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Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07009<h6>Table of Contents</h6>
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Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070011<div id="toc">
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Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070014
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070015<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#1_introduction">1. Introduction</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070016
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070017<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#2_device_types">2. Device Types</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070018
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070019<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#2_1_device_configurations">2.1 Device Configurations</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070020
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070021<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#3_software">3. Software</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070022
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070023<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_1_managed_api_compatibility">3.1. Managed API Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070024
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070025<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_2_soft_api_compatibility">3.2. Soft API Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070026
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070027<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_1_permissions">3.2.1. Permissions</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070028
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070029<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_2_build_parameters">3.2.2. Build Parameters</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070030
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070031<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_3_intent_compatibility">3.2.3. Intent Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070032
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070033<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070034
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070035<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_2_intent_overrides">3.2.3.2. Intent Overrides</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070036
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070037<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_3_intent_namespaces">3.2.3.3. Intent Namespaces</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070038
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070039<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_4_broadcast_intents">3.2.3.4. Broadcast Intents</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070040
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070041<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_5_default_app_settings">3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070042
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070043<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">3.3. Native API Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070044
Unsuk Junga16d5c72015-06-05 02:10:14 -070045<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_3_1_application_binary_interfaces">3.3.1. Application Binary Interfaces</a></p>
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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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070048
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070049<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_4_web_compatibility">3.4. Web Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070050
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070051<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_4_1_webview_compatibility">3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070052
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070053<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_4_2_browser_compatibility">3.4.2. Browser Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070054
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070055<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_5_api_behavioral_compatibility">3.5. API Behavioral Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070056
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070057<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_6_api_namespaces">3.6. API Namespaces</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070058
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070059<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_7_runtime_compatibility">3.7. Runtime Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070060
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070061<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_8_user_interface_compatibility">3.8. User Interface Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070062
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070063<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_1_launcher_home_screen">3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070064
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070065<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_2_widgets">3.8.2. Widgets</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070066
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070067<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_3_notifications">3.8.3. Notifications</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070068
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070069<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_4_search">3.8.4. Search</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070070
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070071<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_5_toasts">3.8.5. Toasts</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070072
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070073<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_6_themes">3.8.6. Themes</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070074
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070075<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_7_live_wallpapers">3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070076
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070077<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_8_activity_switching">3.8.8. Activity Switching</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070078
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070079<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_9_input_management">3.8.9. Input Management</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070080
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070081<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_10_lock_screen_media_control">3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070082
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070083<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_11_dreams">3.8.11. Dreams</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070084
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070085<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_12_location">3.8.12. Location</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070086
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070087<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_13_unicode_and_font">3.8.13. Unicode and Font</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070088
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070089
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070090
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Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070093<div id="toc_right"><br>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070094
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070095
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070096
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070097<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_9_device_administration">3.9. Device Administration</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070098
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -070099<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_10_accessibility">3.10. Accessibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700100
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700101<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_11_text-to-speech">3.11. Text-to-Speech</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700102
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700103<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_12_tv_input_framework">3.12. TV Input Framework</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700104
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700105<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#4_application_packaging_compatibility">4. Application Packaging Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700106
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700107<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#5_multimedia_compatibility">5. Multimedia Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700108
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700109<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_1_media_codecs">5.1. Media Codecs</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700110
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700111<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_1_audio_codecs">5.1.1. Audio Codecs</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700112
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700113<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_2_image_codecs">5.1.2. Image Codecs</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700114
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700115<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_3_video_codecs">5.1.3. Video Codecs</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700116
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700117<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_2_video_encoding">5.2. Video Encoding</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700118
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700119<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_3_video_decoding">5.3. Video Decoding</a></p>
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121<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_4_audio_recording">5.4. Audio Recording</a></p>
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123<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_1_raw_audio_capture">5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture</a></p>
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125<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_2_capture_for_voice_recognition">5.4.2. Capture for Voice Recognition</a></p>
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127<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_3_capture_for_rerouting_of_playback">5.4.3. Capture for Rerouting of Playback</a></p>
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129<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_5_audio_playback">5.5. Audio Playback</a></p>
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131<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_1_raw_audio_playback">5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback</a></p>
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133<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_2_audio_effects">5.5.2. Audio Effects</a></p>
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135<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_3_audio_output_volume">5.5.3. Audio Output Volume</a></p>
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137<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_6_audio_latency">5.6. Audio Latency</a></p>
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139<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_7_network_protocols">5.7. Network Protocols</a></p>
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141<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_8_secure_media">5.8. Secure Media</a></p>
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143<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#6_developer_tools_and_options_compatibility">6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility</a></p>
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145<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#6_1_developer_tools">6.1. Developer Tools</a></p>
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147<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#6_2_developer_options">6.2. Developer Options</a></p>
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149<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">7. Hardware Compatibility</a></p>
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151<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_1_display_and_graphics">7.1. Display and Graphics</a></p>
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153<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">7.1.1. Screen Configuration</a></p>
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155<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_1_screen_size">7.1.1.1. Screen Size</a></p>
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157<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_2_screen_aspect_ratio">7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio</a></p>
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159<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_3_screen_density">7.1.1.3. Screen Density</a></p>
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Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700165
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Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700167<div id="toc_left_2">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700168
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700169<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_2_display_metrics">7.1.2. Display Metrics</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700170
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700171<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_3_screen_orientation">7.1.3. Screen Orientation</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700172
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700173<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_4_2d_and_3d_graphics_acceleration">7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700174
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700175<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_5_legacy_application_compatibility_mode">7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700176
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700177<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_6_screen_technology">7.1.6. Screen Technology</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700178
Unsuk Jung734c2a42015-06-05 01:47:54 -0700179<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_7_external_displays">7.1.7. Secondary Displays</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700180
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700181<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_2_input_devices">7.2. Input Devices</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700182
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700183<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_1_keyboard">7.2.1. Keyboard</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700184
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700185<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_2_non-touch_navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700186
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700187<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_3_navigation_keys">7.2.3. Navigation Keys</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700188
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700189<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700190
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700191<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">7.2.5. Fake Touch Input</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700192
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700193<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_6_game_controller_support">7.2.6. Game Controller Support</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700194
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700195<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_2_6_1_button_mapping">7.2.6.1. Button Mappings</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700196
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700197<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_7_remote_control">7.2.7. Remote Control</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700198
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700199<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_3_sensors">7.3. Sensors</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700200
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700201<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1. Accelerometer</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700202
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700203<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_2_magnetometer">7.3.2. Magnetometer</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700204
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700205<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700206
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700207<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_4_gyroscope">7.3.4. Gyroscope</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700208
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700209<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_5_barometer">7.3.5. Barometer</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700210
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700211<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_6_thermometer">7.3.6. Thermometer</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700212
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700213<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_7_photometer">7.3.7. Photometer</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700214
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700215<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_8_proximity_sensor">7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700216
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700217<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_4_data_connectivity">7.4. Data Connectivity</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700218
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700219<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_1_telephony">7.4.1. Telephony</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700220
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700221<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_2_ieee_80211_wi-fi">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700222
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700223<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_4_2_1_wi-fi_direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700224
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700225<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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700226
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700227<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700228
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700229<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_4_near-field_communications">7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700230
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700231<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_5_minimum_network_capability">7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700232
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700233<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_6_sync_settings">7.4.6. Sync Settings</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700234
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700235<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_5_cameras">7.5. Cameras</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700236
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700237<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700238
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700239<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_2_front-facing_camera">7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700240
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700241<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_3_external_camera">7.5.3. External Camera</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700242
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700243<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_4_camera_api_behavior">7.5.4. Camera API Behavior</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700244
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700245
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700246
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700247
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700248
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700249</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700250
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700251<div id="toc_right_2">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700252
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700253<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_5_camera_orientation">7.5.5. Camera Orientation</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700254
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700255<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_6_memory_and_storage">7.6. Memory and Storage</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700256
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700257<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700258
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700259<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_2_application_shared_storage">7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700260
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700261<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_7_usb">7.7. USB</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700262
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700263<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_8_audio">7.8. Audio</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700264
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700265<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700266
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700267<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700268
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700269<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_8_2_1_analog_audio_ports">7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700270
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700271<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#8_performance_compatibility">8. Performance Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700272
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700273<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_1_user_experience_consistency">8.1. User Experience Consistency</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700274
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700275<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_2_memory_performance">8.2. Memory Performance</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700276
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700277<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">9. Security Model Compatibility</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700278
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700279<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_1_permissions">9.1. Permissions</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700280
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700281<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_2_uid_and_process_isolation">9.2. UID and Process Isolation</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700282
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700283<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_3_filesystem_permissions">9.3. Filesystem Permissions</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700284
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700285<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_4_alternate_execution_environments">9.4. Alternate Execution Environments</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700286
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700287<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_5_multi-user_support">9.5. Multi-User Support</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700288
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700289<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_6_premium_sms_warning">9.6. Premium SMS Warning</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700290
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700291<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_7_kernel_security_features">9.7. Kernel Security Features</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700292
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700293<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_8_privacy">9.8. Privacy</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700294
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700295<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_9_full-disk-encryption">9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700296
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700297<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_10_verified_boot">9.10. Verified Boot</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700298
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700299<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#10_software_compatibility_testing">10. Software Compatibility Testing</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700300
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700301<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#10_1_compatibility_test_suite">10.1. Compatibility Test Suite</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700302
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700303<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#10_2_cts_verifier">10.2. CTS Verifier</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700304
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700305<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#11_updatable_software">11. Updatable Software</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700306
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700307<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#12_document_changelog">12. Document Changelog</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700308
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700309<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#13_contact_us">13. Contact Us</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700310
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700311<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#14_resources">14. Resources</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700312
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700313</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700314
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700315</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700316
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700317<div style="clear: both"></div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700318
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700319<div id="main">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700320
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700321<h1 id="1_introduction">1. Introduction</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700322
323
324<p>This document enumerates the requirements that must be met in order for devices
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700325to be compatible with Android 5.1.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700326
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700327<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700328defined in RFC2119 [<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">Resources, 1</a>].</p>
329
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700330<p>As used in this document, a &ldquo;device implementer&rdquo; or &ldquo;implementer&rdquo; is a person
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700331or organization developing a hardware/software solution running Android 5.1. A
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700332&ldquo;device implementation&rdquo; or &ldquo;implementation is the hardware/software solution
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700333so developed.</p>
334
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700335<p>To be considered compatible with Android 5.1, device implementations MUST meet
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700336the requirements presented in this Compatibility Definition, including any
337documents incorporated via reference.</p>
338
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700339<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700340implementer to ensure compatibility with existing implementations.</p>
341
342<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
343implementers are strongly encouraged to base their implementations to the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700344greatest extent possible on the &ldquo;upstream&rdquo; source code available from the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700345Android Open Source Project. While some components can hypothetically be
346replaced with alternate implementations this practice is strongly discouraged,
347as passing the software tests will become substantially more difficult. It is
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700348the implementer&rsquo;s responsibility to ensure full behavioral compatibility with
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700349the standard Android implementation, including and beyond the Compatibility
350Test Suite. Finally, note that certain component substitutions and
351modifications are explicitly forbidden by this document.</p>
352
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700353<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
354functionally identical to the information in that SDK&rsquo;s documentation. For any
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700355case where this Compatibility Definition or the Compatibility Test Suite
356disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK documentation is considered
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700357authoritative. 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700358
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700359<h1 id="2_device_types">2. Device Types</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700360
361
362<p>While the Android Open Source Project has been used in the implementation of a
363variety of device types and form factors, many aspects of the architecture and
364compatibility requirements were optimized for handheld devices. Starting from
365Android 5.0, the Android Open Source Project aims to embrace a wider variety of
366device types as described in this section.</p>
367
368<p><strong>Android Handheld device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation that is typically used by holding
369it in the hand, such as mp3 players, phones, and tablets. Android Handheld
370device implementations:</p>
371
372<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700373 <li>MUST have a touchscreen embedded in the device.</li>
374 <li>MUST have a power source that provides mobility, such as a battery.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700375</ul>
376
377<p><strong>Android Television device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation that is an entertainment interface
378for consuming digital media, movies, games, apps, and/or live TV for users
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700379sitting about ten feet away (a &ldquo;lean back&rdquo; or &ldquo;10-foot user interface&rdquo;).
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700380Android Television devices:</p>
381
382<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700383 <li>MUST have an embedded screen OR include a video output port, such as VGA, HDMI,
384or a wireless port for display.</li>
385 <li>MUST declare the features android.software.leanback and
386android.hardware.type.television [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#FEATURE_LEANBACK">Resources, 3</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700387</ul>
388
389<p><strong>Android Watch device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation intended to be worn on the body,
390perhaps on the wrist, and:</p>
391
392<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700393 <li>MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal length in the range from 1.1 to
3942.5 inches.</li>
395 <li>MUST declare the feature android.hardware.type.watch.</li>
396 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700397</ul>
398
Heidi von Markham61607242015-04-02 12:59:09 -0700399<p><strong>Android Automotive implementation</strong> refers to a vehicle head
400unit running Android as an operating system for part or all of the system and/or
401infotainment functionality. Android Automotive implementations MUST support
402uiMode = UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR">Resources, 111</a>].</p>
403
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700404<p>All Android device implementations that do not fit into any of the above device
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700405types still MUST meet all requirements in this document to be Android 5.1
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700406compatible, unless the requirement is explicitly described to be only
Unsuk Jung734c2a42015-06-05 01:47:54 -0700407applicable to a specific Android device type from above.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700408
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700409<h2 id="2_1_device_configurations">2.1 Device Configurations</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700410
411
412<p>This is a summary of major differences in hardware configuration by device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700413type. (Empty cells denote a &ldquo;MAY&rdquo;). Not all configurations are covered in this
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700414table; see relevant hardware sections for more detail.</p>
415<table>
416 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700417 <th>Category</th>
418 <th>Feature</th>
419 <th>Section</th>
420 <th>Handheld</th>
421 <th>Television</th>
422 <th>Watch</th>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700423 <th>Automotive</th>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700424 <th>Other</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700425 </tr>
426 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700427 <td rowspan="3">Input</td>
428 <td>D-pad</td>
429 <td><a href="#7_2_2_non-touch-navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</a></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700430 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700431 <td>MUST</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700432 <td></td>
433 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700434 <td></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700435 </tr>
436 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700437 <td>Touchscreen </td>
438 <td><a href="#7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen input</a></td>
439 <td>MUST</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700440 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700441 <td>MUST</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700442 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700443 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700444 </tr>
445 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700446 <td>Microphone </td>
447 <td><a href="#7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</a></td>
448 <td>MUST</td>
449 <td>SHOULD </td>
450 <td>MUST</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700451 <td>MUST</td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700452 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700453 </tr>
454 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700455 <td rowspan="2">Sensors</td>
456 <td>Accelerometer </td>
457 <td><a href="#7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1 Accelerometer</a></td>
458 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700459 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700460 <td>SHOULD</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700461 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700462 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700463 </tr>
464 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700465 <td>GPS</td>
466 <td><a href="#7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</a></td>
467 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700468 <td></td>
469 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700470 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700471 <td></td>
472 </tr>
473 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700474 <td rowspan="5">Connectivity</td>
475 <td>Wi-Fi</td>
476 <td><a href="#7_4_2_ieee_802.11">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11</a></td>
477 <td>SHOULD</td>
478 <td> MUST</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700479 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700480 <td>SHOULD</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700481 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700482 </tr>
483 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700484 <td>Wi-Fi Direct</td>
485 <td><a href="#7_4_2_1_wi-fi-direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</a></td>
486 <td>SHOULD</td>
487 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700488 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700489 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700490 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700491 </tr>
492 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700493 <td>Bluetooth</td>
494 <td><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></td>
495 <td>SHOULD</td>
496 <td>MUST</td>
497 <td>MUST</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700498 <td>MUST</td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700499 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700500 </tr>
501 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700502 <td>Bluetooth Low Energy</td>
503 <td><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></td>
504 <td>SHOULD</td>
505 <td>MUST</td>
506 <td>SHOULD</td>
507 <td>SHOULD</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700508 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700509 </tr>
510 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700511 <td>USB peripheral/host mode</td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700512 <td><a href="#7_7_usb">7.7. USB</a></td>
513 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700514 <td></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700515 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700516 <td>SHOULD</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700517 <td>SHOULD</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700518 </tr>
519 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700520 <td>Output</td>
521 <td>Speaker and/or Audio output ports</td>
522 <td><a href="#7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</a></td>
523 <td>MUST</td>
524 <td>MUST</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700525 <td></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700526 <td>MUST</td>
Heidi von Markhamb183b322015-05-26 15:17:37 -0700527 <td>MUST</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700528 </tr>
529</table>
530
531
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700532<h1 id="3_software">3. Software</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700533
534
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700535<h2 id="3_1_managed_api_compatibility">3.1. Managed API Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700536
537
538<p>The managed Dalvik bytecode execution environment is the primary vehicle for
539Android applications. The Android application programming interface (API) is
540the set of Android platform interfaces exposed to applications running in the
541managed runtime environment. Device implementations MUST provide complete
542implementations, including all documented behaviors, of any documented API
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700543exposed 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700544source code. </p>
545
546<p>Device implementations MUST NOT omit any managed APIs, alter API interfaces or
547signatures, deviate from the documented behavior, or include no-ops, except
548where specifically allowed by this Compatibility Definition.</p>
549
550<p>This Compatibility Definition permits some types of hardware for which Android
551includes APIs to be omitted by device implementations. In such cases, the APIs
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700552MUST 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700553
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700554<h2 id="3_2_soft_api_compatibility">3.2. Soft API Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700555
556
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700557<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700558such things as intents, permissions, and similar aspects of Android
559applications that cannot be enforced at application compile time.</p>
560
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700561<h3 id="3_2_1_permissions">3.2.1. Permissions</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700562
563
564<p>Device implementers MUST support and enforce all permission constants as
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700565documented 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700566
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700567<h3 id="3_2_2_build_parameters">3.2.2. Build Parameters</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700568
569
570<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,
571meaningful values across device implementations, the table below includes
572additional restrictions on the formats of these values to which device
573implementations MUST conform.</p>
574<table>
575 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700576 <th>Parameter</th>
577 <th>Details</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700578 </tr>
579 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700580 <td>VERSION.RELEASE</td>
581 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in human-readable
582format. This field MUST have one of the string values defined in [<a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/5.1/versions.html">Resources, 8]</a>.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700583 </tr>
584 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700585 <td>VERSION.SDK</td>
586 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in a format accessible
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700587to third-party application code. For Android 5.1, this field MUST have the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700588integer value 22.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700589 </tr>
590 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700591 <td>VERSION.SDK_INT</td>
592 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in a format accessible
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700593to third-party application code. For Android 5.1, this field MUST have the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700594integer value 22.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700595 </tr>
596 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700597 <td>VERSION.INCREMENTAL</td>
598 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer designating the specific build of the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700599currently-executing Android system, in human-readable format. This value MUST
600NOT be reused for different builds made available to end users. A typical use
601of this field is to indicate which build number or source-control change
602identifier was used to generate the build. There are no requirements on the
603specific format of this field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700604string ("").</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700605 </tr>
606 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700607 <td>BOARD</td>
608 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer identifying the specific internal
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700609hardware used by the device, in human-readable format. A possible use of this
610field is to indicate the specific revision of the board powering the device.
611The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700612expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700613 </tr>
614 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700615 <td>BRAND</td>
616 <td>A value reflecting the brand name associated with the device as known to the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700617end users. MUST be in human-readable format and SHOULD represent the
618manufacturer of the device or the company brand under which the device is
619marketed. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700620the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700621 </tr>
622 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700623 <td>SUPPORTED_ABIS</td>
624 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700625 </tr>
626 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700627 <td>SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS</td>
628 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700629 </tr>
630 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700631 <td>SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS</td>
632 <td>The name of the second instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native
633code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700634 </tr>
635 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700636 <td>CPU_ABI</td>
637 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700638 </tr>
639 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700640 <td>CPU_ABI2</td>
641 <td>The name of the second instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native
642code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700643 </tr>
644 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700645 <td>DEVICE</td>
646 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the development name or
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700647code name identifying the configuration of the hardware features and industrial
648design of the device. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700649and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700650 </tr>
651 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700652 <td>FINGERPRINT</td>
653 <td>A string that uniquely identifies this build. It SHOULD be reasonably
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700654human-readable. It MUST follow this template:</p>
655
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700656<p class="small">$(BRAND)/$(PRODUCT)/$(DEVICE):$(VERSION.RELEASE)/$(ID)/$(VERSION.INCREMENTAL):$(TYPE)/$(TAGS)</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700657
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700658<p>For example: acme/myproduct/mydevice:5.1/LMYXX/3359:userdebug/test-keys</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700659
660<p>The fingerprint MUST NOT include whitespace characters. If other fields
661included in the template above have whitespace characters, they MUST be
662replaced in the build fingerprint with another character, such as the
663underscore ("_") character. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700664ASCII.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700665 </tr>
666 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700667 <td>HARDWARE</td>
668 <td>The name of the hardware (from the kernel command line or /proc). It SHOULD be
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700669reasonably human-readable. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700670ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700671 </tr>
672 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700673 <td>HOST</td>
674 <td>A string that uniquely identifies the host the build was built on, in
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700675human-readable format. There are no requirements on the specific format of this
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700676field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700677 </tr>
678 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700679 <td>ID</td>
680 <td>An identifier chosen by the device implementer to refer to a specific release,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700681in human-readable format. This field can be the same as
682android.os.Build.VERSION.INCREMENTAL, but SHOULD be a value sufficiently
683meaningful for end users to distinguish between software builds. The value of
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700684this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700685 </tr>
686 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700687 <td>MANUFACTURER</td>
688 <td>The trade name of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the product.
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700689There are no requirements on the specific format of this field, except that it
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700690MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700691 </tr>
692 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700693 <td>MODEL</td>
694 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the name of the device as
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700695known to the end user. This SHOULD be the same name under which the device is
696marketed and sold to end users. There are no requirements on the specific
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700697format of this field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700698 </tr>
699 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700700 <td>PRODUCT</td>
701 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the development name or
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700702code name of the specific product (SKU) that MUST be unique within the same
703brand. MUST be human-readable, but is not necessarily intended for view by end
704users. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700705regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700706 </tr>
707 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700708 <td>SERIAL</td>
709 <td>A hardware serial number, which MUST be available. The value of this field MUST
710be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^([a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20})$&rdquo;.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700711 </tr>
712 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700713 <td>TAGS</td>
714 <td>A comma-separated list of tags chosen by the device implementer that further
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700715distinguishes the build. This field MUST have one of the values corresponding
716to the three typical Android platform signing configurations: release-keys,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700717dev-keys, test-keys. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700718 </tr>
719 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700720 <td>TIME</td>
721 <td>A value representing the timestamp of when the build occurred.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700722 </tr>
723 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700724 <td>TYPE</td>
725 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer specifying the runtime configuration
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700726of the build. This field MUST have one of the values corresponding to the three
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700727typical Android runtime configurations: user, userdebug, or eng.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700728 </tr>
729 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700730 <td>USER</td>
731 <td>A name or user ID of the user (or automated user) that generated the build.
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700732There are no requirements on the specific format of this field, except that it
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700733MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700734 </tr>
735</table>
736
737
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700738<h3 id="3_2_3_intent_compatibility">3.2.3. Intent Compatibility</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700739
740
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700741<p>Device implementations MUST honor Android&rsquo;s loose-coupling intent system, as
742described in the sections below. By&ldquo;honored &rdquo; it is meant that the device
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700743implementer MUST provide an Android Activity or Service that specifies a
744matching intent filter that binds to and implements correct behavior for each
745specified intent pattern.</p>
746
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700747<h4 id="3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700748
749
750<p>Android intents allow application components to request functionality from
751other Android components. The Android upstream project includes a list of
752applications considered core Android applications, which implements several
753intent patterns to perform common actions. The core Android applications are:</p>
754
755<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700756 <li>Desk Clock</li>
757 <li>Browser</li>
758 <li>Calendar</li>
759 <li>Contacts</li>
760 <li>Gallery</li>
761 <li>GlobalSearch</li>
762 <li>Launcher</li>
763 <li>Music</li>
764 <li>Settings</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700765</ul>
766
767<p>Device implementations SHOULD include the core Android applications as
768appropriate but MUST include a component implementing the same intent patterns
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700769defined by all the &ldquo;public&rdquo; Activity or Service components of these core
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700770Android applications. Note that Activity or Service components are considered
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700771&ldquo;public&rdquo; when the attribute android:exported is absent or has the value true.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700772
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700773<h4 id="3_2_3_2_intent_overrides">3.2.3.2. Intent Overrides</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700774
775
776<p>As Android is an extensible platform, device implementations MUST allow each
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700777intent 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700778implementation allows this by default; device implementers MUST NOT attach
779special privileges to system applications' use of these intent patterns, or
780prevent third-party applications from binding to and assuming control of these
781patterns. This prohibition specifically includes but is not limited to
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700782disabling the&ldquo;Chooser&rdquo; user interface that allows the user to select between
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700783multiple applications that all handle the same intent pattern.</p>
784
785<p>However, device implementations MAY provide default activities for specific URI
786patterns (eg. http://play.google.com) if the default activity provides a more
787specific filter for the data URI. For example, an intent filter specifying the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700788data 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700789modify the default activity for intents.</p>
790
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700791<h4 id="3_2_3_3_intent_namespaces">3.2.3.3. Intent Namespaces</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700792
793
794<p>Device implementations MUST NOT include any Android component that honors any
795new intent or broadcast intent patterns using an ACTION, CATEGORY, or other key
796string in the android.* or com.android.* namespace. Device implementers MUST
797NOT include any Android components that honor any new intent or broadcast
798intent patterns using an ACTION, CATEGORY, or other key string in a package
799space belonging to another organization. Device implementers MUST NOT alter or
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700800extend 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700801and obviously associated with their own organization. This prohibition is
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700802analogous to that specified for Java language classes in <a href="#3_6_api_namespaces">section 3.6</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700803
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700804<h4 id="3_2_3_4_broadcast_intents">3.2.3.4. Broadcast Intents</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700805
806
807<p>Third-party applications rely on the platform to broadcast certain intents to
808notify them of changes in the hardware or software environment.
809Android-compatible devices MUST broadcast the public broadcast intents in
810response to appropriate system events. Broadcast intents are described in the
811SDK documentation.</p>
812
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700813<h4 id="3_2_3_5_default_app_settings">3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700814
815
816<p>Android includes settings that provide users an easy way to select their
817default applications, for example for Home screen or SMS. Where it makes sense,
818device implementations MUST provide a similar settings menu and be compatible
819with the intent filter pattern and API methods described in the SDK
820documentation as below.</p>
821
822<p>Device implementations:</p>
823
824<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700825 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.HOME_SETTINGS intent to show a default app
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700826settings menu for Home Screen, if the device implementation reports
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700827android.software.home_screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html">Resources, 10]</a></li>
828 <li>MUST provide a settings menu that will call the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700829android.provider.Telephony.ACTION_CHANGE_DEFAULT intent to show a dialog to
830change the default SMS application, if the device implementation reports
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700831android.hardware.telephony [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony.Sms.Intents.html">Resources, 9</a>]</li>
832 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.NFC_PAYMENT_SETTINGS intent to show a default
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700833app settings menu for Tap and Pay, if the device implementation reports
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700834android.hardware.nfc.hce [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html">Resources, 10]</a></li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700835</ul>
836
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700837<h2 id="3_3_native_api_compatibility">3.3. Native API Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700838
839
Unsuk Junga16d5c72015-06-05 02:10:14 -0700840<h3 id="3_3_1_application_binary_interfaces">3.3.1. Application Binary Interfaces</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700841
842
843<p>Managed Dalvik bytecode can call into native code provided in the application
844.apk file as an ELF .so file compiled for the appropriate device hardware
845architecture. As native code is highly dependent on the underlying processor
846technology, Android defines a number of Application Binary Interfaces (ABIs) in
847the Android NDK. Device implementations MUST be compatible with one or more
848defined ABIs, and MUST implement compatibility with the Android NDK, as below.</p>
849
850<p>If a device implementation includes support for an Android ABI, it:</p>
851
852<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700853 <li>MUST include support for code running in the managed environment to call into
854native code, using the standard Java Native Interface (JNI) semantics</li>
855 <li>MUST be source-compatible (i.e. header compatible) and binary-compatible (for
856the ABI) with each required library in the list below</li>
857 <li>MUST support the equivalent 32-bit ABI if any 64-bit ABI is supported</li>
858 <li>MUST accurately report the native Application Binary Interface (ABI) supported
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700859by the device, via the android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS,
860android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS, and
861android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS parameters, each a comma separated list
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700862of ABIs ordered from the most to the least preferred one</li>
863 <li>MUST report, via the above parameters, only those ABIs documented in the latest
864version of the Android NDK, &ldquo;NDK Programmer&rsquo;s Guide | ABI Management&rdquo; in docs/
865directory</li>
866 <li>SHOULD be built using the source code and header files available in the
867upstream Android Open Source Project</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700868</ul>
869
870<p>The following native code APIs MUST be available to apps that include native
871code:</p>
872
873<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700874 <li>libc (C library)</li>
875 <li>libm (math library)</li>
876 <li>Minimal support for C++</li>
877 <li>JNI interface</li>
878 <li>liblog (Android logging)</li>
879 <li>libz (Zlib compression)</li>
880 <li>libdl (dynamic linker)</li>
881 <li>libGLESv1_CM.so (OpenGL ES 1.x)</li>
882 <li>libGLESv2.so (OpenGL ES 2.0)</li>
883 <li>libGLESv3.so (OpenGL ES 3.x)</li>
884 <li>libEGL.so (native OpenGL surface management)</li>
885 <li>libjnigraphics.so</li>
886 <li>libOpenSLES.so (OpenSL ES 1.0.1 audio support)</li>
887 <li>libOpenMAXAL.so (OpenMAX AL 1.0.1 support)</li>
888 <li>libandroid.so (native Android activity support)</li>
889 <li>libmediandk.so (native media APIs support)</li>
890 <li>Support for OpenGL, as described below</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700891</ul>
892
893<p>Note that future releases of the Android NDK may introduce support for
894additional ABIs. If a device implementation is not compatible with an existing
895predefined ABI, it MUST NOT report support for any ABIs at all.</p>
896
897<p>Note that device implementations MUST include libGLESv3.so and it MUST symlink
898(symbolic link) to libGLESv2.so. in turn, MUST export all the OpenGL ES 3.1 and
899Android 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
900symbols must be present, only the corresponding functions for OpenGL ES
901versions and extensions actually supported by the device must be fully
902implemented.</p>
903
904<p>Native code compatibility is challenging. For this reason, device implementers
905are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to use the implementations of the libraries listed above from the upstream
906Android Open Source Project. </p>
907
Unsuk Junga16d5c72015-06-05 02:10:14 -0700908<h3 id="3_3_2_32-bit_arm_native_code_compatibility">
9093.3.2. 32-bit ARM Native Code Compatibility
910</h3>
911
912<p>The ARMv8 architecture deprecates several CPU operations, including some
913operations used in existing native code. On 64-bit ARM devices, the following
914deprecated operations MUST remain available to 32-bit native ARM code, either
915through native CPU support or through software emulation:</p>
916
917<ul>
918<li>SWP and SWPB instructions</li>
919<li>SETEND instruction</li>
920<li>CP15ISB, CP15DSB, and CP15DMB barrier operations</li>
921</ul>
922
923<p>Legacy versions of the Android NDK used /proc/cpuinfo to discover CPU features
924from 32-bit ARM native code. For compatibility with applications built using this
925NDK, devices MUST include the following lines in /proc/cpuinfo when it is read
926by 32-bit ARM applications:</p>
927
928<ul>
929<li>&quot;Features: &quot;, followed by a list of any optional ARMv7 CPU features
930supported by the device</li>
931<li>&quot;CPU architecture: &quot;, followed by an integer describing the device's
932highest supported ARM architecture (e.g., &quot;8&quot; for ARMv8 devices)</li>
933</ul>
934
935<p>These requirements only apply when /proc/cpuinfo is read by 32-bit ARM
936applications. Devices SHOULD not alter /proc/cpuinfo when read by 64-bit ARM or
937non-ARM applications.</p>
938
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700939<h2 id="3_4_web_compatibility">3.4. Web Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700940
941
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700942<h3 id="3_4_1_webview_compatibility">3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700943
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700944<div class="note">
Unsuk Jung734c2a42015-06-05 01:47:54 -0700945<p>Android Watch devices MAY, but all other device implementations MUST provide
946a complete implementation of the android.webkit.Webview API.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700947</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700948
949
950<p>The platform feature android.software.webview MUST be reported on any device
951that provides a complete implementation of the android.webkit.WebView API, and
952MUST NOT be reported on devices without a complete implementation of the API.
953The Android Open Source implementation uses code from the Chromium Project to
954implement 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
955rendering system, device implementers MUST use the specific upstream build of
956Chromium in the WebView implementation. Specifically:</p>
957
958<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700959 <li>Device android.webkit.WebView implementations MUST be based on the Chromium
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -0700960build from the upstream Android Open Source Project for Android 5.1. This build
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700961includes a specific set of functionality and security fixes for the WebView [<a href="http://www.chromium.org/">Resources, 13</a>].</li>
962 <li>The user agent string reported by the WebView MUST be in this format:
Unsuk Jungff3da6d2015-05-18 09:35:24 -0700963<p>Mozilla/5.1 (Linux; Android $(VERSION); $(MODEL) Build/$(BUILD)$(WEBVIEW))
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700964AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 $(CHROMIUM_VER) Mobile
965Safari/537.36</p>
966 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700967 <li>The value of the $(VERSION) string MUST be the same as the value for
968android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE.</li>
Unsuk Jungff3da6d2015-05-18 09:35:24 -0700969 <li>The $(WEBVIEW) string MAY be omitted, but if included MUST be "; wv" to
970 note that this is a webview</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700971 <li>The value of the $(MODEL) string MUST be the same as the value for
972android.os.Build.MODEL.</li>
973 <li>The value of the $(BUILD) string MUST be the same as the value for
974android.os.Build.ID.</li>
975 <li>The value of the $(CHROMIUM_VER) string MUST be the version of Chromium in the
976upstream Android Open Source Project.</li>
977 <li>Device implementations MAY omit Mobile in the user agent string.</li>
978 </ul></li></ul>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700979
980<p>The WebView component SHOULD include support for as many HTML5 features as
981possible and if it supports the feature SHOULD conform to the HTML5
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700982specification [<a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">Resources, 14</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700983
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700984<h3 id="3_4_2_browser_compatibility">3.4.2. Browser Compatibility</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700985
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700986<div class="note">
Heidi von Markham37e2b0a2015-05-26 15:40:06 -0700987<p>Android Television, Watch, and Android Automotive implementations MAY omit a
988browser application, but MUST support the public intent patterns as described in
989<a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">section 3.2.3.1</a>. All other types
990of device implementations MUST include a standalone Browser application for
991general user web browsing.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700992</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700993
994<p>The standalone Browser MAY be based on a browser technology other than WebKit.
995However, even if an alternate Browser application is used, the
996android.webkit.WebView component provided to third-party applications MUST be
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700997based on WebKit, as described in <a href="#3_4_1_webview_compatibility">section 3.4.1</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -0700998
999<p>Implementations MAY ship a custom user agent string in the standalone Browser
1000application.</p>
1001
1002<p>The standalone Browser application (whether based on the upstream WebKit
1003Browser application or a third-party replacement) SHOULD include support for as
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001004much of HTML5 [<a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">Resources, 14</a>] as possible. Minimally, device implementations MUST support each of these
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001005APIs associated with HTML5:</p>
1006
1007<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001008 <li>application cache/offline operation [<a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/browsers.html#offline">Resources, 15</a>]</li>
1009 <li>the &#60;video&#62; tag [<a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/semantics.html#video">Resources, 16</a>]</li>
1010 <li>geolocation [<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">Resources, 17</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001011</ul>
1012
1013<p>Additionally, device implementations MUST support the HTML5/W3C webstorage API
1014[<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
1015IndexedDB over webstorage, IndexedDB is expected to become a required component
1016in a future version of Android.</p>
1017
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001018<h2 id="3_5_api_behavioral_compatibility">3.5. API Behavioral Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001019
1020
1021<p>The behaviors of each of the API types (managed, soft, native, and web) must be
1022consistent with the preferred implementation of the upstream Android Open
1023Source Project [<a href="http://source.android.com/">Resources, 2</a>]. Some specific areas of compatibility are:</p>
1024
1025<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001026 <li>Devices MUST NOT change the behavior or semantics of a standard intent.</li>
1027 <li>Devices MUST NOT alter the lifecycle or lifecycle semantics of a particular
1028type of system component (such as Service, Activity, ContentProvider, etc.).</li>
1029 <li>Devices MUST NOT change the semantics of a standard permission.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001030</ul>
1031
1032<p>The above list is not comprehensive. The Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) tests
1033significant portions of the platform for behavioral compatibility, but not all.
1034It is the responsibility of the implementer to ensure behavioral compatibility
1035with the Android Open Source Project. For this reason, device implementers
1036SHOULD use the source code available via the Android Open Source Project where
1037possible, rather than re-implement significant parts of the system.</p>
1038
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001039<h2 id="3_6_api_namespaces">3.6. API Namespaces</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001040
1041
1042<p>Android follows the package and class namespace conventions defined by the Java
1043programming language. To ensure compatibility with third-party applications,
1044device implementers MUST NOT make any prohibited modifications (see below) to
1045these package namespaces:</p>
1046
1047<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001048 <li>java.*</li>
1049 <li>javax.*</li>
1050 <li>sun.*</li>
1051 <li>android.*</li>
1052 <li>com.android.*</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001053</ul>
1054
1055<p><strong>Prohibited modifications include</strong>:</p>
1056
1057<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001058 <li>Device implementations MUST NOT modify the publicly exposed APIs on the Android
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001059platform by changing any method or class signatures, or by removing classes or
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001060class fields.</li>
1061 <li>Device implementers MAY modify the underlying implementation of the APIs, but
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001062such modifications MUST NOT impact the stated behavior and Java-language
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001063signature of any publicly exposed APIs.</li>
1064 <li>Device implementers MUST NOT add any publicly exposed elements (such as classes
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001065or interfaces, or fields or methods to existing classes or interfaces) to the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001066APIs above.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001067</ul>
1068
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001069<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,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001070device implementers MUST NOT expose new APIs or alter existing APIs in the
1071namespaces noted above. Device implementers MAY make internal-only
1072modifications, but those modifications MUST NOT be advertised or otherwise
1073exposed to developers.</p>
1074
1075<p>Device implementers MAY add custom APIs, but any such APIs MUST NOT be in a
1076namespace owned by or referring to another organization. For instance, device
1077implementers MUST NOT add APIs to the com.google.* or similar namespace: only
1078Google may do so. Similarly, Google MUST NOT add APIs to other companies'
1079namespaces. Additionally, if a device implementation includes custom APIs
1080outside the standard Android namespace, those APIs MUST be packaged in an
1081Android shared library so that only apps that explicitly use them (via the
1082<uses-library> mechanism) are affected by the increased memory usage of such
1083APIs.</p>
1084
1085<p>If a device implementer proposes to improve one of the package namespaces above
1086(such as by adding useful new functionality to an existing API, or adding a new
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001087API), 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001088information on that site.</p>
1089
1090<p>Note that the restrictions above correspond to standard conventions for naming
1091APIs in the Java programming language; this section simply aims to reinforce
1092those conventions and make them binding through inclusion in this Compatibility
1093Definition.</p>
1094
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001095<h2 id="3_7_runtime_compatibility">3.7. Runtime Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001096
1097
1098<p>Device implementations MUST support the full Dalvik Executable (DEX) format and
1099Dalvik 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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001100the Dalvik Executable Format, and the reference implementation&rsquo;s package
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001101management system.</p>
1102
1103<p>Device implementations MUST configure Dalvik runtimes to allocate memory in
1104accordance with the upstream Android platform, and as specified by the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001105following table. (See <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a> for screen size and screen density definitions.)</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001106
1107<p>Note that memory values specified below are considered minimum values and
1108device implementations MAY allocate more memory per application.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001109
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001110<table>
1111 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001112 <th>Screen Layout</th>
1113 <th>Screen Density</th>
1114 <th>Minimum Application Memory</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001115 </tr>
1116 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001117 <td rowspan="10">small/normal</td>
1118 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001119 <td rowspan="2">32MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001120 </tr>
1121 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001122 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001123 </tr>
1124 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001125 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001126 <td rowspan="3">48MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001127 </tr>
1128 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001129 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001130 </tr>
1131 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001132 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
Unsuk Jungaa55a672015-04-01 08:30:23 -07001133 </tr>
1134 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001135 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001136 <td>80MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001137 </tr>
1138 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001139 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1140 <td>96MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001141 </tr>
1142 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001143 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1144 <td>128MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001145 </tr>
1146 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001147 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1148 <td>192MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001149 </tr>
1150 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001151 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1152 <td>256MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001153 </tr>
1154 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001155 <td rowspan="10">large</td>
1156 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001157 <td>32MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001158 </tr>
1159 <tr>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001160 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1161 <td>48MB</td>
1162 </tr>
1163 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001164 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001165 <td rowspan="2">80MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001166 </tr>
1167 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001168 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001169 </tr>
1170 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001171 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1172 <td>96MB</td>
Unsuk Jungaa55a672015-04-01 08:30:23 -07001173 </tr>
1174 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001175 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1176 <td>128MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001177 </tr>
1178 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001179 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1180 <td>192MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001181 </tr>
1182 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001183 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1184 <td>256MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001185 </tr>
1186 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001187 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1188 <td>384MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001189 </tr>
1190 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001191 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1192 <td>512MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001193 </tr>
1194 <tr>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001195 <td rowspan="10">xlarge</td>
1196 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1197 <td>48MB</td>
1198 </tr>
1199 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001200 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001201 <td>80MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001202 </tr>
1203 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001204 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung7a702af2015-06-05 02:26:23 -07001205 <td rowspan="2">96MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001206 </tr>
1207 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001208 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001209 </tr>
1210 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001211 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1212 <td>144MB</td>
Unsuk Jungaa55a672015-04-01 08:30:23 -07001213 </tr>
1214 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001215 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1216 <td>192MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001217 </tr>
1218 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001219 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1220 <td>288MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001221 </tr>
1222 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001223 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1224 <td>384MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001225 </tr>
1226 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001227 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1228 <td>576MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001229 </tr>
1230 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001231 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1232 <td>768MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001233 </tr>
1234</table>
1235
1236
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001237<h2 id="3_8_user_interface_compatibility">3.8. User Interface Compatibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001238
1239
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001240<h3 id="3_8_1_launcher_home_screen">3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001241
1242
1243<p>Android includes a launcher application (home screen) and support for
1244third-party applications to replace the device launcher (home screen). Device
1245implementations that allow third-party applications to replace the device home
1246screen MUST declare the platform feature android.software.home_screen.</p>
1247
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001248<h3 id="3_8_2_widgets">3.8.2. Widgets</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001249
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001250<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001251<p>Widgets are optional for all Android device implementations, but SHOULD be
1252supported on Android Handheld devices.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001253</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001254
1255
1256<p>Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001257allows 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001258implementations. Device implementations that support embedding widgets on the
1259home screen MUST meet the following requirements and declare support for
1260platform feature android.software.app_widgets.</p>
1261
1262<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001263 <li>Device launchers MUST include built-in support for AppWidgets, and expose user
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001264interface affordances to add, configure, view, and remove AppWidgets directly
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001265within the Launcher.</li>
1266 <li>Device implementations MUST be capable of rendering widgets that are 4 x 4 in
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001267the standard grid size. See the App Widget Design Guidelines in the Android SDK
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001268documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html">Resources, 21</a>] for details.</li>
1269 <li>Device implementations that include support for lock screen MAY support
1270application widgets on the lock screen.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001271</ul>
1272
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001273<h3 id="3_8_3_notifications">3.8.3. Notifications</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001274
1275
1276<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>
1277
1278<p>Some APIs allow applications to perform notifications or attract attention
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001279using hardware&#8212;specifically sound, vibration, and light. Device implementations
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001280MUST support notifications that use hardware features, as described in the SDK
1281documentation, and to the extent possible with the device implementation
1282hardware. For instance, if a device implementation includes a vibrator, it MUST
1283correctly implement the vibration APIs. If a device implementation lacks
1284hardware, the corresponding APIs MUST be implemented as no-ops. This behavior
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001285is further detailed in <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001286
1287<p>Additionally, the implementation MUST correctly render all resources (icons,
1288sound files, etc.) provided for in the APIs [<a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html">Resources, 23</a>], or in the Status/System Bar icon style guide [<a href="http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html">Resources, 24</a>]. Device implementers MAY provide an alternative user experience for
1289notifications than that provided by the reference Android Open Source
1290implementation; however, such alternative notification systems MUST support
1291existing notification resources, as above. </p>
1292
1293<p>Android includes support for various notifications, such as:</p>
1294
1295<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001296 <li><strong>Rich notifications</strong>. Interactive Views for ongoing notifications.</li>
1297 <li><strong>Heads-up notifications</strong>. Interactive Views users can act on or dismiss without leaving the current app.</li>
1298 <li><strong>Lockscreen notifications</strong>. Notifications shown over a lock screen with granular control on visibility.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001299</ul>
1300
1301<p>Device implementations MUST properly display and execute these notifications,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001302including the title/name, icon, text as documented in the Android APIs <a href="http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html">[Resources, 25]</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001303
1304<p>Android includes Notification Listener Service APIs that allow apps (once
1305explicitly enabled by the user) to receive a copy of all notifications as they
1306are posted or updated. Device implementations MUST correctly and promptly send
1307notifications in their entirety to all such installed and user-enabled listener
1308services, including any and all metadata attached to the Notification object.</p>
1309
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001310<h3 id="3_8_4_search">3.8.4. Search</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001311
1312
1313<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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001314expose their application&rsquo;s data into the global system search. Generally
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001315speaking, this functionality consists of a single, system-wide user interface
1316that allows users to enter queries, displays suggestions as users type, and
1317displays results. The Android APIs allow developers to reuse this interface to
1318provide search within their own apps, and allow developers to supply results to
1319the common global search user interface.</p>
1320
1321<p>Android device implementations SHOULD include global search, a single, shared,
1322system-wide search user interface capable of real-time suggestions in response
1323to user input. Device implementations SHOULD implement the APIs that allow
1324developers to reuse this user interface to provide search within their own
1325applications. Device implementations that implement the global search interface
1326MUST implement the APIs that allow third-party applications to add suggestions
1327to the search box when it is run in global search mode. If no third-party
1328applications are installed that make use of this functionality, the default
1329behavior SHOULD be to display web search engine results and suggestions.</p>
1330
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001331<h3 id="3_8_5_toasts">3.8.5. Toasts</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001332
1333
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001334<p>Applications can use the &ldquo;Toast&rdquo; API to display short non-modal strings to the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001335end 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
1336some high-visibility manner.</p>
1337
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001338<h3 id="3_8_6_themes">3.8.6. Themes</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001339
1340
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001341<p>Android provides &ldquo;themes&rdquo; as a mechanism for applications to apply styles
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001342across an entire Activity or application.</p>
1343
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001344<p>Android includes a &ldquo;Holo&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined styles for
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001345application developers to use if they want to match the Holo theme look and
1346feel 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
1347exposed to applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 29</a>].</p>
1348
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001349<p>Android includes a &ldquo;Material&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined styles for
1350application developers to use if they want to match the design theme&rsquo;s look and
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001351feel across the wide variety of different Android device types. Device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001352implementations MUST support the &ldquo;Material&rdquo; theme family and MUST NOT alter any
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001353of 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>
1354
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001355<p>Android also includes a &ldquo;Device Default&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001356styles for application developers to use if they want to match the look and
1357feel of the device theme as defined by the device implementer. Device
1358implementations MAY modify the Device Default theme attributes exposed to
1359applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 29</a>].</p>
1360
1361<p>Android supports a new variant theme with translucent system bars, which allows
1362application developers to fill the area behind the status and navigation bar
1363with their app content. To enable a consistent developer experience in this
1364configuration, it is important the status bar icon style is maintained across
1365different device implementations. Therefore, Android device implementations
1366MUST use white for system status icons (such as signal strength and battery
1367level) and notifications issued by the system, unless the icon is indicating a
1368problematic status [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 29</a>].</p>
1369
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001370<h3 id="3_8_7_live_wallpapers">3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001371
1372
1373<p>Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001374allows 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001375input capabilities that display as a wallpaper, behind other applications.</p>
1376
1377<p>Hardware is considered capable of reliably running live wallpapers if it can
1378run all live wallpapers, with no limitations on functionality, at a reasonable
1379frame rate with no adverse effects on other applications. If limitations in the
1380hardware cause wallpapers and/or applications to crash, malfunction, consume
1381excessive CPU or battery power, or run at unacceptably low frame rates, the
1382hardware is considered incapable of running live wallpaper. As an example, some
1383live wallpapers may use an OpenGL 2.0 or 3.x context to render their content.
1384Live wallpaper will not run reliably on hardware that does not support multiple
1385OpenGL contexts because the live wallpaper use of an OpenGL context may
1386conflict with other applications that also use an OpenGL context.</p>
1387
1388<p>Device implementations capable of running live wallpapers reliably as described
1389above SHOULD implement live wallpapers, and when implemented MUST report the
1390platform feature flag android.software.live_wallpaper.</p>
1391
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001392<h3 id="3_8_8_activity_switching">3.8.8. Activity Switching</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001393
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001394<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001395<p>As the Recent function navigation key is OPTIONAL, the requirements to
1396implement the overview screen is OPTIONAL for Android Television devices and
1397Android Watch devices.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001398</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001399
1400
1401<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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001402accessed activities and tasks using a thumbnail image of the application&rsquo;s
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001403graphical state at the moment the user last left the application. Device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001404implementations 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001405
1406<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001407 <li>MUST display affiliated recents as a group that moves together.</li>
1408 <li>MUST support at least up to 20 displayed activities.</li>
1409 <li>MUST at least display the title of 4 activities at a time.</li>
1410 <li>SHOULD display highlight color, icon, screen title in recents.</li>
1411 <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>
1412 <li>SHOULD display a closing affordance ("x") but MAY delay this until user
1413interacts with screens.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001414</ul>
1415
1416<p>Device implementations are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to use the upstream Android user
1417interface (or a similar thumbnail-based interface) for the overview screen.</p>
1418
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001419<h3 id="3_8_9_input_management">3.8.9. Input Management</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001420
1421
1422<p>Android includes support for Input Management and support for third-party input
1423method 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
1424the device MUST declare the platform feature android.software.input_methods and
1425support IME APIs as defined in the Android SDK documentation.</p>
1426
1427<p>Device implementations that declare the android.software.input_methods feature
1428MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to add and configure third-party input
1429methods. Device implementations MUST display the settings interface in response
1430to the android.settings.INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS intent.</p>
1431
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001432<h3 id="3_8_10_lock_screen_media_control">3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001433
1434
1435<p>The Remote Control Client API is deprecated from Android 5.0 in favor of the
1436Media Notification Template that allows media applications to integrate with
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001437playback controls that are displayed on the lock screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.MediaStyle.html">Resources, 35</a>]. Device implementations that support a lock screen in the device MUST support
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001438the Media Notification Template along with other notifications.</p>
1439
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001440<h3 id="3_8_11_dreams">3.8.11. Dreams</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001441
1442
1443<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
1444a power source is idle or docked in a desk dock. Android Watch devices MAY
1445implement Dreams, but other types of device implementations SHOULD include
1446support for Dreams and provide a settings option for users to configure Dreams
1447in response to the android.settings.DREAM_SETTINGS intent.</p>
1448
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001449<h3 id="3_8_12_location">3.8.12. Location</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001450
1451
1452<p>When a device has a hardware sensor (e.g. GPS) that is capable of providing the
1453location coordinates, location modes MUST be displayed in the Location menu
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001454within Settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#LOCATION_MODE">Resources, 37</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001455
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001456<h3 id="3_8_13_unicode_and_font">3.8.13. Unicode and Font</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001457
1458
1459<p>Android includes support for color emoji characters. When Android device
Heidi von Markham74c574c2015-06-05 11:29:08 -07001460implementations include an IME, devices SHOULD provide an input method to the
1461user 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001462
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07001463<p>Android includes support for Roboto 2 font with different
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001464weights&mdash;sans-serif-thin, sans-serif-light, sans-serif-medium, sans-serif-black,
1465sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif-condensed-light&mdash;which MUST all be included for
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001466the languages available on the device and full Unicode 7.0 coverage of Latin,
1467Greek, and Cyrillic, including the Latin Extended A, B, C, and D ranges, and
1468all glyphs in the currency symbols block of Unicode 7.0.</p>
1469
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001470<h2 id="3_9_device_administration">3.9. Device Administration</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001471
1472
1473<p>Android includes features that allow security-aware applications to perform
1474device administration functions at the system level, such as enforcing password
1475policies or performing remote wipe, through the Android Device Administration
Unsuk Jung18378642015-05-18 19:26:50 -07001476API [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">Resources, 39</a>].
1477Device implementations MUST provide an implementation of the DevicePolicyManager class
1478[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html">Resources, 40</a>].
1479Device implementations that include support for PIN (numeric) or PASSWORD
1480(alphanumeric) based lock screens MUST support the full range of device
1481administration policies defined in the Android SDK documentation
1482[<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">Resources, 39</a>]
1483and report the platform feature android.software.device_admin.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001484
1485<p>Device implementations MAY have a preinstalled application performing device
1486administration functions but this application MUST NOT be set out-of-the box as
1487the default Device Owner app [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">Resources, 41</a>].</p>
1488
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001489<h2 id="3_10_accessibility">3.10. Accessibility</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001490
1491
1492<p>Android provides an accessibility layer that helps users with disabilities to
1493navigate their devices more easily. In addition, Android provides platform APIs
1494that enable accessibility service implementations to receive callbacks for user
1495and system events and generate alternate feedback mechanisms, such as
Heidi von Markham5790ba92015-06-05 12:19:41 -07001496text-to-speech, haptic feedback, and trackball/d-pad navigation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html">Resources, 42</a>].</p>
1497
1498<p>Device implementations include the following requirements:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001499
1500<ul>
Heidi von Markham5790ba92015-06-05 12:19:41 -07001501<li>Android Automotive implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of the
1502Android accessibility framework consistent with the default Android
1503implementation.</li>
1504<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST provide an
1505implementation of the Android accessibility framework consistent with the
1506default Android implementation.</li>
1507<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST support
1508third-party accessibility service implementations through the
1509android.accessibilityservice APIs
1510[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html">Resources, 43</a>]</li>
1511<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST generate
1512AccessibilityEvents and deliver these events to all registered
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001513AccessibilityService implementations in a manner consistent with the default
Heidi von Markham5790ba92015-06-05 12:19:41 -07001514Android implementation</li>
1515<li> Device implementations (Android Automotive and Android Watch devices with
1516no audio output excluded), MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to enable
1517and disable accessibility services, and MUST display this interface in response
1518to the android.provider.Settings.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS intent.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001519</ul>
1520
1521<p>Additionally, device implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of an
1522accessibility service on the device, and SHOULD provide a mechanism for users
1523to enable the accessibility service during device setup. An open source
1524implementation of an accessibility service is available from the Eyes Free
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001525project [<a href="http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/">Resources, 44</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001526
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001527<h2 id="3_11_text-to-speech">3.11. Text-to-Speech</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001528
1529
1530<p>Android includes APIs that allow applications to make use of text-to-speech
1531(TTS) services and allows service providers to provide implementations of TTS
1532services [<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
1533MUST meet these requirements related to the Android TTS framework. </p>
1534
Heidi von Markhame400e052015-05-26 14:35:49 -07001535<p>Android Automotive implementations:</p>
1536<ul>
1537<li>MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs.</li>
1538<li>MAY support installation of third-party TTS engines. If supported, partners
1539MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows the user to select a TTS
1540engine for use at system level.</li>
1541</ul>
1542
1543<p>All other device implementations:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001544
1545<ul>
Heidi von Markhame400e052015-05-26 14:35:49 -07001546 <li> MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs and SHOULD include a TTS engine
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001547supporting the languages available on the device. Note that the upstream
1548Android open source software includes a full-featured TTS engine
Heidi von Markhame400e052015-05-26 14:35:49 -07001549implementation.
1550 <li> MUST support installation of third-party TTS engines
1551 <li> MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows users to select a TTS
1552engine for use at the system level
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001553</ul>
1554
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001555<h2 id="3_12_tv_input_framework">3.12. TV Input Framework</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001556
1557
1558<p>The Android Television Input Framework (TIF) simplifies the delivery of live
1559content to Android Television devices. TIF provides a standard API to create
1560input modules that control Android Television devices. Android Television
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001561device implementations MUST support Television Input Framework [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html">Resources, 46</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001562
1563<p>Device implementations that support TIF MUST declare the platform feature
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001564android.software.live_tv.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001565
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001566<h1 id="4_application_packaging_compatibility">4. Application Packaging Compatibility</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001567
1568
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001569<p>Device implementations MUST install and run Android &ldquo;.apk&rdquo; files as generated
1570by 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001571
1572<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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001573files from installing and running correctly on other compatible devices.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001574
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001575<h1 id="5_multimedia_compatibility">5. Multimedia Compatibility</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001576
1577
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001578<h2 id="5_1_media_codecs">5.1. Media Codecs</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001579
1580
1581<p>Device implementations MUST support the core media formats specified in the
1582Android 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
1583implementations MUST support the media formats, encoders, decoders, file types,
Unsuk Jung418681a2015-06-05 02:39:39 -07001584and container formats defined in the tables below and reported via MediaCodecList
1585[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html">Resources,112</a>].
1586Device implementations MUST also be able to decode all profiles reported in its CamcorderProfile
1587[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html">Resources,
1588113</a>].
1589
1590All of these codecs are
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001591provided as software implementations in the preferred Android implementation
1592from the Android Open Source Project.</p>
1593
1594<p>Please note that neither Google nor the Open Handset Alliance make any
1595representation that these codecs are free from third-party patents. Those
1596intending to use this source code in hardware or software products are advised
1597that implementations of this code, including in open source software or
1598shareware, may require patent licenses from the relevant patent holders.</p>
1599
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001600<h3 id="5_1_1_audio_codecs">5.1.1. Audio Codecs</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001601
1602<table>
1603 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001604 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1605 <th>Encoder</th>
1606 <th>Decoder</th>
1607 <th>Details</th>
1608 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001609 </tr>
1610 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001611 <td>MPEG-4 AAC Profile</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001612
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001613<p>(AAC LC)</td>
1614 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup></td>
1615 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1616 <td>Support for mono/stereo/5.0/5.12 content with standard sampling rates from 8 to
161748 kHz.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001618 <td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001619 <ul>
1620 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1621 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4a)</li>
1622 <li class="table_list">ADTS raw AAC (.aac, decode in Android 3.1+, encode in Android 4.0+, ADIF not
1623supported)</li>
1624 <li class="table_list">MPEG-TS (.ts, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001625 </tr>
1626 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001627 <td>MPEG-4 HE AAC Profile (AAC+)</td>
1628 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup><br>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1629 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1630 <td>Support for mono/stereo/5.0/5.12 content with standard sampling rates from 16
1631to 48 kHz.</td>
1632 <td></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001633 </tr>
1634 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001635 <td>MPEG-4 HE AACv2</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001636
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001637<p>Profile (enhanced AAC+)</td>
1638 <td> </td>
1639 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1640 <td>Support for mono/stereo/5.0/5.12 content with standard sampling rates from 16
1641to 48 kHz.</td>
1642 <td></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001643 </tr>
1644 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001645 <td>AAC ELD (enhanced low delay AAC)</td>
1646 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup> </p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001647
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001648<p>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1649 <td>REQUIRED</p>
1650
1651<p>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1652 <td>Support for mono/stereo content with standard sampling rates from 16 to 48 kHz.</td>
1653 <td></td>
1654 </tr>
1655 <tr>
1656 <td>AMR-NB</td>
1657 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1658 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1659 <td>4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz</td>
1660 <td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
1661 </tr>
1662 <tr>
1663 <td>AMR-WB</td>
1664 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1665 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1666 <td>9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz</td>
1667 <td></td>
1668 </tr>
1669 <tr>
1670 <td>FLAC</td>
1671 <td></td>
1672 <td>REQUIRED <br>(Android 3.1+)</td>
1673 <td>Mono/Stereo (no multichannel). Sample rates up to 48 kHz (but up to 44.1 kHz is
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001674recommended on devices with 44.1 kHz output, as the 48 to 44.1 kHz downsampler
1675does not include a low-pass filter). 16-bit recommended; no dither applied for
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700167624-bit.</td>
1677 <td>FLAC (.flac) only</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001678 </tr>
1679 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001680 <td>MP3</td>
1681 <td></td>
1682 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1683 <td>Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bitrate (VBR)</td>
1684 <td>MP3 (.mp3)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001685 </tr>
1686 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001687 <td>MIDI</td>
1688 <td></td>
1689 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1690 <td>MIDI Type 0 and 1. DLS Version 1 and 2. XMF and Mobile XMF. Support for
1691ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody</td>
1692 <td><ul>
1693 <li class="table_list">Type 0 and 1 (.mid, .xmf, .mxmf)</li>
1694 <li class="table_list">RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx)</li>
1695 <li class="table_list">OTA (.ota)</li>
1696 <li class="table_list">iMelody (.imy)</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001697 </tr>
1698 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001699 <td>Vorbis</td>
1700 <td></td>
1701 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1702 <td></td>
1703 <td><ul>
1704 <li class="table_list">Ogg (.ogg)</li>
1705 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001706 </tr>
1707 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001708 <td>PCM/WAVE</td>
1709 <td>REQUIRED<sup>4</sup><br> (Android 4.1+)</td>
1710 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1711 <td>16-bit linear PCM (rates up to limit of hardware). Devices MUST support
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001712sampling rates for raw PCM recording at 8000, 11025, 16000, and 44100 Hz
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001713frequencies.</td>
1714 <td>WAVE (.wav)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001715 </tr>
1716 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001717 <td>Opus</td>
1718 <td></td>
1719 <td>REQUIRED<br> (Android 5.0+)</td>
1720 <td></td>
1721 <td>Matroska (.mkv)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001722 </tr>
1723</table>
1724
1725
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001726<p class="table_footnote"> 1 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001727but optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
1728
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001729<p class="table_footnote">2 Only downmix of 5.0/5.1 content is required; recording or rendering more than
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -070017302 channels is optional.</p>
1731
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001732<p class="table_footnote">3 Required for Android Handheld device implementations. </p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001733
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001734<p class="table_footnote">4 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001735including Android Watch device implementations.</p>
1736
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001737<h3 id="5_1_2_image_codecs">5.1.2. Image Codecs</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001738
1739<table>
1740 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001741 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1742 <th>Encoder</th>
1743 <th>Decoder</th>
1744 <th>Details</th>
1745 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001746 </tr>
1747 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001748 <td>JPEG</td>
1749 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1750 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1751 <td>Base+progressive</td>
1752 <td>JPEG (.jpg)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001753 </tr>
1754 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001755 <td>GIF</td>
1756 <td></td>
1757 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1758 <td></td>
1759 <td>GIF (.gif)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001760 </tr>
1761 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001762 <td>PNG</td>
1763 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1764 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1765 <td></td>
1766 <td>PNG (.png)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001767 </tr>
1768 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001769 <td>BMP</td>
1770 <td></td>
1771 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1772 <td></td>
1773 <td>BMP (.bmp)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001774 </tr>
1775 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001776 <td>WebP</td>
1777 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1778 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1779 <td></td>
1780 <td>WebP (.webp)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001781 </tr>
1782</table>
1783
1784
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001785<h3 id="5_1_3_video_codecs">5.1.3. Video Codecs</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001786
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001787<div class="div">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001788<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001789</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001790
1791<table>
1792 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001793 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1794 <th>Encoder</th>
1795 <th>Decoder</th>
1796 <th>Details</th>
1797 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001798 </tr>
1799 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001800 <td>H.263</td>
1801 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup></td>
1802 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1803 <td></td>
1804 <td><ul>
1805 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1806 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4)</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001807 </tr>
1808 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001809 <td>H.264 AVC</td>
1810 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1811 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1812 <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>
1813 <td><ul>
1814 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1815 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4)</li>
1816 <li class="table_list">MPEG-TS (.ts, AAC audio only, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001817 </tr>
1818 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001819 <td>H.265 HEVC</td>
1820 <td></td>
1821 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1822 <td>See <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">section 5.3</a> for details</td>
1823 <td>MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001824 </tr>
1825 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001826 <td>MPEG-4 SP</td>
1827 <td></td>
1828 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
1829 <td></td>
1830 <td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001831 </tr>
1832 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001833 <td>VP83</td>
1834 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001835
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001836<p>(Android 4.3+)</td>
1837 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001838
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001839<p>(Android 2.3.3+)</td>
1840 <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>
1841 <td><ul>
1842 <li class="table_list">WebM (.webm) [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">Resources, 110</a></li>
1843 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)4</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001844 </tr>
1845 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001846 <td>VP9</td>
1847 <td></td>
1848 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup><br> (Android 4.4+)</td>
1849 <td>See <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">section 5.3</a> for details</td>
1850 <td><ul>
1851 <li class="table_list">WebM (.webm) [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">Resources, 110</a>]</li>
1852 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)4</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001853 </tr>
1854</table>
1855
1856
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001857<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for device implementations that include camera hardware and define
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001858android.hardware.camera or android.hardware.camera.front.</p>
1859
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001860<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for device implementations except Android Watch devices. </p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001861
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001862<p class="table_footnote">3 For acceptable quality of web video streaming and video-conference services,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001863device implementations SHOULD use a hardware VP8 codec that meets the
1864requirements in [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/rtc-coding-requirements/">Resources, 51</a>].</p>
1865
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001866<p class="table_footnote">4 Device implementations SHOULD support writing Matroska WebM files.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001867
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001868<h2 id="5_2_video_encoding">5.2. Video Encoding</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001869
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001870<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001871<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001872</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001873
1874
1875<p>Android device implementations with H.264 codec support, MUST support Baseline
1876Profile Level 3 and the following SD (Standard Definition) video encoding
1877profiles and SHOULD support Main Profile Level 4 and the following HD (High
1878Definition) video encoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY
1879RECOMMENDED to encode HD 1080p video at 30 fps.</p>
1880<table>
1881 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001882 <th></th>
1883 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
1884 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
1885 <th>HD 720p1</th>
1886 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001887 </tr>
1888 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001889 <th>Video resolution</th>
1890 <td>320 x 240 px</td>
1891 <td>720 x 480 px</td>
1892 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
1893 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001894 </tr>
1895 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001896 <th>Video frame rate</th>
1897 <td>20 fps</td>
1898 <td>30 fps</td>
1899 <td>30 fps</td>
1900 <td>30 fps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001901 </tr>
1902 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001903 <th>Video bitrate</th>
1904 <td>384 Kbps</td>
1905 <td>2 Mbps</td>
1906 <td>4 Mbps</td>
1907 <td>10 Mbps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001908 </tr>
1909</table>
1910
1911
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001912<p class="table_footnote">1 When supported by hardware, but STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001913devices.</p>
1914
1915<p>Android device implementations with VP8 codec support MUST support the SD video
1916encoding profiles and SHOULD support the following HD (High Definition) video
1917encoding profiles.</p>
1918<table>
1919 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001920 <th></th>
1921 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
1922 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
1923 <th>HD 720p1</th>
1924 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001925 </tr>
1926 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001927 <th>Video resolution</th>
1928 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
1929 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
1930 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
1931 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001932 </tr>
1933 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001934 <th>Video frame rate</th>
1935 <td>30 fps</td>
1936 <td>30 fps</td>
1937 <td>30 fps</td>
1938 <td>30 fps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001939 </tr>
1940 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001941 <th>Video bitrate</th>
1942 <td>800 Kbps </td>
1943 <td>2 Mbps</td>
1944 <td>4 Mbps</td>
1945 <td>10 Mbps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001946 </tr>
1947</table>
1948
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001949<p class="table_footnote">1 When supported by hardware.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001950
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001951<h2 id="5_3_video_decoding">5.3. Video Decoding</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001952
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001953<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001954<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001955</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001956
1957
1958<p>Device implementations MUST support dynamic video resolution switching within
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001959the same stream for VP8, VP9, H.264, and H.265 codecs.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001960
1961<p>Android device implementations with H.264 decoders, MUST support Baseline
1962Profile Level 3 and the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support
1963the HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support High Profile
1964Level 4.2 and the HD 1080p decoding profile.</p>
1965<table>
1966 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001967 <th></th>
1968 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
1969 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
1970 <th>HD 720p1</th>
1971 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001972 </tr>
1973 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001974 <th>Video resolution</th>
1975 <td>320 x 240 px</td>
1976 <td>720 x 480 px</td>
1977 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
1978 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001979 </tr>
1980 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001981 <th>Video frame rate</th>
1982 <td>30 fps</td>
1983 <td>30 fps</td>
1984 <td>30 fps / 60 fps2</td>
1985 <td>30 fps / 60 fps2</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001986 </tr>
1987 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001988 <th>Video bitrate</th>
1989 <td>800 Kbps </td>
1990 <td>2 Mbps</td>
1991 <td>8 Mbps</td>
1992 <td>20 Mbps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001993 </tr>
1994</table>
1995
1996
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07001997<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other device
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07001998types only when supported by hardware.</p>
1999
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002000<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for Android Television device implementations.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002001
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002002<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002003decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support the HD 1080p
2004decoding profile. </p>
2005<table>
2006 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002007 <th></th>
2008 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2009 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2010 <th>HD 720p1</th>
2011 <th>HD 1080p1</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002012 </tr>
2013 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002014 <th>Video resolution</th>
2015 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2016 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2017 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2018 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002019 </tr>
2020 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002021 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2022 <td>30 fps</td>
2023 <td>30 fps</td>
2024 <td>30 fps / 60 fps2</td>
2025 <td>30 / 60 fps2</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002026 </tr>
2027 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002028 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2029 <td>800 Kbps </td>
2030 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2031 <td>8 Mbps</td>
2032 <td>20 Mbps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002033 </tr>
2034</table>
2035
2036
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002037<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002038devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2039
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002040<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for Android Television device implementations.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002041
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002042<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002043HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to
2044support the HD 1080p decoding profile and SHOULD support the UHD decoding
2045profile. When the UHD video decoding profile is supported, it MUST support 8
2046bit color depth.</p>
2047<table>
2048 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002049 <th></th>
2050 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2051 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2052 <th>HD 720p 1</th>
2053 <th>HD 1080p 2</th>
2054 <th>UHD 2</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002055 </tr>
2056 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002057 <th>Video resolution</th>
2058 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2059 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2060 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2061 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2062 <td>3840 x 2160 px</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002063 </tr>
2064 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002065 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2066 <td>30 fps</td>
2067 <td>30 fps</td>
2068 <td>30 fps</td>
2069 <td>30 fps</td>
2070 <td>30 fps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002071 </tr>
2072 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002073 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2074 <td>600 Kbps </td>
2075 <td>1.6 Mbps</td>
2076 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2077 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2078 <td>20 Mbps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002079 </tr>
2080</table>
2081
2082
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002083<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002084devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2085
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002086<p class="table_footnote">2 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television device implementations when
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002087supported by hardware.</p>
2088
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002089<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002090decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android
2091Television devices MUST support the Main Profile Level 4.1 Main tier and the HD
20921080p decoding profile and SHOULD support Main10 Level 5 Main Tier profile and
2093the UHD decoding profile.</p>
2094<table>
2095 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002096 <th></th>
2097 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2098 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
2099 <th>HD 720p </strong>1 </td>
2100 <th>HD 1080p </strong>1 </td>
2101 <th>UHD </strong>2</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002102 </tr>
2103 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002104 <th>Video resolution</th>
2105 <td>352 x 288 px</td>
2106 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2107 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2108 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2109 <td>3840 x 2160 px</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002110 </tr>
2111 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002112 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2113 <td>30 fps</td>
2114 <td>30 fps</td>
2115 <td>30 fps</td>
2116 <td>30 fps</td>
2117 <td>30 fps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002118 </tr>
2119 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002120 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2121 <td>600 Kbps </td>
2122 <td>1.6 Mbps</td>
2123 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2124 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2125 <td>20 Mbps</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002126 </tr>
2127</table>
2128
2129
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002130<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementation, but for other type of
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002131devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2132
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002133<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for Android Television device implementations when supported by
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002134hardware.</p>
2135
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002136<h2 id="5_4_audio_recording">5.4. Audio Recording</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002137
2138
2139<p>While some of the requirements outlined in this section are stated as SHOULD
2140since Android 4.3, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned
2141to change these to MUST. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to meet these requirements, or they will not be able to attain Android
2142compatibility when upgraded to the future version.</p>
2143
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002144<h3 id="5_4_1_raw_audio_capture">5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002145
2146
2147<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone MUST allow
2148capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:</p>
2149
2150<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002151 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit
2152 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 8000, 11025, 16000, 44100
2153 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Mono
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002154</ul>
2155
2156<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD allow
2157capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:</p>
2158
2159<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002160 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit
2161 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 22050, 48000
2162 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Stereo
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002163</ul>
2164
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002165<h3 id="5_4_2_capture_for_voice_recognition">5.4.2. Capture for Voice Recognition</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002166
2167
2168<p>In addition to the above recording specifications, when an application has
2169started recording an audio stream using the
2170android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_RECOGNITION audio source:</p>
2171
2172<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002173 <li>The device SHOULD exhibit approximately flat amplitude versus frequency
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002174characteristics: specifically, ±3 dB, from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz.
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002175 <li>Audio input sensitivity SHOULD be set such that a 90 dB sound power level (SPL)
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002176source at 1000 Hz yields RMS of 2500 for 16-bit samples.
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002177 <li>PCM amplitude levels SHOULD linearly track input SPL changes over at least a 30
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002178dB range from -18 dB to +12 dB re 90 dB SPL at the microphone.
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002179 <li>Total harmonic distortion SHOULD be less than 1% for 1Khz at 90 dB SPL input
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002180level at the microphone.
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002181 <li>Noise reduction processing, if present, MUST be disabled.
2182 <li>Automatic gain control, if present, MUST be disabled
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002183</ul>
2184
2185<p>If the platform supports noise suppression technologies tuned for speech
2186recognition, the effect MUST be controllable from the
2187android.media.audiofx.NoiseSuppressor API. Moreover, the UUID field for the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002188noise suppressor&rsquo;s effect descriptor MUST uniquely identify each implementation
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002189of the noise suppression technology.</p>
2190
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002191<h3 id="5_4_3_capture_for_rerouting_of_playback">5.4.3. Capture for Rerouting of Playback</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002192
2193
2194<p>The android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource class includes the REMOTE_SUBMIX
2195audio source. Devices that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST properly
2196implement the REMOTE_SUBMIX audio source so that when an application uses the
2197android.media.AudioRecord API to record from this audio source, it can capture
2198a mix of all audio streams except for the following:</p>
2199
2200<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002201 <li>STREAM_RING
2202 <li>STREAM_ALARM
2203 <li>STREAM_NOTIFICATION
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002204</ul>
2205
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002206<h2 id="5_5_audio_playback">5.5. Audio Playback</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002207
2208
2209<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST conform
2210to the requirements in this section.</p>
2211
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002212<h3 id="5_5_1_raw_audio_playback">5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002213
2214
2215<p>The device MUST allow playback of raw audio content with the following
2216characteristics:</p>
2217
2218<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002219 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit</li>
2220 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100</li>
2221 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Mono, Stereo</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002222</ul>
2223
2224<p>The device SHOULD allow playback of raw audio content with the following
2225characteristics:</p>
2226
2227<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002228 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 24000, 48000</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002229</ul>
2230
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002231<h3 id="5_5_2_audio_effects">5.5.2. Audio Effects</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002232
2233
2234<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
2235android.hardware.audio.output:</p>
2236
2237<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002238 <li>MUST support the EFFECT_TYPE_EQUALIZER and EFFECT_TYPE_LOUDNESS_ENHANCER
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002239implementations controllable through the AudioEffect subclasses Equalizer,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002240LoudnessEnhancer.</li>
2241 <li>MUST support the visualizer API implementation, controllable through the
2242Visualizer class.</li>
2243 <li>SHOULD support the EFFECT_TYPE_BASS_BOOST, EFFECT_TYPE_ENV_REVERB,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002244EFFECT_TYPE_PRESET_REVERB, and EFFECT_TYPE_VIRTUALIZER implementations
2245controllable through the AudioEffect sub-classes BassBoost,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002246EnvironmentalReverb, PresetReverb, and Virtualizer.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002247</ul>
2248
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002249<h3 id="5_5_3_audio_output_volume">5.5.3. Audio Output Volume</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002250
2251
2252<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for system
2253Master Volume and digital audio output volume attenuation on supported outputs,
2254except for compressed audio passthrough output (where no audio decoding is done
2255on the device).</p>
2256
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002257<h2 id="5_6_audio_latency">5.6. Audio Latency</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002258
2259
2260<p>Audio latency is the time delay as an audio signal passes through a system.
2261Many classes of applications rely on short latencies, to achieve real-time
2262sound effects.</p>
2263
2264<p>For the purposes of this section, use the following definitions:</p>
2265
2266<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002267 <li><strong>output latency</strong>. The interval between when an application writes a frame of PCM-coded data and
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002268when the corresponding sound can be heard by an external listener or observed
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002269by a transducer.</li>
2270 <li><strong>cold output latency</strong>. The output latency for the first frame, when the audio output system has been
2271idle and powered down prior to the request.</li>
2272 <li><strong>continuous output latency</strong>. The output latency for subsequent frames, after the device is playing audio.</li>
2273 <li><strong>input latency</strong>. The interval between when an external sound is presented to the device and
2274when an application reads the corresponding frame of PCM-coded data.</li>
2275 <li><strong>cold input latency</strong>. The sum of lost input time and the input latency for the first frame, when the
2276audio input system has been idle and powered down prior to the request.</li>
2277 <li><strong>continuous input latency</strong>. The input latency for subsequent frames, while the device is capturing audio.</li>
2278 <li><strong>cold output jitter</strong>. The variance among separate measurements of cold output latency values.</li>
2279 <li><strong>cold input jitter</strong>. The variance among separate measurements of cold input latency values.</li>
2280 <li><strong>continuous round-trip latency</strong>. The sum of continuous input latency plus continuous output latency plus 5
2281milliseconds.</li>
2282 <li><strong>OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API</strong>. The set of PCM-related OpenSL ES APIs within Android NDK; see
2283NDK_root/docs/opensles/index.html.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002284</ul>
2285
2286<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output SHOULD meet
2287or exceed these audio output requirements:</p>
2288
2289<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002290 <li>cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less</li>
2291 <li>continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less</li>
2292 <li>minimize the cold output jitter</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002293</ul>
2294
2295<p>If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section after any
2296initial calibration when using the OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API, for
2297continuous output latency and cold output latency over at least one supported
2298audio output device, it MAY report support for low-latency audio, by reporting
2299the feature android.hardware.audio.low_latency via the
2300android.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
2301MUST NOT report support for low-latency audio.</p>
2302
2303<p>Device implementations that include android.hardware.microphone SHOULD meet
2304these input audio requirements:</p>
2305
2306<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002307 <li>cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less</li>
2308 <li>continuous input latency of 30 milliseconds or less</li>
2309 <li>continuous round-trip latency of 50 milliseconds or less</li>
2310 <li>minimize the cold input jitter</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002311</ul>
2312
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002313<h2 id="5_7_network_protocols">5.7. Network Protocols</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002314
2315
2316<p>Devices MUST support the media network protocols for audio and video playback
2317as 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>
2318
2319<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002320 <li>RTSP (RTP, SDP)</li>
2321 <li>HTTP(S) progressive streaming</li>
2322 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002323</ul>
2324
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002325<h2 id="5_8_secure_media">5.8. Secure Media</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002326
2327
2328<p>Device implementations that support secure video output and are capable of
2329supporting secure surfaces MUST declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE. Device
2330implementations that declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE, if they support a
2331wireless display protocol, MUST secure the link with a cryptographically strong
2332mechanism such as HDCP 2.x or higher for Miracast wireless displays. Similarly
2333if they support a wired external display, the device implementations MUST
2334support HDCP 1.2 or higher. Android Television device implementations MUST
2335support HDCP 2.2 for devices supporting 4K resolution and HDCP 1.4 or above for
2336lower resolutions. The upstream Android open source implementation includes
2337support for wireless (Miracast) and wired (HDMI) displays that satisfies this
2338requirement.</p>
2339
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002340<h1 id="6_developer_tools_and_options_compatibility">6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002341
2342
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002343<h2 id="6_1_developer_tools">6.1. Developer Tools</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002344
2345
2346<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android Developer Tools provided in the
2347Android SDK. Android compatible devices MUST be compatible with:</p>
2348
2349<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002350 <li><strong>Android Debug Bridge (adb)</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">Resources, 55</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002351</ul>
2352
2353<p>Device implementations MUST support all adb functions as documented in the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002354Android 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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002355user-accessible mechanism to turn on the Android Debug Bridge. If a device
2356implementation omits USB peripheral mode, it MUST implement the Android Debug
2357Bridge via local-area network (such as Ethernet or 802.11). </p>
2358
2359<p>Android includes support for secure adb. Secure adb enables adb on known
2360authenticated hosts. Device implementations MUST support secure adb.</p>
2361
2362<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002363 <li><strong>Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (ddms)</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html">Resources, 57</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002364</ul>
2365
2366<p>Device implementations MUST support all ddms features as documented in the
2367Android SDK. As ddms uses adb, support for ddms SHOULD be inactive by default,
2368but MUST be supported whenever the user has activated the Android Debug Bridge,
2369as above.</p>
2370
2371<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002372 <li><strong>Monkey</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html">Resources, 58</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002373</ul>
2374
2375<p>Device implementations MUST include the Monkey framework, and make it available
2376for applications to use.</p>
2377
2378<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002379 <li><strong>SysTrace</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html">Resources, 59</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002380</ul>
2381
2382<p>Device implementations MUST support systrace tool as documented in the Android
2383SDK. Systrace must be inactive by default, and there MUST be a user-accessible
2384mechanism to turn on Systrace.</p>
2385
2386<p>Most Linux-based systems and Apple Macintosh systems recognize Android devices
2387using the standard Android SDK tools, without additional support; however
2388Microsoft Windows systems typically require a driver for new Android devices.
2389(For instance, new vendor IDs and sometimes new device IDs require custom USB
2390drivers for Windows systems.) If a device implementation is unrecognized by the
2391adb tool as provided in the standard Android SDK, device implementers MUST
2392provide Windows drivers allowing developers to connect to the device using the
2393adb protocol. These drivers MUST be provided for Windows XP, Windows Vista,
2394Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 9 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.</p>
2395
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002396<h2 id="6_2_developer_options">6.2. Developer Options</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002397
2398
2399<p>Android includes support for developers to configure application
2400development-related settings. Device implementations MUST honor the
2401android.settings.APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS intent to show application
2402development-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
2403default and enables users to launch Developer Options after pressing seven (7)
2404times on the <strong>Settings</strong> > <strong>About Device</strong> > <strong>Build Number</strong> menu item. Device implementations MUST provide a consistent experience for
2405Developer Options. Specifically, device implementations MUST hide Developer
2406Options by default and MUST provide a mechanism to enable Developer Options
2407that is consistent with the upstream Android implementation.</p>
2408
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002409<h1 id="7_hardware_compatibility">7. Hardware Compatibility</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002410
2411
2412<p>If a device includes a particular hardware component that has a corresponding
2413API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST implement that
2414API as described in the Android SDK documentation. If an API in the SDK
2415interacts with a hardware component that is stated to be optional and the
2416device implementation does not possess that component:</p>
2417
2418<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002419 <li>Complete class definitions (as documented by the SDK) for the component APIs
2420MUST still be presented.
2421 <li>The API&rsquo;s behaviors MUST be implemented as no-ops in some reasonable fashion.
2422 <li>API methods MUST return null values where permitted by the SDK documentation.
2423 <li>API methods MUST return no-op implementations of classes where null values are
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002424not permitted by the SDK documentation.
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002425 <li>API methods MUST NOT throw exceptions not documented by the SDK documentation.
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002426</ul>
2427
2428<p>A typical example of a scenario where these requirements apply is the telephony
2429API: even on non-phone devices, these APIs must be implemented as reasonable
2430no-ops.</p>
2431
2432<p>Device implementations MUST consistently report accurate hardware configuration
2433information via the getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String)
2434methods on the android.content.pm.PackageManager class for the same build
2435fingerprint. [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a></p>
2436
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002437<h2 id="7_1_display_and_graphics">7.1. Display and Graphics</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002438
2439
2440<p>Android includes facilities that automatically adjust application assets and UI
2441layouts appropriately for the device, to ensure that third-party applications
2442run 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
2443this section.</p>
2444
2445<p>The units referenced by the requirements in this section are defined as
2446follows:</p>
2447
2448<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002449 <li><strong>physical diagonal size</strong>. The distance in inches between two opposing corners of the illuminated portion
2450of the display.</li>
2451 <li><strong>dots per inch (dpi)</strong>. The number of pixels encompassed by a linear horizontal or vertical span of
24521&rdquo;. Where dpi values are listed, both horizontal and vertical dpi must fall
2453within the range.</li>
Unsuk Jung734c2a42015-06-05 01:47:54 -07002454 <li><strong>aspect ratio</strong>. The ratio of the pixels of the longer dimension
2455 to the shorter dimension of the screen. For example, a display of 480x854 pixels
2456 would be 854/480 = 1.779, or roughly &ldquo;16:9&rdquo;.</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002457 <li><strong>density-independent pixel (dp)</strong> The virtual pixel unit normalized to a 160 dpi screen, calculated as: pixels =
2458dps * (density/160).</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002459</ul>
2460
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002461<h3 id="7_1_1_screen_configuration">7.1.1. Screen Configuration</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002462
2463
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002464<h4 id="7_1_1_1_screen_size">7.1.1.1. Screen Size</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002465
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002466<div class="note">
2467<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>
2468</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002469
2470<p>The Android UI framework supports a variety of different screen sizes, and
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002471allows applications to query the device screen size (aka &ldquo;screen layout") via
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002472android.content.res.Configuration.screenLayout with the SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK.
2473Device implementations MUST report the correct screen size as defined in the
2474Android 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
2475implementations MUST report the correct screen size according to the following
2476logical density-independent pixel (dp) screen dimensions.</p>
2477
2478<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002479 <li>Devices MUST have screen sizes of at least 426 dp x 320 dp (&lsquo;small&rsquo;), unless it
2480is an Android Watch device.</li>
2481 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;normal&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 480
2482dp x 320 dp.</li>
2483 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;large&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 640
2484dp x 480 dp.</li>
2485 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;xlarge&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 960
2486dp x 720 dp.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002487</ul>
2488
2489<p>In addition, </p>
2490
2491<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002492 <li>Android Watch devices MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal size in the
2493range from 1.1 to 2.5 inches.</li>
2494 <li>Other types of Android device implementations, with a physically integrated
2495screen, MUST have a screen at least 2.5 inches in physical diagonal size.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002496</ul>
2497
2498<p>Devices MUST NOT change their reported screen size at any time.</p>
2499
2500<p>Applications optionally indicate which screen sizes they support via the
2501<supports-screens> attribute in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Device
2502implementations MUST correctly honor applications' stated support for small,
2503normal, large, and xlarge screens, as described in the Android SDK
2504documentation.</p>
2505
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002506<h4 id="7_1_1_2_screen_aspect_ratio">7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002507
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002508<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002509<p>Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1).</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002510</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002511
2512
2513<p>The screen aspect ratio MUST be a value from 1.3333 (4:3) to 1.86 (roughly
251416:9), but Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1) because
2515such a device implementation will use a UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH as the
2516android.content.res.Configuration.uiMode.</p>
2517
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002518<h4 id="7_1_1_3_screen_density">7.1.1.3. Screen Density</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002519
2520
2521<p>The Android UI framework defines a set of standard logical densities to help
2522application developers target application resources. Device implementations
2523MUST report only one of the following logical Android framework densities
2524through the android.util.DisplayMetrics APIs, and MUST execute applications at
2525this standard density and MUST NOT change the value at at any time for the
2526default display.</p>
2527
2528<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002529 <li>120 dpi (ldpi)</li>
2530 <li>160 dpi (mdpi)</li>
2531 <li>213 dpi (tvdpi)</li>
2532 <li>240 dpi (hdpi)</li>
2533 <li>280 dpi (280dpi)</li>
2534 <li>320 dpi (xhdpi)</li>
2535 <li>400 dpi (400dpi)</li>
2536 <li>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</li>
2537 <li>560 dpi (560dpi)</li>
2538 <li>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002539</ul>
2540
2541<p>Device implementations SHOULD define the standard Android framework density
2542that is numerically closest to the physical density of the screen, unless that
2543logical density pushes the reported screen size below the minimum supported. If
2544the standard Android framework density that is numerically closest to the
2545physical density results in a screen size that is smaller than the smallest
2546supported compatible screen size (320 dp width), device implementations SHOULD
2547report the next lowest standard Android framework density.</p>
2548
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002549<h3 id="7_1_2_display_metrics">7.1.2. Display Metrics</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002550
2551
2552<p>Device implementations MUST report correct values for all display metrics
2553defined 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
2554external screen is used as the default display.</p>
2555
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002556<h3 id="7_1_3_screen_orientation">7.1.3. Screen Orientation</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002557
2558
2559<p>Devices MUST report which screen orientations they support
2560(android.hardware.screen.portrait and/or android.hardware.screen.landscape) and
2561MUST report at least one supported orientation. For example, a device with a
2562fixed orientation landscape screen, such as a television or laptop, SHOULD only
2563report android.hardware.screen.landscape.</p>
2564
2565<p>Devices that report both screen orientations MUST support dynamic orientation
2566by applications to either portrait or landscape screen orientation. That is,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002567the device must respect the application&rsquo;s request for a specific screen
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002568orientation. Device implementations MAY select either portrait or landscape
2569orientation as the default.</p>
2570
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002571<p>Devices MUST report the correct value for the device&rsquo;s current orientation,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002572whenever queried via the android.content.res.Configuration.orientation,
2573android.view.Display.getOrientation(), or other APIs.</p>
2574
2575<p>Devices MUST NOT change the reported screen size or density when changing
2576orientation.</p>
2577
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002578<h3 id="7_1_4_2d_and_3d_graphics_acceleration">7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002579
2580
2581<p>Device implementations MUST support both OpenGL ES 1.0 and 2.0, as embodied and
2582detailed in the Android SDK documentations. Device implementations SHOULD
2583support OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 on devices capable of supporting it. Device
2584implementations MUST also support Android RenderScript, as detailed in the
2585Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/">Resources, 63</a>].</p>
2586
2587<p>Device implementations MUST also correctly identify themselves as supporting
2588OpenGL ES 1.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0 or OpenGL 3.1. That is:</p>
2589
2590<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002591 <li>The managed APIs (such as via the GLES10.getString()method MUST report support
2592for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0.</li>
2593 <li>The native C/C++ OpenGL APIs (APIs available to apps via libGLES_v1CM.so,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002594libGLES_v2.so, or libEGL.so) MUST report support for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002595ES 2.0.</li>
2596 <li>Device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 MUST
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002597support the corresponding managed APIs and include support for native C/C++
2598APIs. On device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1,
2599libGLESv2.so MUST export the corresponding function symbols in addition to the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002600OpenGL ES 2.0 function symbols.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002601</ul>
2602
2603<p>In addition to OpenGL ES 3.1, Android provides an extension pack with Java
2604interfaces [<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/opengl/GLES31Ext.html">Resources, 64</a>] and native support for advanced graphics functionality such as tessellation
2605and the ASTC texture compression format. Android device implementations MAY
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002606support this extension pack, and&mdash;only if fully implemented&mdash;MUST identify the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002607support through the android.hardware.opengles.aep feature flag.</p>
2608
2609<p>Also, device implementations MAY implement any desired OpenGL ES extensions.
2610However, device implementations MUST report via the OpenGL ES managed and
2611native APIs all extension strings that they do support, and conversely MUST NOT
2612report extension strings that they do not support.</p>
2613
2614<p>Note that Android includes support for applications to optionally specify that
2615they require specific OpenGL texture compression formats. These formats are
2616typically vendor-specific. Device implementations are not required by Android
2617to implement any specific texture compression format. However, they SHOULD
2618accurately report any texture compression formats that they do support, via the
2619getString() method in the OpenGL API.</p>
2620
2621<p>Android includes a mechanism for applications to declare that they want to
2622enable hardware acceleration for 2D graphics at the Application, Activity,
2623Window, or View level through the use of a manifest tag
2624android:hardwareAccelerated or direct API calls [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">Resources, 65</a>].</p>
2625
2626<p>Device implementations MUST enable hardware acceleration by default, and MUST
2627disable hardware acceleration if the developer so requests by setting
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002628android:hardwareAccelerated="false&rdquo; or disabling hardware acceleration directly
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002629through the Android View APIs.</p>
2630
2631<p>In addition, device implementations MUST exhibit behavior consistent with the
2632Android SDK documentation on hardware acceleration [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">Resources, 65</a>].</p>
2633
2634<p>Android includes a TextureView object that lets developers directly integrate
2635hardware-accelerated OpenGL ES textures as rendering targets in a UI hierarchy.
2636Device implementations MUST support the TextureView API, and MUST exhibit
2637consistent behavior with the upstream Android implementation.</p>
2638
2639<p>Android includes support for EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE, an EGLConfig attribute
2640that indicates whether the EGLConfig supports rendering to an ANativeWindow
2641that records images to a video. Device implementations MUST support
2642EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE extension [<a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/egl/extensions/ANDROID/EGL_ANDROID_recordable.txt">Resources, 66</a>].</p>
2643
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002644<h3 id="7_1_5_legacy_application_compatibility_mode">7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002645
2646
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002647<p>Android specifies a &ldquo;compatibility mode&rdquo; in which the framework operates in a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002648'normal' screen size equivalent (320dp width) mode for the benefit of legacy
2649applications not developed for old versions of Android that pre-date
2650screen-size independence. Device implementations MUST include support for
2651legacy application compatibility mode as implemented by the upstream Android
2652open source code. That is, device implementations MUST NOT alter the triggers
2653or thresholds at which compatibility mode is activated, and MUST NOT alter the
2654behavior of the compatibility mode itself.</p>
2655
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002656<h3 id="7_1_6_screen_technology">7.1.6. Screen Technology</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002657
2658
2659<p>The Android platform includes APIs that allow applications to render rich
2660graphics to the display. Devices MUST support all of these APIs as defined by
2661the Android SDK unless specifically allowed in this document. </p>
2662
2663<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002664 <li>Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering 16-bit color graphics and
2665SHOULD support displays capable of 24-bit color graphics.</li>
2666 <li>Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering animations.</li>
2667 <li>The display technology used MUST have a pixel aspect ratio (PAR) between 0.9
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002668and 1.15. That is, the pixel aspect ratio MUST be near square (1.0) with a 10 ~
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -0700266915% tolerance.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002670</ul>
2671
Unsuk Jung734c2a42015-06-05 01:47:54 -07002672<h3 id="7_1_7_external_displays">7.1.7. Secondary Displays</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002673
2674
2675<p>Android includes support for secondary display to enable media sharing
2676capabilities and developer APIs for accessing external displays. If a device
2677supports an external display either via a wired, wireless, or an embedded
2678additional display connection then the device implementation MUST implement the
2679display 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>
2680
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002681<h2 id="7_2_input_devices">7.2. Input Devices</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002682
Heidi von Markham43b1cc72015-04-02 16:04:43 -07002683<p>Devices MUST support a touchscreen or meet the requirements listed in 7.2.2
2684for non-touch navigation.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002685
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002686<h3 id="7_2_1_keyboard">7.2.1. Keyboard</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002687
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002688<div class="note">
Heidi von Markhamcf532432015-06-05 10:40:06 -07002689<p>Android Watch and Android Automotive implementations MAY implement a soft
2690keyboard. All other device implementations MUST implement a soft keyboard and:</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002691</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002692
2693
2694<p>Device implementations:</p>
2695
2696<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002697 <li>MUST include support for the Input Management Framework (which allows
2698third-party developers to create Input Method Editors&mdash;i.e. soft keyboard) as
2699detailed at <a href="http://developer.android.com">http://developer.android.com</a>.</li>
2700 <li>MUST provide at least one soft keyboard implementation (regardless of whether a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002701hard keyboard is present) except for Android Watch devices where the screen
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002702size makes it less reasonable to have a soft keyboard.</li>
2703 <li>MAY include additional soft keyboard implementations.</li>
2704 <li>MAY include a hardware keyboard.</li>
2705 <li>MUST NOT include a hardware keyboard that does not match one of the formats
2706specified 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002707</ul>
2708
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002709<h3 id="7_2_2_non-touch_navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002710
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002711<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002712<p>Android Television devices MUST support D-pad.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002713</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002714
2715<p>Device implementations:</p>
2716
2717<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002718 <li>MAY omit a non-touch navigation option (trackball, d-pad, or wheel) if the
2719device implementation is not an Android Television device.</li>
2720 <li>MUST report the correct value for android.content.res.Configuration.navigation
2721[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html">Resources, 68</a>].</li>
2722 <li>MUST provide a reasonable alternative user interface mechanism for the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002723selection and editing of text, compatible with Input Management Engines. The
2724upstream Android open source implementation includes a selection mechanism
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002725suitable for use with devices that lack non-touch navigation inputs.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002726</ul>
2727
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002728<h3 id="7_2_3_navigation_keys">7.2.3. Navigation Keys</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002729
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002730<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002731<p>The availability and visibility requirement of the Home, Recents, and Back
2732functions differ between device types as described in this section.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002733</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002734
2735<p>The Home, Recents, and Back functions (mapped to the key events KEYCODE_HOME,
2736KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH, KEYCODE_BACK, respectively) are essential to the Android
Heidi von Markhamce34dbb2015-06-05 11:59:14 -07002737navigation paradigm and therefore:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002738
2739<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002740 <li>Android Handheld device implementations MUST provide the Home, Recents, and
2741Back functions.</li>
2742 <li>Android Television device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back
2743functions.</li>
2744 <li>Android Watch device implementations MUST have the Home function available to
2745the user, and the Back function except for when it is in UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.</li>
Heidi von Markhamce34dbb2015-06-05 11:59:14 -07002746 <li>Android Automotive implementations MUST provide the Home function and MAY
2747provide Back and Recent functions.</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002748 <li>All other types of device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back
2749functions.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002750</ul>
2751
2752<p>These functions MAY be implemented via dedicated physical buttons (such as
2753mechanical or capacitive touch buttons), or MAY be implemented using dedicated
2754software keys on a distinct portion of the screen, gestures, touch panel, etc.
2755Android supports both implementations. All of these functions MUST be
2756accessible with a single action (e.g. tap, double-click or gesture) when
2757visible.</p>
2758
2759<p>Recents function, if provided, MUST have a visible button or icon unless hidden
2760together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode. This does not
2761apply to devices upgrading from earlier Android versions that have physical
2762buttons for navigation and no recents key.</p>
2763
2764<p> The Home and Back functions, if provided, MUST each have a visible button or
2765icon unless hidden together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode
2766or when the uiMode UI_MODE_TYPE_MASK is set to UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.</p>
2767
2768<p>The Menu function is deprecated in favor of action bar since Android 4.0.
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07002769Therefore the new device implementations shipping with Android 5.0 and later MUST NOT
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002770implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu function. Older device
2771implementations SHOULD NOT implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu
2772function, but if the physical Menu button is implemented and the device is
2773running applications with targetSdkVersion > 10, the device implementation:</p>
2774
2775<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002776 <li>MUST display the action overflow button on the action bar when it is visible
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002777and the resulting action overflow menu popup is not empty. For a device
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07002778implementation launched before Android 4.4 but upgrading to Android 5.1, this
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002779is RECOMMENDED.</li>
2780 <li>MUST NOT modify the position of the action overflow popup displayed by
2781selecting the overflow button in the action bar.</li>
2782 <li>MAY render the action overflow popup at a modified position on the screen when
2783it is displayed by selecting the physical menu button.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002784</ul>
2785
2786<p>For backwards compatibility, device implementations MUST make the Menu function
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002787available to applications when targetSdkVersion is less than 10, either by a physical
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002788button, a software key, or gestures. This Menu function should be presented
2789unless hidden together with other navigation functions.</p>
2790
2791<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
2792the Assist action available to the user at all times when running applications.
2793The Assist action SHOULD be implemented as a long-press on the Home button or a
2794swipe-up gesture on the software Home key. This function MAY be implemented via
2795another physical button, software key, or gesture, but MUST be accessible with
2796a single action (e.g. tap, double-click, or gesture) when other navigation keys
2797are visible.</p>
2798
2799<p>Device implementations MAY use a distinct portion of the screen to display the
2800navigation keys, but if so, MUST meet these requirements:</p>
2801
2802<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002803 <li>Device implementation navigation keys MUST use a distinct portion of the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002804screen, not available to applications, and MUST NOT obscure or otherwise
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002805interfere with the portion of the screen available to applications.</li>
2806 <li>Device implementations MUST make available a portion of the display to
2807applications that meets the requirements defined in <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a>.</li>
2808 <li>Device implementations MUST display the navigation keys when applications do
2809not specify a system UI mode, or specify SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_VISIBLE.</li>
2810 <li>Device implementations MUST present the navigation keys in an unobtrusive &ldquo;low
2811profile&rdquo; (eg. dimmed) mode when applications specify
2812SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE.</li>
2813 <li>Device implementations MUST hide the navigation keys when applications specify
2814SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002815</ul>
2816
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002817<h3 id="7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002818
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002819<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002820<p>Android Handhelds and Watch Devices MUST support touchscreen input.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002821</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002822
2823
2824<p>Device implementations SHOULD have a pointer input system of some kind (either
2825mouse-like or touch). However, if a device implementation does not support a
2826pointer input system, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.touchscreen or
2827android.hardware.faketouch feature constant. Device implementations that do
2828include a pointer input system:</p>
2829
2830<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002831 <li>SHOULD support fully independently tracked pointers, if the device input system
2832supports multiple pointers.</li>
2833 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002834</ul>
2835
2836<p>Android includes support for a variety of touchscreens, touch pads, and fake
2837touch input devices. Touchscreen based device implementations are associated
2838with 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
2839screen. Since the user is directly touching the screen, the system does not
2840require any additional affordances to indicate the objects being manipulated.
2841In contrast, a fake touch interface provides a user input system that
2842approximates a subset of touchscreen capabilities. For example, a mouse or
2843remote control that drives an on-screen cursor approximates touch, but requires
2844the user to first point or focus then click. Numerous input devices like the
2845mouse, trackpad, gyro-based air mouse, gyro-pointer, joystick, and multi-touch
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07002846trackpad can support fake touch interactions. Android includes the feature
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002847constant android.hardware.faketouch, which corresponds to a high-fidelity
2848non-touch (pointer-based) input device such as a mouse or trackpad that can
2849adequately emulate touch-based input (including basic gesture support), and
2850indicates that the device supports an emulated subset of touchscreen
2851functionality. Device implementations that declare the fake touch feature MUST
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002852meet the fake touch requirements in <a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">section 7.2.5</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002853
2854<p>Device implementations MUST report the correct feature corresponding to the
2855type of input used. Device implementations that include a touchscreen
2856(single-touch or better) MUST report the platform feature constant
2857android.hardware.touchscreen. Device implementations that report the platform
2858feature constant android.hardware.touchscreen MUST also report the platform
2859feature constant android.hardware.faketouch. Device implementations that do not
2860include a touchscreen (and rely on a pointer device only) MUST NOT report any
2861touchscreen feature, and MUST report only android.hardware.faketouch if they
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002862meet the fake touch requirements in <a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">section 7.2.5</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002863
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002864<h3 id="7_2_5_fake_touch_input">7.2.5. Fake Touch Input</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002865
2866
2867<p>Device implementations that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch:</p>
2868
2869<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002870 <li>MUST report the absolute X and Y screen positions of the pointer location and
2871display a visual pointer on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
2872 <li>MUST report touch event with the action code that specifies the state change
2873that 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>
2874 <li>MUST support pointer down and up on an object on the screen, which allows users
2875to emulate tap on an object on the screen.</li>
2876 <li>MUST support pointer down, pointer up, pointer down then pointer up in the same
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002877place on an object on the screen within a time threshold, which allows users to
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002878emulate double tap on an object on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
2879 <li>MUST support pointer down on an arbitrary point on the screen, pointer move to
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002880any other arbitrary point on the screen, followed by a pointer up, which allows
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002881users to emulate a touch drag.</li>
2882 <li>MUST support pointer down then allow users to quickly move the object to a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002883different position on the screen and then pointer up on the screen, which
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002884allows users to fling an object on the screen.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002885</ul>
2886
2887<p>Devices that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch.multitouch.distinct
2888MUST meet the requirements for faketouch above, and MUST also support distinct
2889tracking of two or more independent pointer inputs.</p>
2890
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002891<h3 id="7_2_6_game_controller_support">7.2.6. Game Controller Support</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002892
2893
2894<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support button mappings for game
2895controllers as listed below. The upstream Android implementation includes
2896implementation for game controllers that satisfies this requirement. </p>
2897
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002898<h4 id="7_2_6_1_button_mappings">7.2.6.1. Button Mappings</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002899
2900
2901<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support the following key
2902mappings:</p>
2903<table>
2904 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002905 <th>Button</th>
2906 <th>HID Usage</strong><sup>2</sup></td>
2907 <th>Android Button</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002908 </tr>
2909 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002910 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_A">A</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2911 <td>0x09 0x0001</td>
2912 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_A (96)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002913 </tr>
2914 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002915 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_B">B</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2916 <td>0x09 0x0002</td>
2917 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_B (97)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002918 </tr>
2919 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002920 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_X">X</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2921 <td>0x09 0x0004</td>
2922 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_X (99)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002923 </tr>
2924 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002925 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_Y">Y</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2926 <td>0x09 0x0005</td>
2927 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_Y (100)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002928 </tr>
2929 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002930 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_UP">D-pad up</a><sup>1</sup></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002931
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002932<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN">D-pad down</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2933 <td>0x01 0x00393</td>
2934 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_HAT_Y">AXIS_HAT_Y</a><sup>4</sup></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002935 </tr>
2936 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002937 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT">D-pad left</a>1</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002938
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002939<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT">D-pad right</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2940 <td>0x01 0x00393</td>
2941 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_HAT_X">AXIS_HAT_X</a><sup>4</sup></td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002942 </tr>
2943 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002944 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1">Left shoulder button</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2945 <td>0x09 0x0007</td>
2946 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1 (102)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002947 </tr>
2948 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002949 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1">Right shoulder button</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2950 <td>0x09 0x0008</td>
2951 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1 (103)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002952 </tr>
2953 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002954 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBL">Left stick click</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2955 <td>0x09 0x000E</td>
2956 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBL (106)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002957 </tr>
2958 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002959 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBR">Right stick click</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2960 <td>0x09 0x000F</td>
2961 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBR (107)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002962 </tr>
2963 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002964 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_HOME">Home</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2965 <td>0x0c 0x0223</td>
2966 <td>KEYCODE_HOME (3)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002967 </tr>
2968 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002969 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BACK">Back</a><sup>1</sup></td>
2970 <td>0x0c 0x0224</td>
2971 <td>KEYCODE_BACK (4)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002972 </tr>
2973</table>
2974
2975
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002976<p class="table_footnote">1 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">Resources, 72</a>]</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002977
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002978<p class="table_footnote">2 The above HID usages must be declared within a Game pad CA (0x01 0x0005).</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002979
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002980<p class="table_footnote">3 This usage must have a Logical Minimum of 0, a Logical Maximum of 7, a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002981Physical Minimum of 0, a Physical Maximum of 315, Units in Degrees, and a
2982Report Size of 4. The logical value is defined to be the clockwise rotation
2983away from the vertical axis; for example, a logical value of 0 represents no
2984rotation and the up button being pressed, while a logical value of 1 represents
2985a rotation of 45 degrees and both the up and left keys being pressed.</p>
2986
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002987<p class="table_footnote">4 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>]</p>
2988
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002989<table>
2990 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002991 <th>Analog Controls</strong><sup>1</sup></td>
2992 <th>HID Usage</th>
2993 <th>Android Button</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002994 </tr>
2995 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07002996 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_LTRIGGER">Left Trigger</a></td>
2997 <td>0x02 0x00C5</td>
2998 <td>AXIS_LTRIGGER </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07002999 </tr>
3000 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003001 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_THROTTLE">Right Trigger</a></td>
3002 <td>0x02 0x00C4</td>
3003 <td>AXIS_RTRIGGER </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003004 </tr>
3005 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003006 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_Y">Left Joystick</a></td>
3007 <td>0x01 0x0030</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003008
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003009<p>0x01 0x0031</td>
3010 <td>AXIS_X</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003011
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003012<p>AXIS_Y</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003013 </tr>
3014 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003015 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_Z">Right Joystick</a></td>
3016 <td>0x01 0x0032</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003017
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003018<p>0x01 0x0035</td>
3019 <td>AXIS_Z</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003020
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003021<p>AXIS_RZ</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003022 </tr>
3023</table>
3024
3025
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003026<p class="table_footnote">1 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>]</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003027
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003028<h3 id="7_2_7_remote_control">7.2.7. Remote Control</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003029
3030
3031<p>Android Television device implementations SHOULD provide a remote control to
3032allow users to access the TV interface. The remote control MAY be a physical
3033remote or can be a software-based remote that is accessible from a mobile phone
3034or tablet. The remote control MUST meet the requirements defined below.</p>
3035
3036<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003037 <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>
3038 <li><strong>Navigation</strong>. All Android Television remotes MUST include Back, Home, and Select buttons and
3039support for D-pad events [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">Resources, 72</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003040</ul>
3041
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003042<h2 id="7_3_sensors">7.3. Sensors</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003043
3044
3045<p>Android includes APIs for accessing a variety of sensor types. Devices
3046implementations generally MAY omit these sensors, as provided for in the
3047following subsections. If a device includes a particular sensor type that has a
3048corresponding API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST
3049implement that API as described in the Android SDK documentation and the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003050Android Open Source documentation on sensors [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">Resources, 73</a>]. For example, device implementations:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003051
3052<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003053 <li>MUST accurately report the presence or absence of sensors per the
3054android.content.pm.PackageManager class [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a>.</li>
3055 <li>MUST return an accurate list of supported sensors via the
3056SensorManager.getSensorList() and similar methods.</li>
3057 <li>MUST behave reasonably for all other sensor APIs (for example, by returning
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003058true or false as appropriate when applications attempt to register listeners,
3059not calling sensor listeners when the corresponding sensors are not present;
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003060etc.).</li>
3061 <li>MUST report all sensor measurements using the relevant International System of
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003062Units (metric) values for each sensor type as defined in the Android SDK
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003063documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3064 <li>SHOULD report the event time in nanoseconds as defined in the Android SDK
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003065documentation, representing the time the event happened and synchronized with
3066the SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNano() clock. Existing and new Android devices
3067are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to meet these requirement so they will be able to upgrade to the future
3068platform releases where this might become a REQUIRED component. The
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003069synchronization error SHOULD be below 100 milliseconds [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp">Resources, 75</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003070</ul>
3071
3072<p>The list above is not comprehensive; the documented behavior of the Android SDK
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003073and the Android Open Source Documentations on Sensors [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">Resources, 73</a>] is to be considered authoritative.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003074
3075<p>Some sensor types are composite, meaning they can be derived from data provided
3076by one or more other sensors. (Examples include the orientation sensor, and the
3077linear acceleration sensor.) Device implementations SHOULD implement these
3078sensor types, when they include the prerequisite physical sensors as described
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003079in [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html">Resources, 76</a>].
3080If a device implementation includes a composite sensor it MUST implement the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003081sensor as described in the Android Open Source documentation on composite
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003082sensors [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#composite_sensor_type_summary">Resources, 76</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003083
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003084<p>Some Android sensors support a &ldquo;continuous&rdquo; trigger mode, which returns data
3085continuously [<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003086sensor, device implementations MUST continuously provide periodic data samples
3087that SHOULD have a jitter below 3%, where jitter is defined as the standard
3088deviation of the difference of the reported timestamp values between
3089consecutive events.</p>
3090
3091<p>Note that the device implementations MUST ensure that the sensor event stream
3092MUST NOT prevent the device CPU from entering a suspend state or waking up from
3093a suspend state.</p>
3094
3095<p>Finally, when several sensors are activated, the power consumption SHOULD NOT
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003096exceed the sum of the individual sensor&rsquo;s reported power consumption.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003097
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003098<h3 id="7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1. Accelerometer</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003099
3100
3101<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis accelerometer. Android Handheld
3102devices and Android Watch devices are strongly encouraged to include this
3103sensor. If a device implementation does include a 3-axis accelerometer, it:</p>
3104
3105<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003106 <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>
Unsuk Jung42630a32015-06-05 03:59:33 -07003107 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for
3108 Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and
3109 100 Hz for all other device types.</li>
3110 <li>SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003111 <li>MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the
3112Android APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3113 <li>MUST be capable of measuring from freefall up to four times the gravity (4g) or
3114more on any axis.</li>
3115 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least 8-bits and SHOULD have a resolution of at
3116least 16-bits.</li>
3117 <li>SHOULD be calibrated while in use if the characteristics changes over the life
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003118cycle and compensated, and preserve the compensation parameters between device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003119reboots.</li>
3120 <li>SHOULD be temperature compensated.</li>
3121 <li>MUST have a standard deviation no greater than 0.05 m/s^, where the standard
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003122deviation should be calculated on a per axis basis on samples collected over a
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003123period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate.</li>
3124 <li>SHOULD implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION, TYPE_TILT_DETECTOR,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003125TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR, TYPE_STEP_COUNTER composite sensors as described in the
3126Android SDK document. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION composite sensor. If any of these
3127sensors are implemented, the sum of their power consumption MUST always be less
3128than 4 mW and SHOULD each be below 2 mW and 0.5 mW for when the device is in a
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003129dynamic or static condition.</li>
3130 <li>If a gyroscope sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003131TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the
3132TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003133are strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.</li>
3134 <li>SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if a gyroscope sensor
3135and a magnetometer sensor is also included.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003136</ul>
3137
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003138<h3 id="7_3_2_magnetometer">7.3.2. Magnetometer</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003139
3140
3141<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis magnetometer (compass). If a
3142device does include a 3-axis magnetometer, it:</p>
3143
3144<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003145 <li>MUST implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD sensor and SHOULD also implement
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003146TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003147strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor.</li>
3148 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 10 Hz and SHOULD
3149report events up to at least 50 Hz.</li>
3150 <li>MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the
3151Android APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3152 <li>MUST be capable of measuring between -900 &micro;T and +900 &micro;T on each axis before
3153saturating.</li>
3154 <li>MUST have a hard iron offset value less than 700 &micro;T and SHOULD have a value
3155below 200 &micro;T, by placing the magnetometer far from dynamic (current-induced)
3156and static (magnet-induced) magnetic fields.</li>
3157 <li>MUST have a resolution equal or denser than 0.6 &micro;T and SHOULD have a resolution
3158equal or denser than 0.2 &micro;.</li>
3159 <li>SHOULD be temperature compensated.</li>
3160 <li>MUST support online calibration and compensation of the hard iron bias, and
3161preserve the compensation parameters between device reboots.</li>
3162 <li>MUST have the soft iron compensation applied&mdash;the calibration can be done either
3163while in use or during the production of the device.</li>
3164 <li>SHOULD have a standard deviation, calculated on a per axis basis on samples
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003165collected over a period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate, no
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003166greater than 0.5 &micro;T.</li>
3167 <li>SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer
3168sensor and a gyroscope sensor is also included.</li>
3169 <li>MAY implement the TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor if an accelerometer
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003170sensor is also implemented. However if implemented, it MUST consume less than
317110 mW and SHOULD consume less than 3 mW when the sensor is registered for batch
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003172mode at 10 Hz.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003173</ul>
3174
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003175<h3 id="7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003176
3177
3178<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a GPS receiver. If a device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003179implementation does include a GPS receiver, it SHOULD include some form of&ldquo;assisted GPS&rdquo; technique to minimize GPS lock-on time.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003180
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003181<h3 id="7_3_4_gyroscope">7.3.4. Gyroscope</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003182
3183
3184<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a gyroscope (angular change sensor).
3185Devices SHOULD NOT include a gyroscope sensor unless a 3-axis accelerometer is
3186also included. If a device implementation includes a gyroscope, it:</p>
3187
3188<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003189 <li>MUST implement the TYPE_GYROSCOPE sensor and SHOULD also implement
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003190TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003191strongly encouraged to implement the SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor.</li>
3192 <li>MUST be capable of measuring orientation changes up to 1,000 degrees per second.</li>
Unsuk Jung42630a32015-06-05 03:59:33 -07003193 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for
3194 Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and
3195 100 Hz for all other device types.</li>
3196 <li>SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003197 <li>MUST have a resolution of 12-bits or more and SHOULD have a resolution of
319816-bits or more.</li>
3199 <li>MUST be temperature compensated.</li>
3200 <li>MUST be calibrated and compensated while in use, and preserve the compensation
3201parameters between device reboots.</li>
3202 <li>MUST have a variance no greater than 1e-7 rad^2 / s^2 per Hz (variance per Hz,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003203or rad^2 / s). The variance is allowed to vary with the sampling rate, but must
3204be constrained by this value. In other words, if you measure the variance of
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003205the gyro at 1 Hz sampling rate it should be no greater than 1e-7 rad^2/s^2.</li>
3206 <li>SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer
3207sensor and a magnetometer sensor is also included.</li>
3208 <li>If an accelerometer sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003209TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the
3210TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003211are strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003212</ul>
3213
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003214<h3 id="7_3_5_barometer">7.3.5. Barometer</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003215
3216
3217<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a barometer (ambient air pressure
3218sensor). If a device implementation includes a barometer, it:</p>
3219
3220<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003221 <li>MUST implement and report TYPE_PRESSURE sensor.</li>
3222 <li>MUST be able to deliver events at 5 Hz or greater.</li>
3223 <li>MUST have adequate precision to enable estimating altitude.</li>
3224 <li>MUST be temperature compensated.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003225</ul>
3226
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003227<h3 id="7_3_6_thermometer">7.3.6. Thermometer</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003228
3229
3230<p>Device implementations MAY include an ambient thermometer (temperature sensor).
3231If present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE and it MUST
3232measure the ambient (room) temperature in degrees Celsius.</p>
3233
3234<p>Device implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT include a CPU temperature sensor. If
3235present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE, it MUST measure the
3236temperature of the device CPU, and it MUST NOT measure any other temperature.
3237Note the SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE sensor type was deprecated in Android 4.0.</p>
3238
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003239<h3 id="7_3_7_photometer">7.3.7. Photometer</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003240
3241
3242<p>Device implementations MAY include a photometer (ambient light sensor).</p>
3243
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003244<h3 id="7_3_8_proximity_sensor">7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003245
3246
3247<p>Device implementations MAY include a proximity sensor. Devices that can make a
3248voice call and indicate any value other than PHONE_TYPE_NONE in getPhoneType
3249SHOULD include a proximity sensor. If a device implementation does include a
3250proximity sensor, it:</p>
3251
3252<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003253 <li>MUST measure the proximity of an object in the same direction as the screen.
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003254That is, the proximity sensor MUST be oriented to detect objects close to the
3255screen, as the primary intent of this sensor type is to detect a phone in use
3256by the user. If a device implementation includes a proximity sensor with any
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003257other orientation, it MUST NOT be accessible through this API.</li>
3258 <li>MUST have 1-bit of accuracy or more.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003259</ul>
3260
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003261<h2 id="7_4_data_connectivity">7.4. Data Connectivity</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003262
3263
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003264<h3 id="7_4_1_telephony">7.4.1. Telephony</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003265
3266
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003267<p>&ldquo;Telephony&rdquo; as used by the Android APIs and this document refers specifically
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003268to hardware related to placing voice calls and sending SMS messages via a GSM
3269or CDMA network. While these voice calls may or may not be packet-switched,
3270they are for the purposes of Android considered independent of any data
3271connectivity that may be implemented using the same network. In other words,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003272the Android &ldquo;telephony&rdquo; functionality and APIs refer specifically to voice
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003273calls and SMS. For instance, device implementations that cannot place calls or
3274send/receive SMS messages MUST NOT report the android.hardware.telephony
3275feature or any subfeatures, regardless of whether they use a cellular network
3276for data connectivity.</p>
3277
3278<p>Android MAY be used on devices that do not include telephony hardware. That is,
3279Android is compatible with devices that are not phones. However, if a device
3280implementation does include GSM or CDMA telephony, it MUST implement full
3281support for the API for that technology. Device implementations that do not
3282include telephony hardware MUST implement the full APIs as no-ops.</p>
3283
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003284<h3 id="7_4_2_ieee_802_11_wi-fi">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003285
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003286<div class="note">
3287<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include Wi-Fi support.</p>
3288</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003289
3290
3291<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for one or more
3292forms of 802.11 (b/g/a/n, etc.) and other types of Android device
3293implementation SHOULD include support for one or more forms of 802.11. If a
3294device implementation does include support for 802.11 and exposes the
3295functionality to a third-party application, it MUST implement the corresponding
3296Android API and:</p>
3297
3298<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003299 <li>MUST report the hardware feature flag android.hardware.wifi.</li>
3300 <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>
3301 <li>MUST support multicast DNS (mDNS) and MUST NOT filter mDNS packets
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003302(224.0.0.251) at any time of operation including when the screen is not in an
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003303active state.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003304</ul>
3305
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003306<h4 id="7_4_2_1_wi-fi_direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003307
3308
3309<p>Device implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi
3310peer-to-peer). If a device implementation does include support for Wi-Fi
3311Direct, it MUST implement the corresponding Android API as described in the SDK
3312documentation [<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>
3313
3314<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003315 <li>MUST report the hardware feature android.hardware.wifi.direct.</li>
3316 <li>MUST support regular Wi-Fi operation.</li>
3317 <li>SHOULD support concurrent Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct operation.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003318</ul>
3319
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003320<h4 id="7_4_2_2_wi-fi_tunneled_direct_link_setup">7.4.2.2. Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003321
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003322<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003323<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi
3324Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS).</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003325</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003326
3327
3328<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi
3329Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) and other types of Android device
3330implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi TDLS as described in the
3331Android 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
3332by the WiFiManager API, the device:</p>
3333
3334<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003335 <li>SHOULD use TDLS only when it is possible AND beneficial.</li>
3336 <li>SHOULD have some heuristic and NOT use TDLS when its performance might be worse
3337than going through the Wi-Fi access point.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003338</ul>
3339
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003340<h3 id="7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003341
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003342<div class="note">
Heidi von Markhamdf9fb7c2015-04-02 16:49:09 -07003343<p>Android Watch and Automotive implementations MUST support Bluetooth. Android
3344Television implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003345</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003346
3347
3348<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
3349Energy MUST declare the relevant platform features (android.hardware.bluetooth
3350and android.hardware.bluetooth_le respectively) and implement the platform
3351APIs. Device implementations SHOULD implement relevant Bluetooth profiles such
3352as A2DP, AVCP, OBEX, etc. as appropriate for the device. Android Television
3353device implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE. </p>
3354
3355<p>Device implementations including support for Bluetooth Low Energy:</p>
3356
3357<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003358 <li>MUST declare the hardware feature android.hardware.bluetooth_le.</li>
3359 <li>MUST enable the GATT (generic attribute profile) based Bluetooth APIs as
3360described in the SDK documentation and [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html">Resources, 82</a>].</li>
3361 <li>SHOULD support offloading of the filtering logic to the bluetooth chipset when
3362implementing 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
3363android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isOffloadedFilteringSupported() method.</li>
3364 <li>SHOULD support offloading of the batched scanning to the bluetooth chipset, but
3365if not supported, MUST report &lsquo;false&rsquo; whenever queried via the
3366android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapater.isOffloadedScanBatchingSupported() method.</li>
3367 <li>SHOULD support multi advertisement with at least 4 slots, but if not supported,
3368MUST report &lsquo;false&rsquo; whenever queried via the
3369android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isMultipleAdvertisementSupported() method.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003370</ul>
3371
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003372<h3 id="7_4_4_near-field_communications">7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003373
3374
3375<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a transceiver and related hardware for
3376Near-Field Communications (NFC). If a device implementation does include NFC
3377hardware and plans to make it available to third-party apps, then it:</p>
3378
3379<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003380 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.nfc feature from the
3381android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53</a>].</li>
3382 <li>MUST be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages via the following NFC
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003383standards:
3384 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003385 <li>MUST be capable of acting as an NFC Forum reader/writer (as defined by the NFC
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003386Forum technical specification NFCForum-TS-DigitalProtocol-1.0) via the
3387following NFC standards:
3388 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003389 <li>NfcA (ISO14443-3A)</li>
3390 <li>NfcB (ISO14443-3B)</li>
3391 <li>NfcF (JIS 6319-4)</li>
3392 <li>IsoDep (ISO 14443-4)</li>
3393 <li>NFC Forum Tag Types 1, 2, 3, 4 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003394 </ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003395 <li>SHOULD be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages via the following NFC
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003396standards. Note that while the NFC standards below are stated as SHOULD, the
3397Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned to change these to
3398MUST. These standards are optional in this version but will be required in
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003399future versions. Existing and new devices that run this version of Android are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to meet these requirements now so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003400 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003401 <li>NfcV (ISO 15693)</li>
3402 </ul></li>
3403 <li>MUST be capable of transmitting and receiving data via the following
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003404peer-to-peer standards and protocols:
3405 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003406 <li>ISO 18092</li>
3407 <li>LLCP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3408 <li>SDP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3409 <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>
3410 <li>SNEP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3411 </ul></li>
3412 <li>MUST include support for Android Beam [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/nfc.html">Resources, 85</a>]:
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003413 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003414 <li>MUST implement the SNEP default server. Valid NDEF messages received by the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003415default SNEP server MUST be dispatched to applications using the
3416android.nfc.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED intent. Disabling Android Beam in settings
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003417MUST NOT disable dispatch of incoming NDEF message.</li>
3418 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.NFCSHARING_SETTINGS intent to show NFC sharing
3419settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_NFCSHARING_SETTINGS">Resources, 86</a>].</li>
3420 <li>MUST implement the NPP server. Messages received by the NPP server MUST be
3421processed the same way as the SNEP default server.</li>
3422 <li>MUST implement a SNEP client and attempt to send outbound P2P NDEF to the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003423default SNEP server when Android Beam is enabled. If no default SNEP server is
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003424found then the client MUST attempt to send to an NPP server.</li>
3425 <li>MUST allow foreground activities to set the outbound P2P NDEF message using
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003426android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessage, and
3427android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessageCallback, and
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003428android.nfc.NfcAdapter.enableForegroundNdefPush.</li>
3429 <li>SHOULD use a gesture or on-screen confirmation, such as 'Touch to Beam', before
3430sending outbound P2P NDEF messages.</li>
3431 <li>SHOULD enable Android Beam by default and MUST be able to send and receive
3432using Android Beam, even when another proprietary NFC P2p mode is turned on.</li>
3433 <li>MUST support NFC Connection handover to Bluetooth when the device supports
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003434Bluetooth Object Push Profile. Device implementations MUST support connection
3435handover to Bluetooth when using android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setBeamPushUris, by
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003436implementing 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
3437LLCP service with service name &ldquo;urn:nfc:sn:handover&rdquo; for exchanging the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003438handover request/select records over NFC, and it MUST use the Bluetooth Object
3439Push Profile for the actual Bluetooth data transfer. For legacy reasons (to
3440remain compatible with Android 4.1 devices), the implementation SHOULD still
3441accept SNEP GET requests for exchanging the handover request/select records
3442over NFC. However an implementation itself SHOULD NOT send SNEP GET requests
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003443for performing connection handover.</li>
3444 </ul></li>
3445 <li>MUST poll for all supported technologies while in NFC discovery mode.</li>
3446 <li>SHOULD be in NFC discovery mode while the device is awake with the screen
3447active and the lock-screen unlocked.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003448</ul>
3449</ul>
3450
3451<p>(Note that publicly available links are not available for the JIS, ISO, and NFC
3452Forum specifications cited above.)</p>
3453
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07003454<p>Android includes support for NFC Host Card Emulation (HCE) mode. If a
Unsuk Junga4705782015-06-05 04:13:28 -07003455device implementation does include an NFC controller chipset capable of HCE and
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003456Application ID (AID) routing, then it:</p>
3457
3458<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003459 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.nfc.hce feature constant.</li>
3460 <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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003461</ul>
3462
3463<p>Additionally, device implementations MAY include reader/writer support for the
3464following MIFARE technologies.</p>
3465
3466<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003467 <li>MIFARE Classic</li>
3468 <li>MIFARE Ultralight</li>
3469 <li>NDEF on MIFARE Classic</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003470</ul>
3471
3472<p>Note that Android includes APIs for these MIFARE types. If a device
3473implementation supports MIFARE in the reader/writer role, it:</p>
3474
3475<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003476 <li>MUST implement the corresponding Android APIs as documented by the Android SDK.</li>
3477 <li>MUST report the feature com.nxp.mifare from the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003478android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() meth<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">od [Resources, 53]</a>. Note that this is not a standard Android feature and as such does not appear
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003479as a constant on the PackageManager class.</li>
3480 <li>MUST NOT implement the corresponding Android APIs nor report the com.nxp.mifare
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003481feature unless it also implements general NFC support as described in this
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003482section.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003483</ul>
3484
3485<p>If a device implementation does not include NFC hardware, it MUST NOT declare
3486the android.hardware.nfc feature from the
3487android.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>
3488
3489<p>As the classes android.nfc.NdefMessage and android.nfc.NdefRecord represent a
3490protocol-independent data representation format, device implementations MUST
3491implement these APIs even if they do not include support for NFC or declare the
3492android.hardware.nfc feature.</p>
3493
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003494<h3 id="7_4_5_minimum_network_capability">7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003495
3496
3497<p>Device implementations MUST include support for one or more forms of data
3498networking. Specifically, device implementations MUST include support for at
3499least one data standard capable of 200Kbit/sec or greater. Examples of
3500technologies that satisfy this requirement include EDGE, HSPA, EV-DO, 802.11g,
3501Ethernet, Bluetooth PAN, etc.</p>
3502
3503<p>Device implementations where a physical networking standard (such as Ethernet)
3504is the primary data connection SHOULD also include support for at least one
3505common wireless data standard, such as 802.11 (Wi-Fi).</p>
3506
3507<p>Devices MAY implement more than one form of data connectivity.</p>
3508
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003509<h3 id="7_4_6_sync_settings">7.4.6. Sync Settings</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003510
3511
3512<p>Device implementations MUST have the master auto-sync setting on by default so
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003513that the method getMasterSyncAutomatically() returns &ldquo;true&rdquo; [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentResolver.html">Resources, 89</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003514
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003515<h2 id="7_5_cameras">7.5. Cameras</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003516
3517
3518<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera and MAY include a
3519front-facing camera. A rear-facing camera is a camera located on the side of
3520the device opposite the display; that is, it images scenes on the far side of
3521the device, like a traditional camera. A front-facing camera is a camera
3522located on the same side of the device as the display; that is, a camera
3523typically used to image the user, such as for video conferencing and similar
3524applications.</p>
3525
3526<p>If a device implementation includes at least one camera, it SHOULD be possible
3527for an application to simultaneously allocate 3 bitmaps equal to the size of
3528the images produced by the largest-resolution camera sensor on the device.</p>
3529
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003530<h3 id="7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003531
3532
3533<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera. If a device
3534implementation includes at least one rear-facing camera, it:</p>
3535
3536<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003537 <li>MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera and
3538android.hardware.camera.any.</li>
3539 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least 2 megapixels.</li>
3540 <li>SHOULD have either hardware auto-focus or software auto-focus implemented in
3541the camera driver (transparent to application software).</li>
3542 <li>MAY have fixed-focus or EDOF (extended depth of field) hardware.</li>
3543 <li>MAY include a flash. If the Camera includes a flash, the flash lamp MUST NOT be
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003544lit while an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance has been
3545registered on a Camera preview surface, unless the application has explicitly
3546enabled the flash by enabling the FLASH_MODE_AUTO or FLASH_MODE_ON attributes
3547of a Camera.Parameters object. Note that this constraint does not apply to the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003548device&rsquo;s built-in system camera application, but only to third-party
3549applications using Camera.PreviewCallback.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003550</ul>
3551
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003552<h3 id="7_5_2_front-facing_camera">7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003553
3554
3555<p>Device implementations MAY include a front-facing camera. If a device
3556implementation includes at least one front-facing camera, it:</p>
3557
3558<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003559 <li>MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera.any and
3560android.hardware.camera.front.</li>
3561 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least VGA (640x480 pixels).</li>
3562 <li>MUST NOT use a front-facing camera as the default for the Camera API. The
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003563camera API in Android has specific support for front-facing cameras and device
3564implementations MUST NOT configure the API to to treat a front-facing camera as
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003565the default rear-facing camera, even if it is the only camera on the device.</li>
3566 <li>MAY include features (such as auto-focus, flash, etc.) available to rear-facing
3567cameras as described in <a href="#7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">section 7.5.1</a>.</li>
3568 <li>MUST horizontally reflect (i.e. mirror) the stream displayed by an app in a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003569CameraPreview, as follows:
3570 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003571 <li>If the device implementation is capable of being rotated by user (such as
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003572automatically via an accelerometer or manually via user input), the camera
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003573preview MUST be mirrored horizontally relative to the device&rsquo;s current
3574orientation.</li>
3575 <li>If the current application has explicitly requested that the Camera display be
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003576rotated 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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003577orientation specified by the application.</li>
3578 <li>Otherwise, the preview MUST be mirrored along the device&rsquo;s default horizontal
3579axis.</li>
3580 </ul></li>
3581 <li>MUST mirror the image displayed by the postview in the same manner as the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003582camera preview image stream. If the device implementation does not support
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003583postview, this requirement obviously does not apply.</li>
3584 <li>MUST NOT mirror the final captured still image or video streams returned to
3585application callbacks or committed to media storage.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003586</ul>
3587
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003588<h3 id="7_5_3_external_camera">7.5.3. External Camera</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003589
3590
3591<p>Device implementations with USB host mode MAY include support for an external
3592camera that connects to the USB port. If a device includes support for an
3593external camera, it:</p>
3594
3595<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003596 <li>MUST declare the platform feature android.hardware.camera.external and
3597android.hardware camera.any.</li>
3598 <li>MUST support USB Video Class (UVC 1.0 or higher).</li>
3599 <li>MAY support multiple cameras.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003600</ul>
3601
3602<p>Video compression (such as MJPEG) support is RECOMMENDED to enable transfer of
3603high-quality unencoded streams (i.e. raw or independently compressed picture
3604streams). Camera-based video encoding MAY be supported. If so, a simultaneous
3605unencoded/ MJPEG stream (QVGA or greater resolution) MUST be accessible to the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003606device implementation.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003607
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003608<h3 id="7_5_4_camera_api_behavior">7.5.4. Camera API Behavior</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003609
3610
3611<p>Android includes two API packages to access the camera, the newer
3612android.hardware.camera2 API expose lower-level camera control to the app,
3613including efficient zero-copy burst/streaming flows and per-frame controls of
3614exposure, gain, white balance gains, color conversion, denoising, sharpening,
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003615and more.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003616
3617<p>The older API package, android.hardware.Camera, is marked as deprecated in
3618Android 5.0 but as it should still be available for apps to use Android device
3619implementations MUST ensure the continued support of the API as described in
3620this section and in the Android SDK.</p>
3621
3622<p>Device implementations MUST implement the following behaviors for the
3623camera-related APIs, for all available cameras:</p>
3624
3625<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003626 <li>If an application has never called
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003627android.hardware.Camera.Parameters.setPreviewFormat(int), then the device MUST
3628use android.hardware.PixelFormat.YCbCr_420_SP for preview data provided to
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003629application callbacks.</li>
3630 <li>If an application registers an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003631and the system calls the onPreviewFrame() method when the preview format is
3632YCbCr_420_SP, the data in the byte[] passed into onPreviewFrame() must further
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003633be in the NV21 encoding format. That is, NV21 MUST be the default.</li>
3634 <li>For android.hardware.Camera, device implementations MUST support the YV12
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003635format (as denoted by the android.graphics.ImageFormat.YV12 constant) for
3636camera previews for both front- and rear-facing cameras. (The hardware video
3637encoder and camera may use any native pixel format, but the device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003638implementation MUST support conversion to YV12.)</li>
3639 <li>For android.hardware.camera2, device implementations must support the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003640android.hardware.ImageFormat.YUV_420_888 and android.hardware.ImageFormat.JPEG
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003641formats as outputs through the android.media.ImageReader API.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003642</ul>
3643
3644<p>Device implementations MUST still implement the full Camera API included in the
3645Android 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
3646capabilities. For instance, cameras that lack autofocus MUST still call any
3647registered android.hardware.Camera.AutoFocusCallback instances (even though
3648this has no relevance to a non-autofocus camera.) Note that this does apply to
3649front-facing cameras; for instance, even though most front-facing cameras do
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003650not support autofocus, the API callbacks must still be &ldquo;faked&rdquo; as described.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003651
3652<p>Device implementations MUST recognize and honor each parameter name defined as
3653a constant on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters class, if the underlying
3654hardware supports the feature. If the device hardware does not support a
3655feature, the API must behave as documented. Conversely, device implementations
3656MUST NOT honor or recognize string constants passed to the
3657android.hardware.Camera.setParameters() method other than those documented as
3658constants on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters. That is, device
3659implementations MUST support all standard Camera parameters if the hardware
3660allows, and MUST NOT support custom Camera parameter types. For instance,
3661device implementations that support image capture using high dynamic range
3662(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>
3663
3664<p>Because not all device implementations can fully support all the features of
3665the android.hardware.camera2 API, device implementations MUST report the proper
3666level of support with the android.info.supportedHardwareLevel property as
3667described 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>
3668
3669<p>Device implementations MUST also declare its Individual camera capabilities of
3670android.hardware.camera2 via the android.request.availableCapabilities property
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003671and 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003672
3673<p>Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_PICTURE intent
3674whenever a new picture is taken by the camera and the entry of the picture has
3675been added to the media store.</p>
3676
3677<p>Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_VIDEO intent
3678whenever a new video is recorded by the camera and the entry of the picture has
3679been added to the media store.</p>
3680
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003681<h3 id="7_5_5_camera_orientation">7.5.5. Camera Orientation</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003682
3683
3684<p>Both front- and rear-facing cameras, if present, MUST be oriented so that the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003685long dimension of the camera aligns with the screen&rsquo;s long dimension. That is,
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003686when the device is held in the landscape orientation, cameras MUST capture
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003687images in the landscape orientation. This applies regardless of the device&rsquo;s
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003688natural orientation; that is, it applies to landscape-primary devices as well
3689as portrait-primary devices.</p>
3690
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003691<h2 id="7_6_memory_and_storage">7.6. Memory and Storage</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003692
3693
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003694<h3 id="7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003695
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003696<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003697<p>Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB of non-volatile storage
3698available for application private data.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003699</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003700
3701
3702<p>The memory available to the kernel and userspace on device implementations MUST
3703be at least equal or larger than the minimum values specified by the following
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003704table. (See <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a> for screen size and density definitions.)</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003705<table>
3706 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003707 <th>Density and screen size</th>
3708 <th>32-bit device</th>
3709 <th>64-bit device</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003710 </tr>
3711 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003712 <td>Android Watch devices (due to smaller screens)</td>
3713 <td>416MB</td>
3714 <td>Not applicable</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003715 </tr>
3716 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003717 <td><ul>
Unsuk Jungbd2e50c2015-05-18 21:45:06 -07003718 <li class="table_list">hdpi or lower on small/normal screens</li>
3719 <li class="table_list">mdpi or lower on large screens</li>
3720 <li class="table_list">ldpi or lower on extra large screens</li>
3721 </ul></td>
3722 <td>424MB</td>
3723 <td>Not applicable</td>
3724 </tr>
3725 <tr>
3726 <td><ul>
3727 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
3728 <li class="table_list">hdpi or higher on large screens</li>
3729 <li class="table_list">mdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003730 <td>512MB</td>
3731 <td>832MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003732 </tr>
3733 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003734 <td><ul>
3735 <li class="table_list">400dpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
3736 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on large screens</li>
3737 <li class="table_list">tvdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
3738 <td>896MB</td>
3739 <td>1280MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003740 </tr>
3741 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003742 <td><ul>
3743 <li class="table_list">560dpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
3744 <li class="table_list">400dpi or higher on large screens</li>
3745 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
3746 <td>1344MB</td>
3747 <td>1824MB</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003748 </tr>
3749</table>
3750
3751
3752<p>The minimum memory values MUST be in addition to any memory space already
3753dedicated to hardware components such as radio, video, and so on that is not
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003754under the kernel&rsquo;s control.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003755
Unsuk Jungbd2e50c2015-05-18 21:45:06 -07003756<p>Device implementations with less than 512MB of memory available to the kernel
3757and userspace, unless an Android Watch, MUST return the value "true" for
3758ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice().</p>
3759
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003760<p>Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB and other device
3761implementations MUST have at least 1.5GB of non-volatile storage available for
3762application private data. That is, the /data partition MUST be at least 5GB for
3763Android Television devices and at least 1.5GB for other device implementations.
3764Device implementations that run Android are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to have at least 3GB of non-volatile storage for application private data so
3765they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</p>
3766
3767<p>The Android APIs include a Download Manager that applications MAY use to
3768download 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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003769downloading individual files of at least 100MB in size to the default &ldquo;cache"
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003770location.</p>
3771
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003772<h3 id="7_6_2_application_shared_storage">7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003773
3774
3775<p>Device implementations MUST offer shared storage for applications also often
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003776referred as &ldquo;shared external storage&rdquo;. </p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003777
3778<p>Device implementations MUST be configured with shared storage mounted by
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003779default, &ldquo;out of the box&rdquo;. If the shared storage is not mounted on the Linux
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003780path /sdcard, then the device MUST include a Linux symbolic link from /sdcard
3781to the actual mount point.</p>
3782
3783<p>Device implementations MAY have hardware for user-accessible removable storage,
3784such as a Secure Digital (SD) card slot. If this slot is used to satisfy the
3785shared storage requirement, the device implementation:</p>
3786
3787<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003788 <li>MUST implement a toast or pop-up user interface warning the user when there is
3789no SD card.</li>
3790 <li>MUST include a FAT-formatted SD card 1GB in size or larger OR show on the box
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003791and other material available at time of purchase that the SD card has to be
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003792separately purchased.</li>
3793 <li>MUST mount the SD card by default.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003794</ul>
3795
3796<p>Alternatively, device implementations MAY allocate internal (non-removable)
3797storage as shared storage for apps as included in the upstream Android Open
3798Source Project; device implementations SHOULD use this configuration and
3799software implementation. If a device implementation uses internal
3800(non-removable) storage to satisfy the shared storage requirement, that storage
3801MUST be 1GB in size or larger and mounted on /sdcard (or /sdcard MUST be a
3802symbolic link to the physical location if it is mounted elsewhere).</p>
3803
3804<p>Device implementations MUST enforce as documented the
3805android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission on this shared storage.
3806Shared storage MUST otherwise be writable by any application that obtains that
3807permission.</p>
3808
3809<p>Device implementations that include multiple shared storage paths (such as both
3810an SD card slot and shared internal storage) MUST NOT allow Android
3811applications to write to the secondary external storage, except for their
3812package-specific directories on the secondary external storage, but SHOULD
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003813expose content from both storage paths transparently through Android&rsquo;s media
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003814scanner service and android.provider.MediaStore.</p>
3815
Unsuk Jung3711cdf2015-06-05 04:25:36 -07003816<p>Regardless of the form of shared storage used, if the device implementation
3817has a USB port with USB peripheral mode support, it MUST provide some mechanism
3818to access the contents of shared storage from a host computer. Device
3819implementations MAY use USB mass storage, but SHOULD use Media Transfer Protocol
3820to satisfy this requirement. If the device implementation supports Media
3821Transfer Protocol, it:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003822
3823<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003824 <li>SHOULD be compatible with the reference Android MTP host, Android File Transfer
3825[<a href="http://www.android.com/filetransfer">Resources, 96</a>].</li>
3826 <li>SHOULD report a USB device class of 0x00.</li>
3827 <li>SHOULD report a USB interface name of 'MTP'.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003828</ul>
3829
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003830<h2 id="7_7_usb">7.7. USB</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003831
3832
3833<p>Device implementations SHOULD support USB peripheral mode and SHOULD support
3834USB host mode.</p>
3835
3836<p>If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting peripheral mode:</p>
3837
3838<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003839 <li>The port MUST be connectable to a USB host that has a standard type-A or type
3840-C USB port.</li>
3841 <li>The port SHOULD use micro-A, micro-AB or type-C USB form factor. Existing and
3842new Android devices are <strong>very strongly encouraged to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
3843 <li>The port SHOULD be centered in the middle of an edge. Device implementations
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003844SHOULD either locate the port on the bottom of the device (according to natural
3845orientation) or enable software screen rotation for all apps (including home
3846screen), so that the display draws correctly when the device is oriented with
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003847the port at bottom. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>very strongly encouraged to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to future platform releases.</li>
3848 <li>It MUST allow a USB host connected with the Android device to access the
Unsuk Jung734c2a42015-06-05 01:47:54 -07003849contents of the shared storage volume using either USB mass storage or Media
3850Transfer Protocol.</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003851 <li>It SHOULD implement the Android Open Accessory (AOA) API and specification as
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003852documented in the Android SDK documentation, and if it is an Android Handheld
3853device it MUST implement the AOA API. Device implementations implementing the
3854AOA specification:
3855 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003856 <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>
3857 <li>MUST implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK
3858documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">Resources, 98</a>].</li>
3859 </ul></li>
3860 <li>It SHOULD implement support to draw 1.5 A current during HS chirp and traffic
3861as 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>very strongly encouraged to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
3862 <li>The value of iSerialNumber in USB standard device descriptor MUST be equal to
3863the value of android.os.Build.SERIAL.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003864</ul>
3865
3866<p>If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting host mode, it:</p>
3867
3868<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003869 <li>SHOULD use a type-C USB port, if the device implementation supports USB 3.1.</li>
3870 <li>MAY use a non-standard port form factor, but if so MUST ship with a cable or
3871cables adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.</li>
3872 <li>MAY use a micro-AB USB port, but if so SHOULD ship with a cable or cables
3873adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.</li>
3874 <li>is <strong>very strongly RECOMMENDED</strong> to implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK
3875documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">Resources, 98</a>].</li>
3876 <li>MUST implement the Android USB host API as documented in the Android SDK, and
3877MUST 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>
3878 <li>SHOULD support the Charging Downstream Port output current range of 1.5 A ~ 5 A
3879as 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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003880</ul>
3881
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003882<h2 id="7_8_audio">7.8. Audio</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003883
3884
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003885<h3 id="7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003886
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003887<div class="note">
Heidi von Markhamcd3d6aa2015-06-05 11:13:20 -07003888<p>Android Handheld, Watch, and Automotive implementations MUST include a
3889microphone.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003890</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003891
3892
3893<p>Device implementations MAY omit a microphone. However, if a device
3894implementation omits a microphone, it MUST NOT report the
3895android.hardware.microphone feature constant, and MUST implement the audio
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003896recording API at least as no-ops, per <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a>. Conversely, device implementations that do possess a microphone:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003897
3898<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003899 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.microphone feature constant
3900 <li>MUST meet the audio recording requirements in <a href="#5_4_audio_recording">section 5.4</a>
3901 <li>MUST meet the audio latency requirements in <a href="#5_6_audio_latency">section 5.6</a>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003902</ul>
3903
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003904<h3 id="7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</h3>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003905
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003906<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003907<p>Android Watch devices MAY include an audio output.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003908</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003909
3910<p>Device implementations including a speaker or with an audio/multimedia output
3911port for an audio output peripheral as a headset or an external speaker:</p>
3912
3913<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003914 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.audio.output feature constant.</li>
3915 <li>MUST meet the audio playback requirements in <a href="#5_5_audio_playback">section 5.5</a>.</li>
3916 <li>MUST meet the audio latency requirements in <a href="#5_6_audio_latency">section 5.6</a>.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003917</ul>
3918
3919<p>Conversely, if a device implementation does not include a speaker or audio
3920output port, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.audio output feature, and
3921MUST implement the Audio Output related APIs as no-ops at least. </p>
3922
3923<p>Android Watch device implementation MAY but SHOULD NOT have audio output, but
3924other types of Android device implementations MUST have an audio output and
3925declare android.hardware.audio.output.</p>
3926
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003927<h4 id="7_8_2_1_analog_audio_ports">7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports</h4>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003928
3929
3930<p>In order to be compatible with the headsets and other audio accessories using
3931the 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
3932one of the audio port(s) SHOULD be a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack. If a device
3933implementation has a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack, it:</p>
3934
3935<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003936 <li>MUST support audio playback to stereo headphones and stereo headsets with a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003937microphone, and SHOULD support audio recording from stereo headsets with a
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003938microphone.</li>
3939 <li>MUST support TRRS audio plugs with the CTIA pin-out order, and SHOULD support
3940audio plugs with the OMTP pin-out order.</li>
3941 <li>MUST support the detection of microphone on the plugged in audio accessory, if
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003942the device implementation supports a microphone, and broadcast the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003943android.intent.action.HEADSET_PLUG with the extra value microphone set as 1.</li>
3944 <li>SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycodes for the following 3
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003945ranges of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on
3946the audio plug:
3947 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003948 <li><strong>70 ohm or less</strong>: KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK</li>
3949 <li><strong>210&#45;290 Ohm</strong>:<strong> </strong>KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP</li>
3950 <li><strong>360&#45;680 Ohm</strong>: KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN</li>
3951 </ul></li>
3952 <li>SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycode for the following range
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003953of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on the
3954audio plug:
3955 <ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003956 <li><strong>110&#45;180 Ohm: </strong>KEYCODE_VOICE_ASSIST</li>
3957 </ul></li>
3958 <li>MUST trigger ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG upon a plug insert, but only after all
3959contacts on plug are touching their relevant segments on the jack.</li>
3960 <li>MUST be capable of driving at least 150mV +/- 10% of output voltage on a 32 Ohm
3961speaker impedance.</li>
3962 <li>MUST have a microphone bias voltage between 1.8V ~ 2.9V.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003963</ul>
3964
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003965<h1 id="8_performance_compatibility">8. Performance Compatibility</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003966
3967
3968<p>Some minimum performance criterias are critical to the user experience and
3969impacts the baseline assumptions developers would have when developing an app.
3970Android Watch devices SHOULD and other type of device implementations MUST meet
3971the following criteria:</p>
3972
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003973<h2 id="8_1_user_experience_consistency">8.1. User Experience Consistency</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003974
3975
3976<p>Device implementations MUST provide a smooth user interface by ensuring a
3977consistent frame rate and response times for applications and games. Device
3978implementations MUST meet the following requirements: </p>
3979
3980<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003981 <li><strong>Consistent frame latency</strong>. Inconsistent frame latency or a delay to render frames MUST NOT happen more
3982often than 5 frames in a second, and SHOULD be below 1 frames in a second.</li>
3983 <li><strong>User interface latency</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure low latency user experience by scrolling a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003984list of 10K list entries as defined by the Android Compatibility Test Suite
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003985(CTS) in less than 36 secs.</li>
3986 <li><strong>Task switching</strong>. When multiple applications have been launched, re-launching an already-running
3987application after it has been launched MUST take less than 1 second.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003988</ul>
3989
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003990<h2 id="8_2_file_i_o_access_performance">8.2. File I/O Access Performance</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07003991
3992
3993<p>Device implementations MUST ensure file access performance consistency for read
3994and write operations. </p>
3995
3996<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07003997 <li><strong>Sequential write</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential write performance of 10MB/s
3998for a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.</li>
3999 <li><strong>Random write</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a random write performance of 0.5MB/s for a
4000256MB file using 4KB write buffer.</li>
4001 <li><strong>Sequential read</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential read performance of 15MB/s for
4002a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.</li>
4003 <li><strong>Random read</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a random read performance of 3.5MB/s for a
4004256MB file using 4KB write buffer.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004005</ul>
4006
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004007<h1 id="9_security_model_compatibility">9. Security Model Compatibility</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004008
4009
4010<p>Device implementations MUST implement a security model consistent with the
4011Android platform security model as defined in Security and Permissions
4012reference 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
4013installation of self-signed applications without requiring any additional
4014permissions/certificates from any third parties/authorities. Specifically,
4015compatible devices MUST support the security mechanisms described in the follow
4016subsections.</p>
4017
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004018<h2 id="9_1_permissions">9.1. Permissions</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004019
4020
4021<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android permissions model as defined in
4022the 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
4023described in the SDK documentation; no permissions may be omitted, altered, or
4024ignored. Implementations MAY add additional permissions, provided the new
4025permission ID strings are not in the android.* namespace.</p>
4026
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004027<h2 id="9_2_uid_and_process_isolation">9.2. UID and Process Isolation</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004028
4029
4030<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android application sandbox model, in
4031which each application runs as a unique Unixstyle UID and in a separate
4032process. Device implementations MUST support running multiple applications as
4033the same Linux user ID, provided that the applications are properly signed and
4034constructed, as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</p>
4035
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004036<h2 id="9_3_filesystem_permissions">9.3. Filesystem Permissions</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004037
4038
4039<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android file access permissions model
4040as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</p>
4041
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004042<h2 id="9_4_alternate_execution_environments">9.4. Alternate Execution Environments</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004043
4044
4045<p>Device implementations MAY include runtime environments that execute
4046applications using some other software or technology than the Dalvik Executable
4047Format or native code. However, such alternate execution environments MUST NOT
4048compromise the Android security model or the security of installed Android
4049applications, as described in this section.</p>
4050
4051<p>Alternate runtimes MUST themselves be Android applications, and abide by the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004052standard Android security model, as described elsewhere in <a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">section 9</a>.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004053
4054<p>Alternate runtimes MUST NOT be granted access to resources protected by
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004055permissions not requested in the runtime&rsquo;s AndroidManifest.xml file via the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004056<uses-permission> mechanism.</p>
4057
4058<p>Alternate runtimes MUST NOT permit applications to make use of features
4059protected by Android permissions restricted to system applications.</p>
4060
4061<p>Alternate runtimes MUST abide by the Android sandbox model. Specifically,
4062alternate runtimes:</p>
4063
4064<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004065 <li>SHOULD install apps via the PackageManager into separate Android sandboxes (
4066Linux user IDs, etc.).</li>
4067 <li>MAY provide a single Android sandbox shared by all applications using the
4068alternate runtime.</li>
4069 <li>and installed applications using an alternate runtime, MUST NOT reuse the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004070sandbox of any other app installed on the device, except through the standard
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004071Android mechanisms of shared user ID and signing certificate.</li>
4072 <li>MUST NOT launch with, grant, or be granted access to the sandboxes
4073corresponding to other Android applications.</li>
4074 <li>MUST NOT be launched with, be granted, or grant to other applications any
4075privileges of the superuser (root), or of any other user ID.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004076</ul>
4077
4078<p>The .apk files of alternate runtimes MAY be included in the system image of a
4079device implementation, but MUST be signed with a key distinct from the key used
4080to sign other applications included with the device implementation.</p>
4081
4082<p>When installing applications, alternate runtimes MUST obtain user consent for
4083the Android permissions used by the application. If an application needs to
4084make use of a device resource for which there is a corresponding Android
4085permission (such as Camera, GPS, etc.), the alternate runtime MUST inform the
4086user that the application will be able to access that resource. If the runtime
4087environment does not record application capabilities in this manner, the
4088runtime environment MUST list all permissions held by the runtime itself when
4089installing any application using that runtime.</p>
4090
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004091<h2 id="9_5_multi-user_support">9.5. Multi-User Support</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004092
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004093<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004094<p>This feature is optional for all device types.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004095</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004096
4097
4098<p>Android includes support for multiple users and provides support for full user
4099isolation [<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
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004100the following requirements related to multi-user support [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage/">Resources, 104</a>]:</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004101
4102<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004103 <li>Device implementations that do not declare the android.hardware.telephony
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004104feature flag MUST support restricted profiles, a feature that allows device
4105owners to manage additional users and their capabilities on the device. With
4106restricted profiles, device owners can quickly set up separate environments for
4107additional users to work in, with the ability to manage finer-grained
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004108restrictions in the apps that are available in those environments.</li>
4109 <li>Conversely device implementations that declare the android.hardware.telephony
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004110feature flag MUST NOT support restricted profiles but MUST align with the AOSP
4111implementation of controls to enable /disable other users from accessing the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004112voice calls and SMS.</li>
4113 <li>Device implementations MUST, for each user, implement a security model
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004114consistent with the Android platform security model as defined in Security and
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004115Permissions reference document in the APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</li>
4116 <li>Device implementations MAY support creating users and managed profiles via the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004117android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager APIs, and if supported, MUST declare the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004118platform feature flag android.software.managed_users.
4119 <li>Device implementations that declare the feature flag
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004120android.software.managed_users MUST use the upstream AOSP icon badge to
4121represent the managed applications and other badge UI elements like Recents &
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004122Notifications.</li>
4123 <li>Each user instance on an Android device MUST have separate and isolated
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004124external storage directories. Device implementations MAY store multiple users'
4125data on the same volume or filesystem. However, the device implementation MUST
4126ensure that applications owned by and running on behalf a given user cannot
4127list, read, or write to data owned by any other user. Note that removable
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004128media, such as SD card slots, can allow one user to access another&rsquo;s data by
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004129means of a host PC. For this reason, device implementations that use removable
4130media for the external storage APIs MUST encrypt the contents of the SD card if
4131multiuser is enabled using a key stored only on non-removable media accessible
4132only to the system. As this will make the media unreadable by a host PC, device
4133implementations will be required to switch to MTP or a similar system to
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004134provide host PCs with access to the current user&rsquo;s data. Accordingly, device
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004135implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT enable multi-user if they use removable
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004136media [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html">Resources, 105</a>] for primary external storage.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004137</ul>
4138
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004139<h2 id="9_6_premium_sms_warning">9.6. Premium SMS Warning</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004140
4141
4142<p>Android includes support for warning users of any outgoing premium SMS message
4143[<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
4144carrier that may incur a charge to the user. Device implementations that
4145declare support for android.hardware.telephony MUST warn users before sending a
4146SMS message to numbers identified by regular expressions defined in
4147/data/misc/sms/codes.xml file in the device. The upstream Android Open Source
4148Project provides an implementation that satisfies this requirement.</p>
4149
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004150<h2 id="9_7_kernel_security_features">9.7. Kernel Security Features</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004151
4152
4153<p>The Android Sandbox includes features that can use the Security-Enhanced Linux
4154(SELinux) mandatory access control (MAC) system and other security features in
4155the Linux kernel. SELinux or any other security features, if implemented below
4156the Android framework:</p>
4157
4158<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004159 <li>MUST maintain compatibility with existing applications.</li>
4160 <li>MUST NOT have a visible user interface when a security violation is detected
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004161and successfully blocked, but MAY have a visible user interface when an
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004162unblocked security violation occurs resulting in a successful exploit.</li>
4163 <li>SHOULD NOT be user or developer configurable.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004164</ul>
4165
4166<p>If any API for configuration of policy is exposed to an application that can
4167affect another application (such as a Device Administration API), the API MUST
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004168NOT allow configurations that break compatibility.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004169
4170<p>Devices MUST implement SELinux or an equivalent mandatory access control system
4171if using a kernel other than Linux and meet the following requirements, which
4172are satisfied by the reference implementation in the upstream Android Open
4173Source Project.</p>
4174
4175<p>Device implementations:</p>
4176
4177<ul>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004178 <li>MUST support a SELinux policy that allows the SELinux mode to be set on a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004179per-domain basis, and MUST configure all domains in enforcing mode. No
4180permissive mode domains are allowed, including domains specific to a
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004181device/vendor.</li>
4182 <li>SHOULD load policy from /sepolicy file on the device.</li>
4183 <li>MUST NOT modify, omit, or replace the neverallow rules present within the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004184sepolicy file provided in the upstream Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and
4185the policy MUST compile with all neverallow present, for both AOSP SELinux
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004186domains as well as device/vendor specific domains.</li>
4187 <li>MUST support dynamic updates of the SELinux policy file without requiring a
4188system image update.</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004189</ul>
4190
4191<p>Device implementations SHOULD retain the default SELinux policy provided in the
4192upstream Android Open Source Project, until they have first audited their
4193additions to the SELinux policy. Device implementations MUST be compatible with
4194the upstream Android Open Source Project.</p>
4195
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004196<h2 id="9_8_privacy">9.8. Privacy</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004197
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004198<p>If the device implements functionality in the system that captures the contents
4199displayed on the screen and/or records the audio stream played on the device,
4200it MUST continuously notify the user whenever this functionality is enabled and
4201actively capturing/recording.</p>
4202
Unsuk Jungf57ea352015-05-27 16:38:32 -07004203<p>If a device implementation has a mechanism that routes network data traffic
4204through a proxy server or VPN gateway by default (for example, preloading a VPN
4205service with android.permission.CONTROL_VPN granted), the device implementation
4206MUST ask for the user's consent before enabling that mechanism.</p>
4207
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004208<h2 id="9_9_full-disk_encryption">9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004209
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004210<div class="note">
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004211<p>Optional for Android device implementations without a lock screen.</p>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004212</div>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004213
4214
Unsuk Jung18378642015-05-18 19:26:50 -07004215<p>If the device implementation supports a lock screen with PIN (numeric) or
4216PASSWORD (alphanumeric), the device MUST support full-disk encryption of the
4217application private data (/data partition), as well
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004218as the SD card partition if it is a permanent, non-removable part of the device
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004219[<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
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004220be enabled all the time after the user has completed the out-of-box experience.
4221While this requirement is stated as SHOULD for this version of the Android
4222platform, it is <strong>very strongly RECOMMENDED</strong> as we expect this to change to MUST in the future versions of Android.
4223Encryption MUST use AES with a key of 128-bits (or greater) and a mode designed
4224for storage (for example, AES-XTS, AES-CBC-ESSIV). The encryption key MUST NOT
4225be written to storage at any time without being encrypted. Other than when in
4226active use, the encryption key SHOULD be AES encrypted with the lockscreen
4227passcode stretched using a slow stretching algorithm (e.g. PBKDF2 or scrypt).
4228If the user has not specified a lockscreen passcode or has disabled use of the
4229passcode for encryption, the system SHOULD use a default passcode to wrap the
4230encryption key. If the device provides a hardware-backed keystore, the password
4231stretching algorithm MUST be cryptographically bound to that keystore. The
4232encryption key MUST NOT be sent off the device (even when wrapped with the user
4233passcode and/or hardware bound key). The upstream Android Open Source project
4234provides a preferred implementation of this feature based on the linux kernel
4235feature dm-crypt.</p>
4236
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004237<h2 id="9_10_verified_boot">9.10. Verified Boot</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004238
4239
4240<p>Device implementations SHOULD support verified boot for device integrity, and
4241if the feature is supported it MUST declare the platform feature flag
4242android.software.verified_boot. While this requirement is stated as SHOULD for
4243this version of the Android platform, it is <strong>very strongly RECOMMENDED</strong> as we expect this to change to MUST in the future versions of Android. The
4244upstream Android Open Source Project provides a preferred implementation of
4245this feature based on the linux kernel feature dm-verity.</p>
4246
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004247<h1 id="10_software_compatibility_testing">10. Software Compatibility Testing</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004248
4249
4250<p>Device implementations MUST pass all tests described in this section.</p>
4251
4252<p>However, note that no software test package is fully comprehensive. For this
4253reason, device implementers are <strong>very strongly encouraged</strong> to make the minimum number of changes as possible to the reference and
4254preferred implementation of Android available from the Android Open Source
4255Project. This will minimize the risk of introducing bugs that create
4256incompatibilities requiring rework and potential device updates.</p>
4257
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004258<h2 id="10_1_compatibility_test_suite">10.1. Compatibility Test Suite</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004259
4260
4261<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
4262software on the device. Additionally, device implementers SHOULD use the
4263reference implementation in the Android Open Source tree as much as possible,
4264and MUST ensure compatibility in cases of ambiguity in CTS and for any
4265reimplementations of parts of the reference source code.</p>
4266
4267<p>The CTS is designed to be run on an actual device. Like any software, the CTS
4268may itself contain bugs. The CTS will be versioned independently of this
4269Compatibility Definition, and multiple revisions of the CTS may be released for
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07004270Android 5.1. Device implementations MUST pass the latest CTS version available
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004271at the time the device software is completed.</p>
4272
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004273<h2 id="10_2_cts_verifier">10.2. CTS Verifier</h2>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004274
4275
4276<p>Device implementations MUST correctly execute all applicable cases in the CTS
4277Verifier. The CTS Verifier is included with the Compatibility Test Suite, and
4278is intended to be run by a human operator to test functionality that cannot be
4279tested by an automated system, such as correct functioning of a camera and
4280sensors.</p>
4281
4282<p>The CTS Verifier has tests for many kinds of hardware, including some hardware
4283that is optional. Device implementations MUST pass all tests for hardware that
4284they possess; for instance, if a device possesses an accelerometer, it MUST
4285correctly execute the Accelerometer test case in the CTS Verifier. Test cases
4286for features noted as optional by this Compatibility Definition Document MAY be
4287skipped or omitted.</p>
4288
4289<p>Every device and every build MUST correctly run the CTS Verifier, as noted
4290above. However, since many builds are very similar, device implementers are not
4291expected to explicitly run the CTS Verifier on builds that differ only in
4292trivial ways. Specifically, device implementations that differ from an
4293implementation that has passed the CTS Verifier only by the set of included
4294locales, branding, etc. MAY omit the CTS Verifier test.</p>
4295
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004296<h1 id="11_updatable_software">11. Updatable Software</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004297
4298
4299<p>Device implementations MUST include a mechanism to replace the entirety of the
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004300system software. The mechanism need not perform &ldquo;live&rdquo; upgrades&mdash;that is, a
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004301device restart MAY be required.</p>
4302
4303<p>Any method can be used, provided that it can replace the entirety of the
4304software preinstalled on the device. For instance, any of the following
4305approaches will satisfy this requirement:</p>
4306
4307<ul>
Heidi von Markham560986b2015-06-05 12:43:25 -07004308 <li>&ldquo;Over-the-air (OTA)&rdquo; downloads with offline update via reboot</li>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004309 <li>&ldquo;Tethered&rdquo; updates over USB from a host PC</li>
4310 <li>&ldquo;Offline&rdquo; updates via a reboot and update from a file on removable storage</li>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004311</ul>
4312
4313<p>However, if the device implementation includes support for an unmetered data
Heidi von Markham560986b2015-06-05 12:43:25 -07004314connection such as 802.11 or Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) profile:</p>
4315
4316<ul>
4317<li>Android Automotive implementations SHOULD support OTA downloads with offline
4318update via reboot.</li>
4319<li>All other device implementations MUST support OTA downloads with offline
4320update via reboot.</li>
4321</ul>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004322
4323<p>The update mechanism used MUST support updates without wiping user data. That
4324is, the update mechanism MUST preserve application private data and application
4325shared data. Note that the upstream Android software includes an update
4326mechanism that satisfies this requirement.</p>
4327
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07004328<p>For device implementations that are launching with Android 5.1 and later, the
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004329update mechanism SHOULD support verifying that the system image is binary
4330identical to expected result following an OTA. The block-based OTA
4331implementation in the upstream Android Open Source Project, added since Android
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -070043325.1, satisfies this requirement.</p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004333
4334<p>If an error is found in a device implementation after it has been released but
4335within its reasonable product lifetime that is determined in consultation with
4336the Android Compatibility Team to affect the compatibility of third-party
4337applications, the device implementer MUST correct the error via a software
4338update available that can be applied per the mechanism just described.</p>
4339
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004340<h1 id="12_document_changelog">12. Document Changelog</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004341
4342
4343<p>The following table contains a summary of the changes to the Compatibility
4344Definition in this release. </p>
4345<table>
4346 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004347 <th>Section</th>
4348 <th>Summary of change</th>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004349 </tr>
4350 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004351 <td>1. Introduction</td>
4352 <td>Updated requirements to refer to SDK documentation as source of truth.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004353 </tr>
4354 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004355 <td>2. Device Types</td>
4356 <td>Included definitions for device types for handheld, television, and watch
4357devices.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004358 </tr>
4359 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004360 <td>2.1 Device Configuration</td>
4361 <td>Added non-exhaustive list to illustrate hardware configuration deviation across
4362devices.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004363 </tr>
4364 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004365 <td>3.1. Managed API Compatibility</td>
4366 <td>MUST also provide complete implementations of APIs with &ldquo;@SystemApi&rdquo; marker in
4367the upstream Android source code.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004368 </tr>
4369 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004370 <td>3.2.2. Build Parameters</td>
4371 <td>Included SUPPORTED_ABIS, SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS, and SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004372parameters in list, updated PRODUCT to require unique Product SKUs, and updated
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004373TAGS.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004374 </tr>
4375 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004376 <td>3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</td>
4377 <td>Clarified language that the compatibility requirement is for mainly the intents
4378pattern </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004379 </tr>
4380 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004381 <td>3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</td>
4382 <td>Included new requirements for home screen, NFC, and default SMS applications.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004383 </tr>
4384 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004385 <td>3.3.1 Application Binary Interfaces</td>
4386 <td>Added requirements to support equivalent 32-bit ABI if any 64-bit ABI is
4387supported. Updated parameters to reflect this change.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004388 </tr>
4389 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004390 <td>3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</td>
4391 <td>Webview compatibility required for all devices except Android Watch devices.
4392Removed Locale string requirement.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004393 </tr>
4394 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004395 <td>3.4.2. Browser compatibility</td>
Heidi von Markham37e2b0a2015-05-26 15:40:06 -07004396 <td>Android Television, Watch, and Android Automotive implementations MAY
4397 omit a browser application, but all other types of device implementations
4398 MUST include one.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004399 </tr>
4400 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004401 <td>3.7. Runtime compatibility</td>
4402 <td>Updated Minimum application memory requirements</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004403 </tr>
4404 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004405 <td>3.8.2. Widgets</td>
4406 <td>Widget support is optional for all device types, but recommended for Handheld
4407Devices.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004408 </tr>
4409 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004410 <td>3.8.3. Notifications</td>
4411 <td>Expanded definitions for types of supported notifications. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004412 </tr>
4413 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004414 <td>3.8.4. Search</td>
4415 <td>Android Television devices MUST include global search. All other device types
4416SHOULD.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004417 </tr>
4418 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004419 <td>3.8.6. Themes</td>
4420 <td>Devices MUST support material theme.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004421 </tr>
4422 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004423 <td>3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</td>
4424 <td>Devices that include live wallpaper MUST report the platform feature flag
4425android.software.live_wallpaper.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004426 </tr>
4427 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004428 <td>3.8.8. Activity Switching</td>
4429 <td>Advised requirement to support new Recents User Interface</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004430 </tr>
4431 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004432 <td>3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Remote Control</td>
4433 <td> Remote Control Client API deprecated in favor of the Media Notification
4434Template</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004435 </tr>
4436 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004437 <td>3.8.11. Dreams</td>
4438 <td>Optional for Android Watch devices. Required for all other device types.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004439 </tr>
4440 <tr>
Heidi von Markham74c574c2015-06-05 11:29:08 -07004441 <td>3.8.13. Unicode and font</td>
4442 <td>MUST support Roboto 2 in addition to existing requirements. Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004443 </tr>
Heidi von Markham5790ba92015-06-05 12:19:41 -07004444 <tr>
4445 <td>3.10. Accessibility</td>
4446 <td>Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
4447 </tr>
4448 <tr>
Heidi von Markham74c574c2015-06-05 11:29:08 -07004449 <td>3.11. Text-To-Speech</td>
Heidi von Markham5790ba92015-06-05 12:19:41 -07004450 <td>Added Android automotive requirements.</td>
Heidi von Markhame400e052015-05-26 14:35:49 -07004451 </tr>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004452 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004453 <td>3.12. TV Input Framework</td>
4454 <td>Android Television device implementations MUST support Television Input
4455Framework.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004456 </tr>
4457 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004458 <td>5.1. Media Codecs</td>
4459 <td>Added 3 sections for Audio, Image, and Video codecs.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004460 </tr>
4461 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004462 <td>5.4 Audio Recording</td>
4463 <td>Broken into subsections</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004464 </tr>
4465 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004466 <td>5.4.1. Raw audio capture</td>
4467 <td>Defined characteristics for raw audio capture on devices that declare
4468android.hardware.microphone</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004469 </tr>
4470 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004471 <td>5.5. Audio Playback</td>
4472 <td>Added section 5.5. Audio Playback with 2 subsections: 5.5.1 Audio Effects and
44735.5.2. Audio Output Volume</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004474 </tr>
4475 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004476 <td>5.6 Audio Latency</td>
4477 <td>Added definitions and requirements for cold output jitter, cold input jitter,
4478and continuous round-trip latency.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004479 </tr>
4480 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004481 <td>5.8 Secure Media</td>
4482 <td>Included secure media requirements from 7.1.8. External Displays and added
4483requirements for Android Television.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004484 </tr>
4485 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004486 <td>6.1. Developer Tools</td>
4487 <td>Updated resources.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004488 </tr>
4489 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004490 <td>6.2.1. Experimental</td>
4491 <td>Removed section</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004492 </tr>
4493 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004494 <td>7. Hardware Compatibility</td>
4495 <td>Updated to reflect that device implementations MUST consistently report
4496accurate hardware configuration for the same build fingerprint.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004497 </tr>
4498 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004499 <td>7.1.1.1. Screen Size</td>
4500 <td>Updated to reflect Android Watch devices screen size and that the value can&rsquo;t
4501change</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004502 </tr>
4503 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004504 <td>7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio</td>
4505 <td>Updated to reflect Android Watch devices screen aspect ratio (1:1).</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004506 </tr>
4507 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004508 <td>7.1.3. Screen Orientation</td>
4509 <td>Updated to reflect that devices with a fixed orientation landscape screen
4510SHOULD only report that orientation. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004511 </tr>
4512 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004513 <td>7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</td>
4514 <td>Added that Android devices MAY support the Android extension pack. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004515 </tr>
4516 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004517 <td>(old) 7.1.6. Screen Types</td>
4518 <td>Section Removed </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004519 </tr>
4520 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004521 <td>7.1.6. Screen Technology</td>
4522 <td>Updated pixel aspect ratio (PAR) to be between 0.9 and 1.15. (~15% tolerance)</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004523 </tr>
4524 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004525 <td>7.1.7. External Displays</td>
4526 <td>Moved part of section to section 5.8. Secure Media.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004527 </tr>
Heidi von Markhamcf532432015-06-05 10:40:06 -07004528 <tr>
4529 <td>7.2.1. Keyboard</td>
4530 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
4531 </tr>
Heidi von Markham43b1cc72015-04-02 16:04:43 -07004532 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004533 <td>7.2 Input Devices</td>
4534 <td>Added general intro statement.</td>
Heidi von Markham43b1cc72015-04-02 16:04:43 -07004535 </tr>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004536 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004537 <td>7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</td>
4538 <td>Android Television devices MUST support D-pad. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004539 </tr>
4540 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamce34dbb2015-06-05 11:59:14 -07004541 <td>7.2.3. Navigation Keys</td>
4542 <td>Included language for support across different device types. Added
4543 Android Automotive requirements.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004544 </tr>
4545 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamce34dbb2015-06-05 11:59:14 -07004546 <td>7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004547 <td>Android Watch devices MUST support touchscreen input. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004548 </tr>
4549 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004550 <td>7.2.6. Game Controller Support</td>
4551 <td>Added section with Android Television requirements.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004552 </tr>
4553 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004554 <td>7.2.7. Remote Control </td>
4555 <td>Added section with Android Television requirements.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004556 </tr>
4557 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004558 <td>7.3. Sensors</td>
4559 <td>Redefined synthetic sensors as composite sensors and streaming sensors as
4560continuous sensors. Sensors should report event time in nanoseconds.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004561 </tr>
4562 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004563 <td>7.3.1. Accelerometer</td>
4564 <td>Clarified required sensor types and revised requirement thresholds. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004565 </tr>
4566 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004567 <td>7.3.2. Magnetometer</td>
4568 <td>Clarified required sensor types and revised requirement thresholds.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004569 </tr>
4570 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004571 <td>7.3.4. Gyroscope</td>
4572 <td>Clarified required sensor types and revised requirement thresholds.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004573 </tr>
4574 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004575 <td>7.3.5. Barometer</td>
4576 <td>Changed from MAY to SHOULD implement barometer. MUST implement and report
4577TYPE_PRESSURE sensor.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004578 </tr>
4579 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004580 <td>7.3.6. Thermometer</td>
4581 <td>Devices MAY include ambient thermometer. MAY but SHOULD NOT include CPU
4582thermometer.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004583 </tr>
4584 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004585 <td>7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</td>
4586 <td>Devices that can make a voice call and indicate any value other than
4587PHONE_TYPE_NONE in getPhoneType SHOULD include a proximity sensor.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004588 </tr>
4589 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004590 <td>7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</td>
4591 <td>Android Television devices MUST include Wi-Fi support. Devices that DO support
4592wifi must report android.hardware.wifi. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004593 </tr>
4594 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004595 <td>7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</td>
4596 <td>MUST report the hardware feature android.hardware.wifi.direct.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004597 </tr>
4598 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004599 <td>7.4.2.2. Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup</td>
4600 <td>Android Television devices MUST include support for Wi-Fi TDLS.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004601 </tr>
4602 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004603 <td>7.4.3 Bluetooth</td>
4604 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
Heidi von Markhamdf9fb7c2015-04-02 16:49:09 -07004605 </tr>
4606 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004607 <td>7.5. Cameras</td>
4608 <td>If a device implementation includes at least one camera, it SHOULD be possible
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004609for an application to simultaneously allocate 3 bitmaps equal to the size of
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004610the images produced by the largest-resolution camera sensor on the device.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004611 </tr>
4612 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004613 <td>7.5.3. External Cameras</td>
4614 <td>Added requirements that device implementations with USB host mode MAY include
4615support for an external camera.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004616 </tr>
4617 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004618 <td>7.5.5. Camera System Features</td>
4619 <td>Added list of camera features and when they should be defined. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004620 </tr>
4621 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004622 <td>7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</td>
4623 <td>Updated requirements for 32- and 64-bit devices. SVELTE memory requirement
4624removed. Devices MUST have at least 1.5GB of non-volatile storage</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004625 </tr>
4626 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004627 <td>7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</td>
4628 <td>Updated requirements for user-accessible removable storage</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004629 </tr>
4630 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004631 <td>7.7. USB</td>
4632 <td>Removed requirements for non-charging ports being on the same edge as the
4633micro-USB port. Updated requirements for Host and Peripheral mode. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004634 </tr>
4635 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamcd3d6aa2015-06-05 11:13:20 -07004636 <td>7.8. Audio</td>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004637 <td>Moved microphone section here. Added requirements for Audio Output and Audio
Heidi von Markhamcd3d6aa2015-06-05 11:13:20 -07004638Analog ports.</td>
4639 </tr>
4640 <tr>
4641 <td>7.8.1. Microphone</td>
4642 <td>Added Android Automotive requirements.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004643 </tr>
4644 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004645 <td>8. Performance Compatibility</td>
4646 <td>Added requirements for user interface consistency.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004647 </tr>
4648 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004649 <td>9.5. Multi-User Support</td>
4650 <td>Multi-user support feature is optional for all device types. Detailed
4651requirements by device type in section.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004652 </tr>
4653 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004654 <td>9.7. Kernel Security Features</td>
4655 <td>MAY have a visible user interface when an unblocked security violation occurs
4656resulting in a successful exploit. No permissive mode domains allowed.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004657 </tr>
4658 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004659 <td>9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</td>
4660 <td>Devices with a lock screen MUST support full-disk encryption. For new devices,
4661full-disk encryption must be enabled out of box. </td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004662 </tr>
4663 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004664 <td>9.10 Verified boot</td>
4665 <td>Added section to recommend that Device implementations support verified boot
4666for device integrity.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004667 </tr>
4668 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004669 <td>10.3. Reference Applications</td>
4670 <td>Removed section from CDD.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004671 </tr>
4672 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004673 <td>11. Updatable Software</td>
4674 <td>If a device supports 802.11 or Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) profile,
Heidi von Markham560986b2015-06-05 12:43:25 -07004675then it MUST support over-the-air (OTA) download with offline update via reboot. Clarified
4676the OTA download requirement is allowed but not mandatory for Android Automotive
4677implementations.</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004678 </tr>
4679 <tr>
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004680 <td>14. Resources</td>
4681 <td>Resources moved from section 2 to section 14</td>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004682 </tr>
4683</table>
4684
4685
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004686<h1 id="13_contact_us">13. Contact Us</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004687
4688
4689<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
4690does not cover.</p>
4691
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004692<h1 id="14_resources">14. Resources</h1>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004693
4694
4695<p>1. IETF RFC2119 Requirement Levels: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt</a></p>
4696
4697<p>2. Android Open Source Project: <a href="http://source.android.com/">http://source.android.com/</a></p>
4698
4699<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>
4700
4701<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>
4702
4703<p>5. API definitions and documentation: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html</a></p>
4704
4705<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>
4706
4707<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>
4708
Unsuk Jungd1ac9fe2015-04-01 08:18:41 -07004709<p>8. Android 5.1 allowed version strings: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/5.1/versions.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/5.1/versions.html</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004710
4711<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>
4712
4713<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>
4714
4715<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>
4716
4717<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>
4718
4719<p>13. WebView compatibility: <a href="http://www.chromium.org/">http://www.chromium.org/</a></p>
4720
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004721<p>14. HTML5: <a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004722
4723<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>
4724
4725<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>
4726
4727<p>17. HTML5/W3C geolocation API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/</a></p>
4728
4729<p>18. HTML5/W3C webstorage API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/">http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/</a></p>
4730
4731<p>19. HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/">http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/</a></p>
4732
4733<p>20. Dalvik Executable Format and bytecode specification: available in the
4734Android source code, at dalvik/docs</p>
4735
4736<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>
4737
4738<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>
4739
4740<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>
4741
4742<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>
4743
4744<p>25. Notifications Resources: <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html">https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html</a> </p>
4745
4746<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>
4747
4748<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>
4749
4750<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>
4751
4752<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>
4753
4754<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>
4755
4756<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>
4757
4758<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>
4759
4760<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>
4761
4762<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>
4763
4764<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>
4765
4766<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>
4767
4768<p>37. Settings.Secure LOCATION_MODE:</p>
4769
4770<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>
4771
4772<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>
4773
4774<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>
4775
4776<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>
4777
4778<p>41. Android Device Owner App:</p>
4779
4780<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>
4781
4782<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>
4783
4784<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>
4785
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004786<p>44. Eyes Free project: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/">http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004787
4788<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>
4789
4790<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>
4791
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004792<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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004793
4794<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>
4795
4796<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>
4797
4798<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>
4799
4800<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>
4801
4802<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>
4803
4804<p>53. Android android.content.pm.PackageManager class and Hardware Features List:</p>
4805
4806<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>
4807
4808<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>
4809
4810<p>55. ADB: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html</a> </p>
4811
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004812<p>56. Dumpsys: <a href="https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html">https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html</a> </p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004813
4814<p>57. DDMS: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html</a> </p>
4815
4816<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>
4817
4818<p>59. SysyTrace tool: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html</a></p>
4819
4820<p>60. Android Application Development-Related Settings:</p>
4821
4822<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>
4823
4824<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>
4825
4826<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>
4827
4828<p>63. RenderScript: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/</a></p>
4829
4830<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>
4831
4832<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>
4833
4834<p>66. EGL Extension-EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE:</p>
4835
4836<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>
4837
4838<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>
4839
4840<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>
4841
4842<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>
4843
4844<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>
4845
4846<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>
4847
4848<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>
4849
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004850<p>73. Android Open Source sensors: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">http://source.android.com/devices/sensors</a></p>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004851
4852<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>
4853
4854<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>
4855
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004856<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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004857
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004858<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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004859
4860<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>
4861
4862<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>
4863
4864<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>
4865
4866<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>
4867
4868<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>
4869
4870<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>
4871
4872<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>
4873
4874<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>
4875
4876<p>86. Android NFC Sharing Settings:</p>
4877
4878<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>
4879
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004880<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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004881
4882<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>
4883
4884<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>
4885
4886<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>
4887
4888<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>
4889
4890<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>
4891
4892<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>
4893
4894<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>
4895
4896<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>
4897
4898<p>96. Android File Transfer: <a href="http://www.android.com/filetransfer">http://www.android.com/filetransfer</a></p>
4899
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004900<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>
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4902<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>
4903
4904<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>
4905
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004906<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>
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4908<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>
4909
4910<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>
4911
4912<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>
4913
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004914<p>104. External Storage reference: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage">http://source.android.com/devices/storage</a></p>
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4916<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>
4917
4918<p>106. SMS Short Code: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code</a></p>
4919
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004920<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>
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004921
4922<p>108. Android Compatibility Program Overview: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html</a></p>
4923
4924<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>
4925
4926<p>110. WebM project: <a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">http://www.webmproject.org/</a> </p>
4927
Heidi von Markham61607242015-04-02 12:59:09 -07004928<p>111. Android Auto feature: <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>
4929
Unsuk Jung418681a2015-06-05 02:39:39 -07004930<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>
4931
4932<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>
4933
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004934<p>Many of these resources are derived directly or indirectly from the Android
Heidi von Markhamf1b1d2e2015-04-21 17:05:06 -07004935SDK, and will be functionally identical to the information in that SDK&rsquo;s
Unsuk Jungbca27492015-04-01 08:08:10 -07004936documentation. In any cases where this Compatibility Definition or the
4937Compatibility Test Suite disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK
4938documentation is considered authoritative. Any technical details provided in
4939the references included above are considered by inclusion to be part of this
4940Compatibility Definition.</p>
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