Android kitkat 4.4 released on October 31st with special features.
1. Low memory support even in 512 Ram. This includes new Api ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() which let's your app's behaviour to match target device's memory.
2. NFC through Host Card Emulation: Android 4.4 introduces Host card Emulation where it's based on Smart card that uses contactless protocol for transmission.
3.Sms Provider: The new APIs use new SMS_Deliver intent to allow app developers to route messages through the user’s default messaging app, making the cross-app experience seamless.
4.New Sensor Modes and Connectivity: Hardware Sensor Batching is a new optimization that dramatically reduce power consumption during ongoing sensor activities.
5. Improved Security: Allows Antivirus Scanner api,control over individual app permissions. KitKat also improves upon the cryptographic algorithms by adding support for two additional algorithms.
6.Chromium Webview: Android 4.4 includes a completely new implementation of WebView that's based on Chromium.Chromium WebView provides broad support for HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It supports most of the HTML5 features available in Chrome for Android 30. It also brings an updated version of the JavaScript Engine (V8) that delivers dramatically improved JavaScript performance.
7.Screen Recording: Android 4.4 adds support for screen recording and provides a screen recording utility that lets you start and stop recording on a device that's connected to your Android SDK environment over USB. It's a great new way to create walkthroughs and tutorials for your app, testing materials, marketing videos etc.,If your app plays video or other protected content that you don’t want to be captured by the screen recorder, you can useSurfaceView.setSecure() to mark the content as secure.
1. Low memory support even in 512 Ram. This includes new Api ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() which let's your app's behaviour to match target device's memory.
2. NFC through Host Card Emulation: Android 4.4 introduces Host card Emulation where it's based on Smart card that uses contactless protocol for transmission.
3.Sms Provider: The new APIs use new SMS_Deliver intent to allow app developers to route messages through the user’s default messaging app, making the cross-app experience seamless.
4.New Sensor Modes and Connectivity: Hardware Sensor Batching is a new optimization that dramatically reduce power consumption during ongoing sensor activities.
5. Improved Security: Allows Antivirus Scanner api,control over individual app permissions. KitKat also improves upon the cryptographic algorithms by adding support for two additional algorithms.
6.Chromium Webview: Android 4.4 includes a completely new implementation of WebView that's based on Chromium.Chromium WebView provides broad support for HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It supports most of the HTML5 features available in Chrome for Android 30. It also brings an updated version of the JavaScript Engine (V8) that delivers dramatically improved JavaScript performance.
7.Screen Recording: Android 4.4 adds support for screen recording and provides a screen recording utility that lets you start and stop recording on a device that's connected to your Android SDK environment over USB. It's a great new way to create walkthroughs and tutorials for your app, testing materials, marketing videos etc.,If your app plays video or other protected content that you don’t want to be captured by the screen recorder, you can useSurfaceView.setSecure() to mark the content as secure.
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