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9<h6>Table of Contents</h6>
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15<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#1_introduction">1. Introduction</a></p>
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17<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#2_device_types">2. Device Types</a></p>
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19<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#2_1_device_configurations">2.1 Device Configurations</a></p>
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21<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#3_software">3. Software</a></p>
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23<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_1_managed_api_compatibility">3.1. Managed API Compatibility</a></p>
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25<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_2_soft_api_compatibility">3.2. Soft API Compatibility</a></p>
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27<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_1_permissions">3.2.1. Permissions</a></p>
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29<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_2_build_parameters">3.2.2. Build Parameters</a></p>
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31<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_2_3_intent_compatibility">3.2.3. Intent Compatibility</a></p>
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33<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</a></p>
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35<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_2_intent_overrides">3.2.3.2. Intent Overrides</a></p>
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37<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_3_intent_namespaces">3.2.3.3. Intent Namespaces</a></p>
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39<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_4_broadcast_intents">3.2.3.4. Broadcast Intents</a></p>
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41<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_2_3_5_default_app_settings">3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</a></p>
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43<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">3.3. Native API Compatibility</a></p>
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45<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>
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49<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_4_web_compatibility">3.4. Web Compatibility</a></p>
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51<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_4_1_webview_compatibility">3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</a></p>
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53<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_4_2_browser_compatibility">3.4.2. Browser Compatibility</a></p>
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55<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_5_api_behavioral_compatibility">3.5. API Behavioral Compatibility</a></p>
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57<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_6_api_namespaces">3.6. API Namespaces</a></p>
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59<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_7_runtime_compatibility">3.7. Runtime Compatibility</a></p>
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61<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_8_user_interface_compatibility">3.8. User Interface Compatibility</a></p>
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63<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_1_launcher_home_screen">3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)</a></p>
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65<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_2_widgets">3.8.2. Widgets</a></p>
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67<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_3_notifications">3.8.3. Notifications</a></p>
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69<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_4_search">3.8.4. Search</a></p>
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71<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_5_toasts">3.8.5. Toasts</a></p>
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73<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_6_themes">3.8.6. Themes</a></p>
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75<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_7_live_wallpapers">3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</a></p>
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77<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_8_activity_switching">3.8.8. Activity Switching</a></p>
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79<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_9_input_management">3.8.9. Input Management</a></p>
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81<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_10_lock_screen_media_control">3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control</a></p>
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Bert McMeen15ecb402015-10-01 13:17:55 -070083</div>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -070087<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_11_dreams">3.8.11. Dreams</a></p>
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89<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_12_location">3.8.12. Location</a></p>
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91<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_8_13_unicode_and_font">3.8.13. Unicode and Font</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -070093<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_9_device_administration">3.9. Device Administration</a></p>
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Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +010095<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_9_1_device_provisioning">3.9.1 Device Provisioning</a></p>
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97<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_9_1_2_device_owner_provisioning">3.9.1.1 Device Owner provisioning</a></p>
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99<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_9_1_2_managed_profile_provisioning">3.9.1.2 Managed profile provisioning</a></p>
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Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +0100101<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_9_2_managed_profile_support">3.9.2. Managed Profile Support</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700104<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_10_accessibility">3.10. Accessibility</a></p>
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106<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_11_text-to-speech">3.11. Text-to-Speech</a></p>
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108<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#3_12_tv_input_framework">3.12. TV Input Framework</a></p>
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Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -0700110<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#3_12_1_tv_app">3.12.1. TV App</a></p>
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112<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_12_1_1_electronic_program_guide">3.12.1.1. Electronic Program Guide</a></p>
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114<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_12_1_2_navigation">3.12.1.2. Navigation</a></p>
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116<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#3_12_1_3_tv_input_app_linking">3.12.1.3. TV input app linking</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700118<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#4_application_packaging_compatibility">4. Application Packaging Compatibility</a></p>
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120<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#5_multimedia_compatibility">5. Multimedia Compatibility</a></p>
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122<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_1_media_codecs">5.1. Media Codecs</a></p>
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124<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_1_audio_codecs">5.1.1. Audio Codecs</a></p>
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126<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_2_image_codecs">5.1.2. Image Codecs</a></p>
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128<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_1_3_video_codecs">5.1.3. Video Codecs</a></p>
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130<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_2_video_encoding">5.2. Video Encoding</a></p>
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132<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_3_video_decoding">5.3. Video Decoding</a></p>
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134<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_4_audio_recording">5.4. Audio Recording</a></p>
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136<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_4_1_raw_audio_capture">5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture</a></p>
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138<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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140<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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142<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_5_audio_playback">5.5. Audio Playback</a></p>
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144<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_1_raw_audio_playback">5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback</a></p>
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146<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_2_audio_effects">5.5.2. Audio Effects</a></p>
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148<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#5_5_3_audio_output_volume">5.5.3. Audio Output Volume</a></p>
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150<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_6_audio_latency">5.6. Audio Latency</a></p>
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152<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_7_network_protocols">5.7. Network Protocols</a></p>
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154<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_8_secure_media">5.8. Secure Media</a></p>
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Glenn Kasten87ef61d2015-07-29 09:01:36 -0700156<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_9_midi">5.9. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)</a></p>
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Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -0700158<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#5_10_pro_audio">5.10. Professional Audio</a></p>
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Bert McMeen15ecb402015-10-01 13:17:55 -0700160</div>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700166<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#6_developer_tools_and_options_compatibility">6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility</a></p>
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168<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#6_1_developer_tools">6.1. Developer Tools</a></p>
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170<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#6_2_developer_options">6.2. Developer Options</a></p>
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172<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">7. Hardware Compatibility</a></p>
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174<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_1_display_and_graphics">7.1. Display and Graphics</a></p>
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176<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">7.1.1. Screen Configuration</a></p>
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178<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_1_1_1_screen_size">7.1.1.1. Screen Size</a></p>
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180<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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182<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 Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700184<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_2_display_metrics">7.1.2. Display Metrics</a></p>
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186<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_3_screen_orientation">7.1.3. Screen Orientation</a></p>
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188<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_4_2d_and_3d_graphics_acceleration">7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</a></p>
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190<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_5_legacy_application_compatibility_mode">7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</a></p>
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192<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_6_screen_technology">7.1.6. Screen Technology</a></p>
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194<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_1_7_external_displays">7.1.7. Secondary Displays</a></p>
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196<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_2_input_devices">7.2. Input Devices</a></p>
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198<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_1_keyboard">7.2.1. Keyboard</a></p>
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200<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_2_non-touch_navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</a></p>
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202<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_3_navigation_keys">7.2.3. Navigation Keys</a></p>
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204<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</a></p>
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206<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">7.2.5. Fake Touch Input</a></p>
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208<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_6_game_controller_support">7.2.6. Game Controller Support</a></p>
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210<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_2_6_1_button_mapping">7.2.6.1. Button Mappings</a></p>
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212<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_2_7_remote_control">7.2.7. Remote Control</a></p>
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214<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_3_sensors">7.3. Sensors</a></p>
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216<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1. Accelerometer</a></p>
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218<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_2_magnetometer">7.3.2. Magnetometer</a></p>
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220<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</a></p>
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Bert McMeen15ecb402015-10-01 13:17:55 -0700222</div>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700226<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_4_gyroscope">7.3.4. Gyroscope</a></p>
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228<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_5_barometer">7.3.5. Barometer</a></p>
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230<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_6_thermometer">7.3.6. Thermometer</a></p>
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232<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_7_photometer">7.3.7. Photometer</a></p>
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234<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_8_proximity_sensor">7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung66ef8472015-09-30 04:00:08 -0700236<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_9_hifi_sensors">7.3.9. High Fidelity Sensors</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5b08df22015-09-29 18:50:14 -0700238<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_3_10_fingerprint">7.3.10. Fingerprint Sensor</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700240<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_4_data_connectivity">7.4. Data Connectivity</a></p>
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242<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_1_telephony">7.4.1. Telephony</a></p>
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244<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_2_ieee_80211_wi-fi">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</a></p>
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246<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_4_2_1_wi-fi_direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</a></p>
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248<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>
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250<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></p>
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252<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_4_near-field_communications">7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</a></p>
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254<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_5_minimum_network_capability">7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability</a></p>
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256<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_4_6_sync_settings">7.4.6. Sync Settings</a></p>
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258<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_5_cameras">7.5. Cameras</a></p>
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260<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera</a></p>
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262<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_2_front-facing_camera">7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera</a></p>
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264<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_3_external_camera">7.5.3. External Camera</a></p>
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266<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_4_camera_api_behavior">7.5.4. Camera API Behavior</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700268<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_5_5_camera_orientation">7.5.5. Camera Orientation</a></p>
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270<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_6_memory_and_storage">7.6. Memory and Storage</a></p>
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272<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</a></p>
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274<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_2_application_shared_storage">7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</a></p>
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Clay Murphy0b2d3c22015-10-06 23:22:35 -0700276<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_6_3_adoptable_storage">7.6.3. Adoptable Storage</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700278<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_7_usb">7.7. USB</a></p>
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280<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#7_8_audio">7.8. Audio</a></p>
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282<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</a></p>
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284<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</a></p>
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286<p class="toc_h4"><a href="#7_8_2_1_analog_audio_ports">7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports</a></p>
287
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -0700288<p class="toc_h3"><a href="#7_8_3_near_ultrasound">7.8.3. Near-Ultrasound</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700290<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#8_performance_compatibility">8. Performance Compatibility</a></p>
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292<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_1_user_experience_consistency">8.1. User Experience Consistency</a></p>
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Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -0700294<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_2_file_i_o_access_performance">8.2. File I/O Access Performance</a></p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700295
Clay Murphye97c9232015-10-07 00:28:32 -0700296<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_3_power_saving_modes">8.3. Power-Saving Modes</a></p>
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298<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#8_4_power_consumption_accounting">8.4. Power Consumption Accounting</a></p>
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Bert McMeen15ecb402015-10-01 13:17:55 -0700300</div>
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304<div id="toc_left">
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700306<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">9. Security Model Compatibility</a></p>
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308<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_1_permissions">9.1. Permissions</a></p>
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310<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_2_uid_and_process_isolation">9.2. UID and Process Isolation</a></p>
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312<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_3_filesystem_permissions">9.3. Filesystem Permissions</a></p>
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314<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_4_alternate_execution_environments">9.4. Alternate Execution Environments</a></p>
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316<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_5_multi-user_support">9.5. Multi-User Support</a></p>
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318<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_6_premium_sms_warning">9.6. Premium SMS Warning</a></p>
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320<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_7_kernel_security_features">9.7. Kernel Security Features</a></p>
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322<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_8_privacy">9.8. Privacy</a></p>
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324<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_9_full-disk-encryption">9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</a></p>
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326<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_10_verified_boot">9.10. Verified Boot</a></p>
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Unsuk Jungb5ef8ac2015-09-29 22:52:29 -0700328<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_11_keys_and_credentials">9.11. Keys and Credentials</a></p>
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Bert McMeen83ceaf22015-10-06 15:34:02 -0700330<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#9_12_data_deletion">9.12. Data Deletion</a></p>
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Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700332<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#10_software_compatibility_testing">10. Software Compatibility Testing</a></p>
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334<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#10_1_compatibility_test_suite">10.1. Compatibility Test Suite</a></p>
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336<p class="toc_h2"><a href="#10_2_cts_verifier">10.2. CTS Verifier</a></p>
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338<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#11_updatable_software">11. Updatable Software</a></p>
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340<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#12_document_changelog">12. Document Changelog</a></p>
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342<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#13_contact_us">13. Contact Us</a></p>
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344<p class="toc_h1"><a href="#14_resources">14. Resources</a></p>
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354<h1 id="1_introduction">1. Introduction</h1>
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356
357<p>This document enumerates the requirements that must be met in order for devices
358to be compatible with Android ANDROID_VERSION.</p>
359
Glenn Kasten894a1242015-10-07 16:13:27 -0700360<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 Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700361defined in RFC2119 [<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">Resources, 1</a>].</p>
362
363<p>As used in this document, a &ldquo;device implementer&rdquo; or &ldquo;implementer&rdquo; is a person
364or organization developing a hardware/software solution running Android ANDROID_VERSION. A
365&ldquo;device implementation&rdquo; or &ldquo;implementation is the hardware/software solution
366so developed.</p>
367
368<p>To be considered compatible with Android ANDROID_VERSION, device implementations MUST meet
369the requirements presented in this Compatibility Definition, including any
370documents incorporated via reference.</p>
371
372<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
373implementer to ensure compatibility with existing implementations.</p>
374
375<p>For this reason, the Android Open Source Project [<a href="http://source.android.com/">Resources, 2</a>] is both the reference and preferred implementation of Android. Device
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700376implementers are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to base their implementations to the
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700377greatest extent possible on the &ldquo;upstream&rdquo; source code available from the
378Android Open Source Project. While some components can hypothetically be
Glenn Kasten894a1242015-10-07 16:13:27 -0700379replaced with alternate implementations, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to not follow this practice,
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700380as passing the software tests will become substantially more difficult. It is
381the implementer&rsquo;s responsibility to ensure full behavioral compatibility with
382the standard Android implementation, including and beyond the Compatibility
383Test Suite. Finally, note that certain component substitutions and
384modifications are explicitly forbidden by this document.</p>
385
386<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
387functionally identical to the information in that SDK&rsquo;s documentation. For any
388case where this Compatibility Definition or the Compatibility Test Suite
389disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK documentation is considered
390authoritative. 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>
391
392<h1 id="2_device_types">2. Device Types</h1>
393
394
395<p>While the Android Open Source Project has been used in the implementation of a
396variety of device types and form factors, many aspects of the architecture and
397compatibility requirements were optimized for handheld devices. Starting from
398Android 5.0, the Android Open Source Project aims to embrace a wider variety of
399device types as described in this section.</p>
400
401<p><strong>Android Handheld device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation that is typically used by holding
402it in the hand, such as mp3 players, phones, and tablets. Android Handheld
403device implementations:</p>
404
405<ul>
406 <li>MUST have a touchscreen embedded in the device.</li>
407 <li>MUST have a power source that provides mobility, such as a battery.</li>
408</ul>
409
410<p><strong>Android Television device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation that is an entertainment interface
411for consuming digital media, movies, games, apps, and/or live TV for users
412sitting about ten feet away (a &ldquo;lean back&rdquo; or &ldquo;10-foot user interface&rdquo;).
413Android Television devices:</p>
414
415<ul>
416 <li>MUST have an embedded screen OR include a video output port, such as VGA, HDMI,
417or a wireless port for display.</li>
418 <li>MUST declare the features android.software.leanback and
419android.hardware.type.television [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#FEATURE_LEANBACK">Resources, 3</a>].</li>
420</ul>
421
422<p><strong>Android Watch device</strong> refers to an Android device implementation intended to be worn on the body,
423perhaps on the wrist, and:</p>
424
425<ul>
426 <li>MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal length in the range from 1.1 to
4272.5 inches.</li>
428 <li>MUST declare the feature android.hardware.type.watch.</li>
429 <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>
430</ul>
431
432<p><strong>Android Automotive implementation</strong> refers to a vehicle head
433unit running Android as an operating system for part or all of the system and/or
Clay Murphy6a576662015-10-07 18:35:10 -0700434infotainment functionality. Android Automotive implementations:</p>
435
436<ul>
437 <li>MUST declare the feature android.hardware.type.automotive.</li>
438 <li>MUST support
439uiMode = UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR [<a
440href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR">Resources,
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700441 5</a>].</li>
Clay Murphy6a576662015-10-07 18:35:10 -0700442<ul>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700443
444<p>All Android device implementations that do not fit into any of the above device
445types still MUST meet all requirements in this document to be Android ANDROID_VERSION
446compatible, unless the requirement is explicitly described to be only
447applicable to a specific Android device type from above.</p>
448
449<h2 id="2_1_device_configurations">2.1 Device Configurations</h2>
450
451
452<p>This is a summary of major differences in hardware configuration by device
453type. (Empty cells denote a &ldquo;MAY&rdquo;). Not all configurations are covered in this
454table; see relevant hardware sections for more detail.</p>
455<table>
456 <tr>
457 <th>Category</th>
458 <th>Feature</th>
459 <th>Section</th>
460 <th>Handheld</th>
461 <th>Television</th>
462 <th>Watch</th>
463 <th>Automotive</th>
464 <th>Other</th>
465 </tr>
466 <tr>
467 <td rowspan="3">Input</td>
468 <td>D-pad</td>
469 <td><a href="#7_2_2_non-touch-navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</a></td>
470 <td></td>
471 <td>MUST</td>
472 <td></td>
473 <td></td>
474 <td></td>
475 </tr>
476 <tr>
477 <td>Touchscreen </td>
478 <td><a href="#7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen input</a></td>
479 <td>MUST</td>
480 <td></td>
481 <td>MUST</td>
482 <td></td>
483 <td>SHOULD</td>
484 </tr>
485 <tr>
486 <td>Microphone </td>
487 <td><a href="#7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</a></td>
488 <td>MUST</td>
489 <td>SHOULD </td>
490 <td>MUST</td>
491 <td>MUST</td>
492 <td>SHOULD</td>
493 </tr>
494 <tr>
495 <td rowspan="2">Sensors</td>
496 <td>Accelerometer </td>
497 <td><a href="#7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1 Accelerometer</a></td>
498 <td>SHOULD</td>
499 <td></td>
500 <td>SHOULD</td>
501 <td></td>
502 <td>SHOULD</td>
503 </tr>
504 <tr>
505 <td>GPS</td>
506 <td><a href="#7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</a></td>
507 <td>SHOULD</td>
508 <td></td>
509 <td></td>
510 <td>SHOULD</td>
511 <td></td>
512 </tr>
513 <tr>
514 <td rowspan="5">Connectivity</td>
515 <td>Wi-Fi</td>
516 <td><a href="#7_4_2_ieee_802.11">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11</a></td>
517 <td>SHOULD</td>
518 <td> MUST</td>
519 <td></td>
520 <td>SHOULD</td>
521 <td>SHOULD</td>
522 </tr>
523 <tr>
524 <td>Wi-Fi Direct</td>
525 <td><a href="#7_4_2_1_wi-fi-direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</a></td>
526 <td>SHOULD</td>
527 <td>SHOULD</td>
528 <td></td>
529 <td></td>
530 <td>SHOULD</td>
531 </tr>
532 <tr>
533 <td>Bluetooth</td>
534 <td><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></td>
535 <td>SHOULD</td>
536 <td>MUST</td>
537 <td>MUST</td>
538 <td>MUST</td>
539 <td>SHOULD</td>
540 </tr>
541 <tr>
542 <td>Bluetooth Low Energy</td>
543 <td><a href="#7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</a></td>
544 <td>SHOULD</td>
545 <td>MUST</td>
546 <td>SHOULD</td>
547 <td>SHOULD</td>
548 <td>SHOULD</td>
549 </tr>
550 <tr>
551 <td>USB peripheral/host mode</td>
552 <td><a href="#7_7_usb">7.7. USB</a></td>
553 <td>SHOULD</td>
554 <td></td>
555 <td></td>
556 <td>SHOULD</td>
557 <td>SHOULD</td>
558 </tr>
559 <tr>
560 <td>Output</td>
561 <td>Speaker and/or Audio output ports</td>
562 <td><a href="#7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</a></td>
563 <td>MUST</td>
564 <td>MUST</td>
565 <td></td>
566 <td>MUST</td>
567 <td>MUST</td>
568 </tr>
569</table>
570
571
572<h1 id="3_software">3. Software</h1>
573
574
575<h2 id="3_1_managed_api_compatibility">3.1. Managed API Compatibility</h2>
576
577
578<p>The managed Dalvik bytecode execution environment is the primary vehicle for
579Android applications. The Android application programming interface (API) is
580the set of Android platform interfaces exposed to applications running in the
581managed runtime environment. Device implementations MUST provide complete
582implementations, including all documented behaviors, of any documented API
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700583exposed by the Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html">Resources, 6</a>] or any API decorated with the &ldquo;@SystemApi&rdquo; marker in the upstream Android
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700584source code. </p>
585
586<p>Device implementations MUST NOT omit any managed APIs, alter API interfaces or
587signatures, deviate from the documented behavior, or include no-ops, except
588where specifically allowed by this Compatibility Definition.</p>
589
590<p>This Compatibility Definition permits some types of hardware for which Android
591includes APIs to be omitted by device implementations. In such cases, the APIs
592MUST 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>
593
594<h2 id="3_2_soft_api_compatibility">3.2. Soft API Compatibility</h2>
595
596
597<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
598such things as intents, permissions, and similar aspects of Android
599applications that cannot be enforced at application compile time.</p>
600
601<h3 id="3_2_1_permissions">3.2.1. Permissions</h3>
602
603
604<p>Device implementers MUST support and enforce all permission constants as
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700605documented by the Permission reference page [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html">Resources, 7</a>]. Note that <a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">section 9</a> lists additional requirements related to the Android security model.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700606
607<h3 id="3_2_2_build_parameters">3.2.2. Build Parameters</h3>
608
609
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700610<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, 8</a>] that are intended to describe the current device. To provide consistent,
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700611meaningful values across device implementations, the table below includes
612additional restrictions on the formats of these values to which device
613implementations MUST conform.</p>
614<table>
615 <tr>
616 <th>Parameter</th>
617 <th>Details</th>
618 </tr>
619 <tr>
620 <td>VERSION.RELEASE</td>
621 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in human-readable
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700622format. This field MUST have one of the string values defined in [<a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/ANDROID_VERSION/versions.html">Resources, 9</a>].</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700623 </tr>
624 <tr>
625 <td>VERSION.SDK</td>
626 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in a format accessible
627to third-party application code. For Android ANDROID_VERSION, this field MUST have the
Unsuk Jung8bebb3e2015-09-29 22:10:23 -0700628integer value ANDROID_VERSION_INT.</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700629 </tr>
630 <tr>
631 <td>VERSION.SDK_INT</td>
632 <td>The version of the currently-executing Android system, in a format accessible
633to third-party application code. For Android ANDROID_VERSION, this field MUST have the
Unsuk Jung8bebb3e2015-09-29 22:10:23 -0700634integer value ANDROID_VERSION_INT.</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700635 </tr>
636 <tr>
637 <td>VERSION.INCREMENTAL</td>
638 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer designating the specific build of the
639currently-executing Android system, in human-readable format. This value MUST
640NOT be reused for different builds made available to end users. A typical use
641of this field is to indicate which build number or source-control change
642identifier was used to generate the build. There are no requirements on the
643specific format of this field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty
644string ("").</td>
645 </tr>
646 <tr>
647 <td>BOARD</td>
648 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer identifying the specific internal
649hardware used by the device, in human-readable format. A possible use of this
650field is to indicate the specific revision of the board powering the device.
651The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular
652expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
653 </tr>
654 <tr>
655 <td>BRAND</td>
656 <td>A value reflecting the brand name associated with the device as known to the
657end users. MUST be in human-readable format and SHOULD represent the
658manufacturer of the device or the company brand under which the device is
659marketed. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match
660the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
661 </tr>
662 <tr>
663 <td>SUPPORTED_ABIS</td>
664 <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>
665 </tr>
666 <tr>
667 <td>SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS</td>
668 <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>
669 </tr>
670 <tr>
671 <td>SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS</td>
672 <td>The name of the second instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native
673code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
674 </tr>
675 <tr>
676 <td>CPU_ABI</td>
677 <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>
678 </tr>
679 <tr>
680 <td>CPU_ABI2</td>
681 <td>The name of the second instruction set (CPU type + ABI convention) of native
682code. See <a href="#3_3_native_api_compatibility">section 3.3. Native API Compatibility</a>.</td>
683 </tr>
684 <tr>
685 <td>DEVICE</td>
686 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the development name or
687code name identifying the configuration of the hardware features and industrial
688design of the device. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII
689and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
690 </tr>
691 <tr>
692 <td>FINGERPRINT</td>
693 <td>A string that uniquely identifies this build. It SHOULD be reasonably
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -0700694human-readable. It MUST follow this template:
Bert McMeen80b22ba2015-10-02 11:54:59 -0700695<p class="small">$(BRAND)/$(PRODUCT)/<br>
696 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$(DEVICE):$(VERSION.RELEASE)/$(ID)/$(VERSION.INCREMENTAL):$(TYPE)/$(TAGS)</p>
697<p>For example:</p>
698<p class="small">acme/myproduct/<br>
699 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mydevice:ANDROID_VERSION/LMYXX/3359:userdebug/test-keys</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700700<p>The fingerprint MUST NOT include whitespace characters. If other fields
701included in the template above have whitespace characters, they MUST be
702replaced in the build fingerprint with another character, such as the
703underscore ("_") character. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -0700704ASCII.</p></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700705 </tr>
706 <tr>
707 <td>HARDWARE</td>
708 <td>The name of the hardware (from the kernel command line or /proc). It SHOULD be
709reasonably human-readable. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit
710ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;. </td>
711 </tr>
712 <tr>
713 <td>HOST</td>
714 <td>A string that uniquely identifies the host the build was built on, in
715human-readable format. There are no requirements on the specific format of this
716field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
717 </tr>
718 <tr>
719 <td>ID</td>
720 <td>An identifier chosen by the device implementer to refer to a specific release,
721in human-readable format. This field can be the same as
722android.os.Build.VERSION.INCREMENTAL, but SHOULD be a value sufficiently
723meaningful for end users to distinguish between software builds. The value of
724this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
725 </tr>
726 <tr>
727 <td>MANUFACTURER</td>
728 <td>The trade name of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the product.
729There are no requirements on the specific format of this field, except that it
730MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
731 </tr>
732 <tr>
733 <td>MODEL</td>
734 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the name of the device as
735known to the end user. This SHOULD be the same name under which the device is
736marketed and sold to end users. There are no requirements on the specific
737format of this field, except that it MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
738 </tr>
739 <tr>
740 <td>PRODUCT</td>
741 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer containing the development name or
742code name of the specific product (SKU) that MUST be unique within the same
743brand. MUST be human-readable, but is not necessarily intended for view by end
744users. The value of this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the
745regular expression &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$&rdquo;.</td>
746 </tr>
747 <tr>
748 <td>SERIAL</td>
Owain Davies4f8796e2015-09-24 14:01:26 +0100749 <td>A hardware serial number, which MUST be available and unique across
750devices with the same MODEL and MANUFACTURER. The value of this field MUST
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700751be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression &ldquo;^([a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20})$&rdquo;.</td>
752 </tr>
753 <tr>
754 <td>TAGS</td>
755 <td>A comma-separated list of tags chosen by the device implementer that further
756distinguishes the build. This field MUST have one of the values corresponding
757to the three typical Android platform signing configurations: release-keys,
758dev-keys, test-keys. </td>
759 </tr>
760 <tr>
761 <td>TIME</td>
762 <td>A value representing the timestamp of when the build occurred.</td>
763 </tr>
764 <tr>
765 <td>TYPE</td>
766 <td>A value chosen by the device implementer specifying the runtime configuration
767of the build. This field MUST have one of the values corresponding to the three
768typical Android runtime configurations: user, userdebug, or eng.</td>
769 </tr>
770 <tr>
771 <td>USER</td>
772 <td>A name or user ID of the user (or automated user) that generated the build.
773There are no requirements on the specific format of this field, except that it
774MUST NOT be null or the empty string ("").</td>
775 </tr>
Clay Murphy18ac4a42015-10-07 00:05:41 -0700776 <tr>
777 <td>SECURITY_PATCH</td>
778 <td>An value indicating the security patch level of a build. It MUST signify that the
779build includes all security patches issued up through the designated Android Public
780Security Bulletin. It MUST be in the format, [YYYY-MM-DD], matching the Public Security
781Bulletin's broadcast date, for example [2015-10-01].</td>
782 </tr>
783 <tr>
784 <td>BASE_OS</td>
785 <td>An value representing the FINGERPRINT parameter of the build that is otherwise
786 identical to this build except for the patches provided in the Android Public
787 Security Bulletin. It MUST report the correct value and if such a build does not
788 exist, report an emtpy string ("").</td>
789 </tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700790</table>
791
792
793<h3 id="3_2_3_intent_compatibility">3.2.3. Intent Compatibility</h3>
794
795
796<p>Device implementations MUST honor Android&rsquo;s loose-coupling intent system, as
797described in the sections below. By&ldquo;honored &rdquo; it is meant that the device
798implementer MUST provide an Android Activity or Service that specifies a
799matching intent filter that binds to and implements correct behavior for each
800specified intent pattern.</p>
801
802<h4 id="3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">3.2.3.1. Core Application Intents</h4>
803
804
805<p>Android intents allow application components to request functionality from
806other Android components. The Android upstream project includes a list of
807applications considered core Android applications, which implements several
808intent patterns to perform common actions. The core Android applications are:</p>
809
810<ul>
811 <li>Desk Clock</li>
812 <li>Browser</li>
813 <li>Calendar</li>
814 <li>Contacts</li>
815 <li>Gallery</li>
816 <li>GlobalSearch</li>
817 <li>Launcher</li>
818 <li>Music</li>
819 <li>Settings</li>
820</ul>
821
822<p>Device implementations SHOULD include the core Android applications as
823appropriate but MUST include a component implementing the same intent patterns
824defined by all the &ldquo;public&rdquo; Activity or Service components of these core
825Android applications. Note that Activity or Service components are considered
826&ldquo;public&rdquo; when the attribute android:exported is absent or has the value true.</p>
827
828<h4 id="3_2_3_2_intent_overrides">3.2.3.2. Intent Overrides</h4>
829
830
831<p>As Android is an extensible platform, device implementations MUST allow each
832intent 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
833implementation allows this by default; device implementers MUST NOT attach
834special privileges to system applications' use of these intent patterns, or
835prevent third-party applications from binding to and assuming control of these
836patterns. This prohibition specifically includes but is not limited to
837disabling the&ldquo;Chooser&rdquo; user interface that allows the user to select between
838multiple applications that all handle the same intent pattern.</p>
839
840<p>However, device implementations MAY provide default activities for specific URI
841patterns (eg. http://play.google.com) if the default activity provides a more
842specific filter for the data URI. For example, an intent filter specifying the
843data 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
844modify the default activity for intents.</p>
845
846<h4 id="3_2_3_3_intent_namespaces">3.2.3.3. Intent Namespaces</h4>
847
848
849<p>Device implementations MUST NOT include any Android component that honors any
850new intent or broadcast intent patterns using an ACTION, CATEGORY, or other key
851string in the android.* or com.android.* namespace. Device implementers MUST
852NOT include any Android components that honor any new intent or broadcast
853intent patterns using an ACTION, CATEGORY, or other key string in a package
854space belonging to another organization. Device implementers MUST NOT alter or
855extend 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
856and obviously associated with their own organization. This prohibition is
857analogous to that specified for Java language classes in <a href="#3_6_api_namespaces">section 3.6</a>.</p>
858
859<h4 id="3_2_3_4_broadcast_intents">3.2.3.4. Broadcast Intents</h4>
860
861
862<p>Third-party applications rely on the platform to broadcast certain intents to
863notify them of changes in the hardware or software environment.
864Android-compatible devices MUST broadcast the public broadcast intents in
865response to appropriate system events. Broadcast intents are described in the
866SDK documentation.</p>
867
868<h4 id="3_2_3_5_default_app_settings">3.2.3.5. Default App Settings</h4>
869
870
871<p>Android includes settings that provide users an easy way to select their
872default applications, for example for Home screen or SMS. Where it makes sense,
873device implementations MUST provide a similar settings menu and be compatible
874with the intent filter pattern and API methods described in the SDK
875documentation as below.</p>
876
877<p>Device implementations:</p>
878
879<ul>
880 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.HOME_SETTINGS intent to show a default app
881settings menu for Home Screen, if the device implementation reports
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700882android.software.home_screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html">Resources, 10</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700883 <li>MUST provide a settings menu that will call the
884android.provider.Telephony.ACTION_CHANGE_DEFAULT intent to show a dialog to
885change the default SMS application, if the device implementation reports
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700886android.hardware.telephony [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony.Sms.Intents.html">Resources, 11</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700887 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.NFC_PAYMENT_SETTINGS intent to show a default
888app settings menu for Tap and Pay, if the device implementation reports
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700889android.hardware.nfc.hce [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html">Resources, 10</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700890</ul>
891
892<h2 id="3_3_native_api_compatibility">3.3. Native API Compatibility</h2>
893
894
895<h3 id="3_3_1_application_binary_interfaces">3.3.1. Application Binary Interfaces</h3>
896
897
898<p>Managed Dalvik bytecode can call into native code provided in the application
899.apk file as an ELF .so file compiled for the appropriate device hardware
900architecture. As native code is highly dependent on the underlying processor
901technology, Android defines a number of Application Binary Interfaces (ABIs) in
902the Android NDK. Device implementations MUST be compatible with one or more
903defined ABIs, and MUST implement compatibility with the Android NDK, as below.</p>
904
905<p>If a device implementation includes support for an Android ABI, it:</p>
906
907<ul>
908 <li>MUST include support for code running in the managed environment to call into
909native code, using the standard Java Native Interface (JNI) semantics</li>
910 <li>MUST be source-compatible (i.e. header compatible) and binary-compatible (for
911the ABI) with each required library in the list below</li>
912 <li>MUST support the equivalent 32-bit ABI if any 64-bit ABI is supported</li>
913 <li>MUST accurately report the native Application Binary Interface (ABI) supported
914by the device, via the android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS,
915android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS, and
916android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS parameters, each a comma separated list
917of ABIs ordered from the most to the least preferred one</li>
Unsuk Jung06706432015-08-31 11:26:13 -0700918 <li>MUST report, via the above parameters, only those ABIs documented and
919described in the latest version of the Android NDK ABI Management documentation
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700920[<a href="https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis.html">Resources, 12</a>],
Unsuk Jung06706432015-08-31 11:26:13 -0700921and MUST include support for the Advanced SIMD (a.k.a. NEON)
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700922[<a href="http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0388f/Beijfcja.html">Resources, 13</a>]
Unsuk Jung06706432015-08-31 11:26:13 -0700923extension
924 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700925 <li>SHOULD be built using the source code and header files available in the
926upstream Android Open Source Project</li>
927</ul>
928
929<p>The following native code APIs MUST be available to apps that include native
930code:</p>
931
932<ul>
933 <li>libc (C library)</li>
934 <li>libm (math library)</li>
935 <li>Minimal support for C++</li>
936 <li>JNI interface</li>
937 <li>liblog (Android logging)</li>
938 <li>libz (Zlib compression)</li>
939 <li>libdl (dynamic linker)</li>
940 <li>libGLESv1_CM.so (OpenGL ES 1.x)</li>
941 <li>libGLESv2.so (OpenGL ES 2.0)</li>
942 <li>libGLESv3.so (OpenGL ES 3.x)</li>
943 <li>libEGL.so (native OpenGL surface management)</li>
944 <li>libjnigraphics.so</li>
945 <li>libOpenSLES.so (OpenSL ES 1.0.1 audio support)</li>
946 <li>libOpenMAXAL.so (OpenMAX AL 1.0.1 support)</li>
947 <li>libandroid.so (native Android activity support)</li>
948 <li>libmediandk.so (native media APIs support)</li>
949 <li>Support for OpenGL, as described below</li>
950</ul>
951
952<p>Note that future releases of the Android NDK may introduce support for
953additional ABIs. If a device implementation is not compatible with an existing
954predefined ABI, it MUST NOT report support for any ABIs at all.</p>
955
956<p>Note that device implementations MUST include libGLESv3.so and it MUST symlink
957(symbolic link) to libGLESv2.so. in turn, MUST export all the OpenGL ES 3.1 and
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700958Android Extension Pack [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/opengl.html#aep">Resources, 14</a>] function symbols as defined in the NDK release android-21. Although all the
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700959symbols must be present, only the corresponding functions for OpenGL ES
960versions and extensions actually supported by the device must be fully
961implemented.</p>
962
Unsuk Jung6f6ac762015-09-29 14:28:03 -0700963<p>Device implementations MUST NOT include a native library with the
964name libvulkan.so.</p>
965
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700966<p>Native code compatibility is challenging. For this reason, device implementers
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -0700967are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to use the implementations of the libraries listed above from the upstream
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700968Android Open Source Project. </p>
969
970<h3 id="3_3_2_32-bit_arm_native_code_compatibility">
9713.3.2. 32-bit ARM Native Code Compatibility
972</h3>
973
974<p>The ARMv8 architecture deprecates several CPU operations, including some
975operations used in existing native code. On 64-bit ARM devices, the following
976deprecated operations MUST remain available to 32-bit native ARM code, either
977through native CPU support or through software emulation:</p>
978
979<ul>
980<li>SWP and SWPB instructions</li>
981<li>SETEND instruction</li>
982<li>CP15ISB, CP15DSB, and CP15DMB barrier operations</li>
983</ul>
984
985<p>Legacy versions of the Android NDK used /proc/cpuinfo to discover CPU features
986from 32-bit ARM native code. For compatibility with applications built using this
987NDK, devices MUST include the following lines in /proc/cpuinfo when it is read
988by 32-bit ARM applications:</p>
989
990<ul>
991<li>&quot;Features: &quot;, followed by a list of any optional ARMv7 CPU features
992supported by the device</li>
993<li>&quot;CPU architecture: &quot;, followed by an integer describing the device's
994highest supported ARM architecture (e.g., &quot;8&quot; for ARMv8 devices)</li>
995</ul>
996
997<p>These requirements only apply when /proc/cpuinfo is read by 32-bit ARM
998applications. Devices SHOULD not alter /proc/cpuinfo when read by 64-bit ARM or
999non-ARM applications.</p>
1000
1001<h2 id="3_4_web_compatibility">3.4. Web Compatibility</h2>
1002
1003
1004<h3 id="3_4_1_webview_compatibility">3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</h3>
1005
1006<div class="note">
1007<p>Android Watch devices MAY, but all other device implementations MUST provide
1008a complete implementation of the android.webkit.Webview API.</p>
1009</div>
1010
1011
1012<p>The platform feature android.software.webview MUST be reported on any device
1013that provides a complete implementation of the android.webkit.WebView API, and
1014MUST NOT be reported on devices without a complete implementation of the API.
1015The Android Open Source implementation uses code from the Chromium Project to
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001016implement the android.webkit.WebView [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html">Resources, 15</a>]. Because it is not feasible to develop a comprehensive test suite for a web
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001017rendering system, device implementers MUST use the specific upstream build of
1018Chromium in the WebView implementation. Specifically:</p>
1019
1020<ul>
1021 <li>Device android.webkit.WebView implementations MUST be based on the Chromium
1022build from the upstream Android Open Source Project for Android ANDROID_VERSION. This build
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001023includes a specific set of functionality and security fixes for the WebView [<a href="http://www.chromium.org/">Resources, 16</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001024 <li>The user agent string reported by the WebView MUST be in this format:
Unsuk Jung34d4dcb2015-09-28 15:41:27 -07001025<p>Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android $(VERSION); $(MODEL) Build/$(BUILD); wv)
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001026AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 $(CHROMIUM_VER) Mobile
1027Safari/537.36</p>
1028 <ul>
1029 <li>The value of the $(VERSION) string MUST be the same as the value for
1030android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001031 <li>The value of the $(MODEL) string MUST be the same as the value for
1032android.os.Build.MODEL.</li>
1033 <li>The value of the $(BUILD) string MUST be the same as the value for
1034android.os.Build.ID.</li>
1035 <li>The value of the $(CHROMIUM_VER) string MUST be the version of Chromium in the
1036upstream Android Open Source Project.</li>
1037 <li>Device implementations MAY omit Mobile in the user agent string.</li>
1038 </ul></li></ul>
1039
1040<p>The WebView component SHOULD include support for as many HTML5 features as
1041possible and if it supports the feature SHOULD conform to the HTML5
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001042specification [<a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">Resources, 17</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001043
1044<h3 id="3_4_2_browser_compatibility">3.4.2. Browser Compatibility</h3>
1045
1046<div class="note">
1047<p>Android Television, Watch, and Android Automotive implementations MAY omit a
1048browser application, but MUST support the public intent patterns as described in
1049<a href="#3_2_3_1_core_application_intents">section 3.2.3.1</a>. All other types
1050of device implementations MUST include a standalone Browser application for
1051general user web browsing.</p>
1052</div>
1053
1054<p>The standalone Browser MAY be based on a browser technology other than WebKit.
1055However, even if an alternate Browser application is used, the
1056android.webkit.WebView component provided to third-party applications MUST be
1057based on WebKit, as described in <a href="#3_4_1_webview_compatibility">section 3.4.1</a>.</p>
1058
1059<p>Implementations MAY ship a custom user agent string in the standalone Browser
1060application.</p>
1061
1062<p>The standalone Browser application (whether based on the upstream WebKit
1063Browser application or a third-party replacement) SHOULD include support for as
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001064much of HTML5 [<a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">Resources, 17</a>] as possible. Minimally, device implementations MUST support each of these
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001065APIs associated with HTML5:</p>
1066
1067<ul>
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001068 <li>application cache/offline operation [<a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/browsers.html#offline">Resources, 18</a>]</li>
1069 <li>the &#60;video&#62; tag [<a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/semantics.html#video">Resources, 19</a>]</li>
1070 <li>geolocation [<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">Resources, 20</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001071</ul>
1072
1073<p>Additionally, device implementations MUST support the HTML5/W3C webstorage API
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001074[<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/">Resources, 21</a>], and SHOULD support the HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API [<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/">Resources, 22</a>]. Note that as the web development standards bodies are transitioning to favor
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001075IndexedDB over webstorage, IndexedDB is expected to become a required component
1076in a future version of Android.</p>
1077
1078<h2 id="3_5_api_behavioral_compatibility">3.5. API Behavioral Compatibility</h2>
1079
1080
1081<p>The behaviors of each of the API types (managed, soft, native, and web) must be
1082consistent with the preferred implementation of the upstream Android Open
1083Source Project [<a href="http://source.android.com/">Resources, 2</a>]. Some specific areas of compatibility are:</p>
1084
1085<ul>
1086 <li>Devices MUST NOT change the behavior or semantics of a standard intent.</li>
1087 <li>Devices MUST NOT alter the lifecycle or lifecycle semantics of a particular
1088type of system component (such as Service, Activity, ContentProvider, etc.).</li>
1089 <li>Devices MUST NOT change the semantics of a standard permission.</li>
1090</ul>
1091
1092<p>The above list is not comprehensive. The Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) tests
1093significant portions of the platform for behavioral compatibility, but not all.
1094It is the responsibility of the implementer to ensure behavioral compatibility
1095with the Android Open Source Project. For this reason, device implementers
1096SHOULD use the source code available via the Android Open Source Project where
1097possible, rather than re-implement significant parts of the system.</p>
1098
1099<h2 id="3_6_api_namespaces">3.6. API Namespaces</h2>
1100
1101
1102<p>Android follows the package and class namespace conventions defined by the Java
1103programming language. To ensure compatibility with third-party applications,
1104device implementers MUST NOT make any prohibited modifications (see below) to
1105these package namespaces:</p>
1106
1107<ul>
1108 <li>java.*</li>
1109 <li>javax.*</li>
1110 <li>sun.*</li>
1111 <li>android.*</li>
1112 <li>com.android.*</li>
1113</ul>
1114
1115<p><strong>Prohibited modifications include</strong>:</p>
1116
1117<ul>
1118 <li>Device implementations MUST NOT modify the publicly exposed APIs on the Android
1119platform by changing any method or class signatures, or by removing classes or
1120class fields.</li>
1121 <li>Device implementers MAY modify the underlying implementation of the APIs, but
1122such modifications MUST NOT impact the stated behavior and Java-language
1123signature of any publicly exposed APIs.</li>
1124 <li>Device implementers MUST NOT add any publicly exposed elements (such as classes
1125or interfaces, or fields or methods to existing classes or interfaces) to the
1126APIs above.</li>
1127</ul>
1128
1129<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,
1130device implementers MUST NOT expose new APIs or alter existing APIs in the
1131namespaces noted above. Device implementers MAY make internal-only
1132modifications, but those modifications MUST NOT be advertised or otherwise
1133exposed to developers.</p>
1134
1135<p>Device implementers MAY add custom APIs, but any such APIs MUST NOT be in a
1136namespace owned by or referring to another organization. For instance, device
1137implementers MUST NOT add APIs to the com.google.* or similar namespace: only
1138Google may do so. Similarly, Google MUST NOT add APIs to other companies'
1139namespaces. Additionally, if a device implementation includes custom APIs
1140outside the standard Android namespace, those APIs MUST be packaged in an
1141Android shared library so that only apps that explicitly use them (via the
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07001142lt;uses-librarygt; mechanism) are affected by the increased memory usage of such
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001143APIs.</p>
1144
1145<p>If a device implementer proposes to improve one of the package namespaces above
1146(such as by adding useful new functionality to an existing API, or adding a new
1147API), 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
1148information on that site.</p>
1149
1150<p>Note that the restrictions above correspond to standard conventions for naming
1151APIs in the Java programming language; this section simply aims to reinforce
1152those conventions and make them binding through inclusion in this Compatibility
1153Definition.</p>
1154
1155<h2 id="3_7_runtime_compatibility">3.7. Runtime Compatibility</h2>
1156
1157
1158<p>Device implementations MUST support the full Dalvik Executable (DEX) format and
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001159Dalvik bytecode specification and semantics [<a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/dalvik/">Resources, 23</a>]. Device implementers SHOULD use ART, the reference upstream implementation of
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001160the Dalvik Executable Format, and the reference implementation&rsquo;s package
1161management system.</p>
1162
1163<p>Device implementations MUST configure Dalvik runtimes to allocate memory in
1164accordance with the upstream Android platform, and as specified by the
1165following table. (See <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a> for screen size and screen density definitions.)</p>
1166
1167<p>Note that memory values specified below are considered minimum values and
1168device implementations MAY allocate more memory per application.</p>
1169
1170<table>
1171 <tr>
1172 <th>Screen Layout</th>
1173 <th>Screen Density</th>
1174 <th>Minimum Application Memory</th>
1175 </tr>
1176 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001177 <td rowspan="12">Android Watch</td>
1178 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1179 <td rowspan="3">32MB</td>
1180 </tr>
1181 <tr>
1182 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1183 </tr>
1184 <tr>
1185 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1186 </tr>
1187 <tr>
1188 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1189 <td rowspan="2">36MB</td>
1190 </tr>
1191 <tr>
1192 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1193 </tr>
1194 <tr>
1195 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1196 <td rowspan="2">48MB</td>
1197 </tr>
1198 <tr>
1199 <td>360 dpi (360dpi)</td>
1200 </tr>
1201 <tr>
1202 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1203 <td>56MB</td>
1204 </tr>
1205 <tr>
1206 <td>420 dpi (420dpi)</td>
1207 <td>64MB</td>
1208 </tr>
1209 <tr>
1210 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1211 <td>88MB</td>
1212 </tr>
1213 <tr>
1214 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1215 <td>112MB</td>
1216 </tr>
1217 <tr>
1218 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1219 <td>154MB</td>
1220 </tr>
1221 <tr>
1222 <td rowspan="12">small/normal</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001223 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1224 <td rowspan="2">32MB</td>
1225 </tr>
1226 <tr>
1227 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1228 </tr>
1229 <tr>
1230 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1231 <td rowspan="3">48MB</td>
1232 </tr>
1233 <tr>
1234 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1235 </tr>
1236 <tr>
1237 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1238 </tr>
1239 <tr>
1240 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001241 <td rowspan="2">80MB</td>
1242 </tr>
1243 <tr>
1244 <td>360 dpi (360dpi)</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001245 </tr>
1246 <tr>
1247 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1248 <td>96MB</td>
1249 </tr>
1250 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001251 <td>420 dpi (420dpi)</td>
1252 <td>112MB</td>
1253 </tr>
1254 <tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001255 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1256 <td>128MB</td>
1257 </tr>
1258 <tr>
1259 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1260 <td>192MB</td>
1261 </tr>
1262 <tr>
1263 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1264 <td>256MB</td>
1265 </tr>
1266 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001267 <td rowspan="12">large</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001268 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1269 <td>32MB</td>
1270 </tr>
1271 <tr>
1272 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1273 <td>48MB</td>
1274 </tr>
1275 <tr>
1276 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1277 <td rowspan="2">80MB</td>
1278 </tr>
1279 <tr>
1280 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1281 </tr>
1282 <tr>
1283 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1284 <td>96MB</td>
1285 </tr>
1286 <tr>
1287 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1288 <td>128MB</td>
1289 </tr>
1290 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001291 <td>360 dpi (360dpi)</td>
1292 <td>160MB</td>
1293 </tr>
1294 <tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001295 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1296 <td>192MB</td>
1297 </tr>
1298 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001299 <td>420 dpi (420dpi)</td>
1300 <td>228MB</td>
1301 </tr>
1302 <tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001303 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1304 <td>256MB</td>
1305 </tr>
1306 <tr>
1307 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1308 <td>384MB</td>
1309 </tr>
1310 <tr>
1311 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1312 <td>512MB</td>
1313 </tr>
1314 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001315 <td rowspan="12">xlarge</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001316 <td>120 dpi (ldpi)</td>
1317 <td>48MB</td>
1318 </tr>
1319 <tr>
1320 <td>160 dpi (mdpi)</td>
1321 <td>80MB</td>
1322 </tr>
1323 <tr>
1324 <td>213 dpi (tvdpi)</td>
1325 <td rowspan="2">96MB</td>
1326 </tr>
1327 <tr>
1328 <td>240 dpi (hdpi)</td>
1329 </tr>
1330 <tr>
1331 <td>280 dpi (280dpi)</td>
1332 <td>144MB</td>
1333 </tr>
1334 <tr>
1335 <td>320 dpi (xhdpi)</td>
1336 <td>192MB</td>
1337 </tr>
1338 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001339 <td>360 dpi (360dpi)</td>
1340 <td>240MB</td>
1341 </tr>
1342 <tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001343 <td>400 dpi (400dpi)</td>
1344 <td>288MB</td>
1345 </tr>
1346 <tr>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07001347 <td>420 dpi (420dpi)</td>
1348 <td>336MB</td>
1349 </tr>
1350 <tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001351 <td>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</td>
1352 <td>384MB</td>
1353 </tr>
1354 <tr>
1355 <td>560 dpi (560dpi)</td>
1356 <td>576MB</td>
1357 </tr>
1358 <tr>
1359 <td>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</td>
1360 <td>768MB</td>
1361 </tr>
1362</table>
1363
1364
1365<h2 id="3_8_user_interface_compatibility">3.8. User Interface Compatibility</h2>
1366
1367
1368<h3 id="3_8_1_launcher_home_screen">3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)</h3>
1369
1370
1371<p>Android includes a launcher application (home screen) and support for
1372third-party applications to replace the device launcher (home screen). Device
1373implementations that allow third-party applications to replace the device home
1374screen MUST declare the platform feature android.software.home_screen.</p>
1375
1376<h3 id="3_8_2_widgets">3.8.2. Widgets</h3>
1377
1378<div class="note">
1379<p>Widgets are optional for all Android device implementations, but SHOULD be
1380supported on Android Handheld devices.</p>
1381</div>
1382
1383
1384<p>Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001385allows 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, 24</a>] a feature that is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to be supported on Handheld Device
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001386implementations. Device implementations that support embedding widgets on the
1387home screen MUST meet the following requirements and declare support for
1388platform feature android.software.app_widgets.</p>
1389
1390<ul>
1391 <li>Device launchers MUST include built-in support for AppWidgets, and expose user
1392interface affordances to add, configure, view, and remove AppWidgets directly
1393within the Launcher.</li>
1394 <li>Device implementations MUST be capable of rendering widgets that are 4 x 4 in
1395the standard grid size. See the App Widget Design Guidelines in the Android SDK
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001396documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html">Resources, 24</a>] for details.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001397 <li>Device implementations that include support for lock screen MAY support
1398application widgets on the lock screen.</li>
1399</ul>
1400
1401<h3 id="3_8_3_notifications">3.8.3. Notifications</h3>
1402
1403
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001404<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, 25</a>], using hardware and software features of the device.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001405
1406<p>Some APIs allow applications to perform notifications or attract attention
1407using hardware&#8212;specifically sound, vibration, and light. Device implementations
1408MUST support notifications that use hardware features, as described in the SDK
1409documentation, and to the extent possible with the device implementation
1410hardware. For instance, if a device implementation includes a vibrator, it MUST
1411correctly implement the vibration APIs. If a device implementation lacks
1412hardware, the corresponding APIs MUST be implemented as no-ops. This behavior
1413is further detailed in <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a>.</p>
1414
1415<p>Additionally, the implementation MUST correctly render all resources (icons, animation files
1416etc.) provided for in the APIs
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001417[<a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html">Resources, 26</a>],
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001418or in the Status/System Bar icon style guide
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001419[<a href="http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html">Resources, 27</a>],
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001420which in the case of an Android Television device includes the possibility to not display the
1421notifications. Device implementers MAY provide an alternative user experience for
1422notifications than that provided by the reference Android Open Source
1423implementation; however, such alternative notification systems MUST support
1424existing notification resources, as above. </p>
1425
1426<p>Android includes support for various notifications, such as:</p>
1427
1428<ul>
1429 <li><strong>Rich notifications</strong>. Interactive Views for ongoing notifications.</li>
1430 <li><strong>Heads-up notifications</strong>. Interactive Views users can act on or dismiss without leaving the current app.</li>
1431 <li><strong>Lockscreen notifications</strong>. Notifications shown over a lock screen with granular control on visibility.</li>
1432</ul>
1433
1434<p>Android device implementations, when such notifications are made visible, MUST properly execute
1435Rich and Heads-up notifications and include the title/name, icon, text as documented in the Android
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001436APIs [<a href="https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html">Resources, 28</a>].
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001437</p>
1438
1439<p>Android includes Notification Listener Service APIs that allow apps (once
1440explicitly enabled by the user) to receive a copy of all notifications as they
1441are posted or updated. Device implementations MUST correctly and promptly send
1442notifications in their entirety to all such installed and user-enabled listener
1443services, including any and all metadata attached to the Notification object.</p>
1444
1445<h3 id="3_8_4_search">3.8.4. Search</h3>
1446
1447
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001448<p>Android includes APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/SearchManager.html">Resources, 29</a>] that allow developers to incorporate search into their applications, and
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001449expose their application&rsquo;s data into the global system search. Generally
1450speaking, this functionality consists of a single, system-wide user interface
1451that allows users to enter queries, displays suggestions as users type, and
1452displays results. The Android APIs allow developers to reuse this interface to
1453provide search within their own apps, and allow developers to supply results to
1454the common global search user interface.</p>
1455
1456<p>Android device implementations SHOULD include global search, a single, shared,
1457system-wide search user interface capable of real-time suggestions in response
1458to user input. Device implementations SHOULD implement the APIs that allow
1459developers to reuse this user interface to provide search within their own
1460applications. Device implementations that implement the global search interface
1461MUST implement the APIs that allow third-party applications to add suggestions
1462to the search box when it is run in global search mode. If no third-party
1463applications are installed that make use of this functionality, the default
1464behavior SHOULD be to display web search engine results and suggestions.</p>
1465
Unsuk Jungf8c93032015-10-05 23:40:54 -07001466<p>Android device implementations SHOULD implement an assistant on the device
1467to handle the Assist action [<a
1468href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_ASSIST">Resources,
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700146930</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jungf8c93032015-10-05 23:40:54 -07001470
1471<p>Android also includes the Assist APIs to allow applications to elect how much
Clay Murphyaccc58c2015-10-08 05:31:13 -07001472information of the current context is shared with the assistant on the device [<a
Unsuk Jungf8c93032015-10-05 23:40:54 -07001473href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/assist/package-summary.html">Resources,
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700147431</a>]. Device implementations supporting the Assist action MUST indicate clearly to
Clay Murphyaccc58c2015-10-08 05:31:13 -07001475the end user when the the context is shared by displaying a white light around
Unsuk Jungf8c93032015-10-05 23:40:54 -07001476the edges of the screen. To ensure clear visibility to the end user, the indication MUST
Clay Murphyaccc58c2015-10-08 05:31:13 -07001477meet or exceed the duration and brightness of the Android Open Source Project
1478implementation.</p>
Unsuk Jungf8c93032015-10-05 23:40:54 -07001479
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001480<h3 id="3_8_5_toasts">3.8.5. Toasts</h3>
1481
1482
1483<p>Applications can use the &ldquo;Toast&rdquo; API to display short non-modal strings to the
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001484end user, that disappear after a brief period of time [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html">Resources, 32</a>]. Device implementations MUST display Toasts from applications to end users in
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001485some high-visibility manner.</p>
1486
1487<h3 id="3_8_6_themes">3.8.6. Themes</h3>
1488
1489
1490<p>Android provides &ldquo;themes&rdquo; as a mechanism for applications to apply styles
1491across an entire Activity or application.</p>
1492
1493<p>Android includes a &ldquo;Holo&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined styles for
1494application developers to use if they want to match the Holo theme look and
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001495feel as defined by the Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html">Resources, 33</a>]. Device implementations MUST NOT alter any of the Holo theme attributes
1496exposed to applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 34</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001497
1498<p>Android includes a &ldquo;Material&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined styles for
1499application developers to use if they want to match the design theme&rsquo;s look and
1500feel across the wide variety of different Android device types. Device
1501implementations MUST support the &ldquo;Material&rdquo; theme family and MUST NOT alter any
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001502of the Material theme attributes or their assets exposed to applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html#Theme_Material">Resources, 35</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001503
1504<p>Android also includes a &ldquo;Device Default&rdquo; theme family as a set of defined
1505styles for application developers to use if they want to match the look and
1506feel of the device theme as defined by the device implementer. Device
1507implementations MAY modify the Device Default theme attributes exposed to
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001508applications [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 34</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001509
Danielle Robertsbe0f08c2015-09-29 14:09:34 -07001510<p>Android supports a variant theme with translucent system bars, which allows
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001511application developers to fill the area behind the status and navigation bar
1512with their app content. To enable a consistent developer experience in this
1513configuration, it is important the status bar icon style is maintained across
1514different device implementations. Therefore, Android device implementations
1515MUST use white for system status icons (such as signal strength and battery
1516level) and notifications issued by the system, unless the icon is indicating a
Danielle Robertsbe0f08c2015-09-29 14:09:34 -07001517problematic status or an app requests a light status bar using the
1518SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR flag. When an app requests a light status bar,
1519Android device implementations MUST change the color of the system status icons
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001520to black [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html">Resources, 34</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001521
1522<h3 id="3_8_7_live_wallpapers">3.8.7. Live Wallpapers</h3>
1523
1524
1525<p>Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001526allows 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, 36</a>]. Live wallpapers are animations, patterns, or similar images with limited
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001527input capabilities that display as a wallpaper, behind other applications.</p>
1528
1529<p>Hardware is considered capable of reliably running live wallpapers if it can
1530run all live wallpapers, with no limitations on functionality, at a reasonable
1531frame rate with no adverse effects on other applications. If limitations in the
1532hardware cause wallpapers and/or applications to crash, malfunction, consume
1533excessive CPU or battery power, or run at unacceptably low frame rates, the
1534hardware is considered incapable of running live wallpaper. As an example, some
1535live wallpapers may use an OpenGL 2.0 or 3.x context to render their content.
1536Live wallpaper will not run reliably on hardware that does not support multiple
1537OpenGL contexts because the live wallpaper use of an OpenGL context may
1538conflict with other applications that also use an OpenGL context.</p>
1539
1540<p>Device implementations capable of running live wallpapers reliably as described
1541above SHOULD implement live wallpapers, and when implemented MUST report the
1542platform feature flag android.software.live_wallpaper.</p>
1543
1544<h3 id="3_8_8_activity_switching">3.8.8. Activity Switching</h3>
1545
1546<div class="note">
1547<p>As the Recent function navigation key is OPTIONAL, the requirements to
1548implement the overview screen is OPTIONAL for Android Television devices and
1549Android Watch devices.</p>
1550</div>
1551
1552
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001553<p>The upstream Android source code includes the overview screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/recents.html">Resources, 37</a>], a system-level user interface for task switching and displaying recently
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001554accessed activities and tasks using a thumbnail image of the application&rsquo;s
1555graphical state at the moment the user last left the application. Device
1556implementations 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>
1557
1558<ul>
1559 <li>MUST display affiliated recents as a group that moves together.</li>
1560 <li>MUST support at least up to 20 displayed activities.</li>
1561 <li>MUST at least display the title of 4 activities at a time.</li>
1562 <li>SHOULD display highlight color, icon, screen title in recents.</li>
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001563 <li>MUST implement the screen pinning behavior [<a href="http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#ScreenPinning">Resources, 38</a>] and provide the user with a settings menu to toggle the feature.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001564 <li>SHOULD display a closing affordance ("x") but MAY delay this until user
1565interacts with screens.</li>
1566</ul>
1567
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07001568<p>Device implementations are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to use the upstream Android user
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001569interface (or a similar thumbnail-based interface) for the overview screen.</p>
1570
1571<h3 id="3_8_9_input_management">3.8.9. Input Management</h3>
1572
1573
1574<p>Android includes support for Input Management and support for third-party input
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001575method editors [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/creating-input-method.html">Resources, 39</a>]. Device implementations that allow users to use third-party input methods on
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001576the device MUST declare the platform feature android.software.input_methods and
1577support IME APIs as defined in the Android SDK documentation.</p>
1578
1579<p>Device implementations that declare the android.software.input_methods feature
1580MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to add and configure third-party input
1581methods. Device implementations MUST display the settings interface in response
1582to the android.settings.INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS intent.</p>
1583
1584<h3 id="3_8_10_lock_screen_media_control">3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control</h3>
1585
1586
1587<p>The Remote Control Client API is deprecated from Android 5.0 in favor of the
1588Media Notification Template that allows media applications to integrate with
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001589playback controls that are displayed on the lock screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.MediaStyle.html">Resources, 40</a>].
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001590Device implementations that support a lock screen, unless an Android Automotive or Watch
1591implementation, MUST display the Lockscreen Notifications including the Media Notification
1592Template.</p>
1593
1594<h3 id="3_8_11_dreams">3.8.11. Dreams</h3>
1595
1596
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001597<p>Android includes support for interactive screensavers called Dreams [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/dreams/DreamService.html">Resources, 41</a>]. Dreams allows users to interact with applications when a device connected to
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001598a power source is idle or docked in a desk dock. Android Watch devices MAY
1599implement Dreams, but other types of device implementations SHOULD include
1600support for Dreams and provide a settings option for users to configure Dreams
1601in response to the android.settings.DREAM_SETTINGS intent.</p>
1602
1603<h3 id="3_8_12_location">3.8.12. Location</h3>
1604
1605
1606<p>When a device has a hardware sensor (e.g. GPS) that is capable of providing the
1607location coordinates, location modes MUST be displayed in the Location menu
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001608within Settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#LOCATION_MODE">Resources, 42</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001609
1610<h3 id="3_8_13_unicode_and_font">3.8.13. Unicode and Font</h3>
1611
1612
1613<p>Android includes support for color emoji characters. When Android device
1614implementations include an IME, devices SHOULD provide an input method to the
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001615user for the Emoji characters defined in Unicode 6.1 [<a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/">Resources, 43</a>]. All devices MUST be capable of rendering these emoji characters in color glyph.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001616
1617<p>Android includes support for Roboto 2 font with different
1618weights&mdash;sans-serif-thin, sans-serif-light, sans-serif-medium, sans-serif-black,
1619sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif-condensed-light&mdash;which MUST all be included for
1620the languages available on the device and full Unicode 7.0 coverage of Latin,
1621Greek, and Cyrillic, including the Latin Extended A, B, C, and D ranges, and
1622all glyphs in the currency symbols block of Unicode 7.0.</p>
1623
1624<h2 id="3_9_device_administration">3.9. Device Administration</h2>
1625
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001626<p>Android includes features that allow security-aware applications to perform
1627device administration functions at the system level, such as enforcing password
1628policies or performing remote wipe, through the Android Device Administration
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001629API [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">Resources, 44</a>].
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001630Device implementations MUST provide an implementation of the DevicePolicyManager class
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001631[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html">Resources, 45</a>].
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001632Device implementations that include support for PIN (numeric) or PASSWORD
1633(alphanumeric) based lock screens MUST support the full range of device
1634administration policies defined in the Android SDK documentation
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001635[<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html">Resources, 44</a>]
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001636and report the platform feature android.software.device_admin.</p>
1637
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01001638<h3 id="3_9_1_device_provisioning">3.9.1 Device Provisioning</h3>
1639<h4 id="3_9_1_1_device_owner_provisioning">3.9.1.1 Device owner provisioning</h4>
1640<p>If a device implementation declares the android.software.device_admin feature,
1641the out of box setup flow MUST make it possible to enroll a Device Policy
1642Controller (DPC) application as the Device Owner app
1643[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001644Resources, 46</a>]. Device implementations MAY have a preinstalled application
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01001645performing device administration functions but this application MUST NOT be set
1646as the Device Owner app without explicit consent or action from the user or the
1647administrator of the device.</p>
1648
1649<p>The device owner provisioning process (the flow initiated by
1650android.app.action.PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE
1651[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE">
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001652Resources, 47</a>]) user experience MUST align with the AOSP implementation</p>
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01001653
1654<p>If the device implementation reports android.hardware.nfc, it MUST have NFC
1655enabled, even during the out-of-box setup flow, in order to allow for NFC
1656provisioning of Device owners
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001657[<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/provision.html#device_owner_provisioning_via_nfc">Resources, 48</a>].
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01001658</p>
1659
1660<h4 id="3_9_1_2_managed_profile_provisioning">3.9.1.2 Managed profile provisioning</h4>
1661<p>If a device implementation declares the android.software.managed_users,
1662it MUST be possible to enroll a Device Policy Controller (DPC) application
1663as the owner of a new Managed Profile
1664[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isProfileOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001665Resources, 49</a>]</p>
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01001666
1667<p>The managed profile provisioning process (the flow initiated by
1668android.app.action.PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE
1669[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE">
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001670Resources, 50</a>]) user experience MUST align with the AOSP implementation
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01001671</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001672
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01001673
1674<h2 id="3_9_2_managed_profile_support">3.9.2 Managed Profile Support</h2>
1675
1676<p>Managed profile capable devices are those devices that:</p>
1677<ul>
1678 <li>Declare android.software.device_admin (see <a href="#3_9_device_administration">section 3.9 Device Administration)</a></li>
1679 <li>Are not low RAM devices (see <a href="#7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">section 7.6.1</a></li>
1680 <li>Allocate internal (non-removable) storage as shared storage (see
1681 <a href="#7_6_2_application_shared_storage">section 7.6.2</a>)</li>
1682</ul>
1683<p>Managed profile capable devices MUST:</p>
1684<ul>
1685 <li>Declare the platform feature flag android.software.managed_users.</li>
1686 <li>Support managed profiles via the android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager APIs</li>
Unsuk Jung16032dc2015-10-07 21:36:25 -07001687 <li>Allow one and only one managed profile to be created [<a
1688href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE">Resources,
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700168950</a>]</li>
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01001690 <li>Use an icon badge (similar to the AOSP upstream work badge) to represent
1691the managed applications and widgets and other badged UI elements like Recents
1692&amp; Notifications</li>
1693 <li>Display a notification icon (similar to the AOSP upstream work badge) to
1694indicate when user is within a managed profile application</li>
1695 <li>Display a toast indicating that the user is in the managed profile if and when the
1696device wakes up (ACTION_USER_PRESENT) and the foreground application is within
1697the managed profile</li>
1698 <li>Where a managed profile exists, show a visual affordance in the Intent
Unsuk Jung16032dc2015-10-07 21:36:25 -07001699'Chooser' to allow the user to forward the intent from the managed profile to
1700the primary user or vice versa, if enabled by the Device Policy Controller</li>
1701 <li>Where a managed profile exists, expose the following user affordances for both
1702the primary user and the managed profile:
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01001703 <ul>
1704 <li>Separate accounting for battery, location, mobile data and storage usage
Unsuk Jung16032dc2015-10-07 21:36:25 -07001705 for the primary user and managed profile.</li>
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01001706 <li>Independent management of VPN Applications installed within the primary
Unsuk Jung16032dc2015-10-07 21:36:25 -07001707 user or managed profile.</li>
1708 <li>Independent management of applications installed within the primary user
1709 user or managed profile.</li>
1710 <li>Independent management of accounts within the primary user or managed
1711 profile.</li>
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01001712 </ul>
1713 </li>
1714 <li>Ensure the default dialer can look up caller information from the managed
Unsuk Jung16032dc2015-10-07 21:36:25 -07001715profile (if one exists) alongside those from the primary profile, if the Device
1716Policy Controller permits it.</li>
1717 <li>MUST ensure that it satisfies all the security requirements applicable for a device
1718 with multiple users enabled (see <a href="#9_5_multi-user_support">section 9.5</a>),
1719 even though the managed profile is not counted as another user in addition to the
1720 primary user.</li>
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01001721</ul>
1722
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001723<h2 id="3_10_accessibility">3.10. Accessibility</h2>
1724
1725
1726<p>Android provides an accessibility layer that helps users with disabilities to
1727navigate their devices more easily. In addition, Android provides platform APIs
1728that enable accessibility service implementations to receive callbacks for user
1729and system events and generate alternate feedback mechanisms, such as
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001730text-to-speech, haptic feedback, and trackball/d-pad navigation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html">Resources, 51</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001731
1732<p>Device implementations include the following requirements:</p>
1733
1734<ul>
1735<li>Android Automotive implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of the
1736Android accessibility framework consistent with the default Android
1737implementation.</li>
1738<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST provide an
1739implementation of the Android accessibility framework consistent with the
1740default Android implementation.</li>
1741<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST support
1742third-party accessibility service implementations through the
1743android.accessibilityservice APIs
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001744[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html">Resources, 52</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001745<li>Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST generate
1746AccessibilityEvents and deliver these events to all registered
1747AccessibilityService implementations in a manner consistent with the default
1748Android implementation</li>
1749<li> Device implementations (Android Automotive and Android Watch devices with
1750no audio output excluded), MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to enable
1751and disable accessibility services, and MUST display this interface in response
1752to the android.provider.Settings.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS intent.</li>
1753</ul>
1754
1755<p>Additionally, device implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of an
1756accessibility service on the device, and SHOULD provide a mechanism for users
1757to enable the accessibility service during device setup. An open source
1758implementation of an accessibility service is available from the Eyes Free
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001759project [<a href="http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/">Resources, 53</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001760
1761<h2 id="3_11_text-to-speech">3.11. Text-to-Speech</h2>
1762
1763
1764<p>Android includes APIs that allow applications to make use of text-to-speech
1765(TTS) services and allows service providers to provide implementations of TTS
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001766services [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/package-summary.html">Resources, 54</a>]. Device implementations reporting the feature android.hardware.audio.output
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001767MUST meet these requirements related to the Android TTS framework. </p>
1768
1769<p>Android Automotive implementations:</p>
1770<ul>
1771<li>MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs.</li>
1772<li>MAY support installation of third-party TTS engines. If supported, partners
1773MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows the user to select a TTS
1774engine for use at system level.</li>
1775</ul>
1776
1777<p>All other device implementations:</p>
1778
1779<ul>
1780 <li> MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs and SHOULD include a TTS engine
1781supporting the languages available on the device. Note that the upstream
1782Android open source software includes a full-featured TTS engine
1783implementation.
1784 <li> MUST support installation of third-party TTS engines
1785 <li> MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows users to select a TTS
1786engine for use at the system level
1787</ul>
1788
1789<h2 id="3_12_tv_input_framework">3.12. TV Input Framework</h2>
1790
1791
1792<p>The Android Television Input Framework (TIF) simplifies the delivery of live
1793content to Android Television devices. TIF provides a standard API to create
1794input modules that control Android Television devices. Android Television
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001795device implementations MUST support TV Input Framework
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001796[<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html">Resources, 55</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001797
1798<p>Device implementations that support TIF MUST declare the platform feature
1799android.software.live_tv.</p>
1800
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001801<h3 id="3_12_1_tv_app">3.12.1. TV App</h3>
1802
1803<p>Any device implementation that declares support for Live TV MUST have an
1804installed TV application (TV App). The Android Open Source Project provides an implementation of the TV
1805App.</p>
1806
1807<p>The TV App MUST provide facilities to install and use TV Channels
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001808[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/tv/TvContract.Channels.html">Resources, 56</a>]
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001809 and meet the following requirements:</p>
1810
1811<ul>
1812 <li>Device implementations MUST allow third-party TIF-based inputs (third-party inputs)
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001813[<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html#third-party_input_example">Resources, 57</a>]
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001814 to be installed and managed.
1815 <li>Device implementations MAY provide visual separation between pre-installed
1816 TIF-based inputs (installed inputs)
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001817[<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tv/index.html#tv_inputs">Resources, 58</a>]
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001818 and third-party inputs.
1819 <li>The device implementations MUST NOT display the third-party inputs more than a
1820single navigation action away from the TV App (i.e. expanding a list of
1821third-party inputs from the TV App).
1822</ul>
1823
1824<h4 id="3_12_1_1_electronic_program_guide">3.12.1.1. Electronic Program Guide</h4>
1825
1826<p>Android Television device implementations MUST show an informational and
1827interactive overlay, which MUST include an electronic program guide (EPG)
1828generated from the values in the TvContract.Programs fields
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001829[<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/tv/TvContract.Programs.html">Resources, 59</a>].
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001830 The EPG MUST meet the following requirements:</p>
1831
1832<ul>
1833 <li>The EPG MUST display information from all installed inputs and third-party
1834inputs.
1835 <li>The EPG MAY provide visual separation between the installed inputs and
1836third-party inputs.
1837 <li>The EPG is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to display installed inputs and third-party
1838inputs with equal prominence. The EPG MUST NOT display the third-party inputs
1839more than a single navigation action away from the installed inputs on the EPG.
1840 <li>On channel change, device implementations MUST display EPG data for the
1841currently playing program.
1842</ul>
1843
1844<h4 id="3_12_1_2_navigation">3.12.1.2. Navigation</h4>
1845
1846<p>Android Television device input devices (i.e. remote control, remote control
1847application, or game controller) MUST allow navigation to all actionable
1848sections of the screen via the D-pad. D-pad up and down MUST be used to change
1849live TV channels when there is no actionable section on the screen.</p>
1850
1851<p>The TV App SHOULD pass key events to HDMI inputs through CEC.</p>
1852
1853<h4 id="3_12_1_3_tv_input_app_linking">3.12.1.3. TV input app linking</h4>
1854
1855<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support TV input app linking,
1856which allows all inputs to provide activity links from the current activity to
1857another activity (i.e. a link from live programming to related content)
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001858[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/tv/TvContract.Channels.html#COLUMN_APP_LINK_INTENT_URI">Resources, 60</a>].
Danielle Roberts239d2c72015-09-28 13:38:45 -07001859 The TV App MUST show TV input app linking when it is provided.</p>
1860
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001861<h1 id="4_application_packaging_compatibility">4. Application Packaging Compatibility</h1>
1862
1863
1864<p>Device implementations MUST install and run Android &ldquo;.apk&rdquo; files as generated
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001865by the &ldquo;aapt&rdquo; tool included in the official Android SDK [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/index.html">Resources, 61</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001866
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001867<p>Devices implementations MUST NOT extend either the .apk [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.html">Resources, 62</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/">Resources, 23</a>], or RenderScript bytecode formats in such a way that would prevent those
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001868files from installing and running correctly on other compatible devices.</p>
1869
1870<h1 id="5_multimedia_compatibility">5. Multimedia Compatibility</h1>
1871
1872
1873<h2 id="5_1_media_codecs">5.1. Media Codecs</h2>
1874
1875
1876<p>Device implementations MUST support the core media formats specified in the
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001877Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html">Resources, 64</a>]
Danielle Roberts2764d6f2015-10-07 17:10:07 -07001878except where explicitly permitted in this document. Specifically, device
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001879implementations MUST support the media formats, encoders, decoders, file types,
1880and container formats defined in the tables below and reported via MediaCodecList
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07001881[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html">Resources, 65</a>].
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001882Device implementations MUST also be able to decode all profiles reported in its CamcorderProfile
1883[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html">Resources,
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -0700188466</a>] and MUST be able to decode all formats it can encode.
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001885
1886All of these codecs are
1887provided as software implementations in the preferred Android implementation
1888from the Android Open Source Project.</p>
1889
1890<p>Please note that neither Google nor the Open Handset Alliance make any
1891representation that these codecs are free from third-party patents. Those
1892intending to use this source code in hardware or software products are advised
1893that implementations of this code, including in open source software or
1894shareware, may require patent licenses from the relevant patent holders.</p>
1895
1896<h3 id="5_1_1_audio_codecs">5.1.1. Audio Codecs</h3>
1897
1898<table>
1899 <tr>
1900 <th>Format/Codec</th>
1901 <th>Encoder</th>
1902 <th>Decoder</th>
1903 <th>Details</th>
1904 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
1905 </tr>
1906 <tr>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001907 <td>MPEG-4 AAC Profile<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001908
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001909(AAC LC)</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001910 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup></td>
1911 <td>REQUIRED</td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07001912 <td>Support for mono/stereo/5.0/5.1<sup>2</sup> content with standard sampling rates from 8 to
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700191348 kHz.</td>
1914 <td>
1915 <ul>
1916 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
1917 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4a)</li>
1918 <li class="table_list">ADTS raw AAC (.aac, decode in Android 3.1+, encode in Android 4.0+, ADIF not
1919supported)</li>
1920 <li class="table_list">MPEG-TS (.ts, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</li></ul></td>
1921 </tr>
1922 <tr>
1923 <td>MPEG-4 HE AAC Profile (AAC+)</td>
1924 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup><br>(Android 4.1+)</td>
1925 <td>REQUIRED</td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07001926 <td>Support for mono/stereo/5.0/5.1<sup>2</sup> content with standard sampling rates from 16
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001927to 48 kHz.</td>
1928 <td></td>
1929 </tr>
1930 <tr>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001931 <td>MPEG-4 HE AACv2<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001932
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001933Profile (enhanced AAC+)</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001934 <td> </td>
1935 <td>REQUIRED</td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07001936 <td>Support for mono/stereo/5.0/5.1<sup>2</sup> content with standard sampling rates from 16
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001937to 48 kHz.</td>
1938 <td></td>
1939 </tr>
1940 <tr>
1941 <td>AAC ELD (enhanced low delay AAC)</td>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001942 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup> <br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001943
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001944(Android 4.1+)</td>
1945 <td>REQUIRED<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001946
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07001947(Android 4.1+)</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001948 <td>Support for mono/stereo content with standard sampling rates from 16 to 48 kHz.</td>
1949 <td></td>
1950 </tr>
1951 <tr>
1952 <td>AMR-NB</td>
1953 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1954 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07001955 <td>4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8 kHz</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001956 <td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
1957 </tr>
1958 <tr>
1959 <td>AMR-WB</td>
1960 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
1961 <td>REQUIRED<sup>3</sup></td>
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07001962 <td>9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16 kHz</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07001963 <td></td>
1964 </tr>
1965 <tr>
1966 <td>FLAC</td>
1967 <td></td>
1968 <td>REQUIRED <br>(Android 3.1+)</td>
1969 <td>Mono/Stereo (no multichannel). Sample rates up to 48 kHz (but up to 44.1 kHz is
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07001970RECOMMENDED on devices with 44.1 kHz output, as the 48 to 44.1 kHz downsampler
1971does not include a low-pass filter). 16-bit RECOMMENDED; no dither applied for
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -0700197224-bit.</td>
1973 <td>FLAC (.flac) only</td>
1974 </tr>
1975 <tr>
1976 <td>MP3</td>
1977 <td></td>
1978 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1979 <td>Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bitrate (VBR)</td>
1980 <td>MP3 (.mp3)</td>
1981 </tr>
1982 <tr>
1983 <td>MIDI</td>
1984 <td></td>
1985 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1986 <td>MIDI Type 0 and 1. DLS Version 1 and 2. XMF and Mobile XMF. Support for
1987ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody</td>
1988 <td><ul>
1989 <li class="table_list">Type 0 and 1 (.mid, .xmf, .mxmf)</li>
1990 <li class="table_list">RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx)</li>
1991 <li class="table_list">OTA (.ota)</li>
1992 <li class="table_list">iMelody (.imy)</li></ul></td>
1993 </tr>
1994 <tr>
1995 <td>Vorbis</td>
1996 <td></td>
1997 <td>REQUIRED</td>
1998 <td></td>
1999 <td><ul>
2000 <li class="table_list">Ogg (.ogg)</li>
2001 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)</li></ul></td>
2002 </tr>
2003 <tr>
2004 <td>PCM/WAVE</td>
2005 <td>REQUIRED<sup>4</sup><br> (Android 4.1+)</td>
2006 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2007 <td>16-bit linear PCM (rates up to limit of hardware). Devices MUST support
2008sampling rates for raw PCM recording at 8000, 11025, 16000, and 44100 Hz
2009frequencies.</td>
2010 <td>WAVE (.wav)</td>
2011 </tr>
2012 <tr>
2013 <td>Opus</td>
2014 <td></td>
2015 <td>REQUIRED<br> (Android 5.0+)</td>
2016 <td></td>
2017 <td>Matroska (.mkv)</td>
2018 </tr>
2019</table>
2020
2021
2022<p class="table_footnote"> 1 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone
2023but optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
2024
2025<p class="table_footnote">2 Only downmix of 5.0/5.1 content is required; recording or rendering more than
20262 channels is optional.</p>
2027
2028<p class="table_footnote">3 Required for Android Handheld device implementations. </p>
2029
2030<p class="table_footnote">4 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone,
2031including Android Watch device implementations.</p>
2032
2033<h3 id="5_1_2_image_codecs">5.1.2. Image Codecs</h3>
2034
2035<table>
2036 <tr>
2037 <th>Format/Codec</th>
2038 <th>Encoder</th>
2039 <th>Decoder</th>
2040 <th>Details</th>
2041 <th>Supported File Types/Container Formats</th>
2042 </tr>
2043 <tr>
2044 <td>JPEG</td>
2045 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2046 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2047 <td>Base+progressive</td>
2048 <td>JPEG (.jpg)</td>
2049 </tr>
2050 <tr>
2051 <td>GIF</td>
2052 <td></td>
2053 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2054 <td></td>
2055 <td>GIF (.gif)</td>
2056 </tr>
2057 <tr>
2058 <td>PNG</td>
2059 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2060 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2061 <td></td>
2062 <td>PNG (.png)</td>
2063 </tr>
2064 <tr>
2065 <td>BMP</td>
2066 <td></td>
2067 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2068 <td></td>
2069 <td>BMP (.bmp)</td>
2070 </tr>
2071 <tr>
2072 <td>WebP</td>
2073 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2074 <td>REQUIRED</td>
2075 <td></td>
2076 <td>WebP (.webp)</td>
2077 </tr>
2078</table>
2079
2080
2081<h3 id="5_1_3_video_codecs">5.1.3. Video Codecs</h3>
2082
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002083<table>
2084 <tr>
2085 <th>Format/Codec</th>
2086 <th>Encoder</th>
2087 <th>Decoder</th>
2088 <th>Details</th>
2089 <th>Supported File Types/<br>Container Formats</th>
2090 </tr>
2091 <tr>
2092 <td>H.263</td>
2093 <td>REQUIRED<sup>1</sup></td>
2094 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
2095 <td></td>
2096 <td><ul>
2097 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
2098 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4)</li></ul></td>
2099 </tr>
2100 <tr>
2101 <td>H.264 AVC</td>
2102 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
2103 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
2104 <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>
2105 <td><ul>
2106 <li class="table_list">3GPP (.3gp)</li>
2107 <li class="table_list">MPEG-4 (.mp4)</li>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002108 <li class="table_list">MPEG-2 TS (.ts, AAC audio only, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002109 </tr>
2110 <tr>
2111 <td>H.265 HEVC</td>
2112 <td></td>
2113 <td>REQUIRED<sup>5</sup></td>
2114 <td>See <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">section 5.3</a> for details</td>
2115 <td>MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td>
2116 </tr>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002117<tr>
2118 <td>MPEG-2</td>
2119 <td></td>
2120 <td>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED<sup>6</sup></td>
2121 <td>Main Profile</td>
2122 <td>MPEG2-TS</td>
2123</tr>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002124 <tr>
2125 <td>MPEG-4 SP</td>
2126 <td></td>
2127 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup></td>
2128 <td></td>
2129 <td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
2130 </tr>
2131 <tr>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07002132 <td>VP8<sup>3</sup></td>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07002133 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup><br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002134
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07002135(Android 4.3+)</td>
2136 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup><br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002137
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07002138(Android 2.3.3+)</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002139 <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>
2140 <td><ul>
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002141 <li class="table_list">WebM (.webm) [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">Resources, 67</a></li>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07002142 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)<sup>4</sup></li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002143 </tr>
2144 <tr>
2145 <td>VP9</td>
2146 <td></td>
2147 <td>REQUIRED<sup>2</sup><br> (Android 4.4+)</td>
2148 <td>See <a href="#5_3_video_decoding">section 5.3</a> for details</td>
2149 <td><ul>
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002150 <li class="table_list">WebM (.webm) [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">Resources, 67</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07002151 <li class="table_list">Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)<sup>4</sup></li></ul></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002152 </tr>
2153</table>
2154
2155
2156<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for device implementations that include camera hardware and define
2157android.hardware.camera or android.hardware.camera.front.</p>
2158
2159<p class="table_footnote">2 Required for device implementations except Android Watch devices. </p>
2160
2161<p class="table_footnote">3 For acceptable quality of web video streaming and video-conference services,
2162device implementations SHOULD use a hardware VP8 codec that meets the
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002163requirements in [<a href="http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/rtc-coding-requirements/">Resources, 68</a>].</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002164
2165<p class="table_footnote">4 Device implementations SHOULD support writing Matroska WebM files.</p>
2166
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07002167<p class="table_footnote">5 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Automotive, optional for Android Watch, and required for all other device types.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002168
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002169<p class="table_footnote">6 Applies only to Android Television device implementations.</p>
2170
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002171<h2 id="5_2_video_encoding">5.2. Video Encoding</h2>
2172
2173<div class="note">
2174<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
2175</div>
2176
Unsuk Jung1def5ae2015-09-29 14:53:42 -07002177<p>Android device implementations with H.263 encoders, MUST support Baseline Profile Level 45.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002178
2179<p>Android device implementations with H.264 codec support, MUST support Baseline
2180Profile Level 3 and the following SD (Standard Definition) video encoding
2181profiles and SHOULD support Main Profile Level 4 and the following HD (High
Glenn Kasten894a1242015-10-07 16:13:27 -07002182Definition) video encoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
2183to encode HD 1080p video at 30 fps.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002184<table>
2185 <tr>
2186 <th></th>
2187 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2188 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002189 <th>HD 720p<sup>1</sup></th>
2190 <th>HD 1080p<sup>1</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002191 </tr>
2192 <tr>
2193 <th>Video resolution</th>
2194 <td>320 x 240 px</td>
2195 <td>720 x 480 px</td>
2196 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2197 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2198 </tr>
2199 <tr>
2200 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2201 <td>20 fps</td>
2202 <td>30 fps</td>
2203 <td>30 fps</td>
2204 <td>30 fps</td>
2205 </tr>
2206 <tr>
2207 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2208 <td>384 Kbps</td>
2209 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2210 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2211 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2212 </tr>
2213</table>
2214
2215
2216<p class="table_footnote">1 When supported by hardware, but STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television
2217devices.</p>
2218
2219<p>Android device implementations with VP8 codec support MUST support the SD video
2220encoding profiles and SHOULD support the following HD (High Definition) video
2221encoding profiles.</p>
2222<table>
2223 <tr>
2224 <th></th>
2225 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2226 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002227 <th>HD 720p<sup>1</sup></th>
2228 <th>HD 1080p<sup>1</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002229 </tr>
2230 <tr>
2231 <th>Video resolution</th>
2232 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2233 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2234 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2235 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2236 </tr>
2237 <tr>
2238 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2239 <td>30 fps</td>
2240 <td>30 fps</td>
2241 <td>30 fps</td>
2242 <td>30 fps</td>
2243 </tr>
2244 <tr>
2245 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2246 <td>800 Kbps </td>
2247 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2248 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2249 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2250 </tr>
2251</table>
2252
2253<p class="table_footnote">1 When supported by hardware.</p>
2254
2255<h2 id="5_3_video_decoding">5.3. Video Decoding</h2>
2256
2257<div class="note">
2258<p>Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.</p>
2259</div>
2260
Unsuk Jung9ddf3832015-09-29 17:16:29 -07002261<p>Device implementations MUST support dynamic video resolution and frame rate
2262switching through the standard Android APIs within the same stream for all VP8,
2263VP9, H.264, and H.265 codecs in real time and up to the maximum resolution
2264supported on the device.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002265
Unsuk Jung1def5ae2015-09-29 14:53:42 -07002266<p>Android device implementations with H.263 decoders, MUST support Baseline
2267Profile Level 30.</p>
2268
2269<p>Android device implementations with MPEG-4 decoders, MUST support Simple
2270Profile Level 3.</p>
2271
2272<p>Android device implementations with H.264 decoders, MUST support Main Profile
Unsuk Jung9ddf3832015-09-29 17:16:29 -07002273Level 3.1 and the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support the
Unsuk Jung1def5ae2015-09-29 14:53:42 -07002274HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support High Profile
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002275Level 4.2 and the HD 1080p decoding profile.</p>
2276<table>
2277 <tr>
2278 <th></th>
2279 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2280 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002281 <th>HD 720p<sup>1</sup></th>
2282 <th>HD 1080p<sup>1</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002283 </tr>
2284 <tr>
2285 <th>Video resolution</th>
2286 <td>320 x 240 px</td>
2287 <td>720 x 480 px</td>
2288 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2289 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2290 </tr>
2291 <tr>
2292 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2293 <td>30 fps</td>
2294 <td>30 fps</td>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002295 <td>60 fps</td>
2296 <td>30 fps / 60 fps<sup>2</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002297 </tr>
2298 <tr>
2299 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2300 <td>800 Kbps </td>
2301 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2302 <td>8 Mbps</td>
2303 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2304 </tr>
2305</table>
2306
2307
Unsuk Jung9ddf3832015-09-29 17:16:29 -07002308<p class="table_footnote">1 REQUIRED for when the height as reported by the
2309Display.getSupportedModes() method is not smaller than the video resolution.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002310
Unsuk Jung9ddf3832015-09-29 17:16:29 -07002311<p class="table_footnote">2 REQUIRED for Android Television device implementations.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002312
2313<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
2314decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support the HD 1080p
2315decoding profile. </p>
2316<table>
2317 <tr>
2318 <th></th>
2319 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2320 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002321 <th>HD 720p<sup>1</sup></th>
2322 <th>HD 1080p<sup>1</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002323 </tr>
2324 <tr>
2325 <th>Video resolution</th>
2326 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2327 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2328 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2329 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2330 </tr>
2331 <tr>
2332 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2333 <td>30 fps</td>
2334 <td>30 fps</td>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002335 <td>30 fps / 60 fps<sup>2</sup></td>
2336 <td>30 / 60 fps<sup>2</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002337 </tr>
2338 <tr>
2339 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2340 <td>800 Kbps </td>
2341 <td>2 Mbps</td>
2342 <td>8 Mbps</td>
2343 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2344 </tr>
2345</table>
2346
Unsuk Jung9ddf3832015-09-29 17:16:29 -07002347<p class="table_footnote">1 REQUIRED for when the height as reported by the
2348Display.getSupportedModes() method is not smaller than the video resolution.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002349
Unsuk Jung9ddf3832015-09-29 17:16:29 -07002350<p class="table_footnote">2 REQUIRED for Android Television device implementations.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002351
2352<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
2353HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to
2354support the HD 1080p decoding profile and SHOULD support the UHD decoding
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002355profile. When the UHD video decoding profile is supported, it MUST support 8-bit
2356color depth and SHOULD support VP9 Profile 2 (10-bit).</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002357<table>
2358 <tr>
2359 <th></th>
2360 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2361 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002362 <th>HD 720p<sup>1</sup></th>
2363 <th>HD 1080p<sup>2</sup></th>
2364 <th>UHD<sup>2</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002365 </tr>
2366 <tr>
2367 <th>Video resolution</th>
2368 <td>320 x 180 px</td>
2369 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2370 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2371 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2372 <td>3840 x 2160 px</td>
2373 </tr>
2374 <tr>
2375 <th>Video frame rate</th>
2376 <td>30 fps</td>
2377 <td>30 fps</td>
2378 <td>30 fps</td>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002379 <td>60 fps</td>
2380 <td>60 fps</td>
2381 </tr>
2382 <tr>
2383 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2384 <td>600 Kbps</td>
2385 <td>1.6 Mbps</td>
2386 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2387 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2388 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2389 </tr>
2390</table>
2391
2392
2393<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of
2394devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2395
2396<p class="table_footnote">2 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for existing Android Television device implementations when
2397supported by hardware.</p>
2398
2399<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
2400decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android
2401Television devices MUST support the Main Profile Level 4.1 Main tier and the HD
24021080p decoding profile and SHOULD support Main10 Level 5 Main Tier profile and
2403the UHD decoding profile.</p>
2404<table>
2405 <tr>
2406 <th></th>
2407 <th>SD (Low quality)</th>
2408 <th>SD (High quality)</th>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07002409 <th>HD 720p<sup>1</sup></th>
2410 <th>HD 1080p<sup>1</sup></th>
2411 <th>UHD<sup>2</sup></th>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002412 </tr>
2413 <tr>
2414 <th>Video resolution</th>
2415 <td>352 x 288 px</td>
2416 <td>640 x 360 px</td>
2417 <td>1280 x 720 px</td>
2418 <td>1920 x 1080 px</td>
2419 <td>3840 x 2160 px</td>
2420 </tr>
2421 <tr>
2422 <th>Video frame rate</th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002423 <td>30 fps</td>
2424 <td>30 fps</td>
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002425 <td>30 fps</td>
2426 <td>60 fps<sup>2</sup></td>
2427 <td>60 fps</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002428 </tr>
2429 <tr>
2430 <th>Video bitrate</th>
2431 <td>600 Kbps </td>
2432 <td>1.6 Mbps</td>
2433 <td>4 Mbps</td>
2434 <td>10 Mbps</td>
2435 <td>20 Mbps</td>
2436 </tr>
2437</table>
2438
2439
2440<p class="table_footnote">1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of
2441devices only when supported by hardware.</p>
2442
Danielle Robertsbbe05752015-09-29 16:49:50 -07002443<p class="table_footnote">2 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
2444for existing Android Television device implementations when supported by hardware.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002445
2446<h2 id="5_4_audio_recording">5.4. Audio Recording</h2>
2447
2448
2449<p>While some of the requirements outlined in this section are stated as SHOULD
2450since Android 4.3, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned
Glenn Kasten894a1242015-10-07 16:13:27 -07002451to change these to MUST. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong>
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07002452to meet these requirements, or they will not be able to attain Android compatibility when upgraded
2453to the future version.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002454
2455<h3 id="5_4_1_raw_audio_capture">5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture</h3>
2456
2457
2458<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone MUST allow
2459capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:</p>
2460
2461<ul>
2462 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit
2463 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 8000, 11025, 16000, 44100
2464 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Mono
2465</ul>
2466
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07002467<p>The capture for the above sample rates MUST be done without up-sampling, and
2468any down-sampling MUST include an appropriate anti-aliasing filter.</p>
2469
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002470<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD allow
2471capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:</p>
2472
2473<ul>
2474 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit
2475 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 22050, 48000
2476 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Stereo
2477</ul>
2478
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07002479<p>If capture for the above sample rates is supported,
2480then the capture MUST be done without up-sampling at any ratio higher than 16000:22050
2481or 44100:48000.
2482Any up-sampling or down-sampling MUST include an appropriate anti-aliasing filter.</p>
2483
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002484<h3 id="5_4_2_capture_for_voice_recognition">5.4.2. Capture for Voice Recognition</h3>
2485
2486
2487<p>In addition to the above recording specifications, when an application has
2488started recording an audio stream using the
2489android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_RECOGNITION audio source:</p>
2490
2491<ul>
2492 <li>The device SHOULD exhibit approximately flat amplitude versus frequency
2493characteristics: specifically, ±3 dB, from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz.
2494 <li>Audio input sensitivity SHOULD be set such that a 90 dB sound power level (SPL)
2495source at 1000 Hz yields RMS of 2500 for 16-bit samples.
2496 <li>PCM amplitude levels SHOULD linearly track input SPL changes over at least a 30
2497dB range from -18 dB to +12 dB re 90 dB SPL at the microphone.
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07002498 <li>Total harmonic distortion SHOULD be less than 1% for 1 kHz at 90 dB SPL input
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002499level at the microphone.
2500 <li>Noise reduction processing, if present, MUST be disabled.
2501 <li>Automatic gain control, if present, MUST be disabled
2502</ul>
2503
2504<p>If the platform supports noise suppression technologies tuned for speech
2505recognition, the effect MUST be controllable from the
2506android.media.audiofx.NoiseSuppressor API. Moreover, the UUID field for the
2507noise suppressor&rsquo;s effect descriptor MUST uniquely identify each implementation
2508of the noise suppression technology.</p>
2509
2510<h3 id="5_4_3_capture_for_rerouting_of_playback">5.4.3. Capture for Rerouting of Playback</h3>
2511
2512
2513<p>The android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource class includes the REMOTE_SUBMIX
2514audio source. Devices that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST properly
2515implement the REMOTE_SUBMIX audio source so that when an application uses the
2516android.media.AudioRecord API to record from this audio source, it can capture
2517a mix of all audio streams except for the following:</p>
2518
2519<ul>
2520 <li>STREAM_RING
2521 <li>STREAM_ALARM
2522 <li>STREAM_NOTIFICATION
2523</ul>
2524
2525<h2 id="5_5_audio_playback">5.5. Audio Playback</h2>
2526
2527
2528<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST conform
2529to the requirements in this section.</p>
2530
2531<h3 id="5_5_1_raw_audio_playback">5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback</h3>
2532
2533
2534<p>The device MUST allow playback of raw audio content with the following
2535characteristics:</p>
2536
2537<ul>
2538 <li><strong>Format</strong>: Linear PCM, 16-bit</li>
2539 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100</li>
2540 <li><strong>Channels</strong>: Mono, Stereo</li>
2541</ul>
2542
2543<p>The device SHOULD allow playback of raw audio content with the following
2544characteristics:</p>
2545
2546<ul>
2547 <li><strong>Sampling rates</strong>: 24000, 48000</li>
2548</ul>
2549
2550<h3 id="5_5_2_audio_effects">5.5.2. Audio Effects</h3>
2551
2552
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002553<p>Android provides an API for audio effects for device implementations [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.html">Resources, 69</a>]. Device implementations that declare the feature
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002554android.hardware.audio.output:</p>
2555
2556<ul>
2557 <li>MUST support the EFFECT_TYPE_EQUALIZER and EFFECT_TYPE_LOUDNESS_ENHANCER
2558implementations controllable through the AudioEffect subclasses Equalizer,
2559LoudnessEnhancer.</li>
2560 <li>MUST support the visualizer API implementation, controllable through the
2561Visualizer class.</li>
2562 <li>SHOULD support the EFFECT_TYPE_BASS_BOOST, EFFECT_TYPE_ENV_REVERB,
2563EFFECT_TYPE_PRESET_REVERB, and EFFECT_TYPE_VIRTUALIZER implementations
2564controllable through the AudioEffect sub-classes BassBoost,
2565EnvironmentalReverb, PresetReverb, and Virtualizer.</li>
2566</ul>
2567
2568<h3 id="5_5_3_audio_output_volume">5.5.3. Audio Output Volume</h3>
2569
2570
2571<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for system
2572Master Volume and digital audio output volume attenuation on supported outputs,
2573except for compressed audio passthrough output (where no audio decoding is done
2574on the device).</p>
2575
2576<h2 id="5_6_audio_latency">5.6. Audio Latency</h2>
2577
2578
2579<p>Audio latency is the time delay as an audio signal passes through a system.
2580Many classes of applications rely on short latencies, to achieve real-time
2581sound effects.</p>
2582
2583<p>For the purposes of this section, use the following definitions:</p>
2584
2585<ul>
2586 <li><strong>output latency</strong>. The interval between when an application writes a frame of PCM-coded data and
2587when the corresponding sound can be heard by an external listener or observed
2588by a transducer.</li>
2589 <li><strong>cold output latency</strong>. The output latency for the first frame, when the audio output system has been
2590idle and powered down prior to the request.</li>
2591 <li><strong>continuous output latency</strong>. The output latency for subsequent frames, after the device is playing audio.</li>
2592 <li><strong>input latency</strong>. The interval between when an external sound is presented to the device and
2593when an application reads the corresponding frame of PCM-coded data.</li>
2594 <li><strong>cold input latency</strong>. The sum of lost input time and the input latency for the first frame, when the
2595audio input system has been idle and powered down prior to the request.</li>
2596 <li><strong>continuous input latency</strong>. The input latency for subsequent frames, while the device is capturing audio.</li>
2597 <li><strong>cold output jitter</strong>. The variance among separate measurements of cold output latency values.</li>
2598 <li><strong>cold input jitter</strong>. The variance among separate measurements of cold input latency values.</li>
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002599 <li><strong>continuous round-trip latency</strong>. The sum of continuous input latency plus continuous output latency plus
2600 one buffer period.
2601 The buffer period term allows processing time for the app and for the app to
2602 mitigate phase difference between input and output streams.
2603 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002604 <li><strong>OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API</strong>. The set of PCM-related OpenSL ES APIs within Android NDK; see
2605NDK_root/docs/opensles/index.html.</li>
2606</ul>
2607
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07002608<p>Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002609or exceed these audio output requirements:</p>
2610
2611<ul>
2612 <li>cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less</li>
2613 <li>continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less</li>
2614 <li>minimize the cold output jitter</li>
2615</ul>
2616
2617<p>If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section after any
2618initial calibration when using the OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API, for
2619continuous output latency and cold output latency over at least one supported
Glenn Kasten64db04c2015-10-07 16:26:33 -07002620audio output device, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to report support for low-latency audio, by reporting
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002621the feature android.hardware.audio.low_latency via the
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002622android.content.pm.PackageManager class [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 70</a>]. Conversely, if the device implementation does not meet these requirements it
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002623MUST NOT report support for low-latency audio.</p>
2624
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07002625<p>Device implementations that include android.hardware.microphone are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002626these input audio requirements:</p>
2627
2628<ul>
2629 <li>cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less</li>
2630 <li>continuous input latency of 30 milliseconds or less</li>
2631 <li>continuous round-trip latency of 50 milliseconds or less</li>
2632 <li>minimize the cold input jitter</li>
2633</ul>
2634
2635<h2 id="5_7_network_protocols">5.7. Network Protocols</h2>
2636
2637
2638<p>Devices MUST support the media network protocols for audio and video playback
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002639as specified in the Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html">Resources, 64</a>]. Specifically, devices MUST support the following media network protocols:</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002640
2641<ul>
2642 <li>RTSP (RTP, SDP)</li>
2643 <li>HTTP(S) progressive streaming</li>
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002644 <li>HTTP(S) Live Streaming draft protocol, Version 3 [<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-03">Resources, 71</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002645</ul>
2646
2647<h2 id="5_8_secure_media">5.8. Secure Media</h2>
2648
2649
2650<p>Device implementations that support secure video output and are capable of
2651supporting secure surfaces MUST declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE. Device
2652implementations that declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE, if they support a
2653wireless display protocol, MUST secure the link with a cryptographically strong
2654mechanism such as HDCP 2.x or higher for Miracast wireless displays. Similarly
2655if they support a wired external display, the device implementations MUST
2656support HDCP 1.2 or higher. Android Television device implementations MUST
2657support HDCP 2.2 for devices supporting 4K resolution and HDCP 1.4 or above for
2658lower resolutions. The upstream Android open source implementation includes
2659support for wireless (Miracast) and wired (HDMI) displays that satisfies this
2660requirement.</p>
2661
Glenn Kasten87ef61d2015-07-29 09:01:36 -07002662<h2 id="5_9_midi">5.9. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)</h2>
2663
2664<p>
2665If a device implementation supports the inter-app MIDI software transport
2666(virtual MIDI devices), and it supports MIDI over
2667<em>all</em> of the following MIDI-capable hardware transports
Glenn Kasten64db04c2015-10-07 16:26:33 -07002668for which it provides generic non-MIDI connectivity, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to report
Glenn Kasten87ef61d2015-07-29 09:01:36 -07002669support for feature android.software.midi via the
2670android.content.pm.PackageManager class
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002671[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 70</a>].
Glenn Kasten87ef61d2015-07-29 09:01:36 -07002672</p>
2673
2674<p>The MIDI-capable hardware transports are:</p>
2675<ul>
2676 <li>USB host mode (section 7.7 USB)</li>
2677 <li>USB peripheral mode (section 7.7 USB)</li>
2678</ul>
2679
2680<p>
2681Conversely, if the device implementation provides generic non-MIDI connectivity over a particular
2682MIDI-capable hardware transport listed above, but does not support MIDI over that hardware transport,
2683it MUST NOT report support for feature android.software.midi.
2684</p>
2685
2686<p>
2687MIDI over Bluetooth LE acting in central role (section 7.4.3 Bluetooth)
2688is in trial use status. A device implementation that reports
2689feature android.software.midi, and which provides generic non-MIDI connectivity
2690over Bluetooth LE, SHOULD support MIDI over Bluetooth LE.
2691</p>
2692
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002693<h2 id="5_10_pro_audio">5.10. Professional Audio</h2>
2694
2695<p>
2696If a device implementation meets <em>all</em> of the following requirements,
Glenn Kasten64db04c2015-10-07 16:26:33 -07002697it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to report support for feature android.hardware.audio.pro via the
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002698android.content.pm.PackageManager class
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002699[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 70</a>].
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002700</p>
2701
2702<ul>
2703
2704<li>
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -07002705The device implementation MUST report support for feature android.hardware.audio.low_latency.
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002706</li>
2707
2708<li> The continuous round-trip audio latency, as defined in section 5.6 Audio Latency,
2709MUST be 20 milliseconds or less and SHOULD be 10 milliseconds or less over at least one
2710supported path.
2711</li>
2712
2713<li>
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -07002714If the device includes a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack,
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002715the continuous round-trip audio latency MUST be 20 milliseconds or less over the audio jack path,
2716and SHOULD be 10 milliseconds or less over at the audio jack path.
2717</li>
2718
2719<li>
2720The device implementation MUST include a USB port(s) supporting USB host mode and
2721USB peripheral mode.
2722</li>
2723
2724<li>
Glenn Kasten755f4b22015-09-25 16:04:23 -07002725The USB host mode MUST implement the USB audio class.
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002726</li>
2727
2728<li>
2729If the device includes an HDMI port, the device implementation
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -07002730MUST support output in stereo and eight channels
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002731at 20-bit or 24-bit depth and 192 kHz without bit-depth loss or resampling.
2732</li>
2733
2734<li>
2735The device implementation MUST report support for feature android.software.midi.
2736</li>
2737
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -07002738<li>
2739If the device includes a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack,
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07002740the device implementation is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to comply with section
Glenn Kasten1578ece2015-09-15 13:44:17 -07002741<a href="https://source.android.com/accessories/headset/specification.html#mobile_device_jack_specifications">Mobile device (jack) specifications</a>
2742of the
2743<a href="https://source.android.com/accessories/headset/specification.html">Wired Audio Headset Specification (v1.1)</a>.
2744</li>
2745
Glenn Kasten78eccbd2015-08-12 10:18:22 -07002746</ul>
2747
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002748<h1 id="6_developer_tools_and_options_compatibility">6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility</h1>
2749
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002750<h2 id="6_1_developer_tools">6.1. Developer Tools</h2>
2751
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002752<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android Developer Tools provided in the
2753Android SDK. Android compatible devices MUST be compatible with:</p>
2754
2755<ul>
Danielle Roberts516abae2015-10-08 14:37:13 -07002756 <li><strong>Android Debug Bridge (adb)</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">Resources, 72</a>]</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002757</ul>
2758
2759<p>Device implementations MUST support all adb functions as documented in the
2760Android 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
2761user-accessible mechanism to turn on the Android Debug Bridge. If a device
2762implementation omits USB peripheral mode, it MUST implement the Android Debug
2763Bridge via local-area network (such as Ethernet or 802.11). </p>
2764
2765<p>Android includes support for secure adb. Secure adb enables adb on known
2766authenticated hosts. Device implementations MUST support secure adb.</p>
2767
2768<ul>
2769 <li><strong>Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (ddms)</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html">Resources, 57</a>]</li>
2770</ul>
2771
2772<p>Device implementations MUST support all ddms features as documented in the
2773Android SDK. As ddms uses adb, support for ddms SHOULD be inactive by default,
2774but MUST be supported whenever the user has activated the Android Debug Bridge,
2775as above.</p>
2776
2777<ul>
2778 <li><strong>Monkey</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html">Resources, 58</a>]</li>
2779</ul>
2780
2781<p>Device implementations MUST include the Monkey framework, and make it available
2782for applications to use.</p>
2783
2784<ul>
2785 <li><strong>SysTrace</strong> [<a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html">Resources, 59</a>]</li>
2786</ul>
2787
2788<p>Device implementations MUST support systrace tool as documented in the Android
2789SDK. Systrace must be inactive by default, and there MUST be a user-accessible
2790mechanism to turn on Systrace.</p>
2791
2792<p>Most Linux-based systems and Apple Macintosh systems recognize Android devices
2793using the standard Android SDK tools, without additional support; however
2794Microsoft Windows systems typically require a driver for new Android devices.
2795(For instance, new vendor IDs and sometimes new device IDs require custom USB
2796drivers for Windows systems.) If a device implementation is unrecognized by the
2797adb tool as provided in the standard Android SDK, device implementers MUST
2798provide Windows drivers allowing developers to connect to the device using the
2799adb protocol. These drivers MUST be provided for Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Unsuk Jung5ad5aba2015-09-29 22:13:02 -07002800Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
2801</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002802
2803<h2 id="6_2_developer_options">6.2. Developer Options</h2>
2804
2805
2806<p>Android includes support for developers to configure application
2807development-related settings. Device implementations MUST honor the
2808android.settings.APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS intent to show application
2809development-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
2810default and enables users to launch Developer Options after pressing seven (7)
2811times on the <strong>Settings</strong> > <strong>About Device</strong> > <strong>Build Number</strong> menu item. Device implementations MUST provide a consistent experience for
2812Developer Options. Specifically, device implementations MUST hide Developer
2813Options by default and MUST provide a mechanism to enable Developer Options
2814that is consistent with the upstream Android implementation.</p>
2815
2816<h1 id="7_hardware_compatibility">7. Hardware Compatibility</h1>
2817
2818
2819<p>If a device includes a particular hardware component that has a corresponding
2820API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST implement that
2821API as described in the Android SDK documentation. If an API in the SDK
2822interacts with a hardware component that is stated to be optional and the
2823device implementation does not possess that component:</p>
2824
2825<ul>
2826 <li>Complete class definitions (as documented by the SDK) for the component APIs
2827MUST still be presented.
2828 <li>The API&rsquo;s behaviors MUST be implemented as no-ops in some reasonable fashion.
2829 <li>API methods MUST return null values where permitted by the SDK documentation.
2830 <li>API methods MUST return no-op implementations of classes where null values are
2831not permitted by the SDK documentation.
2832 <li>API methods MUST NOT throw exceptions not documented by the SDK documentation.
2833</ul>
2834
2835<p>A typical example of a scenario where these requirements apply is the telephony
2836API: even on non-phone devices, these APIs must be implemented as reasonable
2837no-ops.</p>
2838
2839<p>Device implementations MUST consistently report accurate hardware configuration
2840information via the getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String)
2841methods on the android.content.pm.PackageManager class for the same build
2842fingerprint. [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a></p>
2843
2844<h2 id="7_1_display_and_graphics">7.1. Display and Graphics</h2>
2845
2846
2847<p>Android includes facilities that automatically adjust application assets and UI
2848layouts appropriately for the device, to ensure that third-party applications
2849run 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
2850this section.</p>
2851
2852<p>The units referenced by the requirements in this section are defined as
2853follows:</p>
2854
2855<ul>
2856 <li><strong>physical diagonal size</strong>. The distance in inches between two opposing corners of the illuminated portion
2857of the display.</li>
2858 <li><strong>dots per inch (dpi)</strong>. The number of pixels encompassed by a linear horizontal or vertical span of
28591&rdquo;. Where dpi values are listed, both horizontal and vertical dpi must fall
2860within the range.</li>
2861 <li><strong>aspect ratio</strong>. The ratio of the pixels of the longer dimension
2862 to the shorter dimension of the screen. For example, a display of 480x854 pixels
2863 would be 854/480 = 1.779, or roughly &ldquo;16:9&rdquo;.</li>
2864 <li><strong>density-independent pixel (dp)</strong> The virtual pixel unit normalized to a 160 dpi screen, calculated as: pixels =
2865dps * (density/160).</li>
2866</ul>
2867
2868<h3 id="7_1_1_screen_configuration">7.1.1. Screen Configuration</h3>
2869
2870
2871<h4 id="7_1_1_1_screen_size">7.1.1.1. Screen Size</h4>
2872
2873<div class="note">
2874<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>
2875</div>
2876
2877<p>The Android UI framework supports a variety of different screen sizes, and
2878allows applications to query the device screen size (aka &ldquo;screen layout") via
2879android.content.res.Configuration.screenLayout with the SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK.
2880Device implementations MUST report the correct screen size as defined in the
2881Android 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
2882implementations MUST report the correct screen size according to the following
2883logical density-independent pixel (dp) screen dimensions.</p>
2884
2885<ul>
2886 <li>Devices MUST have screen sizes of at least 426 dp x 320 dp (&lsquo;small&rsquo;), unless it
2887is an Android Watch device.</li>
2888 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;normal&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 480
2889dp x 320 dp.</li>
2890 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;large&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 640
2891dp x 480 dp.</li>
2892 <li>Devices that report screen size &lsquo;xlarge&rsquo; MUST have screen sizes of at least 960
2893dp x 720 dp.</li>
2894</ul>
2895
2896<p>In addition, </p>
2897
2898<ul>
2899 <li>Android Watch devices MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal size in the
2900range from 1.1 to 2.5 inches.</li>
2901 <li>Other types of Android device implementations, with a physically integrated
2902screen, MUST have a screen at least 2.5 inches in physical diagonal size.</li>
2903</ul>
2904
2905<p>Devices MUST NOT change their reported screen size at any time.</p>
2906
2907<p>Applications optionally indicate which screen sizes they support via the
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07002908&lt;supports-screens&gt; attribute in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Device
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002909implementations MUST correctly honor applications' stated support for small,
2910normal, large, and xlarge screens, as described in the Android SDK
2911documentation.</p>
2912
2913<h4 id="7_1_1_2_screen_aspect_ratio">7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio</h4>
2914
2915<div class="note">
2916<p>Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1).</p>
2917</div>
2918
2919
2920<p>The screen aspect ratio MUST be a value from 1.3333 (4:3) to 1.86 (roughly
292116:9), but Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1) because
2922such a device implementation will use a UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH as the
2923android.content.res.Configuration.uiMode.</p>
2924
2925<h4 id="7_1_1_3_screen_density">7.1.1.3. Screen Density</h4>
2926
2927
2928<p>The Android UI framework defines a set of standard logical densities to help
2929application developers target application resources. Device implementations
2930MUST report only one of the following logical Android framework densities
2931through the android.util.DisplayMetrics APIs, and MUST execute applications at
2932this standard density and MUST NOT change the value at at any time for the
2933default display.</p>
2934
2935<ul>
2936 <li>120 dpi (ldpi)</li>
2937 <li>160 dpi (mdpi)</li>
2938 <li>213 dpi (tvdpi)</li>
2939 <li>240 dpi (hdpi)</li>
2940 <li>280 dpi (280dpi)</li>
2941 <li>320 dpi (xhdpi)</li>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07002942 <li>360 dpi (360dpi)</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002943 <li>400 dpi (400dpi)</li>
Unsuk Jung9b2d31a2015-10-06 00:03:01 -07002944 <li>420 dpi (420dpi)</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07002945 <li>480 dpi (xxhdpi)</li>
2946 <li>560 dpi (560dpi)</li>
2947 <li>640 dpi (xxxhdpi)</li>
2948</ul>
2949
2950<p>Device implementations SHOULD define the standard Android framework density
2951that is numerically closest to the physical density of the screen, unless that
2952logical density pushes the reported screen size below the minimum supported. If
2953the standard Android framework density that is numerically closest to the
2954physical density results in a screen size that is smaller than the smallest
2955supported compatible screen size (320 dp width), device implementations SHOULD
2956report the next lowest standard Android framework density.</p>
2957
2958<h3 id="7_1_2_display_metrics">7.1.2. Display Metrics</h3>
2959
2960
2961<p>Device implementations MUST report correct values for all display metrics
2962defined 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
2963external screen is used as the default display.</p>
2964
2965<h3 id="7_1_3_screen_orientation">7.1.3. Screen Orientation</h3>
2966
2967
2968<p>Devices MUST report which screen orientations they support
2969(android.hardware.screen.portrait and/or android.hardware.screen.landscape) and
2970MUST report at least one supported orientation. For example, a device with a
2971fixed orientation landscape screen, such as a television or laptop, SHOULD only
2972report android.hardware.screen.landscape.</p>
2973
2974<p>Devices that report both screen orientations MUST support dynamic orientation
2975by applications to either portrait or landscape screen orientation. That is,
2976the device must respect the application&rsquo;s request for a specific screen
2977orientation. Device implementations MAY select either portrait or landscape
2978orientation as the default.</p>
2979
2980<p>Devices MUST report the correct value for the device&rsquo;s current orientation,
2981whenever queried via the android.content.res.Configuration.orientation,
2982android.view.Display.getOrientation(), or other APIs.</p>
2983
2984<p>Devices MUST NOT change the reported screen size or density when changing
2985orientation.</p>
2986
2987<h3 id="7_1_4_2d_and_3d_graphics_acceleration">7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration</h3>
2988
2989
2990<p>Device implementations MUST support both OpenGL ES 1.0 and 2.0, as embodied and
2991detailed in the Android SDK documentations. Device implementations SHOULD
2992support OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 on devices capable of supporting it. Device
2993implementations MUST also support Android RenderScript, as detailed in the
2994Android SDK documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/">Resources, 63</a>].</p>
2995
2996<p>Device implementations MUST also correctly identify themselves as supporting
2997OpenGL ES 1.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0 or OpenGL 3.1. That is:</p>
2998
2999<ul>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07003000 <li>The managed APIs (such as via the GLES10.getString() method) MUST report support
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003001for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0.</li>
3002 <li>The native C/C++ OpenGL APIs (APIs available to apps via libGLES_v1CM.so,
3003libGLES_v2.so, or libEGL.so) MUST report support for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL
3004ES 2.0.</li>
3005 <li>Device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 MUST
3006support the corresponding managed APIs and include support for native C/C++
3007APIs. On device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1,
3008libGLESv2.so MUST export the corresponding function symbols in addition to the
3009OpenGL ES 2.0 function symbols.</li>
3010</ul>
3011
3012<p>In addition to OpenGL ES 3.1, Android provides an extension pack with Java
3013interfaces [<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/opengl/GLES31Ext.html">Resources, 64</a>] and native support for advanced graphics functionality such as tessellation
3014and the ASTC texture compression format. Android device implementations MAY
3015support this extension pack, and&mdash;only if fully implemented&mdash;MUST identify the
3016support through the android.hardware.opengles.aep feature flag.</p>
3017
3018<p>Also, device implementations MAY implement any desired OpenGL ES extensions.
3019However, device implementations MUST report via the OpenGL ES managed and
3020native APIs all extension strings that they do support, and conversely MUST NOT
3021report extension strings that they do not support.</p>
3022
3023<p>Note that Android includes support for applications to optionally specify that
3024they require specific OpenGL texture compression formats. These formats are
3025typically vendor-specific. Device implementations are not required by Android
3026to implement any specific texture compression format. However, they SHOULD
3027accurately report any texture compression formats that they do support, via the
3028getString() method in the OpenGL API.</p>
3029
3030<p>Android includes a mechanism for applications to declare that they want to
3031enable hardware acceleration for 2D graphics at the Application, Activity,
3032Window, or View level through the use of a manifest tag
3033android:hardwareAccelerated or direct API calls [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">Resources, 65</a>].</p>
3034
3035<p>Device implementations MUST enable hardware acceleration by default, and MUST
3036disable hardware acceleration if the developer so requests by setting
3037android:hardwareAccelerated="false&rdquo; or disabling hardware acceleration directly
3038through the Android View APIs.</p>
3039
3040<p>In addition, device implementations MUST exhibit behavior consistent with the
3041Android SDK documentation on hardware acceleration [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html">Resources, 65</a>].</p>
3042
3043<p>Android includes a TextureView object that lets developers directly integrate
3044hardware-accelerated OpenGL ES textures as rendering targets in a UI hierarchy.
3045Device implementations MUST support the TextureView API, and MUST exhibit
3046consistent behavior with the upstream Android implementation.</p>
3047
3048<p>Android includes support for EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE, an EGLConfig attribute
3049that indicates whether the EGLConfig supports rendering to an ANativeWindow
3050that records images to a video. Device implementations MUST support
3051EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE extension [<a href="https://www.khronos.org/registry/egl/extensions/ANDROID/EGL_ANDROID_recordable.txt">Resources, 66</a>].</p>
3052
3053<h3 id="7_1_5_legacy_application_compatibility_mode">7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode</h3>
3054
3055
3056<p>Android specifies a &ldquo;compatibility mode&rdquo; in which the framework operates in a
3057'normal' screen size equivalent (320dp width) mode for the benefit of legacy
3058applications not developed for old versions of Android that pre-date
3059screen-size independence.</p>
3060
3061<ul>
3062<li>Android Automotive does not support legacy compatibility mode.</li>
3063<li>All other device implementations MUST include support for legacy application
3064compatibility mode as implemented by the upstream Android open source code. That
3065is, device implementations MUST NOT alter the triggers or thresholds at which
3066compatibility mode is activated, and MUST NOT alter the behavior of the
3067compatibility mode itself.</li>
3068</ul>
3069
3070<h3 id="7_1_6_screen_technology">7.1.6. Screen Technology</h3>
3071
3072
3073<p>The Android platform includes APIs that allow applications to render rich
3074graphics to the display. Devices MUST support all of these APIs as defined by
3075the Android SDK unless specifically allowed in this document. </p>
3076
3077<ul>
3078 <li>Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering 16-bit color graphics and
3079SHOULD support displays capable of 24-bit color graphics.</li>
3080 <li>Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering animations.</li>
3081 <li>The display technology used MUST have a pixel aspect ratio (PAR) between 0.9
3082and 1.15. That is, the pixel aspect ratio MUST be near square (1.0) with a 10 ~
308315% tolerance.</li>
3084</ul>
3085
3086<h3 id="7_1_7_external_displays">7.1.7. Secondary Displays</h3>
3087
3088
3089<p>Android includes support for secondary display to enable media sharing
3090capabilities and developer APIs for accessing external displays. If a device
3091supports an external display either via a wired, wireless, or an embedded
3092additional display connection then the device implementation MUST implement the
3093display 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>
3094
3095<h2 id="7_2_input_devices">7.2. Input Devices</h2>
3096
3097<p>Devices MUST support a touchscreen or meet the requirements listed in 7.2.2
3098for non-touch navigation.</p>
3099
3100<h3 id="7_2_1_keyboard">7.2.1. Keyboard</h3>
3101
3102<div class="note">
3103<p>Android Watch and Android Automotive implementations MAY implement a soft
3104keyboard. All other device implementations MUST implement a soft keyboard and:</p>
3105</div>
3106
3107
3108<p>Device implementations:</p>
3109
3110<ul>
3111 <li>MUST include support for the Input Management Framework (which allows
3112third-party developers to create Input Method Editors&mdash;i.e. soft keyboard) as
3113detailed at <a href="http://developer.android.com">http://developer.android.com</a>.</li>
3114 <li>MUST provide at least one soft keyboard implementation (regardless of whether a
3115hard keyboard is present) except for Android Watch devices where the screen
3116size makes it less reasonable to have a soft keyboard.</li>
3117 <li>MAY include additional soft keyboard implementations.</li>
3118 <li>MAY include a hardware keyboard.</li>
3119 <li>MUST NOT include a hardware keyboard that does not match one of the formats
3120specified 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>
3121</ul>
3122
3123<h3 id="7_2_2_non-touch_navigation">7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation</h3>
3124
3125<div class="note">
3126<p>Android Television devices MUST support D-pad.</p>
3127</div>
3128
3129<p>Device implementations:</p>
3130
3131<ul>
3132 <li>MAY omit a non-touch navigation option (trackball, d-pad, or wheel) if the
3133device implementation is not an Android Television device.</li>
3134 <li>MUST report the correct value for android.content.res.Configuration.navigation
3135[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html">Resources, 68</a>].</li>
3136 <li>MUST provide a reasonable alternative user interface mechanism for the
3137selection and editing of text, compatible with Input Management Engines. The
3138upstream Android open source implementation includes a selection mechanism
3139suitable for use with devices that lack non-touch navigation inputs.</li>
3140</ul>
3141
3142<h3 id="7_2_3_navigation_keys">7.2.3. Navigation Keys</h3>
3143
3144<div class="note">
3145<p>The availability and visibility requirement of the Home, Recents, and Back
3146functions differ between device types as described in this section.</p>
3147</div>
3148
3149<p>The Home, Recents, and Back functions (mapped to the key events KEYCODE_HOME,
3150KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH, KEYCODE_BACK, respectively) are essential to the Android
3151navigation paradigm and therefore:</p>
3152
3153<ul>
3154 <li>Android Handheld device implementations MUST provide the Home, Recents, and
3155Back functions.</li>
3156 <li>Android Television device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back
3157functions.</li>
3158 <li>Android Watch device implementations MUST have the Home function available to
3159the user, and the Back function except for when it is in UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.</li>
3160 <li>Android Automotive implementations MUST provide the Home function and MAY
3161provide Back and Recent functions.</li>
3162 <li>All other types of device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back
3163functions.</li>
3164</ul>
3165
3166<p>These functions MAY be implemented via dedicated physical buttons (such as
3167mechanical or capacitive touch buttons), or MAY be implemented using dedicated
3168software keys on a distinct portion of the screen, gestures, touch panel, etc.
3169Android supports both implementations. All of these functions MUST be
3170accessible with a single action (e.g. tap, double-click or gesture) when
3171visible.</p>
3172
3173<p>Recents function, if provided, MUST have a visible button or icon unless hidden
3174together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode. This does not
3175apply to devices upgrading from earlier Android versions that have physical
3176buttons for navigation and no recents key.</p>
3177
3178<p> The Home and Back functions, if provided, MUST each have a visible button or
3179icon unless hidden together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode
3180or when the uiMode UI_MODE_TYPE_MASK is set to UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.</p>
3181
3182<p>The Menu function is deprecated in favor of action bar since Android 4.0.
3183Therefore the new device implementations shipping with Android ANDROID_VERSION and later MUST NOT
3184implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu function. Older device
3185implementations SHOULD NOT implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu
3186function, but if the physical Menu button is implemented and the device is
3187running applications with targetSdkVersion > 10, the device implementation:</p>
3188
3189<ul>
3190 <li>MUST display the action overflow button on the action bar when it is visible
3191and the resulting action overflow menu popup is not empty. For a device
3192implementation launched before Android 4.4 but upgrading to Android ANDROID_VERSION, this
3193is RECOMMENDED.</li>
3194 <li>MUST NOT modify the position of the action overflow popup displayed by
3195selecting the overflow button in the action bar.</li>
3196 <li>MAY render the action overflow popup at a modified position on the screen when
3197it is displayed by selecting the physical menu button.</li>
3198</ul>
3199
3200<p>For backwards compatibility, device implementations MUST make the Menu function
3201available to applications when targetSdkVersion is less than 10, either by a physical
3202button, a software key, or gestures. This Menu function should be presented
3203unless hidden together with other navigation functions.</p>
3204
Unsuk Jungf8c93032015-10-05 23:40:54 -07003205<p>Android device implementations with the support of the Assist action [<a
3206href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_ASSIST">Resources,
320769</a>] MUST make this accessisble with a single action (e.g. tap, double-click,
3208or gesture) when other navigation keys are visible, and are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to
3209use the long-press on the Home button or software key as the single action.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003210
3211<p>Device implementations MAY use a distinct portion of the screen to display the
3212navigation keys, but if so, MUST meet these requirements:</p>
3213
3214<ul>
3215 <li>Device implementation navigation keys MUST use a distinct portion of the
3216screen, not available to applications, and MUST NOT obscure or otherwise
3217interfere with the portion of the screen available to applications.</li>
3218 <li>Device implementations MUST make available a portion of the display to
3219applications that meets the requirements defined in <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a>.</li>
3220 <li>Device implementations MUST display the navigation keys when applications do
3221not specify a system UI mode, or specify SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_VISIBLE.</li>
3222 <li>Device implementations MUST present the navigation keys in an unobtrusive &ldquo;low
3223profile&rdquo; (eg. dimmed) mode when applications specify
3224SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE.</li>
3225 <li>Device implementations MUST hide the navigation keys when applications specify
3226SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION.</li>
3227</ul>
3228
3229<h3 id="7_2_4_touchscreen_input">7.2.4. Touchscreen Input</h3>
3230
3231<div class="note">
3232<p>Android Handhelds and Watch Devices MUST support touchscreen input.</p>
3233</div>
3234
3235
3236<p>Device implementations SHOULD have a pointer input system of some kind (either
3237mouse-like or touch). However, if a device implementation does not support a
3238pointer input system, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.touchscreen or
3239android.hardware.faketouch feature constant. Device implementations that do
3240include a pointer input system:</p>
3241
3242<ul>
3243 <li>SHOULD support fully independently tracked pointers, if the device input system
3244supports multiple pointers.</li>
3245 <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>
3246</ul>
3247
3248<p>Android includes support for a variety of touchscreens, touch pads, and fake
3249touch input devices. Touchscreen based device implementations are associated
3250with 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
3251screen. Since the user is directly touching the screen, the system does not
3252require any additional affordances to indicate the objects being manipulated.
3253In contrast, a fake touch interface provides a user input system that
3254approximates a subset of touchscreen capabilities. For example, a mouse or
3255remote control that drives an on-screen cursor approximates touch, but requires
3256the user to first point or focus then click. Numerous input devices like the
3257mouse, trackpad, gyro-based air mouse, gyro-pointer, joystick, and multi-touch
3258trackpad can support fake touch interactions. Android includes the feature
3259constant android.hardware.faketouch, which corresponds to a high-fidelity
3260non-touch (pointer-based) input device such as a mouse or trackpad that can
3261adequately emulate touch-based input (including basic gesture support), and
3262indicates that the device supports an emulated subset of touchscreen
3263functionality. Device implementations that declare the fake touch feature MUST
3264meet the fake touch requirements in <a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">section 7.2.5</a>.</p>
3265
3266<p>Device implementations MUST report the correct feature corresponding to the
3267type of input used. Device implementations that include a touchscreen
3268(single-touch or better) MUST report the platform feature constant
3269android.hardware.touchscreen. Device implementations that report the platform
3270feature constant android.hardware.touchscreen MUST also report the platform
3271feature constant android.hardware.faketouch. Device implementations that do not
3272include a touchscreen (and rely on a pointer device only) MUST NOT report any
3273touchscreen feature, and MUST report only android.hardware.faketouch if they
3274meet the fake touch requirements in <a href="#7_2_5_fake_touch_input">section 7.2.5</a>.</p>
3275
3276<h3 id="7_2_5_fake_touch_input">7.2.5. Fake Touch Input</h3>
3277
3278
3279<p>Device implementations that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch:</p>
3280
3281<ul>
3282 <li>MUST report the absolute X and Y screen positions of the pointer location and
3283display a visual pointer on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
3284 <li>MUST report touch event with the action code that specifies the state change
3285that 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>
3286 <li>MUST support pointer down and up on an object on the screen, which allows users
3287to emulate tap on an object on the screen.</li>
3288 <li>MUST support pointer down, pointer up, pointer down then pointer up in the same
3289place on an object on the screen within a time threshold, which allows users to
3290emulate double tap on an object on the screen [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>].</li>
3291 <li>MUST support pointer down on an arbitrary point on the screen, pointer move to
3292any other arbitrary point on the screen, followed by a pointer up, which allows
3293users to emulate a touch drag.</li>
3294 <li>MUST support pointer down then allow users to quickly move the object to a
3295different position on the screen and then pointer up on the screen, which
3296allows users to fling an object on the screen.</li>
3297</ul>
3298
3299<p>Devices that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch.multitouch.distinct
3300MUST meet the requirements for faketouch above, and MUST also support distinct
3301tracking of two or more independent pointer inputs.</p>
3302
3303<h3 id="7_2_6_game_controller_support">7.2.6. Game Controller Support</h3>
3304
3305
3306<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support button mappings for game
3307controllers as listed below. The upstream Android implementation includes
3308implementation for game controllers that satisfies this requirement. </p>
3309
3310<h4 id="7_2_6_1_button_mappings">7.2.6.1. Button Mappings</h4>
3311
3312
3313<p>Android Television device implementations MUST support the following key
3314mappings:</p>
3315<table>
3316 <tr>
3317 <th>Button</th>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003318 <th>HID Usage<sup>2</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003319 <th>Android Button</th>
3320 </tr>
3321 <tr>
3322 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_A">A</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3323 <td>0x09 0x0001</td>
3324 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_A (96)</td>
3325 </tr>
3326 <tr>
3327 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_B">B</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3328 <td>0x09 0x0002</td>
3329 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_B (97)</td>
3330 </tr>
3331 <tr>
3332 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_X">X</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3333 <td>0x09 0x0004</td>
3334 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_X (99)</td>
3335 </tr>
3336 <tr>
3337 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_Y">Y</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3338 <td>0x09 0x0005</td>
3339 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_Y (100)</td>
3340 </tr>
3341 <tr>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003342 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_UP">D-pad up</a><sup>1</sup><br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003343
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003344<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN">D-pad down</a><sup>1</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07003345 <td>0x01 0x0039<sup>3</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003346 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_HAT_Y">AXIS_HAT_Y</a><sup>4</sup></td>
3347 </tr>
3348 <tr>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003349 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT">D-pad left</a>1<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003350
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003351<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT">D-pad right</a><sup>1</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07003352 <td>0x01 0x0039<sup>3</sup></td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003353 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_HAT_X">AXIS_HAT_X</a><sup>4</sup></td>
3354 </tr>
3355 <tr>
3356 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1">Left shoulder button</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3357 <td>0x09 0x0007</td>
3358 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1 (102)</td>
3359 </tr>
3360 <tr>
3361 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1">Right shoulder button</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3362 <td>0x09 0x0008</td>
3363 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1 (103)</td>
3364 </tr>
3365 <tr>
3366 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBL">Left stick click</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3367 <td>0x09 0x000E</td>
3368 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBL (106)</td>
3369 </tr>
3370 <tr>
3371 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBR">Right stick click</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3372 <td>0x09 0x000F</td>
3373 <td>KEYCODE_BUTTON_THUMBR (107)</td>
3374 </tr>
3375 <tr>
3376 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_HOME">Home</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3377 <td>0x0c 0x0223</td>
3378 <td>KEYCODE_HOME (3)</td>
3379 </tr>
3380 <tr>
3381 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_BACK">Back</a><sup>1</sup></td>
3382 <td>0x0c 0x0224</td>
3383 <td>KEYCODE_BACK (4)</td>
3384 </tr>
3385</table>
3386
3387
3388<p class="table_footnote">1 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">Resources, 72</a>]</p>
3389
3390<p class="table_footnote">2 The above HID usages must be declared within a Game pad CA (0x01 0x0005).</p>
3391
3392<p class="table_footnote">3 This usage must have a Logical Minimum of 0, a Logical Maximum of 7, a
3393Physical Minimum of 0, a Physical Maximum of 315, Units in Degrees, and a
3394Report Size of 4. The logical value is defined to be the clockwise rotation
3395away from the vertical axis; for example, a logical value of 0 represents no
3396rotation and the up button being pressed, while a logical value of 1 represents
3397a rotation of 45 degrees and both the up and left keys being pressed.</p>
3398
3399<p class="table_footnote">4 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>]</p>
3400
3401<table>
3402 <tr>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003403 <th>Analog Controls<sup>1</sup></th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003404 <th>HID Usage</th>
3405 <th>Android Button</th>
3406 </tr>
3407 <tr>
3408 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_LTRIGGER">Left Trigger</a></td>
3409 <td>0x02 0x00C5</td>
3410 <td>AXIS_LTRIGGER </td>
3411 </tr>
3412 <tr>
3413 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_THROTTLE">Right Trigger</a></td>
3414 <td>0x02 0x00C4</td>
3415 <td>AXIS_RTRIGGER </td>
3416 </tr>
3417 <tr>
3418 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_Y">Left Joystick</a></td>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003419 <td>0x01 0x0030<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003420
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -070034210x01 0x0031</td>
3422 <td>AXIS_X<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003423
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003424AXIS_Y</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003425 </tr>
3426 <tr>
3427 <td><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#AXIS_Z">Right Joystick</a></td>
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003428 <td>0x01 0x0032<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003429
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -070034300x01 0x0035</td>
3431 <td>AXIS_Z<br />
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003432
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003433AXIS_RZ</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003434 </tr>
3435</table>
3436
3437
3438<p class="table_footnote">1 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html">Resources, 71</a>]</p>
3439
3440<h3 id="7_2_7_remote_control">7.2.7. Remote Control</h3>
3441
3442
3443<p>Android Television device implementations SHOULD provide a remote control to
3444allow users to access the TV interface. The remote control MAY be a physical
3445remote or can be a software-based remote that is accessible from a mobile phone
3446or tablet. The remote control MUST meet the requirements defined below.</p>
3447
3448<ul>
3449 <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>
3450 <li><strong>Navigation</strong>. All Android Television remotes MUST include Back, Home, and Select buttons and
3451support for D-pad events [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html">Resources, 72</a>].</li>
3452</ul>
3453
3454<h2 id="7_3_sensors">7.3. Sensors</h2>
3455
3456
3457<p>Android includes APIs for accessing a variety of sensor types. Devices
3458implementations generally MAY omit these sensors, as provided for in the
3459following subsections. If a device includes a particular sensor type that has a
3460corresponding API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST
3461implement that API as described in the Android SDK documentation and the
3462Android Open Source documentation on sensors [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">Resources, 73</a>]. For example, device implementations:</p>
3463
3464<ul>
3465 <li>MUST accurately report the presence or absence of sensors per the
3466android.content.pm.PackageManager class [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53]</a>.</li>
3467 <li>MUST return an accurate list of supported sensors via the
3468SensorManager.getSensorList() and similar methods.</li>
3469 <li>MUST behave reasonably for all other sensor APIs (for example, by returning
3470true or false as appropriate when applications attempt to register listeners,
3471not calling sensor listeners when the corresponding sensors are not present;
3472etc.).</li>
3473 <li>MUST report all sensor measurements using the relevant International System of
3474Units (metric) values for each sensor type as defined in the Android SDK
3475documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3476 <li>SHOULD report the event time in nanoseconds as defined in the Android SDK
3477documentation, representing the time the event happened and synchronized with
3478the SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNano() clock. Existing and new Android devices
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003479are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to meet these requirement so they will be able to upgrade to the future
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003480platform releases where this might become a REQUIRED component. The
3481synchronization error SHOULD be below 100 milliseconds [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp">Resources, 75</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jung66ef8472015-09-30 04:00:08 -07003482 <li>MUST report sensor data with a maximum latency of 100 milliseconds + 2 * sample_time for the case of a sensor streamed
3483 with a minimum required latency of 5 ms + 2 * sample_time when the application processor is active. This delay does not include any filtering delays.</li>
3484 <li>MUST report the first sensor sample within 400 milliseconds + 2 * sample_time of the sensor being activated. It is acceptable for this sample to have an accuracy of 0.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003485</ul>
3486
3487<p>The list above is not comprehensive; the documented behavior of the Android SDK
3488and the Android Open Source Documentations on Sensors [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">Resources, 73</a>] is to be considered authoritative.</p>
3489
3490<p>Some sensor types are composite, meaning they can be derived from data provided
3491by one or more other sensors. (Examples include the orientation sensor, and the
3492linear acceleration sensor.) Device implementations SHOULD implement these
3493sensor types, when they include the prerequisite physical sensors as described
3494in [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html">Resources, 76</a>].
3495If a device implementation includes a composite sensor it MUST implement the
3496sensor as described in the Android Open Source documentation on composite
3497sensors [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#composite_sensor_type_summary">Resources, 76</a>].</p>
3498
3499<p>Some Android sensors support a &ldquo;continuous&rdquo; trigger mode, which returns data
3500continuously [<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
3501sensor, device implementations MUST continuously provide periodic data samples
3502that SHOULD have a jitter below 3%, where jitter is defined as the standard
3503deviation of the difference of the reported timestamp values between
3504consecutive events.</p>
3505
3506<p>Note that the device implementations MUST ensure that the sensor event stream
3507MUST NOT prevent the device CPU from entering a suspend state or waking up from
3508a suspend state.</p>
3509
3510<p>Finally, when several sensors are activated, the power consumption SHOULD NOT
3511exceed the sum of the individual sensor&rsquo;s reported power consumption.</p>
3512
3513<h3 id="7_3_1_accelerometer">7.3.1. Accelerometer</h3>
3514
3515
3516<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis accelerometer. Android Handheld
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003517devices and Android Watch devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to include this
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003518sensor. If a device implementation does include a 3-axis accelerometer, it:</p>
3519
3520<ul>
3521 <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>
3522 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for
3523 Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and
3524 100 Hz for all other device types.</li>
3525 <li>SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.</li>
3526 <li>MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the
3527Android APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3528 <li>MUST be capable of measuring from freefall up to four times the gravity (4g) or
3529more on any axis.</li>
Unsuk Jungd07f7af2015-09-29 21:51:33 -07003530 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least 12-bits and SHOULD have a resolution of at
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003531least 16-bits.</li>
3532 <li>SHOULD be calibrated while in use if the characteristics changes over the life
3533cycle and compensated, and preserve the compensation parameters between device
3534reboots.</li>
3535 <li>SHOULD be temperature compensated.</li>
3536 <li>MUST have a standard deviation no greater than 0.05 m/s^, where the standard
3537deviation should be calculated on a per axis basis on samples collected over a
3538period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate.</li>
3539 <li>SHOULD implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION, TYPE_TILT_DETECTOR,
3540TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR, TYPE_STEP_COUNTER composite sensors as described in the
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003541Android SDK document. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION composite sensor. If any of these
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003542sensors are implemented, the sum of their power consumption MUST always be less
3543than 4 mW and SHOULD each be below 2 mW and 0.5 mW for when the device is in a
3544dynamic or static condition.</li>
3545 <li>If a gyroscope sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and
3546TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the
3547TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003548are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jungd07f7af2015-09-29 21:51:33 -07003549 <li>MUST implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if a gyroscope sensor
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003550and a magnetometer sensor is also included.</li>
3551</ul>
3552
3553<h3 id="7_3_2_magnetometer">7.3.2. Magnetometer</h3>
3554
3555
3556<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis magnetometer (compass). If a
3557device does include a 3-axis magnetometer, it:</p>
3558
3559<ul>
3560 <li>MUST implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD sensor and SHOULD also implement
3561TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003562STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003563 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 10 Hz and SHOULD
3564report events up to at least 50 Hz.</li>
3565 <li>MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the
3566Android APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html">Resources, 74</a>].</li>
3567 <li>MUST be capable of measuring between -900 &micro;T and +900 &micro;T on each axis before
3568saturating.</li>
3569 <li>MUST have a hard iron offset value less than 700 &micro;T and SHOULD have a value
3570below 200 &micro;T, by placing the magnetometer far from dynamic (current-induced)
3571and static (magnet-induced) magnetic fields.</li>
3572 <li>MUST have a resolution equal or denser than 0.6 &micro;T and SHOULD have a resolution
3573equal or denser than 0.2 &micro;.</li>
3574 <li>SHOULD be temperature compensated.</li>
3575 <li>MUST support online calibration and compensation of the hard iron bias, and
3576preserve the compensation parameters between device reboots.</li>
3577 <li>MUST have the soft iron compensation applied&mdash;the calibration can be done either
3578while in use or during the production of the device.</li>
3579 <li>SHOULD have a standard deviation, calculated on a per axis basis on samples
3580collected over a period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate, no
3581greater than 0.5 &micro;T.</li>
Unsuk Jungd07f7af2015-09-29 21:51:33 -07003582 <li>MUST implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003583sensor and a gyroscope sensor is also included.</li>
3584 <li>MAY implement the TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor if an accelerometer
3585sensor is also implemented. However if implemented, it MUST consume less than
358610 mW and SHOULD consume less than 3 mW when the sensor is registered for batch
3587mode at 10 Hz.</li>
3588</ul>
3589
3590<h3 id="7_3_3_gps">7.3.3. GPS</h3>
3591
3592
3593<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a GPS receiver. If a device
3594implementation does include a GPS receiver, it SHOULD include some form of&ldquo;assisted GPS&rdquo; technique to minimize GPS lock-on time.</p>
3595
3596<h3 id="7_3_4_gyroscope">7.3.4. Gyroscope</h3>
3597
3598
3599<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a gyroscope (angular change sensor).
3600Devices SHOULD NOT include a gyroscope sensor unless a 3-axis accelerometer is
3601also included. If a device implementation includes a gyroscope, it:</p>
3602
3603<ul>
3604 <li>MUST implement the TYPE_GYROSCOPE sensor and SHOULD also implement
3605TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003606STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003607 <li>MUST be capable of measuring orientation changes up to 1,000 degrees per second.</li>
3608 <li>MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for
3609 Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and
3610 100 Hz for all other device types.</li>
3611 <li>SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.</li>
3612 <li>MUST have a resolution of 12-bits or more and SHOULD have a resolution of
361316-bits or more.</li>
3614 <li>MUST be temperature compensated.</li>
3615 <li>MUST be calibrated and compensated while in use, and preserve the compensation
3616parameters between device reboots.</li>
3617 <li>MUST have a variance no greater than 1e-7 rad^2 / s^2 per Hz (variance per Hz,
3618or rad^2 / s). The variance is allowed to vary with the sampling rate, but must
3619be constrained by this value. In other words, if you measure the variance of
3620the gyro at 1 Hz sampling rate it should be no greater than 1e-7 rad^2/s^2.</li>
Unsuk Jungd07f7af2015-09-29 21:51:33 -07003621 <li>MUST implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003622sensor and a magnetometer sensor is also included.</li>
3623 <li>If an accelerometer sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and
3624TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the
3625TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07003626are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003627</ul>
3628
3629<h3 id="7_3_5_barometer">7.3.5. Barometer</h3>
3630
3631
3632<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a barometer (ambient air pressure
3633sensor). If a device implementation includes a barometer, it:</p>
3634
3635<ul>
3636 <li>MUST implement and report TYPE_PRESSURE sensor.</li>
3637 <li>MUST be able to deliver events at 5 Hz or greater.</li>
3638 <li>MUST have adequate precision to enable estimating altitude.</li>
3639 <li>MUST be temperature compensated.</li>
3640</ul>
3641
3642<h3 id="7_3_6_thermometer">7.3.6. Thermometer</h3>
3643
3644
3645<p>Device implementations MAY include an ambient thermometer (temperature sensor).
3646If present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE and it MUST
3647measure the ambient (room) temperature in degrees Celsius.</p>
3648
3649<p>Device implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT include a CPU temperature sensor. If
3650present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE, it MUST measure the
3651temperature of the device CPU, and it MUST NOT measure any other temperature.
3652Note the SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE sensor type was deprecated in Android 4.0.</p>
3653
3654<h3 id="7_3_7_photometer">7.3.7. Photometer</h3>
3655
3656
3657<p>Device implementations MAY include a photometer (ambient light sensor).</p>
3658
3659<h3 id="7_3_8_proximity_sensor">7.3.8. Proximity Sensor</h3>
3660
3661
3662<p>Device implementations MAY include a proximity sensor. Devices that can make a
3663voice call and indicate any value other than PHONE_TYPE_NONE in getPhoneType
3664SHOULD include a proximity sensor. If a device implementation does include a
3665proximity sensor, it:</p>
3666
3667<ul>
3668 <li>MUST measure the proximity of an object in the same direction as the screen.
3669That is, the proximity sensor MUST be oriented to detect objects close to the
3670screen, as the primary intent of this sensor type is to detect a phone in use
3671by the user. If a device implementation includes a proximity sensor with any
3672other orientation, it MUST NOT be accessible through this API.</li>
3673 <li>MUST have 1-bit of accuracy or more.</li>
3674</ul>
3675
Unsuk Jung66ef8472015-09-30 04:00:08 -07003676
3677<h3 id="7_3_9_hifi_sensors">7.3.9. High Fidelity Sensors</h3>
3678
3679<p>Device implementations supporting a set of higher quality sensors that can meet all
3680the requirements listed in this section MUST identify the support through the
3681<code>android.hardware.sensor.hifi_sensors</code> feature flag.</p>
3682
3683<p>A device declaring android.hardware.sensor.hifi_sensors MUST support all of the following
3684sensor types meeting the quality requirements as below:</p>
3685
3686<ul>
3687 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_ACCELEROMETER
3688 <ul>
3689 <li>MUST have a measurement range between at least -8g and +8g</li>
3690 <li>MUST have a measurement resolution of at least 1024 LSB/G</li>
3691 <li>MUST have a minimum measurement frequency of 12.5 Hz or lower</li>
3692 <li>MUST have a maxmium measurement frequency of 200 Hz or higher</li>
3693 <li>MUST have a measurement noise not above 400uG/√Hz</li>
3694 <li>MUST implement a non-wake-up form of this sensor with a buffering capability of at least 3000 sensor events</li>
3695 <li>MUST have a batching power consumption not worse than 3 mW</li>
3696 </ul>
3697 </li>
3698 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE
3699 <ul>
3700 <li>MUST have a measurement range between at least -1000 and +1000 dps</li>
3701 <li>MUST have a measurement resolution of at least 16 LSB/dps</li>
3702 <li>MUST have a minimum measurement frequency of 12.5 Hz or lower</li>
3703 <li>MUST have a maxmium measurement frequency of 200 Hz or higher</li>
3704 <li>MUST have a measurement noise not above 0.014°/s/√Hz</li>
3705 </ul>
3706 </li>
3707 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED with the same quality requirements as
3708 SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE</li>
3709 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_FIELD
3710 <ul>
3711 <li>MUST have a measurement range between at least -900 and +900 uT</li>
3712 <li>MUST have a measurement resolution of at least 5 LSB/uT</li>
3713 <li>MUST have a minimum measurement frequency of 5 Hz or lower</li>
3714 <li>MUST have a maxmium measurement frequency of 50 Hz or higher</li>
3715 <li>MUST have a measurement noise not above 0.5 uT</li>
3716 </ul>
3717 </li>
3718 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED with the same quality requirements as
3719 SENSOR_TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_FIELD and in addition:
3720 <ul>
3721 <li>MUST implement a non-wake-up form of this sensor with a buffering capability of at least 600 sensor events</li>
3722 </ul>
3723 </li>
3724 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_PRESSURE
3725 <ul>
3726 <li>MUST have a measurement range between at least 300 and 1100 hPa</li>
3727 <li>MUST have a measurement resolution of at least 80 LSB/hPa</li>
3728 <li>MUST have a minimum measurement frequency of 1 Hz or lower</li>
3729 <li>MUST have a maximum measurement frequency of 10 Hz or higher</li>
3730 <li>MUST have a measurement noise not above 2 Pa/√Hz</li>
3731 <li>MUST implement a non-wake-up form of this sensor with a buffering capability of at least 300 sensor events</li>
3732 <li>MUST have a batching power consumption not worse than 2 mW</li>
3733 </ul>
3734 </li>
3735 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR
3736 <ul>
3737 <li>MUST have a batching power consumption not worse than 4 mW</li>
3738 </ul>
3739 </li>
3740 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR MUST implement a non-wake-up form of this sensor with a buffering capability of at least 300 sensor events</li>
3741 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION
3742 <ul>
3743 <li>MUST have a power consumption not worse than 0.5 mW when device is static
3744 and 1.5 mW when device is moving</li>
3745 </ul>
3746 </li>
3747 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR
3748 <ul>
3749 <li>MUST implement a non-wake-up form of this sensor with a buffering capability of at least 100 sensor events</li>
3750 <li>MUST have a power consumption not worse than 0.5 mW when device is static
3751 and 1.5 mW when device is moving</li>
3752 <li>MUST have a batching power consumption not worse than 4 mW</li>
3753 </ul>
3754 </li>
3755 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_STEP_COUNTER
3756 <ul>
3757 <li>MUST have a power consumption not worse than 0.5 mW when device is static
3758 and 1.5 mW when device is moving</li>
3759 </ul>
3760 </li>
3761 <li>SENSOR_TILT_DETECTOR
3762 <ul>
3763 <li>MUST have a power consumption not worse than 0.5 mW when device is static
3764 and 1.5 mW when device is moving</li>
3765 </ul>
3766 </li>
3767</ul>
3768
3769<p>Also such a device MUST meet the following sensor subsystem requirements:</p>
3770
3771<ul>
3772 <li>The event timestamp of the same physical event reported by the Accelerometer, Gyroscope
3773 sensor and Magnetometer MUST be within 2.5 milliseconds of each other.</li>
3774 <li>The Gyroscope sensor event timestamps MUST be on the same time base as the camera
3775 subsystem and within 1 millisconds of error.</li>
3776 <li>The latency of delivery of samples to the HAL SHOULD be below 5 milliseconds from
3777 the instant the data is available on the physical sensor hardware.</li>
3778 <li>The power consumption MUST not be higher than 0.5 mW when device is static and 2.0 mW
3779 when device is moving when any combination of the following sensors are enabled:
3780 <ul>
3781 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION</li>
3782 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR</li>
3783 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_STEP_COUNTER</li>
3784 <li>SENSOR_TILT_DETECTORS</li>
3785 </ul>
3786 </li>
3787</ul>
3788
3789<p>Note that all power consumption requirements in this section do not include the power
3790 consumption of the Application Processor. It is inclusive of the power drawn by the entire
3791 sensor chain - the sensor, any supporting circuitry, any dedicated sensor processing system,
3792 etc.</p>
3793
3794<p>The following sensor types MAY also be supported on a device implementation declaring
3795 android.hardware.sensor.hifi_sensors, but if these sensor types are present they MUST meet the
3796 following minimum buffering capability requirement:</p>
3797
3798<ul>
3799 <li>SENSOR_TYPE_PROXIMITY: 100 sensor events</li>
3800</ul>
3801
Unsuk Jung5b08df22015-09-29 18:50:14 -07003802<h3 id="7_3_10_fingeprint">7.3.10. Fingerprint Sensor</h3>
3803
3804<p>Device implementations with a secure lock screen SHOULD include a fingerprint sensor.
3805If a device implementation includes a fingerprint sensor and has a corresponding API for
3806third-party developers, it:</p>
3807
3808<ul>
3809 <li>MUST declare support for the android.hardware.fingerprint feature.</li>
3810 <li>MUST fully implement the corresponding API as described in the Android SDK documentation
3811[<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/fingerprint/package-summary.html">Resources, XX</a>].
3812 </li>
3813 <li>MUST have a false acceptance rate not higher than 0.002%.</li>
3814 <li>Is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to have a false rejection rate not higher than 10%, and a
3815 latency from when the fingerprint sensor is touched until the screen is unlocked below
3816 1 second, for 1 enrolled finger.</li>
3817 <li>MUST rate limit attempts for at least 30 seconds after 5 false trials for fingerprint
3818 verification.</li>
3819 <li>MUST have a hardware-backed keystore implementation, and perform the fingerprint matching
3820 in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) or on a chip with a secure channel to the TEE.
3821 </li>
3822 <li>MUST have all identifiable fingerprint data encrypted and cryptographically
3823 authenticated such that they cannot be acquired, read or altered outside of the
3824 Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) as documented in the implementation guidelines
3825 on the Android Open Source Project site
3826 [<a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/authentication/fingerprint-hal.html">Resources, XX</a>].
3827 </li>
3828 <li>MUST prevent adding a fingerprint without first establishing a chain of trust by
3829 having the user confirm existing or add a new device credential (PIN/pattern/password)
3830 using the TEE as implemented in the Android Open Source project.</li>
3831 <li>MUST NOT enable 3rd-party applications to distinguish between individual fingerprints.
3832 </li>
3833 <li>MUST honor the DevicePolicyManager.KEYGUARD_DISABLE_FINGERPRINT flag.</li>
3834 <li>MUST, when upgraded from a version earlier than Android 6.0, have the fingerprint
3835 data securely migrated to meet the above requirements or removed.</li>
3836 <li>SHOULD use the Android Fingerprint icon provided in the Android Open Source Project.</li>
3837</ul>
3838
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003839<h2 id="7_4_data_connectivity">7.4. Data Connectivity</h2>
3840
3841
3842<h3 id="7_4_1_telephony">7.4.1. Telephony</h3>
3843
3844
3845<p>&ldquo;Telephony&rdquo; as used by the Android APIs and this document refers specifically
3846to hardware related to placing voice calls and sending SMS messages via a GSM
3847or CDMA network. While these voice calls may or may not be packet-switched,
3848they are for the purposes of Android considered independent of any data
3849connectivity that may be implemented using the same network. In other words,
3850the Android &ldquo;telephony&rdquo; functionality and APIs refer specifically to voice
3851calls and SMS. For instance, device implementations that cannot place calls or
3852send/receive SMS messages MUST NOT report the android.hardware.telephony
3853feature or any subfeatures, regardless of whether they use a cellular network
3854for data connectivity.</p>
3855
3856<p>Android MAY be used on devices that do not include telephony hardware. That is,
3857Android is compatible with devices that are not phones. However, if a device
3858implementation does include GSM or CDMA telephony, it MUST implement full
3859support for the API for that technology. Device implementations that do not
3860include telephony hardware MUST implement the full APIs as no-ops.</p>
3861
3862<h3 id="7_4_2_ieee_802_11_wi-fi">7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)</h3>
3863
3864<div class="note">
3865<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include Wi-Fi support.</p>
3866</div>
3867
3868
3869<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for one or more
3870forms of 802.11 (b/g/a/n, etc.) and other types of Android device
3871implementation SHOULD include support for one or more forms of 802.11. If a
3872device implementation does include support for 802.11 and exposes the
3873functionality to a third-party application, it MUST implement the corresponding
3874Android API and:</p>
3875
3876<ul>
3877 <li>MUST report the hardware feature flag android.hardware.wifi.</li>
3878 <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>
3879 <li>MUST support multicast DNS (mDNS) and MUST NOT filter mDNS packets
Unsuk Jung302ee7a2015-09-29 17:27:12 -07003880(224.0.0.251) at any time of operation including:
3881 <ul>
3882 <li>Even when the screen is not in an active state.</li>
3883 <li>For Android Television device implementations, even when in standby power states.</li>
3884 </ul>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003885</ul>
3886
3887<h4 id="7_4_2_1_wi-fi_direct">7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct</h4>
3888
3889
3890<p>Device implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi
3891peer-to-peer). If a device implementation does include support for Wi-Fi
3892Direct, it MUST implement the corresponding Android API as described in the SDK
3893documentation [<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>
3894
3895<ul>
3896 <li>MUST report the hardware feature android.hardware.wifi.direct.</li>
3897 <li>MUST support regular Wi-Fi operation.</li>
3898 <li>SHOULD support concurrent Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct operation.</li>
3899</ul>
3900
3901<h4 id="7_4_2_2_wi-fi_tunneled_direct_link_setup">7.4.2.2. Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup</h4>
3902
3903<div class="note">
3904<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi
3905Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS).</p>
3906</div>
3907
3908
3909<p>Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi
3910Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) and other types of Android device
3911implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi TDLS as described in the
3912Android 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
3913by the WiFiManager API, the device:</p>
3914
3915<ul>
3916 <li>SHOULD use TDLS only when it is possible AND beneficial.</li>
3917 <li>SHOULD have some heuristic and NOT use TDLS when its performance might be worse
3918than going through the Wi-Fi access point.</li>
3919</ul>
3920
3921<h3 id="7_4_3_bluetooth">7.4.3. Bluetooth</h3>
3922
3923<div class="note">
3924<p>Android Watch and Automotive implementations MUST support Bluetooth. Android
3925Television implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE.</p>
3926</div>
3927
3928
3929<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
3930Energy MUST declare the relevant platform features (android.hardware.bluetooth
3931and android.hardware.bluetooth_le respectively) and implement the platform
3932APIs. Device implementations SHOULD implement relevant Bluetooth profiles such
3933as A2DP, AVCP, OBEX, etc. as appropriate for the device. Android Television
3934device implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE. </p>
3935
3936<p>Device implementations including support for Bluetooth Low Energy:</p>
3937
3938<ul>
3939 <li>MUST declare the hardware feature android.hardware.bluetooth_le.</li>
3940 <li>MUST enable the GATT (generic attribute profile) based Bluetooth APIs as
3941described in the SDK documentation and [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html">Resources, 82</a>].</li>
Unsuk Junga13d8762015-09-29 22:25:08 -07003942 <li>MUST implement a Resolvable Private Address (RPA) timeout no longer than
394315 minutes, and rotate the address at timeout to protect user privacy.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003944 <li>SHOULD support offloading of the filtering logic to the bluetooth chipset when
3945implementing 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
3946android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isOffloadedFilteringSupported() method.</li>
3947 <li>SHOULD support offloading of the batched scanning to the bluetooth chipset, but
3948if not supported, MUST report &lsquo;false&rsquo; whenever queried via the
3949android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapater.isOffloadedScanBatchingSupported() method.</li>
3950 <li>SHOULD support multi advertisement with at least 4 slots, but if not supported,
3951MUST report &lsquo;false&rsquo; whenever queried via the
3952android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isMultipleAdvertisementSupported() method.</li>
3953</ul>
3954
3955<h3 id="7_4_4_near-field_communications">7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</h3>
3956
3957
3958<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a transceiver and related hardware for
3959Near-Field Communications (NFC). If a device implementation does include NFC
3960hardware and plans to make it available to third-party apps, then it:</p>
3961
3962<ul>
3963 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.nfc feature from the
3964android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">Resources, 53</a>].</li>
3965 <li>MUST be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages via the following NFC
3966standards:
3967 <ul>
3968 <li>MUST be capable of acting as an NFC Forum reader/writer (as defined by the NFC
3969Forum technical specification NFCForum-TS-DigitalProtocol-1.0) via the
3970following NFC standards:
3971 <ul>
3972 <li>NfcA (ISO14443-3A)</li>
3973 <li>NfcB (ISO14443-3B)</li>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +02003974 <li>NfcF (JIS X 6319-4)</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003975 <li>IsoDep (ISO 14443-4)</li>
3976 <li>NFC Forum Tag Types 1, 2, 3, 4 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3977 </ul>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +02003978 <li>MUST be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages as well as raw
Glenn Kastenee7e79a2015-10-06 15:01:45 -07003979 data via the following NFC standards:
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003980 <ul>
3981 <li>NfcV (ISO 15693)</li>
3982 </ul></li>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +02003983 <li>SHOULD be capable of reading the barcode and URL (if encoded) of
3984 Thinfilm NFC Barcode
3985 [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/tech/NfcBarcode.html">Resources, XX</a>] products.
3986 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003987 <li>MUST be capable of transmitting and receiving data via the following
3988peer-to-peer standards and protocols:
3989 <ul>
3990 <li>ISO 18092</li>
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +02003991 <li>LLCP 1.2 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07003992 <li>SDP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3993 <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>
3994 <li>SNEP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)</li>
3995 </ul></li>
3996 <li>MUST include support for Android Beam [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/nfc.html">Resources, 85</a>]:
3997 <ul>
3998 <li>MUST implement the SNEP default server. Valid NDEF messages received by the
3999default SNEP server MUST be dispatched to applications using the
4000android.nfc.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED intent. Disabling Android Beam in settings
4001MUST NOT disable dispatch of incoming NDEF message.</li>
4002 <li>MUST honor the android.settings.NFCSHARING_SETTINGS intent to show NFC sharing
4003settings [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_NFCSHARING_SETTINGS">Resources, 86</a>].</li>
4004 <li>MUST implement the NPP server. Messages received by the NPP server MUST be
4005processed the same way as the SNEP default server.</li>
4006 <li>MUST implement a SNEP client and attempt to send outbound P2P NDEF to the
4007default SNEP server when Android Beam is enabled. If no default SNEP server is
4008found then the client MUST attempt to send to an NPP server.</li>
4009 <li>MUST allow foreground activities to set the outbound P2P NDEF message using
4010android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessage, and
4011android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessageCallback, and
4012android.nfc.NfcAdapter.enableForegroundNdefPush.</li>
4013 <li>SHOULD use a gesture or on-screen confirmation, such as 'Touch to Beam', before
4014sending outbound P2P NDEF messages.</li>
4015 <li>SHOULD enable Android Beam by default and MUST be able to send and receive
4016using Android Beam, even when another proprietary NFC P2p mode is turned on.</li>
4017 <li>MUST support NFC Connection handover to Bluetooth when the device supports
4018Bluetooth Object Push Profile. Device implementations MUST support connection
4019handover to Bluetooth when using android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setBeamPushUris, by
4020implementing 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
4021LLCP service with service name &ldquo;urn:nfc:sn:handover&rdquo; for exchanging the
4022handover request/select records over NFC, and it MUST use the Bluetooth Object
4023Push Profile for the actual Bluetooth data transfer. For legacy reasons (to
4024remain compatible with Android 4.1 devices), the implementation SHOULD still
4025accept SNEP GET requests for exchanging the handover request/select records
4026over NFC. However an implementation itself SHOULD NOT send SNEP GET requests
4027for performing connection handover.</li>
4028 </ul></li>
4029 <li>MUST poll for all supported technologies while in NFC discovery mode.</li>
4030 <li>SHOULD be in NFC discovery mode while the device is awake with the screen
4031active and the lock-screen unlocked.</li>
4032</ul>
4033</ul>
4034
4035<p>(Note that publicly available links are not available for the JIS, ISO, and NFC
4036Forum specifications cited above.)</p>
4037
4038<p>Android includes support for NFC Host Card Emulation (HCE) mode. If a
4039device implementation does include an NFC controller chipset capable of HCE and
4040Application ID (AID) routing, then it:</p>
4041
4042<ul>
4043 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.nfc.hce feature constant.</li>
4044 <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>
4045</ul>
4046
4047<p>Additionally, device implementations MAY include reader/writer support for the
4048following MIFARE technologies.</p>
4049
4050<ul>
4051 <li>MIFARE Classic</li>
4052 <li>MIFARE Ultralight</li>
4053 <li>NDEF on MIFARE Classic</li>
4054</ul>
4055
4056<p>Note that Android includes APIs for these MIFARE types. If a device
4057implementation supports MIFARE in the reader/writer role, it:</p>
4058
4059<ul>
4060 <li>MUST implement the corresponding Android APIs as documented by the Android SDK.</li>
4061 <li>MUST report the feature com.nxp.mifare from the
Martijn Coenen048f4aa2015-09-17 14:24:55 +02004062android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html">[Resources, 53]</a>. Note that this is not a standard Android feature and as such does not appear
4063as a constant in the android.content.pm.PackageManager class.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004064 <li>MUST NOT implement the corresponding Android APIs nor report the com.nxp.mifare
4065feature unless it also implements general NFC support as described in this
4066section.</li>
4067</ul>
4068
4069<p>If a device implementation does not include NFC hardware, it MUST NOT declare
4070the android.hardware.nfc feature from the
4071android.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>
4072
4073<p>As the classes android.nfc.NdefMessage and android.nfc.NdefRecord represent a
4074protocol-independent data representation format, device implementations MUST
4075implement these APIs even if they do not include support for NFC or declare the
4076android.hardware.nfc feature.</p>
4077
4078<h3 id="7_4_5_minimum_network_capability">7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability</h3>
4079
4080
4081<p>Device implementations MUST include support for one or more forms of data
4082networking. Specifically, device implementations MUST include support for at
4083least one data standard capable of 200Kbit/sec or greater. Examples of
4084technologies that satisfy this requirement include EDGE, HSPA, EV-DO, 802.11g,
4085Ethernet, Bluetooth PAN, etc.</p>
4086
4087<p>Device implementations where a physical networking standard (such as Ethernet)
4088is the primary data connection SHOULD also include support for at least one
4089common wireless data standard, such as 802.11 (Wi-Fi).</p>
4090
4091<p>Devices MAY implement more than one form of data connectivity.</p>
4092
4093<h3 id="7_4_6_sync_settings">7.4.6. Sync Settings</h3>
4094
4095
4096<p>Device implementations MUST have the master auto-sync setting on by default so
4097that the method getMasterSyncAutomatically() returns &ldquo;true&rdquo; [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentResolver.html">Resources, 89</a>].</p>
4098
4099<h2 id="7_5_cameras">7.5. Cameras</h2>
4100
4101
4102<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera and MAY include a
4103front-facing camera. A rear-facing camera is a camera located on the side of
4104the device opposite the display; that is, it images scenes on the far side of
4105the device, like a traditional camera. A front-facing camera is a camera
4106located on the same side of the device as the display; that is, a camera
4107typically used to image the user, such as for video conferencing and similar
4108applications.</p>
4109
4110<p>If a device implementation includes at least one camera, it SHOULD be possible
4111for an application to simultaneously allocate 3 bitmaps equal to the size of
4112the images produced by the largest-resolution camera sensor on the device.</p>
4113
4114<h3 id="7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera</h3>
4115
4116
4117<p>Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera. If a device
4118implementation includes at least one rear-facing camera, it:</p>
4119
4120<ul>
4121 <li>MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera and
4122android.hardware.camera.any.</li>
4123 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least 2 megapixels.</li>
4124 <li>SHOULD have either hardware auto-focus or software auto-focus implemented in
4125the camera driver (transparent to application software).</li>
4126 <li>MAY have fixed-focus or EDOF (extended depth of field) hardware.</li>
4127 <li>MAY include a flash. If the Camera includes a flash, the flash lamp MUST NOT be
4128lit while an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance has been
4129registered on a Camera preview surface, unless the application has explicitly
4130enabled the flash by enabling the FLASH_MODE_AUTO or FLASH_MODE_ON attributes
4131of a Camera.Parameters object. Note that this constraint does not apply to the
4132device&rsquo;s built-in system camera application, but only to third-party
4133applications using Camera.PreviewCallback.</li>
4134</ul>
4135
4136<h3 id="7_5_2_front-facing_camera">7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera</h3>
4137
4138
4139<p>Device implementations MAY include a front-facing camera. If a device
4140implementation includes at least one front-facing camera, it:</p>
4141
4142<ul>
4143 <li>MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera.any and
4144android.hardware.camera.front.</li>
4145 <li>MUST have a resolution of at least VGA (640x480 pixels).</li>
4146 <li>MUST NOT use a front-facing camera as the default for the Camera API. The
4147camera API in Android has specific support for front-facing cameras and device
4148implementations MUST NOT configure the API to to treat a front-facing camera as
4149the default rear-facing camera, even if it is the only camera on the device.</li>
4150 <li>MAY include features (such as auto-focus, flash, etc.) available to rear-facing
4151cameras as described in <a href="#7_5_1_rear-facing_camera">section 7.5.1</a>.</li>
4152 <li>MUST horizontally reflect (i.e. mirror) the stream displayed by an app in a
4153CameraPreview, as follows:
4154 <ul>
4155 <li>If the device implementation is capable of being rotated by user (such as
4156automatically via an accelerometer or manually via user input), the camera
4157preview MUST be mirrored horizontally relative to the device&rsquo;s current
4158orientation.</li>
4159 <li>If the current application has explicitly requested that the Camera display be
4160rotated 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
4161orientation specified by the application.</li>
4162 <li>Otherwise, the preview MUST be mirrored along the device&rsquo;s default horizontal
4163axis.</li>
4164 </ul></li>
4165 <li>MUST mirror the image displayed by the postview in the same manner as the
4166camera preview image stream. If the device implementation does not support
4167postview, this requirement obviously does not apply.</li>
4168 <li>MUST NOT mirror the final captured still image or video streams returned to
4169application callbacks or committed to media storage.</li>
4170</ul>
4171
4172<h3 id="7_5_3_external_camera">7.5.3. External Camera</h3>
4173
4174
4175<p>Device implementations with USB host mode MAY include support for an external
4176camera that connects to the USB port. If a device includes support for an
4177external camera, it:</p>
4178
4179<ul>
4180 <li>MUST declare the platform feature android.hardware.camera.external and
4181android.hardware camera.any.</li>
4182 <li>MUST support USB Video Class (UVC 1.0 or higher).</li>
4183 <li>MAY support multiple cameras.</li>
4184</ul>
4185
4186<p>Video compression (such as MJPEG) support is RECOMMENDED to enable transfer of
4187high-quality unencoded streams (i.e. raw or independently compressed picture
4188streams). Camera-based video encoding MAY be supported. If so, a simultaneous
4189unencoded/ MJPEG stream (QVGA or greater resolution) MUST be accessible to the
4190device implementation.</p>
4191
4192<h3 id="7_5_4_camera_api_behavior">7.5.4. Camera API Behavior</h3>
4193
4194
4195<p>Android includes two API packages to access the camera, the newer
4196android.hardware.camera2 API expose lower-level camera control to the app,
4197including efficient zero-copy burst/streaming flows and per-frame controls of
4198exposure, gain, white balance gains, color conversion, denoising, sharpening,
4199and more.</p>
4200
4201<p>The older API package, android.hardware.Camera, is marked as deprecated in
4202Android 5.0 but as it should still be available for apps to use Android device
4203implementations MUST ensure the continued support of the API as described in
4204this section and in the Android SDK.</p>
4205
4206<p>Device implementations MUST implement the following behaviors for the
4207camera-related APIs, for all available cameras:</p>
4208
4209<ul>
4210 <li>If an application has never called
4211android.hardware.Camera.Parameters.setPreviewFormat(int), then the device MUST
4212use android.hardware.PixelFormat.YCbCr_420_SP for preview data provided to
4213application callbacks.</li>
4214 <li>If an application registers an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance
4215and the system calls the onPreviewFrame() method when the preview format is
4216YCbCr_420_SP, the data in the byte[] passed into onPreviewFrame() must further
4217be in the NV21 encoding format. That is, NV21 MUST be the default.</li>
4218 <li>For android.hardware.Camera, device implementations MUST support the YV12
4219format (as denoted by the android.graphics.ImageFormat.YV12 constant) for
4220camera previews for both front- and rear-facing cameras. (The hardware video
4221encoder and camera may use any native pixel format, but the device
4222implementation MUST support conversion to YV12.)</li>
4223 <li>For android.hardware.camera2, device implementations must support the
4224android.hardware.ImageFormat.YUV_420_888 and android.hardware.ImageFormat.JPEG
4225formats as outputs through the android.media.ImageReader API.</li>
4226</ul>
4227
4228<p>Device implementations MUST still implement the full Camera API included in the
4229Android 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
4230capabilities. For instance, cameras that lack autofocus MUST still call any
4231registered android.hardware.Camera.AutoFocusCallback instances (even though
4232this has no relevance to a non-autofocus camera.) Note that this does apply to
4233front-facing cameras; for instance, even though most front-facing cameras do
4234not support autofocus, the API callbacks must still be &ldquo;faked&rdquo; as described.</p>
4235
4236<p>Device implementations MUST recognize and honor each parameter name defined as
4237a constant on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters class, if the underlying
4238hardware supports the feature. If the device hardware does not support a
4239feature, the API must behave as documented. Conversely, device implementations
4240MUST NOT honor or recognize string constants passed to the
4241android.hardware.Camera.setParameters() method other than those documented as
4242constants on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters. That is, device
4243implementations MUST support all standard Camera parameters if the hardware
4244allows, and MUST NOT support custom Camera parameter types. For instance,
4245device implementations that support image capture using high dynamic range
4246(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>
4247
4248<p>Because not all device implementations can fully support all the features of
4249the android.hardware.camera2 API, device implementations MUST report the proper
4250level of support with the android.info.supportedHardwareLevel property as
4251described 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>
4252
4253<p>Device implementations MUST also declare its Individual camera capabilities of
4254android.hardware.camera2 via the android.request.availableCapabilities property
4255and 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>
4256
4257<p>Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_PICTURE intent
4258whenever a new picture is taken by the camera and the entry of the picture has
4259been added to the media store.</p>
4260
4261<p>Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_VIDEO intent
4262whenever a new video is recorded by the camera and the entry of the picture has
4263been added to the media store.</p>
4264
4265<h3 id="7_5_5_camera_orientation">7.5.5. Camera Orientation</h3>
4266
4267
4268<p>Both front- and rear-facing cameras, if present, MUST be oriented so that the
4269long dimension of the camera aligns with the screen&rsquo;s long dimension. That is,
4270when the device is held in the landscape orientation, cameras MUST capture
4271images in the landscape orientation. This applies regardless of the device&rsquo;s
4272natural orientation; that is, it applies to landscape-primary devices as well
4273as portrait-primary devices.</p>
4274
4275<h2 id="7_6_memory_and_storage">7.6. Memory and Storage</h2>
4276
4277
4278<h3 id="7_6_1_minimum_memory_and_storage">7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage</h3>
4279
4280<div class="note">
4281<p>Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB of non-volatile storage
4282available for application private data.</p>
4283</div>
4284
4285
4286<p>The memory available to the kernel and userspace on device implementations MUST
4287be at least equal or larger than the minimum values specified by the following
4288table. (See <a href="#7_1_1_screen_configuration">section 7.1.1</a> for screen size and density definitions.)</p>
4289<table>
4290 <tr>
4291 <th>Density and screen size</th>
4292 <th>32-bit device</th>
4293 <th>64-bit device</th>
4294 </tr>
4295 <tr>
4296 <td>Android Watch devices (due to smaller screens)</td>
4297 <td>416MB</td>
4298 <td>Not applicable</td>
4299 </tr>
4300 <tr>
4301 <td><ul>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07004302 <li class="table_list">280dpi or lower on small/normal screens</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004303 <li class="table_list">mdpi or lower on large screens</li>
4304 <li class="table_list">ldpi or lower on extra large screens</li>
4305 </ul></td>
4306 <td>424MB</td>
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07004307 <td>704MB</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004308 </tr>
4309 <tr>
4310 <td><ul>
4311 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
4312 <li class="table_list">hdpi or higher on large screens</li>
4313 <li class="table_list">mdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
4314 <td>512MB</td>
4315 <td>832MB</td>
4316 </tr>
4317 <tr>
4318 <td><ul>
4319 <li class="table_list">400dpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
4320 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on large screens</li>
4321 <li class="table_list">tvdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
4322 <td>896MB</td>
4323 <td>1280MB</td>
4324 </tr>
4325 <tr>
4326 <td><ul>
4327 <li class="table_list">560dpi or higher on small/normal screens</li>
4328 <li class="table_list">400dpi or higher on large screens</li>
4329 <li class="table_list">xhdpi or higher on extra large screens</li></ul></td>
4330 <td>1344MB</td>
4331 <td>1824MB</td>
4332 </tr>
4333</table>
4334
4335
4336<p>The minimum memory values MUST be in addition to any memory space already
4337dedicated to hardware components such as radio, video, and so on that is not
4338under the kernel&rsquo;s control.</p>
4339
4340<p>Device implementations with less than 512MB of memory available to the kernel
4341and userspace, unless an Android Watch, MUST return the value "true" for
4342ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice().</p>
4343
4344<p>Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB and other device
4345implementations MUST have at least 1.5GB of non-volatile storage available for
4346application private data. That is, the /data partition MUST be at least 5GB for
4347Android Television devices and at least 1.5GB for other device implementations.
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07004348Device implementations that run Android are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to have at least 3GB of non-volatile storage for application private data so
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004349they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</p>
4350
4351<p>The Android APIs include a Download Manager that applications MAY use to
4352download 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
4353downloading individual files of at least 100MB in size to the default &ldquo;cache"
4354location.</p>
4355
4356<h3 id="7_6_2_application_shared_storage">7.6.2. Application Shared Storage</h3>
4357
4358
4359<p>Device implementations MUST offer shared storage for applications also often
4360referred as &ldquo;shared external storage&rdquo;. </p>
4361
4362<p>Device implementations MUST be configured with shared storage mounted by
4363default, &ldquo;out of the box&rdquo;. If the shared storage is not mounted on the Linux
4364path /sdcard, then the device MUST include a Linux symbolic link from /sdcard
4365to the actual mount point.</p>
4366
4367<p>Device implementations MAY have hardware for user-accessible removable storage,
4368such as a Secure Digital (SD) card slot. If this slot is used to satisfy the
4369shared storage requirement, the device implementation:</p>
4370
4371<ul>
4372 <li>MUST implement a toast or pop-up user interface warning the user when there is
4373no SD card.</li>
4374 <li>MUST include a FAT-formatted SD card 1GB in size or larger OR show on the box
4375and other material available at time of purchase that the SD card has to be
4376separately purchased.</li>
4377 <li>MUST mount the SD card by default.</li>
4378</ul>
4379
4380<p>Alternatively, device implementations MAY allocate internal (non-removable)
4381storage as shared storage for apps as included in the upstream Android Open
4382Source Project; device implementations SHOULD use this configuration and
4383software implementation. If a device implementation uses internal
4384(non-removable) storage to satisfy the shared storage requirement, that storage
4385MUST be 1GB in size or larger and mounted on /sdcard (or /sdcard MUST be a
4386symbolic link to the physical location if it is mounted elsewhere).</p>
4387
4388<p>Device implementations MUST enforce as documented the
4389android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission on this shared storage.
4390Shared storage MUST otherwise be writable by any application that obtains that
4391permission.</p>
4392
4393<p>Device implementations that include multiple shared storage paths (such as both
4394an SD card slot and shared internal storage) MUST NOT allow Android
4395applications to write to the secondary external storage, except for their
4396package-specific directories on the secondary external storage, but SHOULD
4397expose content from both storage paths transparently through Android&rsquo;s media
4398scanner service and android.provider.MediaStore.</p>
4399
4400<p>Regardless of the form of shared storage used, if the device implementation
4401has a USB port with USB peripheral mode support, it MUST provide some mechanism
4402to access the contents of shared storage from a host computer. Device
4403implementations MAY use USB mass storage, but SHOULD use Media Transfer Protocol
4404to satisfy this requirement. If the device implementation supports Media
4405Transfer Protocol, it:</p>
4406
4407<ul>
4408 <li>SHOULD be compatible with the reference Android MTP host, Android File Transfer
4409[<a href="http://www.android.com/filetransfer">Resources, 96</a>].</li>
4410 <li>SHOULD report a USB device class of 0x00.</li>
4411 <li>SHOULD report a USB interface name of 'MTP'.</li>
4412</ul>
4413
Clay Murphy0b2d3c22015-10-06 23:22:35 -07004414<h3 id="7_6_3_adoptable_storage">7.6.3. Adoptable Storage</h3>
4415
4416<p>Device implementations are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to implement adoptable
4417storage if the removable storage device port is in a long-term stable location,
4418such as within the battery compartment or other protective cover
4419[<a
4420href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage/adoptable.html">Resources,
4421XX</a>].</p>
4422
4423<p>Device implementations such as a television, MAY enable adoption through USB
4424ports as the device is expected to be static and not mobile. But for other
4425device implementations that are mobile in nature, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to
4426implement the adoptable storage in a long-term stable location, since accidentally
4427disconnecting them can cause data loss/corruption.</p>
4428
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004429<h2 id="7_7_usb">7.7. USB</h2>
4430
4431
4432<p>Device implementations SHOULD support USB peripheral mode and SHOULD support
4433USB host mode.</p>
4434
4435<p>If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting peripheral mode:</p>
4436
4437<ul>
4438 <li>The port MUST be connectable to a USB host that has a standard type-A or type
4439-C USB port.</li>
4440 <li>The port SHOULD use micro-A, micro-AB or type-C USB form factor. Existing and
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07004441new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004442 <li>The port SHOULD be centered in the middle of an edge. Device implementations
4443SHOULD either locate the port on the bottom of the device (according to natural
4444orientation) or enable software screen rotation for all apps (including home
4445screen), so that the display draws correctly when the device is oriented with
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07004446the port at bottom. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004447 <li>It MUST allow a USB host connected with the Android device to access the
4448contents of the shared storage volume using either USB mass storage or Media
4449Transfer Protocol.</li>
4450 <li>It SHOULD implement the Android Open Accessory (AOA) API and specification as
4451documented in the Android SDK documentation, and if it is an Android Handheld
4452device it MUST implement the AOA API. Device implementations implementing the
4453AOA specification:
4454 <ul>
4455 <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>
4456 <li>MUST implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK
4457documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">Resources, 98</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jungd94638a2015-09-29 20:50:56 -07004458 <li>And also the USB mass storage class, MUST include the string "android"
4459at the end of the interface description <code>iInterface</code> string of the
4460USB mass storage</li>
4461 </ul>
4462 </li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004463 <li>It SHOULD implement support to draw 1.5 A current during HS chirp and traffic
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07004464as specified in the USB battery charging specification [<a href="http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/USB_Battery_Charging_1.2.pdf">Resources, 99</a>]. Existing and new Android devices are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements</strong> so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004465 <li>The value of iSerialNumber in USB standard device descriptor MUST be equal to
4466the value of android.os.Build.SERIAL.</li>
4467</ul>
4468
4469<p>If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting host mode, it:</p>
4470
4471<ul>
4472 <li>SHOULD use a type-C USB port, if the device implementation supports USB 3.1.</li>
4473 <li>MAY use a non-standard port form factor, but if so MUST ship with a cable or
4474cables adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.</li>
4475 <li>MAY use a micro-AB USB port, but if so SHOULD ship with a cable or cables
4476adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.</li>
Glenn Kasten894a1242015-10-07 16:13:27 -07004477 <li>is <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004478documentation [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO">Resources, 98</a>].</li>
4479 <li>MUST implement the Android USB host API as documented in the Android SDK, and
4480MUST 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>
4481 <li>SHOULD support the Charging Downstream Port output current range of 1.5 A ~ 5 A
4482as 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>
4483</ul>
4484
4485<h2 id="7_8_audio">7.8. Audio</h2>
4486
4487
4488<h3 id="7_8_1_microphone">7.8.1. Microphone</h3>
4489
4490<div class="note">
4491<p>Android Handheld, Watch, and Automotive implementations MUST include a
4492microphone.</p>
4493</div>
4494
4495
4496<p>Device implementations MAY omit a microphone. However, if a device
4497implementation omits a microphone, it MUST NOT report the
4498android.hardware.microphone feature constant, and MUST implement the audio
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07004499recording API at least as no-ops, per <a href="#7_hardware_compatibility">section 7</a>.
4500Conversely, device implementations that do possess a microphone:</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004501
4502<ul>
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07004503 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.microphone feature constant</li>
4504 <li>MUST meet the audio recording requirements in <a href="#5_4_audio_recording">section 5.4</a></li>
4505 <li>MUST meet the audio latency requirements in <a href="#5_6_audio_latency">section 5.6</a></li>
4506 <li>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to support near-ultrasound recording as described in
4507 <a href="#7_8_3_near_ultrasound">section 7.8.3</a></li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004508</ul>
4509
4510<h3 id="7_8_2_audio_output">7.8.2. Audio Output</h3>
4511
4512<div class="note">
4513<p>Android Watch devices MAY include an audio output.</p>
4514</div>
4515
4516<p>Device implementations including a speaker or with an audio/multimedia output
4517port for an audio output peripheral as a headset or an external speaker:</p>
4518
4519<ul>
4520 <li>MUST report the android.hardware.audio.output feature constant.</li>
4521 <li>MUST meet the audio playback requirements in <a href="#5_5_audio_playback">section 5.5</a>.</li>
4522 <li>MUST meet the audio latency requirements in <a href="#5_6_audio_latency">section 5.6</a>.</li>
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07004523 <li>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to support near-ultrasound playback as described in
4524 <a href="#7_8_3_near_ultrasound">section 7.8.3</a></li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004525</ul>
4526
4527<p>Conversely, if a device implementation does not include a speaker or audio
4528output port, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.audio output feature, and
4529MUST implement the Audio Output related APIs as no-ops at least. </p>
4530
4531<p>Android Watch device implementation MAY but SHOULD NOT have audio output, but
4532other types of Android device implementations MUST have an audio output and
4533declare android.hardware.audio.output.</p>
4534
4535<h4 id="7_8_2_1_analog_audio_ports">7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports</h4>
4536
4537
4538<p>In order to be compatible with the headsets and other audio accessories using
4539the 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
4540one of the audio port(s) SHOULD be a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack. If a device
4541implementation has a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack, it:</p>
4542
4543<ul>
4544 <li>MUST support audio playback to stereo headphones and stereo headsets with a
4545microphone, and SHOULD support audio recording from stereo headsets with a
4546microphone.</li>
4547 <li>MUST support TRRS audio plugs with the CTIA pin-out order, and SHOULD support
4548audio plugs with the OMTP pin-out order.</li>
4549 <li>MUST support the detection of microphone on the plugged in audio accessory, if
4550the device implementation supports a microphone, and broadcast the
4551android.intent.action.HEADSET_PLUG with the extra value microphone set as 1.</li>
4552 <li>SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycodes for the following 3
4553ranges of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on
4554the audio plug:
4555 <ul>
4556 <li><strong>70 ohm or less</strong>: KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK</li>
Glenn Kasten54e6ac12015-08-12 09:07:12 -07004557 <li><strong>210&#45;290 Ohm</strong>: KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004558 <li><strong>360&#45;680 Ohm</strong>: KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN</li>
4559 </ul></li>
4560 <li>SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycode for the following range
4561of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on the
4562audio plug:
4563 <ul>
4564 <li><strong>110&#45;180 Ohm: </strong>KEYCODE_VOICE_ASSIST</li>
4565 </ul></li>
4566 <li>MUST trigger ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG upon a plug insert, but only after all
4567contacts on plug are touching their relevant segments on the jack.</li>
4568 <li>MUST be capable of driving at least 150mV +/- 10% of output voltage on a 32 Ohm
4569speaker impedance.</li>
4570 <li>MUST have a microphone bias voltage between 1.8V ~ 2.9V.</li>
4571</ul>
4572
Glenn Kasten20cdbb72015-09-24 11:56:42 -07004573<h3 id="7_8_3_near_ultrasound">7.8.3. Near-Ultrasound </h3>
4574
4575<p>Near-Ultrasound audio is the 18.5 kHz to 20 kHz band.
4576Device implementations MUST correctly report the support
4577of near-ultrasound audio capability via the
4578<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html#getProperty(java.lang.String)">AudioManager.getProperty</a>
4579API as follows:
4580</p>
4581
4582<ul>
4583 <li>If
4584 <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html#PROPERTY_SUPPORT_MIC_NEAR_ULTRASOUND">PROPERTY_SUPPORT_MIC_NEAR_ULTRASOUND</a>
4585 is "true", then
4586 <ul>
4587 <li>The microphone's mean power response in the 18.5 kHz to 20 kHz band MUST be no more than
4588 15 dB below the response at 2 kHz.</li>
4589 <li>The signal to noise ratio of the microphone MUST be no lower than 80 dB.</li>
4590 </ul>
4591 </li>
4592 <li>If
4593 <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html#PROPERTY_SUPPORT_SPEAKER_NEAR_ULTRASOUND">PROPERTY_SUPPORT_SPEAKER_NEAR_ULTRASOUND</a>
4594 is "true", then the speaker's mean response in 18.5 kHz - 20 kHz MUST be no lower than 40 dB
4595 below the response at 2 kHz.
4596 </li>
4597</ul>
4598
Clay Murphye97c9232015-10-07 00:28:32 -07004599<h1 id="8_performance_compatibility">8. Performance and Power</h1>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004600
4601
Clay Murphye97c9232015-10-07 00:28:32 -07004602<p>Some minimum performance and power criteria are critical to the user experience
4603and impact the baseline assumptions developers would have when developing an app.
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004604Android Watch devices SHOULD and other type of device implementations MUST meet
4605the following criteria:</p>
4606
4607<h2 id="8_1_user_experience_consistency">8.1. User Experience Consistency</h2>
4608
4609
4610<p>Device implementations MUST provide a smooth user interface by ensuring a
4611consistent frame rate and response times for applications and games. Device
4612implementations MUST meet the following requirements: </p>
4613
4614<ul>
4615 <li><strong>Consistent frame latency</strong>. Inconsistent frame latency or a delay to render frames MUST NOT happen more
4616often than 5 frames in a second, and SHOULD be below 1 frames in a second.</li>
4617 <li><strong>User interface latency</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure low latency user experience by scrolling a
4618list of 10K list entries as defined by the Android Compatibility Test Suite
4619(CTS) in less than 36 secs.</li>
4620 <li><strong>Task switching</strong>. When multiple applications have been launched, re-launching an already-running
4621application after it has been launched MUST take less than 1 second.</li>
4622</ul>
4623
4624<h2 id="8_2_file_i_o_access_performance">8.2. File I/O Access Performance</h2>
4625
4626
4627<p>Device implementations MUST ensure internal storage file access performance consistency for read
4628and write operations. </p>
4629
4630<ul>
4631 <li><strong>Sequential write</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential write performance of at least 5MB/s
4632for a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.</li>
4633 <li><strong>Random write</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a random write performance of at least 0.5MB/s for a
4634256MB file using 4KB write buffer.</li>
4635 <li><strong>Sequential read</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential read performance of at least 15MB/s for
4636a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.</li>
4637 <li><strong>Random read</strong>. Device implementations MUST ensure a random read performance of at least 3.5MB/s for a
4638256MB file using 4KB write buffer.</li>
4639</ul>
4640
Clay Murphye97c9232015-10-07 00:28:32 -07004641<h2 id="8_3_power_saving_modes">8.3. Power-Saving Modes</h2>
4642
4643<p>All apps exempted from App Standby and/or Doze mode MUST be made visible to
4644the end user. Further, the triggering, maintenance, wakeup algorithms and
4645the use of Global system settings of these power-saving modes MUST not deviate
4646from the Android Open Source Project.</p>
4647
4648<h2 id="8_4_power_consumption_accounting">8.4. Power Consumption Accounting</h2>
4649
4650<p>A more accurate accounting and reporting of the power consumption provides the
4651app developer both the incentives and the tools to optimize the power usage pattern
4652of the application. Therefore, device implementations:</p>
4653
4654<ul>
4655 <li>MUST be able to track hardware component power usage and attribute that power
4656 usage to specific applications. Specifically, implementations:
4657 <ul>
4658 <li>MUST provide a per-component power profile that defines the current consumption
4659 value for each hardware component and the approximate battery drain caused by the
4660 components over time as documented in the Android Open Source Project site [<a
4661href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/power/values.html">Resources, XX</a>].</li>
4662 <li>MUST report all power consumption values in milliampere hours (mAh)</li>
4663 <li>SHOULD be attributed to the hardware component itself if unable to
4664 attribute hardware component power usage to an application.</li>
4665 <li>MUST report CPU power consumption per each process's UID. The Android Open
4666 Source Project meets the requirement through the <code>uid_cputime</code>
4667 kernel module implementation.</li>
4668 </ul>
4669 </li>
4670 <li>MUST make this power usage available via the <code>adb shell dumpsys
4671 batterystats</code> shell command to the app developer [<a
4672href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/power/batterystats.html">Resources,XX</a>].</li>
4673 <li>MUST honor the android.intent.action.POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY intent and display
4674 a settings menu that shows this power usage [<a
4675href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY">Resources,
4676XX</a>].</li>
4677</ul>
4678
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004679<h1 id="9_security_model_compatibility">9. Security Model Compatibility</h1>
4680
4681
4682<p>Device implementations MUST implement a security model consistent with the
4683Android platform security model as defined in Security and Permissions
4684reference 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
4685installation of self-signed applications without requiring any additional
4686permissions/certificates from any third parties/authorities. Specifically,
4687compatible devices MUST support the security mechanisms described in the follow
4688subsections.</p>
4689
4690<h2 id="9_1_permissions">9.1. Permissions</h2>
4691
4692
4693<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android permissions model as defined in
4694the 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
4695described in the SDK documentation; no permissions may be omitted, altered, or
4696ignored. Implementations MAY add additional permissions, provided the new
4697permission ID strings are not in the android.* namespace.</p>
4698
Svetoslav4bbf7402015-09-11 14:45:48 -07004699<p>Permissions with a protection level of dangerous are runtime permissions. Applications
Unsuk Jungad5c4c32015-09-29 18:03:10 -07004700with targetSdkVersion > 22 request them at runtime. Device implementations:</p>
4701
4702<ul>
4703<li>MUST show a dedicated interface for the user to decide whether to grant the
4704requested runtime permissions and also provide an interface for the user to manage
4705runtime permissions.</li>
4706<li>MUST have one and only one implementation of both user interfaces.</li>
4707<li>MUST NOT grant any runtime permissions to preinstalled apps unless:
4708 <ul>
4709 <li>the user's consent can be obtained before the application uses it</li>
4710 <li>the runtime permissions are associated with an intent pattern for which the preinstalled
4711 application is set as the default handler</li>
4712 </ul>
4713</li>
4714</ul>
Svetoslav4bbf7402015-09-11 14:45:48 -07004715
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004716<h2 id="9_2_uid_and_process_isolation">9.2. UID and Process Isolation</h2>
4717
4718
4719<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android application sandbox model, in
4720which each application runs as a unique Unixstyle UID and in a separate
4721process. Device implementations MUST support running multiple applications as
4722the same Linux user ID, provided that the applications are properly signed and
4723constructed, as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</p>
4724
4725<h2 id="9_3_filesystem_permissions">9.3. Filesystem Permissions</h2>
4726
4727
4728<p>Device implementations MUST support the Android file access permissions model
4729as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</p>
4730
4731<h2 id="9_4_alternate_execution_environments">9.4. Alternate Execution Environments</h2>
4732
4733
4734<p>Device implementations MAY include runtime environments that execute
4735applications using some other software or technology than the Dalvik Executable
4736Format or native code. However, such alternate execution environments MUST NOT
4737compromise the Android security model or the security of installed Android
4738applications, as described in this section.</p>
4739
4740<p>Alternate runtimes MUST themselves be Android applications, and abide by the
4741standard Android security model, as described elsewhere in <a href="#9_security_model_compatibility">section 9</a>.</p>
4742
4743<p>Alternate runtimes MUST NOT be granted access to resources protected by
4744permissions not requested in the runtime&rsquo;s AndroidManifest.xml file via the
Unsuk Jung2e62f9a2015-07-16 23:01:44 -07004745&lt;uses-permission&gt; mechanism.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004746
4747<p>Alternate runtimes MUST NOT permit applications to make use of features
4748protected by Android permissions restricted to system applications.</p>
4749
4750<p>Alternate runtimes MUST abide by the Android sandbox model. Specifically,
4751alternate runtimes:</p>
4752
4753<ul>
4754 <li>SHOULD install apps via the PackageManager into separate Android sandboxes (
4755Linux user IDs, etc.).</li>
4756 <li>MAY provide a single Android sandbox shared by all applications using the
4757alternate runtime.</li>
4758 <li>and installed applications using an alternate runtime, MUST NOT reuse the
4759sandbox of any other app installed on the device, except through the standard
4760Android mechanisms of shared user ID and signing certificate.</li>
4761 <li>MUST NOT launch with, grant, or be granted access to the sandboxes
4762corresponding to other Android applications.</li>
4763 <li>MUST NOT be launched with, be granted, or grant to other applications any
4764privileges of the superuser (root), or of any other user ID.</li>
4765</ul>
4766
4767<p>The .apk files of alternate runtimes MAY be included in the system image of a
4768device implementation, but MUST be signed with a key distinct from the key used
4769to sign other applications included with the device implementation.</p>
4770
4771<p>When installing applications, alternate runtimes MUST obtain user consent for
4772the Android permissions used by the application. If an application needs to
4773make use of a device resource for which there is a corresponding Android
4774permission (such as Camera, GPS, etc.), the alternate runtime MUST inform the
4775user that the application will be able to access that resource. If the runtime
4776environment does not record application capabilities in this manner, the
4777runtime environment MUST list all permissions held by the runtime itself when
4778installing any application using that runtime.</p>
4779
4780<h2 id="9_5_multi-user_support">9.5. Multi-User Support</h2>
4781
4782<div class="note">
4783<p>This feature is optional for all device types.</p>
4784</div>
4785
4786
4787<p>Android includes support for multiple users and provides support for full user
4788isolation [<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
4789the following requirements related to multi-user support [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage/">Resources, 104</a>]:</p>
4790
4791<ul>
4792 <li>Device implementations that do not declare the android.hardware.telephony
4793feature flag MUST support restricted profiles, a feature that allows device
4794owners to manage additional users and their capabilities on the device. With
4795restricted profiles, device owners can quickly set up separate environments for
4796additional users to work in, with the ability to manage finer-grained
4797restrictions in the apps that are available in those environments.</li>
4798 <li>Conversely device implementations that declare the android.hardware.telephony
4799feature flag MUST NOT support restricted profiles but MUST align with the AOSP
4800implementation of controls to enable /disable other users from accessing the
4801voice calls and SMS.</li>
4802 <li>Device implementations MUST, for each user, implement a security model
4803consistent with the Android platform security model as defined in Security and
4804Permissions reference document in the APIs [<a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html">Resources, 102</a>].</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004805 <li>Each user instance on an Android device MUST have separate and isolated
4806external storage directories. Device implementations MAY store multiple users'
4807data on the same volume or filesystem. However, the device implementation MUST
4808ensure that applications owned by and running on behalf a given user cannot
4809list, read, or write to data owned by any other user. Note that removable
4810media, such as SD card slots, can allow one user to access another&rsquo;s data by
4811means of a host PC. For this reason, device implementations that use removable
4812media for the external storage APIs MUST encrypt the contents of the SD card if
4813multiuser is enabled using a key stored only on non-removable media accessible
4814only to the system. As this will make the media unreadable by a host PC, device
4815implementations will be required to switch to MTP or a similar system to
4816provide host PCs with access to the current user&rsquo;s data. Accordingly, device
4817implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT enable multi-user if they use removable
4818media [<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html">Resources, 105</a>] for primary external storage.</li>
4819</ul>
4820
4821<h2 id="9_6_premium_sms_warning">9.6. Premium SMS Warning</h2>
4822
4823
4824<p>Android includes support for warning users of any outgoing premium SMS message
4825[<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
4826carrier that may incur a charge to the user. Device implementations that
4827declare support for android.hardware.telephony MUST warn users before sending a
4828SMS message to numbers identified by regular expressions defined in
4829/data/misc/sms/codes.xml file in the device. The upstream Android Open Source
4830Project provides an implementation that satisfies this requirement.</p>
4831
4832<h2 id="9_7_kernel_security_features">9.7. Kernel Security Features</h2>
4833
4834
Unsuk Jung5ead64e2015-10-06 02:35:25 -07004835<p>The Android Sandbox includes features that use the Security-Enhanced Linux
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004836(SELinux) mandatory access control (MAC) system and other security features in
Unsuk Jung5ead64e2015-10-06 02:35:25 -07004837the Linux kernel. SELinux or any other security features implemented below
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004838the Android framework:</p>
4839
4840<ul>
4841 <li>MUST maintain compatibility with existing applications.</li>
4842 <li>MUST NOT have a visible user interface when a security violation is detected
4843and successfully blocked, but MAY have a visible user interface when an
4844unblocked security violation occurs resulting in a successful exploit.</li>
4845 <li>SHOULD NOT be user or developer configurable.</li>
4846</ul>
4847
4848<p>If any API for configuration of policy is exposed to an application that can
4849affect another application (such as a Device Administration API), the API MUST
4850NOT allow configurations that break compatibility.</p>
4851
Unsuk Jung5ead64e2015-10-06 02:35:25 -07004852<p>Devices MUST implement SELinux or, if using a kernel other than Linux, an
4853equivalent mandatory access control system. Devices MUST also meet the
4854following requirements, which are satisfied by the reference implementation
4855in the upstream Android Open Source Project.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004856
4857<p>Device implementations:</p>
4858
4859<ul>
Unsuk Jung5ead64e2015-10-06 02:35:25 -07004860 <li>MUST set SELinux to global enforcing mode.</li>
4861 <li>MUST configure all domains in enforcing mode. No permissive mode domains
4862are allowed, including domains specific to a device/vendor.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004863 <li>MUST NOT modify, omit, or replace the neverallow rules present within the
Unsuk Jung5ead64e2015-10-06 02:35:25 -07004864external/sepolicy folder provided in the upstream Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and
4865the policy MUST compile with all neverallow rules present, for both AOSP SELinux
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004866domains as well as device/vendor specific domains.</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004867</ul>
4868
4869<p>Device implementations SHOULD retain the default SELinux policy provided in the
Unsuk Jung5ead64e2015-10-06 02:35:25 -07004870external/sepolicy folder of the upstream Android Open Source Project and only
4871further add to this policy for their own device-specific configuration. Device
4872implementations MUST be compatible with the upstream Android Open Source Project.
4873</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004874
4875<h2 id="9_8_privacy">9.8. Privacy</h2>
4876
4877<p>If the device implements functionality in the system that captures the contents
4878displayed on the screen and/or records the audio stream played on the device,
4879it MUST continuously notify the user whenever this functionality is enabled and
4880actively capturing/recording.</p>
4881
4882<p>If a device implementation has a mechanism that routes network data traffic
4883through a proxy server or VPN gateway by default (for example, preloading a VPN
4884service with android.permission.CONTROL_VPN granted), the device implementation
4885MUST ask for the user's consent before enabling that mechanism.</p>
4886
Unsuk Jungaad25192015-09-29 11:55:45 -07004887<p>If a device implementation has a USB port with USB peripheral mode support,
4888it MUST present a user interface asking for the user's consent before allowing
4889access to the contents of the shared storage over the USB port.</p>
4890
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004891<h2 id="9_9_full-disk_encryption">9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</h2>
4892
4893<div class="note">
4894<p>Optional for Android device implementations without a lock screen.</p>
4895</div>
4896
Unsuk Jung41641fb2015-09-29 11:19:49 -07004897<p>If the device implementation supports a secure lock screen reporting "<code>true</code>"
4898for KeyguardManager.isDeviceSecure()
4899[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/KeyguardManager.html#isDeviceSecure()">Resources, XX</a>],
4900and is not a device with restricted memory as reported through the
4901ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() method, then the device MUST support full-disk encryption
4902[<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/encryption/index.html">Resources, 107</a>]
4903of the application private data (/data partition), as well as the application
4904shared storage partition (/sdcard partition) if it is a permanent, non-removable
4905part of the device.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004906
Unsuk Jung41641fb2015-09-29 11:19:49 -07004907<p>For device implementations supporting full-disk encryption and with Advanced
4908Encryption Standard (AES) crypto performance above 50MiB/sec, the full-disk
4909encryption MUST be enabled by default at the time the user has completed the out-of-box
4910setup experience. If a device implementation is already launched on an earlier Android
4911version with full-disk encryption disabled by default, such a device cannot
4912meet the requirement through a system software update and thus MAY be exempted.</p>
4913
4914<p>Encryption MUST use AES with a key of 128-bits (or greater) and a mode designed
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004915for storage (for example, AES-XTS, AES-CBC-ESSIV). The encryption key MUST NOT
4916be written to storage at any time without being encrypted. Other than when in
4917active use, the encryption key SHOULD be AES encrypted with the lockscreen
4918passcode stretched using a slow stretching algorithm (e.g. PBKDF2 or scrypt).
4919If the user has not specified a lockscreen passcode or has disabled use of the
4920passcode for encryption, the system SHOULD use a default passcode to wrap the
4921encryption key. If the device provides a hardware-backed keystore, the password
4922stretching algorithm MUST be cryptographically bound to that keystore. The
4923encryption key MUST NOT be sent off the device (even when wrapped with the user
4924passcode and/or hardware bound key). The upstream Android Open Source project
Clay Murphyf4fa6bc2015-08-28 17:20:31 -07004925provides a preferred implementation of this feature based on the Linux kernel
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004926feature dm-crypt.</p>
4927
4928<h2 id="9_10_verified_boot">9.10. Verified Boot</h2>
4929
4930<p>
4931Verified boot is a feature that guarantees the integrity of the device software.
4932If a device implementation supports the feature, it MUST:
Glenn Kasten54e6ac12015-08-12 09:07:12 -07004933</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004934<ul>
4935<li>Declare the platform feature flag android.software.verified_boot</li>
4936<li>Perform verification on every boot sequence</li>
Clay Murphyf4fa6bc2015-08-28 17:20:31 -07004937<li>Start verification from an immutable hardware key that is the root of trust,
4938and go all the way up to the system partition</li>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004939<li>Implement each stage of verification to check the integrity and authenticity
4940of all the bytes in the next stage before executing the code in the next stage</li>
4941<li>Use verification algorithms as strong as current recommendations
4942from NIST for hashing algorithms (SHA-256) and public key sizes (RSA-2048)</li>
4943</ul>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004944
Clay Murphyf4fa6bc2015-08-28 17:20:31 -07004945<p>The upstream Android Open Source Project provides a preferred implementation of this
4946feature based on the Linux kernel feature dm-verity.</p>
4947
4948<p>Starting from Android 6.0, device implementations with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
4949crypto perfomance above 50MiB/seconds MUST support verified boot for device integrity.
4950If a device implementation is already launched without supporting verified boot on an earlier
4951version of Android, such a device can not add support for this feature with a system software
4952update and thus are exempted from the requirement.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07004953
Unsuk Jungb5ef8ac2015-09-29 22:52:29 -07004954<h2 id="9_11_keys_and_credentials">9.11. Keys and Credentials</h2>
4955
4956<p>The Android Keystore System
4957[<a href="https://developer.android.com/training/articles/keystore.html">Resources, XX</a>]
4958allows app developers to store cryptographic keys in a container and use them in cryptographic
4959operations through the KeyChain API
4960[<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/KeyChain.html">Resources, XX</a>]
4961or the Keystore API
4962 [<a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/java/security/KeyStore.html">Resources, XX</a>].
4963</p>
4964
4965<p>All Android device implementations MUST meet the following requirements:</p>
4966
4967<ul>
4968<li>SHOULD not limit the number of keys that can be generated, and MUST at least allow more
4969than 8,192 keys to be imported.</li>
4970<li>The lock screen authentication MUST rate limit attempts and SHOULD have an exponential
4971 backoff algorithm as implemented in the Android Open Source Project.</li>
4972<li>When the device implementation supports a secure lock screen and has a secure hardware
4973 such as a Secure Element (SE) where a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) can be implemented,
4974 then it:
4975 <ul>
4976 <li>MUST back up the keystore implementation with the secure hardware. The upstream Android
4977 Open Source Project provides the Keymaster Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) implementation
4978 that can be used to satisfy this requirement.</li>
4979 <li>MUST perform the lock screen authentication in the secure hardware and only when successful
4980 allow the authentication-bound keys to be used. The upstream Android Open Source Project
4981 provides the Gatekeeper Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that can be used to satisfy this
4982 requirement
4983 [<a href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/authentication/gatekeeper.html">Resources, XX</a>].</li>
4984 </ul>
4985</li>
4986</ul>
4987
4988<p>Note that if a device implementation is already launched on an earlier Android version and has
4989 not implemented a trusted operating system on the secure hardware, such a device cannot meet
4990 the above TEE-related requirements through a system software update and thus is exempted from these TEE-related requirements.</p>
4991
Bert McMeen83ceaf22015-10-06 15:34:02 -07004992<h2 id="9_12_data_deletion">9.12. Data Deletion</h2>
4993
4994<p>Devices MUST provide users with a mechanism to perform a "Factory Data Reset"
4995that allows logical and physical deletion of all data. This MUST satisfy relevant
4996industry standards for data deletion such as NIST SP800-88. This MUST be used for
4997the implementation of the wipeData() API (part of the Android Device Administration API)
4998described in <a href="#3_9_device_administration">section 3.9 Device Administration.</p>
4999
5000<p>Devices MAY provide a fast data wipe that conducts a logical data erase.</p>
5001
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005002<h1 id="10_software_compatibility_testing">10. Software Compatibility Testing</h1>
5003
5004
5005<p>Device implementations MUST pass all tests described in this section.</p>
5006
5007<p>However, note that no software test package is fully comprehensive. For this
Bert McMeen816a2422015-09-29 16:33:19 -07005008reason, device implementers are <strong>STRONGLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to make the minimum number of changes as possible to the reference and
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005009preferred implementation of Android available from the Android Open Source
5010Project. This will minimize the risk of introducing bugs that create
5011incompatibilities requiring rework and potential device updates.</p>
5012
5013<h2 id="10_1_compatibility_test_suite">10.1. Compatibility Test Suite</h2>
5014
5015
5016<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
5017software on the device. Additionally, device implementers SHOULD use the
5018reference implementation in the Android Open Source tree as much as possible,
5019and MUST ensure compatibility in cases of ambiguity in CTS and for any
5020reimplementations of parts of the reference source code.</p>
5021
5022<p>The CTS is designed to be run on an actual device. Like any software, the CTS
5023may itself contain bugs. The CTS will be versioned independently of this
5024Compatibility Definition, and multiple revisions of the CTS may be released for
5025Android ANDROID_VERSION. Device implementations MUST pass the latest CTS version available
5026at the time the device software is completed.</p>
5027
5028<h2 id="10_2_cts_verifier">10.2. CTS Verifier</h2>
5029
5030
5031<p>Device implementations MUST correctly execute all applicable cases in the CTS
5032Verifier. The CTS Verifier is included with the Compatibility Test Suite, and
5033is intended to be run by a human operator to test functionality that cannot be
5034tested by an automated system, such as correct functioning of a camera and
5035sensors.</p>
5036
5037<p>The CTS Verifier has tests for many kinds of hardware, including some hardware
5038that is optional. Device implementations MUST pass all tests for hardware that
5039they possess; for instance, if a device possesses an accelerometer, it MUST
5040correctly execute the Accelerometer test case in the CTS Verifier. Test cases
5041for features noted as optional by this Compatibility Definition Document MAY be
5042skipped or omitted.</p>
5043
5044<p>Every device and every build MUST correctly run the CTS Verifier, as noted
5045above. However, since many builds are very similar, device implementers are not
5046expected to explicitly run the CTS Verifier on builds that differ only in
5047trivial ways. Specifically, device implementations that differ from an
5048implementation that has passed the CTS Verifier only by the set of included
5049locales, branding, etc. MAY omit the CTS Verifier test.</p>
5050
5051<h1 id="11_updatable_software">11. Updatable Software</h1>
5052
5053
5054<p>Device implementations MUST include a mechanism to replace the entirety of the
5055system software. The mechanism need not perform &ldquo;live&rdquo; upgrades&mdash;that is, a
5056device restart MAY be required.</p>
5057
5058<p>Any method can be used, provided that it can replace the entirety of the
5059software preinstalled on the device. For instance, any of the following
5060approaches will satisfy this requirement:</p>
5061
5062<ul>
5063 <li>&ldquo;Over-the-air (OTA)&rdquo; downloads with offline update via reboot</li>
5064 <li>&ldquo;Tethered&rdquo; updates over USB from a host PC</li>
5065 <li>&ldquo;Offline&rdquo; updates via a reboot and update from a file on removable storage</li>
5066</ul>
5067
5068<p>However, if the device implementation includes support for an unmetered data
5069connection such as 802.11 or Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) profile:</p>
5070
5071<ul>
5072<li>Android Automotive implementations SHOULD support OTA downloads with offline
5073update via reboot.</li>
5074<li>All other device implementations MUST support OTA downloads with offline
5075update via reboot.</li>
5076</ul>
5077
5078<p>The update mechanism used MUST support updates without wiping user data. That
5079is, the update mechanism MUST preserve application private data and application
5080shared data. Note that the upstream Android software includes an update
5081mechanism that satisfies this requirement.</p>
5082
5083<p>For device implementations that are launching with Android ANDROID_VERSION and later, the
5084update mechanism SHOULD support verifying that the system image is binary
5085identical to expected result following an OTA. The block-based OTA
5086implementation in the upstream Android Open Source Project, added since Android
50875.1, satisfies this requirement.</p>
5088
5089<p>If an error is found in a device implementation after it has been released but
5090within its reasonable product lifetime that is determined in consultation with
5091the Android Compatibility Team to affect the compatibility of third-party
5092applications, the device implementer MUST correct the error via a software
5093update available that can be applied per the mechanism just described.</p>
5094
Andy Dyer-smith9332c422015-09-11 15:17:38 +01005095<p>Android includes features that allow the Device Owner app (if present) to control the
5096installation of system updates. To facilitate this, the system update subsystem
5097for devices that report android.software.device_admin MUST implement the behavior
5098described in the SystemUpdatePolicy class
5099[<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/SystemUpdatePolicy.html">
5100Resources, XX</a>].</p>
5101
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005102<h1 id="12_document_changelog">12. Document Changelog</h1>
5103
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005104<p>The following table contains a summary of the changes to the Compatibility
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005105Definition in this release.</p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005106<table>
5107 <tr>
5108 <th>Section</th>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005109 <th>Summary of changes</th>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005110 </tr>
5111 <tr>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005112 <td>Various</td>
5113 <td>Replaced instances of the "encouraged" term with "RECOMMENDED"</td>
5114 </tr>
5115 <tr>
5116 <td>3.2.2. Build Parameters</td>
5117 <td>Addition regarding hardware serial number</td>
5118 </tr>
5119 <tr>
5120 <td>3.3.1. Application Binary Interfaces</td>
5121 <td>Additions for Android ABI support; change related to Vulkan library name</td>
5122 </tr>
5123 <tr>
5124 <td>3.4.1. WebView Compatibility</td>
5125 <td>Change for the user agent string reported by the WebView</td>
5126 </tr>
5127 <tr>
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005128 <td>3.7. Runtime Compatibility</td>
5129 <td>Updates to memory allocation table</td>
5130 </tr>
5131 <tr>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005132 <td>3.8.6. Themes</td>
5133 <td>Added requirement to support black system icons when requested by the SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR flag</td>
5134 </tr>
5135 <tr>
5136 <td>3.9.1. Device Provisioning</td>
5137 <td>Contains new sections for device owner provisioning and managed profile provisioning</td>
5138 </tr>
5139 <tr>
5140 <td>3.9.2. Managed Profile Support</td>
5141 <td>New section with requirements for device support of managed profile functionality</td>
5142 </tr>
5143 <tr>
5144 <td>5.1.3. Video Codecs</td>
5145 <td>Changes and additions related to Android Televisions</td>
5146 </tr>
5147 <tr>
5148 <td>5.2. Video Encoding</td>
5149 <td>Changes for encoders</td>
5150 </tr>
5151 <tr>
5152 <td>5.3. Video Decoding</td>
5153 <td>Changes for decoders</td>
5154 </tr>
5155 <tr>
5156 <td>5.4. Audio Recording</td>
5157 <td>Additions related to audio capture</td>
5158 </tr>
5159 <tr>
5160 <td>5.10. Professional Audio</td>
5161 <td>General updates for professional audio support; updates for mobile device (jack) specifications, USB audio host mode, and other updates</td>
5162 </tr>
5163 <tr>
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005164 <td>5.9. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)</td>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005165 <td>Added new section on optional Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) support</td>
5166 </tr>
5167<tr>
5168 <td>6.1. Developer Tools</td>
5169 <td>Update for drivers supporting Windows 10</td>
5170 </tr>
5171 <tr>
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005172 <td>7.1.1.3. Screen Density</td>
5173 <td>Updates for screen density, for example related to an Android watch</td>
5174 </tr>
5175 <tr>
5176 <td>7.3. Sensors (and subsections)</td>
5177 <td>New requirements for some sensor types</td>
5178 </tr>
5179 <tr>
5180 <td>7.3.9. High Fidelity Sensors</td>
5181 <td>New section with requirements for devices supporting high fidelity sensors</td>
5182 </tr>
5183 <tr>
5184 <td>7.3.10. Fingerprint Sensor</td>
5185 <td>New section on requirements related to fingerprint sensors</td>
5186 </tr>
5187 <tr>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005188 <td>7.4.3. Bluetooth</td>
5189 <td>Addition related to Resolvable Private Address (RPA) for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)</td>
5190 </tr>
5191 <tr>
5192 <td>7.4.4. Near-Field Communications</td>
5193 <td>Additions to requirements for Near-Field Communications (NFC)</td>
5194 </tr>
5195 <tr>
5196 <td>7.7. USB</td>
5197 <td>Requirement related to implementing the AOA specification</td>
5198 </tr>
5199 <tr>
5200 <td>7.8.3. Near-Ultrasound</td>
5201 <td>Additions related to near-ultrasound recording, playback, and audio</td>
5202 </tr>
5203 <tr>
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005204 <td>9.1. Permissions</td>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005205 <td>Addition to Permissions requirements</td>
5206 </tr>
5207<tr>
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005208 <td>9.7. Kernel Security Features</td>
5209 <td>SE Linux updates</td>
5210 </tr>
5211<tr>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005212 <td>9.8. Privacy</td>
5213 <td>Addition regarding user's consent for access to shared storage over a USB port</td>
5214 </tr>
5215 <tr>
5216 <td>9.9. Full-Disk Encryption</td>
5217 <td>Requirements related to full disk encryption</td>
5218 </tr>
5219 <tr>
5220 <td>9.10. Verified Boot</td>
5221 <td>Additional requirement for verified boot</td>
5222 </tr>
5223 <tr>
Bert McMeene0c79462015-10-07 14:26:16 -07005224 <td>9.11. Keys and Credentials</td>
5225 <td>New section of requirements related to keys and credentials</td>
5226 </tr>
5227 <tr>
Bert McMeene3689d02015-10-05 17:50:30 -07005228 <td>11. Updatable Software</td>
5229 <td>Requirement related to the system update policy set by the device owner</td>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005230 </tr>
Bert McMeen15ecb402015-10-01 13:17:55 -07005231 </table>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005232
5233
5234<h1 id="13_contact_us">13. Contact Us</h1>
5235
5236
5237<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
5238does not cover.</p>
5239
5240<h1 id="14_resources">14. Resources</h1>
5241
5242
5243<p>1. IETF RFC2119 Requirement Levels: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt</a></p>
5244
5245<p>2. Android Open Source Project: <a href="http://source.android.com/">http://source.android.com/</a></p>
5246
5247<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>
5248
5249<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>
5250
5251<p>5. API definitions and documentation: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html">http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html</a></p>
5252
5253<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>
5254
5255<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>
5256
5257<p>8. Android ANDROID_VERSION allowed version strings: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/ANDROID_VERSION/versions.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/ANDROID_VERSION/versions.html</a></p>
5258
5259<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>
5260
5261<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>
5262
5263<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>
5264
5265<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>
5266
5267<p>13. WebView compatibility: <a href="http://www.chromium.org/">http://www.chromium.org/</a></p>
5268
5269<p>14. HTML5: <a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/">http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/</a></p>
5270
5271<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>
5272
5273<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>
5274
5275<p>17. HTML5/W3C geolocation API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/</a></p>
5276
5277<p>18. HTML5/W3C webstorage API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/">http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/</a></p>
5278
5279<p>19. HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/">http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/</a></p>
5280
5281<p>20. Dalvik Executable Format and bytecode specification: available in the
5282Android source code, at dalvik/docs</p>
5283
5284<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>
5285
5286<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>
5287
5288<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>
5289
5290<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>
5291
5292<p>25. Notifications Resources: <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html">https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html</a> </p>
5293
5294<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>
5295
5296<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>
5297
5298<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>
5299
5300<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>
5301
5302<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>
5303
5304<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>
5305
5306<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>
5307
5308<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>
5309
5310<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>
5311
5312<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>
5313
5314<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>
5315
5316<p>37. Settings.Secure LOCATION_MODE:</p>
5317
5318<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>
5319
5320<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>
5321
5322<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>
5323
5324<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>
5325
5326<p>41. Android Device Owner App:</p>
5327
5328<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)</a></p>
Andy Dyer-smith3d24bbe2015-09-11 15:35:23 +01005329<p>XX. Android Device Owner Provisioning Flow:</p>
5330
5331<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_DEVICE</a></p>
5332<p>XX. Device Owner Provisioning via NFC:</p>
5333
5334<p><a href="https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/provision.html#device_owner_provisioning_via_nfc">https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/provision.html#device_owner_provisioning_via_nfc</a></p>
5335<p>XX. Android Managed Profile Provisioning flow:</p>
5336
5337<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE</a></p>
5338
5339<p>XX. Android Profile Owner App:</p>
5340
5341<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isProfileOwnerApp(java.lang.String)">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isProfileOwnerApp(java.lang.String)</a></p>
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005342
Andy Dyer-smith63b28782015-09-10 17:06:24 +01005343<p>XX. Managed profile provisioning intent</p>
5344
5345<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#ACTION_PROVISION_MANAGED_PROFILE</a></p>
5346
Unsuk Jung5bc81142015-07-16 22:27:20 -07005347<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>
5348
5349<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>
5350
5351<p>44. Eyes Free project: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/">http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free</a></p>
5352
5353<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>
5354
5355<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>
5356
5357<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>
5358
5359<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>
5360
5361<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>
5362
5363<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>
5364
5365<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>
5366
5367<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>
5368
5369<p>53. Android android.content.pm.PackageManager class and Hardware Features List:</p>
5370
5371<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>
5372
5373<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>
5374
5375<p>55. ADB: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html</a> </p>
5376
5377<p>56. Dumpsys: <a href="https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html">https://source.android.com/devices/input/diagnostics.html</a> </p>
5378
5379<p>57. DDMS: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html</a> </p>
5380
5381<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>
5382
5383<p>59. SysyTrace tool: <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html</a></p>
5384
5385<p>60. Android Application Development-Related Settings:</p>
5386
5387<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>
5388
5389<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>
5390
5391<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>
5392
5393<p>63. RenderScript: <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/">http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/</a></p>
5394
5395<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>
5396
5397<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>
5398
5399<p>66. EGL Extension-EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE:</p>
5400
5401<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>
5402
5403<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>
5404
5405<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>
5406
5407<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>
5408
5409<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>
5410
5411<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>
5412
5413<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>
5414
5415<p>73. Android Open Source sensors: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/">http://source.android.com/devices/sensors</a></p>
5416
5417<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>
5418
5419<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>
5420
5421<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>
5422
5423<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>
5424
5425<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>
5426
5427<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>
5428
5429<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>
5430
5431<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>
5432
5433<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>
5434
5435<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>
5436
5437<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>
5438
5439<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>
5440
5441<p>86. Android NFC Sharing Settings:</p>
5442
5443<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>
5444
5445<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>
5446
5447<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>
5448
5449<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>
5450
5451<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>
5452
5453<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>
5454
5455<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>
5456
5457<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>
5458
5459<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>
5460
5461<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>
5462
5463<p>96. Android File Transfer: <a href="http://www.android.com/filetransfer">http://www.android.com/filetransfer</a></p>
5464
5465<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>
5466
5467<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>
5468
5469<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>
5470
5471<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>
5472
5473<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>
5474
5475<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>
5476
5477<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>
5478
5479<p>104. External Storage reference: <a href="http://source.android.com/devices/storage">http://source.android.com/devices/storage</a></p>
5480
5481<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>
5482
5483<p>106. SMS Short Code: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code</a></p>
5484
5485<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>
5486
5487<p>108. Android Compatibility Program Overview: <a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html</a></p>
5488
5489<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>
5490
5491<p>110. WebM project: <a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">http://www.webmproject.org/</a> </p>
5492
5493<p>111. Android UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR API: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR</a></p>
5494
5495<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>
5496
5497<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>
5498
5499<p>Many of these resources are derived directly or indirectly from the Android
5500SDK, and will be functionally identical to the information in that SDK&rsquo;s
5501documentation. In any cases where this Compatibility Definition or the
5502Compatibility Test Suite disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK
5503documentation is considered authoritative. Any technical details provided in
5504the references included above are considered by inclusion to be part of this
5505Compatibility Definition.</p>
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