Android m5-rc14

m5-rc14
Build of Android 1.x
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Compiled2008-02-12
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Android m5-rc14 is the first M5 beta build of Android, released on 12 February 2008.

Changes[edit | edit source]

GUI[edit | edit source]

  • The UI has been redesigned with updated icons, a new look and feel, and a menu in the bottom-right.

Notifications[edit | edit source]

  • The notification area is now shown in the desktop, but sliding down from the top will show nothing but just a white background with no text.

Emulation[edit | edit source]

  • The emulator now supports SD card images up to 128GB.

Fixes[edit | edit source]

Applications[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused icons for newly installed applications do not display correctly.

Browser[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused the focus ring shown in the browser not properly wrapping links.

Emulation[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused the Eclipse plugin's Run Dialog may sometimes fail to show the option to select the Android Launcher when running Mac OS X 10.5.

Terminal[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused adb emit warnings about deprecated API use when first used on Mac OS X 10.5.

Maps[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused application errors in MapView and this application when the user is scrolling too rapidly or long.

SDK[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused the dmtracedump and traceview tools not being available in the SDK.

Phone[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused an unfinished call UI to appear when the user presses the call back button to call unanswered incoming calls placed from the emulator console.

Java[edit | edit source]

  • Fixed an issue which caused activityCreator with the --ide intellij option creates IntelliJ scripts with incorrect documentation location specified.

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

Settings[edit | edit source]

  • Pressing the wallpaper settings button causes a "Unsupported action" box to appear due to its development.

Emulation[edit | edit source]

  • On Mac OS X 10.4, the emulator may hang if started in the background (i.e. ./emulator &).

Terminal[edit | edit source]

  • Starting from the command line will emit warnings about deprecated API use when first used on Mac OS X 10.5.

Gallery[edit | edit source]