Android 5.0 publicly available. MicroSD cards are making a comeback – dobreprogramy

Since the first public presentation of Android Lollipop passed almost half a year. Called the L Android operating system, requested a breath of freshness to the ecosystem that has not changed significantly since the last major release, which is Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Android 5.0 should, however, soon to hit on older devices, as Google upubliczniło’s source code, which can be used by both the hardware manufacturers and home-grown developers.

With the release of the source code has been released for the system images Nexus and Nexus Player 9. For the latter, Google upubliczniło the binary files that can be used to create the modified software. Those interested in using Android code can download the source, using the following command in the terminal Linux or Apple OS X.

repo init -u -b android-https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest 5.0.0_r1

Android Lollipop brings not only numerous visual changes, such as the ubiquitous Material Design. Developers of Mountain View also focused on one of the very important functions, namely the microSD card. MicroSD card support has been marginalized since the Android 4.0, when Google decided to cancel the card insertion slot in their Nexusach. Undeterred, however, manufacturers who assembled and still assemble these slots in their latest handsets. Android Developers caved in, however, with the launch of KitKat, when the shared API allows the use of external memory cards for applications. These applications can, however, use only one folder. With the launch of Lollipop, individual applications will have access to the entire memory card.

The solution, which was presented by Google will be particularly useful for applications for taking pictures or recording audio-visual materials. Other programs will have seamless access to materials stored on the card, because they will be available by the service MediaStore. A new approach to the SD card should eliminate problems with applications caused by external memory card.

Android 5.0 is not just a memory card. The new version of the operating system should also eliminate the delays associated with updates. At the moment, before the publication of a new version of the system, operators add their applications by placing them on the system partition. Google decided to change strategy and now called. Crapware, to be recorded on the device immediately after detecting the SIM card. Applications, games, and other advertising content may thus be uninstalled without rootowania device.

You probably have to take some time to get started to appear new versions of the system based on Lollipopie. But soon we will be able to see if the Android Lollipop system is successful, or should it rather be regarded as an editorial for the next distribution of Android, which will effectively neutralize iOS and Windows Phone as well.