Android 5.1 兼容性定義

一、簡介

本文檔列舉了設備與 Android 5.1 兼容必須滿足的要求。

根據 IETF，“必須”、“不得”、“要求”、“應”、“不應”、“應該”、“不應”、“推薦”、“可以”和“可選”的使用RFC2119 [資源，1 ]中定義的標準。

如本文檔中所用，“設備實施者”或“實施者”是指開發運行 Android 5.1 的硬件/軟件解決方案的個人或組織。 “設備實現”或“實現”是這樣開發的硬件/軟件解決方案。

要被視為與 Android 5.1 兼容，設備實現必須滿足本兼容性定義中提出的要求，包括通過引用併入的任何文檔。

如果此定義或第 10 節中描述的軟件測試是沉默的、模棱兩可的或不完整的，則設備實現者有責任確保與現有實現的兼容性。

出於這個原因，Android 開源項目 [資源，2 ] 既是 Android 的參考，也是首選的實現。強烈建議設備實現者盡可能將其實現基於 Android 開源項目提供的“上游”源代碼。雖然假設某些組件可以替換為替代實現，但強烈建議不要這樣做，因為通過軟件測試將變得更加困難。實施者有責任確保與標準 Android 實施的行為完全兼容，包括和超越兼容性測試套件。最後，請注意，本文檔明確禁止某些組件替換和修改。

第 14 節中列出的許多資源直接或間接源自 Android SDK，並且在功能上與該 SDK 文檔中的信息相同。對於本兼容性定義或兼容性測試套件與 SDK 文檔不一致的任何情況，SDK 文檔被視為具有權威性。包含在第 14 節中的參考資料中提供的任何技術細節都被認為是本兼容性定義的一部分。

2.設備類型

雖然 Android 開源項目已用於實現各種設備類型和外形尺寸，但架構和兼容性要求的許多方面都針對手持設備進行了優化。從 Android 5.0 開始，Android 開源項目旨在涵蓋更廣泛的設備類型，如本節所述。

Android 手持設備是指通常通過手持使用的 Android 設備實現，例如 mp3 播放器、手機和平板電腦。 Android 手持設備實現：

• 必須在設備中嵌入觸摸屏。
• 必須具有提供移動性的電源，例如電池。

Android 電視設備是指一種 Android 設備實現，它是一種娛樂界面，可供坐在大約 10 英尺外的用戶使用數字媒體、電影、遊戲、應用程序和/或直播電視（“向後傾斜”或“10 英尺用戶界面”） ”）。 Android 電視設備：

• 必須具有嵌入式屏幕或包括視頻輸出端口，例如 VGA、HDMI 或用於顯示的無線端口。
• 必須聲明功能 android.software.leanback 和 android.hardware.type.television [資源，3 ]。

Android Watch 設備是指旨在佩戴在身體上（可能戴在手腕上）的 Android 設備實現，並且：

• 必須有一個物理對角線長度在 1.1 到 2.5 英寸範圍內的屏幕。
• 必須聲明功能 android.hardware.type.watch。
• 必須支持 uiMode = UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH [資源，4 ]。

Android Automotive 實施是指運行 Android 作為操作系統的車輛主機單元，用於部分或全部系統和/或信息娛樂功能。 Android Automotive 實現必須支持 uiMode = UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR [ Resources, 111 ]。

不適合上述任何設備類型的所有 Android 設備實現仍必須滿足本文檔中與 Android 5.1 兼容的所有要求，除非明確說明該要求僅適用於上述特定 Android 設備類型。

2.1 設備配置

這是對不同設備類型的硬件配置主要差異的總結。 （空單元格表示“可能”）。此表並未涵蓋所有配置；有關詳細信息，請參閱相關硬件部分。

3. 軟件

3.1。託管 API 兼容性

託管的 Dalvik 字節碼執行環境是 Android 應用程序的主要工具。 Android 應用程序編程接口 (API) 是向在託管運行時環境中運行的應用程序公開的一組 Android 平台接口。設備實現必須提供完整的實現，包括所有記錄在案的行為，由 Android SDK [資源，5 ] 或上游 Android 源代碼中裝飾有“@SystemApi”標記的任何 API 公開的任何記錄在案的 API。

設備實現不得省略任何託管 API、更改 API 接口或簽名、偏離記錄的行為或包含無操作，除非此兼容性定義特別允許。

此兼容性定義允許設備實現忽略 Android 包含 API 的某些類型的硬件。在這種情況下，API 必須仍然存在並以合理的方式運行。有關此方案的具體要求，請參見第 7 節。

3.2.軟 API 兼容性

除了第 3.1 節中的託管 API 之外，Android 還包括一個重要的僅運行時“軟”API，其形式為 Android 應用程序的意圖、權限和類似方面，這些內容無法在應用程序編譯時強制執行。

3.2.1。權限

設備實現者必須支持並強制執行權限參考頁 [資源，6]中記錄的所有權限常量。請注意，第 9 節列出了與 Android 安全模型相關的其他要求。

3.2.2.構建參數

Android API 在 android.os.Build 類 [ Resources, 7 ] 上包含許多常量，用於描述當前設備。為了在設備實現中提供一致、有意義的值，下表包含了對設備實現必須遵守的這些值的格式的額外限制。

3.2.3。意圖兼容性

設備實現必須遵循 Android 的鬆散耦合 Intent 系統，如下節所述。 “尊敬”意味著設備實現者必須提供一個 Android 活動或服務，該活動或服務指定一個匹配的意圖過濾器，該過濾器綁定到每個指定的意圖模式並實現正確的行為。

3.2.3.1。核心應用意圖

Android Intent 允許應用程序組件向其他 Android 組件請求功能。 Android 上游項目包括一系列被視為核心 Android 應用程序的應用程序，這些應用程序實現了幾種意圖模式來執行常見操作。核心Android應用程序是：

• 台鐘
• 瀏覽器
• 日曆
• 聯繫人
• 畫廊
• 全球搜索
• 啟動器
• 音樂
• 設置

設備實現應酌情包括核心 Android 應用程序，但必須包括一個組件，該組件實現由這些核心 Android 應用程序的所有“公共”活動或服務組件定義的相同意圖模式。請注意，當屬性 android:exported 不存在或值為 true 時，Activity 或 Service 組件被視為“公共”。

3.2.3.2。意圖覆蓋

由於 Android 是一個可擴展的平台，設備實現必須允許第 3.2.3.1 節中引用的每個意圖模式被第三方應用程序覆蓋。上游 Android 開源實現默認允許這樣做；設備實現者不得為系統應用程序對這些意圖模式的使用附加特殊權限，或阻止第三方應用程序綁定並控制這些模式。該禁止具體包括但不限於禁用“Chooser”用戶界面，該用戶界面允許用戶在所有處理相同意圖模式的多個應用程序之間進行選擇。

但是，如果默認活動為數據 URI 提供更具體的過濾器，則設備實現可以為特定 URI 模式（例如 http://play.google.com）提供默認活動。例如，指定數據 URI“http://www.android.com”的意圖過濾器比“http://”的瀏覽器過濾器更具體。設備實現必須為用戶提供一個用戶界面來修改意圖的默認活動。

3.2.3.3。意圖命名空間

設備實現不得包含任何使用 android.* 或 com.android.* 命名空間中的 ACTION、CATEGORY 或其他鍵字符串遵守任何新意圖或廣播意圖模式的 Android 組件。設備實施者不得在屬於另一個組織的包空間中包含任何支持任何新意圖或廣播意圖模式的 Android 組件，這些組件使用 ACTION、CATEGORY 或其他鍵字符串。設備實施者不得更改或擴展第 3.2.3.1 節中列出的核心應用程序使用的任何意圖模式。設備實現可能包括使用名稱空間的意圖模式，這些意圖模式與他們自己的組織清楚且明顯地相關聯。此禁止類似於第 3.6 節中為 Java 語言類指定的禁止。

3.2.3.4。廣播意圖

第三方應用程序依靠平台廣播某些意圖，以通知他們硬件或軟件環境的變化。 Android 兼容設備必須廣播公共廣播意圖以響應適當的系統事件。 SDK 文檔中描述了廣播意圖。

3.2.3.5。默認應用設置

Android 包含的設置為用戶提供了一種選擇默認應用程序的簡單方法，例如主屏幕或 SMS。在有意義的情況下，設備實現必須提供類似的設置菜單，並與以下 SDK 文檔中描述的意圖過濾器模式和 API 方法兼容。

設備實現：

• 如果設備實現報告 android.software.home_screen [資源，10] ，則必須遵守 android.settings.HOME_SETTINGS 意圖以顯示主屏幕的默認應用設置菜單
• 如果設備實現報告 android.hardware.telephony [資源，9 ]，必須提供一個設置菜單，該菜單將調用 android.provider.Telephony.ACTION_CHANGE_DEFAULT Intent 以顯示一個對話框以更改默認 SMS 應用程序
• 如果設備實現報告 android.hardware.nfc.hce [資源，10] ，則必須遵守 android.settings.NFC_PAYMENT_SETTINGS Intent 以顯示 Tap and Pay 的默認應用設置菜單

3.3.原生 API 兼容性

3.3.1。應用程序二進制接口

託管 Dalvik 字節碼可以調用應用程序 .apk 文件中提供的本機代碼，作為為適當的設備硬件架構編譯的 ELF .so 文件。由於原生代碼高度依賴底層處理器技術，Android 在 Android NDK 中定義了許多應用程序二進制接口 (ABI)。設備實現必須與一個或多個定義的 ABI 兼容，並且必須實現與 Android NDK 的兼容性，如下所示。

如果設備實現包括對 Android ABI 的支持，它：

• 必須包括對在託管環境中運行的代碼的支持，以調用本機代碼，使用標準 Java 本機接口 (JNI) 語義
• 必須與以下列表中的每個所需庫兼容源代碼（即標頭兼容）和二進制兼容（對於 ABI）
• 如果支持任何 64 位 ABI，則必須支持等效的 32 位 ABI
• 必須通過 android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS、android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS 和 android.os.Build.SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS 參數準確報告設備支持的本機應用程序二進制接口 (ABI)，每個參數都是逗號分隔的列表ABI 從最喜歡到最不喜歡的順序排列
• 必須通過上述參數報告最新版本的 Android NDK 中記錄的 ABI，“NDK 程序員指南 | ABI 管理”在 docs/ 目錄中
• 應該使用上游 Android 開源項目中可用的源代碼和頭文件構建

以下本機代碼 API 必須可用於包含本機代碼的應用程序：

• libc（C 庫）
• libm（數學庫）
• 對 C++ 的最低支持
• JNI接口
• liblog（Android 日誌記錄）
• libz（Zlib 壓縮）
• libdl（動態鏈接器）
• libGLESv1_CM.so (OpenGL ES 1.x)
• libGLESv2.so (OpenGL ES 2.0)
• libGLESv3.so (OpenGL ES 3.x)
• libEGL.so（原生 OpenGL 表面管理）
• libjnigraphics.so
• libOpenSLES.so（OpenSL ES 1.0.1 音頻支持）
• libOpenMAXAL.so（OpenMAX AL 1.0.1 支持）
• libandroid.so（原生 Android 活動支持）
• libmediandk.so（原生媒體 API 支持）
• 支持 OpenGL，如下所述

請注意，Android NDK 的未來版本可能會引入對其他 ABI 的支持。如果設備實現與現有的預定義 ABI 不兼容，則它根本不得報告對任何 ABI 的支持。

請注意，設備實現必須包含 libGLESv3.so，並且必須符號鏈接（符號鏈接）到 libGLESv2.so。反過來，必須導出 NDK 版本 android-21 中定義的所有 OpenGL ES 3.1 和 Android 擴展包 [ Resources, 11 ] 函數符號。儘管所有符號都必須存在，但只有設備實際支持的 OpenGL ES 版本和擴展的相應功能必須完全實現。

本機代碼兼容性具有挑戰性。出於這個原因，強烈建議設備實現者使用來自上游 Android 開源項目的上述庫的實現。

3.3.2. 32 位 ARM 本機代碼兼容性

ARMv8 架構棄用了一些 CPU 操作，包括現有本機代碼中使用的一些操作。在 64 位 ARM 設備上，以下已棄用的操作必須通過本機 CPU 支持或通過軟件仿真對 32 位本機 ARM 代碼保持可用：

• SWP 和 SWPB 指令
• SETEND 指令
• CP15ISB、CP15DSB 和 CP15DMB 屏障操作

舊版 Android NDK 使用 /proc/cpuinfo 從 32 位 ARM 本機代碼中發現 CPU 功能。為了與使用此 NDK 構建的應用程序兼容，當 32 位 ARM 應用程序讀取 /proc/cpuinfo 時，設備必須在 /proc/cpuinfo 中包含以下行：

• “功能：”，後跟設備支持的任何可選 ARMv7 CPU 功能的列表
• “CPU 架構：”，後跟一個整數，描述設備支持的最高 ARM 架構（例如，“8”代表 ARMv8 設備）

這些要求僅在 32 位 ARM 應用程序讀取 /proc/cpuinfo 時適用。當被 64 位 ARM 或非 ARM 應用程序讀取時，設備不應更改 /proc/cpuinfo。

3.4.網絡兼容性

3.4.1。 Web 視圖兼容性

平台功能 android.software.webview 必須在提供完整實現 android.webkit.WebView API 的任何設備上報告，並且不得在沒有完整實現 API 的設備上報告。 Android 開源實現使用來自 Chromium 項目的代碼來實現 android.webkit.WebView [參考資料，12 ]。因為為 Web 渲染系統開發全面的測試套件是不可行的，所以設備實現者必須在 WebView 實現中使用 Chromium 的特定上游構建。具體來說：

• 設備 android.webkit.WebView 實現必須基於來自上游 Android 5.1 開源項目的 Chromium 構建。此版本包括一組特定的 WebView 功能和安全修復 [參考資料，13 ]。
• WebView 報告的用戶代理字符串必須採用以下格式：

  Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android $(VERSION); $(MODEL) Build/$(BUILD)$(WEBVIEW)) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 $(CHROMIUM_VER) Mobile Safari/537.36

  • $(VERSION) 字符串的值必須與 android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE 的值相同。
  • $(WEBVIEW) 字符串可以省略，但如果包含必須是 "; wv" 以說明這是一個 webview
  • $(MODEL) 字符串的值必須與 android.os.Build.MODEL 的值相同。
  • $(BUILD) 字符串的值必須與 android.os.Build.ID 的值相同。
  • $(CHROMIUM_VER) 字符串的值必須是上游 Android 開源項目中 Chromium 的版本。
  • 設備實現可以在用戶代理字符串中省略 Mobile。

WebView 組件應該包含對盡可能多的 HTML5 特性的支持，並且如果它支持該特性應該符合 HTML5 規範 [參考資料，14 ]。

3.4.2.瀏覽器兼容性

獨立瀏覽器可能基於 WebKit 以外的瀏覽器技術。但是，即使使用備用瀏覽器應用程序，提供給第三方應用程序的 android.webkit.WebView 組件也必須基於 WebKit，如第 3.4.1 節所述。

實現可以在獨立的瀏覽器應用程序中提供自定義用戶代理字符串。

獨立的瀏覽器應用程序（無論是基於上游 WebKit 瀏覽器應用程序還是第三方替代品）應該盡可能多地支持 HTML5 [參考資料，14 ]。最低限度，設備實現必須支持與 HTML5 相關的這些 API：

• 應用程序緩存/離線操作 [資源，15 ]
• <video> 標籤 [資源, 16 ]
• 地理位置 [資源, 17 ]

此外，設備實現必須支持 HTML5/W3C webstorage API [資源，18 ]，並且應該支持 HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API [資源，19 ]。請注意，隨著 Web 開發標準機構正在轉變為偏愛 IndexedDB 而不是 webstorage，IndexedDB 有望成為未來版本 Android 的必需組件。

3.5. API 行為兼容性

每種 API 類型（託管、軟、原生和 Web）的行為必須與上游 Android 開源項目 [資源，2 ] 的首選實現一致。一些特定的兼容性領域是：

• 設備不得更改標準意圖的行為或語義。
• 設備不得更改特定類型的系統組件（如服務、活動、內容提供者等）的生命週期或生命週期語義。
• 設備不得更改標準權限的語義。

上面的列表並不全面。兼容性測試套件 (CTS) 測試平台的重要部分的行為兼容性，但不是全部。實施者有責任確保與 Android 開源項目的行為兼容性。出於這個原因，設備實現者應該盡可能使用通過 Android 開源項目提供的源代碼，而不是重新實現系統的重要部分。

3.6. API 命名空間

Android 遵循 Java 編程語言定義的包和類命名空間約定。為確保與第三方應用程序的兼容性，設備實施者不得對這些包命名空間進行任何禁止的修改（見下文）：

• 爪哇。*
• javax.*
• 太陽。*
• 安卓。*
• com.android.*

禁止的修改包括：

• 設備實現不得通過更改任何方法或類簽名或刪除類或類字段來修改 Android 平台上公開的 API。
• 設備實現者可以修改 API 的底層實現，但此類修改不得影響任何公開公開的 API 的聲明行為和 Java 語言簽名。
• 設備實現者不得將任何公開暴露的元素（例如類或接口，或現有類或接口的字段或方法）添加到上述 API。

“公開暴露的元素”是任何未使用上游 Android 源代碼中使用的“@hide”標記修飾的構造。換句話說，設備實現者不得公開新的 API 或更改上述命名空間中的現有 API。設備實施者可以進行僅限內部的修改，但不得向開發人員宣傳或以其他方式公開這些修改。

設備實現者可以添加自定義 API，但任何此類 API 不得位於其他組織擁有或引用的命名空間中。例如，設備實現者不得將 API 添加到 com.google.* 或類似名稱空間：只有 Google 可以這樣做。同樣，Google 不得將 API 添加到其他公司的命名空間。 Additionally, if a device implementation includes custom APIs outside the standard Android namespace, those APIs MUST be packaged in an Android shared library so that only apps that explicitly use them (via the <uses-library> mechanism) are affected by the increased memory usage of such APIs.

If a device implementer proposes to improve one of the package namespaces above (such as by adding useful new functionality to an existing API, or adding a new API), the implementer SHOULD visit source.android.com and begin the process for contributing changes and code, according to the information on that site.

Note that the restrictions above correspond to standard conventions for naming APIs in the Java programming language; this section simply aims to reinforce those conventions and make them binding through inclusion in this Compatibility Definition.

3.7. Runtime Compatibility

Device implementations MUST support the full Dalvik Executable (DEX) format and Dalvik bytecode specification and semantics [ Resources, 20 ]. Device implementers SHOULD use ART, the reference upstream implementation of the Dalvik Executable Format, and the reference implementation's package management system.

Device implementations MUST configure Dalvik runtimes to allocate memory in accordance with the upstream Android platform, and as specified by the following table. (See section 7.1.1 for screen size and screen density definitions.)

Note that memory values specified below are considered minimum values and device implementations MAY allocate more memory per application.

3.8. User Interface Compatibility

3.8.1. Launcher (Home Screen)

Android includes a launcher application (home screen) and support for third-party applications to replace the device launcher (home screen). Device implementations that allow third-party applications to replace the device home screen MUST declare the platform feature android.software.home_screen.

3.8.2. Widgets

Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that allows applications to expose an “AppWidget” to the end user [ Resources, 21 ] a feature that is strongly RECOMMENDED to be supported on Handheld Device implementations. Device implementations that support embedding widgets on the home screen MUST meet the following requirements and declare support for platform feature android.software.app_widgets.

• Device launchers MUST include built-in support for AppWidgets, and expose user interface affordances to add, configure, view, and remove AppWidgets directly within the Launcher.
• Device implementations MUST be capable of rendering widgets that are 4 x 4 in the standard grid size. See the App Widget Design Guidelines in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 21 ] for details.
• Device implementations that include support for lock screen MAY support application widgets on the lock screen.

3.8.3. Notifications

Android includes APIs that allow developers to notify users of notable events [ Resources, 22 ], using hardware and software features of the device.

Some APIs allow applications to perform notifications or attract attention using hardware—specifically sound, vibration, and light. Device implementations MUST support notifications that use hardware features, as described in the SDK documentation, and to the extent possible with the device implementation hardware. For instance, if a device implementation includes a vibrator, it MUST correctly implement the vibration APIs. If a device implementation lacks hardware, the corresponding APIs MUST be implemented as no-ops. This behavior is further detailed in section 7 .

Additionally, the implementation MUST correctly render all resources (icons, animation files etc.) provided for in the APIs [ Resources, 23 ], or in the Status/System Bar icon style guide [ Resources, 24 ], which in the case of an Android Television device includes the possibility to not display the notifications. Device implementers MAY provide an alternative user experience for notifications than that provided by the reference Android Open Source implementation; however, such alternative notification systems MUST support existing notification resources, as above.

Android includes support for various notifications, such as:

• Rich notifications . Interactive Views for ongoing notifications.
• Heads-up notifications . Interactive Views users can act on or dismiss without leaving the current app.
• Lockscreen notifications . Notifications shown over a lock screen with granular control on visibility.

Android device implementations, when such notifications are made visible, MUST properly execute Rich and Heads-up notifications and include the title/name, icon, text as documented in the Android APIs [Resources, 25] .

Android includes Notification Listener Service APIs that allow apps (once explicitly enabled by the user) to receive a copy of all notifications as they are posted or updated. Device implementations MUST correctly and promptly send notifications in their entirety to all such installed and user-enabled listener services, including any and all metadata attached to the Notification object.

3.8.4. Search

Android includes APIs [ Resources, 26 ] that allow developers to incorporate search into their applications, and expose their application's data into the global system search. Generally speaking, this functionality consists of a single, system-wide user interface that allows users to enter queries, displays suggestions as users type, and displays results. The Android APIs allow developers to reuse this interface to provide search within their own apps, and allow developers to supply results to the common global search user interface.

Android device implementations SHOULD include global search, a single, shared, system-wide search user interface capable of real-time suggestions in response to user input. Device implementations SHOULD implement the APIs that allow developers to reuse this user interface to provide search within their own applications. Device implementations that implement the global search interface MUST implement the APIs that allow third-party applications to add suggestions to the search box when it is run in global search mode. If no third-party applications are installed that make use of this functionality, the default behavior SHOULD be to display web search engine results and suggestions.

3.8.5. Toasts

Applications can use the “Toast” API to display short non-modal strings to the end user, that disappear after a brief period of time [ Resources, 27 ]. Device implementations MUST display Toasts from applications to end users in some high-visibility manner.

3.8.6. Themes

Android provides “themes” as a mechanism for applications to apply styles across an entire Activity or application.

Android includes a “Holo” theme family as a set of defined styles for application developers to use if they want to match the Holo theme look and feel as defined by the Android SDK [ Resources, 28 ]. Device implementations MUST NOT alter any of the Holo theme attributes exposed to applications [ Resources, 29 ].

Android includes a “Material” theme family as a set of defined styles for application developers to use if they want to match the design theme's look and feel across the wide variety of different Android device types. Device implementations MUST support the “Material” theme family and MUST NOT alter any of the Material theme attributes or their assets exposed to applications [ Resources, 30 ].

Android also includes a “Device Default” theme family as a set of defined styles for application developers to use if they want to match the look and feel of the device theme as defined by the device implementer. Device implementations MAY modify the Device Default theme attributes exposed to applications [ Resources, 29 ].

Android supports a new variant theme with translucent system bars, which allows application developers to fill the area behind the status and navigation bar with their app content. To enable a consistent developer experience in this configuration, it is important the status bar icon style is maintained across different device implementations. Therefore, Android device implementations MUST use white for system status icons (such as signal strength and battery level) and notifications issued by the system, unless the icon is indicating a problematic status [ Resources, 29 ].

3.8.7. Live Wallpapers

Android defines a component type and corresponding API and lifecycle that allows applications to expose one or more “Live Wallpapers” to the end user [ Resources, 31 ]. Live wallpapers are animations, patterns, or similar images with limited input capabilities that display as a wallpaper, behind other applications.

Hardware is considered capable of reliably running live wallpapers if it can run all live wallpapers, with no limitations on functionality, at a reasonable frame rate with no adverse effects on other applications. If limitations in the hardware cause wallpapers and/or applications to crash, malfunction, consume excessive CPU or battery power, or run at unacceptably low frame rates, the hardware is considered incapable of running live wallpaper. As an example, some live wallpapers may use an OpenGL 2.0 or 3.x context to render their content. Live wallpaper will not run reliably on hardware that does not support multiple OpenGL contexts because the live wallpaper use of an OpenGL context may conflict with other applications that also use an OpenGL context.

Device implementations capable of running live wallpapers reliably as described above SHOULD implement live wallpapers, and when implemented MUST report the platform feature flag android.software.live_wallpaper.

3.8.8. Activity Switching

The upstream Android source code includes the overview screen [ Resources, 32 ], a system-level user interface for task switching and displaying recently accessed activities and tasks using a thumbnail image of the application's graphical state at the moment the user last left the application. Device implementations including the recents function navigation key as detailed in section 7.2.3 , MAY alter the interface but MUST meet the following requirements:

• MUST display affiliated recents as a group that moves together.
• MUST support at least up to 20 displayed activities.
• SHOULD at least display the title of 4 activities at a time.
• SHOULD display highlight color, icon, screen title in recents.
• MUST implement the screen pinning behavior [ Resources, 33 ] and provide the user with a settings menu to toggle the feature.
• SHOULD display a closing affordance ("x") but MAY delay this until user interacts with screens.

Device implementations are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to use the upstream Android user interface (or a similar thumbnail-based interface) for the overview screen.

3.8.9. Input Management

Android includes support for Input Management and support for third-party input method editors [ Resources, 34 ]. Device implementations that allow users to use third-party input methods on the device MUST declare the platform feature android.software.input_methods and support IME APIs as defined in the Android SDK documentation.

Device implementations that declare the android.software.input_methods feature MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to add and configure third-party input methods. Device implementations MUST display the settings interface in response to the android.settings.INPUT_METHOD_SETTINGS intent.

3.8.10. Lock Screen Media Control

The Remote Control Client API is deprecated from Android 5.0 in favor of the Media Notification Template that allows media applications to integrate with playback controls that are displayed on the lock screen [ Resources, 35 ]. Device implementations that support a lock screen, unless an Android Automotive or Watch implementation, MUST display the Lockscreen Notifications including the Media Notification Template.

3.8.11. Dreams

Android includes support for interactive screensavers called Dreams [ Resources, 36 ]. Dreams allows users to interact with applications when a device connected to a power source is idle or docked in a desk dock. Android Watch devices MAY implement Dreams, but other types of device implementations SHOULD include support for Dreams and provide a settings option for users to configure Dreams in response to the android.settings.DREAM_SETTINGS intent.

3.8.12. Location

When a device has a hardware sensor (eg GPS) that is capable of providing the location coordinates, location modes MUST be displayed in the Location menu within Settings [ Resources, 37 ].

3.8.13. Unicode and Font

Android includes support for color emoji characters. When Android device implementations include an IME, devices SHOULD provide an input method to the user for the Emoji characters defined in Unicode 6.1 [ Resources, 38 ]. All devices MUST be capable of rendering these emoji characters in color glyph.

Android includes support for Roboto 2 font with different weights—sans-serif-thin, sans-serif-light, sans-serif-medium, sans-serif-black, sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif-condensed-light—which MUST all be included for the languages available on the device and full Unicode 7.0 coverage of Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic, including the Latin Extended A, B, C, and D ranges, and all glyphs in the currency symbols block of Unicode 7.0.

3.9. Device Administration

Android includes features that allow security-aware applications to perform device administration functions at the system level, such as enforcing password policies or performing remote wipe, through the Android Device Administration API [ Resources, 39 ]. Device implementations MUST provide an implementation of the DevicePolicyManager class [ Resources, 40 ]. Device implementations that include support for PIN (numeric) or PASSWORD (alphanumeric) based lock screens MUST support the full range of device administration policies defined in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 39 ] and report the platform feature android.software.device_admin.

Device implementations MAY have a preinstalled application performing device administration functions but this application MUST NOT be set out-of-the box as the default Device Owner app [ Resources, 41 ].

3.10. Accessibility

Android provides an accessibility layer that helps users with disabilities to navigate their devices more easily. In addition, Android provides platform APIs that enable accessibility service implementations to receive callbacks for user and system events and generate alternate feedback mechanisms, such as text-to-speech, haptic feedback, and trackball/d-pad navigation [ Resources, 42 ].

Device implementations include the following requirements:

• Android Automotive implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of the Android accessibility framework consistent with the default Android implementation.
• Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST provide an implementation of the Android accessibility framework consistent with the default Android implementation.
• Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST support third-party accessibility service implementations through the android.accessibilityservice APIs [ Resources, 43 ]
• Device implementations (Android Automotive excluded) MUST generate AccessibilityEvents and deliver these events to all registered AccessibilityService implementations in a manner consistent with the default Android implementation
• Device implementations (Android Automotive and Android Watch devices with no audio output excluded), MUST provide a user-accessible mechanism to enable and disable accessibility services, and MUST display this interface in response to the android.provider.Settings.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS intent.

Additionally, device implementations SHOULD provide an implementation of an accessibility service on the device, and SHOULD provide a mechanism for users to enable the accessibility service during device setup. An open source implementation of an accessibility service is available from the Eyes Free project [ Resources, 44 ].

3.11. Text-to-Speech

Android includes APIs that allow applications to make use of text-to-speech (TTS) services and allows service providers to provide implementations of TTS services [ Resources, 45 ]. Device implementations reporting the feature android.hardware.audio.output MUST meet these requirements related to the Android TTS framework.

Android Automotive implementations:

• MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs.
• MAY support installation of third-party TTS engines. If supported, partners MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows the user to select a TTS engine for use at system level.

All other device implementations:

• MUST support the Android TTS framework APIs and SHOULD include a TTS engine supporting the languages available on the device. Note that the upstream Android open source software includes a full-featured TTS engine implementation.
• MUST support installation of third-party TTS engines
• MUST provide a user-accessible interface that allows users to select a TTS engine for use at the system level

3.12. TV Input Framework

The Android Television Input Framework (TIF) simplifies the delivery of live content to Android Television devices. TIF provides a standard API to create input modules that control Android Television devices. Android Television device implementations MUST support Television Input Framework [ Resources, 46 ].

Device implementations that support TIF MUST declare the platform feature android.software.live_tv.

4. Application Packaging Compatibility

Device implementations MUST install and run Android “.apk” files as generated by the “aapt” tool included in the official Android SDK [ Resources, 47 ].

Devices implementations MUST NOT extend either the .apk [ Resources, 48 ], Android Manifest [ Resources, 49 ], Dalvik bytecode [ Resources, 20 ], or RenderScript bytecode formats in such a way that would prevent those files from installing and running correctly on other compatible devices.

5. Multimedia Compatibility

5.1. Media Codecs

Device implementations MUST support the core media formats specified in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 50 ] except where explicitly permitted in this document. Specifically, device implementations MUST support the media formats, encoders, decoders, file types, and container formats defined in the tables below and reported via MediaCodecList [ Resources,112 ]. Device implementations MUST also be able to decode all profiles reported in its CamcorderProfile [ Resources, 113 ]. All of these codecs are provided as software implementations in the preferred Android implementation from the Android Open Source Project.

Please note that neither Google nor the Open Handset Alliance make any representation that these codecs are free from third-party patents. Those intending to use this source code in hardware or software products are advised that implementations of this code, including in open source software or shareware, may require patent licenses from the relevant patent holders.

5.1.1. Audio Codecs

1 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone but optional for Android Watch device implementations.

2 Only downmix of 5.0/5.1 content is required; recording or rendering more than 2 channels is optional.

3 Required for Android Handheld device implementations.

4 Required for device implementations that define android.hardware.microphone, including Android Watch device implementations.

5.1.2. Image Codecs

5.1.3. Video Codecs

Video codecs are optional for Android Watch device implementations.

1 Required for device implementations that include camera hardware and define android.hardware.camera or android.hardware.camera.front.

2 Required for device implementations except Android Watch devices.

3 For acceptable quality of web video streaming and video-conference services, device implementations SHOULD use a hardware VP8 codec that meets the requirements in [ Resources, 51 ].

4 Device implementations SHOULD support writing Matroska WebM files.

5 Strongly recommended for Android Automotive, optional for Android Watch, and required for all other device types.

5.2. Video Encoding

Android device implementations with H.264 codec support, MUST support Baseline Profile Level 3 and the following SD (Standard Definition) video encoding profiles and SHOULD support Main Profile Level 4 and the following HD (High Definition) video encoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to encode HD 1080p video at 30 fps.

1 When supported by hardware, but STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television devices.

Android device implementations with VP8 codec support MUST support the SD video encoding profiles and SHOULD support the following HD (High Definition) video encoding profiles.

1 When supported by hardware.

5.3. Video Decoding

Device implementations MUST support dynamic video resolution switching within the same stream for all VP8, VP9, H.264, and H.265 codecs exposed to developers through the standard Android APIs.

Android device implementations with H.264 decoders, MUST support Baseline Profile Level 3 and the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support High Profile Level 4.2 and the HD 1080p decoding profile.

1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other device types only when supported by hardware.

2 Required for Android Television device implementations.

Android device implementations when supporting VP8 codec as described in section 5.1.3 , MUST support the following SD decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices MUST support the HD 1080p decoding profile.

1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of devices only when supported by hardware.

2 Required for Android Television device implementations.

Android device implementations, when supporting VP9 codec as described in section 5.1.3 , MUST support the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to support the HD 1080p decoding profile and SHOULD support the UHD decoding profile. When the UHD video decoding profile is supported, it MUST support 8 bit color depth.

1 Required for Android Television device implementations, but for other type of devices only when supported by hardware.

2 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television device implementations when supported by hardware.

Android device implementations, when supporting H.265 codec as described in section 5.1.3 , MUST support the Main Profile Level 3 Main tier and the following SD video decoding profiles and SHOULD support the HD decoding profiles. Android Television devices SHOULD support Main10 Level 5 Main Tier profile and the UHD decoding profile. Android Television devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to support the HD 1080p decoding profile. If the HD 1080p decoding profile is supported, it MUST support the Main Profile Level 4.1 Main tier

1 Required for Android Television device implementation, but for other type of devices only when supported by hardware.

2 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for Android Television device implementations when supported by hardware.

5.4. Audio Recording

While some of the requirements outlined in this section are stated as SHOULD since Android 4.3, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned to change these to MUST. Existing and new Android devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements that are stated as SHOULD, or they will not be able to attain Android compatibility when upgraded to the future version.

5.4.1. Raw Audio Capture

Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone MUST allow capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:

• Format : Linear PCM, 16-bit
• Sampling rates : 8000, 11025, 16000, 44100
• Channels : Mono

Device implementations that declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD allow capture of raw audio content with the following characteristics:

• Format : Linear PCM, 16-bit
• Sampling rates : 22050, 48000
• Channels : Stereo

5.4.2. Capture for Voice Recognition

In addition to the above recording specifications, when an application has started recording an audio stream using the android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_RECOGNITION audio source:

• The device SHOULD exhibit approximately flat amplitude versus frequency characteristics: specifically, ±3 dB, from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz.
• Audio input sensitivity SHOULD be set such that a 90 dB sound power level (SPL) source at 1000 Hz yields RMS of 2500 for 16-bit samples.
• PCM amplitude levels SHOULD linearly track input SPL changes over at least a 30 dB range from -18 dB to +12 dB re 90 dB SPL at the microphone.
• Total harmonic distortion SHOULD be less than 1% for 1Khz at 90 dB SPL input level at the microphone.
• Noise reduction processing, if present, MUST be disabled.
• Automatic gain control, if present, MUST be disabled

If the platform supports noise suppression technologies tuned for speech recognition, the effect MUST be controllable from the android.media.audiofx.NoiseSuppressor API. Moreover, the UUID field for the noise suppressor's effect descriptor MUST uniquely identify each implementation of the noise suppression technology.

5.4.3. Capture for Rerouting of Playback

The android.media.MediaRecorder.AudioSource class includes the REMOTE_SUBMIX audio source. Devices that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST properly implement the REMOTE_SUBMIX audio source so that when an application uses the android.media.AudioRecord API to record from this audio source, it can capture a mix of all audio streams except for the following:

• STREAM_RING
• STREAM_ALARM
• STREAM_NOTIFICATION

5.5. Audio Playback

Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output MUST conform to the requirements in this section.

5.5.1. Raw Audio Playback

The device MUST allow playback of raw audio content with the following characteristics:

• Format : Linear PCM, 16-bit
• Sampling rates : 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100
• Channels : Mono, Stereo

The device SHOULD allow playback of raw audio content with the following characteristics:

• Sampling rates : 24000, 48000

5.5.2. Audio Effects

Android provides an API for audio effects for device implementations [ Resources, 52 ]. Device implementations that declare the feature android.hardware.audio.output:

• MUST support the EFFECT_TYPE_EQUALIZER and EFFECT_TYPE_LOUDNESS_ENHANCER implementations controllable through the AudioEffect subclasses Equalizer, LoudnessEnhancer.
• MUST support the visualizer API implementation, controllable through the Visualizer class.
• SHOULD support the EFFECT_TYPE_BASS_BOOST, EFFECT_TYPE_ENV_REVERB, EFFECT_TYPE_PRESET_REVERB, and EFFECT_TYPE_VIRTUALIZER implementations controllable through the AudioEffect sub-classes BassBoost, EnvironmentalReverb, PresetReverb, and Virtualizer.

5.5.3. Audio Output Volume

Android Television device implementations MUST include support for system Master Volume and digital audio output volume attenuation on supported outputs, except for compressed audio passthrough output (where no audio decoding is done on the device).

5.6. Audio Latency

Audio latency is the time delay as an audio signal passes through a system. Many classes of applications rely on short latencies, to achieve real-time sound effects.

For the purposes of this section, use the following definitions:

• output latency . The interval between when an application writes a frame of PCM-coded data and when the corresponding sound can be heard by an external listener or observed by a transducer.
• cold output latency . The output latency for the first frame, when the audio output system has been idle and powered down prior to the request.
• continuous output latency . The output latency for subsequent frames, after the device is playing audio.
• input latency . The interval between when an external sound is presented to the device and when an application reads the corresponding frame of PCM-coded data.
• cold input latency . The sum of lost input time and the input latency for the first frame, when the audio input system has been idle and powered down prior to the request.
• continuous input latency . The input latency for subsequent frames, while the device is capturing audio.
• cold output jitter . The variance among separate measurements of cold output latency values.
• cold input jitter . The variance among separate measurements of cold input latency values.
• continuous round-trip latency . The sum of continuous input latency plus continuous output latency plus 5 milliseconds.
• OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API . The set of PCM-related OpenSL ES APIs within Android NDK; see NDK_root/docs/opensles/index.html.

Device implementations that declare android.hardware.audio.output SHOULD meet or exceed these audio output requirements:

• cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less
• continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less
• minimize the cold output jitter

If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section after any initial calibration when using the OpenSL ES PCM buffer queue API, for continuous output latency and cold output latency over at least one supported audio output device, it MAY report support for low-latency audio, by reporting the feature android.hardware.audio.low_latency via the android.content.pm.PackageManager class [ Resources, 53 ]. Conversely, if the device implementation does not meet these requirements it MUST NOT report support for low-latency audio.

Device implementations that include android.hardware.microphone SHOULD meet these input audio requirements:

• cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less
• continuous input latency of 30 milliseconds or less
• continuous round-trip latency of 50 milliseconds or less
• minimize the cold input jitter

5.7. Network Protocols

Devices MUST support the media network protocols for audio and video playback as specified in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 50 ]. Specifically, devices MUST support the following media network protocols:

• RTSP (RTP, SDP)
• HTTP(S) progressive streaming
• HTTP(S) Live Streaming draft protocol, Version 3 [ Resources, 54 ]

5.8. Secure Media

Device implementations that support secure video output and are capable of supporting secure surfaces MUST declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE. Device implementations that declare support for Display.FLAG_SECURE, if they support a wireless display protocol, MUST secure the link with a cryptographically strong mechanism such as HDCP 2.x or higher for Miracast wireless displays. Similarly if they support a wired external display, the device implementations MUST support HDCP 1.2 or higher. Android Television device implementations MUST support HDCP 2.2 for devices supporting 4K resolution and HDCP 1.4 or above for lower resolutions. The upstream Android open source implementation includes support for wireless (Miracast) and wired (HDMI) displays that satisfies this requirement.

6. Developer Tools and Options Compatibility

6.1. Developer Tools

Device implementations MUST support the Android Developer Tools provided in the Android SDK. Android compatible devices MUST be compatible with:

• Android Debug Bridge (adb) [ Resources, 55 ]

Device implementations MUST support all adb functions as documented in the Android SDK including dumpsys [ Resources, 56 ]. The device-side adb daemon MUST be inactive by default and there MUST be a user-accessible mechanism to turn on the Android Debug Bridge. If a device implementation omits USB peripheral mode, it MUST implement the Android Debug Bridge via local-area network (such as Ethernet or 802.11).

Android includes support for secure adb. Secure adb enables adb on known authenticated hosts. Device implementations MUST support secure adb.

• Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (ddms) [ Resources, 57 ]

Device implementations MUST support all ddms features as documented in the Android SDK. As ddms uses adb, support for ddms SHOULD be inactive by default, but MUST be supported whenever the user has activated the Android Debug Bridge, as above.

• Monkey [ Resources, 58 ]

Device implementations MUST include the Monkey framework, and make it available for applications to use.

• SysTrace [ Resources, 59 ]

Device implementations MUST support systrace tool as documented in the Android SDK. Systrace must be inactive by default, and there MUST be a user-accessible mechanism to turn on Systrace.

Most Linux-based systems and Apple Macintosh systems recognize Android devices using the standard Android SDK tools, without additional support; however Microsoft Windows systems typically require a driver for new Android devices. (For instance, new vendor IDs and sometimes new device IDs require custom USB drivers for Windows systems.) If a device implementation is unrecognized by the adb tool as provided in the standard Android SDK, device implementers MUST provide Windows drivers allowing developers to connect to the device using the adb protocol. These drivers MUST be provided for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 9 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

6.2. Developer Options

Android includes support for developers to configure application development-related settings. Device implementations MUST honor the android.settings.APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS intent to show application development-related settings [ Resources, 60 ]. The upstream Android implementation hides the Developer Options menu by default and enables users to launch Developer Options after pressing seven (7) times on the Settings > About Device > Build Number menu item. Device implementations MUST provide a consistent experience for Developer Options. Specifically, device implementations MUST hide Developer Options by default and MUST provide a mechanism to enable Developer Options that is consistent with the upstream Android implementation.

7. Hardware Compatibility

If a device includes a particular hardware component that has a corresponding API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST implement that API as described in the Android SDK documentation. If an API in the SDK interacts with a hardware component that is stated to be optional and the device implementation does not possess that component:

• Complete class definitions (as documented by the SDK) for the component APIs MUST still be presented.
• The API's behaviors MUST be implemented as no-ops in some reasonable fashion.
• API methods MUST return null values where permitted by the SDK documentation.
• API methods MUST return no-op implementations of classes where null values are not permitted by the SDK documentation.
• API methods MUST NOT throw exceptions not documented by the SDK documentation.

A typical example of a scenario where these requirements apply is the telephony API: even on non-phone devices, these APIs must be implemented as reasonable no-ops.

Device implementations MUST consistently report accurate hardware configuration information via the getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String) methods on the android.content.pm.PackageManager class for the same build fingerprint. [ Resources, 53]

7.1. Display and Graphics

Android includes facilities that automatically adjust application assets and UI layouts appropriately for the device, to ensure that third-party applications run well on a variety of hardware configurations [ Resources, 61 ]. Devices MUST properly implement these APIs and behaviors, as detailed in this section.

The units referenced by the requirements in this section are defined as follows:

• physical diagonal size . The distance in inches between two opposing corners of the illuminated portion of the display.
• dots per inch (dpi) . The number of pixels encompassed by a linear horizontal or vertical span of 1”. Where dpi values are listed, both horizontal and vertical dpi must fall within the range.
• aspect ratio . The ratio of the pixels of the longer dimension to the shorter dimension of the screen. For example, a display of 480x854 pixels would be 854/480 = 1.779, or roughly “16:9”.
• density-independent pixel (dp) The virtual pixel unit normalized to a 160 dpi screen, calculated as: pixels = dps * (density/160).

7.1.1. Screen Configuration

7.1.1.1. Screen Size

The Android UI framework supports a variety of different screen sizes, and allows applications to query the device screen size (aka “screen layout") via android.content.res.Configuration.screenLayout with the SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK. Device implementations MUST report the correct screen size as defined in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 61 ] and determined by the upstream Android platform. Specifically, device implementations MUST report the correct screen size according to the following logical density-independent pixel (dp) screen dimensions.

• Devices MUST have screen sizes of at least 426 dp x 320 dp ('small'), unless it is an Android Watch device.
• Devices that report screen size 'normal' MUST have screen sizes of at least 480 dp x 320 dp.
• Devices that report screen size 'large' MUST have screen sizes of at least 640 dp x 480 dp.
• Devices that report screen size 'xlarge' MUST have screen sizes of at least 960 dp x 720 dp.

In addition,

• Android Watch devices MUST have a screen with the physical diagonal size in the range from 1.1 to 2.5 inches.
• Other types of Android device implementations, with a physically integrated screen, MUST have a screen at least 2.5 inches in physical diagonal size.

Devices MUST NOT change their reported screen size at any time.

Applications optionally indicate which screen sizes they support via the <supports-screens> attribute in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Device implementations MUST correctly honor applications' stated support for small, normal, large, and xlarge screens, as described in the Android SDK documentation.

7.1.1.2. Screen Aspect Ratio

The screen aspect ratio MUST be a value from 1.3333 (4:3) to 1.86 (roughly 16:9), but Android Watch devices MAY have an aspect ratio of 1.0 (1:1) because such a device implementation will use a UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH as the android.content.res.Configuration.uiMode.

7.1.1.3. Screen Density

The Android UI framework defines a set of standard logical densities to help application developers target application resources. Device implementations MUST report only one of the following logical Android framework densities through the android.util.DisplayMetrics APIs, and MUST execute applications at this standard density and MUST NOT change the value at at any time for the default display.

• 120 dpi (ldpi)
• 160 dpi (mdpi)
• 213 dpi (tvdpi)
• 240 dpi (hdpi)
• 280 dpi (280dpi)
• 320 dpi (xhdpi)
• 400 dpi (400dpi)
• 480 dpi (xxhdpi)
• 560 dpi (560dpi)
• 640 dpi (xxxhdpi)

Device implementations SHOULD define the standard Android framework density that is numerically closest to the physical density of the screen, unless that logical density pushes the reported screen size below the minimum supported. If the standard Android framework density that is numerically closest to the physical density results in a screen size that is smaller than the smallest supported compatible screen size (320 dp width), device implementations SHOULD report the next lowest standard Android framework density.

7.1.2. Display Metrics

Device implementations MUST report correct values for all display metrics defined in android.util.DisplayMetrics [ Resources, 62 ] and MUST report the same values regardless of whether the embedded or external screen is used as the default display.

7.1.3. Screen Orientation

Devices MUST report which screen orientations they support (android.hardware.screen.portrait and/or android.hardware.screen.landscape) and MUST report at least one supported orientation. For example, a device with a fixed orientation landscape screen, such as a television or laptop, SHOULD only report android.hardware.screen.landscape.

Devices that report both screen orientations MUST support dynamic orientation by applications to either portrait or landscape screen orientation. That is, the device must respect the application's request for a specific screen orientation. Device implementations MAY select either portrait or landscape orientation as the default.

Devices MUST report the correct value for the device's current orientation, whenever queried via the android.content.res.Configuration.orientation, android.view.Display.getOrientation(), or other APIs.

Devices MUST NOT change the reported screen size or density when changing orientation.

7.1.4. 2D and 3D Graphics Acceleration

Device implementations MUST support both OpenGL ES 1.0 and 2.0, as embodied and detailed in the Android SDK documentations. Device implementations SHOULD support OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 on devices capable of supporting it. Device implementations MUST also support Android RenderScript, as detailed in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 63 ].

Device implementations MUST also correctly identify themselves as supporting OpenGL ES 1.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0 or OpenGL 3.1. That is:

• The managed APIs (such as via the GLES10.getString() method) MUST report support for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0.
• The native C/C++ OpenGL APIs (APIs available to apps via libGLES_v1CM.so, libGLES_v2.so, or libEGL.so) MUST report support for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0.
• Device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1 MUST support the corresponding managed APIs and include support for native C/C++ APIs. On device implementations that declare support for OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1, libGLESv2.so MUST export the corresponding function symbols in addition to the OpenGL ES 2.0 function symbols.

In addition to OpenGL ES 3.1, Android provides an extension pack with Java interfaces [ Resources, 64 ] and native support for advanced graphics functionality such as tessellation and the ASTC texture compression format. Android device implementations MAY support this extension pack, and—only if fully implemented—MUST identify the support through the android.hardware.opengles.aep feature flag.

Also, device implementations MAY implement any desired OpenGL ES extensions. However, device implementations MUST report via the OpenGL ES managed and native APIs all extension strings that they do support, and conversely MUST NOT report extension strings that they do not support.

Note that Android includes support for applications to optionally specify that they require specific OpenGL texture compression formats. These formats are typically vendor-specific. Device implementations are not required by Android to implement any specific texture compression format. However, they SHOULD accurately report any texture compression formats that they do support, via the getString() method in the OpenGL API.

Android includes a mechanism for applications to declare that they want to enable hardware acceleration for 2D graphics at the Application, Activity, Window, or View level through the use of a manifest tag android:hardwareAccelerated or direct API calls [ Resources, 65 ].

Device implementations MUST enable hardware acceleration by default, and MUST disable hardware acceleration if the developer so requests by setting android:hardwareAccelerated="false” or disabling hardware acceleration directly through the Android View APIs.

In addition, device implementations MUST exhibit behavior consistent with the Android SDK documentation on hardware acceleration [ Resources, 65 ].

Android includes a TextureView object that lets developers directly integrate hardware-accelerated OpenGL ES textures as rendering targets in a UI hierarchy. Device implementations MUST support the TextureView API, and MUST exhibit consistent behavior with the upstream Android implementation.

Android includes support for EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE, an EGLConfig attribute that indicates whether the EGLConfig supports rendering to an ANativeWindow that records images to a video. Device implementations MUST support EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE extension [ Resources, 66 ].

7.1.5. Legacy Application Compatibility Mode

Android specifies a “compatibility mode” in which the framework operates in a 'normal' screen size equivalent (320dp width) mode for the benefit of legacy applications not developed for old versions of Android that pre-date screen-size independence.

• Android Automotive does not support legacy compatibility mode.
• All other device implementations MUST include support for legacy application compatibility mode as implemented by the upstream Android open source code. That is, device implementations MUST NOT alter the triggers or thresholds at which compatibility mode is activated, and MUST NOT alter the behavior of the compatibility mode itself.

7.1.6. Screen Technology

The Android platform includes APIs that allow applications to render rich graphics to the display. Devices MUST support all of these APIs as defined by the Android SDK unless specifically allowed in this document.

• Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering 16-bit color graphics and SHOULD support displays capable of 24-bit color graphics.
• Devices MUST support displays capable of rendering animations.
• The display technology used MUST have a pixel aspect ratio (PAR) between 0.9 and 1.15. That is, the pixel aspect ratio MUST be near square (1.0) with a 10 ~ 15% tolerance.

7.1.7. Secondary Displays

Android includes support for secondary display to enable media sharing capabilities and developer APIs for accessing external displays. If a device supports an external display either via a wired, wireless, or an embedded additional display connection then the device implementation MUST implement the display manager API as described in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 67 ].

7.2. Input Devices

Devices MUST support a touchscreen or meet the requirements listed in 7.2.2 for non-touch navigation.

7.2.1. Keyboard

Device implementations:

• MUST include support for the Input Management Framework (which allows third-party developers to create Input Method Editors—ie soft keyboard) as detailed at http://developer.android.com .
• MUST provide at least one soft keyboard implementation (regardless of whether a hard keyboard is present) except for Android Watch devices where the screen size makes it less reasonable to have a soft keyboard.
• MAY include additional soft keyboard implementations.
• MAY include a hardware keyboard.
• MUST NOT include a hardware keyboard that does not match one of the formats specified in android.content.res.Configuration.keyboard [ Resources, 68 ] (QWERTY or 12-key).

7.2.2. Non-touch Navigation

Device implementations:

• MAY omit a non-touch navigation option (trackball, d-pad, or wheel) if the device implementation is not an Android Television device.
• MUST report the correct value for android.content.res.Configuration.navigation [ Resources, 68 ].
• MUST provide a reasonable alternative user interface mechanism for the selection and editing of text, compatible with Input Management Engines. The upstream Android open source implementation includes a selection mechanism suitable for use with devices that lack non-touch navigation inputs.

7.2.3. Navigation Keys

The Home, Recents, and Back functions (mapped to the key events KEYCODE_HOME, KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH, KEYCODE_BACK, respectively) are essential to the Android navigation paradigm and therefore:

• Android Handheld device implementations MUST provide the Home, Recents, and Back functions.
• Android Television device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back functions.
• Android Watch device implementations MUST have the Home function available to the user, and the Back function except for when it is in UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.
• Android Automotive implementations MUST provide the Home function and MAY provide Back and Recent functions.
• All other types of device implementations MUST provide the Home and Back functions.

These functions MAY be implemented via dedicated physical buttons (such as mechanical or capacitive touch buttons), or MAY be implemented using dedicated software keys on a distinct portion of the screen, gestures, touch panel, etc. Android supports both implementations. All of these functions MUST be accessible with a single action (eg tap, double-click or gesture) when visible.

Recents function, if provided, MUST have a visible button or icon unless hidden together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode. This does not apply to devices upgrading from earlier Android versions that have physical buttons for navigation and no recents key.

The Home and Back functions, if provided, MUST each have a visible button or icon unless hidden together with other navigation functions in full-screen mode or when the uiMode UI_MODE_TYPE_MASK is set to UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH.

The Menu function is deprecated in favor of action bar since Android 4.0. Therefore the new device implementations shipping with Android 5.0 and later MUST NOT implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu function. Older device implementations SHOULD NOT implement a dedicated physical button for the Menu function, but if the physical Menu button is implemented and the device is running applications with targetSdkVersion > 10, the device implementation:

• MUST display the action overflow button on the action bar when it is visible and the resulting action overflow menu popup is not empty. For a device implementation launched before Android 4.4 but upgrading to Android 5.1, this is RECOMMENDED.
• MUST NOT modify the position of the action overflow popup displayed by selecting the overflow button in the action bar.
• MAY render the action overflow popup at a modified position on the screen when it is displayed by selecting the physical menu button.

For backwards compatibility, device implementations MUST make the Menu function available to applications when targetSdkVersion is less than 10, either by a physical button, a software key, or gestures. This Menu function should be presented unless hidden together with other navigation functions.

Android supports Assist action [ Resources, 69 ]. Android device implementations except for Android Watch devices MUST make the Assist action available to the user at all times when running applications. The Assist action SHOULD be implemented as a long-press on the Home button or a swipe-up gesture on the software Home key. This function MAY be implemented via another physical button, software key, or gesture, but MUST be accessible with a single action (eg tap, double-click, or gesture) when other navigation keys are visible.

Device implementations MAY use a distinct portion of the screen to display the navigation keys, but if so, MUST meet these requirements:

• Device implementation navigation keys MUST use a distinct portion of the screen, not available to applications, and MUST NOT obscure or otherwise interfere with the portion of the screen available to applications.
• Device implementations MUST make available a portion of the display to applications that meets the requirements defined in section 7.1.1 .
• Device implementations MUST display the navigation keys when applications do not specify a system UI mode, or specify SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_VISIBLE.
• Device implementations MUST present the navigation keys in an unobtrusive “low profile” (eg. dimmed) mode when applications specify SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE.
• Device implementations MUST hide the navigation keys when applications specify SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION.

7.2.4. Touchscreen Input

Device implementations SHOULD have a pointer input system of some kind (either mouse-like or touch). However, if a device implementation does not support a pointer input system, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.touchscreen or android.hardware.faketouch feature constant. Device implementations that do include a pointer input system:

• SHOULD support fully independently tracked pointers, if the device input system supports multiple pointers.
• MUST report the value of android.content.res.Configuration.touchscreen [ Resources, 68 ] corresponding to the type of the specific touchscreen on the device.

Android includes support for a variety of touchscreens, touch pads, and fake touch input devices. Touchscreen based device implementations are associated with a display [ Resources, 70 ] such that the user has the impression of directly manipulating items on screen. Since the user is directly touching the screen, the system does not require any additional affordances to indicate the objects being manipulated. In contrast, a fake touch interface provides a user input system that approximates a subset of touchscreen capabilities. For example, a mouse or remote control that drives an on-screen cursor approximates touch, but requires the user to first point or focus then click. Numerous input devices like the mouse, trackpad, gyro-based air mouse, gyro-pointer, joystick, and multi-touch trackpad can support fake touch interactions. Android includes the feature constant android.hardware.faketouch, which corresponds to a high-fidelity non-touch (pointer-based) input device such as a mouse or trackpad that can adequately emulate touch-based input (including basic gesture support), and indicates that the device supports an emulated subset of touchscreen functionality. Device implementations that declare the fake touch feature MUST meet the fake touch requirements in section 7.2.5 .

Device implementations MUST report the correct feature corresponding to the type of input used. Device implementations that include a touchscreen (single-touch or better) MUST report the platform feature constant android.hardware.touchscreen. Device implementations that report the platform feature constant android.hardware.touchscreen MUST also report the platform feature constant android.hardware.faketouch. Device implementations that do not include a touchscreen (and rely on a pointer device only) MUST NOT report any touchscreen feature, and MUST report only android.hardware.faketouch if they meet the fake touch requirements in section 7.2.5 .

7.2.5. Fake Touch Input

Device implementations that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch:

• MUST report the absolute X and Y screen positions of the pointer location and display a visual pointer on the screen [ Resources, 71 ].
• MUST report touch event with the action code that specifies the state change that occurs on the pointer going down or up on the screen [ Resources, 71 ].
• MUST support pointer down and up on an object on the screen, which allows users to emulate tap on an object on the screen.
• MUST support pointer down, pointer up, pointer down then pointer up in the same place on an object on the screen within a time threshold, which allows users to emulate double tap on an object on the screen [ Resources, 71 ].
• MUST support pointer down on an arbitrary point on the screen, pointer move to any other arbitrary point on the screen, followed by a pointer up, which allows users to emulate a touch drag.
• MUST support pointer down then allow users to quickly move the object to a different position on the screen and then pointer up on the screen, which allows users to fling an object on the screen.

Devices that declare support for android.hardware.faketouch.multitouch.distinct MUST meet the requirements for faketouch above, and MUST also support distinct tracking of two or more independent pointer inputs.

7.2.6. Game Controller Support

Android Television device implementations MUST support button mappings for game controllers as listed below. The upstream Android implementation includes implementation for game controllers that satisfies this requirement.

7.2.6.1. Button Mappings

Android Television device implementations MUST support the following key mappings:

1 [ Resources, 72 ]

2 The above HID usages must be declared within a Game pad CA (0x01 0x0005).

3 This usage must have a Logical Minimum of 0, a Logical Maximum of 7, a Physical Minimum of 0, a Physical Maximum of 315, Units in Degrees, and a Report Size of 4. The logical value is defined to be the clockwise rotation away from the vertical axis; for example, a logical value of 0 represents no rotation and the up button being pressed, while a logical value of 1 represents a rotation of 45 degrees and both the up and left keys being pressed.

4 [ Resources, 71 ]

1 [ Resources, 71 ]

7.2.7. Remote Control

Android Television device implementations SHOULD provide a remote control to allow users to access the TV interface. The remote control MAY be a physical remote or can be a software-based remote that is accessible from a mobile phone or tablet. The remote control MUST meet the requirements defined below.

• Search affordance . Device implementations MUST fire KEYCODE_SEARCH when the user invokes voice search either on the physical or software-based remote.
• Navigation . All Android Television remotes MUST include Back, Home, and Select buttons and support for D-pad events [ Resources, 72 ].

7.3.傳感器

Android includes APIs for accessing a variety of sensor types. Devices implementations generally MAY omit these sensors, as provided for in the following subsections. If a device includes a particular sensor type that has a corresponding API for third-party developers, the device implementation MUST implement that API as described in the Android SDK documentation and the Android Open Source documentation on sensors [ Resources, 73 ]. For example, device implementations:

• MUST accurately report the presence or absence of sensors per the android.content.pm.PackageManager class [ Resources, 53] .
• MUST return an accurate list of supported sensors via the SensorManager.getSensorList() and similar methods.
• MUST behave reasonably for all other sensor APIs (for example, by returning true or false as appropriate when applications attempt to register listeners, not calling sensor listeners when the corresponding sensors are not present; etc.).
• MUST report all sensor measurements using the relevant International System of Units (metric) values for each sensor type as defined in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 74 ].
• SHOULD report the event time in nanoseconds as defined in the Android SDK documentation, representing the time the event happened and synchronized with the SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNano() clock. Existing and new Android devices are very strongly encouraged to meet these requirement so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases where this might become a REQUIRED component. The synchronization error SHOULD be below 100 milliseconds [ Resources, 75 ].

The list above is not comprehensive; the documented behavior of the Android SDK and the Android Open Source Documentations on Sensors [ Resources, 73 ] is to be considered authoritative.

Some sensor types are composite, meaning they can be derived from data provided by one or more other sensors. (Examples include the orientation sensor, and the linear acceleration sensor.) Device implementations SHOULD implement these sensor types, when they include the prerequisite physical sensors as described in [ Resources, 76 ]. If a device implementation includes a composite sensor it MUST implement the sensor as described in the Android Open Source documentation on composite sensors [ Resources, 76 ].

Some Android sensors support a “continuous” trigger mode, which returns data continuously [ Resources, 77 ]. For any API indicated by the Android SDK documentation to be a continuous sensor, device implementations MUST continuously provide periodic data samples that SHOULD have a jitter below 3%, where jitter is defined as the standard deviation of the difference of the reported timestamp values between consecutive events.

Note that the device implementations MUST ensure that the sensor event stream MUST NOT prevent the device CPU from entering a suspend state or waking up from a suspend state.

Finally, when several sensors are activated, the power consumption SHOULD NOT exceed the sum of the individual sensor's reported power consumption.

7.3.1. Accelerometer

Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis accelerometer. Android Handheld devices and Android Watch devices are strongly encouraged to include this sensor. If a device implementation does include a 3-axis accelerometer, it:

• MUST implement and report TYPE_ACCELEROMETER sensor [ Resources, 78 ].
• MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and 100 Hz for all other device types.
• SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.
• MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the Android APIs [ Resources, 74 ].
• MUST be capable of measuring from freefall up to four times the gravity (4g) or more on any axis.
• MUST have a resolution of at least 8-bits and SHOULD have a resolution of at least 16-bits.
• SHOULD be calibrated while in use if the characteristics changes over the life cycle and compensated, and preserve the compensation parameters between device reboots.
• SHOULD be temperature compensated.
• MUST have a standard deviation no greater than 0.05 m/s^, where the standard deviation should be calculated on a per axis basis on samples collected over a period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate.
• SHOULD implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION, TYPE_TILT_DETECTOR, TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR, TYPE_STEP_COUNTER composite sensors as described in the Android SDK document. Existing and new Android devices are very strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION composite sensor. If any of these sensors are implemented, the sum of their power consumption MUST always be less than 4 mW and SHOULD each be below 2 mW and 0.5 mW for when the device is in a dynamic or static condition.
• If a gyroscope sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices are strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.
• SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if a gyroscope sensor and a magnetometer sensor is also included.

7.3.2. Magnetometer

Device implementations SHOULD include a 3-axis magnetometer (compass). If a device does include a 3-axis magnetometer, it:

• MUST implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD sensor and SHOULD also implement TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD_UNCALIBRATED sensor.
• MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 10 Hz and SHOULD report events up to at least 50 Hz.
• MUST comply with the Android sensor coordinate system as detailed in the Android APIs [ Resources, 74 ].
• MUST be capable of measuring between -900 µT and +900 µT on each axis before saturating.
• MUST have a hard iron offset value less than 700 µT and SHOULD have a value below 200 µT, by placing the magnetometer far from dynamic (current-induced) and static (magnet-induced) magnetic fields.
• MUST have a resolution equal or denser than 0.6 µT and SHOULD have a resolution equal or denser than 0.2 µ.
• SHOULD be temperature compensated.
• MUST support online calibration and compensation of the hard iron bias, and preserve the compensation parameters between device reboots.
• MUST have the soft iron compensation applied—the calibration can be done either while in use or during the production of the device.
• SHOULD have a standard deviation, calculated on a per axis basis on samples collected over a period of at least 3 seconds at the fastest sampling rate, no greater than 0.5 µT.
• SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer sensor and a gyroscope sensor is also included.
• MAY implement the TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor if an accelerometer sensor is also implemented. However if implemented, it MUST consume less than 10 mW and SHOULD consume less than 3 mW when the sensor is registered for batch mode at 10 Hz.

7.3.3. GPS

Device implementations SHOULD include a GPS receiver. If a device implementation does include a GPS receiver, it SHOULD include some form of“assisted GPS” technique to minimize GPS lock-on time.

7.3.4. Gyroscope

Device implementations SHOULD include a gyroscope (angular change sensor). Devices SHOULD NOT include a gyroscope sensor unless a 3-axis accelerometer is also included. If a device implementation includes a gyroscope, it:

• MUST implement the TYPE_GYROSCOPE sensor and SHOULD also implement TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor. Existing and new Android devices are strongly encouraged to implement the SENSOR_TYPE_GYROSCOPE_UNCALIBRATED sensor.
• MUST be capable of measuring orientation changes up to 1,000 degrees per second.
• MUST be able to report events up to a frequency of at least 50 Hz for Android Watch devices as such devices have a stricter power constraint and 100 Hz for all other device types.
• SHOULD report events up to at least 200 Hz.
• MUST have a resolution of 12-bits or more and SHOULD have a resolution of 16-bits or more.
• MUST be temperature compensated.
• MUST be calibrated and compensated while in use, and preserve the compensation parameters between device reboots.
• MUST have a variance no greater than 1e-7 rad^2 / s^2 per Hz (variance per Hz, or rad^2 / s). The variance is allowed to vary with the sampling rate, but must be constrained by this value. In other words, if you measure the variance of the gyro at 1 Hz sampling rate it should be no greater than 1e-7 rad^2/s^2.
• SHOULD implement a TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor, if an accelerometer sensor and a magnetometer sensor is also included.
• If an accelerometer sensor is included, MUST implement the TYPE_GRAVITY and TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION composite sensors and SHOULD implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR composite sensor. Existing and new Android devices are strongly encouraged to implement the TYPE_GAME_ROTATION_VECTOR sensor.

7.3.5. Barometer

Device implementations SHOULD include a barometer (ambient air pressure sensor). If a device implementation includes a barometer, it:

• MUST implement and report TYPE_PRESSURE sensor.
• MUST be able to deliver events at 5 Hz or greater.
• MUST have adequate precision to enable estimating altitude.
• MUST be temperature compensated.

7.3.6. Thermometer

Device implementations MAY include an ambient thermometer (temperature sensor). If present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE and it MUST measure the ambient (room) temperature in degrees Celsius.

Device implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT include a CPU temperature sensor. If present, it MUST be defined as SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE, it MUST measure the temperature of the device CPU, and it MUST NOT measure any other temperature. Note the SENSOR_TYPE_TEMPERATURE sensor type was deprecated in Android 4.0.

7.3.7. Photometer

Device implementations MAY include a photometer (ambient light sensor).

7.3.8. Proximity Sensor

Device implementations MAY include a proximity sensor. Devices that can make a voice call and indicate any value other than PHONE_TYPE_NONE in getPhoneType SHOULD include a proximity sensor. If a device implementation does include a proximity sensor, it:

• MUST measure the proximity of an object in the same direction as the screen. That is, the proximity sensor MUST be oriented to detect objects close to the screen, as the primary intent of this sensor type is to detect a phone in use by the user. If a device implementation includes a proximity sensor with any other orientation, it MUST NOT be accessible through this API.
• MUST have 1-bit of accuracy or more.

7.4. Data Connectivity

7.4.1. Telephony

“Telephony” as used by the Android APIs and this document refers specifically to hardware related to placing voice calls and sending SMS messages via a GSM or CDMA network. While these voice calls may or may not be packet-switched, they are for the purposes of Android considered independent of any data connectivity that may be implemented using the same network. In other words, the Android “telephony” functionality and APIs refer specifically to voice calls and SMS. For instance, device implementations that cannot place calls or send/receive SMS messages MUST NOT report the android.hardware.telephony feature or any subfeatures, regardless of whether they use a cellular network for data connectivity.

Android MAY be used on devices that do not include telephony hardware. That is, Android is compatible with devices that are not phones. However, if a device implementation does include GSM or CDMA telephony, it MUST implement full support for the API for that technology. Device implementations that do not include telephony hardware MUST implement the full APIs as no-ops.

7.4.2. IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)

Android Television device implementations MUST include support for one or more forms of 802.11 (b/g/a/n, etc.) and other types of Android device implementation SHOULD include support for one or more forms of 802.11. If a device implementation does include support for 802.11 and exposes the functionality to a third-party application, it MUST implement the corresponding Android API and:

• MUST report the hardware feature flag android.hardware.wifi.
• MUST implement the multicast API as described in the SDK documentation [ Resources, 79 ].
• MUST support multicast DNS (mDNS) and MUST NOT filter mDNS packets (224.0.0.251) at any time of operation including when the screen is not in an active state.

7.4.2.1. Wi-Fi Direct

Device implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi peer-to-peer). If a device implementation does include support for Wi-Fi Direct, it MUST implement the corresponding Android API as described in the SDK documentation [ Resources, 80 ]. If a device implementation includes support for Wi-Fi Direct, then it:

• MUST report the hardware feature android.hardware.wifi.direct.
• MUST support regular Wi-Fi operation.
• SHOULD support concurrent Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct operation.

7.4.2.2. Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup

Android Television device implementations MUST include support for Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) and other types of Android device implementations SHOULD include support for Wi-Fi TDLS as described in the Android SDK Documentation [ Resources, 81 ]. If a device implementation does include support for TDLS and TDLS is enabled by the WiFiManager API, the device:

• SHOULD use TDLS only when it is possible AND beneficial.
• SHOULD have some heuristic and NOT use TDLS when its performance might be worse than going through the Wi-Fi access point.

7.4.3.藍牙

Android includes support for Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy [ Resources, 82 ]. Device implementations that include support for Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy MUST declare the relevant platform features (android.hardware.bluetooth and android.hardware.bluetooth_le respectively) and implement the platform APIs. Device implementations SHOULD implement relevant Bluetooth profiles such as A2DP, AVCP, OBEX, etc. as appropriate for the device. Android Television device implementations MUST support Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE.

Device implementations including support for Bluetooth Low Energy:

• MUST declare the hardware feature android.hardware.bluetooth_le.
• MUST enable the GATT (generic attribute profile) based Bluetooth APIs as described in the SDK documentation and [ Resources, 82 ].
• SHOULD support offloading of the filtering logic to the bluetooth chipset when implementing the ScanFilter API [ Resources, 83 ], and MUST report the correct value of where the filtering logic is implemented whenever queried via the android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isOffloadedFilteringSupported() method.
• SHOULD support offloading of the batched scanning to the bluetooth chipset, but if not supported, MUST report 'false' whenever queried via the android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapater.isOffloadedScanBatchingSupported() method.
• SHOULD support multi advertisement with at least 4 slots, but if not supported, MUST report 'false' whenever queried via the android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.isMultipleAdvertisementSupported() method.

7.4.4. Near-Field Communications

Device implementations SHOULD include a transceiver and related hardware for Near-Field Communications (NFC). If a device implementation does include NFC hardware and plans to make it available to third-party apps, then it:

• MUST report the android.hardware.nfc feature from the android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method [ Resources, 53 ].
• MUST be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages via the following NFC standards:
  • MUST be capable of acting as an NFC Forum reader/writer (as defined by the NFC Forum technical specification NFCForum-TS-DigitalProtocol-1.0) via the following NFC standards:
    • NfcA (ISO14443-3A)
    • NfcB (ISO14443-3B)
    • NfcF (JIS 6319-4)
    • IsoDep (ISO 14443-4)
    • NFC Forum Tag Types 1, 2, 3, 4 (defined by the NFC Forum)
  • SHOULD be capable of reading and writing NDEF messages via the following NFC standards. Note that while the NFC standards below are stated as SHOULD, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned to change these to MUST. These standards are optional in this version but will be required in future versions. Existing and new devices that run this version of Android are very strongly encouraged to meet these requirements now so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.
  • NfcV (ISO 15693)
  • MUST be capable of transmitting and receiving data via the following peer-to-peer standards and protocols:
    • ISO 18092
    • LLCP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)
    • SDP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)
    • NDEF Push Protocol [ Resources, 84 ]
    • SNEP 1.0 (defined by the NFC Forum)
  • MUST include support for Android Beam [ Resources, 85 ]:
    • MUST implement the SNEP default server. Valid NDEF messages received by the default SNEP server MUST be dispatched to applications using the android.nfc.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED intent. Disabling Android Beam in settings MUST NOT disable dispatch of incoming NDEF message.
    • MUST honor the android.settings.NFCSHARING_SETTINGS intent to show NFC sharing settings [ Resources, 86 ].
    • MUST implement the NPP server. Messages received by the NPP server MUST be processed the same way as the SNEP default server.
    • MUST implement a SNEP client and attempt to send outbound P2P NDEF to the default SNEP server when Android Beam is enabled. If no default SNEP server is found then the client MUST attempt to send to an NPP server.
    • MUST allow foreground activities to set the outbound P2P NDEF message using android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessage, and android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessageCallback, and android.nfc.NfcAdapter.enableForegroundNdefPush.
    • SHOULD use a gesture or on-screen confirmation, such as 'Touch to Beam', before sending outbound P2P NDEF messages.
    • SHOULD enable Android Beam by default and MUST be able to send and receive using Android Beam, even when another proprietary NFC P2p mode is turned on.
    • MUST support NFC Connection handover to Bluetooth when the device supports Bluetooth Object Push Profile. Device implementations MUST support connection handover to Bluetooth when using android.nfc.NfcAdapter.setBeamPushUris, by implementing the “Connection Handover version 1.2” [ Resources, 87 ] and “Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC version 1.0” [ Resources, 88 ] specs from the NFC Forum. Such an implementation MUST implement the handover LLCP service with service name “urn:nfc:sn:handover” for exchanging the handover request/select records over NFC, and it MUST use the Bluetooth Object Push Profile for the actual Bluetooth data transfer. For legacy reasons (to remain compatible with Android 4.1 devices), the implementation SHOULD still accept SNEP GET requests for exchanging the handover request/select records over NFC. However an implementation itself SHOULD NOT send SNEP GET requests for performing connection handover.
  • MUST poll for all supported technologies while in NFC discovery mode.
  • SHOULD be in NFC discovery mode while the device is awake with the screen active and the lock-screen unlocked.

(Note that publicly available links are not available for the JIS, ISO, and NFC Forum specifications cited above.)

Android includes support for NFC Host Card Emulation (HCE) mode. If a device implementation does include an NFC controller chipset capable of HCE and Application ID (AID) routing, then it:

• MUST report the android.hardware.nfc.hce feature constant.
• MUST support NFC HCE APIs as defined in the Android SDK [ Resources, 10 ].

Additionally, device implementations MAY include reader/writer support for the following MIFARE technologies.

• MIFARE Classic
• MIFARE Ultralight
• NDEF on MIFARE Classic

Note that Android includes APIs for these MIFARE types. If a device implementation supports MIFARE in the reader/writer role, it:

• MUST implement the corresponding Android APIs as documented by the Android SDK.
• MUST report the feature com.nxp.mifare from the android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() meth od [Resources, 53] . Note that this is not a standard Android feature and as such does not appear as a constant on the PackageManager class.
• MUST NOT implement the corresponding Android APIs nor report the com.nxp.mifare feature unless it also implements general NFC support as described in this section.

If a device implementation does not include NFC hardware, it MUST NOT declare the android.hardware.nfc feature from the android.content.pm.PackageManager.hasSystemFeature() method [ Resources, 53] , and MUST implement the Android NFC API as a no-op.

As the classes android.nfc.NdefMessage and android.nfc.NdefRecord represent a protocol-independent data representation format, device implementations MUST implement these APIs even if they do not include support for NFC or declare the android.hardware.nfc feature.

7.4.5. Minimum Network Capability

Device implementations MUST include support for one or more forms of data networking. Specifically, device implementations MUST include support for at least one data standard capable of 200Kbit/sec or greater. Examples of technologies that satisfy this requirement include EDGE, HSPA, EV-DO, 802.11g, Ethernet, Bluetooth PAN, etc.

Device implementations where a physical networking standard (such as Ethernet) is the primary data connection SHOULD also include support for at least one common wireless data standard, such as 802.11 (Wi-Fi).

Devices MAY implement more than one form of data connectivity.

7.4.6. Sync Settings

Device implementations MUST have the master auto-sync setting on by default so that the method getMasterSyncAutomatically() returns “true” [ Resources, 89 ].

7.5. Cameras

Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera and MAY include a front-facing camera. A rear-facing camera is a camera located on the side of the device opposite the display; that is, it images scenes on the far side of the device, like a traditional camera. A front-facing camera is a camera located on the same side of the device as the display; that is, a camera typically used to image the user, such as for video conferencing and similar applications.

If a device implementation includes at least one camera, it SHOULD be possible for an application to simultaneously allocate 3 bitmaps equal to the size of the images produced by the largest-resolution camera sensor on the device.

7.5.1. Rear-Facing Camera

Device implementations SHOULD include a rear-facing camera. If a device implementation includes at least one rear-facing camera, it:

• MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera and android.hardware.camera.any.
• MUST have a resolution of at least 2 megapixels.
• SHOULD have either hardware auto-focus or software auto-focus implemented in the camera driver (transparent to application software).
• MAY have fixed-focus or EDOF (extended depth of field) hardware.
• MAY include a flash. If the Camera includes a flash, the flash lamp MUST NOT be lit while an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance has been registered on a Camera preview surface, unless the application has explicitly enabled the flash by enabling the FLASH_MODE_AUTO or FLASH_MODE_ON attributes of a Camera.Parameters object. Note that this constraint does not apply to the device's built-in system camera application, but only to third-party applications using Camera.PreviewCallback.

7.5.2. Front-Facing Camera

Device implementations MAY include a front-facing camera. If a device implementation includes at least one front-facing camera, it:

• MUST report the feature flag android.hardware.camera.any and android.hardware.camera.front.
• MUST have a resolution of at least VGA (640x480 pixels).
• MUST NOT use a front-facing camera as the default for the Camera API. The camera API in Android has specific support for front-facing cameras and device implementations MUST NOT configure the API to to treat a front-facing camera as the default rear-facing camera, even if it is the only camera on the device.
• MAY include features (such as auto-focus, flash, etc.) available to rear-facing cameras as described in section 7.5.1 .
• MUST horizontally reflect (ie mirror) the stream displayed by an app in a CameraPreview, as follows:
  • If the device implementation is capable of being rotated by user (such as automatically via an accelerometer or manually via user input), the camera preview MUST be mirrored horizontally relative to the device's current orientation.
  • If the current application has explicitly requested that the Camera display be rotated via a call to the android.hardware.Camera.setDisplayOrientation()[ Resources, 90 ] method, the camera preview MUST be mirrored horizontally relative to the orientation specified by the application.
  • Otherwise, the preview MUST be mirrored along the device's default horizontal axis.
• MUST mirror the image displayed by the postview in the same manner as the camera preview image stream. If the device implementation does not support postview, this requirement obviously does not apply.
• MUST NOT mirror the final captured still image or video streams returned to application callbacks or committed to media storage.

7.5.3. External Camera

Device implementations with USB host mode MAY include support for an external camera that connects to the USB port. If a device includes support for an external camera, it:

• MUST declare the platform feature android.hardware.camera.external and android.hardware camera.any.
• MUST support USB Video Class (UVC 1.0 or higher).
• MAY support multiple cameras.

Video compression (such as MJPEG) support is RECOMMENDED to enable transfer of high-quality unencoded streams (ie raw or independently compressed picture streams). Camera-based video encoding MAY be supported. If so, a simultaneous unencoded/ MJPEG stream (QVGA or greater resolution) MUST be accessible to the device implementation.

7.5.4. Camera API Behavior

Android includes two API packages to access the camera, the newer android.hardware.camera2 API expose lower-level camera control to the app, including efficient zero-copy burst/streaming flows and per-frame controls of exposure, gain, white balance gains, color conversion, denoising, sharpening, and more.

The older API package, android.hardware.Camera, is marked as deprecated in Android 5.0 but as it should still be available for apps to use Android device implementations MUST ensure the continued support of the API as described in this section and in the Android SDK.

Device implementations MUST implement the following behaviors for the camera-related APIs, for all available cameras:

• If an application has never called android.hardware.Camera.Parameters.setPreviewFormat(int), then the device MUST use android.hardware.PixelFormat.YCbCr_420_SP for preview data provided to application callbacks.
• If an application registers an android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback instance and the system calls the onPreviewFrame() method when the preview format is YCbCr_420_SP, the data in the byte[] passed into onPreviewFrame() must further be in the NV21 encoding format. That is, NV21 MUST be the default.
• For android.hardware.Camera, device implementations MUST support the YV12 format (as denoted by the android.graphics.ImageFormat.YV12 constant) for camera previews for both front- and rear-facing cameras. (The hardware video encoder and camera may use any native pixel format, but the device implementation MUST support conversion to YV12.)
• For android.hardware.camera2, device implementations must support the android.hardware.ImageFormat.YUV_420_888 and android.hardware.ImageFormat.JPEG formats as outputs through the android.media.ImageReader API.

Device implementations MUST still implement the full Camera API included in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 91 ], regardless of whether the device includes hardware autofocus or other capabilities. For instance, cameras that lack autofocus MUST still call any registered android.hardware.Camera.AutoFocusCallback instances (even though this has no relevance to a non-autofocus camera.) Note that this does apply to front-facing cameras; for instance, even though most front-facing cameras do not support autofocus, the API callbacks must still be “faked” as described.

Device implementations MUST recognize and honor each parameter name defined as a constant on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters class, if the underlying hardware supports the feature. If the device hardware does not support a feature, the API must behave as documented. Conversely, device implementations MUST NOT honor or recognize string constants passed to the android.hardware.Camera.setParameters() method other than those documented as constants on the android.hardware.Camera.Parameters. That is, device implementations MUST support all standard Camera parameters if the hardware allows, and MUST NOT support custom Camera parameter types. For instance, device implementations that support image capture using high dynamic range (HDR) imaging techniques MUST support camera parameter Camera.SCENE_MODE_HDR [ Resources, 92 ].

Because not all device implementations can fully support all the features of the android.hardware.camera2 API, device implementations MUST report the proper level of support with the android.info.supportedHardwareLevel property as described in the Android SDK [ Resources, 93] and report the appropriate framework feature flags [ Resources, 94] .

Device implementations MUST also declare its Individual camera capabilities of android.hardware.camera2 via the android.request.availableCapabilities property and declare the appropriate feature flags [ Resources, 94] ; a device must define the feature flag if any of its attached camera devices supports the feature.

Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_PICTURE intent whenever a new picture is taken by the camera and the entry of the picture has been added to the media store.

Device implementations MUST broadcast the Camera.ACTION_NEW_VIDEO intent whenever a new video is recorded by the camera and the entry of the picture has been added to the media store.

7.5.5. Camera Orientation

Both front- and rear-facing cameras, if present, MUST be oriented so that the long dimension of the camera aligns with the screen's long dimension. That is, when the device is held in the landscape orientation, cameras MUST capture images in the landscape orientation. This applies regardless of the device's natural orientation; that is, it applies to landscape-primary devices as well as portrait-primary devices.

7.6. Memory and Storage

7.6.1. Minimum Memory and Storage

The memory available to the kernel and userspace on device implementations MUST be at least equal or larger than the minimum values specified by the following table. (See section 7.1.1 for screen size and density definitions.)

The minimum memory values MUST be in addition to any memory space already dedicated to hardware components such as radio, video, and so on that is not under the kernel's control.

Device implementations with less than 512MB of memory available to the kernel and userspace, unless an Android Watch, MUST return the value "true" for ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice().

Android Television devices MUST have at least 5GB and other device implementations MUST have at least 1.5GB of non-volatile storage available for application private data. That is, the /data partition MUST be at least 5GB for Android Television devices and at least 1.5GB for other device implementations. Device implementations that run Android are very strongly encouraged to have at least 3GB of non-volatile storage for application private data so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.

The Android APIs include a Download Manager that applications MAY use to download data files [ Resources, 95 ]. The device implementation of the Download Manager MUST be capable of downloading individual files of at least 100MB in size to the default “cache" location.

7.6.2. Application Shared Storage

Device implementations MUST offer shared storage for applications also often referred as “shared external storage”.

Device implementations MUST be configured with shared storage mounted by default, “out of the box”. If the shared storage is not mounted on the Linux path /sdcard, then the device MUST include a Linux symbolic link from /sdcard to the actual mount point.

Device implementations MAY have hardware for user-accessible removable storage, such as a Secure Digital (SD) card slot. If this slot is used to satisfy the shared storage requirement, the device implementation:

• MUST implement a toast or pop-up user interface warning the user when there is no SD card.
• MUST include a FAT-formatted SD card 1GB in size or larger OR show on the box and other material available at time of purchase that the SD card has to be separately purchased.
• MUST mount the SD card by default.

Alternatively, device implementations MAY allocate internal (non-removable) storage as shared storage for apps as included in the upstream Android Open Source Project; device implementations SHOULD use this configuration and software implementation. If a device implementation uses internal (non-removable) storage to satisfy the shared storage requirement, while that storage MAY share space with the application private data, it MUST be at least 1GB in size and mounted on /sdcard (or /sdcard MUST be a symbolic link to the physical location if it is mounted elsewhere).

Device implementations MUST enforce as documented the android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission on this shared storage. Shared storage MUST otherwise be writable by any application that obtains that permission.

Device implementations that include multiple shared storage paths (such as both an SD card slot and shared internal storage) MUST allow only pre-installed and privileged Android applications with the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to write to the secondary external storage, except when writing to their package-specific directories or within the URI returned by firing the ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE intent.

However, device implementations SHOULD expose content from both storage paths transparently through Android's media scanner service and android.provider.MediaStore.

Regardless of the form of shared storage used, if the device implementation has a USB port with USB peripheral mode support, it MUST provide some mechanism to access the contents of shared storage from a host computer. Device implementations MAY use USB mass storage, but SHOULD use Media Transfer Protocol to satisfy this requirement. If the device implementation supports Media Transfer Protocol, it:

• SHOULD be compatible with the reference Android MTP host, Android File Transfer [ Resources, 96 ].
• SHOULD report a USB device class of 0x00.
• SHOULD report a USB interface name of 'MTP'.

7.7. USB

Device implementations SHOULD support USB peripheral mode and SHOULD support USB host mode.

If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting peripheral mode:

• The port MUST be connectable to a USB host that has a standard type-A or type -C USB port.
• The port SHOULD use micro-B, micro-AB or Type-C USB form factor. Existing and new Android devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements so they will be able to upgrade to future platform releases.
• The port SHOULD either be located on the bottom of the device (according to natural orientation) or enable software screen rotation for all apps (including home screen), so that the display draws correctly when the device is oriented with the port at bottom. Existing and new Android devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements so they will be able to upgrade to future platform releases.
• It SHOULD implement the Android Open Accessory (AOA) API and specification as documented in the Android SDK documentation, and if it is an Android Handheld device it MUST implement the AOA API. Device implementations implementing the AOA specification:
  • MUST declare support for the hardware feature android.hardware.usb.accessory [ Resources, 97 ].
  • MUST implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 98 ].
• It SHOULD implement support to draw 1.5 A current during HS chirp and traffic as specified in the USB Battery Charging Specification, Revision 1.2 [ Resources, 99 ]. Existing and new Android devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to meet these requirements so they will be able to upgrade to the future platform releases.
• The value of iSerialNumber in USB standard device descriptor MUST be equal to the value of android.os.Build.SERIAL.

If a device implementation includes a USB port supporting host mode, it:

• SHOULD use a type-C USB port, if the device implementation supports USB 3.1.
• MAY use a non-standard port form factor, but if so MUST ship with a cable or cables adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.
• MAY use a micro-AB USB port, but if so SHOULD ship with a cable or cables adapting the port to a standard type-A or type-C USB port.
• is very strongly RECOMMENDED to implement the USB audio class as documented in the Android SDK documentation [ Resources, 98 ].
• MUST implement the Android USB host API as documented in the Android SDK, and MUST declare support for the hardware feature android.hardware.usb.host [ Resources, 100 ].
• SHOULD support the Charging Downstream Port output current range of 1.5 A ~ 5 A as specified in the USB Battery Charging Specification, Revision 1.2 [ Resources, 99 ].

7.8.聲音的

7.8.1. Microphone

Device implementations MAY omit a microphone. However, if a device implementation omits a microphone, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.microphone feature constant, and MUST implement the audio recording API at least as no-ops, per section 7 . Conversely, device implementations that do possess a microphone:

• MUST report the android.hardware.microphone feature constant
• MUST meet the audio recording requirements in section 5.4
• MUST meet the audio latency requirements in section 5.6

7.8.2. Audio Output

Device implementations including a speaker or with an audio/multimedia output port for an audio output peripheral as a headset or an external speaker:

• MUST report the android.hardware.audio.output feature constant.
• MUST meet the audio playback requirements in section 5.5 .
• MUST meet the audio latency requirements in section 5.6 .

Conversely, if a device implementation does not include a speaker or audio output port, it MUST NOT report the android.hardware.audio output feature, and MUST implement the Audio Output related APIs as no-ops at least.

Android Watch device implementation MAY but SHOULD NOT have audio output, but other types of Android device implementations MUST have an audio output and declare android.hardware.audio.output.

7.8.2.1. Analog Audio Ports

In order to be compatible with the headsets and other audio accessories using the 3.5mm audio plug across the Android ecosystem [ Resources, 101 ], if a device implementation includes one or more analog audio ports, at least one of the audio port(s) SHOULD be a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack. If a device implementation has a 4 conductor 3.5mm audio jack, it:

• MUST support audio playback to stereo headphones and stereo headsets with a microphone, and SHOULD support audio recording from stereo headsets with a microphone.
• MUST support TRRS audio plugs with the CTIA pin-out order, and SHOULD support audio plugs with the OMTP pin-out order.
• MUST support the detection of microphone on the plugged in audio accessory, if the device implementation supports a microphone, and broadcast the android.intent.action.HEADSET_PLUG with the extra value microphone set as 1.
• SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycodes for the following 3 ranges of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on the audio plug:
  • 70 ohm or less : KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK
  • 210-290 Ohm : KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP
  • 360-680 Ohm : KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN
• SHOULD support the detection and mapping to the keycode for the following range of equivalent impedance between the microphone and ground conductors on the audio plug:
  • 110-180 Ohm: KEYCODE_VOICE_ASSIST
• MUST trigger ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG upon a plug insert, but only after all contacts on plug are touching their relevant segments on the jack.
• MUST be capable of driving at least 150mV +/- 10% of output voltage on a 32 Ohm speaker impedance.
• MUST have a microphone bias voltage between 1.8V ~ 2.9V.

8. Performance Compatibility

Some minimum performance criterias are critical to the user experience and impacts the baseline assumptions developers would have when developing an app. Android Watch devices SHOULD and other type of device implementations MUST meet the following criteria:

8.1. User Experience Consistency

Device implementations MUST provide a smooth user interface by ensuring a consistent frame rate and response times for applications and games. Device implementations MUST meet the following requirements:

• Consistent frame latency . Inconsistent frame latency or a delay to render frames MUST NOT happen more often than 5 frames in a second, and SHOULD be below 1 frames in a second.
• User interface latency . Device implementations MUST ensure low latency user experience by scrolling a list of 10K list entries as defined by the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) in less than 36 secs.
• Task switching . When multiple applications have been launched, re-launching an already-running application after it has been launched MUST take less than 1 second.

8.2. File I/O Access Performance

Device implementations MUST ensure internal storage file access performance consistency for read and write operations.

• Sequential write . Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential write performance of at least 5MB/s for a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.
• Random write . Device implementations MUST ensure a random write performance of at least 0.5MB/s for a 256MB file using 4KB write buffer.
• Sequential read . Device implementations MUST ensure a sequential read performance of at least 15MB/s for a 256MB file using 10MB write buffer.
• Random read . Device implementations MUST ensure a random read performance of at least 3.5MB/s for a 256MB file using 4KB write buffer.

9. Security Model Compatibility

Device implementations MUST implement a security model consistent with the Android platform security model as defined in Security and Permissions reference document in the APIs [ Resources, 102 ] in the Android developer documentation. Device implementations MUST support installation of self-signed applications without requiring any additional permissions/certificates from any third parties/authorities. Specifically, compatible devices MUST support the security mechanisms described in the follow subsections.

9.1. Permissions

Device implementations MUST support the Android permissions model as defined in the Android developer documentation [ Resources, 102 ]. Specifically, implementations MUST enforce each permission defined as described in the SDK documentation; no permissions may be omitted, altered, or ignored. Implementations MAY add additional permissions, provided the new permission ID strings are not in the android.* namespace.

9.2. UID and Process Isolation

Device implementations MUST support the Android application sandbox model, in which each application runs as a unique Unixstyle UID and in a separate process. Device implementations MUST support running multiple applications as the same Linux user ID, provided that the applications are properly signed and constructed, as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [ Resources, 102 ].

9.3. Filesystem Permissions

Device implementations MUST support the Android file access permissions model as defined in the Security and Permissions reference [ Resources, 102 ].

9.4. Alternate Execution Environments

Device implementations MAY include runtime environments that execute applications using some other software or technology than the Dalvik Executable Format or native code. However, such alternate execution environments MUST NOT compromise the Android security model or the security of installed Android applications, as described in this section.

Alternate runtimes MUST themselves be Android applications, and abide by the standard Android security model, as described elsewhere in section 9 .

Alternate runtimes MUST NOT be granted access to resources protected by permissions not requested in the runtime's AndroidManifest.xml file via the <uses-permission> mechanism.

Alternate runtimes MUST NOT permit applications to make use of features protected by Android permissions restricted to system applications.

Alternate runtimes MUST abide by the Android sandbox model. Specifically, alternate runtimes:

• SHOULD install apps via the PackageManager into separate Android sandboxes ( Linux user IDs, etc.).
• MAY provide a single Android sandbox shared by all applications using the alternate runtime.
• and installed applications using an alternate runtime, MUST NOT reuse the sandbox of any other app installed on the device, except through the standard Android mechanisms of shared user ID and signing certificate.
• MUST NOT launch with, grant, or be granted access to the sandboxes corresponding to other Android applications.
• MUST NOT be launched with, be granted, or grant to other applications any privileges of the superuser (root), or of any other user ID.

The .apk files of alternate runtimes MAY be included in the system image of a device implementation, but MUST be signed with a key distinct from the key used to sign other applications included with the device implementation.

When installing applications, alternate runtimes MUST obtain user consent for the Android permissions used by the application. If an application needs to make use of a device resource for which there is a corresponding Android permission (such as Camera, GPS, etc.), the alternate runtime MUST inform the user that the application will be able to access that resource. If the runtime environment does not record application capabilities in this manner, the runtime environment MUST list all permissions held by the runtime itself when installing any application using that runtime.

9.5. Multi-User Support

Android includes support for multiple users and provides support for full user isolation [ Resources, 103] . Device implementations MAY enable multiple users, but when enabled MUST meet the following requirements related to multi-user support [ Resources, 104 ]:

• Device implementations that do not declare the android.hardware.telephony feature flag MUST support restricted profiles, a feature that allows device owners to manage additional users and their capabilities on the device. With restricted profiles, device owners can quickly set up separate environments for additional users to work in, with the ability to manage finer-grained restrictions in the apps that are available in those environments.
• Conversely device implementations that declare the android.hardware.telephony feature flag MUST NOT support restricted profiles but MUST align with the AOSP implementation of controls to enable /disable other users from accessing the voice calls and SMS.
• Device implementations MUST, for each user, implement a security model consistent with the Android platform security model as defined in Security and Permissions reference document in the APIs [ Resources, 102 ].
• Device implementations MAY support creating users and managed profiles via the android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager APIs, and if supported, MUST declare the platform feature flag android.software.managed_users.
• Device implementations that declare the feature flag android.software.managed_users MUST use the upstream AOSP icon badge to represent the managed applications and other badge UI elements like Recents & Notifications.
• Each user instance on an Android device MUST have separate and isolated external storage directories. Device implementations MAY store multiple users' data on the same volume or filesystem. However, the device implementation MUST ensure that applications owned by and running on behalf a given user cannot list, read, or write to data owned by any other user. Note that removable media, such as SD card slots, can allow one user to access another's data by means of a host PC. For this reason, device implementations that use removable media for the primary external storage APIs MUST encrypt the contents of the SD card if multiuser is enabled using a key stored only on non-removable media accessible only to the system. As this will make the media unreadable by a host PC, device implementations will be required to switch to MTP or a similar system to provide host PCs with access to the current user's data. Accordingly, device implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT enable multi-user if they use removable media [ Resources, 105 ] for primary external storage.

9.6. Premium SMS Warning

Android includes support for warning users of any outgoing premium SMS message [ Resources, 106 ] . Premium SMS messages are text messages sent to a service registered with a carrier that may incur a charge to the user. Device implementations that declare support for android.hardware.telephony MUST warn users before sending a SMS message to numbers identified by regular expressions defined in /data/misc/sms/codes.xml file in the device. The upstream Android Open Source Project provides an implementation that satisfies this requirement.

9.7. Kernel Security Features

The Android Sandbox includes features that can use the Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) mandatory access control (MAC) system and other security features in the Linux kernel. SELinux or any other security features, if implemented below the Android framework:

• MUST maintain compatibility with existing applications.
• MUST NOT have a visible user interface when a security violation is detected and successfully blocked, but MAY have a visible user interface when an unblocked security violation occurs resulting in a successful exploit.
• SHOULD NOT be user or developer configurable.

If any API for configuration of policy is exposed to an application that can affect another application (such as a Device Administration API), the API MUST NOT allow configurations that break compatibility.

Devices MUST implement SELinux or an equivalent mandatory access control system if using a kernel other than Linux and meet the following requirements, which are satisfied by the reference implementation in the upstream Android Open Source Project.

Device implementations:

• MUST support a SELinux policy that allows the SELinux mode to be set on a per-domain basis, and MUST configure all domains in enforcing mode. No permissive mode domains are allowed, including domains specific to a device/vendor.
• SHOULD load policy from /sepolicy file on the device.
• MUST NOT modify, omit, or replace the neverallow rules present within the sepolicy file provided in the upstream Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and the policy MUST compile with all neverallow present, for both AOSP SELinux domains as well as device/vendor specific domains.
• MUST support dynamic updates of the SELinux policy file without requiring a system image update.

Device implementations SHOULD retain the default SELinux policy provided in the upstream Android Open Source Project, until they have first audited their additions to the SELinux policy. Device implementations MUST be compatible with the upstream Android Open Source Project.

9.8. Privacy

If the device implements functionality in the system that captures the contents displayed on the screen and/or records the audio stream played on the device, it MUST continuously notify the user whenever this functionality is enabled and actively capturing/recording.

If a device implementation has a mechanism that routes network data traffic through a proxy server or VPN gateway by default (for example, preloading a VPN service with android.permission.CONTROL_VPN granted), the device implementation MUST ask for the user's consent before enabling that mechanism.

9.9. Full-Disk Encryption

If the device implementation supports a lock screen with PIN (numeric) or PASSWORD (alphanumeric), the device MUST support full-disk encryption of the application private data (/data partition), as well as the SD card partition if it is a permanent, non-removable part of the device [ Resources, 107 ]. For devices supporting full-disk encryption, the full-disk encryption SHOULD be enabled all the time after the user has completed the out-of-box experience. While this requirement is stated as SHOULD for this version of the Android platform, it is very strongly RECOMMENDED as we expect this to change to MUST in the future versions of Android. Encryption MUST use AES with a key of 128-bits (or greater) and a mode designed for storage (for example, AES-XTS, AES-CBC-ESSIV). The encryption key MUST NOT be written to storage at any time without being encrypted. Other than when in active use, the encryption key SHOULD be AES encrypted with the lockscreen passcode stretched using a slow stretching algorithm (eg PBKDF2 or scrypt). If the user has not specified a lockscreen passcode or has disabled use of the passcode for encryption, the system SHOULD use a default passcode to wrap the encryption key. If the device provides a hardware-backed keystore, the password stretching algorithm MUST be cryptographically bound to that keystore. The encryption key MUST NOT be sent off the device (even when wrapped with the user passcode and/or hardware bound key). The upstream Android Open Source project provides a preferred implementation of this feature based on the linux kernel feature dm-crypt.

9.10. Verified Boot

Verified boot is a feature that guarantees the integrity of the device software. If a device implementation supports the feature, it MUST:

• Declare the platform feature flag android.software.verified_boot
• Perform verification on every boot sequence
• Start verification from a hardware key that is the root of trust, and go all the way up to the system partition
• Implement each stage of verification to check the integrity and authenticity of all the bytes in the next stage before executing the code in the next stage
• Use verification algorithms as strong as current recommendations from NIST for hashing algorithms (SHA-256) and public key sizes (RSA-2048)

Device implementations SHOULD support verified boot for device integrity. While this requirement is SHOULD for this version of the Android platform, it is strongly RECOMMENDED as we expect this to change to MUST in future versions of Android. The upstream Android Open Source Project provides a preferred implementation of this feature based on the linux kernel feature dm-verity.

10. Software Compatibility Testing

Device implementations MUST pass all tests described in this section.

However, note that no software test package is fully comprehensive. For this reason, device implementers are very strongly encouraged to make the minimum number of changes as possible to the reference and preferred implementation of Android available from the Android Open Source Project. This will minimize the risk of introducing bugs that create incompatibilities requiring rework and potential device updates.

10.1. Compatibility Test Suite

Device implementations MUST pass the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) [ Resources, 108 ] available from the Android Open Source Project, using the final shipping software on the device. Additionally, device implementers SHOULD use the reference implementation in the Android Open Source tree as much as possible, and MUST ensure compatibility in cases of ambiguity in CTS and for any reimplementations of parts of the reference source code.

The CTS is designed to be run on an actual device. Like any software, the CTS may itself contain bugs. The CTS will be versioned independently of this Compatibility Definition, and multiple revisions of the CTS may be released for Android 5.1. Device implementations MUST pass the latest CTS version available at the time the device software is completed.

10.2. CTS Verifier

Device implementations MUST correctly execute all applicable cases in the CTS Verifier. The CTS Verifier is included with the Compatibility Test Suite, and is intended to be run by a human operator to test functionality that cannot be tested by an automated system, such as correct functioning of a camera and sensors.

The CTS Verifier has tests for many kinds of hardware, including some hardware that is optional. Device implementations MUST pass all tests for hardware that they possess; for instance, if a device possesses an accelerometer, it MUST correctly execute the Accelerometer test case in the CTS Verifier. Test cases for features noted as optional by this Compatibility Definition Document MAY be skipped or omitted.

Every device and every build MUST correctly run the CTS Verifier, as noted above. However, since many builds are very similar, device implementers are not expected to explicitly run the CTS Verifier on builds that differ only in trivial ways. Specifically, device implementations that differ from an implementation that has passed the CTS Verifier only by the set of included locales, branding, etc. MAY omit the CTS Verifier test.

11. Updatable Software

Device implementations MUST include a mechanism to replace the entirety of the system software. The mechanism need not perform “live” upgrades—that is, a device restart MAY be required.

Any method can be used, provided that it can replace the entirety of the software preinstalled on the device. For instance, any of the following approaches will satisfy this requirement:

• “Over-the-air (OTA)” downloads with offline update via reboot
• “Tethered” updates over USB from a host PC
• “Offline” updates via a reboot and update from a file on removable storage

However, if the device implementation includes support for an unmetered data connection such as 802.11 or Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) profile:

• Android Automotive implementations SHOULD support OTA downloads with offline update via reboot.
• All other device implementations MUST support OTA downloads with offline update via reboot.

The update mechanism used MUST support updates without wiping user data. That is, the update mechanism MUST preserve application private data and application shared data. Note that the upstream Android software includes an update mechanism that satisfies this requirement.

For device implementations that are launching with Android 5.1 and later, the update mechanism SHOULD support verifying that the system image is binary identical to expected result following an OTA. The block-based OTA implementation in the upstream Android Open Source Project, added since Android 5.1, satisfies this requirement.

If an error is found in a device implementation after it has been released but within its reasonable product lifetime that is determined in consultation with the Android Compatibility Team to affect the compatibility of third-party applications, the device implementer MUST correct the error via a software update available that can be applied per the mechanism just described.

12. Document Changelog

The following table contains a summary of the changes to the Compatibility Definition in this release.

13. Contact Us

You can join the android-compatibility forum [Resources, 109 ] and ask for clarifications or bring up any issues that you think the document does not cover.

14. Resources

1. IETF RFC2119 Requirement Levels: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt

2. Android Open Source Project: http://source.android.com/

3. Android Television features: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#FEATURE_LEANBACK

4. Android Watch feature: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_WATCH

5. API definitions and documentation: http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html

6. Android Permissions reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html

7. android.os.Build reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html

8. Android 5.1 allowed version strings: http://source.android.com/compatibility/5.1/versions.html

9. Telephony Provider: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony.html

10. Host-based Card Emulation: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/hce.html

11. Android Extension Pack: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/opengl.html#aep

12. android.webkit.WebView class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html

13. WebView compatibility: http://www.chromium.org/

14. HTML5: http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/

15. HTML5 offline capabilities: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#offline

16. HTML5 video tag: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#video

17. HTML5/W3C geolocation API: http://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/

18. HTML5/W3C webstorage API: http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/

19. HTML5/W3C IndexedDB API: http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/

20. Dalvik Executable Format and bytecode specification: available in the Android source code, at dalvik/docs

21. AppWidgets: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html

22. Notifications: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html

23. Application Resources: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html

24. Status Bar icon style guide: http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html

25. Notifications Resources: https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html

26. Search Manager: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/SearchManager.html

27. Toasts: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html

28. Themes: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html

29. R.style class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html

30. Material design: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html#Theme_Material

31. Live Wallpapers: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/wallpaper/WallpaperService.html

32. Overview screen resources: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/recents.html

33. Screen pinning: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#ScreenPinning

34. Input methods: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/creating-input-method.html

35. Media Notification: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.MediaStyle.html

36. Dreams: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/dreams/DreamService.html

37. Settings.Secure LOCATION_MODE:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#LOCATION_MODE

38. Unicode 6.1.0: http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/

39. Android Device Administration: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html

40. DevicePolicyManager reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html

41. Android Device Owner App:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#isDeviceOwnerApp(java.lang.String)

42. Android Accessibility Service APIs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html

43. Android Accessibility APIs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html

44. Eyes Free project: http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free

45. Text-To-Speech APIs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/package-summary.html

46. Television Input Framework: /devices/tv/index.html

47. Reference tool documentation (for adb, aapt, ddms, systrace): http://developer.android.com/tools/help/index.html

48. Android apk file description: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.html

49. Manifest files: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html

50. Android Media Formats: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

51. RTC Hardware Coding Requirements: http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/rtc-coding-requirements/

52. AudioEffect API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.html

53. Android android.content.pm.PackageManager class and Hardware Features List:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html

54. HTTP Live Streaming Draft Protocol: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-03

55. ADB: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html

56. Dumpsys: /devices/input/diagnostics.html

57. DDMS: http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html

58. Monkey testing tool: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html

59. SysyTrace tool: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/systrace.html

60. Android Application Development-Related Settings:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS

61. Supporting Multiple Screens: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

62. android.util.DisplayMetrics: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html

63. RenderScript: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/

64. Android extension pack for OpenGL ES: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/opengl/GLES31Ext.html

65. Hardware Acceleration: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel.html

66. EGL Extension-EGL_ANDROID_RECORDABLE:

http://www.khronos.org/registry/egl/extensions/ANDROID/EGL_ANDROID_recordable.txt

67. Display Manager: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/display/DisplayManager.html

68. android.content.res.Configuration: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html

69. Action Assist: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_ASSIST

70. Touch Input Configuration: http://source.android.com/devices/tech/input/touch-devices.html

71. Motion Event API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html

72. Key Event API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html

73. Android Open Source sensors: http://source.android.com/devices/sensors

74. android.hardware.SensorEvent: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html

75. Timestamp sensor event: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp

76. Android Open Source composite sensors: /devices/sensors/sensor-types.html#composite_sensor_type_summary

77. Continuous trigger mode: /devices/sensors/report-modes.html#continuous

78. Accelerometer sensor: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sensor.html#TYPE_ACCELEROMETER

79. Wi-Fi Multicast API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.MulticastLock.html

80. Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi P2P): http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pManager.html

81. WifiManager API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.html

82. Bluetooth API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/package-summary.html

83. Bluetooth ScanFilter API: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/le/ScanFilter.html

84. NDEF Push Protocol: http://source.android.com/compatibility/ndef-push-protocol.pdf

85. Android Beam: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/nfc.html

86. Android NFC Sharing Settings:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html#ACTION_NFCSHARING_SETTINGS

87. NFC Connection Handover: http://members.nfc-forum.org/specs/spec_list/#conn_handover

88. Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC: http://members.nfc-forum.org/apps/group_public/download.php/18688/NFCForum-AD-BTSSP_1_1.pdf

89. Content Resolver: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentResolver.html

90. Camera orientation API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#setDisplayOrientation(int)

91. Camera: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html

92. Camera: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.Parameters.html

93. Camera hardware level: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraCharacteristics.html#INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL

94. Camera version support: http://source.android.com/devices/camera/versioning.html

95. Android DownloadManager: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.html

96. Android File Transfer: http://www.android.com/filetransfer

97. Android Open Accessories: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/accessory.html

98. Android USB Audio: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html#USB_CLASS_AUDIO

99. USB Charging Specification: http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/USB_Battery_Charging_1.2.pdf

100. USB Host API: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html

101. Wired audio headset: http://source.android.com/accessories/headset-spec.html

102. Android Security and Permissions reference: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html

103. UserManager reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManager.html

104. External Storage reference: http://source.android.com/devices/storage

105. External Storage APIs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html

106. SMS Short Code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code

107. Android Open Source Encryption: http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/encryption/index.html

108. Android Compatibility Program Overview: http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html

109. Android Compatibility forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-compatibility

110. WebM project: http://www.webmproject.org/

111. Android UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#UI_MODE_TYPE_CAR

112. Android MediaCodecList API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html

113. Android CamcorderProfile API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html

Many of these resources are derived directly or indirectly from the Android SDK, and will be functionally identical to the information in that SDK's documentation. In any cases where this Compatibility Definition or the Compatibility Test Suite disagrees with the SDK documentation, the SDK documentation is considered authoritative. Any technical details provided in the references included above are considered by inclusion to be part of this Compatibility Definition.