What's in Ice Cream Sandwich for Developers

October 20, 2011
By Developer.com Staff

Following a high-profile launch event, Google has released the software development kit (SDK) for the latest version of its Android mobile operating system. Codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0 includes 1219 total changes since from version 3.2. From a developer's perspective, the most significant of those changes include the following:

Unified API for Tablets and Phones
Social API
Android Beam NFC Technology
Accessibility
VPN client API
Calendar API
Visual Voicemail API
Peer to Peer WiFi

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