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diff --git a/docs/html/tools/sdk/tools-notes.jd b/docs/html/tools/sdk/tools-notes.jd index f8b5d256b289..c5388d0e1b10 100644 --- a/docs/html/tools/sdk/tools-notes.jd +++ b/docs/html/tools/sdk/tools-notes.jd @@ -28,6 +28,89 @@ href="http://tools.android.com/knownissues">http://tools.android.com/knownissues <div class="toggle-content opened"> <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-opened.png" class="toggle-content-img" + alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 21</a> <em>(November 2012)</em> + </p> + + <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> + + <dl> + <dt>Dependencies:</dt> + <dd> + <ul> + <li>Android SDK Platform-tools revision 15 or later.</li> + <li>If you are developing in Eclipse with ADT, note that the SDK Tools r21 is designed + for use with ADT 21.0.0 and later. If you haven't already, update your + <a href="{@docRoot}tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html">ADT Plugin</a> to 21.0.0.</li> + <li>If you are developing outside Eclipse, you must have + <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.8 or later.</li> + </ul> + </dd> + <dt>General Notes:</dt> + <dd> + <ul> + <li>Build System + <ul> + <li>Added a flag that sets <em>jumbo mode</em> for DEX files, which allows a larger + number of strings in the DEX files. Enable this mode by adding the following line to + the {@code project.properties} file of your project: + <pre>set dex.force.jumbo=true</pre></li> + <li>Improved the build time by pre-dexing libraries (both JAR files and library + projects).</li> + <li>Updated the build to generate {@code R} resource classes for library projects + with only the IDs needed by the libraries, reducing the risk of hitting DEX file + limits for fields and methods.</li> + <li>Improved the build so that several editing features (code completion, resource + chooser, go to declaration) properly handle library project resources.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Lint + <ul> + <li>Added over 25 new lint rules for resources, locale settings, layout + files, incorrect use of {@link android.util.SparseArray} and + {@link android.os.PowerManager.WakeLock} and manifest issues.</li> + <li>Updated reporting to include errors in library projects if the library project is + in the list of projects to be checked.</li> + <li>Added a new {@code lint} target to the Ant build system for easier + integration with continuous build systems.</li> + <li>Added new {@code --sources} and {@code --classpath} arguments to point to sources + with different directory structures.</li> + <li>Improved the XML export function to support the <a + href="https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Android+Lint+Plugin">Jenkins Lint + plugin</a>. + </li> + <li>Added support for class file flow analysis.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Android Virtual Devices (AVD) + <ul> + <li>Added new <strong>Device Definitions</strong> tab in the AVD Manager for configuring + standard size and Nexus virtual devices.</li> + <li>Improved emulators so that they launch with a skin that is dynamically generated and + reflects the actual hardware configured in the AVD Manager.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Added {@code jobb} tool for creating and encrypting + <a href="{@docRoot}guide/google/play/expansion-files.html">APK Expansion Files</a>. + (<a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/jobb.html">more info</a>) + <li>Improved the Android JUnit test runner to allow a test to be run on all connected + devices simultaneously.</li> + </ul> + </dd> + + <dt>Bug fixes:</dt> + <dd> + <ul> + <li>Fixed manifest merger to properly adapt library classes in the merged manifest.</li> + </ul> + </dd> + + </dl> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="toggle-content closed"> + <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> + <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" alt=""/>SDK Tools, Revision 20.0.3</a> <em>(August 2012)</em> </p> @@ -128,12 +211,12 @@ application code.</li> <li>Added automatic merging of library project manifest files into the including project's manifest. Enable this feature with the {@code manifestmerger.enabled} property.</li> <li>Added automatic ProGuard support for the {@code aapt -G} flag. This change causes -the build system to generate a temporary ProGuard keep-rules file containing classes that -are referenced from XML files (such as custom views) and pass this to ProGuard at shrink-time. This +the build system to generate a temporary ProGuard {@code keep-rules} file containing classes that +are referenced from XML files (such as custom views) and pass this to ProGuard at shrink time. This can make the resulting APK much smaller when using just a small portion of a large library project (such as the Android Support library), since the catch-all rules to keep all custom views from the default ProGuard configuration file have also been removed.</li> - <li>Added two ProGuard configuration files for use in projects: {@code + <li>Added two ProGuard configuration files for use in projects: {@code proguard-android-optimize.txt} which enables optimizations and {@code proguard-android.txt} which disables them.</li> </ul> @@ -141,9 +224,8 @@ disables them.</li> <li>SDK Manager <ul> <li>Improved caching to reduce downloading of repository definitions.</li> - <li>Added <strong>Tools > Manage Add-on Sites</strong> option to allow deactivation of - third-party sites for improved performance (e.g., if one or more sites are temporarily slow to - load.)</li> + <li>Added <strong>Tools > Manage Add-on Sites</strong> option to improve performance by + allowing temporary deactivation of third-party sites if they are loading slowly.</li> <li>Added settings for the SDK Manager download cache (<strong>SDK Manager > Tools > Options</strong>).</li> </ul> |