Introduction to New Features of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

The expected Android4.0 (also called IceCreamSandwich, abbreviated as ICS) has been officially released. What has changed this time? Nanmei will help you sort it out. If there are any shortcomings, please help us to supplement them.

Gesture operation

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The gesture operations of Swipingup, down and leftorright are added, which simplifies the operation process between functions or apps and will be more intuitive.

hardware acceleration

GPU acceleration can be used to make some apps smoother, and it has also been added in SDKrevision 14.

Multiplex processing

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The most obvious is the interface, where buttons are added (the one on the far right). Enter the reuse interface, you can see the thumbnails of each App, and you can directly close the App (sliding thumbnail).

text input

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Speech recognition and input are the most obvious changes. When voice input, there is no need to break sentences, and the number of keys is reduced. Theoretically, you can go wherever you say. When editing text, you can select target words to replace words, thus optimizing word prediction and keyboard response.

Lock Screen

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Based on the Honeyb version, you can return to Home or call up the camera function without special unlocking, especially the camera function, which is very convenient without a separate camera key.

Home page and launcher

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It is also improved based on Honeyb. When a gadget or application is added to Home, it can be resized in real time. Some widgets add scrolling function, and the information in the same widget is partitioned by "blocking". There is also a toolbar at the bottom where users can call an App or add a Widget. In addition, the functions of folders have evolved, simplifying the creation of folders, naming or changing folder icons, and even contacts can use them; There is no toolbar at the bottom of the screen, which is similar to the function of shortcut bar. It can put up to four, and there is a button in the middle to bring up all the apps (just like LauncherPro).

Notification bar

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More information can be displayed (such as photo information, missed call avatar). For specific information, swipe left or right to cancel the notification, and you can control the music playback here.

Visual beautification

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The default theme color system has also been adjusted. After adjustment, the resolutions of icons and fonts can be displayed at the screen resolution of 720p, and the icons in the status bar have also been adjusted, such as WiFi, volume and cell phone signal strength.

Of course, there are many, many small improvements, such as adding paging function in the browser (at most 16 pages, which can be switched on and off in a multi-taskbar), synchronizing bookmarks with the Chrome desktop version (no need to install an App), improving the status interface of network traffic and storage space, integrating the camera with the installed App, panoramic function and time-lapse photography. The aphorism will be supplemented in the next article. Thank you for watching.