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Scott Main6be71622013-04-12 11:19:39 -07002excludeFromSuggestions=true
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07003@jd:body
4
5<p>SDK Tools is a downloadable component for the Android SDK. It includes the
smain@google.com549726a2014-12-08 12:56:26 -08006complete set of development and debugging tools for the Android SDK. It is included
7with <a href="{@docRoot}tools/studio/index.html">Android Studio</a>.</p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07008
9<p>If you are already using the SDK and you want to update to the latest version
smain@google.com549726a2014-12-08 12:56:26 -080010of the SDK Tools, use the <a
11href="{@docRoot}tools/help/sdk-manager.html">SDK Manager</a> to get the
12update.</p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -070013
14
15<h2 id="notes">Revisions</h2>
16
17<p>The sections below provide notes about successive releases of
18the SDK Tools, as denoted by revision number. To determine what revision of the SDK
19Tools you are using, refer to the "Installed Packages" listing in the Android SDK Manager. </p>
20
21<p>For a summary of all known issues in SDK Tools, see <a
22href="http://tools.android.com/knownissues">http://tools.android.com/knownissues</a>.</p>
23
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -070024<div class="toggle-content opened">
25 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
26 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-opened.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogare7bfe5b2015-05-01 10:42:45 -070027 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 24.2.0</a> <em>(May 2015)</em>
28 </p>
29
30 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
31
32 <dl>
33 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
34
35 <dd>
36 <ul>
37 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
38 </ul>
39 </dd>
40
41 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
42 <dd>
43 <ul>
44 <li>Fixed several minor emulator issues.</li>
45 </ul>
46 </dd>
47 </div>
48</div>
49
50
51<div class="toggle-content closed">
52 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
53 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogar4aba69a2015-03-05 11:24:45 -080054 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 24.1.2</a> <em>(February 2015)</em>
Rich Slogarb9157af2015-02-26 15:10:54 -080055 </p>
56
57 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
58
59 <dl>
60 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
61
62 <dd>
63 <ul>
64 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
65 </ul>
66 </dd>
67
68 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
69 <dd>
70 <ul>
71 <li>Fixed boot failures of MIPS system images on Mac OS X.</li>
72 <li>Fixed AVD screen capture issues when using GPU emulation.</li>
73 <li>Fixed memory leaks in emulator system.</li>
74 </ul>
75 </dd>
76 </div>
77</div>
78
79
80<div class="toggle-content closed">
81 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
82 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogar8838a9f2014-12-15 16:58:03 -080083 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 24.0.2</a> <em>(December 2014)</em>
84 </p>
85
86 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
87
88 <dl>
89 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
90
91 <dd>
92 <ul>
93 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
94 </ul>
95 </dd>
96
97 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
98 <dd>
99 <ul>
100 <li>Fixed issue with creating projects and activities from templates using Eclipse ADT.</li>
101 </ul>
102 </dd>
103 </div>
104</div>
105
106
107<div class="toggle-content closed">
108 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
109 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogar7deca3c2014-12-10 11:27:59 -0800110 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 24.0.1</a> <em>(December 2014)</em>
111 </p>
112
113 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
114
115 <dl>
116 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
117
118 <dd>
119 <ul>
120 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
121 </ul>
122 </dd>
123
124 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
125 <dd>
126 <ul>
127 <li>Fixed Java detection issue on 32-bit Windows systems.</li>
128 </ul>
129 </dd>
130 </div>
131</div>
132
133
134<div class="toggle-content closed">
135 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
136 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogarf7c02ed062014-12-08 09:49:00 -0800137 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 24.0.0</a> <em>(December 2014)</em>
138 </p>
139
140 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
141
142 <dl>
143 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
144
145 <dd>
146 <ul>
147 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
148 </ul>
149 </dd>
150
151 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
152 <dd>
153 <ul>
Rich Slogarb9157af2015-02-26 15:10:54 -0800154 <li>Added support for Android Studio 1.0 and emulator enhancements.</li>
Rich Slogarf7c02ed062014-12-08 09:49:00 -0800155 </ul>
156 </dd>
157 </div>
158</div>
159
160
Rich Slogar7deca3c2014-12-10 11:27:59 -0800161
Rich Slogarf7c02ed062014-12-08 09:49:00 -0800162<div class="toggle-content closed">
163 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
164 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogar309b1b32014-10-10 11:03:23 -0700165 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 23.0.5</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>
166 </p>
167
168 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
169
170 <dl>
171 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
172
173 <dd>
174 <ul>
175 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
176 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
177 designed for use with ADT 23.0.4 and later. If you haven't already, update your
178 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 23.0.4.</li>
179 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
180 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
181 </ul>
182 </dd>
183
184 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
185 <dd>
186 <ul>
187 <li>Fixed Windows 32-bit compilation issue.</li>
188 </ul>
189 </dd>
190 </div>
191</div>
192
193
194<div class="toggle-content closed">
195 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
196 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Rich Slogar1b0fba62014-10-07 11:06:07 -0700197 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 23.0.4</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>
198 </p>
199
200 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
201
202 <dl>
203 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
204
205 <dd>
206 <ul>
207 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
208 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
209 designed for use with ADT 23.0.4 and later. If you haven't already, update your
210 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 23.0.4.</li>
211 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
212 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
213 </ul>
214 </dd>
215
216 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
217 <dd>
218 <ul>
219 <li>Fixed duplicate devices in AVD for Wear and TV.</li>
220 </ul>
221 </dd>
222 </div>
223</div>
224
225
226<div class="toggle-content closed">
227 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
228 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cerveraa4d7e632014-07-02 13:46:49 -0700229 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 23.0.2</a> <em>(July 2014)</em>
230 </p>
231
232 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
233
234 <dl>
235 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
236
237 <dd>
238 <ul>
239 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
240 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
241 designed for use with ADT 23.0.2 and later. If you haven't already, update your
242 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 23.0.2.</li>
243 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
244 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
245 </ul>
246 </dd>
247
248 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
249 <dd>
250 <ul>
251 <li>Added ProGuard <code>.bat</code> files that were missing.</li>
252 <li>Added the <code>proguard-android.txt</code> file that was missing.</li>
253 <li>Renamed the <code>lombok-ast-0.2.2.jar</code> file to <code>lombok-ast.jar</code>,
254 which should allow running lint from the command line.</li>
255 </ul>
256 </dd>
257 </div>
258</div>
259
260<div class="toggle-content closed">
261 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
262 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cerverab05330c2014-06-25 15:14:17 -0700263 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 23.0.0</a> <em>(June 2014)</em>
264 </p>
265
266 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
267
268 <dl>
269 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
270
271 <dd>
272 <ul>
273 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 19 or later.</li>
274 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
275 designed for use with ADT 23.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your
276 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 23.0.0.</li>
277 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
278 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
279 </ul>
280 </dd>
281
282 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
283 <dd>
284 <ul>
285 <li>Added the Android Wear tools and system images.</li>
286 </ul>
287 </dd>
288 </div>
289</div>
290
291<div class="toggle-content closed">
292 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
293 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cerveraa01b7002014-06-03 13:27:41 -0700294 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.6.4</a> <em>(June 2014)</em>
295 </p>
296
297 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
298
299 <dl>
300 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
301
302 <dd>
303 <ul>
304 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 18 or later.</li>
305 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
306 designed for use with ADT 22.6.3 and later. If you haven't already, update your
307 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.6.3.</li>
308 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
309 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
310 </ul>
311 </dd>
312
313 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
314 <dd>
315 <ul>
316 <li>Fixed an issue with the x86 emulator that caused Google Maps to crash.
317 (<a href="http://b.android.com/69385">Issue 69385</a>)</li>
318 <li>Fixed minor OpenGL issues.</li>
319 </ul>
320 </dd>
321 </div>
322</div>
323
324<div class="toggle-content closed">
325 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
326 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cerveraa28bcbc2014-04-16 16:30:02 -0700327 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.6.3</a> <em>(April 2014)</em>
328 </p>
329
330 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
331
332 <dl>
333 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
334
335 <dd>
336 <ul>
337 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 18 or later.</li>
338 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
339 designed for use with ADT 22.6.3 and later. If you haven't already, update your
340 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.6.3.</li>
341 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
342 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
343 </ul>
344 </dd>
345
346 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
347 <dd>
348 <ul>
349 <li>Fixed a problem where the AVD manager allowed creating Android Wear virtual devices
350 with a target API Level lower than 19.</li>
351 <li>Fixed the description of Android Wear system images in the SDK Manager.</li>
352 </ul>
353 </dd>
354
355 <dt>Known Issues:</dt>
356 <dd>
357 <p>When you create an Android Wear virtual device in the AVD manager, a target API Level
358 lower than 19 may be selected by default. Make sure you select the target API Level 19
359 when creating Android Wear virtual devices.</p>
360 </dd>
361 </div>
362</div>
363
364<div class="toggle-content closed">
365 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
366 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cervera60bec602014-03-19 14:48:37 -0700367 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.6.2</a> <em>(March 2014)</em>
368 </p>
369
370 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
371
372 <dl>
373 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
374
375 <dd>
376 <ul>
377 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 18 or later.</li>
378 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
379 designed for use with ADT 22.6.2 and later. If you haven't already, update your
380 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.6.2.</li>
381 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
382 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
383 </ul>
384 </dd>
385
386 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
387 <dd>
388 <ul>
389 <li>Fixed a problem where the SDK Manager threw a <code>NullPointerException</code> after
390 removing a virtual device that was created using the Android Wear
Ricardo Cervera39aed832014-03-25 13:50:55 -0700391 system image. (<a href="http://b.android.com/67588">Issue 67588</a>)</li>
Ricardo Cervera60bec602014-03-19 14:48:37 -0700392 <li>Fixed a problem with Nexus 5 Android virtual devices created from the command line
393 where the SD card file system was read-only.</li>
394 </ul>
395 </dd>
396 </div>
397</div>
398
399<div class="toggle-content closed">
400 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
401 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cerverae2a40c42014-03-07 14:53:35 -0800402 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.6.1</a> <em>(March 2014)</em>
403 </p>
404
405 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
406
407 <dl>
408 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
409
410 <dd>
411 <ul>
412 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 18 or later.</li>
413 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
414 designed for use with ADT 22.6.1 and later. If you haven't already, update your
415 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.6.1.</li>
416 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
417 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
418 </ul>
419 </dd>
420
421 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
422 <dd>
423 <ul>
424 <li>Fixed a problem where the Android Virtual Device Manager could not create new virtual
425 devices. (<a href="http://b.android.com/66661">Issue 66661</a>)</li>
426 <li><p>Fixed a problem with virtual devices created using ADT 22.3 or earlier.</p>
427 <p>If you created an Android Virtual Device using ADT 22.3 or earlier, the
428 AVD may be listed as <em>broken</em> in the AVD Manager in 22.6.1. To fix
429 this problem, select the virtual device on the AVD Manager and click
430 <strong>Repair</strong>.</p>
431 </li>
432 <li>Fixed a problem with the command line tools when creating virtual devices.
433 (<a href="http://b.android.com/66740">Issue 66740</a>)</li>
434 <li>Fixed a problem with the command line <code>lint</code> script.</li>
435 </ul>
436 </dd>
437
438 <dt>Known Issues:</dt>
439 <dd>
440 <p>When you create an Android virtual device using the Nexus 5 device definition,
441 you must enable the <em>Use Host GPU</em> option, otherwise the virtual device
442 will not start.</p>
443 </dd>
444 </div>
445</div>
446
447<div class="toggle-content closed">
448 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
449 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Ricardo Cerveraea40a262014-02-25 12:01:27 -0800450 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.6</a> <em>(March 2014)</em>
451 </p>
452
453 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
454
455 <dl>
456 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
457 <dd>
458 <ul>
459 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 18 or later.</li>
460 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
461 designed for use with ADT 22.6.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your
462 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.6.0.</li>
463 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
464 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
465 </ul>
466 </dd>
467
468 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
469 <dd>
470 <ul>
471 <li><p>The command line <code>lint</code> script (<code>tools\lint.bat</code> on
472 Windows platforms, <code>tools/lint</code> on other platforms) and the
473 <code>lint</code> target on <code>ant</code> builds fail with the following
474 error:</p>
475 <p><code>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
476 lombok/ast/AstVisitor</code></p>
477 <p>As a temporary workaround, rename the file
478 <code>tools\lib\lombok-ast-0.2.2.jar</code> to
479 <code>tools\lib\lombok-ast.jar</code>.
480 We will release an updated version of the tools with a fix for
481 this issue as soon as possible.</p>
482 </li>
483 <li>Added support for Java 7 language features like multi-catch, try-with-resources,
484 and the diamond operator. These features require version 19 or higher
485 of the Build Tools. Try-with-resources requires <code>minSdkVersion</code>
486 19; the rest of the new language features require
487 <code>minSdkVersion</code> 8 or higher.</li>
488 <li>Added new lint checks:
489 <ul>
490 <li>Security:
491 <ul>
492 <li>Look for code potentially affected by a <code>SecureRandom</code>
493 vulnerability.</li>
494 <li>Check that calls to <code>checkPermission</code> use the return value.</li>
495 </ul>
496 </li>
497 <li>Check that production builds do not use mock location providers.</li>
Ricardo Cervera60bec602014-03-19 14:48:37 -0700498 <li>Look for manifest values that are overwritten by values from Gradle build
Ricardo Cerveraea40a262014-02-25 12:01:27 -0800499 scripts.</li>
500 </ul>
501 </li>
502 <li>Fixed a number of minor issues in the SDK and build system.</li>
503 <li>Emulator:
504 <ul>
505 <li>Fixed a problem with the emulator shutting down immediately for Android 1.5
506 on the Nexus One and Nexus S devices.
507 (<a href="http://b.android.com/64945">Issue 64945</a>)</li>
508 <li>Fixed a problem with port numbers longer than four digits.
509 (<a href="http://b.android.com/60024">Issue 60024</a>)</li>
510 <li>Fixed battery errors for the Nexus One and Nexus S devices.
511 (<a href="http://b.android.com/39959">Issue 39959</a>)</li>
512 <li>Fixed a problem with paths or arguments that contain
513 spaces on Windows platforms.
514 (<a href="http://b.android.com/18317">Issue 18317</a>)</li>
515 <li>Fixed a problem with long path values on Windows platforms.
516 (<a href="http://b.android.com/33336">Issue 33336</a>)</li>
517 <li>Fixed a problem with the {@code -snapshot-list} command line
518 option on 64-bit systems.
519 (<a href="http://b.android.com/34233">Issue 34233</a>)</li>
520 </ul>
521 </li>
Ricardo Cervera60bec602014-03-19 14:48:37 -0700522 <li>Fixed an issue with RenderScript support. Using RenderScript support mode
Ricardo Cerveraea40a262014-02-25 12:01:27 -0800523 now requires version 19.0.3 of the Build Tools.</li>
524 </ul>
525 </dd>
526 </dl>
527 </div>
528</div>
529
530<div class="toggle-content closed">
531 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
532 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Joe Fernandez0bcef362013-10-23 11:42:07 -0700533 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.3</a> <em>(October 2013)</em>
534 </p>
535
536 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
537
538 <dl>
539 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
540 <dd>
541 <ul>
542 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 18 or later.</li>
543 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
544 designed for use with ADT 22.3.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your
545 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.3.0.</li>
546 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
547 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
548 </ul>
549 </dd>
550
551 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
552 <dd>
553 <ul>
554 <li>Added support for Android 4.4 (API level 19).</li>
555 <li>Fixed a number of minor bugs in the SDK and build system.</li>
556 </ul>
557 </dd>
558 </dl>
559 </div>
560</div>
561
562<div class="toggle-content closed">
563 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
564 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
Joe Fernandez2ef08f62013-09-18 13:10:09 -0700565 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 22.2.1</a> <em>(September 2013)</em>
566 </p>
567
568 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
569
570 <dl>
571 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
572 <dd>
573 <ul>
574 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
575 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
576 designed for use with ADT 22.2.1 and later. If you haven't already, update your
577 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.2.1.</li>
578 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
579 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
580 </ul>
581 </dd>
582
583 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
584 <dd>
585 <ul>
586 <li>Fixed problem with templates that causes the new project wizard to hang.
587 (<a href="http://b.android.com/60149">Issue 60149</a>)</li>
588 <li>Fixed crash when using the lint command line tool because of mis-matched library
589 dependency. (<a href="http://b.android.com/60190">Issue 60190</a>)</li>
590 </ul>
591 </dd>
592 </dl>
593 </div>
594</div>
595
596<div class="toggle-content closed">
597 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
598 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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600 </p>
601
602 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
603
604 <dl>
605 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
606 <dd>
607 <ul>
608 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
609 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
610 designed for use with ADT 22.2 and later. If you haven't already, update your
611 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.2.</li>
612 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
613 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
614 </ul>
615 </dd>
616
617 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
618 <dd>
619 <ul>
620 <li>Updated build tools to allow use of RenderScript on older versions of Android
621 using new features in the
622 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/support-library/features.html#v8">Support Library</a>.</li>
623 <li>Moved the Systrace tool to the {@code &gt;sdk&lt;/platform-tools/} directory. </li>
624 <li>Modified <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/gltracer.html">Tracer for OpenGL ES</a> to
625 support OpenGL ES 3.0.</li>
626 <li>Lint
627 <ul>
628 <li>Fixed problem with lint not detecting custom namespaces.
629 (<a href="http://b.android.com/55673">Issue 55673</a>)</li>
630 <li>Fixed problem with the XML report including invalid characters.
631 (<a href="http://b.android.com/56205">Issue 56205</a>)</li>
632 <li>Fixed command-line execution of lint to work in headless mode to support execution
633 by build servers. (<a href="http://b.android.com/55820">Issue 55820</a>)</li>
634 </ul>
635 </li>
636 <li>Improved support for path names with spaces in the Windows command-line tools.</li>
637 </ul>
638 </dd>
639 </dl>
640 </div>
641</div>
642
643
644<div class="toggle-content closed">
645 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
646 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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648 </p>
649
650 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
651
652 <dl>
653 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
654 <dd>
655 <ul>
656 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
657 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with the
658 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a>, note that this version of
659 SDK Tools is designed for use with ADT 22.0.5 and later. If you haven't already, update
660 ADT to 22.0.5.</li>
661 <li>If you are using <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing/studio.html">Android Studio</a>,
662 note that this version of the SDK Tools is designed to work with Android Studio
663 0.2.x and later.</li>
664 <li>If you are developing without an integrated development environment (IDE), you must have
665 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
666 </ul>
667 </dd>
668
669 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
670 <dd>
671 <ul>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700672 <li>Fixed RenderScript compilation issue for Windows platforms with ant.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700673 <li>Updated <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/systrace.html">Systrace</a> to work with the
674 Android 4.3 platform image.</li>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700675 <li>Fixed packaging of RenderScript compiler.</li>
Scott Mainec6f3272013-07-30 10:09:21 -0700676 <li>Build tools 18.0.0 is obsolete and 18.0.1 should be used instead.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700677 </ul>
678 </dd>
679 </dl>
680 </div>
681</div>
682
683
684<div class="toggle-content closed">
685 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
686 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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688 </p>
689
690 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
691
692 <dl>
693 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
694 <dd>
695 <ul>
696 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
697 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with the
698 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a>, note that this version of
699 SDK Tools is designed for use with ADT 22.0.4 and later. If you haven't already, update
700 ADT to 22.0.4.</li>
701 <li>If you are using <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing/studio.html">Android Studio</a>,
702 note that this version of the SDK Tools is designed to work with Android Studio
703 0.2.x and later.</li>
704 <li>If you are developing without an integrated development environment (IDE), you must have
705 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
706 </ul>
707 </dd>
708
709 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
710 <dd>
711 <ul>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700712 <li>Fixed problem with compiling RenderScript code.</li>
Joe Fernandez5b7e6a32013-07-15 12:35:05 -0700713 </ul>
714 </dd>
715 </dl>
716 </div>
717</div>
718
719
720<div class="toggle-content closed">
721 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
722 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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724 </p>
725
726 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
727
728 <dl>
729 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
730 <dd>
731 <ul>
732 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700733 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Joe Fernandeza3b33c02013-05-22 22:19:29 -0700734 designed for use with ADT 22.0.1 and later. If you haven't already, update your
735 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.0.1.</li>
736 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
737 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
738 </ul>
739 </dd>
740
741 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
742 <dd>
743 <ul>
744 <li>Fixed issue with Lint ServiceCast check and fully qualified class names.
745 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=55403">Issue 55403</a>)</li>
746 <li>Fixed crash issue with Lint ArraySizeDetector check.
747 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=54887">Issue 54887</a>)</li>
748 <li>Fixed a problem with the monkeyrunner tool failing to import standard python classes.
749 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=55632">Issue 55632</a>)</li>
750 <li>Fixed a problem with DDMS monitor not opening heap and network statistics views due to
751 a class not found exception.
752 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=55394">Issue 55394</a>)</li>
753 </ul>
754
755 </dd>
756 </dl>
757 </div>
758</div>
759
760
761<div class="toggle-content closed">
762 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
763 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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765 </p>
766
767 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
768
769 <dl>
770 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
771 <dd>
772 <ul>
773 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700774 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Joe Fernandez82772f12013-03-27 11:30:34 -0700775 designed for use with ADT 22.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your
776 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 22.0.0.</li>
777 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
778 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
779 </ul>
780 </dd>
781
782 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
783 <dd>
784 <ul>
785 <li>Changed the structure of the SDK by adding a new build tool SDK Component, which is
786 based on the existing platform-tools component. This change decouples the build tools
787 versions from the IDE versions, allowing updates to the tools without requiring an
788 IDE update.</li>
789 <li>Updated tools to allow libraries to share the same package name as the applications
790 that use them.</li>
791 <li>Updated {@code draw9patch} tool to allow easier changing of markers.</li>
792 <li>Added new Lint checks, including checks for layout consistency,
793 {@link android.widget.RelativeLayout} siblings, {@link android.os.Parcel} creator,
794 JavaScript interfaces, {@link android.app.Service} casting, quantity strings, manifest
795 typos, orientation tags in layouts, overlapping names for 9-patches and images, and class
796 existence checks.</li>
797 <li>Updated build tools to sign applications using the BouncyCastle library instead of
798 relying on Sun JVM specific APIs.</li>
799 <li>Released some of the Android tools into <a href="http://www.maven.org">Maven
800 Central</a> to assist third-party tool developers. The following tools are available
801 in the repository: {@code manifest-merger}, {@code common/sdk_common}, {@code ddmlib},
802 {@code dvlib}, {@code layoutlib_api}, {@code sdklib}, and {@code lint}.</li>
803 </ul>
804 </dd>
805
806 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
807 <dd>
808 <ul>
809 <li>Fixed a number of minor bugs in the SDK and build system.</li>
810 </ul>
811 </dd>
812 </dl>
813 </div>
814</div>
815
816<div class="toggle-content closed">
817 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
818 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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Joe Fernandez46e31ae2013-02-04 11:16:12 -0800820 </p>
821
822 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
823
824 <dl>
825 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
826 <dd>
827 <ul>
828 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700829 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Joe Fernandez46e31ae2013-02-04 11:16:12 -0800830 designed for use with ADT 21.1.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your
831 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 21.1.0.</li>
832 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
833 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
834 </ul>
835 </dd>
836
837 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
838 <dd>
839 <ul>
840 <li>Improved error reporting in {@code dx} when dex merging fails in the build
841 system.</li>
842 <li>Added more than 15 new Lint checks, including checks for overriding older APIs, XML
843 resource problems, graphic asset issues and manifest tags.</li>
844 <li>Added new aapt feature to compile resources.</li>
845 </ul>
846 </dd>
847 </dl>
848 </div>
849</div>
850
851<div class="toggle-content closed">
852 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
853 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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855 </p>
856
857 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
858
859 <dl>
860 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
861 <dd>
862 <ul>
863 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700864 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800865 designed for use with ADT 21.0.1 and later. If you haven't already, update your
Joe Fernandez46e31ae2013-02-04 11:16:12 -0800866 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 21.0.1.</li>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800867 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
868 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
869 </ul>
870 </dd>
871
872 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
873 <dd>
874 <ul>
875 <li>Build
876 <ul>
877 <li>Updated build to detect and handle package name conflicts between an application and
878 the libraries it depends on. Libraries cannot share package names unless all of them
879 share the same package name.
880 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40152">Issue 40152</a>,
881 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40273">Issue 40273</a>)
882 </li>
883 <li>Added a flag to disable dex merging to deal with cases where merging could generate
884 a broken dex file. If this happens to your project, add the following setting to your
885 {@code project.properties} file: {@code dex.disable.merger=true} This setting
886 causes the build system to revert to the older, slower dex processing that does not
887 pre-dex libraries.</li>
888 </ul>
889 </li>
890
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700891 <li>RenderScript
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800892 <ul>
893 <li>Added support for
894 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/renderscript/compute.html#filterscript">Filterscript</a>
895 compilation.</li>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700896 <li>Added new project setting to control the RenderScript compilation target separately
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800897 from an Android project. Adding the following line to a {@code project.properties}
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700898 file causes RenderScript code to be compiled for Android API Level 17, while the
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800899 containing application can target a different (lower) API level:
900 <pre>renderscript.target = 17</pre>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -0700901 Previously, the RenderScript compilation target was tied to the
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800902 {@code android:minSdkVersion} setting in the manifest.
903 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40487">Issue 40487</a>)
904 </li>
905 </ul>
906 </li>
907
908 </ul>
909 </dd>
910
911
912 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
913 <dd>
914 <ul>
915 <li>Lint
916 <ul>
917 <li>Corrected check for {@code 0px} values in style XML elements.
918 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39601">Issue 39601</a>)
919 </li>
920 <li>Fixed incorrect flagging of formatting strings.
921 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39758">Issue 39758</a>)
922 </li>
923 <li>Fixed problem where {@code tools:ignore} directive in the manifest file was ignored
924 by the Lint tool.
925 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40136">Issue 40136</a>)
926 </li>
927 <li>Fixed problem with flagging a wakelock release inside a conditional.
928 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40424">Issue 40424</a>)
929 </li>
930 <li>Fixed incorrect reporting of missing {@code layout_width} and {@code layout_height}
931 XML fields.
932 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=38958">Issue 38958</a>)
933 </li>
934 <li>Fixed handling of custom namespace attributes.</li>
935 <li>Added fixes for filtering out library project warnings.</li>
936 <li>Removed warnings about missing classes before a build.</li>
937 </ul>
938 </li>
939
940 <li>Fixed problem with UI Automator Viewer execution script where Android tools directory
941 is not set.</li>
942 <li>Fixed problem with the SDK Manager so that it auto-selects the most recently released
943 platform on startup.</li>
944 <li>Fixed Java finding script to look for the currently supported version of Java (1.6 or
945 higher).</li>
946 <li>Fixed the SDK Manager launcher in the ADT bundle so that it can properly launch the
947 SDK Manager program when it is placed at the root of the bundle.</li>
948 </ul>
949 </dd>
950 </dl>
951 </div>
952</div>
953
954<div class="toggle-content closed">
955 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
956 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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958 </p>
959
960 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
961
962 <dl>
963 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
964 <dd>
965 <ul>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800966 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 16 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -0700967 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -0800968 for use with ADT 21.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your
969 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 21.0.0.</li>
970 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
971 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800972 </ul>
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -0800973 </dd>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -0800974
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -0800975 <dt>General Notes:</dt>
976 <dd>
977 <ul>
978 <li>Build System
979 <ul>
980 <li>Added a flag that sets <em>jumbo mode</em> for DEX files, which allows a larger
981 number of strings in the DEX files. Enable this mode by adding the following line to
982 the {@code project.properties} file of your project:
Rich Slogarc819d3d2014-12-15 10:46:18 -0800983 <pre>dex.force.jumbo=true</pre></li>
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -0800984 <li>Improved the build time by pre-dexing libraries (both JAR files and library
985 projects).</li>
986 <li>Updated the build to generate {@code R} resource classes for library projects
987 with only the IDs needed by the libraries, reducing the risk of hitting DEX file
988 limits for fields and methods.</li>
989 <li>Improved the build so that several editing features (code completion, resource
990 chooser, go to declaration) properly handle library project resources.</li>
991 </ul>
992 </li>
993 <li>Lint
994 <ul>
995 <li>Added over 25 new lint rules for resources, locale settings, layout
996 files, incorrect use of {@link android.util.SparseArray} and
997 {@link android.os.PowerManager.WakeLock} and manifest issues.</li>
998 <li>Updated reporting to include errors in library projects if the library project is
999 in the list of projects to be checked.</li>
1000 <li>Added a new {@code lint} target to the Ant build system for easier
1001 integration with continuous build systems.</li>
1002 <li>Added new {@code --sources} and {@code --classpath} arguments to point to sources
1003 with different directory structures.</li>
1004 <li>Improved the XML export function to support the <a
1005 href="https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Android+Lint+Plugin">Jenkins Lint
1006 plugin</a>.
1007 </li>
1008 <li>Added support for class file flow analysis.</li>
1009 </ul>
1010 </li>
1011 <li>Android Virtual Devices (AVD)
1012 <ul>
1013 <li>Added new <strong>Device Definitions</strong> tab in the AVD Manager for configuring
1014 standard size and Nexus virtual devices.</li>
1015 <li>Improved emulators so that they launch with a skin that is dynamically generated and
1016 reflects the actual hardware configured in the AVD Manager.</li>
Joe Fernandez3d4f22912012-11-14 10:37:46 -08001017 <li>Improved support for developing Android apps on MIPS-based devices with new MIPS
1018 System Images for Android Virtual Devices.</li>
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -08001019 </ul>
1020 </li>
1021 <li>Added {@code jobb} tool for creating and encrypting
Dirk Dougherty2b286bb2012-11-29 17:25:09 -08001022 <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/expansion-files.html">APK Expansion Files</a>.
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -08001023 (<a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/jobb.html">more info</a>)
1024 <li>Improved the Android JUnit test runner to allow a test to be run on all connected
1025 devices simultaneously.</li>
1026 </ul>
1027 </dd>
1028
1029 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1030 <dd>
1031 <ul>
1032 <li>Fixed manifest merger to properly adapt library classes in the merged manifest.</li>
1033 </ul>
1034 </dd>
1035
1036 </dl>
1037 </div>
1038</div>
1039
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1041 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1042 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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1044 </p>
1045
1046 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
1047
1048 <dl>
1049 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1050 <dd>
1051 <ul>
1052 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 12 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001053 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed
Scott Main607079d2012-08-09 14:13:22 -07001054 for use with ADT 20.0.3 and later. If you haven't already, update your
1055 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 20.0.3.</li>
1056 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
1057 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1058 </ul>
1059 </dd>
1060 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1061 <dd>
1062 <ul>
1063 <li>Fixed problem with cached download lists in SDK Manager.</li>
1064 </ul>
1065 </dd>
1066 </dl>
1067 </div>
1068</div>
1069
1070
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1072 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1073 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
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1075 </p>
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001076
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001077 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
1078
1079 <dl>
1080 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1081 <dd>
1082 <ul>
1083 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 12 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001084 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001085 for use with ADT 20.0.1 and later. If you haven't already, update your
1086 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 20.0.1.</li>
1087 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
1088 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1089 </ul>
1090 </dd>
1091 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1092 <dd>
1093 <ul>
1094 <li>Fixed wrong check on build state that forced repetitive Java code recompilation.</li>
1095 <li>Fixed problems with running more than one emulator and running multiple emulators
1096with GPU acceleration.</li>
1097 <li>Improved resize algorithm for better rendering on scaled emulator windows.</li>
1098 <li>Fixed a bug in the {@code lint} check for unprotected broadcast receivers to ignore
1099unprotected receivers for default Android actions.</li>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -07001100 <li>Fixed build issue for projects using RenderScript.</li>
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001101 <li>Fixed memory leak in the emulator.</li>
1102 </ul>
1103 </dd>
1104 </dl>
1105 </div>
1106</div>
1107
1108<div class="toggle-content closed">
1109 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1110 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1111 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 20</a> <em>(June 2012)</em>
1112 </p>
1113
1114 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001115 <dl>
1116 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1117 <dd>
1118 <ul>
1119 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 12 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001120 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001121 use with ADT 20.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your
1122 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 20.0.0.</li>
1123 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
1124 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1125 </ul>
1126 </dd>
1127 <dt>General notes:</dt>
1128 <dd>
1129 <ul>
1130 <li>Added new Device Monitor application, grouping Android debugging tools into a
1131single application, including ddms, traceview, hierarchyviewer and Tracer for GLES. (<a
Joe Fernandez79dee592012-06-29 14:39:00 -07001132href="{@docRoot}tools/help/gltracer.html">more info</a>)</li>
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001133 <li>Added new System Trace new tool for tracing Android system activity. This tool allow you
1134to capture a slice of system activity, plus additional information tagged from the <strong>Settings
1135&gt; Developer Options &gt; Monitoring: Enable traces</strong> or with specific calls added to your
Joe Fernandez79dee592012-06-29 14:39:00 -07001136application code.</li>
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001137 </li>
1138 <li>Build System
1139 <ul>
1140 <li>Added automatic merging of library project manifest files into the including
1141project's manifest. Enable this feature with the {@code manifestmerger.enabled} property.</li>
1142 <li>Added automatic ProGuard support for the {@code aapt -G} flag. This change causes
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -08001143the build system to generate a temporary ProGuard {@code keep-rules} file containing classes that
1144are referenced from XML files (such as custom views) and pass this to ProGuard at shrink time. This
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001145can make the resulting APK much smaller when using just a small portion of a large library project
1146(such as the Android Support library), since the catch-all rules to keep all custom views from the
1147default ProGuard configuration file have also been removed.</li>
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -08001148 <li>Added two ProGuard configuration files for use in projects: {@code
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001149proguard-android-optimize.txt} which enables optimizations and {@code proguard-android.txt} which
1150disables them.</li>
1151 </ul>
1152 </li>
1153 <li>SDK Manager
1154 <ul>
1155 <li>Improved caching to reduce downloading of repository definitions.</li>
Scott Main52bfaaf2012-11-12 19:39:58 -08001156 <li>Added <strong>Tools > Manage Add-on Sites</strong> option to improve performance by
1157 allowing temporary deactivation of third-party sites if they are loading slowly.</li>
Joe Fernandezf86f0e62012-06-19 09:54:07 -07001158 <li>Added settings for the SDK Manager download cache (<strong>SDK Manager > Tools >
1159Options</strong>).</li>
1160 </ul>
1161 </li>
1162 </ul>
1163 </dd>
1164 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1165 <dd>
1166 <ul>
1167 <li>Build
1168 <ul>
1169 <li>Fixed problem where test projects did not have access to the full classpath of tested
1170projects, including Library Projects and third-party jars.</li>
1171 <li>Fixed deployment logic so that applications with embedded tests can now be deployed
1172and tested like test applications, including code coverage information.</li>
1173 <li>Fixed Ant support for testing projects with libraries.</li>
1174 </ul>
1175 </li>
1176 </ul>
1177 </dd>
1178 </dl>
1179 </div>
1180</div>
1181
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001182<div class="toggle-content closed">
1183 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1184 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1185 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 19</a> <em>(April 2012)</em>
1186 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001187
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001188 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001189 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> This update of SDK Tools is only available through
1190the <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/exploring.html">Android SDK Manager</a>. Use this tool to
1191download and install this update.</p>
1192
1193 <dl>
1194 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1195 <dd>
1196 <ul>
1197 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 9 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001198 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001199 use with ADT 18.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your
1200 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 18.0.0.</li>
1201 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
1202 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1203 </ul>
1204 </dd>
1205 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1206 <dd>
1207 <ul>
1208 <li>Fixed an issue that prevented some developers from running the emulator with GPU
1209acceleration.</li>
1210 </ul>
1211 </dd>
1212 </dl>
1213 </div>
1214</div>
1215
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001216<div class="toggle-content closed">
1217 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1218 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1219 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 18</a> <em>(April 2012)</em>
1220 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001221
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001222 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001223 <p class="caution"><strong>Important:</strong> To download the new Android
1224 4.0 system components from the Android SDK Manager, you must first update the
1225 SDK tools to revision 14 or later and restart the Android SDK Manager. If you do not,
1226 the Android 4.0 system components will not be available for download.</p>
1227
1228 <dl>
1229 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1230 <dd>
1231 <ul>
1232 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 9 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001233 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001234 use with ADT 18.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your
1235 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 18.0.0.</li>
1236 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
1237 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1238 </ul>
1239 </dd>
1240 <dt>General notes:</dt>
1241 <dd>
1242 <ul>
1243 <li>Updated the SdkController app to encapsulate both sensor and multitouch emulation
1244 functionality.</li>
1245 </ul>
1246 </dd>
1247 <dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1248 <dd>
1249 <ul>
1250 <li>Fixed Ant issues where some jar libraries in the {@code libs/} folder are not picked up
1251in some cases.</li>
1252 </ul>
1253 </dd>
1254 </dl>
1255 </div>
1256</div>
1257
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001258<div class="toggle-content closed">
1259 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1260 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1261 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 17</a> <em>(March 2012)</em>
1262 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001263
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001264 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001265 <p class="caution"><strong>Important:</strong> To download the new Android
1266 4.0 system components from the Android SDK Manager, you must first update the
1267 SDK tools to revision 14 or later and restart the Android SDK Manager. If you do not,
1268 the Android 4.0 system components will not be available for download.</p>
1269
1270 <dl>
1271 <dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1272 <dd>
1273 <ul>
1274 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 9 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001275 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001276 use with ADT 17.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your
1277 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 17.0.0.</li>
1278 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have
1279 <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1280 </ul>
1281 </dd>
1282 <dt>General notes:</dt>
1283 <dd>
1284 <ul>
1285 <li>Emulator
1286 <ul>
1287 <li>Added support for hardware accelerated graphics rendering. This feature requires an
1288API Level 15, Revision 3 or later system image.
1289(<a href="{@docRoot}tools/devices/emulator.html#accel-graphics">more info</a>)
1290 </li>
1291 <li>Added support for running Android x86 system images in virtualization mode on
1292Windows and Mac OS X.
1293(<a href="{@docRoot}tools/devices/emulator.html#accel-vm">more info</a>)
1294 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Use the Android SDK Manager to download and
1295install x86 system images. Android x86 system images are not available for all API levels.</p>
1296 </li>
1297 <li>Added experimental support for multi-touch input by enabing the emulator to receive
1298 touch input from a USB-tethered physical Android device.
1299 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/tips/hardware-emulation">more info</a>)</li>
1300 </ul>
1301 </li>
1302 <li>Added viewing of live detailed network usage of an app in DDMS. (<a
1303 href="http://tools.android.com/recent/detailednetworkusageinddms">more info</a>)</li>
1304 <li>ProGuard
1305 <ul>
1306 <li>Updated the bundled ProGuard tool to version 4.7. In addition to many new features,
1307this update fixes the {@code Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1} error some users have
1308experienced.</li>
1309 <li>Updated the default {@code proguard.cfg} file with better default flags for
1310 Android.</li>
1311 <li>Split the ProGuard configuration file has been in half, with project specific flags
1312kept in project and the generic Android flags distributed (and updated) with the tools
1313themselves.</li>
1314 </ul>
1315 </li>
1316 <li>Build
1317 <ul>
1318 <li>Added a feature that allows you to run some code only in debug mode. Builds now
1319generate a class called {@code BuildConfig} containing a {@code DEBUG} constant that is
1320automatically set according to your build type. You can check the ({@code BuildConfig.DEBUG})
1321constant in your code to run debug-only functions.</li>
1322 <li>Fixed issue when a project and its libraries include the same jar file in their libs
1323 folder. (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/dealingwithdependenciesinandroidprojects">more
1324 info</a>)</li>
1325 <li>Added support for custom views with custom attributes in libraries. Layouts using
1326custom attributes must use the namespace URI {@code http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto} instead
1327of the URI that includes the app package name. This URI is replaced with the app specific one at
1328build time.</li>
1329 </ul>
1330 </li>
1331 <li>Lint
1332 <ul>
1333 <li>Updated Lint to check Android application code. Lint rules which previously
1334performed pattern based searches in the application code (such as the unused resource check) have
1335been rewritten to use the more accurate Java-style parse trees.</li>
1336 <li>Added support for checking library projects. This change means that rules such as
1337the unused resource check properly handle resources declared in a library project and referenced in
1338a downstream project.</li>
1339 <li>Added ability to suppress Lint warnings in Java code with the new
1340{@code @SuppressLint} annotation, and in XML files with the new tools: namespace and
1341ignore attribute. (<a
1342 href="http://tools.android.com/recent/ignoringlintwarnings">more info</a>)</li>
1343 <li>New Lint checks:
1344 <ul>
1345 <li>Added check for Android API calls that require a version of Android higher than
1346 the minimum supported version. You can use the new {@code @TargetApi} annotation
1347 to suppress warnings when the code is wrapped in a system version condition.
1348 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/lintapicheck">more info</a>)</li>
1349 <li>Added over 20 new Lint rules, including checks for
1350 <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/lintperformancechecks">performance</a>,
1351 XML layouts, manifest and file handling.</li>
1352 </ul>
1353 </li>
1354 </ul>
1355 </li>
1356 </ul>
1357 </dd>
1358 </dl>
1359 </div>
1360</div>
1361
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001362<div class="toggle-content closed">
1363 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1364 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1365 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 16</a> <em>(December 2011)</em>
1366 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001367
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001368 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001369 <p class="caution"><strong>Important:</strong> To download the new Android
1370 4.0 system components from the Android SDK Manager, you must first update the
1371 SDK tools to revision 14 or later and restart the Android SDK Manager. If you do not,
1372 the Android 4.0 system components will not be available for download.</p>
1373
1374<dl>
1375<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1376<dd>
1377 <ul>
1378 <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 9 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001379 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for use
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001380 with ADT 16.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your
1381 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 16.0.0.</li>
1382 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1383 Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1384</ul>
1385</dd>
1386<dt>General notes:</dt>
1387<dd>
1388 <ul>
1389 <li>Added Lint tools to detect common errors in Android projects.
1390 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/lint">more info</a>)</li>
1391 <li>Added sensor emulation support, which allows the emulator to read sensor data from a
1392 physical Android device.
1393 (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/sensoremulation">more info</a>)</li>
1394 <li>Added support for using a webcam to emulate a camera on Mac OS X.</li>
1395 </ul>
1396</dd>
1397<dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1398<dd>
1399 <ul>
1400 <li>Snapshots now work for Android 4.0 system images.</li>
1401 <li>Fixed several small issues for the build file.
1402 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21023">Issue 21023</a>,
1403 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21267">Issue 21267</a>,
1404 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21465">Issue 21465</a>,
1405 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21525">Issue 21525</a>).</li>
1406 </ul>
1407</dd>
1408</dl>
1409</div>
1410</div>
1411
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001412<div class="toggle-content closed">
1413 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1414 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1415 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 15</a> <em>(October 2011)</em>
1416 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001417
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001418 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001419 <p class="caution"><strong>Important:</strong> To download the new Android
1420 4.0 system components from the Android SDK Manager, you must first update the
1421 SDK tools to revision 14 or later and restart the Android SDK Manager. If you do not,
1422 the Android 4.0 system components will not be available for download.</p>
1423 <dl>
1424<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1425<dd>
1426 <ul><li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 9 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001427 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for use
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001428 with ADT 15.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your <a
1429 href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 15.0.0.</li>
1430 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1431 Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1432</ul>
1433
1434<dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
1435<dd>
1436 <ul>
1437 <li>Fixed emulator crash on Linux due to improper webcam detection
1438 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20952">Issue 20952</a>).</li>
1439 <li>Fixed emulator issue when using the <code>-wipe-data</code> argument.</li>
Joe Fernandez8bed7492013-07-26 15:32:10 -07001440 <li>Fixed build issue when using RenderScript in projects that target API levels 11-13
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001441 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21006">Issue 21006</a>).</li>
1442 <li>Fixed issue when creating an AVD using the GoogleTV addon
1443 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20963">Issue 20963</a>).</li>
1444 <li>Fixed <code>ant test</code>
1445 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20979">Issue 20979</a>).</li>
1446 <li>Fixed <code>android update project</code>
1447 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20535">Issue 20535</a>).</li>
1448 <li>Fixed scrolling issue in the new Logcat panel of DDMS.</li>
1449 <li>Fixed issue with MonkeyRunner
1450 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20964">Issue 20964</a>).</li>
1451 <li>Fixed issues in the SDK Manager
1452 (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20939">Issue 20939</a>,
1453 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20607">Issue 20607</a>).</li>
1454 </ul>
1455</dd>
1456</dl>
1457</div>
1458</div>
1459
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001460<div class="toggle-content closed">
1461 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1462 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1463 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 14</a> <em>(October 2011)</em>
1464 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001465
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001466 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001467 <p class="note"><strong>Important:</strong> To download the new Android
1468 4.0 system components from the Android SDK Manager, you must first update the
1469 SDK tools to revision 14 and restart the Android SDK Manager. If you do not,
1470 the Android 4.0 system components will not be available for download.</p>
1471 <dl>
1472<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1473<dd>
1474 <ul><li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 8 or later.</li>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001475 <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for use
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001476 with ADT 14.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your <a
1477 href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 14.0.0.</li>
1478 <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1479 Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li>
1480</ul>
1481
1482<dt>General notes:</dt>
1483<dd>
1484 <ul>
1485 <li>Added webcam support to Android 4.0 or later platforms to emulate rear-facing cameras when
1486 one webcam is present, and to emulate both rear-facing and front-facing cameras when two
1487 webcams are present. Webcam support is for Windows and Linux only.
1488 Mac support will come in a later release.</li>
1489 <li>Changed <code>default.properties</code> to <code>project.properties</code> and
1490 <code>build.properties</code> to <code>ant.properties</code>. Any existing
1491 projects that you build with Ant must be updated with the <code>android update project</code>
1492 command.</li>
1493 <li>Changed Ant <code>build.xml</code> file to support improvements to the
1494 build system and added and modified Ant commands to support these changes. For a list of Ant
1495commands, see the
1496<a href="{@docRoot}tools/building/building-cmdline.html#AntReference">Ant Command
1497Reference</a>.</li>
1498 <li>Changed how library projects are built.</li>
1499 <li>Improved incremental builds, so that resource compilation runs less frequently. Builds no
1500 longer run when you edit strings or layouts (unless you add a new <code>id</code>) and no longer
1501 run once for each library project.</li>
1502 <li>Introduced a "PNG crunch cache" that only runs on modified PNG files, instead of
1503 crunching all existing PNG files, all the time.</li>
1504 <li>Revamped the SDK Manager UI (<a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/newsdkmanager">more
1505info</a>).</li>
1506 </ul>
1507 <p>For a complete overview of the build system changes and what you need to do to support them,
1508see the <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/buildchangesinrevision14">Android Tools Project
1509site</a>.</p>
1510</dd>
1511</dl>
1512</div>
1513</div>
1514
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001515<div class="toggle-content closed">
1516 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1517 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1518 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 13</a> <em>(September 2011)</em>
1519 </p>
1520
1521 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001522 <dl>
1523<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1524<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001525<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for use with
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001526ADT 12.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your <a
1527href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 12.0.0.</p>
1528
1529<p>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1530Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</p>
1531
1532<dt>General notes:</dt>
1533<dd>
1534 <ul>
1535 <li>Fix compilation issue in Ant (<code>dex</code> step) when paths have spaces.</li>
1536 <li>Fix issue in emulator installation when paths have spaces.</li>
1537 <li>Fix issue when AVD paths have spaces.</li>
1538 <li>Fix rendering issue when using emulator scaling (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18299">see more</a>).</li>
1539 </ul>
1540</dd>
1541</dl>
1542</div>
1543</div>
1544
1545
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001546<div class="toggle-content closed">
1547 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1548 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1549 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 12</a> <em>(July 2011)</em>
1550 </p>
1551
1552 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001553 <dl>
1554<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1555<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001556<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for use with
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001557ADT 12.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your <a
1558href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 12.0.0.</p>
1559
1560<p>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1561Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</p>
1562
1563<dt>General notes:</dt>
1564<dd>
1565 <ul>
1566 <li>The AVD manager and emulator can now use system images
1567 compiled for ARM v7 and x86 CPUs.</li>
1568 </ul>
1569</dd>
1570</dl>
1571</div>
1572</div>
1573
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001574<div class="toggle-content closed">
1575 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1576 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1577 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 11</a> <em>(May 2011)</em>
1578 </p>
1579
1580 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001581 <dl>
1582<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1583<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001584<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is designed for use with
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001585ADT 10.0.1 and later. If you haven't already, we highly recommend updating your <a
1586href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 10.0.1.</p>
1587
1588<p>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1589Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</p>
1590
1591<dt>General notes:</dt>
1592<dd>
1593 <ul>
1594 <li>Miscellaneous emulator changes to support Android 3.1.</li>
1595 </ul>
1596</dd>
1597</dl>
1598</div>
1599</div>
1600
1601
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001602<div class="toggle-content closed">
1603 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1604 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1605 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 10</a> <em>(February 2011)</em>
1606 </p>
1607
1608 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001609 <dl>
1610<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1611<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001612<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001613designed for use with ADT 10.0.0 and later. After installing SDK Tools r10, we
1614highly recommend updating your ADT Plugin to 10.0.0.</p>
1615
1616<p>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1617Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</p>
1618
1619<dt>General notes:</dt>
1620<dd>
1621 <ul>
1622 <li>The tools now automatically generate Java Programming Language source files (in the
1623<code>gen</code> directory) and
1624 bytecode (in the <code>res/raw</code> directory) from your native <code>.rs</code> files</li>
1625 </ul>
1626</dd>
1627</dl>
1628</div>
1629</div>
1630
1631
1632
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001633<div class="toggle-content closed">
1634 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1635 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1636 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 9</a> <em>(January 2011)</em>
1637 </p>
1638
1639 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001640 <dl>
1641<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1642<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001643<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001644designed for use with ADT 9.0.0 and later. After installing SDK Tools r9, we
1645highly recommend updating your ADT Plugin to 9.0.0.</p>
1646
1647<p>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1648Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</p>
1649
1650<dt>Upgrading to SDK Tools r9:</dt>
1651<dd>
1652<p>If you are upgrading to SDK Tools r9 from SDK Tools r7 or earlier, the default installed location
1653for the <code>adb</code> tool has changed from <code>&lt;<em>SDK</em>&gt;/tools/adb</code> to
1654<code>&lt;<em>SDK</em>&gt;/platform-tools/adb</code>. This means that you should
1655add the new location to your PATH and modify any custom build scripts to
1656reference the new location. Copying the <code>adb</code> executable from the new
1657location to the old is not recommended, since subsequent updates to the SDK
1658Tools will delete the file.</p>
1659</dd>
1660
1661<dt>General notes:</dt>
1662<dd>
1663 <ul>
1664 <li>The default ProGuard configuration, <code>proguard.cfg</code>, now ignores the following classes:
1665 <ul>
1666 <li>classes that extend {@link android.preference.Preference}</li>
1667 <li>classes that extend {@link android.app.backup.BackupAgentHelper}</li>
1668 </ul>
1669 </li>
1670 <li>Ant lib rules now allow you to override <code>java.encoding</code>, <code>java.source</code>,
1671 and <code>java.target</code> properties.</li>
1672 <li>The default encoding for the <code>javac</code> Ant task is now UTF-8.</li>
1673 <li>The LogCat view in DDMS now properly displays UTF-8 characters.</li>
1674 <li>The SDK Manager is more reliable on Windows. For details on the improvements, see the
1675 <a href="http://tools.android.com/recent/sdkmanagerfixes">Android Tools Project Site</a>. </li>
1676 <li>Early look at the new snapshot feature: To improve startup time for the emulator, you can
1677enable snapshots for the system state. The emulator will then restore to the state when it last
1678closed almost instantly. <strong>Note:</strong> The snapshot feature is still under active
1679development and might not always perform as expected.</li>
1680 <li>Fixed the missing JAR file error that prevented <code>draw9patch</code> from running.</li>
1681 <li>Fixed the Windows launch scripts <code>hierarchyviewer</code> and <code>ddms</code> to support
1682 the new location of <code>adb</code>.</li>
1683 <li>Known issues with emulator performance: Because the Android emulator must simulate the ARM
1684instruction set architecture on your computer, emulator performance is slow. We're working hard to
1685resolve the performance issues and it will improve in future releases.</li>
1686 </ul>
1687</dd>
1688</dl>
1689</div>
1690</div>
1691
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001692<div class="toggle-content closed">
1693 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1694 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1695 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 8</a> <em>(December 2010)</em>
1696 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001697
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001698 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001699<dl>
1700<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1701<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001702<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001703designed for use with ADT 8.0.0 and later. After installing SDK Tools r8, we
1704highly recommend updating your ADT Plugin to 8.0.0.</p>
1705
1706<p>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache
1707Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</p>
1708
1709<p>Also note that SDK Tools r8 requires a new SDK component called
1710<em>Platform-tools</em>. The new Platform-tools component lets all SDK platforms
1711(Android 2.1, Android 2.2, and so on) use the same (latest) version of build
1712tools such as <code>adb</code>, <code>aapt</code>, <code>aidl</code>, and
1713<code>dx</code>. To download the Platform-tools component, use the Android SDK
1714Manager, as described in <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/exploring.html">Exploring the
1715SDK</a></p>
1716
1717<dt>Upgrading from SDK Tools r7:</dt>
1718<dd>
1719<p>If you are upgrading to SDK Tools r8 from an earlier version, note that the
1720the default installed location for the <code>adb</code> tool has changed from
1721<code>&lt;<em>SDK</em>&gt;/tools/adb</code> to
1722<code>&lt;<em>SDK</em>&gt;/platform-tools/adb</code>. This means that you should
1723add the new location to your PATH and modify any custom build scripts to
1724reference the new location. Copying the <code>adb</code> executable from the new
1725location to the old is not recommended, since subsequent updates to the SDK
1726Tools will delete the file.</p>
1727</dd>
1728
1729<dt>General notes:</dt>
1730<dd>
1731<ul>
1732<li>All SDK platforms now support Library Projects.</li>
1733<li>Support for a true debug build. Developers no longer need to add the
1734<code>android:debuggable</code> attribute to the
1735<code>&lt;application&gt;</code> tag in the manifest &mdash; the build tools add
1736the attribute automatically. In Eclipse/ADT, all incremental builds are assumed
1737to be debug builds, so the tools insert <code>android:debuggable="true"</code>.
1738When exporting a signed release build, the tools do not add the attribute. In
1739Ant, a <code>ant debug</code> command automatically inserts the
1740<code>android:debuggable="true"</code> attribute, while <code>ant release</code>
1741does not. If <code>android:debuggable="true"</code> is manually set, then
1742<code>ant release</code> will actually do a debug build, rather than a release
1743build.</li>
1744<li>Automatic ProGuard support in release builds. Developers generate a ProGuard
1745configuration file using the <code>android</code> tool &mdash; the build tools
1746then automatically run ProGuard against the project sources during the build.
1747For more information, see the <a
1748href="{@docRoot}tools/help/proguard.html">ProGuard</a>
1749documentation. </li>
1750<li>New overridable Ant javac properties: <code>java.encoding</code>,
1751<code>java.source</code>, and <code>java.target</code> (default values are
1752"ascii", "1.5", and "1.5", respectively).</li>
1753<li>New UI for the HierarchyViewer tool.</li>
1754</ul>
1755</dd>
1756</dl>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -08001757</div>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001758</div>
1759
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001760<div class="toggle-content closed">
1761 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1762 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1763 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 7</a> <em>(September 2010)</em>
1764 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001765
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001766 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001767<dl>
1768<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1769<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001770<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001771designed for use with ADT 0.9.8 and later. After installing SDK Tools r7, we
1772highly recommend updating your ADT Plugin to 0.9.8.</p>
1773</dd>
1774
1775<dt>General notes:</dt>
1776<dd>
1777<ul>
1778<li>Added support for library projects that depend on other library projects.</li>
1779<li>Adds support for aidl files in library projects.</li>
1780<li>Adds support for extension targets in Ant build to perform tasks between the
1781normal tasks: <code>-pre-build</code>, <code>-pre-compile</code>, and
1782<code>-post-compile</code>.</li>
1783<li>Adds support for "headless" SDK update. See <code>android -h update sdk</code>
1784for more information.</li>
1785<li>Fixes location control in DDMS to work in any locale not using '.' as a
1786decimal point.</li>
1787</ul>
1788</ul>
1789</dd>
1790</dl>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -08001791</div>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001792</div>
1793
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001794<div class="toggle-content closed">
1795 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1796 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1797 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 6</a> <em>(May 2010)</em>
1798 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001799
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001800 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001801<dl>
1802<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1803<dd>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001804<p>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001805designed for use with ADT 0.9.7 and later. After installing SDK Tools r6, we
1806highly recommend updating your ADT Plugin to 0.9.7.</p>
1807</dd>
1808
1809<dt>Library projects:</dt>
1810<dd>
1811<p>The SDK Tools now support the use of <em>library projects</em> during
1812development, a capability that lets you store shared Android application
1813code and resources in a separate development project. You can then reference the
1814library project from other Android projects and, at build time, the tools
1815compile the shared code and resources as part of the dependent applications.
1816More information about this feature is available in the <a
1817href="{@docRoot}tools/projects/index.html#LibraryProjects">Creating and Managing Projects</a> document.</p>
1818<p>If you are developing in Eclipse, <a href="eclipse-adt.html">ADT</a>
1819provides the equivalent library project support.</p>
1820</dd>
1821</dl>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -08001822</div>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001823</div>
1824
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001825<div class="toggle-content closed">
1826 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1827 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1828 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 5</a> <em>(March 2010)</em>
1829 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001830
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001831 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001832<dl>
1833<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
1834<dd><ul>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001835<li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that this version of SDK Tools is
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001836designed for use with ADT 0.9.6 and later. After installing SDK Tools r5, we
1837highly recommend updating your ADT Plugin to 0.9.6.</li>
1838<li>For Mac OS platforms, OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) is no longer
1839officially supported. </li>
1840</ul>
1841</dd>
1842
1843<dt>SDK and AVD Manager:</dt>
1844<dd>
1845<ul>
1846<li>Fixes SSL download for the standalone version of the SDK Updater.</li>
1847<li>Fixes issue with 64-bit JVM on Windows.</li>
1848<li>Adds support for platform samples components.</li>
1849<li>Improves support for dependency between components.</li>
1850<li>AVDs now sorted by API level.</li>
1851<li>The AVD creation dialog now enforces a minimum SD card size of 9MB.</li>
1852<li>Prevents deletion of running AVDs.</li>
1853<li>Settings are now automatically saved, no need to click "Apply".</li>
1854</ul>
1855</dd>
1856
1857<dt>Emulator:</dt>
1858<dd>
1859<ul>
1860<li>Emulator now requires SD card to be 9MB or more.</li>
1861</ul>
1862</dd>
1863
1864<dt>Layoutopt:</dt>
1865<dd>
1866<ul>
1867<li>Fixes <code>layoutopt.bat</code> to execute correctly on Windows.</li>
1868</ul>
1869</dd>
1870</dl>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -08001871</div>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001872</div>
1873
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001874<div class="toggle-content closed">
1875 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1876 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1877 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 4</a> <em>(December 2009)</em>
1878 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001879
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001880 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001881<dl>
1882<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001883<dd><p>This version of SDK Tools is compatible with ADT 0.9.5 and later, but not
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001884compatible with earlier versions. If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, you
1885<strong>must</strong> update your ADT plugin to version 0.9.5 or higher if you
1886install SDK Tools r4 in your SDK. </p></dd>
1887
1888<dt>General notes:</dt>
1889<dd>
1890<ul>
1891<li>Launcher script now forces GDK_NATIVE_WINDOW=true (linux only), to fix a
1892compatibility issue between GTK and SWT.</li>
1893</ul>
1894</dd>
1895
1896<dt>Android SDK and AVD Manager:</dt>
1897<dd>
1898<ul>
1899<li>AVD Launch dialog now shows scale value.</li>
1900<li>Fixes potential NPE in SDK Manager on AVD launch, for older AVD with no
1901skin name specified.</li>
1902<li>Fixes XML validation issue in on older Java versions.</li>
1903<li>No longer forces the use of Java 1.5 on Mac OS X.</li>
1904</ul>
1905</dd>
1906
1907<dt>Emulator:</dt>
1908<dd>
1909<ul>
1910<li>No longer limits the size of the system partition.</li>
1911</ul>
1912</dd>
1913
1914<dt>Ant build tools:</dt>
1915<dd>
1916<ul>
1917<li>.apk packaging now properly ignores vi swap files as well as hidden files.</li>
1918</ul>
1919</dd>
1920</dl>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -08001921</div>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001922</div>
1923
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001924<div class="toggle-content closed">
1925 <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
1926 <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
1927 alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 3</a> <em>(October 2009)</em>
1928 </p>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001929
Joe Fernandez67e6e0e2012-07-13 17:31:31 -07001930 <div class="toggle-content-toggleme">
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001931<dl>
1932<dt>Dependencies:</dt>
Joe Fernandez452ff4802013-07-26 11:26:47 -07001933<dd><p>This version of SDK Tools is compatible with ADT 0.9.4 and later, but not
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001934compatible with earlier versions. If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, you
1935<strong>must</strong> update your ADT plugin to version 0.9.4 or higher if you
1936install SDK Tools r3 in your SDK.</p>
1937</dd>
1938
1939<dt>Android tool:</dt>
1940<dd>
1941<ul>
1942<li>Adds new <code>android create test-project</code> and <code>android update
1943test-project</code> commands to allow for greater flexibility in the location of the
1944main and test projects.</li>
1945</ul>
1946</dd>
1947
1948<dt>DDMS:</dt>
1949<dd>
1950<ul>
1951<li>Adds a button to dump HPROF file for running applications (app must be able
1952to write to the sdcard).</li>
1953<li>Button to start/stop profiling of a running application (app must be able to
1954write to the sdcard). Upon stop, Traceview will automatically be launched to
1955display the trace.</li>
1956<li>Fixed DDMS, Traceview, and the AVD Mananger/SDK Updater to run on Mac OS X
195710.6.</li>
1958<li>Fixed screenshot support for devices running 32-bit framebuffer.</li>
1959</ul>
1960</dd>
1961
1962<dt>Android SDK and AVD Manager:</dt>
1963<dd>
1964<ul>
1965<li>Provides a new UI that lets you set options for controlling
1966the emulator skin, screen size/density, and scale factor used when launching
1967an AVD.</li>
1968<li>Provides improved AVD creation UI, which lets you customize the hardware
1969properties of your AVDs.</li>
1970<li>Now enforces dependencies between platforms and tools components, and
1971between SDK add-ons and platforms.</li>
1972</ul>
1973</dd>
1974
1975<dt>Layoutopt, a new tool for optimizing layouts:</dt>
1976
1977<dd><p>The SDK Tools r3 package includes <code>layoutopt</code>, a new command-line
1978tool that helps you optimize your layout hierarchies. When run against your
1979layout files, the tool analyzes their hierarchies and notifies you of
1980inefficiencies and other potential issues. The tool also provides simple
1981solutions for the issues it finds. For usage, see <a
1982href="/tools/help/layoutopt.html">layoutopt</a>.</p>
1983</dd>
1984</dl>
Joe Fernandez66e97da2012-12-12 15:06:09 -08001985</div>
Scott Main50e990c2012-06-21 17:14:39 -07001986</div>