
1010based on WebKit, as described in <a href="#3_4_1_webview_compatibility">section 3.4.1</a>.</p>
1011
1012<p>Implementations MAY ship a custom user agent string in the standalone Browser
1013application.</p>
1014
1015<p>The standalone Browser application (whether based on the upstream WebKit
1016Browser application or a third-party replacement) SHOULD include support for as
1017much of HTML5 [<a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">Resources, 14</a>] as possible. Minimally, device implementations MUST support each of these
1018APIs associated with HTML5:</p>
1019
1020<ul>
1021 <li>application cache/offline operation [<a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/browsers.html#offline">Resources, 15</a>]</li>
1022 <li>the &#60;video&#62; tag [<a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/semantics.html#video">Resources, 16</a>]</li>
1023 <li>geolocation [<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">Resources, 17</a>]</li>
1024</ul>
1025
1026<p>Additionally, device implementations MUST support the HTML5/W3C webstorage API
1027[<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/">Resources, 18</a>], and SHOULD support the HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API [<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/">Resources, 19</a>]. Note that as the web development standards bodies are transitioning to favor
1028IndexedDB over webstorage, IndexedDB is expected to become a required component
1029in a future version of Android.</p>
1030
1031<h2 id="3_5_api_behavioral_compatibility">3.5. API Behavioral Compatibility</h2>
1032
1033
1034<p>The behaviors of each of the API types (managed, soft, native, and web) must be
1035consistent with the preferred implementation of the upstream Android Open
1036Source Project [<a href="http://source.android.com/">Resources, 2</a>]. Some specific areas of compatibility are:</p>
1037
1038<ul>
1039 <li>Devices MUST NOT change the behavior or semantics of a standard intent.</li>
1040 <li>Devices MUST NOT alter the lifecycle or lifecycle semantics of a particular
1041type of system component (such as Service, Activity, ContentProvider, etc.).</li>
1042 <li>Devices MUST NOT change the semantics of a standard permission.</li>
1043</ul>
1044
1045<p>The above list is not comprehensive. The Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) tests
1046significant portions of the platform for behavioral compatibility, but not all.
1047It is the responsibility of the implementer to ensure behavioral compatibility
1048with the Android Open Source Project. For this reason, device implementers
1049SHOULD use the source code available via the Android Open Source Project where
1050possible, rather than re-implement significant parts of the system.</p>
1051
1052<h2 id="3_6_api_namespaces">3.6. API Namespaces</h2>
1053
1054
1055<p>Android follows the package and class namespace conventions defined by the Java
1056programming language. To ensure compatibility with third-party applications,
1057device implementers MUST NOT make any prohibited modifications (see below) to
1058these package namespaces:</p>
1059
1060<ul>
1061 <li>java.*</li>
1062 <li>javax.*</li>
1063 <li>sun.*</li>
1064 <li>android.*</li>
1065 <li>com.android.*</li>
1066</ul>
1067
1068<p><strong>Prohibited modifications include</strong>:</p>
1069
1070<ul>
1071 <li>Device implementations MUST NOT modify the publicly exposed APIs on the Android
1072platform by changing any method or class signatures, or by removing classes or
1073class fields.</li>
1074 <li>Device implementers MAY modify the underlying implementation of the APIs, but
1075such modifications MUST NOT impact the stated behavior and Java-language
1076signature of any publicly exposed APIs.</li>
1077 <li>Device implementers MUST NOT add any publicly exposed elements (such as classes
1078or interfaces, or fields or methods to existing classes or interfaces) to the
1079APIs above.</li>
1080</ul>
1081
1082<p>A &ldquo;publicly exposed element&rdquo; is any construct which is not decorated with the&ldquo;@hide&rdquo; marker as used in the upstream Android source code. In other words,
1083device implementers MUST NOT expose new APIs or alter existing APIs in the
1084namespaces noted above. Device implementers MAY make internal-only
1085modifications, but those modifications MUST NOT be advertised or otherwise
1086exposed to developers.</p>
1087
1088<p>Device implementers MAY add custom APIs, but any such APIs MUST NOT be in a
1089namespace owned by or referring to another organization. For instance, device
1090implementers MUST NOT add APIs to the com.google.* or similar namespace: only
1091Google may do so. Similarly, Google MUST NOT add APIs to other companies'
1092namespaces. Additionally, if a device implementation includes custom APIs
1093outside the standard Android namespace, those APIs MUST be packaged in an
1094Android shared library so that only apps that explicitly use them (via the
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]1095lt;uses-librarygt; mechanism) are affected by the increased memory usage of such
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]1096APIs.</p>
1097
1098<p>If a device implementer proposes to improve one of the package namespaces above
1099(such as by adding useful new functionality to an existing API, or adding a new
1100API), the implementer SHOULD visit <a href="http://source.android.com/">source.android.com</a> and begin the process for contributing changes and code, according to the
1101information on that site.</p>
1102
1103<p>Note that the restrictions above correspond to standard conventions for naming
1104APIs in the Java programming language; this section simply aims to reinforce
1105those conventions and make them binding through inclusion in this Compatibility
1106Definition.</p>
1107
1108<h2 id="3_7_runtime_compatibility">3.7. Runtime Compatibility</h2>
1109
1110
1111<p>Device implementations MUST support the full Dalvik Executable (DEX) format and
1112Dalvik bytecode specification and semantics [<a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/dalvik/+/lollipop-release/docs/">Resources, 20</a>]. Device implementers SHOULD use ART, the reference upstream implementation of
1113the Dalvik Executable Format, and the reference implementation&rsquo;s package
1114management system.</p>
1115
1116<p>Device implementations MUST configure Dalvik runtimes to allocate memory in
1117accordance with the upstream Android platform, and as specified by the
1118following table. (See <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a> for screen size and screen density definitions.)</p>
1119
1120<p>Note that memory values specified below are considered minimum values and
1121device implementations MAY allocate more memory per application.</p>
1122
1123<table>
1124 <tr>
1125 <th>Screen Layout</th>
1126 <th>Screen Density</th>
1127 <th>Minimum Application Memory</th>
1128 </tr>
1129 <tr>
1130 <td rowspan="10">small/normal</td>
1131 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1132 <td rowspan="2">32MB</td>
1133 </tr>
1134 <tr>
1135 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1136 </tr>
1137 <tr>
1138 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1139 <td rowspan="3">48MB</td>
1140 </tr>
1141 <tr>
1142 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1143 </tr>
1144 <tr>
1145 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1146 </tr>
1147 <tr>
1148 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1149 <td>80MB</td>
1150 </tr>
1151 <tr>
1152 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1153 <td>96MB</td>
1154 </tr>
1155 <tr>
1156 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1157 <td>128MB</td>
1158 </tr>
1159 <tr>
1160 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1161 <td>192MB</td>
1162 </tr>
1163 <tr>
1164 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1165 <td>256MB</td>
1166 </tr>
1167 <tr>
1168 <td rowspan="10">large</td>
1169 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1170 <td>32MB</td>
1171 </tr>
1172 <tr>
1173 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1174 <td>48MB</td>
1175 </tr>
1176 <tr>
1177 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1178 <td rowspan="2">80MB</td>
1179 </tr>
1180 <tr>
1181 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1182 </tr>
1183 <tr>
1184 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1185 <td>96MB</td>
1186 </tr>
1187 <tr>
1188 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1189 <td>128MB</td>
1190 </tr>
1191 <tr>
1192 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1193 <td>192MB</td>
1194 </tr>
1195 <tr>
1196 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1197 <td>256MB</td>
1198 </tr>
1199 <tr>
1200 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1201 <td>384MB</td>
1202 </tr>
1203 <tr>
1204 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1205 <td>512MB</td>
1206 </tr>
1207 <tr>
1208 <td rowspan="10">xlarge</td>
1209 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1210 <td>48MB</td>
1211 </tr>
1212 <tr>
1213 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1214 <td>80MB</td>
1215 </tr>
1216 <tr>
1217 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1218 <td rowspan="2">96MB</td>
1219 </tr>
1220 <tr>
1221 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1222 </tr>
1223 <tr>
1224 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1225 <td>144MB</td>
1226 </tr>
1227 <tr>
1228 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1229 <td>192MB</td>
1230 </tr>
1231 <tr>
1232 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1233 <td>288MB</td>
1234 </tr>
1235 <tr>
1236 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1237 <td>384MB</td>
1238 </tr>
1239 <tr>
1240 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1241 <td>576MB</td>
1242 </tr>
1243 <tr>
1244 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1245 <td>768MB</td>
1246 </tr>
1247</table>
1248
1249
1250<h2 id="3_8_user_interface_compatibility">3.8. User Interface Compatibility</h2>
1251
1252
1253<h3 id="3_8_1_launcher_home_screen">3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)</h3>
1254
1255
1256<p>Android includes a launcher application (home screen) and support for
1257third-party applications to replace the device launcher (home screen). Device
1258implementations that allow third-party applications to replace the device home
1259screen MUST declare the platform feature android.software.home_screen.</p>
1260
1261<h3 id="3_8_2_widgets">3.8.2. Widgets</h3>
1262
1263<div class="note">
1264<p>Widgets are optional for all Android device implementations, but SHOULD be
1265supported on Android Handheld devices.</p>
1266</div>
1267
1268
1269<p>Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that
1270allows applications to expose an &ldquo;AppWidget&rdquo; to the end user [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html">Resources, 21</a>] a feature that is strongly RECOMMENDED to be supported on Handheld Device
1271implementations. Device implementations that support embedding widgets on the
1272home screen MUST meet the following requirements and declare support for
1273platform feature android.software.app_widgets.</p>
1274
1275<ul>
1276 <li>Device launchers MUST include built-in support for AppWidgets, and expose user
1277interface affordances to add, configure, view, and remove AppWidgets directly
1278within the Launcher.</li>
1279 <li>Device implementations MUST be capable of rendering widgets that are 4 x 4 in
1280the standard grid size. See the App Widget Design Guidelines in the Android SDK
1281documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html">Resources, 21</a>] for details.</li>
1282 <li>Device implementations that include support for lock screen MAY support
1283application widgets on the lock screen.</li>
1284</ul>
1285
1286<h3 id="3_8_3_notifications">3.8.3. Notifications</h3>
1287
1288
1289<p>Android includes APIs that allow developers to notify users of notable events [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html">Resources, 22</a>], using hardware and software features of the device.</p>
1290
1291<p>Some APIs allow applications to perform notifications or attract attention
1292using hardware&#8212;specifically sound, vibration, and light. Device implementations
1293MUST support notifications that use hardware features, as described in the SDK
1294documentation, and to the extent possible with the device implementation
1295hardware. For instance, if a device implementation includes a vibrator, it MUST
1296correctly implement the vibration APIs. If a device implementation lacks
1297hardware, the corresponding APIs MUST be implemented as no-ops. This behavior
1298is further detailed in <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a>.</p>
1299
1300<p>Additionally, the implementation MUST correctly render all resources (icons, animation files
1301etc.) provided for in the APIs
1302[<a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html">Resources, 23</a>],
1303or in the Status/System Bar icon style guide
1304[<a href="http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html">Resources, 24</a>],
1305which in the case of an Android Television device includes the possibility to not display the
1306notifications. Device implementers MAY provide an alternative user experience for
1307notifications than that provided by the reference Android Open Source
1308implementation; however, such alternative notification systems MUST support
1309existing notification resources, as above. </p>
1310
1311<p>Android includes support for various notifications, such as:</p>
1312
1313<ul>
1314 <li><strong>Rich notifications</strong>. Interactive Views for ongoing notifications.</li>
1315 <li><strong>Heads-up notifications</strong>. Interactive Views users can act on or dismiss without leaving the current app.</li>
1316 <li><strong>Lockscreen notifications</strong>. Notifications shown over a lock screen with granular control on visibility.</li>
1317</ul>
1318
1319<p>Android device implementations, when such notifications are made visible, MUST properly execute
1320Rich and Heads-up notifications and include the title/name, icon, text as documented in the Android
1321APIs <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html">[Resources, 25]</a>.
1322</p>
1323
1324<p>Android includes Notification Listener Service APIs that allow apps (once
1325explicitly enabled by the user) to receive a copy of all notifications as they
1326are posted or updated. Device implementations MUST correctly and promptly send
1327notifications in their entirety to all such installed and user-enabled listener
1328services, including any and all metadata attached to the Notification object.</p>
1329
1330<h3 id="3_8_4_search">3.8.4. Search</h3>
1331
1332
1333<p>Android includes APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/SearchManager.html">Resources, 26</a>] that allow developers to incorporate search into their applications, and
1334expose their application&rsquo;s data into the global system search. Generally
1335speaking, this functionality consists of a single, system-wide user interface
1336that allows users to enter queries, displays suggestions as users type, and
1337displays results. The Android APIs allow developers to reuse this interface to
1338provide search within their own apps, and allow developers to supply results to
1339the common global search user interface.</p>
1340
1341<p>Android device implementations SHOULD include global search, a single, shared,
1342system-wide search user interface capable of real-time suggestions in response
1343to user input. Device implementations SHOULD implement the APIs that allow
1344developers to reuse this user interface to provide search within their own
1345applications. Device implementations that implement the global search interface
1346MUST implement the APIs that allow third-party applications to add suggestions
1347to the search box when it is run in global search mode. If no third-party
1348applications are installed that make use of this functionality, the default
1349behavior SHOULD be to display web search engine results and suggestions.</p>
1350
1351<h3 id="3_8_5_toasts">3.8.5. Toasts</h3>
1352
1353
1354<p>Applications can use the &ldquo;Toast&rdquo; API to display short non-modal strings to the
1355end user, that disappear after a brief period of time [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html">Resources, 27</a>]. Device implementations MUST display Toasts from applications to end users in
1356some high-visibility manner.</p>
1357
1358<h3 id="3_8_6_themes">3.8.6. Themes</h3>
1359
1360
1361<p>Android provides &ldquo;themes&rdquo; as a mechanism for applications to apply styles
1362across an entire Activity or application.</p>
1363
1364<p>Android includes a &ldquo;Holo&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined styles for
1365application developers to use if they want to match the Holo theme look and
1366feel as defined by the Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html">Resources, 28</a>]. Device implementations MUST NOT alter any of the Holo theme attributes
1367exposed to applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 29</a>].</p>
1368
1369<p>Android includes a &ldquo;Material&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined styles for
1370application developers to use if they want to match the design theme&rsquo;s look and
1371feel across the wide variety of different Android device types. Device
1372implementations MUST support the &ldquo;Material&rdquo; theme family and MUST NOT alter any
1373of the Material theme attributes or their assets exposed to applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html#Theme_Material">Resources, 30</a>].</p>
1374
1375<p>Android also includes a &ldquo;Device Default&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined
1376styles for application developers to use if they want to match the look and
1377feel of the device theme as defined by the device implementer. Device
1378implementations MAY modify the Device Default theme attributes exposed to
1379applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 29</a>].</p>
1380
Danielle Robertsbe0f08c2015-09-29 14:09:34 -0700[diff] [blame^]1381<p>Android supports a variant theme with translucent system bars, which allows
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]1382application developers to fill the area behind the status and navigation bar
1383with their app content. To enable a consistent developer experience in this
1384configuration, it is important the status bar icon style is maintained across
1385different device implementations. Therefore, Android device implementations
1386MUST use white for system status icons (such as signal strength and battery
1387level) and notifications issued by the system, unless the icon is indicating a
Danielle Robertsbe0f08c2015-09-29 14:09:34 -0700[diff] [blame^]1388problematic status or an app requests a light status bar using the
1389SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR flag. When an app requests a light status bar,
1390Android device implementations MUST change the color of the system status icons
1391to black [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 29</a>].</p>
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1393<h3 id="3_8_7_live_wallpapers">3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</h3>
1394
1395
1396<p>Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that
1397allows applications to expose one or more &ldquo;Live Wallpapers&rdquo; to the end user [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/wallpaper/WallpaperService.html">Resources, 31</a>]. Live wallpapers are animations, patterns, or similar images with limited
1398input capabilities that display as a wallpaper, behind other applications.</p>
1399
1400<p>Hardware is considered capable of reliably running live wallpapers if it can
1401run all live wallpapers, with no limitations on functionality, at a reasonable
1402frame rate with no adverse effects on other applications. If limitations in the
1403hardware cause wallpapers and/or applications to crash, malfunction, consume
1404excessive CPU or battery power, or run at unacceptably low frame rates, the
1405hardware is considered incapable of running live wallpaper. As an example, some
1406live wallpapers may use an OpenGL 2.0 or 3.x context to render their content.
1407Live wallpaper will not run reliably on hardware that does not support multiple
1408OpenGL contexts because the live wallpaper use of an OpenGL context may
1409conflict with other applications that also use an OpenGL context.</p>
1410
1411<p>Device implementations capable of running live wallpapers reliably as described
1412above SHOULD implement live wallpapers, and when implemented MUST report the
1413platform feature flag android.software.live_wallpaper.</p>
1414
1415<h3 id="3_8_8_activity_switching">3.8.8. Activity Switching</h3>
1416
1417<div class="note">
1418<p>As the Recent function navigation key is OPTIONAL, the requirements to
1419implement the overview screen is OPTIONAL for Android Television devices and
1420Android Watch devices.</p>
1421</div>
1422
1423
1424<p>The upstream Android source code includes the overview screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/recents.html">Resources, 32</a>], a system-level user interface for task switching and displaying recently
1425accessed activities and tasks using a thumbnail image of the application&rsquo;s
1426graphical state at the moment the user last left the application. Device
1427implementations including the recents function navigation key as detailed in <a href="#7_2_3_navigation_keys">section 7.2.3</a>, MAY alter the interface but MUST meet the following requirements:</p>
1428
1429<ul>
1430 <li>MUST display affiliated recents as a group that moves together.</li>
1431 <li>MUST support at least up to 20 displayed activities.</li>
1432 <li>MUST at least display the title of 4 activities at a time.</li>
1433 <li>SHOULD display highlight color, icon, screen title in recents.</li>
1434 <li>MUST implement the screen pinning behavior [<a href="http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#ScreenPinning">Resources, 33</a>] and provide the user with a settings menu to toggle the feature.</li>
1435 <li>SHOULD display a closing affordance ("x") but MAY delay this until user
1436interacts with screens.</li>
1437</ul>
1438
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1441
1442<h3 id="3_8_9_input_management">3.8.9. Input Management</h3>
1443
1444
1445<p>Android includes support for Input Management and support for third-party input
1446method editors [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/creating-input-method.html">Resources, 34</a>]. Device implementations that allow users to use third-party input methods on
1447the device MUST declare the platform feature android.software.input_methods and
1448support IME APIs as defined in the Android SDK documentation.</p>
1449
1450<p>Device implementations that declare the android.software.input_methods feature
1451MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to add and configure third-party input
1452methods. Device implementations MUST display the settings interface in response
1453to the android.settings.INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS intent.</p>
1454
1455<h3 id="3_8_10_lock_screen_media_control">3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control</h3>
1456
1457
1458<p>The Remote Control Client API is deprecated from Android 5.0 in favor of the
1459Media Notification Template that allows media applications to integrate with
1460playback controls that are displayed on the lock screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.MediaStyle.html">Resources, 35</a>].
1461Device implementations that support a lock screen, unless an Android Automotive or Watch
1462implementation, MUST display the Lockscreen Notifications including the Media Notification
1463Template.</p>
1464
1465<h3 id="3_8_11_dreams">3.8.11. Dreams</h3>
1466
1467
1468<p>Android includes support for interactive screensavers called Dreams [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/dreams/DreamService.html">Resources, 36</a>]. Dreams allows users to interact with applications when a device connected to
1469a power source is idle or docked in a desk dock. Android Watch devices MAY
1470implement Dreams, but other types of device implementations SHOULD include
1471support for Dreams and provide a settings option for users to configure Dreams
1472in response to the android.settings.DREAM_SETTINGS intent.</p>
1473
1474<h3 id="3_8_12_location">3.8.12. Location</h3>
1475
1476
1477<p>When a device has a hardware sensor (e.g. GPS) that is capable of providing the
1478location coordinates, location modes MUST be displayed in the Location menu
1479within Settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#LOCATION_MODE">Resources, 37</a>].</p>
1480
1481<h3 id="3_8_13_unicode_and_font">3.8.13. Unicode and Font</h3>
1482
1483
1484<p>Android includes support for color emoji characters. When Android device
1485implementations include an IME, devices SHOULD provide an input method to the
1486user for the Emoji characters defined in Unicode 6.1 [<a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/">Resources, 38</a>]. All devices MUST be capable of rendering these emoji characters in color glyph.</p>
1487
1488<p>Android includes support for Roboto 2 font with different
1489weights&mdash;sans-serif-thin, sans-serif-light, sans-serif-medium, sans-serif-black,
1490sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif-condensed-light&mdash;which MUST all be included for
1491the languages available on the device and full Unicode 7.0 coverage of Latin,
1492Greek, and Cyrillic, including the Latin Extended A, B, C, and D ranges, and
1493all glyphs in the currency symbols block of Unicode 7.0.</p>
1494
1495<h2 id="3_9_device_administration">3.9. Device Administration</h2>
1496
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1498device administration functions at the system level, such as enforcing password
1499policies or performing remote wipe, through the Android Device Administration
1500API [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">Resources, 39</a>].
1501Device implementations MUST provide an implementation of the DevicePolicyManager class
1502[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html">Resources, 40</a>].
1503Device implementations that include support for PIN (numeric) or PASSWORD
1504(alphanumeric) based lock screens MUST support the full range of device
1505administration policies defined in the Android SDK documentation
1506[<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">Resources, 39</a>]
1507and report the platform feature android.software.device_admin.</p>
1508
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1510<h4 id="3_9_1_1_device_owner_provisioning">3.9.1.1 Device owner provisioning</h4>
1511<p>If a device implementation declares the android.software.device_admin feature,
1512the out of box setup flow MUST make it possible to enroll a Device Policy
1513Controller (DPC) application as the Device Owner app
1514[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">
1515Resources, XX</a>]. Device implementations MAY have a preinstalled application
1516performing device administration functions but this application MUST NOT be set
1517as the Device Owner app without explicit consent or action from the user or the
1518administrator of the device.</p>
1519
1520<p>The device owner provisioning process (the flow initiated by
1521android.app.action.PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE
1522[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE">
1523Resources, XX</a>]) user experience MUST align with the AOSP implementation</p>
1524
1525<p>If the device implementation reports android.hardware.nfc, it MUST have NFC
1526enabled, even during the out-of-box setup flow, in order to allow for NFC
1527provisioning of Device owners
1528<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/provision.html#device_owner_provisioning_via_nfc">[Resources, XX]</a>.
1529</p>
1530
1531<h4 id="3_9_1_2_managed_profile_provisioning">3.9.1.2 Managed profile provisioning</h4>
1532<p>If a device implementation declares the android.software.managed_users,
1533it MUST be possible to enroll a Device Policy Controller (DPC) application
1534as the owner of a new Managed Profile
1535[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isProfileOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">
1536Resources, XX</a>]</p>
1537
1538<p>The managed profile provisioning process (the flow initiated by
1539android.app.action.PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE
1540[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE">
1541Resources, XX</a>]) user experience MUST align with the AOSP implementation
1542</p>
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1544<h2 id="3_10_accessibility">3.10. Accessibility</h2>
1545
1546
1547<p>Android provides an accessibility layer that helps users with disabilities to
1548navigate their devices more easily. In addition, Android provides platform APIs
1549that enable accessibility service implementations to receive callbacks for user
1550and system events and generate alternate feedback mechanisms, such as
1551text-to-speech, haptic feedback, and trackball/d-pad navigation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html">Resources, 42</a>].</p>
1552
1553<p>Device implementations include the following requirements:</p>
1554
1555<ul>
1556<li>Android Automotive implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of the
1557Android accessibility framework consistent with the default Android
1558implementation.</li>
1559<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST provide an
1560implementation of the Android accessibility framework consistent with the
1561default Android implementation.</li>
1562<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST support
1563third-party accessibility service implementations through the
1564android.accessibilityservice APIs
1565[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html">Resources, 43</a>]</li>
1566<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST generate
1567AccessibilityEvents and deliver these events to all registered
1568AccessibilityService implementations in a manner consistent with the default
1569Android implementation</li>
1570<li> Device implementations (Android Automotive and Android Watch devices with
1571no audio output excluded), MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to enable
1572and disable accessibility services, and MUST display this interface in response
1573to the android.provider.Settings.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS intent.</li>
1574</ul>
1575
1576<p>Additionally, device implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of an
1577accessibility service on the device, and SHOULD provide a mechanism for users
1578to enable the accessibility service during device setup. An open source
1579implementation of an accessibility service is available from the Eyes Free
1580project [<a href="http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/">Resources, 44</a>].</p>
1581
1582<h2 id="3_11_text-to-speech">3.11. Text-to-Speech</h2>
1583
1584
1585<p>Android includes APIs that allow applications to make use of text-to-speech
1586(TTS) services and allows service providers to provide implementations of TTS
1587services [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/package-summary.html">Resources, 45</a>]. Device implementations reporting the feature android.hardware.audio.output
1588MUST meet these requirements related to the Android TTS framework. </p>
1589
1590<p>Android Automotive implementations:</p>
1591<ul>
1592<li>MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs.</li>
1593<li>MAY support installation of third-party TTS engines. If supported, partners
1594MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows the user to select a TTS
1595engine for use at system level.</li>
1596</ul>
1597
1598<p>All other device implementations:</p>
1599
1600<ul>
1601 <li> MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs and SHOULD include a TTS engine
1602supporting the languages available on the device. Note that the upstream
1603Android open source software includes a full-featured TTS engine
1604implementation.
1605 <li> MUST support installation of third-party TTS engines
1606 <li> MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows users to select a TTS
1607engine for use at the system level
1608</ul>
1609
1610<h2 id="3_12_tv_input_framework">3.12. TV Input Framework</h2>
1611
1612
1613<p>The Android Television Input Framework (TIF) simplifies the delivery of live
1614content to Android Television devices. TIF provides a standard API to create
1615input modules that control Android Television devices. Android Television
1616device implementations MUST support Television Input Framework [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html">Resources, 46</a>].</p>
1617
1618<p>Device implementations that support TIF MUST declare the platform feature
1619android.software.live_tv.</p>
1620
1621<h1 id="4_application_packaging_compatibility">4. Application Packaging Compatibility</h1>
1622
1623
1624<p>Device implementations MUST install and run Android &ldquo;.apk&rdquo; files as generated
1625by the &ldquo;aapt&rdquo; tool included in the official Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/index.html">Resources, 47</a>].</p>
1626
1627<p>Devices implementations MUST NOT extend either the .apk [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.html">Resources, 48</a>], Android Manifest [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html">Resources, 49</a>], Dalvik bytecode [<a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/dalvik/+/lollipop-release/docs/">Resources, 20</a>], or RenderScript bytecode formats in such a way that would prevent those
1628files from installing and running correctly on other compatible devices.</p>
1629
1630<h1 id="5_multimedia_compatibility">5. Multimedia Compatibility</h1>
1631
1632
1633<h2 id="5_1_media_codecs">5.1. Media Codecs</h2>
1634
1635
1636<p>Device implementations MUST support the core media formats specified in the
1637Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html">Resources, 50</a>] except where explicitly permitted in this document. Specifically, device
1638implementations MUST support the media formats, encoders, decoders, file types,
1639and container formats defined in the tables below and reported via MediaCodecList
1640[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html">Resources,112</a>].
1641Device implementations MUST also be able to decode all profiles reported in its CamcorderProfile
1642[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html">Resources,
1643113</a>].
1644
1645All of these codecs are
1646provided as software implementations in the preferred Android implementation
1647from the Android Open Source Project.</p>
1648
1649<p>Please note that neither Google nor the Open Handset Alliance make any
1650representation that these codecs are free from third-party patents. Those
1651intending to use this source code in hardware or software products are advised
1652that implementations of this code, including in open source software or
1653shareware, may require patent licenses from the relevant patent holders.</p>
1654
1655<h3 id="5_1_1_audio_codecs">5.1.1. Audio Codecs</h3>
1656
1657<table>
1658 <tr>
1659 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1660 <th>Encoder</th>
1661 <th>Decoder</th>
1662 <th>Details</th>
1663 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
1664 </tr>
1665 <tr>
1666 <td>MPEG-4 AAC Profile</p>
1667
1668<p>(AAC LC)</td>
1669 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup></td>
1670 <td>REQUIRED</td>
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1673 <td>
1674 <ul>
1675 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1676 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4a)</li>
1677 <li class="table_list">ADTS raw AAC (.aac, decode in Android 3.1+, encode in Android 4.0+, ADIF not
1678supported)</li>
1679 <li class="table_list">MPEG-TS (.ts, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</li></ul></td>
1680 </tr>
1681 <tr>
1682 <td>MPEG-4 HE AAC Profile (AAC+)</td>
1683 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup><br>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1684 <td>REQUIRED</td>
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1687 <td></td>
1688 </tr>
1689 <tr>
1690 <td>MPEG-4 HE AACv2</p>
1691
1692<p>Profile (enhanced AAC+)</td>
1693 <td> </td>
1694 <td>REQUIRED</td>
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1697 <td></td>
1698 </tr>
1699 <tr>
1700 <td>AAC ELD (enhanced low delay AAC)</td>
1701 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup> </p>
1702
1703<p>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1704 <td>REQUIRED</p>
1705
1706<p>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1707 <td>Support for mono/stereo content with standard sampling rates from 16 to 48 kHz.</td>
1708 <td></td>
1709 </tr>
1710 <tr>
1711 <td>AMR-NB</td>
1712 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1713 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1714 <td>4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz</td>
1715 <td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
1716 </tr>
1717 <tr>
1718 <td>AMR-WB</td>
1719 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1720 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1721 <td>9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz</td>
1722 <td></td>
1723 </tr>
1724 <tr>
1725 <td>FLAC</td>
1726 <td></td>
1727 <td>REQUIRED <br>(Android 3.1+)</td>
1728 <td>Mono/Stereo (no multichannel). Sample rates up to 48 kHz (but up to 44.1 kHz is
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1730does not include a low-pass filter). 16-bit RECOMMENDED; no dither applied for
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1732 <td>FLAC (.flac) only</td>
1733 </tr>
1734 <tr>
1735 <td>MP3</td>
1736 <td></td>
1737 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1738 <td>Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bitrate (VBR)</td>
1739 <td>MP3 (.mp3)</td>
1740 </tr>
1741 <tr>
1742 <td>MIDI</td>
1743 <td></td>
1744 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1745 <td>MIDI Type 0 and 1. DLS Version 1 and 2. XMF and Mobile XMF. Support for
1746ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody</td>
1747 <td><ul>
1748 <li class="table_list">Type 0 and 1 (.mid, .xmf, .mxmf)</li>
1749 <li class="table_list">RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx)</li>
1750 <li class="table_list">OTA (.ota)</li>
1751 <li class="table_list">iMelody (.imy)</li></ul></td>
1752 </tr>
1753 <tr>
1754 <td>Vorbis</td>
1755 <td></td>
1756 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1757 <td></td>
1758 <td><ul>
1759 <li class="table_list">Ogg (.ogg)</li>
1760 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)</li></ul></td>
1761 </tr>
1762 <tr>
1763 <td>PCM/WAVE</td>
1764 <td>REQUIRED<sup>4</sup><br> (Android 4.1+)</td>
1765 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1766 <td>16-bit linear PCM (rates up to limit of hardware). Devices MUST support
1767sampling rates for raw PCM recording at 8000, 11025, 16000, and 44100 Hz
1768frequencies.</td>
1769 <td>WAVE (.wav)</td>
1770 </tr>
1771 <tr>
1772 <td>Opus</td>
1773 <td></td>
1774 <td>REQUIRED<br> (Android 5.0+)</td>
1775 <td></td>
1776 <td>Matroska (.mkv)</td>
1777 </tr>
1778</table>
1779
1780
1781<p class="table_footnote"> 1 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone
1782but optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
1783
1784<p class="table_footnote">2 Only downmix of 5.0/5.1 content is required; recording or rendering more than
17852 channels is optional.</p>
1786
1787<p class="table_footnote">3 Required for Android Handheld device implementations. </p>
1788
1789<p class="table_footnote">4 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone,
1790including Android Watch device implementations.</p>
1791
1792<h3 id="5_1_2_image_codecs">5.1.2. Image Codecs</h3>
1793
1794<table>
1795 <tr>
1796 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1797 <th>Encoder</th>
1798 <th>Decoder</th>
1799 <th>Details</th>
1800 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
1801 </tr>
1802 <tr>
1803 <td>JPEG</td>
1804 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1805 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1806 <td>Base+progressive</td>
1807 <td>JPEG (.jpg)</td>
1808 </tr>
1809 <tr>
1810 <td>GIF</td>
1811 <td></td>
1812 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1813 <td></td>
1814 <td>GIF (.gif)</td>
1815 </tr>
1816 <tr>
1817 <td>PNG</td>
1818 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1819 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1820 <td></td>
1821 <td>PNG (.png)</td>
1822 </tr>
1823 <tr>
1824 <td>BMP</td>
1825 <td></td>
1826 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1827 <td></td>
1828 <td>BMP (.bmp)</td>
1829 </tr>
1830 <tr>
1831 <td>WebP</td>
1832 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1833 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1834 <td></td>
1835 <td>WebP (.webp)</td>
1836 </tr>
1837</table>
1838
1839
1840<h3 id="5_1_3_video_codecs">5.1.3. Video Codecs</h3>
1841
1842<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
1843
1844<table>
1845 <tr>
1846 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1847 <th>Encoder</th>
1848 <th>Decoder</th>
1849 <th>Details</th>
1850 <th>Supported File Types/<br>Container Formats</th>
1851 </tr>
1852 <tr>
1853 <td>H.263</td>
1854 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup></td>
1855 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1856 <td></td>
1857 <td><ul>
1858 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1859 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4)</li></ul></td>
1860 </tr>
1861 <tr>
1862 <td>H.264 AVC</td>
1863 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1864 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1865 <td>See <a href="#5_2_video_encoding">section 5.2 </a>and <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">5.3</a> for details</td>
1866 <td><ul>
1867 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1868 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4)</li>
1869 <li class="table_list">MPEG-TS (.ts, AAC audio only, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</li></ul></td>
1870 </tr>
1871 <tr>
1872 <td>H.265 HEVC</td>
1873 <td></td>
1874 <td>REQUIRED<sup>5</sup></td>
1875 <td>See <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">section 5.3</a> for details</td>
1876 <td>MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td>
1877 </tr>
1878 <tr>
1879 <td>MPEG-4 SP</td>
1880 <td></td>
1881 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1882 <td></td>
1883 <td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
1884 </tr>
1885 <tr>
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1888
1889<p>(Android 4.3+)</td>
1890 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></p>
1891
1892<p>(Android 2.3.3+)</td>
1893 <td>See <a href="#5_2_video_encoding">section 5.2</a> and <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">5.3</a> for details</td>
1894 <td><ul>
1895 <li class="table_list">WebM (.webm) [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">Resources, 110</a></li>
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1898 <tr>
1899 <td>VP9</td>
1900 <td></td>
1901 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup><br> (Android 4.4+)</td>
1902 <td>See <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">section 5.3</a> for details</td>
1903 <td><ul>
1904 <li class="table_list">WebM (.webm) [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">Resources, 110</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]1905 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)<sup>4</sup></li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]1906 </tr>
1907</table>
1908
1909
1910<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for device implementations that include camera hardware and define
1911android.hardware.camera or android.hardware.camera.front.</p>
1912
1913<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for device implementations except Android Watch devices. </p>
1914
1915<p class="table_footnote">3 For acceptable quality of web video streaming and video-conference services,
1916device implementations SHOULD use a hardware VP8 codec that meets the
1917requirements in [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/rtc-coding-requirements/">Resources, 51</a>].</p>
1918
1919<p class="table_footnote">4 Device implementations SHOULD support writing Matroska WebM files.</p>
1920
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]1921<p class="table_footnote">5 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Automotive, optional for Android Watch, and required for all other device types.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]1922
1923<h2 id="5_2_video_encoding">5.2. Video Encoding</h2>
1924
1925<div class="note">
1926<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
1927</div>
1928
1929
1930<p>Android device implementations with H.264 codec support, MUST support Baseline
1931Profile Level 3 and the following SD (Standard Definition) video encoding
1932profiles and SHOULD support Main Profile Level 4 and the following HD (High
1933Definition) video encoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY
1934RECOMMENDED to encode HD 1080p video at 30 fps.</p>
1935<table>
1936 <tr>
1937 <th></th>
1938 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
1939 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
1940 <th>HD 720p1</th>
1941 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
1942 </tr>
1943 <tr>
1944 <th>Video resolution</th>
1945 <td>320 x 240 px</td>
1946 <td>720 x 480 px</td>
1947 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
1948 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
1949 </tr>
1950 <tr>
1951 <th>Video frame rate</th>
1952 <td>20 fps</td>
1953 <td>30 fps</td>
1954 <td>30 fps</td>
1955 <td>30 fps</td>
1956 </tr>
1957 <tr>
1958 <th>Video bitrate</th>
1959 <td>384 Kbps</td>
1960 <td>2 Mbps</td>
1961 <td>4 Mbps</td>
1962 <td>10 Mbps</td>
1963 </tr>
1964</table>
1965
1966
1967<p class="table_footnote">1 When supported by hardware, but STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television
1968devices.</p>
1969
1970<p>Android device implementations with VP8 codec support MUST support the SD video
1971encoding profiles and SHOULD support the following HD (High Definition) video
1972encoding profiles.</p>
1973<table>
1974 <tr>
1975 <th></th>
1976 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
1977 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
1978 <th>HD 720p1</th>
1979 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
1980 </tr>
1981 <tr>
1982 <th>Video resolution</th>
1983 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
1984 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
1985 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
1986 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
1987 </tr>
1988 <tr>
1989 <th>Video frame rate</th>
1990 <td>30 fps</td>
1991 <td>30 fps</td>
1992 <td>30 fps</td>
1993 <td>30 fps</td>
1994 </tr>
1995 <tr>
1996 <th>Video bitrate</th>
1997 <td>800 Kbps </td>
1998 <td>2 Mbps</td>
1999 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2000 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2001 </tr>
2002</table>
2003
2004<p class="table_footnote">1 When supported by hardware.</p>
2005
2006<h2 id="5_3_video_decoding">5.3. Video Decoding</h2>
2007
2008<div class="note">
2009<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
2010</div>
2011
2012
2013<p>Device implementations MUST support dynamic video resolution switching within
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]2014the same stream for all VP8, VP9, H.264, and H.265 codecs exposed through the
2015standard Android APIs.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2016
2017<p>Android device implementations with H.264 decoders, MUST support Baseline
2018Profile Level 3 and the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support
2019the HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support High Profile
2020Level 4.2 and the HD 1080p decoding profile.</p>
2021<table>
2022 <tr>
2023 <th></th>
2024 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2025 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2026 <th>HD 720p1</th>
2027 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
2028 </tr>
2029 <tr>
2030 <th>Video resolution</th>
2031 <td>320 x 240 px</td>
2032 <td>720 x 480 px</td>
2033 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2034 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2035 </tr>
2036 <tr>
2037 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2038 <td>30 fps</td>
2039 <td>30 fps</td>
2040 <td>30 fps / 60 fps2</td>
2041 <td>30 fps / 60 fps2</td>
2042 </tr>
2043 <tr>
2044 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2045 <td>800 Kbps </td>
2046 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2047 <td>8 Mbps</td>
2048 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2049 </tr>
2050</table>
2051
2052
2053<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other device
2054types only when supported by hardware.</p>
2055
2056<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for Android Television device implementations.</p>
2057
2058<p>Android device implementations when supporting VP8 codec as described in <a href="#5_1_3_video_codecs">section 5.1.3</a>, MUST support the following SD decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD
2059decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support the HD 1080p
2060decoding profile. </p>
2061<table>
2062 <tr>
2063 <th></th>
2064 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2065 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2066 <th>HD 720p1</th>
2067 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
2068 </tr>
2069 <tr>
2070 <th>Video resolution</th>
2071 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2072 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2073 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2074 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2075 </tr>
2076 <tr>
2077 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2078 <td>30 fps</td>
2079 <td>30 fps</td>
2080 <td>30 fps / 60 fps2</td>
2081 <td>30 / 60 fps2</td>
2082 </tr>
2083 <tr>
2084 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2085 <td>800 Kbps </td>
2086 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2087 <td>8 Mbps</td>
2088 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2089 </tr>
2090</table>
2091
2092
2093<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of
2094devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2095
2096<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for Android Television device implementations.</p>
2097
2098<p>Android device implementations, when supporting VP9 codec as described in <a href="#5_1_3_video_codecs">section 5.1.3</a>, MUST support the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support the
2099HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to
2100support the HD 1080p decoding profile and SHOULD support the UHD decoding
2101profile. When the UHD video decoding profile is supported, it MUST support 8
2102bit color depth.</p>
2103<table>
2104 <tr>
2105 <th></th>
2106 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2107 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2108 <th>HD 720p 1</th>
2109 <th>HD 1080p 2</th>
2110 <th>UHD 2</th>
2111 </tr>
2112 <tr>
2113 <th>Video resolution</th>
2114 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2115 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2116 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2117 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2118 <td>3840 x 2160 px</td>
2119 </tr>
2120 <tr>
2121 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2122 <td>30 fps</td>
2123 <td>30 fps</td>
2124 <td>30 fps</td>
2125 <td>30 fps</td>
2126 <td>30 fps</td>
2127 </tr>
2128 <tr>
2129 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2130 <td>600 Kbps </td>
2131 <td>1.6 Mbps</td>
2132 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2133 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2134 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2135 </tr>
2136</table>
2137
2138
2139<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of
2140devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2141
2142<p class="table_footnote">2 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television device implementations when
2143supported by hardware.</p>
2144
2145<p>Android device implementations, when supporting H.265 codec as described in <a href="#5_1_3_video_codecs">section 5.1.3</a>, MUST support the Main Profile Level 3 Main tier and the following SD video
2146decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android
2147Television devices MUST support the Main Profile Level 4.1 Main tier and the HD
21481080p decoding profile and SHOULD support Main10 Level 5 Main Tier profile and
2149the UHD decoding profile.</p>
2150<table>
2151 <tr>
2152 <th></th>
2153 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2154 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2155 <th>HD 720p </strong>1 </td>
2156 <th>HD 1080p </strong>1 </td>
2157 <th>UHD </strong>2</td>
2158 </tr>
2159 <tr>
2160 <th>Video resolution</th>
2161 <td>352 x 288 px</td>
2162 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2163 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2164 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2165 <td>3840 x 2160 px</td>
2166 </tr>
2167 <tr>
2168 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2169 <td>30 fps</td>
2170 <td>30 fps</td>
2171 <td>30 fps</td>
2172 <td>30 fps</td>
2173 <td>30 fps</td>
2174 </tr>
2175 <tr>
2176 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2177 <td>600 Kbps </td>
2178 <td>1.6 Mbps</td>
2179 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2180 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2181 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2182 </tr>
2183</table>
2184
2185
2186<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementation, but for other type of
2187devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2188
2189<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for Android Television device implementations when supported by
2190hardware.</p>
2191
2192<h2 id="5_4_audio_recording">5.4. Audio Recording</h2>
2193
2194
2195<p>While some of the requirements outlined in this section are stated as SHOULD
2196since Android 4.3, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]2197to change these to MUST. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to meet these requirements, or they will not be able to attain Android
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2198compatibility when upgraded to the future version.</p>
2199
2200<h3 id="5_4_1_raw_audio_capture">5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture</h3>
2201
2202
2203<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone MUST allow
2204capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:</p>
2205
2206<ul>
2207 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit
2208 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 8000, 11025, 16000, 44100
2209 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Mono
2210</ul>
2211
2212<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD allow
2213capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:</p>
2214
2215<ul>
2216 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit
2217 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 22050, 48000
2218 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Stereo
2219</ul>
2220
2221<h3 id="5_4_2_capture_for_voice_recognition">5.4.2. Capture for Voice Recognition</h3>
2222
2223
2224<p>In addition to the above recording specifications, when an application has
2225started recording an audio stream using the
2226android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_RECOGNITION audio source:</p>
2227
2228<ul>
2229 <li>The device SHOULD exhibit approximately flat amplitude versus frequency
2230characteristics: specifically, ±3 dB, from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz.
2231 <li>Audio input sensitivity SHOULD be set such that a 90 dB sound power level (SPL)
2232source at 1000 Hz yields RMS of 2500 for 16-bit samples.
2233 <li>PCM amplitude levels SHOULD linearly track input SPL changes over at least a 30
2234dB range from -18 dB to +12 dB re 90 dB SPL at the microphone.
2235 <li>Total harmonic distortion SHOULD be less than 1% for 1Khz at 90 dB SPL input
2236level at the microphone.
2237 <li>Noise reduction processing, if present, MUST be disabled.
2238 <li>Automatic gain control, if present, MUST be disabled
2239</ul>
2240
2241<p>If the platform supports noise suppression technologies tuned for speech
2242recognition, the effect MUST be controllable from the
2243android.media.audiofx.NoiseSuppressor API. Moreover, the UUID field for the
2244noise suppressor&rsquo;s effect descriptor MUST uniquely identify each implementation
2245of the noise suppression technology.</p>
2246
2247<h3 id="5_4_3_capture_for_rerouting_of_playback">5.4.3. Capture for Rerouting of Playback</h3>
2248
2249
2250<p>The android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource class includes the REMOTE_SUBMIX
2251audio source. Devices that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST properly
2252implement the REMOTE_SUBMIX audio source so that when an application uses the
2253android.media.AudioRecord API to record from this audio source, it can capture
2254a mix of all audio streams except for the following:</p>
2255
2256<ul>
2257 <li>STREAM_RING
2258 <li>STREAM_ALARM
2259 <li>STREAM_NOTIFICATION
2260</ul>
2261
2262<h2 id="5_5_audio_playback">5.5. Audio Playback</h2>
2263
2264
2265<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST conform
2266to the requirements in this section.</p>
2267
2268<h3 id="5_5_1_raw_audio_playback">5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback</h3>
2269
2270
2271<p>The device MUST allow playback of raw audio content with the following
2272characteristics:</p>
2273
2274<ul>
2275 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit</li>
2276 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100</li>
2277 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Mono, Stereo</li>
2278</ul>
2279
2280<p>The device SHOULD allow playback of raw audio content with the following
2281characteristics:</p>
2282
2283<ul>
2284 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 24000, 48000</li>
2285</ul>
2286
2287<h3 id="5_5_2_audio_effects">5.5.2. Audio Effects</h3>
2288
2289
2290<p>Android provides an API for audio effects for device implementations [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.html">Resources, 52</a>]. Device implementations that declare the feature
2291android.hardware.audio.output:</p>
2292
2293<ul>
2294 <li>MUST support the EFFECT_TYPE_EQUALIZER and EFFECT_TYPE_LOUDNESS_ENHANCER
2295implementations controllable through the AudioEffect subclasses Equalizer,
2296LoudnessEnhancer.</li>
2297 <li>MUST support the visualizer API implementation, controllable through the
2298Visualizer class.</li>
2299 <li>SHOULD support the EFFECT_TYPE_BASS_BOOST, EFFECT_TYPE_ENV_REVERB,
2300EFFECT_TYPE_PRESET_REVERB, and EFFECT_TYPE_VIRTUALIZER implementations
2301controllable through the AudioEffect sub-classes BassBoost,
2302EnvironmentalReverb, PresetReverb, and Virtualizer.</li>
2303</ul>
2304
2305<h3 id="5_5_3_audio_output_volume">5.5.3. Audio Output Volume</h3>
2306
2307
2308<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for system
2309Master Volume and digital audio output volume attenuation on supported outputs,
2310except for compressed audio passthrough output (where no audio decoding is done
2311on the device).</p>
2312
2313<h2 id="5_6_audio_latency">5.6. Audio Latency</h2>
2314
2315
2316<p>Audio latency is the time delay as an audio signal passes through a system.
2317Many classes of applications rely on short latencies, to achieve real-time
2318sound effects.</p>
2319
2320<p>For the purposes of this section, use the following definitions:</p>
2321
2322<ul>
2323 <li><strong>output latency</strong>. The interval between when an application writes a frame of PCM-coded data and
2324when the corresponding sound can be heard by an external listener or observed
2325by a transducer.</li>
2326 <li><strong>cold output latency</strong>. The output latency for the first frame, when the audio output system has been
2327idle and powered down prior to the request.</li>
2328 <li><strong>continuous output latency</strong>. The output latency for subsequent frames, after the device is playing audio.</li>
2329 <li><strong>input latency</strong>. The interval between when an external sound is presented to the device and
2330when an application reads the corresponding frame of PCM-coded data.</li>
2331 <li><strong>cold input latency</strong>. The sum of lost input time and the input latency for the first frame, when the
2332audio input system has been idle and powered down prior to the request.</li>
2333 <li><strong>continuous input latency</strong>. The input latency for subsequent frames, while the device is capturing audio.</li>
2334 <li><strong>cold output jitter</strong>. The variance among separate measurements of cold output latency values.</li>
2335 <li><strong>cold input jitter</strong>. The variance among separate measurements of cold input latency values.</li>
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2336 <li><strong>continuous round-trip latency</strong>. The sum of continuous input latency plus continuous output latency plus
2337 one buffer period.
2338 The buffer period term allows processing time for the app and for the app to
2339 mitigate phase difference between input and output streams.
2340 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2341 <li><strong>OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API</strong>. The set of PCM-related OpenSL ES APIs within Android NDK; see
2342NDK_root/docs/opensles/index.html.</li>
2343</ul>
2344
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]2345<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2346or exceed these audio output requirements:</p>
2347
2348<ul>
2349 <li>cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less</li>
2350 <li>continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less</li>
2351 <li>minimize the cold output jitter</li>
2352</ul>
2353
2354<p>If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section after any
2355initial calibration when using the OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API, for
2356continuous output latency and cold output latency over at least one supported
2357audio output device, it MAY report support for low-latency audio, by reporting
2358the feature android.hardware.audio.low_latency via the
2359android.content.pm.PackageManager class [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53</a>]. Conversely, if the device implementation does not meet these requirements it
2360MUST NOT report support for low-latency audio.</p>
2361
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]2362<p>Device implementations that include android.hardware.microphone are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2363these input audio requirements:</p>
2364
2365<ul>
2366 <li>cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less</li>
2367 <li>continuous input latency of 30 milliseconds or less</li>
2368 <li>continuous round-trip latency of 50 milliseconds or less</li>
2369 <li>minimize the cold input jitter</li>
2370</ul>
2371
2372<h2 id="5_7_network_protocols">5.7. Network Protocols</h2>
2373
2374
2375<p>Devices MUST support the media network protocols for audio and video playback
2376as specified in the Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html">Resources, 50</a>]. Specifically, devices MUST support the following media network protocols:</p>
2377
2378<ul>
2379 <li>RTSP (RTP, SDP)</li>
2380 <li>HTTP(S) progressive streaming</li>
2381 <li>HTTP(S) Live Streaming draft protocol, Version 3 [<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-03">Resources, 54</a>]</li>
2382</ul>
2383
2384<h2 id="5_8_secure_media">5.8. Secure Media</h2>
2385
2386
2387<p>Device implementations that support secure video output and are capable of
2388supporting secure surfaces MUST declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE. Device
2389implementations that declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE, if they support a
2390wireless display protocol, MUST secure the link with a cryptographically strong
2391mechanism such as HDCP 2.x or higher for Miracast wireless displays. Similarly
2392if they support a wired external display, the device implementations MUST
2393support HDCP 1.2 or higher. Android Television device implementations MUST
2394support HDCP 2.2 for devices supporting 4K resolution and HDCP 1.4 or above for
2395lower resolutions. The upstream Android open source implementation includes
2396support for wireless (Miracast) and wired (HDMI) displays that satisfies this
2397requirement.</p>
2398
Glenn Kasten87ef61d2015-07-29 09:01:36 -0700[diff] [blame]2399<h2 id="5_9_midi">5.9. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)</h2>
2400
2401<p>
2402If a device implementation supports the inter-app MIDI software transport
2403(virtual MIDI devices), and it supports MIDI over
2404<em>all</em> of the following MIDI-capable hardware transports
2405for which it provides generic non-MIDI connectivity, it MAY report
2406support for feature android.software.midi via the
2407android.content.pm.PackageManager class
2408[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53</a>].
2409</p>
2410
2411<p>The MIDI-capable hardware transports are:</p>
2412<ul>
2413 <li>USB host mode (section 7.7 USB)</li>
2414 <li>USB peripheral mode (section 7.7 USB)</li>
2415</ul>
2416
2417<p>
2418Conversely, if the device implementation provides generic non-MIDI connectivity over a particular
2419MIDI-capable hardware transport listed above, but does not support MIDI over that hardware transport,
2420it MUST NOT report support for feature android.software.midi.
2421</p>
2422
2423<p>
2424MIDI over Bluetooth LE acting in central role (section 7.4.3 Bluetooth)
2425is in trial use status. A device implementation that reports
2426feature android.software.midi, and which provides generic non-MIDI connectivity
2427over Bluetooth LE, SHOULD support MIDI over Bluetooth LE.
2428</p>
2429
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2430<h2 id="5_10_pro_audio">5.10. Professional Audio</h2>
2431
2432<p>
2433If a device implementation meets <em>all</em> of the following requirements,
2434it MAY report support for feature android.hardware.audio.pro via the
2435android.content.pm.PackageManager class
2436[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53</a>].
2437</p>
2438
2439<ul>
2440
2441<li>
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -0700[diff] [blame]2442The device implementation MUST report support for feature android.hardware.audio.low_latency.
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2443</li>
2444
2445<li> The continuous round-trip audio latency, as defined in section 5.6 Audio Latency,
2446MUST be 20 milliseconds or less and SHOULD be 10 milliseconds or less over at least one
2447supported path.
2448</li>
2449
2450<li>
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -0700[diff] [blame]2451If the device includes a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack,
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2452the continuous round-trip audio latency MUST be 20 milliseconds or less over the audio jack path,
2453and SHOULD be 10 milliseconds or less over at the audio jack path.
2454</li>
2455
2456<li>
2457The device implementation MUST include a USB port(s) supporting USB host mode and
2458USB peripheral mode.
2459</li>
2460
2461<li>
Glenn Kasten755f4b22015-09-25 16:04:23 -0700[diff] [blame]2462The USB host mode MUST implement the USB audio class.
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2463</li>
2464
2465<li>
2466If the device includes an HDMI port, the device implementation
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -0700[diff] [blame]2467MUST support output in stereo and eight channels
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2468at 20-bit or 24-bit depth and 192 kHz without bit-depth loss or resampling.
2469</li>
2470
2471<li>
2472The device implementation MUST report support for feature android.software.midi.
2473</li>
2474
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -0700[diff] [blame]2475<li>
2476If the device includes a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack,
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]2477the device implementation is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to comply with section
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -0700[diff] [blame]2478<a href="https://source.android.com/accessories/headset/specification.html#mobile_device_jack_specifications">Mobile device (jack) specifications</a>
2479of the
2480<a href="https://source.android.com/accessories/headset/specification.html">Wired Audio Headset Specification (v1.1)</a>.
2481</li>
2482
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700[diff] [blame]2483</ul>
2484
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2485<h1 id="6_developer_tools_and_options_compatibility">6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility</h1>
2486
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2487<h2 id="6_1_developer_tools">6.1. Developer Tools</h2>
2488
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2489<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android Developer Tools provided in the
2490Android SDK. Android compatible devices MUST be compatible with:</p>
2491
2492<ul>
2493 <li><strong>Android Debug Bridge (adb)</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">Resources, 55</a>]</li>
2494</ul>
2495
2496<p>Device implementations MUST support all adb functions as documented in the
2497Android SDK including dumpsys [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html">Resources, 56</a>]. The device-side adb daemon MUST be inactive by default and there MUST be a
2498user-accessible mechanism to turn on the Android Debug Bridge. If a device
2499implementation omits USB peripheral mode, it MUST implement the Android Debug
2500Bridge via local-area network (such as Ethernet or 802.11). </p>
2501
2502<p>Android includes support for secure adb. Secure adb enables adb on known
2503authenticated hosts. Device implementations MUST support secure adb.</p>
2504
2505<ul>
2506 <li><strong>Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (ddms)</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html">Resources, 57</a>]</li>
2507</ul>
2508
2509<p>Device implementations MUST support all ddms features as documented in the
2510Android SDK. As ddms uses adb, support for ddms SHOULD be inactive by default,
2511but MUST be supported whenever the user has activated the Android Debug Bridge,
2512as above.</p>
2513
2514<ul>
2515 <li><strong>Monkey</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html">Resources, 58</a>]</li>
2516</ul>
2517
2518<p>Device implementations MUST include the Monkey framework, and make it available
2519for applications to use.</p>
2520
2521<ul>
2522 <li><strong>SysTrace</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html">Resources, 59</a>]</li>
2523</ul>
2524
2525<p>Device implementations MUST support systrace tool as documented in the Android
2526SDK. Systrace must be inactive by default, and there MUST be a user-accessible
2527mechanism to turn on Systrace.</p>
2528
2529<p>Most Linux-based systems and Apple Macintosh systems recognize Android devices
2530using the standard Android SDK tools, without additional support; however
2531Microsoft Windows systems typically require a driver for new Android devices.
2532(For instance, new vendor IDs and sometimes new device IDs require custom USB
2533drivers for Windows systems.) If a device implementation is unrecognized by the
2534adb tool as provided in the standard Android SDK, device implementers MUST
2535provide Windows drivers allowing developers to connect to the device using the
2536adb protocol. These drivers MUST be provided for Windows XP, Windows Vista,
2537Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 9 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.</p>
2538
2539<h2 id="6_2_developer_options">6.2. Developer Options</h2>
2540
2541
2542<p>Android includes support for developers to configure application
2543development-related settings. Device implementations MUST honor the
2544android.settings.APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS intent to show application
2545development-related settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS">Resources, 60</a>]. The upstream Android implementation hides the Developer Options menu by
2546default and enables users to launch Developer Options after pressing seven (7)
2547times on the <strong>Settings</strong> > <strong>About Device</strong> > <strong>Build Number</strong> menu item. Device implementations MUST provide a consistent experience for
2548Developer Options. Specifically, device implementations MUST hide Developer
2549Options by default and MUST provide a mechanism to enable Developer Options
2550that is consistent with the upstream Android implementation.</p>
2551
2552<h1 id="7_hardware_compatibility">7. Hardware Compatibility</h1>
2553
2554
2555<p>If a device includes a particular hardware component that has a corresponding
2556API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST implement that
2557API as described in the Android SDK documentation. If an API in the SDK
2558interacts with a hardware component that is stated to be optional and the
2559device implementation does not possess that component:</p>
2560
2561<ul>
2562 <li>Complete class definitions (as documented by the SDK) for the component APIs
2563MUST still be presented.
2564 <li>The API&rsquo;s behaviors MUST be implemented as no-ops in some reasonable fashion.
2565 <li>API methods MUST return null values where permitted by the SDK documentation.
2566 <li>API methods MUST return no-op implementations of classes where null values are
2567not permitted by the SDK documentation.
2568 <li>API methods MUST NOT throw exceptions not documented by the SDK documentation.
2569</ul>
2570
2571<p>A typical example of a scenario where these requirements apply is the telephony
2572API: even on non-phone devices, these APIs must be implemented as reasonable
2573no-ops.</p>
2574
2575<p>Device implementations MUST consistently report accurate hardware configuration
2576information via the getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String)
2577methods on the android.content.pm.PackageManager class for the same build
2578fingerprint. [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a></p>
2579
2580<h2 id="7_1_display_and_graphics">7.1. Display and Graphics</h2>
2581
2582
2583<p>Android includes facilities that automatically adjust application assets and UI
2584layouts appropriately for the device, to ensure that third-party applications
2585run well on a variety of hardware configurations [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html">Resources, 61</a>]. Devices MUST properly implement these APIs and behaviors, as detailed in
2586this section.</p>
2587
2588<p>The units referenced by the requirements in this section are defined as
2589follows:</p>
2590
2591<ul>
2592 <li><strong>physical diagonal size</strong>. The distance in inches between two opposing corners of the illuminated portion
2593of the display.</li>
2594 <li><strong>dots per inch (dpi)</strong>. The number of pixels encompassed by a linear horizontal or vertical span of
25951&rdquo;. Where dpi values are listed, both horizontal and vertical dpi must fall
2596within the range.</li>
2597 <li><strong>aspect ratio</strong>. The ratio of the pixels of the longer dimension
2598 to the shorter dimension of the screen. For example, a display of 480x854 pixels
2599 would be 854/480 = 1.779, or roughly &ldquo;16:9&rdquo;.</li>
2600 <li><strong>density-independent pixel (dp)</strong> The virtual pixel unit normalized to a 160 dpi screen, calculated as: pixels =
2601dps * (density/160).</li>
2602</ul>
2603
2604<h3 id="7_1_1_screen_configuration">7.1.1. Screen Configuration</h3>
2605
2606
2607<h4 id="7_1_1_1_screen_size">7.1.1.1. Screen Size</h4>
2608
2609<div class="note">
2610<p>Android Watch devices (detailed in <a href="#2_device_types">section 2</a>) MAY have smaller screen sizes as described in this section.</p>
2611</div>
2612
2613<p>The Android UI framework supports a variety of different screen sizes, and
2614allows applications to query the device screen size (aka &ldquo;screen layout") via
2615android.content.res.Configuration.screenLayout with the SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK.
2616Device implementations MUST report the correct screen size as defined in the
2617Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html">Resources, 61</a>] and determined by the upstream Android platform. Specifically, device
2618implementations MUST report the correct screen size according to the following
2619logical density-independent pixel (dp) screen dimensions.</p>
2620
2621<ul>
2622 <li>Devices MUST have screen sizes of at least 426 dp x 320 dp (&lsquo;small&rsquo;), unless it
2623is an Android Watch device.</li>
2624 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;normal&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 480
2625dp x 320 dp.</li>
2626 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;large&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 640
2627dp x 480 dp.</li>
2628 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;xlarge&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 960
2629dp x 720 dp.</li>
2630</ul>
2631
2632<p>In addition, </p>
2633
2634<ul>
2635 <li>Android Watch devices MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal size in the
2636range from 1.1 to 2.5 inches.</li>
2637 <li>Other types of Android device implementations, with a physically integrated
2638screen, MUST have a screen at least 2.5 inches in physical diagonal size.</li>
2639</ul>
2640
2641<p>Devices MUST NOT change their reported screen size at any time.</p>
2642
2643<p>Applications optionally indicate which screen sizes they support via the
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]2644&lt;supports-screens&gt; attribute in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Device
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2645implementations MUST correctly honor applications' stated support for small,
2646normal, large, and xlarge screens, as described in the Android SDK
2647documentation.</p>
2648
2649<h4 id="7_1_1_2_screen_aspect_ratio">7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio</h4>
2650
2651<div class="note">
2652<p>Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1).</p>
2653</div>
2654
2655
2656<p>The screen aspect ratio MUST be a value from 1.3333 (4:3) to 1.86 (roughly
265716:9), but Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1) because
2658such a device implementation will use a UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH as the
2659android.content.res.Configuration.uiMode.</p>
2660
2661<h4 id="7_1_1_3_screen_density">7.1.1.3. Screen Density</h4>
2662
2663
2664<p>The Android UI framework defines a set of standard logical densities to help
2665application developers target application resources. Device implementations
2666MUST report only one of the following logical Android framework densities
2667through the android.util.DisplayMetrics APIs, and MUST execute applications at
2668this standard density and MUST NOT change the value at at any time for the
2669default display.</p>
2670
2671<ul>
2672 <li>120 dpi (ldpi)</li>
2673 <li>160 dpi (mdpi)</li>
2674 <li>213 dpi (tvdpi)</li>
2675 <li>240 dpi (hdpi)</li>
2676 <li>280 dpi (280dpi)</li>
2677 <li>320 dpi (xhdpi)</li>
2678 <li>400 dpi (400dpi)</li>
2679 <li>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</li>
2680 <li>560 dpi (560dpi)</li>
2681 <li>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</li>
2682</ul>
2683
2684<p>Device implementations SHOULD define the standard Android framework density
2685that is numerically closest to the physical density of the screen, unless that
2686logical density pushes the reported screen size below the minimum supported. If
2687the standard Android framework density that is numerically closest to the
2688physical density results in a screen size that is smaller than the smallest
2689supported compatible screen size (320 dp width), device implementations SHOULD
2690report the next lowest standard Android framework density.</p>
2691
2692<h3 id="7_1_2_display_metrics">7.1.2. Display Metrics</h3>
2693
2694
2695<p>Device implementations MUST report correct values for all display metrics
2696defined in android.util.DisplayMetrics [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html">Resources, 62</a>] and MUST report the same values regardless of whether the embedded or
2697external screen is used as the default display.</p>
2698
2699<h3 id="7_1_3_screen_orientation">7.1.3. Screen Orientation</h3>
2700
2701
2702<p>Devices MUST report which screen orientations they support
2703(android.hardware.screen.portrait and/or android.hardware.screen.landscape) and
2704MUST report at least one supported orientation. For example, a device with a
2705fixed orientation landscape screen, such as a television or laptop, SHOULD only
2706report android.hardware.screen.landscape.</p>
2707
2708<p>Devices that report both screen orientations MUST support dynamic orientation
2709by applications to either portrait or landscape screen orientation. That is,
2710the device must respect the application&rsquo;s request for a specific screen
2711orientation. Device implementations MAY select either portrait or landscape
2712orientation as the default.</p>
2713
2714<p>Devices MUST report the correct value for the device&rsquo;s current orientation,
2715whenever queried via the android.content.res.Configuration.orientation,
2716android.view.Display.getOrientation(), or other APIs.</p>
2717
2718<p>Devices MUST NOT change the reported screen size or density when changing
2719orientation.</p>
2720
2721<h3 id="7_1_4_2d_and_3d_graphics_acceleration">7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</h3>
2722
2723
2724<p>Device implementations MUST support both OpenGL ES 1.0 and 2.0, as embodied and
2725detailed in the Android SDK documentations. Device implementations SHOULD
2726support OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 on devices capable of supporting it. Device
2727implementations MUST also support Android RenderScript, as detailed in the
2728Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/">Resources, 63</a>].</p>
2729
2730<p>Device implementations MUST also correctly identify themselves as supporting
2731OpenGL ES 1.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0 or OpenGL 3.1. That is:</p>
2732
2733<ul>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]2734 <li>The managed APIs (such as via the GLES10.getString() method) MUST report support
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]2735for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0.</li>
2736 <li>The native C/C++ OpenGL APIs (APIs available to apps via libGLES_v1CM.so,
2737libGLES_v2.so, or libEGL.so) MUST report support for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL
2738ES 2.0.</li>
2739 <li>Device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 MUST
2740support the corresponding managed APIs and include support for native C/C++
2741APIs. On device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1,
2742libGLESv2.so MUST export the corresponding function symbols in addition to the
2743OpenGL ES 2.0 function symbols.</li>
2744</ul>
2745
2746<p>In addition to OpenGL ES 3.1, Android provides an extension pack with Java
2747interfaces [<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/opengl/GLES31Ext.html">Resources, 64</a>] and native support for advanced graphics functionality such as tessellation
2748and the ASTC texture compression format. Android device implementations MAY
2749support this extension pack, and&mdash;only if fully implemented&mdash;MUST identify the
2750support through the android.hardware.opengles.aep feature flag.</p>
2751
2752<p>Also, device implementations MAY implement any desired OpenGL ES extensions.
2753However, device implementations MUST report via the OpenGL ES managed and
2754native APIs all extension strings that they do support, and conversely MUST NOT
2755report extension strings that they do not support.</p>
2756
2757<p>Note that Android includes support for applications to optionally specify that
2758they require specific OpenGL texture compression formats. These formats are
2759typically vendor-specific. Device implementations are not required by Android
2760to implement any specific texture compression format. However, they SHOULD
2761accurately report any texture compression formats that they do support, via the
2762getString() method in the OpenGL API.</p>
2763
2764<p>Android includes a mechanism for applications to declare that they want to
2765enable hardware acceleration for 2D graphics at the Application, Activity,
2766Window, or View level through the use of a manifest tag
2767android:hardwareAccelerated or direct API calls [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">Resources, 65</a>].</p>
2768
2769<p>Device implementations MUST enable hardware acceleration by default, and MUST
2770disable hardware acceleration if the developer so requests by setting
2771android:hardwareAccelerated="false&rdquo; or disabling hardware acceleration directly
2772through the Android View APIs.</p>
2773
2774<p>In addition, device implementations MUST exhibit behavior consistent with the
2775Android SDK documentation on hardware acceleration [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">Resources, 65</a>].</p>
2776
2777<p>Android includes a TextureView object that lets developers directly integrate
2778hardware-accelerated OpenGL ES textures as rendering targets in a UI hierarchy.
2779Device implementations MUST support the TextureView API, and MUST exhibit
2780consistent behavior with the upstream Android implementation.</p>
2781
2782<p>Android includes support for EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE, an EGLConfig attribute
2783that indicates whether the EGLConfig supports rendering to an ANativeWindow
2784that records images to a video. Device implementations MUST support
2785EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE extension [<a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/egl/extensions/ANDROID/EGL_ANDROID_recordable.txt">Resources, 66</a>].</p>
2786
2787<h3 id="7_1_5_legacy_application_compatibility_mode">7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</h3>
2788
2789
2790<p>Android specifies a &ldquo;compatibility mode&rdquo; in which the framework operates in a
2791'normal' screen size equivalent (320dp width) mode for the benefit of legacy
2792applications not developed for old versions of Android that pre-date
2793screen-size independence.</p>
2794
2795<ul>
2796<li>Android Automotive does not support legacy compatibility mode.</li>
2797<li>All other device implementations MUST include support for legacy application
2798compatibility mode as implemented by the upstream Android open source code. That
2799is, device implementations MUST NOT alter the triggers or thresholds at which
2800compatibility mode is activated, and MUST NOT alter the behavior of the
2801compatibility mode itself.</li>
2802</ul>
2803
2804<h3 id="7_1_6_screen_technology">7.1.6. Screen Technology</h3>
2805
2806
2807<p>The Android platform includes APIs that allow applications to render rich
2808graphics to the display. Devices MUST support all of these APIs as defined by
2809the Android SDK unless specifically allowed in this document. </p>
2810
2811<ul>
2812 <li>Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering 16-bit color graphics and
2813SHOULD support displays capable of 24-bit color graphics.</li>
2814 <li>Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering animations.</li>
2815 <li>The display technology used MUST have a pixel aspect ratio (PAR) between 0.9
2816and 1.15. That is, the pixel aspect ratio MUST be near square (1.0) with a 10 ~
281715% tolerance.</li>
2818</ul>
2819
2820<h3 id="7_1_7_external_displays">7.1.7. Secondary Displays</h3>
2821
2822
2823<p>Android includes support for secondary display to enable media sharing
2824capabilities and developer APIs for accessing external displays. If a device
2825supports an external display either via a wired, wireless, or an embedded
2826additional display connection then the device implementation MUST implement the
2827display manager API as described in the Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/display/DisplayManager.html">Resources, 67</a>].</p>
2828
2829<h2 id="7_2_input_devices">7.2. Input Devices</h2>
2830
2831<p>Devices MUST support a touchscreen or meet the requirements listed in 7.2.2
2832for non-touch navigation.</p>
2833
2834<h3 id="7_2_1_keyboard">7.2.1. Keyboard</h3>
2835
2836<div class="note">
2837<p>Android Watch and Android Automotive implementations MAY implement a soft
2838keyboard. All other device implementations MUST implement a soft keyboard and:</p>
2839</div>
2840
2841
2842<p>Device implementations:</p>
2843
2844<ul>
2845 <li>MUST include support for the Input Management Framework (which allows
2846third-party developers to create Input Method Editors&mdash;i.e. soft keyboard) as
2847detailed at <a href="http://developer.android.com">http://developer.android.com</a>.</li>
2848 <li>MUST provide at least one soft keyboard implementation (regardless of whether a
2849hard keyboard is present) except for Android Watch devices where the screen
2850size makes it less reasonable to have a soft keyboard.</li>
2851 <li>MAY include additional soft keyboard implementations.</li>
2852 <li>MAY include a hardware keyboard.</li>
2853 <li>MUST NOT include a hardware keyboard that does not match one of the formats
2854specified in android.content.res.Configuration.keyboard [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html">Resources, 68</a>] (QWERTY or 12-key).</li>
2855</ul>
2856
2857<h3 id="7_2_2_non-touch_navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</h3>
2858
2859<div class="note">
2860<p>Android Television devices MUST support D-pad.</p>
2861</div>
2862
2863<p>Device implementations:</p>
2864
2865<ul>
2866 <li>MAY omit a non-touch navigation option (trackball, d-pad, or wheel) if the
2867device implementation is not an Android Television device.</li>
2868 <li>MUST report the correct value for android.content.res.Configuration.navigation
2869[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html">Resources, 68</a>].</li>
2870 <li>MUST provide a reasonable alternative user interface mechanism for the
2871selection and editing of text, compatible with Input Management Engines. The
2872upstream Android open source implementation includes a selection mechanism
2873suitable for use with devices that lack non-touch navigation inputs.</li>
2874</ul>
2875
2876<h3 id="7_2_3_navigation_keys">7.2.3. Navigation Keys</h3>
2877
2878<div class="note">
2879<p>The availability and visibility requirement of the Home, Recents, and Back
2880functions differ between device types as described in this section.</p>
2881</div>
2882
2883<p>The Home, Recents, and Back functions (mapped to the key events KEYCODE_HOME,
2884KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH, KEYCODE_BACK, respectively) are essential to the Android
2885navigation paradigm and therefore:</p>
2886
2887<ul>
2888 <li>Android Handheld device implementations MUST provide the Home, Recents, and
2889Back functions.</li>
2890 <li>Android Television device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back
2891functions.</li>
2892 <li>Android Watch device implementations MUST have the Home function available to
2893the user, and the Back function except for when it is in UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.</li>
2894 <li>Android Automotive implementations MUST provide the Home function and MAY
2895provide Back and Recent functions.</li>
2896 <li>All other types of device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back
2897functions.</li>
2898</ul>
2899
2900<p>These functions MAY be implemented via dedicated physical buttons (such as
2901mechanical or capacitive touch buttons), or MAY be implemented using dedicated
2902software keys on a distinct portion of the screen, gestures, touch panel, etc.
2903Android supports both implementations. All of these functions MUST be
2904accessible with a single action (e.g. tap, double-click or gesture) when
2905visible.</p>
2906
2907<p>Recents function, if provided, MUST have a visible button or icon unless hidden
2908together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode. This does not
2909apply to devices upgrading from earlier Android versions that have physical
2910buttons for navigation and no recents key.</p>
2911
2912<p> The Home and Back functions, if provided, MUST each have a visible button or
2913icon unless hidden together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode
2914or when the uiMode UI_MODE_TYPE_MASK is set to UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.</p>
2915
2916<p>The Menu function is deprecated in favor of action bar since Android 4.0.
2917Therefore the new device implementations shipping with Android ANDROID_VERSION and later MUST NOT
2918implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu function. Older device
2919implementations SHOULD NOT implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu
2920function, but if the physical Menu button is implemented and the device is
2921running applications with targetSdkVersion > 10, the device implementation:</p>
2922
2923<ul>
2924 <li>MUST display the action overflow button on the action bar when it is visible
2925and the resulting action overflow menu popup is not empty. For a device
2926implementation launched before Android 4.4 but upgrading to Android ANDROID_VERSION, this
2927is RECOMMENDED.</li>
2928 <li>MUST NOT modify the position of the action overflow popup displayed by
2929selecting the overflow button in the action bar.</li>
2930 <li>MAY render the action overflow popup at a modified position on the screen when
2931it is displayed by selecting the physical menu button.</li>
2932</ul>
2933
2934<p>For backwards compatibility, device implementations MUST make the Menu function
2935available to applications when targetSdkVersion is less than 10, either by a physical
2936button, a software key, or gestures. This Menu function should be presented
2937unless hidden together with other navigation functions.</p>
2938
2939<p>Android supports Assist action [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_ASSIST">Resources, 69</a>]. Android device implementations except for Android Watch devices MUST make
2940the Assist action available to the user at all times when running applications.
2941The Assist action SHOULD be implemented as a long-press on the Home button or a
2942swipe-up gesture on the software Home key. This function MAY be implemented via
2943another physical button, software key, or gesture, but MUST be accessible with
2944a single action (e.g. tap, double-click, or gesture) when other navigation keys
2945are visible.</p>
2946
2947<p>Device implementations MAY use a distinct portion of the screen to display the
2948navigation keys, but if so, MUST meet these requirements:</p>
2949
2950<ul>
2951 <li>Device implementation navigation keys MUST use a distinct portion of the
2952screen, not available to applications, and MUST NOT obscure or otherwise
2953interfere with the portion of the screen available to applications.</li>
2954 <li>Device implementations MUST make available a portion of the display to
2955applications that meets the requirements defined in <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a>.</li>
2956 <li>Device implementations MUST display the navigation keys when applications do
2957not specify a system UI mode, or specify SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_VISIBLE.</li>
2958 <li>Device implementations MUST present the navigation keys in an unobtrusive &ldquo;low
2959profile&rdquo; (eg. dimmed) mode when applications specify
2960SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE.</li>
2961 <li>Device implementations MUST hide the navigation keys when applications specify
2962SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION.</li>
2963</ul>
2964
2965<h3 id="7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</h3>
2966
2967<div class="note">
2968<p>Android Handhelds and Watch Devices MUST support touchscreen input.</p>
2969</div>
2970
2971
2972<p>Device implementations SHOULD have a pointer input system of some kind (either
2973mouse-like or touch). However, if a device implementation does not support a
2974pointer input system, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.touchscreen or
2975android.hardware.faketouch feature constant. Device implementations that do
2976include a pointer input system:</p>
2977
2978<ul>
2979 <li>SHOULD support fully independently tracked pointers, if the device input system
2980supports multiple pointers.</li>
2981 <li>MUST report the value of android.content.res.Configuration.touchscreen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html">Resources, 68</a>] corresponding to the type of the specific touchscreen on the device.</li>
2982</ul>
2983
2984<p>Android includes support for a variety of touchscreens, touch pads, and fake
2985touch input devices. Touchscreen based device implementations are associated
2986with a display [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/input/touch-devices.html">Resources, 70</a>] such that the user has the impression of directly manipulating items on
2987screen. Since the user is directly touching the screen, the system does not
2988require any additional affordances to indicate the objects being manipulated.
2989In contrast, a fake touch interface provides a user input system that
2990approximates a subset of touchscreen capabilities. For example, a mouse or
2991remote control that drives an on-screen cursor approximates touch, but requires
2992the user to first point or focus then click. Numerous input devices like the
2993mouse, trackpad, gyro-based air mouse, gyro-pointer, joystick, and multi-touch
2994trackpad can support fake touch interactions. Android includes the feature
2995constant android.hardware.faketouch, which corresponds to a high-fidelity
2996non-touch (pointer-based) input device such as a mouse or trackpad that can
2997adequately emulate touch-based input (including basic gesture support), and
2998indicates that the device supports an emulated subset of touchscreen
2999functionality. Device implementations that declare the fake touch feature MUST
3000meet the fake touch requirements in <a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">section 7.2.5</a>.</p>
3001
3002<p>Device implementations MUST report the correct feature corresponding to the
3003type of input used. Device implementations that include a touchscreen
3004(single-touch or better) MUST report the platform feature constant
3005android.hardware.touchscreen. Device implementations that report the platform
3006feature constant android.hardware.touchscreen MUST also report the platform
3007feature constant android.hardware.faketouch. Device implementations that do not
3008include a touchscreen (and rely on a pointer device only) MUST NOT report any
3009touchscreen feature, and MUST report only android.hardware.faketouch if they
3010meet the fake touch requirements in <a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">section 7.2.5</a>.</p>
3011
3012<h3 id="7_2_5_fake_touch_input">7.2.5. Fake Touch Input</h3>
3013
3014
3015<p>Device implementations that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch:</p>
3016
3017<ul>
3018 <li>MUST report the absolute X and Y screen positions of the pointer location and
3019display a visual pointer on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
3020 <li>MUST report touch event with the action code that specifies the state change
3021that occurs on the pointer going down or up on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
3022 <li>MUST support pointer down and up on an object on the screen, which allows users
3023to emulate tap on an object on the screen.</li>
3024 <li>MUST support pointer down, pointer up, pointer down then pointer up in the same
3025place on an object on the screen within a time threshold, which allows users to
3026emulate double tap on an object on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
3027 <li>MUST support pointer down on an arbitrary point on the screen, pointer move to
3028any other arbitrary point on the screen, followed by a pointer up, which allows
3029users to emulate a touch drag.</li>
3030 <li>MUST support pointer down then allow users to quickly move the object to a
3031different position on the screen and then pointer up on the screen, which
3032allows users to fling an object on the screen.</li>
3033</ul>
3034
3035<p>Devices that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch.multitouch.distinct
3036MUST meet the requirements for faketouch above, and MUST also support distinct
3037tracking of two or more independent pointer inputs.</p>
3038
3039<h3 id="7_2_6_game_controller_support">7.2.6. Game Controller Support</h3>
3040
3041
3042<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support button mappings for game
3043controllers as listed below. The upstream Android implementation includes
3044implementation for game controllers that satisfies this requirement. </p>
3045
3046<h4 id="7_2_6_1_button_mappings">7.2.6.1. Button Mappings</h4>
3047
3048
3049<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support the following key
3050mappings:</p>
3051<table>
3052 <tr>
3053 <th>Button</th>
3054 <th>HID Usage</strong><sup>2</sup></td>
3055 <th>Android Button</th>
3056 </tr>
3057 <tr>
3058 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_A">A</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3059 <td>0x09 0x0001</td>
3060 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_A (96)</td>
3061 </tr>
3062 <tr>
3063 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_B">B</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3064 <td>0x09 0x0002</td>
3065 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_B (97)</td>
3066 </tr>
3067 <tr>
3068 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_X">X</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3069 <td>0x09 0x0004</td>
3070 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_X (99)</td>
3071 </tr>
3072 <tr>
3073 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_Y">Y</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3074 <td>0x09 0x0005</td>
3075 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_Y (100)</td>
3076 </tr>
3077 <tr>
3078 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_UP">D-pad up</a><sup>1</sup></p>
3079
3080<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN">D-pad down</a><sup>1</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]3081 <td>0x01 0x0039<sup>3</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3082 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_HAT_Y">AXIS_HAT_Y</a><sup>4</sup></td>
3083 </tr>
3084 <tr>
3085 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT">D-pad left</a>1</p>
3086
3087<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT">D-pad right</a><sup>1</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]3088 <td>0x01 0x0039<sup>3</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3089 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_HAT_X">AXIS_HAT_X</a><sup>4</sup></td>
3090 </tr>
3091 <tr>
3092 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1">Left shoulder button</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3093 <td>0x09 0x0007</td>
3094 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1 (102)</td>
3095 </tr>
3096 <tr>
3097 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1">Right shoulder button</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3098 <td>0x09 0x0008</td>
3099 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1 (103)</td>
3100 </tr>
3101 <tr>
3102 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBL">Left stick click</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3103 <td>0x09 0x000E</td>
3104 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBL (106)</td>
3105 </tr>
3106 <tr>
3107 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBR">Right stick click</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3108 <td>0x09 0x000F</td>
3109 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBR (107)</td>
3110 </tr>
3111 <tr>
3112 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_HOME">Home</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3113 <td>0x0c 0x0223</td>
3114 <td>KEYCODE_HOME (3)</td>
3115 </tr>
3116 <tr>
3117 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BACK">Back</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3118 <td>0x0c 0x0224</td>
3119 <td>KEYCODE_BACK (4)</td>
3120 </tr>
3121</table>
3122
3123
3124<p class="table_footnote">1 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">Resources, 72</a>]</p>
3125
3126<p class="table_footnote">2 The above HID usages must be declared within a Game pad CA (0x01 0x0005).</p>
3127
3128<p class="table_footnote">3 This usage must have a Logical Minimum of 0, a Logical Maximum of 7, a
3129Physical Minimum of 0, a Physical Maximum of 315, Units in Degrees, and a
3130Report Size of 4. The logical value is defined to be the clockwise rotation
3131away from the vertical axis; for example, a logical value of 0 represents no
3132rotation and the up button being pressed, while a logical value of 1 represents
3133a rotation of 45 degrees and both the up and left keys being pressed.</p>
3134
3135<p class="table_footnote">4 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>]</p>
3136
3137<table>
3138 <tr>
3139 <th>Analog Controls</strong><sup>1</sup></td>
3140 <th>HID Usage</th>
3141 <th>Android Button</th>
3142 </tr>
3143 <tr>
3144 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_LTRIGGER">Left Trigger</a></td>
3145 <td>0x02 0x00C5</td>
3146 <td>AXIS_LTRIGGER </td>
3147 </tr>
3148 <tr>
3149 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_THROTTLE">Right Trigger</a></td>
3150 <td>0x02 0x00C4</td>
3151 <td>AXIS_RTRIGGER </td>
3152 </tr>
3153 <tr>
3154 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_Y">Left Joystick</a></td>
3155 <td>0x01 0x0030</p>
3156
3157<p>0x01 0x0031</td>
3158 <td>AXIS_X</p>
3159
3160<p>AXIS_Y</td>
3161 </tr>
3162 <tr>
3163 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_Z">Right Joystick</a></td>
3164 <td>0x01 0x0032</p>
3165
3166<p>0x01 0x0035</td>
3167 <td>AXIS_Z</p>
3168
3169<p>AXIS_RZ</td>
3170 </tr>
3171</table>
3172
3173
3174<p class="table_footnote">1 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>]</p>
3175
3176<h3 id="7_2_7_remote_control">7.2.7. Remote Control</h3>
3177
3178
3179<p>Android Television device implementations SHOULD provide a remote control to
3180allow users to access the TV interface. The remote control MAY be a physical
3181remote or can be a software-based remote that is accessible from a mobile phone
3182or tablet. The remote control MUST meet the requirements defined below.</p>
3183
3184<ul>
3185 <li><strong>Search affordance</strong>. Device implementations MUST fire KEYCODE_SEARCH when the user invokes voice search either on the physical or software-based remote.</li>
3186 <li><strong>Navigation</strong>. All Android Television remotes MUST include Back, Home, and Select buttons and
3187support for D-pad events [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">Resources, 72</a>].</li>
3188</ul>
3189
3190<h2 id="7_3_sensors">7.3. Sensors</h2>
3191
3192
3193<p>Android includes APIs for accessing a variety of sensor types. Devices
3194implementations generally MAY omit these sensors, as provided for in the
3195following subsections. If a device includes a particular sensor type that has a
3196corresponding API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST
3197implement that API as described in the Android SDK documentation and the
3198Android Open Source documentation on sensors [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">Resources, 73</a>]. For example, device implementations:</p>
3199
3200<ul>
3201 <li>MUST accurately report the presence or absence of sensors per the
3202android.content.pm.PackageManager class [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a>.</li>
3203 <li>MUST return an accurate list of supported sensors via the
3204SensorManager.getSensorList() and similar methods.</li>
3205 <li>MUST behave reasonably for all other sensor APIs (for example, by returning
3206true or false as appropriate when applications attempt to register listeners,
3207not calling sensor listeners when the corresponding sensors are not present;
3208etc.).</li>
3209 <li>MUST report all sensor measurements using the relevant International System of
3210Units (metric) values for each sensor type as defined in the Android SDK
3211documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3212 <li>SHOULD report the event time in nanoseconds as defined in the Android SDK
3213documentation, representing the time the event happened and synchronized with
3214the SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNano() clock. Existing and new Android devices
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3215are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to meet these requirement so they will be able to upgrade to the future
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3216platform releases where this might become a REQUIRED component. The
3217synchronization error SHOULD be below 100 milliseconds [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp">Resources, 75</a>].</li>
3218</ul>
3219
3220<p>The list above is not comprehensive; the documented behavior of the Android SDK
3221and the Android Open Source Documentations on Sensors [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">Resources, 73</a>] is to be considered authoritative.</p>
3222
3223<p>Some sensor types are composite, meaning they can be derived from data provided
3224by one or more other sensors. (Examples include the orientation sensor, and the
3225linear acceleration sensor.) Device implementations SHOULD implement these
3226sensor types, when they include the prerequisite physical sensors as described
3227in [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html">Resources, 76</a>].
3228If a device implementation includes a composite sensor it MUST implement the
3229sensor as described in the Android Open Source documentation on composite
3230sensors [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#composite_sensor_type_summary">Resources, 76</a>].</p>
3231
3232<p>Some Android sensors support a &ldquo;continuous&rdquo; trigger mode, which returns data
3233continuously [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/report-modes.html#continuous">Resources, 77</a>]. For any API indicated by the Android SDK documentation to be a continuous
3234sensor, device implementations MUST continuously provide periodic data samples
3235that SHOULD have a jitter below 3%, where jitter is defined as the standard
3236deviation of the difference of the reported timestamp values between
3237consecutive events.</p>
3238
3239<p>Note that the device implementations MUST ensure that the sensor event stream
3240MUST NOT prevent the device CPU from entering a suspend state or waking up from
3241a suspend state.</p>
3242
3243<p>Finally, when several sensors are activated, the power consumption SHOULD NOT
3244exceed the sum of the individual sensor&rsquo;s reported power consumption.</p>
3245
3246<h3 id="7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1. Accelerometer</h3>
3247
3248
3249<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis accelerometer. Android Handheld
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3250devices and Android Watch devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to include this
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3251sensor. If a device implementation does include a 3-axis accelerometer, it:</p>
3252
3253<ul>
3254 <li>MUST implement and report TYPE_ACCELEROMETER sensor [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sensor.html#TYPE_ACCELEROMETER">Resources, 78</a>].</li>
3255 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for
3256 Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and
3257 100 Hz for all other device types.</li>
3258 <li>SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.</li>
3259 <li>MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the
3260Android APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3261 <li>MUST be capable of measuring from freefall up to four times the gravity (4g) or
3262more on any axis.</li>
3263 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least 8-bits and SHOULD have a resolution of at
3264least 16-bits.</li>
3265 <li>SHOULD be calibrated while in use if the characteristics changes over the life
3266cycle and compensated, and preserve the compensation parameters between device
3267reboots.</li>
3268 <li>SHOULD be temperature compensated.</li>
3269 <li>MUST have a standard deviation no greater than 0.05 m/s^, where the standard
3270deviation should be calculated on a per axis basis on samples collected over a
3271period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate.</li>
3272 <li>SHOULD implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION, TYPE_TILT_DETECTOR,
3273TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR, TYPE_STEP_COUNTER composite sensors as described in the
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3274Android SDK document. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION composite sensor. If any of these
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3275sensors are implemented, the sum of their power consumption MUST always be less
3276than 4 mW and SHOULD each be below 2 mW and 0.5 mW for when the device is in a
3277dynamic or static condition.</li>
3278 <li>If a gyroscope sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and
3279TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the
3280TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3281are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3282 <li>SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if a gyroscope sensor
3283and a magnetometer sensor is also included.</li>
3284</ul>
3285
3286<h3 id="7_3_2_magnetometer">7.3.2. Magnetometer</h3>
3287
3288
3289<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis magnetometer (compass). If a
3290device does include a 3-axis magnetometer, it:</p>
3291
3292<ul>
3293 <li>MUST implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD sensor and SHOULD also implement
3294TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3295STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3296 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 10 Hz and SHOULD
3297report events up to at least 50 Hz.</li>
3298 <li>MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the
3299Android APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3300 <li>MUST be capable of measuring between -900 &micro;T and +900 &micro;T on each axis before
3301saturating.</li>
3302 <li>MUST have a hard iron offset value less than 700 &micro;T and SHOULD have a value
3303below 200 &micro;T, by placing the magnetometer far from dynamic (current-induced)
3304and static (magnet-induced) magnetic fields.</li>
3305 <li>MUST have a resolution equal or denser than 0.6 &micro;T and SHOULD have a resolution
3306equal or denser than 0.2 &micro;.</li>
3307 <li>SHOULD be temperature compensated.</li>
3308 <li>MUST support online calibration and compensation of the hard iron bias, and
3309preserve the compensation parameters between device reboots.</li>
3310 <li>MUST have the soft iron compensation applied&mdash;the calibration can be done either
3311while in use or during the production of the device.</li>
3312 <li>SHOULD have a standard deviation, calculated on a per axis basis on samples
3313collected over a period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate, no
3314greater than 0.5 &micro;T.</li>
3315 <li>SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer
3316sensor and a gyroscope sensor is also included.</li>
3317 <li>MAY implement the TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor if an accelerometer
3318sensor is also implemented. However if implemented, it MUST consume less than
331910 mW and SHOULD consume less than 3 mW when the sensor is registered for batch
3320mode at 10 Hz.</li>
3321</ul>
3322
3323<h3 id="7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</h3>
3324
3325
3326<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a GPS receiver. If a device
3327implementation does include a GPS receiver, it SHOULD include some form of&ldquo;assisted GPS&rdquo; technique to minimize GPS lock-on time.</p>
3328
3329<h3 id="7_3_4_gyroscope">7.3.4. Gyroscope</h3>
3330
3331
3332<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a gyroscope (angular change sensor).
3333Devices SHOULD NOT include a gyroscope sensor unless a 3-axis accelerometer is
3334also included. If a device implementation includes a gyroscope, it:</p>
3335
3336<ul>
3337 <li>MUST implement the TYPE_GYROSCOPE sensor and SHOULD also implement
3338TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3339STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3340 <li>MUST be capable of measuring orientation changes up to 1,000 degrees per second.</li>
3341 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for
3342 Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and
3343 100 Hz for all other device types.</li>
3344 <li>SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.</li>
3345 <li>MUST have a resolution of 12-bits or more and SHOULD have a resolution of
334616-bits or more.</li>
3347 <li>MUST be temperature compensated.</li>
3348 <li>MUST be calibrated and compensated while in use, and preserve the compensation
3349parameters between device reboots.</li>
3350 <li>MUST have a variance no greater than 1e-7 rad^2 / s^2 per Hz (variance per Hz,
3351or rad^2 / s). The variance is allowed to vary with the sampling rate, but must
3352be constrained by this value. In other words, if you measure the variance of
3353the gyro at 1 Hz sampling rate it should be no greater than 1e-7 rad^2/s^2.</li>
3354 <li>SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer
3355sensor and a magnetometer sensor is also included.</li>
3356 <li>If an accelerometer sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and
3357TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the
3358TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3359are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3360</ul>
3361
3362<h3 id="7_3_5_barometer">7.3.5. Barometer</h3>
3363
3364
3365<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a barometer (ambient air pressure
3366sensor). If a device implementation includes a barometer, it:</p>
3367
3368<ul>
3369 <li>MUST implement and report TYPE_PRESSURE sensor.</li>
3370 <li>MUST be able to deliver events at 5 Hz or greater.</li>
3371 <li>MUST have adequate precision to enable estimating altitude.</li>
3372 <li>MUST be temperature compensated.</li>
3373</ul>
3374
3375<h3 id="7_3_6_thermometer">7.3.6. Thermometer</h3>
3376
3377
3378<p>Device implementations MAY include an ambient thermometer (temperature sensor).
3379If present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE and it MUST
3380measure the ambient (room) temperature in degrees Celsius.</p>
3381
3382<p>Device implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT include a CPU temperature sensor. If
3383present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE, it MUST measure the
3384temperature of the device CPU, and it MUST NOT measure any other temperature.
3385Note the SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE sensor type was deprecated in Android 4.0.</p>
3386
3387<h3 id="7_3_7_photometer">7.3.7. Photometer</h3>
3388
3389
3390<p>Device implementations MAY include a photometer (ambient light sensor).</p>
3391
3392<h3 id="7_3_8_proximity_sensor">7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</h3>
3393
3394
3395<p>Device implementations MAY include a proximity sensor. Devices that can make a
3396voice call and indicate any value other than PHONE_TYPE_NONE in getPhoneType
3397SHOULD include a proximity sensor. If a device implementation does include a
3398proximity sensor, it:</p>
3399
3400<ul>
3401 <li>MUST measure the proximity of an object in the same direction as the screen.
3402That is, the proximity sensor MUST be oriented to detect objects close to the
3403screen, as the primary intent of this sensor type is to detect a phone in use
3404by the user. If a device implementation includes a proximity sensor with any
3405other orientation, it MUST NOT be accessible through this API.</li>
3406 <li>MUST have 1-bit of accuracy or more.</li>
3407</ul>
3408
3409<h2 id="7_4_data_connectivity">7.4. Data Connectivity</h2>
3410
3411
3412<h3 id="7_4_1_telephony">7.4.1. Telephony</h3>
3413
3414
3415<p>&ldquo;Telephony&rdquo; as used by the Android APIs and this document refers specifically
3416to hardware related to placing voice calls and sending SMS messages via a GSM
3417or CDMA network. While these voice calls may or may not be packet-switched,
3418they are for the purposes of Android considered independent of any data
3419connectivity that may be implemented using the same network. In other words,
3420the Android &ldquo;telephony&rdquo; functionality and APIs refer specifically to voice
3421calls and SMS. For instance, device implementations that cannot place calls or
3422send/receive SMS messages MUST NOT report the android.hardware.telephony
3423feature or any subfeatures, regardless of whether they use a cellular network
3424for data connectivity.</p>
3425
3426<p>Android MAY be used on devices that do not include telephony hardware. That is,
3427Android is compatible with devices that are not phones. However, if a device
3428implementation does include GSM or CDMA telephony, it MUST implement full
3429support for the API for that technology. Device implementations that do not
3430include telephony hardware MUST implement the full APIs as no-ops.</p>
3431
3432<h3 id="7_4_2_ieee_802_11_wi-fi">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</h3>
3433
3434<div class="note">
3435<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include Wi-Fi support.</p>
3436</div>
3437
3438
3439<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for one or more
3440forms of 802.11 (b/g/a/n, etc.) and other types of Android device
3441implementation SHOULD include support for one or more forms of 802.11. If a
3442device implementation does include support for 802.11 and exposes the
3443functionality to a third-party application, it MUST implement the corresponding
3444Android API and:</p>
3445
3446<ul>
3447 <li>MUST report the hardware feature flag android.hardware.wifi.</li>
3448 <li>MUST implement the multicast API as described in the SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.MulticastLock.html">Resources, 79</a>].</li>
3449 <li>MUST support multicast DNS (mDNS) and MUST NOT filter mDNS packets
3450(224.0.0.251) at any time of operation including when the screen is not in an
3451active state.</li>
3452</ul>
3453
3454<h4 id="7_4_2_1_wi-fi_direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</h4>
3455
3456
3457<p>Device implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi
3458peer-to-peer). If a device implementation does include support for Wi-Fi
3459Direct, it MUST implement the corresponding Android API as described in the SDK
3460documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pManager.html">Resources, 80</a>]. If a device implementation includes support for Wi-Fi Direct, then it:</p>
3461
3462<ul>
3463 <li>MUST report the hardware feature android.hardware.wifi.direct.</li>
3464 <li>MUST support regular Wi-Fi operation.</li>
3465 <li>SHOULD support concurrent Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct operation.</li>
3466</ul>
3467
3468<h4 id="7_4_2_2_wi-fi_tunneled_direct_link_setup">7.4.2.2. Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup</h4>
3469
3470<div class="note">
3471<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi
3472Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS).</p>
3473</div>
3474
3475
3476<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi
3477Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) and other types of Android device
3478implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi TDLS as described in the
3479Android SDK Documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.html">Resources, 81</a>]. If a device implementation does include support for TDLS and TDLS is enabled
3480by the WiFiManager API, the device:</p>
3481
3482<ul>
3483 <li>SHOULD use TDLS only when it is possible AND beneficial.</li>
3484 <li>SHOULD have some heuristic and NOT use TDLS when its performance might be worse
3485than going through the Wi-Fi access point.</li>
3486</ul>
3487
3488<h3 id="7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</h3>
3489
3490<div class="note">
3491<p>Android Watch and Automotive implementations MUST support Bluetooth. Android
3492Television implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE.</p>
3493</div>
3494
3495
3496<p>Android includes support for Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html">Resources, 82</a>]. Device implementations that include support for Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low
3497Energy MUST declare the relevant platform features (android.hardware.bluetooth
3498and android.hardware.bluetooth_le respectively) and implement the platform
3499APIs. Device implementations SHOULD implement relevant Bluetooth profiles such
3500as A2DP, AVCP, OBEX, etc. as appropriate for the device. Android Television
3501device implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE. </p>
3502
3503<p>Device implementations including support for Bluetooth Low Energy:</p>
3504
3505<ul>
3506 <li>MUST declare the hardware feature android.hardware.bluetooth_le.</li>
3507 <li>MUST enable the GATT (generic attribute profile) based Bluetooth APIs as
3508described in the SDK documentation and [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html">Resources, 82</a>].</li>
3509 <li>SHOULD support offloading of the filtering logic to the bluetooth chipset when
3510implementing the ScanFilter API [<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/le/ScanFilter.html">Resources, 83</a>], and MUST report the correct value of where the filtering logic is implemented whenever queried via the
3511android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isOffloadedFilteringSupported() method.</li>
3512 <li>SHOULD support offloading of the batched scanning to the bluetooth chipset, but
3513if not supported, MUST report &lsquo;false&rsquo; whenever queried via the
3514android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapater.isOffloadedScanBatchingSupported() method.</li>
3515 <li>SHOULD support multi advertisement with at least 4 slots, but if not supported,
3516MUST report &lsquo;false&rsquo; whenever queried via the
3517android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isMultipleAdvertisementSupported() method.</li>
3518</ul>
3519
3520<h3 id="7_4_4_near-field_communications">7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</h3>
3521
3522
3523<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a transceiver and related hardware for
3524Near-Field Communications (NFC). If a device implementation does include NFC
3525hardware and plans to make it available to third-party apps, then it:</p>
3526
3527<ul>
3528 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.nfc feature from the
3529android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53</a>].</li>
3530 <li>MUST be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages via the following NFC
3531standards:
3532 <ul>
3533 <li>MUST be capable of acting as an NFC Forum reader/writer (as defined by the NFC
3534Forum technical specification NFCForum-TS-DigitalProtocol-1.0) via the
3535following NFC standards:
3536 <ul>
3537 <li>NfcA (ISO14443-3A)</li>
3538 <li>NfcB (ISO14443-3B)</li>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +0200[diff] [blame]3539 <li>NfcF (JIS X 6319-4)</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3540 <li>IsoDep (ISO 14443-4)</li>
3541 <li>NFC Forum Tag Types 1, 2, 3, 4 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3542 </ul>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +0200[diff] [blame]3543 <li>MUST be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages as well as raw
3544 data via the following NFC standards:</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3545 <ul>
3546 <li>NfcV (ISO 15693)</li>
3547 </ul></li>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +0200[diff] [blame]3548 <li>SHOULD be capable of reading the barcode and URL (if encoded) of
3549 Thinfilm NFC Barcode
3550 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/tech/NfcBarcode.html">Resources, XX</a>] products.
3551 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3552 <li>MUST be capable of transmitting and receiving data via the following
3553peer-to-peer standards and protocols:
3554 <ul>
3555 <li>ISO 18092</li>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +0200[diff] [blame]3556 <li>LLCP 1.2 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3557 <li>SDP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3558 <li>NDEF Push Protocol [<a href="http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/en/us/compatibility/ndef-push-protocol.pdf">Resources, 84</a>]</li>
3559 <li>SNEP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3560 </ul></li>
3561 <li>MUST include support for Android Beam [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/nfc.html">Resources, 85</a>]:
3562 <ul>
3563 <li>MUST implement the SNEP default server. Valid NDEF messages received by the
3564default SNEP server MUST be dispatched to applications using the
3565android.nfc.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED intent. Disabling Android Beam in settings
3566MUST NOT disable dispatch of incoming NDEF message.</li>
3567 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.NFCSHARING_SETTINGS intent to show NFC sharing
3568settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_NFCSHARING_SETTINGS">Resources, 86</a>].</li>
3569 <li>MUST implement the NPP server. Messages received by the NPP server MUST be
3570processed the same way as the SNEP default server.</li>
3571 <li>MUST implement a SNEP client and attempt to send outbound P2P NDEF to the
3572default SNEP server when Android Beam is enabled. If no default SNEP server is
3573found then the client MUST attempt to send to an NPP server.</li>
3574 <li>MUST allow foreground activities to set the outbound P2P NDEF message using
3575android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessage, and
3576android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessageCallback, and
3577android.nfc.NfcAdapter.enableForegroundNdefPush.</li>
3578 <li>SHOULD use a gesture or on-screen confirmation, such as 'Touch to Beam', before
3579sending outbound P2P NDEF messages.</li>
3580 <li>SHOULD enable Android Beam by default and MUST be able to send and receive
3581using Android Beam, even when another proprietary NFC P2p mode is turned on.</li>
3582 <li>MUST support NFC Connection handover to Bluetooth when the device supports
3583Bluetooth Object Push Profile. Device implementations MUST support connection
3584handover to Bluetooth when using android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setBeamPushUris, by
3585implementing the &ldquo;Connection Handover version 1.2&rdquo; [<a href="http://members.nfc-forum.org/specs/spec_list/#conn_handover">Resources, 87</a>] and &ldquo;Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC version 1.0&rdquo; [<a href="http://members.nfc-forum.org/apps/group_public/download.php/18688/NFCForum-AD-BTSSP_1_1.pdf">Resources, 88</a>] specs from the NFC Forum. Such an implementation MUST implement the handover
3586LLCP service with service name &ldquo;urn:nfc:sn:handover&rdquo; for exchanging the
3587handover request/select records over NFC, and it MUST use the Bluetooth Object
3588Push Profile for the actual Bluetooth data transfer. For legacy reasons (to
3589remain compatible with Android 4.1 devices), the implementation SHOULD still
3590accept SNEP GET requests for exchanging the handover request/select records
3591over NFC. However an implementation itself SHOULD NOT send SNEP GET requests
3592for performing connection handover.</li>
3593 </ul></li>
3594 <li>MUST poll for all supported technologies while in NFC discovery mode.</li>
3595 <li>SHOULD be in NFC discovery mode while the device is awake with the screen
3596active and the lock-screen unlocked.</li>
3597</ul>
3598</ul>
3599
3600<p>(Note that publicly available links are not available for the JIS, ISO, and NFC
3601Forum specifications cited above.)</p>
3602
3603<p>Android includes support for NFC Host Card Emulation (HCE) mode. If a
3604device implementation does include an NFC controller chipset capable of HCE and
3605Application ID (AID) routing, then it:</p>
3606
3607<ul>
3608 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.nfc.hce feature constant.</li>
3609 <li>MUST support NFC HCE APIs as defined in the Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/hce.html">Resources, 10</a>].</li>
3610</ul>
3611
3612<p>Additionally, device implementations MAY include reader/writer support for the
3613following MIFARE technologies.</p>
3614
3615<ul>
3616 <li>MIFARE Classic</li>
3617 <li>MIFARE Ultralight</li>
3618 <li>NDEF on MIFARE Classic</li>
3619</ul>
3620
3621<p>Note that Android includes APIs for these MIFARE types. If a device
3622implementation supports MIFARE in the reader/writer role, it:</p>
3623
3624<ul>
3625 <li>MUST implement the corresponding Android APIs as documented by the Android SDK.</li>
3626 <li>MUST report the feature com.nxp.mifare from the
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +0200[diff] [blame]3627android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">[Resources, 53]</a>. Note that this is not a standard Android feature and as such does not appear
3628as a constant in the android.content.pm.PackageManager class.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3629 <li>MUST NOT implement the corresponding Android APIs nor report the com.nxp.mifare
3630feature unless it also implements general NFC support as described in this
3631section.</li>
3632</ul>
3633
3634<p>If a device implementation does not include NFC hardware, it MUST NOT declare
3635the android.hardware.nfc feature from the
3636android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a>, and MUST implement the Android NFC API as a no-op.</p>
3637
3638<p>As the classes android.nfc.NdefMessage and android.nfc.NdefRecord represent a
3639protocol-independent data representation format, device implementations MUST
3640implement these APIs even if they do not include support for NFC or declare the
3641android.hardware.nfc feature.</p>
3642
3643<h3 id="7_4_5_minimum_network_capability">7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability</h3>
3644
3645
3646<p>Device implementations MUST include support for one or more forms of data
3647networking. Specifically, device implementations MUST include support for at
3648least one data standard capable of 200Kbit/sec or greater. Examples of
3649technologies that satisfy this requirement include EDGE, HSPA, EV-DO, 802.11g,
3650Ethernet, Bluetooth PAN, etc.</p>
3651
3652<p>Device implementations where a physical networking standard (such as Ethernet)
3653is the primary data connection SHOULD also include support for at least one
3654common wireless data standard, such as 802.11 (Wi-Fi).</p>
3655
3656<p>Devices MAY implement more than one form of data connectivity.</p>
3657
3658<h3 id="7_4_6_sync_settings">7.4.6. Sync Settings</h3>
3659
3660
3661<p>Device implementations MUST have the master auto-sync setting on by default so
3662that the method getMasterSyncAutomatically() returns &ldquo;true&rdquo; [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentResolver.html">Resources, 89</a>].</p>
3663
3664<h2 id="7_5_cameras">7.5. Cameras</h2>
3665
3666
3667<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera and MAY include a
3668front-facing camera. A rear-facing camera is a camera located on the side of
3669the device opposite the display; that is, it images scenes on the far side of
3670the device, like a traditional camera. A front-facing camera is a camera
3671located on the same side of the device as the display; that is, a camera
3672typically used to image the user, such as for video conferencing and similar
3673applications.</p>
3674
3675<p>If a device implementation includes at least one camera, it SHOULD be possible
3676for an application to simultaneously allocate 3 bitmaps equal to the size of
3677the images produced by the largest-resolution camera sensor on the device.</p>
3678
3679<h3 id="7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera</h3>
3680
3681
3682<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera. If a device
3683implementation includes at least one rear-facing camera, it:</p>
3684
3685<ul>
3686 <li>MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera and
3687android.hardware.camera.any.</li>
3688 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least 2 megapixels.</li>
3689 <li>SHOULD have either hardware auto-focus or software auto-focus implemented in
3690the camera driver (transparent to application software).</li>
3691 <li>MAY have fixed-focus or EDOF (extended depth of field) hardware.</li>
3692 <li>MAY include a flash. If the Camera includes a flash, the flash lamp MUST NOT be
3693lit while an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance has been
3694registered on a Camera preview surface, unless the application has explicitly
3695enabled the flash by enabling the FLASH_MODE_AUTO or FLASH_MODE_ON attributes
3696of a Camera.Parameters object. Note that this constraint does not apply to the
3697device&rsquo;s built-in system camera application, but only to third-party
3698applications using Camera.PreviewCallback.</li>
3699</ul>
3700
3701<h3 id="7_5_2_front-facing_camera">7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera</h3>
3702
3703
3704<p>Device implementations MAY include a front-facing camera. If a device
3705implementation includes at least one front-facing camera, it:</p>
3706
3707<ul>
3708 <li>MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera.any and
3709android.hardware.camera.front.</li>
3710 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least VGA (640x480 pixels).</li>
3711 <li>MUST NOT use a front-facing camera as the default for the Camera API. The
3712camera API in Android has specific support for front-facing cameras and device
3713implementations MUST NOT configure the API to to treat a front-facing camera as
3714the default rear-facing camera, even if it is the only camera on the device.</li>
3715 <li>MAY include features (such as auto-focus, flash, etc.) available to rear-facing
3716cameras as described in <a href="#7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">section 7.5.1</a>.</li>
3717 <li>MUST horizontally reflect (i.e. mirror) the stream displayed by an app in a
3718CameraPreview, as follows:
3719 <ul>
3720 <li>If the device implementation is capable of being rotated by user (such as
3721automatically via an accelerometer or manually via user input), the camera
3722preview MUST be mirrored horizontally relative to the device&rsquo;s current
3723orientation.</li>
3724 <li>If the current application has explicitly requested that the Camera display be
3725rotated via a call to the android.hardware.Camera.setDisplayOrientation()[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#setDisplayOrientation(int)">Resources, 90</a>] method, the camera preview MUST be mirrored horizontally relative to the
3726orientation specified by the application.</li>
3727 <li>Otherwise, the preview MUST be mirrored along the device&rsquo;s default horizontal
3728axis.</li>
3729 </ul></li>
3730 <li>MUST mirror the image displayed by the postview in the same manner as the
3731camera preview image stream. If the device implementation does not support
3732postview, this requirement obviously does not apply.</li>
3733 <li>MUST NOT mirror the final captured still image or video streams returned to
3734application callbacks or committed to media storage.</li>
3735</ul>
3736
3737<h3 id="7_5_3_external_camera">7.5.3. External Camera</h3>
3738
3739
3740<p>Device implementations with USB host mode MAY include support for an external
3741camera that connects to the USB port. If a device includes support for an
3742external camera, it:</p>
3743
3744<ul>
3745 <li>MUST declare the platform feature android.hardware.camera.external and
3746android.hardware camera.any.</li>
3747 <li>MUST support USB Video Class (UVC 1.0 or higher).</li>
3748 <li>MAY support multiple cameras.</li>
3749</ul>
3750
3751<p>Video compression (such as MJPEG) support is RECOMMENDED to enable transfer of
3752high-quality unencoded streams (i.e. raw or independently compressed picture
3753streams). Camera-based video encoding MAY be supported. If so, a simultaneous
3754unencoded/ MJPEG stream (QVGA or greater resolution) MUST be accessible to the
3755device implementation.</p>
3756
3757<h3 id="7_5_4_camera_api_behavior">7.5.4. Camera API Behavior</h3>
3758
3759
3760<p>Android includes two API packages to access the camera, the newer
3761android.hardware.camera2 API expose lower-level camera control to the app,
3762including efficient zero-copy burst/streaming flows and per-frame controls of
3763exposure, gain, white balance gains, color conversion, denoising, sharpening,
3764and more.</p>
3765
3766<p>The older API package, android.hardware.Camera, is marked as deprecated in
3767Android 5.0 but as it should still be available for apps to use Android device
3768implementations MUST ensure the continued support of the API as described in
3769this section and in the Android SDK.</p>
3770
3771<p>Device implementations MUST implement the following behaviors for the
3772camera-related APIs, for all available cameras:</p>
3773
3774<ul>
3775 <li>If an application has never called
3776android.hardware.Camera.Parameters.setPreviewFormat(int), then the device MUST
3777use android.hardware.PixelFormat.YCbCr_420_SP for preview data provided to
3778application callbacks.</li>
3779 <li>If an application registers an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance
3780and the system calls the onPreviewFrame() method when the preview format is
3781YCbCr_420_SP, the data in the byte[] passed into onPreviewFrame() must further
3782be in the NV21 encoding format. That is, NV21 MUST be the default.</li>
3783 <li>For android.hardware.Camera, device implementations MUST support the YV12
3784format (as denoted by the android.graphics.ImageFormat.YV12 constant) for
3785camera previews for both front- and rear-facing cameras. (The hardware video
3786encoder and camera may use any native pixel format, but the device
3787implementation MUST support conversion to YV12.)</li>
3788 <li>For android.hardware.camera2, device implementations must support the
3789android.hardware.ImageFormat.YUV_420_888 and android.hardware.ImageFormat.JPEG
3790formats as outputs through the android.media.ImageReader API.</li>
3791</ul>
3792
3793<p>Device implementations MUST still implement the full Camera API included in the
3794Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html">Resources, 91</a>], regardless of whether the device includes hardware autofocus or other
3795capabilities. For instance, cameras that lack autofocus MUST still call any
3796registered android.hardware.Camera.AutoFocusCallback instances (even though
3797this has no relevance to a non-autofocus camera.) Note that this does apply to
3798front-facing cameras; for instance, even though most front-facing cameras do
3799not support autofocus, the API callbacks must still be &ldquo;faked&rdquo; as described.</p>
3800
3801<p>Device implementations MUST recognize and honor each parameter name defined as
3802a constant on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters class, if the underlying
3803hardware supports the feature. If the device hardware does not support a
3804feature, the API must behave as documented. Conversely, device implementations
3805MUST NOT honor or recognize string constants passed to the
3806android.hardware.Camera.setParameters() method other than those documented as
3807constants on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters. That is, device
3808implementations MUST support all standard Camera parameters if the hardware
3809allows, and MUST NOT support custom Camera parameter types. For instance,
3810device implementations that support image capture using high dynamic range
3811(HDR) imaging techniques MUST support camera parameter Camera.SCENE_MODE_HDR [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.Parameters.html">Resources, 92</a>].</p>
3812
3813<p>Because not all device implementations can fully support all the features of
3814the android.hardware.camera2 API, device implementations MUST report the proper
3815level of support with the android.info.supportedHardwareLevel property as
3816described in the Android SDK [<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL">Resources, 93]</a> and report the appropriate framework feature flags [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/camera/versioning.html">Resources, 94]</a>. </p>
3817
3818<p>Device implementations MUST also declare its Individual camera capabilities of
3819android.hardware.camera2 via the android.request.availableCapabilities property
3820and declare the appropriate feature flags [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/camera/versioning.html">Resources, 94]</a>; a device must define the feature flag if any of its attached camera devices supports the feature.</p>
3821
3822<p>Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_PICTURE intent
3823whenever a new picture is taken by the camera and the entry of the picture has
3824been added to the media store.</p>
3825
3826<p>Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_VIDEO intent
3827whenever a new video is recorded by the camera and the entry of the picture has
3828been added to the media store.</p>
3829
3830<h3 id="7_5_5_camera_orientation">7.5.5. Camera Orientation</h3>
3831
3832
3833<p>Both front- and rear-facing cameras, if present, MUST be oriented so that the
3834long dimension of the camera aligns with the screen&rsquo;s long dimension. That is,
3835when the device is held in the landscape orientation, cameras MUST capture
3836images in the landscape orientation. This applies regardless of the device&rsquo;s
3837natural orientation; that is, it applies to landscape-primary devices as well
3838as portrait-primary devices.</p>
3839
3840<h2 id="7_6_memory_and_storage">7.6. Memory and Storage</h2>
3841
3842
3843<h3 id="7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</h3>
3844
3845<div class="note">
3846<p>Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB of non-volatile storage
3847available for application private data.</p>
3848</div>
3849
3850
3851<p>The memory available to the kernel and userspace on device implementations MUST
3852be at least equal or larger than the minimum values specified by the following
3853table. (See <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a> for screen size and density definitions.)</p>
3854<table>
3855 <tr>
3856 <th>Density and screen size</th>
3857 <th>32-bit device</th>
3858 <th>64-bit device</th>
3859 </tr>
3860 <tr>
3861 <td>Android Watch devices (due to smaller screens)</td>
3862 <td>416MB</td>
3863 <td>Not applicable</td>
3864 </tr>
3865 <tr>
3866 <td><ul>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]3867 <li class="table_list">280dpi or lower on small/normal screens</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3868 <li class="table_list">mdpi or lower on large screens</li>
3869 <li class="table_list">ldpi or lower on extra large screens</li>
3870 </ul></td>
3871 <td>424MB</td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]3872 <td>704MB</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3873 </tr>
3874 <tr>
3875 <td><ul>
3876 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
3877 <li class="table_list">hdpi or higher on large screens</li>
3878 <li class="table_list">mdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
3879 <td>512MB</td>
3880 <td>832MB</td>
3881 </tr>
3882 <tr>
3883 <td><ul>
3884 <li class="table_list">400dpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
3885 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on large screens</li>
3886 <li class="table_list">tvdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
3887 <td>896MB</td>
3888 <td>1280MB</td>
3889 </tr>
3890 <tr>
3891 <td><ul>
3892 <li class="table_list">560dpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
3893 <li class="table_list">400dpi or higher on large screens</li>
3894 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
3895 <td>1344MB</td>
3896 <td>1824MB</td>
3897 </tr>
3898</table>
3899
3900
3901<p>The minimum memory values MUST be in addition to any memory space already
3902dedicated to hardware components such as radio, video, and so on that is not
3903under the kernel&rsquo;s control.</p>
3904
3905<p>Device implementations with less than 512MB of memory available to the kernel
3906and userspace, unless an Android Watch, MUST return the value "true" for
3907ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice().</p>
3908
3909<p>Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB and other device
3910implementations MUST have at least 1.5GB of non-volatile storage available for
3911application private data. That is, the /data partition MUST be at least 5GB for
3912Android Television devices and at least 1.5GB for other device implementations.
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3913Device implementations that run Android are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to have at least 3GB of non-volatile storage for application private data so
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3914they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</p>
3915
3916<p>The Android APIs include a Download Manager that applications MAY use to
3917download data files [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.html">Resources, 95</a>]. The device implementation of the Download Manager MUST be capable of
3918downloading individual files of at least 100MB in size to the default &ldquo;cache"
3919location.</p>
3920
3921<h3 id="7_6_2_application_shared_storage">7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</h3>
3922
3923
3924<p>Device implementations MUST offer shared storage for applications also often
3925referred as &ldquo;shared external storage&rdquo;. </p>
3926
3927<p>Device implementations MUST be configured with shared storage mounted by
3928default, &ldquo;out of the box&rdquo;. If the shared storage is not mounted on the Linux
3929path /sdcard, then the device MUST include a Linux symbolic link from /sdcard
3930to the actual mount point.</p>
3931
3932<p>Device implementations MAY have hardware for user-accessible removable storage,
3933such as a Secure Digital (SD) card slot. If this slot is used to satisfy the
3934shared storage requirement, the device implementation:</p>
3935
3936<ul>
3937 <li>MUST implement a toast or pop-up user interface warning the user when there is
3938no SD card.</li>
3939 <li>MUST include a FAT-formatted SD card 1GB in size or larger OR show on the box
3940and other material available at time of purchase that the SD card has to be
3941separately purchased.</li>
3942 <li>MUST mount the SD card by default.</li>
3943</ul>
3944
3945<p>Alternatively, device implementations MAY allocate internal (non-removable)
3946storage as shared storage for apps as included in the upstream Android Open
3947Source Project; device implementations SHOULD use this configuration and
3948software implementation. If a device implementation uses internal
3949(non-removable) storage to satisfy the shared storage requirement, that storage
3950MUST be 1GB in size or larger and mounted on /sdcard (or /sdcard MUST be a
3951symbolic link to the physical location if it is mounted elsewhere).</p>
3952
3953<p>Device implementations MUST enforce as documented the
3954android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission on this shared storage.
3955Shared storage MUST otherwise be writable by any application that obtains that
3956permission.</p>
3957
3958<p>Device implementations that include multiple shared storage paths (such as both
3959an SD card slot and shared internal storage) MUST NOT allow Android
3960applications to write to the secondary external storage, except for their
3961package-specific directories on the secondary external storage, but SHOULD
3962expose content from both storage paths transparently through Android&rsquo;s media
3963scanner service and android.provider.MediaStore.</p>
3964
3965<p>Regardless of the form of shared storage used, if the device implementation
3966has a USB port with USB peripheral mode support, it MUST provide some mechanism
3967to access the contents of shared storage from a host computer. Device
3968implementations MAY use USB mass storage, but SHOULD use Media Transfer Protocol
3969to satisfy this requirement. If the device implementation supports Media
3970Transfer Protocol, it:</p>
3971
3972<ul>
3973 <li>SHOULD be compatible with the reference Android MTP host, Android File Transfer
3974[<a href="http://www.android.com/filetransfer">Resources, 96</a>].</li>
3975 <li>SHOULD report a USB device class of 0x00.</li>
3976 <li>SHOULD report a USB interface name of 'MTP'.</li>
3977</ul>
3978
3979<h2 id="7_7_usb">7.7. USB</h2>
3980
3981
3982<p>Device implementations SHOULD support USB peripheral mode and SHOULD support
3983USB host mode.</p>
3984
3985<p>If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting peripheral mode:</p>
3986
3987<ul>
3988 <li>The port MUST be connectable to a USB host that has a standard type-A or type
3989-C USB port.</li>
3990 <li>The port SHOULD use micro-A, micro-AB or type-C USB form factor. Existing and
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3991new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3992 <li>The port SHOULD be centered in the middle of an edge. Device implementations
3993SHOULD either locate the port on the bottom of the device (according to natural
3994orientation) or enable software screen rotation for all apps (including home
3995screen), so that the display draws correctly when the device is oriented with
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]3996the port at bottom. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]3997 <li>It MUST allow a USB host connected with the Android device to access the
3998contents of the shared storage volume using either USB mass storage or Media
3999Transfer Protocol.</li>
4000 <li>It SHOULD implement the Android Open Accessory (AOA) API and specification as
4001documented in the Android SDK documentation, and if it is an Android Handheld
4002device it MUST implement the AOA API. Device implementations implementing the
4003AOA specification:
4004 <ul>
4005 <li>MUST declare support for the hardware feature android.hardware.usb.accessory [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/accessory.html">Resources, 97</a>].</li>
4006 <li>MUST implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK
4007documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">Resources, 98</a>].</li>
4008 </ul></li>
4009 <li>It SHOULD implement support to draw 1.5 A current during HS chirp and traffic
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]4010as specified in the USB battery charging specification [<a href="http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/USB_Battery_Charging_1.2.pdf">Resources, 99</a>]. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4011 <li>The value of iSerialNumber in USB standard device descriptor MUST be equal to
4012the value of android.os.Build.SERIAL.</li>
4013</ul>
4014
4015<p>If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting host mode, it:</p>
4016
4017<ul>
4018 <li>SHOULD use a type-C USB port, if the device implementation supports USB 3.1.</li>
4019 <li>MAY use a non-standard port form factor, but if so MUST ship with a cable or
4020cables adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.</li>
4021 <li>MAY use a micro-AB USB port, but if so SHOULD ship with a cable or cables
4022adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.</li>
4023 <li>is <strong>very strongly RECOMMENDED</strong> to implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK
4024documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">Resources, 98</a>].</li>
4025 <li>MUST implement the Android USB host API as documented in the Android SDK, and
4026MUST declare support for the hardware feature android.hardware.usb.host [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html">Resources, 100</a>].</li>
4027 <li>SHOULD support the Charging Downstream Port output current range of 1.5 A ~ 5 A
4028as specified in the USB Battery Charging Specifications [<a href="http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/USB_Battery_Charging_1.2.pdf">Resources, 99</a>].</li>
4029</ul>
4030
4031<h2 id="7_8_audio">7.8. Audio</h2>
4032
4033
4034<h3 id="7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</h3>
4035
4036<div class="note">
4037<p>Android Handheld, Watch, and Automotive implementations MUST include a
4038microphone.</p>
4039</div>
4040
4041
4042<p>Device implementations MAY omit a microphone. However, if a device
4043implementation omits a microphone, it MUST NOT report the
4044android.hardware.microphone feature constant, and MUST implement the audio
4045recording API at least as no-ops, per <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a>. Conversely, device implementations that do possess a microphone:</p>
4046
4047<ul>
4048 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.microphone feature constant
4049 <li>MUST meet the audio recording requirements in <a href="#5_4_audio_recording">section 5.4</a>
4050 <li>MUST meet the audio latency requirements in <a href="#5_6_audio_latency">section 5.6</a>
4051</ul>
4052
4053<h3 id="7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</h3>
4054
4055<div class="note">
4056<p>Android Watch devices MAY include an audio output.</p>
4057</div>
4058
4059<p>Device implementations including a speaker or with an audio/multimedia output
4060port for an audio output peripheral as a headset or an external speaker:</p>
4061
4062<ul>
4063 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.audio.output feature constant.</li>
4064 <li>MUST meet the audio playback requirements in <a href="#5_5_audio_playback">section 5.5</a>.</li>
4065 <li>MUST meet the audio latency requirements in <a href="#5_6_audio_latency">section 5.6</a>.</li>
4066</ul>
4067
4068<p>Conversely, if a device implementation does not include a speaker or audio
4069output port, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.audio output feature, and
4070MUST implement the Audio Output related APIs as no-ops at least. </p>
4071
4072<p>Android Watch device implementation MAY but SHOULD NOT have audio output, but
4073other types of Android device implementations MUST have an audio output and
4074declare android.hardware.audio.output.</p>
4075
4076<h4 id="7_8_2_1_analog_audio_ports">7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports</h4>
4077
4078
4079<p>In order to be compatible with the headsets and other audio accessories using
4080the 3.5mm audio plug across the Android ecosystem [<a href="http://source.android.com/accessories/headset-spec.html">Resources, 101</a>], if a device implementation includes one or more analog audio ports, at least
4081one of the audio port(s) SHOULD be a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack. If a device
4082implementation has a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack, it:</p>
4083
4084<ul>
4085 <li>MUST support audio playback to stereo headphones and stereo headsets with a
4086microphone, and SHOULD support audio recording from stereo headsets with a
4087microphone.</li>
4088 <li>MUST support TRRS audio plugs with the CTIA pin-out order, and SHOULD support
4089audio plugs with the OMTP pin-out order.</li>
4090 <li>MUST support the detection of microphone on the plugged in audio accessory, if
4091the device implementation supports a microphone, and broadcast the
4092android.intent.action.HEADSET_PLUG with the extra value microphone set as 1.</li>
4093 <li>SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycodes for the following 3
4094ranges of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on
4095the audio plug:
4096 <ul>
4097 <li><strong>70 ohm or less</strong>: KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK</li>
Glenn Kasten54e6ac12015-08-12 09:07:12 -0700[diff] [blame]4098 <li><strong>210&#45;290 Ohm</strong>: KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4099 <li><strong>360&#45;680 Ohm</strong>: KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN</li>
4100 </ul></li>
4101 <li>SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycode for the following range
4102of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on the
4103audio plug:
4104 <ul>
4105 <li><strong>110&#45;180 Ohm: </strong>KEYCODE_VOICE_ASSIST</li>
4106 </ul></li>
4107 <li>MUST trigger ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG upon a plug insert, but only after all
4108contacts on plug are touching their relevant segments on the jack.</li>
4109 <li>MUST be capable of driving at least 150mV +/- 10% of output voltage on a 32 Ohm
4110speaker impedance.</li>
4111 <li>MUST have a microphone bias voltage between 1.8V ~ 2.9V.</li>
4112</ul>
4113
4114<h1 id="8_performance_compatibility">8. Performance Compatibility</h1>
4115
4116
4117<p>Some minimum performance criterias are critical to the user experience and
4118impacts the baseline assumptions developers would have when developing an app.
4119Android Watch devices SHOULD and other type of device implementations MUST meet
4120the following criteria:</p>
4121
4122<h2 id="8_1_user_experience_consistency">8.1. User Experience Consistency</h2>
4123
4124
4125<p>Device implementations MUST provide a smooth user interface by ensuring a
4126consistent frame rate and response times for applications and games. Device
4127implementations MUST meet the following requirements: </p>
4128
4129<ul>
4130 <li><strong>Consistent frame latency</strong>. Inconsistent frame latency or a delay to render frames MUST NOT happen more
4131often than 5 frames in a second, and SHOULD be below 1 frames in a second.</li>
4132 <li><strong>User interface latency</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure low latency user experience by scrolling a
4133list of 10K list entries as defined by the Android Compatibility Test Suite
4134(CTS) in less than 36 secs.</li>
4135 <li><strong>Task switching</strong>. When multiple applications have been launched, re-launching an already-running
4136application after it has been launched MUST take less than 1 second.</li>
4137</ul>
4138
4139<h2 id="8_2_file_i_o_access_performance">8.2. File I/O Access Performance</h2>
4140
4141
4142<p>Device implementations MUST ensure internal storage file access performance consistency for read
4143and write operations. </p>
4144
4145<ul>
4146 <li><strong>Sequential write</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential write performance of at least 5MB/s
4147for a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.</li>
4148 <li><strong>Random write</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a random write performance of at least 0.5MB/s for a
4149256MB file using 4KB write buffer.</li>
4150 <li><strong>Sequential read</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential read performance of at least 15MB/s for
4151a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.</li>
4152 <li><strong>Random read</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a random read performance of at least 3.5MB/s for a
4153256MB file using 4KB write buffer.</li>
4154</ul>
4155
4156<h1 id="9_security_model_compatibility">9. Security Model Compatibility</h1>
4157
4158
4159<p>Device implementations MUST implement a security model consistent with the
4160Android platform security model as defined in Security and Permissions
4161reference document in the APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>] in the Android developer documentation. Device implementations MUST support
4162installation of self-signed applications without requiring any additional
4163permissions/certificates from any third parties/authorities. Specifically,
4164compatible devices MUST support the security mechanisms described in the follow
4165subsections.</p>
4166
4167<h2 id="9_1_permissions">9.1. Permissions</h2>
4168
4169
4170<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android permissions model as defined in
4171the Android developer documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>]. Specifically, implementations MUST enforce each permission defined as
4172described in the SDK documentation; no permissions may be omitted, altered, or
4173ignored. Implementations MAY add additional permissions, provided the new
4174permission ID strings are not in the android.* namespace.</p>
4175
Svetoslav4bbf7402015-09-11 14:45:48 -0700[diff] [blame]4176<p>Permissions with a protection level of dangerous are runtime permissions. Applications
4177with targetSdkVersion > 22 request them at runtime. The system MUST show a dedicated UI for the
4178user to decide whether to grant the requested runtime permissions and also provide a UI for the
4179user to manage runtime permissions. On the system there MUST be one and only one
4180implementation of both the UI for the user to accept runtime permissions and the UI for
4181the user to manage runtime permissions.</p>
4182
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4183<h2 id="9_2_uid_and_process_isolation">9.2. UID and Process Isolation</h2>
4184
4185
4186<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android application sandbox model, in
4187which each application runs as a unique Unixstyle UID and in a separate
4188process. Device implementations MUST support running multiple applications as
4189the same Linux user ID, provided that the applications are properly signed and
4190constructed, as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</p>
4191
4192<h2 id="9_3_filesystem_permissions">9.3. Filesystem Permissions</h2>
4193
4194
4195<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android file access permissions model
4196as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</p>
4197
4198<h2 id="9_4_alternate_execution_environments">9.4. Alternate Execution Environments</h2>
4199
4200
4201<p>Device implementations MAY include runtime environments that execute
4202applications using some other software or technology than the Dalvik Executable
4203Format or native code. However, such alternate execution environments MUST NOT
4204compromise the Android security model or the security of installed Android
4205applications, as described in this section.</p>
4206
4207<p>Alternate runtimes MUST themselves be Android applications, and abide by the
4208standard Android security model, as described elsewhere in <a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">section 9</a>.</p>
4209
4210<p>Alternate runtimes MUST NOT be granted access to resources protected by
4211permissions not requested in the runtime&rsquo;s AndroidManifest.xml file via the
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -0700[diff] [blame]4212&lt;uses-permission&gt; mechanism.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4213
4214<p>Alternate runtimes MUST NOT permit applications to make use of features
4215protected by Android permissions restricted to system applications.</p>
4216
4217<p>Alternate runtimes MUST abide by the Android sandbox model. Specifically,
4218alternate runtimes:</p>
4219
4220<ul>
4221 <li>SHOULD install apps via the PackageManager into separate Android sandboxes (
4222Linux user IDs, etc.).</li>
4223 <li>MAY provide a single Android sandbox shared by all applications using the
4224alternate runtime.</li>
4225 <li>and installed applications using an alternate runtime, MUST NOT reuse the
4226sandbox of any other app installed on the device, except through the standard
4227Android mechanisms of shared user ID and signing certificate.</li>
4228 <li>MUST NOT launch with, grant, or be granted access to the sandboxes
4229corresponding to other Android applications.</li>
4230 <li>MUST NOT be launched with, be granted, or grant to other applications any
4231privileges of the superuser (root), or of any other user ID.</li>
4232</ul>
4233
4234<p>The .apk files of alternate runtimes MAY be included in the system image of a
4235device implementation, but MUST be signed with a key distinct from the key used
4236to sign other applications included with the device implementation.</p>
4237
4238<p>When installing applications, alternate runtimes MUST obtain user consent for
4239the Android permissions used by the application. If an application needs to
4240make use of a device resource for which there is a corresponding Android
4241permission (such as Camera, GPS, etc.), the alternate runtime MUST inform the
4242user that the application will be able to access that resource. If the runtime
4243environment does not record application capabilities in this manner, the
4244runtime environment MUST list all permissions held by the runtime itself when
4245installing any application using that runtime.</p>
4246
4247<h2 id="9_5_multi-user_support">9.5. Multi-User Support</h2>
4248
4249<div class="note">
4250<p>This feature is optional for all device types.</p>
4251</div>
4252
4253
4254<p>Android includes support for multiple users and provides support for full user
4255isolation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManager.html">Resources, 103]</a>. Device implementations MAY enable multiple users, but when enabled MUST meet
4256the following requirements related to multi-user support [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage/">Resources, 104</a>]:</p>
4257
4258<ul>
4259 <li>Device implementations that do not declare the android.hardware.telephony
4260feature flag MUST support restricted profiles, a feature that allows device
4261owners to manage additional users and their capabilities on the device. With
4262restricted profiles, device owners can quickly set up separate environments for
4263additional users to work in, with the ability to manage finer-grained
4264restrictions in the apps that are available in those environments.</li>
4265 <li>Conversely device implementations that declare the android.hardware.telephony
4266feature flag MUST NOT support restricted profiles but MUST align with the AOSP
4267implementation of controls to enable /disable other users from accessing the
4268voice calls and SMS.</li>
4269 <li>Device implementations MUST, for each user, implement a security model
4270consistent with the Android platform security model as defined in Security and
4271Permissions reference document in the APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</li>
4272 <li>Device implementations MAY support creating users and managed profiles via the
4273android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager APIs, and if supported, MUST declare the
4274platform feature flag android.software.managed_users.
4275 <li>Device implementations that declare the feature flag
4276android.software.managed_users MUST use the upstream AOSP icon badge to
Glenn Kasten54e6ac12015-08-12 09:07:12 -0700[diff] [blame]4277represent the managed applications and other badge UI elements like Recents &amp;
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4278Notifications.</li>
4279 <li>Each user instance on an Android device MUST have separate and isolated
4280external storage directories. Device implementations MAY store multiple users'
4281data on the same volume or filesystem. However, the device implementation MUST
4282ensure that applications owned by and running on behalf a given user cannot
4283list, read, or write to data owned by any other user. Note that removable
4284media, such as SD card slots, can allow one user to access another&rsquo;s data by
4285means of a host PC. For this reason, device implementations that use removable
4286media for the external storage APIs MUST encrypt the contents of the SD card if
4287multiuser is enabled using a key stored only on non-removable media accessible
4288only to the system. As this will make the media unreadable by a host PC, device
4289implementations will be required to switch to MTP or a similar system to
4290provide host PCs with access to the current user&rsquo;s data. Accordingly, device
4291implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT enable multi-user if they use removable
4292media [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html">Resources, 105</a>] for primary external storage.</li>
4293</ul>
4294
4295<h2 id="9_6_premium_sms_warning">9.6. Premium SMS Warning</h2>
4296
4297
4298<p>Android includes support for warning users of any outgoing premium SMS message
4299[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code">Resources, 106</a>] . Premium SMS messages are text messages sent to a service registered with a
4300carrier that may incur a charge to the user. Device implementations that
4301declare support for android.hardware.telephony MUST warn users before sending a
4302SMS message to numbers identified by regular expressions defined in
4303/data/misc/sms/codes.xml file in the device. The upstream Android Open Source
4304Project provides an implementation that satisfies this requirement.</p>
4305
4306<h2 id="9_7_kernel_security_features">9.7. Kernel Security Features</h2>
4307
4308
4309<p>The Android Sandbox includes features that can use the Security-Enhanced Linux
4310(SELinux) mandatory access control (MAC) system and other security features in
4311the Linux kernel. SELinux or any other security features, if implemented below
4312the Android framework:</p>
4313
4314<ul>
4315 <li>MUST maintain compatibility with existing applications.</li>
4316 <li>MUST NOT have a visible user interface when a security violation is detected
4317and successfully blocked, but MAY have a visible user interface when an
4318unblocked security violation occurs resulting in a successful exploit.</li>
4319 <li>SHOULD NOT be user or developer configurable.</li>
4320</ul>
4321
4322<p>If any API for configuration of policy is exposed to an application that can
4323affect another application (such as a Device Administration API), the API MUST
4324NOT allow configurations that break compatibility.</p>
4325
4326<p>Devices MUST implement SELinux or an equivalent mandatory access control system
4327if using a kernel other than Linux and meet the following requirements, which
4328are satisfied by the reference implementation in the upstream Android Open
4329Source Project.</p>
4330
4331<p>Device implementations:</p>
4332
4333<ul>
4334 <li>MUST support a SELinux policy that allows the SELinux mode to be set on a
4335per-domain basis, and MUST configure all domains in enforcing mode. No
4336permissive mode domains are allowed, including domains specific to a
4337device/vendor.</li>
4338 <li>SHOULD load policy from /sepolicy file on the device.</li>
4339 <li>MUST NOT modify, omit, or replace the neverallow rules present within the
4340sepolicy file provided in the upstream Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and
4341the policy MUST compile with all neverallow present, for both AOSP SELinux
4342domains as well as device/vendor specific domains.</li>
4343 <li>MUST support dynamic updates of the SELinux policy file without requiring a
4344system image update.</li>
4345</ul>
4346
4347<p>Device implementations SHOULD retain the default SELinux policy provided in the
4348upstream Android Open Source Project, until they have first audited their
4349additions to the SELinux policy. Device implementations MUST be compatible with
4350the upstream Android Open Source Project.</p>
4351
4352<h2 id="9_8_privacy">9.8. Privacy</h2>
4353
4354<p>If the device implements functionality in the system that captures the contents
4355displayed on the screen and/or records the audio stream played on the device,
4356it MUST continuously notify the user whenever this functionality is enabled and
4357actively capturing/recording.</p>
4358
4359<p>If a device implementation has a mechanism that routes network data traffic
4360through a proxy server or VPN gateway by default (for example, preloading a VPN
4361service with android.permission.CONTROL_VPN granted), the device implementation
4362MUST ask for the user's consent before enabling that mechanism.</p>
4363
4364<h2 id="9_9_full-disk_encryption">9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</h2>
4365
4366<div class="note">
4367<p>Optional for Android device implementations without a lock screen.</p>
4368</div>
4369
4370
4371<p>If the device implementation supports a lock screen with PIN (numeric) or
4372PASSWORD (alphanumeric), the device MUST support full-disk encryption of the
4373application private data (/data partition), as well
4374as the SD card partition if it is a permanent, non-removable part of the device
4375[<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/encryption/index.html">Resources, 107</a>]. For devices supporting full-disk encryption, the full-disk encryption SHOULD
4376be enabled all the time after the user has completed the out-of-box experience.
4377While this requirement is stated as SHOULD for this version of the Android
4378platform, it is <strong>very strongly RECOMMENDED</strong> as we expect this to change to MUST in the future versions of Android.
4379Encryption MUST use AES with a key of 128-bits (or greater) and a mode designed
4380for storage (for example, AES-XTS, AES-CBC-ESSIV). The encryption key MUST NOT
4381be written to storage at any time without being encrypted. Other than when in
4382active use, the encryption key SHOULD be AES encrypted with the lockscreen
4383passcode stretched using a slow stretching algorithm (e.g. PBKDF2 or scrypt).
4384If the user has not specified a lockscreen passcode or has disabled use of the
4385passcode for encryption, the system SHOULD use a default passcode to wrap the
4386encryption key. If the device provides a hardware-backed keystore, the password
4387stretching algorithm MUST be cryptographically bound to that keystore. The
4388encryption key MUST NOT be sent off the device (even when wrapped with the user
4389passcode and/or hardware bound key). The upstream Android Open Source project
Clay Murphyf4fa6bc2015-08-28 17:20:31 -0700[diff] [blame]4390provides a preferred implementation of this feature based on the Linux kernel
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4391feature dm-crypt.</p>
4392
4393<h2 id="9_10_verified_boot">9.10. Verified Boot</h2>
4394
4395<p>
4396Verified boot is a feature that guarantees the integrity of the device software.
4397If a device implementation supports the feature, it MUST:
Glenn Kasten54e6ac12015-08-12 09:07:12 -0700[diff] [blame]4398</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4399<ul>
4400<li>Declare the platform feature flag android.software.verified_boot</li>
4401<li>Perform verification on every boot sequence</li>
Clay Murphyf4fa6bc2015-08-28 17:20:31 -0700[diff] [blame]4402<li>Start verification from an immutable hardware key that is the root of trust,
4403and go all the way up to the system partition</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4404<li>Implement each stage of verification to check the integrity and authenticity
4405of all the bytes in the next stage before executing the code in the next stage</li>
4406<li>Use verification algorithms as strong as current recommendations
4407from NIST for hashing algorithms (SHA-256) and public key sizes (RSA-2048)</li>
4408</ul>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4409
Clay Murphyf4fa6bc2015-08-28 17:20:31 -0700[diff] [blame]4410<p>The upstream Android Open Source Project provides a preferred implementation of this
4411feature based on the Linux kernel feature dm-verity.</p>
4412
4413<p>Starting from Android 6.0, device implementations with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
4414crypto perfomance above 50MiB/seconds MUST support verified boot for device integrity.
4415If a device implementation is already launched without supporting verified boot on an earlier
4416version of Android, such a device can not add support for this feature with a system software
4417update and thus are exempted from the requirement.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4418
4419<h1 id="10_software_compatibility_testing">10. Software Compatibility Testing</h1>
4420
4421
4422<p>Device implementations MUST pass all tests described in this section.</p>
4423
4424<p>However, note that no software test package is fully comprehensive. For this
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700[diff] [blame]4425reason, device implementers are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to make the minimum number of changes as possible to the reference and
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4426preferred implementation of Android available from the Android Open Source
4427Project. This will minimize the risk of introducing bugs that create
4428incompatibilities requiring rework and potential device updates.</p>
4429
4430<h2 id="10_1_compatibility_test_suite">10.1. Compatibility Test Suite</h2>
4431
4432
4433<p>Device implementations MUST pass the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) [<a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html">Resources, 108</a>] available from the Android Open Source Project, using the final shipping
4434software on the device. Additionally, device implementers SHOULD use the
4435reference implementation in the Android Open Source tree as much as possible,
4436and MUST ensure compatibility in cases of ambiguity in CTS and for any
4437reimplementations of parts of the reference source code.</p>
4438
4439<p>The CTS is designed to be run on an actual device. Like any software, the CTS
4440may itself contain bugs. The CTS will be versioned independently of this
4441Compatibility Definition, and multiple revisions of the CTS may be released for
4442Android ANDROID_VERSION. Device implementations MUST pass the latest CTS version available
4443at the time the device software is completed.</p>
4444
4445<h2 id="10_2_cts_verifier">10.2. CTS Verifier</h2>
4446
4447
4448<p>Device implementations MUST correctly execute all applicable cases in the CTS
4449Verifier. The CTS Verifier is included with the Compatibility Test Suite, and
4450is intended to be run by a human operator to test functionality that cannot be
4451tested by an automated system, such as correct functioning of a camera and
4452sensors.</p>
4453
4454<p>The CTS Verifier has tests for many kinds of hardware, including some hardware
4455that is optional. Device implementations MUST pass all tests for hardware that
4456they possess; for instance, if a device possesses an accelerometer, it MUST
4457correctly execute the Accelerometer test case in the CTS Verifier. Test cases
4458for features noted as optional by this Compatibility Definition Document MAY be
4459skipped or omitted.</p>
4460
4461<p>Every device and every build MUST correctly run the CTS Verifier, as noted
4462above. However, since many builds are very similar, device implementers are not
4463expected to explicitly run the CTS Verifier on builds that differ only in
4464trivial ways. Specifically, device implementations that differ from an
4465implementation that has passed the CTS Verifier only by the set of included
4466locales, branding, etc. MAY omit the CTS Verifier test.</p>
4467
4468<h1 id="11_updatable_software">11. Updatable Software</h1>
4469
4470
4471<p>Device implementations MUST include a mechanism to replace the entirety of the
4472system software. The mechanism need not perform &ldquo;live&rdquo; upgrades&mdash;that is, a
4473device restart MAY be required.</p>
4474
4475<p>Any method can be used, provided that it can replace the entirety of the
4476software preinstalled on the device. For instance, any of the following
4477approaches will satisfy this requirement:</p>
4478
4479<ul>
4480 <li>&ldquo;Over-the-air (OTA)&rdquo; downloads with offline update via reboot</li>
4481 <li>&ldquo;Tethered&rdquo; updates over USB from a host PC</li>
4482 <li>&ldquo;Offline&rdquo; updates via a reboot and update from a file on removable storage</li>
4483</ul>
4484
4485<p>However, if the device implementation includes support for an unmetered data
4486connection such as 802.11 or Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) profile:</p>
4487
4488<ul>
4489<li>Android Automotive implementations SHOULD support OTA downloads with offline
4490update via reboot.</li>
4491<li>All other device implementations MUST support OTA downloads with offline
4492update via reboot.</li>
4493</ul>
4494
4495<p>The update mechanism used MUST support updates without wiping user data. That
4496is, the update mechanism MUST preserve application private data and application
4497shared data. Note that the upstream Android software includes an update
4498mechanism that satisfies this requirement.</p>
4499
4500<p>For device implementations that are launching with Android ANDROID_VERSION and later, the
4501update mechanism SHOULD support verifying that the system image is binary
4502identical to expected result following an OTA. The block-based OTA
4503implementation in the upstream Android Open Source Project, added since Android
45045.1, satisfies this requirement.</p>
4505
4506<p>If an error is found in a device implementation after it has been released but
4507within its reasonable product lifetime that is determined in consultation with
4508the Android Compatibility Team to affect the compatibility of third-party
4509applications, the device implementer MUST correct the error via a software
4510update available that can be applied per the mechanism just described.</p>
4511
4512<h1 id="12_document_changelog">12. Document Changelog</h1>
4513
4514
4515<p>The following table contains a summary of the changes to the Compatibility
4516Definition in this release. </p>
4517<table>
4518 <tr>
4519 <th>Section</th>
4520 <th>Summary of change</th>
4521 </tr>
4522 <tr>
4523 <td>2. Device Types</td>
4524 <td>Added definition for Android automotive implementation.</td>
4525 </tr>
4526 <tr>
4527 <td>2.1 Device Configurations</td>
4528 <td>Added column for Android automotive implementation.</td>
4529 </tr>
4530 <tr>
4531 <td>3.3.2. 32-bit ARM Native Code Compatibility</td>
4532 <td>New section added.</td>
4533 </tr>
4534 <tr>
4535 <td>3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</td>
4536 <td>Updated webview user agent string requirement to accomodate upstream
4537 implementation change.</td>
4538 </tr>
4539 <tr>
4540 <td>3.4.2. Browser compatibility</td>
4541 <td>Added Android automotive implementations as another case that MAY omit a
4542 browser application.</td>
4543 </tr>
4544 <tr>
4545 <td>3.7. Runtime Compatibility</td>
4546 <td>Updated required runtime heap size for smaller screens and added requirement
4547 for the new dpi bucket (280dpi).</td>
4548 </tr>
4549 <tr>
4550 <td>3.8.3. Notifications</td>
4551 <td>Clarified notification requirement for Android Watch, Television and
4552 Automotive implementations.</td>
4553 </tr>
4554 <tr>
4555 <td>3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control<</td>
4556 <td>Clarified requirement for Android Watch and Automotive implementations.</td>
4557 </tr>
4558 <tr>
4559 <td>3.8.13. Unicode and font</td>
4560 <td>Relaxed Emoji character input method requirement.</td>
4561 </tr>
4562 <tr>
4563 <td>3.9. Device Administration</td>
4564 <td>Clarified condition when the full range of device administration policies
4565 has to be supported.</td>
4566 </tr>
4567 <tr>
4568 <td>3.10. Accessibility</td>
4569 <td>Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
4570 </tr>
4571 <tr>
4572 <td>3.11. Text-To-Speech</td>
4573 <td>Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
4574 </tr>
4575 <tr>
4576 <td>5.1. Media Codecs</td>
4577 <td>Mandated decoding support for codecs reported by CamcorderProfile.</td>
4578 </tr>
4579 <tr>
4580 <td>5.1.3 Video Codecs</td>
4581 <td>Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
4582 </tr>
4583 <tr>
4584 <td>7.1.1.3. Screen Density</td>
4585 <td>Added a new screen dpi (280dpi).</td>
4586 </tr>
4587 <tr>
4588 <td>7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</td>
4589 <td>Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
4590 </tr>
4591 <tr>
4592 <td>7.2 Input Devices</td>
4593 <td>Added general introduction statement.</td>
4594 </tr>
4595 <tr>
4596 <td>7.2.1. Keyboard</td>
4597 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
4598 </tr>
4599 <tr>
4600 <td>7.2.3. Navigation Keys</td>
4601 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
4602 </tr>
4603 <tr>
4604 <td>7.3.1. Accelerometer</td>
4605 <td>Relaxed requirement for reporting frequency on Android Watch.</td>
4606 </tr>
4607 <tr>
4608 <td>7.3.4. Gyroscope</td>
4609 <td>Relaxed requirement for reporting frequency on Android Watch.</td>
4610 </tr>
4611 <tr>
4612 <td>7.4.3 Bluetooth</td>
4613 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
4614 </tr>
4615 <tr>
4616 <td>7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</td>
4617 <td>Clarified condition for when Host Card Emulation is a requirement.</td>
4618 </tr>
4619 <tr>
4620 <td>7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</td>
4621 <td>Updated minimum memory requirements for lower resulution screen devices
4622 and added hard-limit requirement isLowRamDevice().</td>
4623 </tr>
4624 <tr>
4625 <td>7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</td>
4626 <td>Updated requirements when support for host machine access is mandatory.</td>
4627 </tr>
4628 <tr>
4629 <td>7.8.1. Microphone</td>
4630 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
4631 </tr>
4632 <tr>
4633 <td>8.2. File I/O Access Performance</td>
4634 <td>Clarified requirements.</td>
4635 </tr>
4636 <tr>
4637 <td>9.8. Privacy</td>
4638 <td>Added privacy requirement for preloaded VPNs.</td>
4639 </tr>
4640 <tr>
4641 <td>9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</td>
4642 <td>Clarified condition when Full-Disk encryption support is mandatory.</td>
4643 </tr>
4644 <tr>
4645 <td>9.10. Verified Boot</td>
4646 <td>Clarified definition of verified boot.</td>
4647 </tr>
4648 <tr>
4649 <td>11. Updatable Software</td>
4650 <td>Clarified the OTA download requirement is allowed but not mandatory for
4651 Android Automotive implementations.</td>
4652 </tr>
4653</table>
4654
4655
4656<h1 id="13_contact_us">13. Contact Us</h1>
4657
4658
4659<p>You can join the android-compatibility forum <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-compatibility">[Resources, 109</a>] and ask for clarifications or bring up any issues that you think the document
4660does not cover.</p>
4661
4662<h1 id="14_resources">14. Resources</h1>
4663
4664
4665<p>1. IETF RFC2119 Requirement Levels: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt</a></p>
4666
4667<p>2. Android Open Source Project: <a href="http://source.android.com/">http://source.android.com/</a></p>
4668
4669<p>3. Android Television features: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#FEATURE_LEANBACK">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#FEATURE_LEANBACK</a> </p>
4670
4671<p>4. Android Watch feature: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH</a></p>
4672
4673<p>5. API definitions and documentation: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html</a></p>
4674
4675<p>6. Android Permissions reference: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html</a></p>
4676
4677<p>7. android.os.Build reference: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html</a></p>
4678
4679<p>8. Android ANDROID_VERSION allowed version strings: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/ANDROID_VERSION/versions.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/ANDROID_VERSION/versions.html</a></p>
4680
4681<p>9. Telephony Provider: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony.html</a></p>
4682
4683<p>10. Host-based Card Emulation: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/hce.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/hce.html</a></p>
4684
4685<p>11. Android Extension Pack: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/opengl.html#aep">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/opengl.html#aep</a> </p>
4686
4687<p>12. android.webkit.WebView class: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html</a></p>
4688
4689<p>13. WebView compatibility: <a href="http://www.chromium.org/">http://www.chromium.org/</a></p>
4690
4691<p>14. HTML5: <a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/</a></p>
4692
4693<p>15. HTML5 offline capabilities:<a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#offline"> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#offline</a></p>
4694
4695<p>16. HTML5 video tag: <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#video">http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#video</a></p>
4696
4697<p>17. HTML5/W3C geolocation API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/</a></p>
4698
4699<p>18. HTML5/W3C webstorage API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/">http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/</a></p>
4700
4701<p>19. HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/">http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/</a></p>
4702
4703<p>20. Dalvik Executable Format and bytecode specification: available in the
4704Android source code, at dalvik/docs</p>
4705
4706<p>21. AppWidgets: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html</a></p>
4707
4708<p>22. Notifications: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html</a></p>
4709
4710<p>23. Application Resources: <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html">https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html</a></p>
4711
4712<p>24. Status Bar icon style guide: <a href="http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html">http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html</a></p>
4713
4714<p>25. Notifications Resources: <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html">https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html</a> </p>
4715
4716<p>26. Search Manager: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/SearchManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/SearchManager.html</a> </p>
4717
4718<p>27. Toasts: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html</a></p>
4719
4720<p>28. Themes: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html</a></p>
4721
4722<p>29. R.style class: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html</a></p>
4723
4724<p>30. Material design: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html#Theme_Material">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html#Theme_Material</a> </p>
4725
4726<p>31. Live Wallpapers: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/wallpaper/WallpaperService.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/wallpaper/WallpaperService.html</a></p>
4727
4728<p>32. Overview screen resources: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/recents.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/components/recents.html</a> </p>
4729
4730<p>33. Screen pinning: <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#ScreenPinning">https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#ScreenPinning</a> </p>
4731
4732<p>34. Input methods: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/creating-input-method.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/creating-input-method.html</a> </p>
4733
4734<p>35. Media Notification: <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.MediaStyle.html">https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.MediaStyle.html</a></p>
4735
4736<p>36. Dreams: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/dreams/DreamService.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/dreams/DreamService.html</a></p>
4737
4738<p>37. Settings.Secure LOCATION_MODE:</p>
4739
4740<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#LOCATION_MODE">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#LOCATION_MODE</a></p>
4741
4742<p>38. Unicode 6.1.0: <a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/">http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/</a></p>
4743
4744<p>39. Android Device Administration: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html</a></p>
4745
4746<p>40. DevicePolicyManager reference: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html</a></p>
4747
4748<p>41. Android Device Owner App:</p>
4749
4750<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)</a></p>
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +0100[diff] [blame]4751<p>XX. Android Device Owner Provisioning Flow:</p>
4752
4753<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE</a></p>
4754<p>XX. Device Owner Provisioning via NFC:</p>
4755
4756<p><a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/provision.html#device_owner_provisioning_via_nfc">https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/provision.html#device_owner_provisioning_via_nfc</a></p>
4757<p>XX. Android Managed Profile Provisioning flow:</p>
4758
4759<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE</a></p>
4760
4761<p>XX. Android Profile Owner App:</p>
4762
4763<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isProfileOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isProfileOwnerApp(java.lang.String)</a></p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700[diff] [blame]4764
4765<p>42. Android Accessibility Service APIs: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html</a></p>
4766
4767<p>43. Android Accessibility APIs: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html</a></p>
4768
4769<p>44. Eyes Free project: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/">http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free</a></p>
4770
4771<p>45. Text-To-Speech APIs: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/package-summary.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/package-summary.html</a></p>
4772
4773<p>46. Television Input Framework: <a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html">https://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html</a></p>
4774
4775<p>47. Reference tool documentation (for adb, aapt, ddms, systrace): <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/index.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/index.html</a></p>
4776
4777<p>48. Android apk file description: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.html </a></p>
4778
4779<p>49. Manifest files: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html</a></p>
4780
4781<p>50. Android Media Formats: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html</a></p>
4782
4783<p>51. RTC Hardware Coding Requirements: <a href="http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/rtc-coding-requirements/">http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/rtc-coding-requirements/</a></p>
4784
4785<p>52. AudioEffect API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.html</a></p>
4786
4787<p>53. Android android.content.pm.PackageManager class and Hardware Features List:</p>
4788
4789<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html</a></p>
4790
4791<p>54. HTTP Live Streaming Draft Protocol: <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-03">http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-03</a></p>
4792
4793<p>55. ADB: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html</a> </p>
4794
4795<p>56. Dumpsys: <a href="https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html">https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html</a> </p>
4796
4797<p>57. DDMS: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html</a> </p>
4798
4799<p>58. Monkey testing tool: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html</a> </p>
4800
4801<p>59. SysyTrace tool: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html</a></p>
4802
4803<p>60. Android Application Development-Related Settings:</p>
4804
4805<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS</a></p>
4806
4807<p>61. Supporting Multiple Screens: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html</a></p>
4808
4809<p>62. android.util.DisplayMetrics: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html</a></p>
4810
4811<p>63. RenderScript: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/</a></p>
4812
4813<p>64. Android extension pack for OpenGL ES: <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/opengl/GLES31Ext.html">https://developer.android.com/reference/android/opengl/GLES31Ext.html</a> </p>
4814
4815<p>65. Hardware Acceleration: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html</a></p>
4816
4817<p>66. EGL Extension-EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE:</p>
4818
4819<p><a href="http://www.khronos.org/registry/egl/extensions/ANDROID/EGL_ANDROID_recordable.txt">http://www.khronos.org/registry/egl/extensions/ANDROID/EGL_ANDROID_recordable.txt</a></p>
4820
4821<p>67. Display Manager: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/display/DisplayManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/display/DisplayManager.html</a></p>
4822
4823<p>68. android.content.res.Configuration: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html</a></p>
4824
4825<p>69. Action Assist: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_ASSIST">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_ASSIST</a></p>
4826
4827<p>70. Touch Input Configuration: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/input/touch-devices.html">http://source.android.com/devices/tech/input/touch-devices.html</a></p>
4828
4829<p>71. Motion Event API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html</a></p>
4830
4831<p>72. Key Event API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html</a> </p>
4832
4833<p>73. Android Open Source sensors: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">http://source.android.com/devices/sensors</a></p>
4834
4835<p>74. android.hardware.SensorEvent: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html</a></p>
4836
4837<p>75. Timestamp sensor event: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp</a></p>
4838
4839<p>76. Android Open Source composite sensors: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#composite_sensor_type_summary">https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#composite_sensor_type_summary</a></p>
4840
4841<p>77. Continuous trigger mode: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/report-modes.html#continuous">https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/report-modes.html#continuous</a></p>
4842
4843<p>78. Accelerometer sensor: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sensor.html#TYPE_ACCELEROMETER">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sensor.html#TYPE_ACCELEROMETER</a></p>
4844
4845<p>79. Wi-Fi Multicast API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.MulticastLock.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.MulticastLock.html</a></p>
4846
4847<p>80. Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi P2P): <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pManager.html</a></p>
4848
4849<p>81. WifiManager API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.html</a></p>
4850
4851<p>82. Bluetooth API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html</a></p>
4852
4853<p>83. Bluetooth ScanFilter API: <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/le/ScanFilter.html">https://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/le/ScanFilter.html</a></p>
4854
4855<p>84. NDEF Push Protocol: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/ndef-push-protocol.pdf">http://source.android.com/compatibility/ndef-push-protocol.pdf</a></p>
4856
4857<p>85. Android Beam: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/nfc.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/nfc.html</a> </p>
4858
4859<p>86. Android NFC Sharing Settings:</p>
4860
4861<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_NFCSHARING_SETTINGS">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_NFCSHARING_SETTINGS</a></p>
4862
4863<p>87. NFC Connection Handover: <a href="http://members.nfc-forum.org/specs/spec_list/#conn_handover">http://members.nfc-forum.org/specs/spec_list/#conn_handover</a></p>
4864
4865<p>88. Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC: <a href="http://members.nfc-forum.org/apps/group_public/download.php/18688/NFCForum-AD-BTSSP_1_1.pdf">http://members.nfc-forum.org/apps/group_public/download.php/18688/NFCForum-AD-BTSSP_1_1.pdf</a> </p>
4866
4867<p>89. Content Resolver: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentResolver.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentResolver.html</a></p>
4868
4869<p>90. Camera orientation API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#setDisplayOrientation(int)">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#setDisplayOrientation(int)</a></p>
4870
4871<p>91. Camera: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html</a></p>
4872
4873<p>92. Camera: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.Parameters.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.Parameters.html</a></p>
4874
4875<p>93. Camera hardware level: <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL">https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL</a> </p>
4876
4877<p>94. Camera version support: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/camera/versioning.html">http://source.android.com/devices/camera/versioning.html</a> </p>
4878
4879<p>95. Android DownloadManager: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.html</a></p>
4880
4881<p>96. Android File Transfer: <a href="http://www.android.com/filetransfer">http://www.android.com/filetransfer</a></p>
4882
4883<p>97. Android Open Accessories: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/accessory.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/accessory.html</a></p>
4884
4885<p>98. Android USB Audio: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO</a></p>
4886
4887<p>99. USB Charging Specification: <a href="http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/USB_Battery_Charging_1.2.pdf">http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/USB_Battery_Charging_1.2.pdf</a></p>
4888
4889<p>100. USB Host API:<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html"> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html</a></p>
4890
4891<p>101. Wired audio headset: <a href="http://source.android.com/accessories/headset-spec.html">http://source.android.com/accessories/headset-spec.html</a> </p>
4892
4893<p>102. Android Security and Permissions reference: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html</a></p>
4894
4895<p>103. UserManager reference: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManager.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManager.html</a></p>
4896
4897<p>104. External Storage reference: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage">http://source.android.com/devices/storage</a></p>
4898
4899<p>105. External Storage APIs: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html</a></p>
4900
4901<p>106. SMS Short Code: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code</a></p>
4902
4903<p>107. Android Open Source Encryption: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/encryption/index.html">http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/encryption/index.html</a></p>
4904
4905<p>108. Android Compatibility Program Overview: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html</a></p>
4906
4907<p>109. Android Compatibility forum: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-compatibility">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-compatibility</a></p>
4908
4909<p>110. WebM project: <a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">http://www.webmproject.org/</a> </p>
4910
4911<p>111. Android UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR</a></p>
4912
4913<p>112. Android MediaCodecList API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html</a></p>
4914
4915<p>113. Android CamcorderProfile API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html</a></p>
4916
4917<p>Many of these resources are derived directly or indirectly from the Android
4918SDK, and will be functionally identical to the information in that SDK&rsquo;s
4919documentation. In any cases where this Compatibility Definition or the
4920Compatibility Test Suite disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK
4921documentation is considered authoritative. Any technical details provided in
4922the references included above are considered by inclusion to be part of this
4923Compatibility Definition.</p>
4924
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