121.0.0
2* Bug fixes.
3* JUnit test runner allows a test to be run on all devices
4* XML code completion can now complete (and show documentation for)
5  theme references, such as ?android:attr/dividerHeight
6* Improved flag and locale data in the configuration chooser
7* New lint checks:
8  * Find misspellings in English string files
9  * Detect certain types of wakelock mistakes leading to unnecessary
10    battery usage
11  * Find private key files placed in directories where they end up
12    getting bundled with the .apk
13  * Find usages of "dp" units with the font property textSize
14  * Find invalid selector files where a later state is fully covered
15    by an earlier state and is therefore unreachable
16  * Find incorrect use of the SecureRandom object (where it is
17    initialized with a fixed seed)
18  Various lint infrastructure improvements.
19
2020.0.0
21* A lot of bug fixes, performance fixes and memory fixes.
22* Support for Eclipse 4.x.
23* Build System
24  * Automatic merging of library project manifest files into the
25    including project's manifest. Enable with the
26    manifestmerger.enabled property.
27  * Automatic ProGuard support for the aapt -G flag. This means that
28    the build system will generate a temporary ProGuard keep-rules
29    file containing classes to keep that are referenced from XML files
30    (such as custom views) and pass this to ProGuard at
31    shrink-time. This can make the resulting APK much smaller when
32    using just a small portion of a large library project (such as the
33    Android Support library), since we have also removed the catch-all
34    rules to keep all custom views from the default ProGuard
35    configuration file.
36   * Aidl files from library projects are now in the import list.
37   * Fixes in Ant:
38     * Test projects now have access to the full classpath from the
39       tested projects, including Library Projects and 3rd party jar
40     * Applications embedding tests can now be deployed and tested,
41       including with code coverage, like test applications.
42* Lint
43  * Tighter integration with the layout editor (error and warning
44    icons overlaid views with errors, lint error messages shown as
45    tooltips in the layout canvas and in the outline, error count
46    displayed in the layout actions bar.)
47  * Lint is run incrementally in Java files on save, just like XML
48    files already are.
49  * New lint rules:
50  * Detect usages of Toast.makeText() without calling show() on the
51    result, as well as passing invalid duration parameters (e.g. a
52    number instead of one of the two allowed constants.)
53  * Detect incorrect manifest registrations (where elements such as
54    <uses-library>, <activity> etc are placed under the wrong parent.)
55  * Several security checks: Look for exported content providers
56    without required permissions, look for creation of world readable
57    files and preferences, look for calls to
58    android.webkit.WebSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled.
59  * Check to make sure that Fragment classes are instantiatable. If
60    you accidentally make a fragment innerclass non-static, or forget
61    to have a default constructor, you can hit runtime errors when the
62    system attempts to reinstantiate your fragment after a
63    configuration change.
64  * Look for handler leaks: This check makes sure that a handler inner
65    class does not hold an implicit reference to its outer class.
66  * Duplicate Activity registrations in the manifest. This can lead to
67    subtle errors that can be difficult to understand.
68  * Lint check ensuring that when you edit() a SharedPreference object
69    you call commit()
70* Layout Editor
71  * New property sheet implementation, which offers:
72    * Highlighting (in bold) for important attributes.
73    * Inline preview of colors and images, as well as the
74      corresponding resource name.
75    * Displays default values, when available.
76    * Completion of resource values and enum and flag constants.
77    * Support for showing and hiding "advanced" properties.
78    * Nested properties (and collapse all and expand all) for better
79      categorization. For example, layout params are listed first as a
80      single nested property.
81    * Tooltips over the attribute names, not values, so they never
82      obscure the value column.
83    * Checkbox support for boolean values.
84    * Support for switching between alphabetical and natural sort
85      orders.
86  * New window management. The propertysheet is now automatically
87    docked into the Outline view, and the outline can appear in a
88    maximized editor. The structure and palette views can be minimized
89    and appear temporarily on flyover.
90  * New configuration chooser above the layout editor, which in
91    addition to a visual refresh offers an activity chooser, a nested
92    theme chooser, a single button to flip orientation, better
93    wrapping behavior, etc.
94* SDK Manager:
95  * Cache to avoid downloading repository definitions all the time.
96  * New "Tools > Manage Add-on Sites" option that allows deactivating
97    3rd party sites (e.g. if one or more are temporarily slow to
98    load.)
99* NDK integration (alpha):
100  * Initial support for building and debugging projects with C/C++
101    code.
102  * To enable this, install the NDK feature (depends on CDT), and then
103    set the path to NDK in Android Preferences.
104  * Add NDK nature to an Android project by right clicking on the
105    project and select "Android Tools -> Add Native Support".
106  * To debug an NDK project, just right click and select "Debug As
107    Android Native Application".
108* Execution
109  * LogCat: Allow users to set colors for different priorities
110  * LogCat: Ctrl + F now brings up a Find dialog to find items (rather
111    than filter)
112  * Allow running on multiple devices with a single launch. The target
113    tab in the launch configuration dialog adds a new option which
114    allows launching on all connected devices, and a drop down allows
115    the user to further narrow down the list to just physical devices
116    or just emulators. (This applies only to Run configurations, not
117    to Debug/JUnit tests.)
118* XML Editing
119  * Code completion support for custom attributes on custom views.
120  * Go to Declaration now works for theme references (?android:attr,
121    ?attr: etc,)
122  * Completion of the minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion attributes in
123    manifest files now include version descriptions for each of the
124    API levels
125  * Support XML editor outlines for layout files. Switching back and
126    forth between the text editor and graphical editor will alternate
127    between the two outlines, and in particular the XML editor outline
128    will keep up to date with edits in the editor, and selection will
129    follow the mouse cursor etc.
130* The Asset Studio Wizard now supports padding and disabling
131  background shapes
132
13319.0.0 (does not exist)
134
13518.0.0
136* Fix bug 27940 where exporting release package doesn't recompile libraries
137  in release mode.
138
13917.0.0:
140* ADT 17 requires Java 6 and Eclipse 3.6.2.
141* Improved Lint UI.
142   * Many new lint checks: See the tools changes.txt for details.
143   * New "Run Lint" toolbar action with a dropdown menu for selecting
144     specific (or all) projects, clearing results, etc.
145   * The results window is now organized as a tree rather than a flat
146     list. Each issue type has a single top level item, which makes it
147     easier to quickly scan through the reported issues and narrow
148     down to issues you are most interested in.
149   * The results window contains many new toolbar actions, including
150     expand/collapse, ignore in file, ignore in project, ignore
151     everywhere, show options, and configure columns.
152   * There are new columns available, such as category, priority,
153     project, file and line. The column selection (as well as the
154     column sizes) are persisted. You can click on columns to sort by
155     that column.
156   * The Lint Options dialog has Enable All and Disable All buttons,
157     and a search filter textbox to filter by issue id, summary and
158     severity.
159* New Quick Outline for XML editors (Ctrl-O, Command-O). This shows
160  the structure of the current file including icons and ids, and lets
161  you filter and quickly jump to specific ids.
162* The resource chooser now shows the resolved value for resources
163  (e.g. when selecting @string/hello it displays that the resolved value
164  is "Hello World"). It also allows editing the chosen value directly.
165* The layout editor no longer assigns default ids to layouts, includes
166  and merge tags. This tended to pollute the namespace with a lot of
167  unused resources since layouts aren't usually manipulated via code,
168  or referenced from XML. (The RelativeLayout editor automatically
169  assigns ids to views without ids when pointing to them.)
170* Export Screenshot from the Layout Editor
171* Layout editor fix for SlidingDrawer which on some platforms could
172  not be dragged into the layout. Also fix preview rendering for
173  SlidingDrawer and TabHost (issue 23022).
174* New default application icons, including an xhdpi version.
175* Important bug fixes:
176  * Fix bug in resource chooser which made some types of framework
177    resources impossible to select (issue 20589)
178  * Fix a bug in the formatter where a certain whitespace pattern
179    could result in a non-space character getting deleted (issue
180    23940)
181  * Fix locale bug affecting Turkish locales in particular (issue
182    23747)
183
18416.0.0:
185* New "lint" feature which scans the Android projects for potential
186  problems such as missing translations, duplicate ids between layouts
187  that include each other, using px instead of dp units, hardcoded
188  strings, missing contentDescriptions, obsolete Proguard
189  configuration files, etc. Lint can be run on the command line, but
190  it is also integrated into the Problems view in Eclipse, and there
191  are also quickfixes available for many of the reported errors.
192
19315.0.0
194Critical bug fixes only.
195
19614.0.0
197- Build system:
198  - (TODO: More info) Improved library projects
199  - Improved incremental builds
200    - Resource compilation is run much less frequently. It is no
201      longer run when strings are edited, or when layouts are edited
202      (unless a new id is introduced), and it is no longer run once
203      per library project (!)
204    - Resource compilation is no longer done for normal save
205      operations, only when running or debugging (option added in ADT
206      12 now on by default.)
207    - There is a new "PNG crunch cache", which means image crunching
208      is only done once, not once per build which is significant for
209      projects with many resources
210    - Incremental ant builds
211  - ADT now uses bin/classes to output the java compilation
212    and bin/ for Android specific classes. This will make bin show up
213    in the package explorer.
214- DDMS
215  - Brand new logcat view. Fixes bugs, displays and filters by
216    application names instead of just pids, fronts when application
217    runs.
218- XML Editing
219  - New XML formatter which formats all XML files according to the
220    standard Android coding style. The formatter can also reorder
221    attributes to follow the recommended order.
222  - Improved "smart indent": automatic indentation and un-indentation
223    when pressing Return in XML editors
224  - Go to Matching (Ctrl-Shift-P) in XML files can now jump between
225    opening and closing tags
226  - Changes made by the layout editor are automatically run through
227    the new XML formatter.
228  - Select Enclosing Element should now work on the Mac as well.
229- Java Editing
230  - Quickfix for extracting Strings when the caret is inside a String
231- Layout Editor
232  - New GridLayout support
233  - Tooltip feedback for resizing and dragging operations. For
234    example, when dragging in a relative layout, the proposed
235    constraints are shown, and when resizing the new dimensions are
236    shown.
237  - New "Remove Container" visual refactoring which removes the
238    children of a container up to the top level and transfers
239    namespace and layout attributes if necessary.
240  - Improved access to properties in the context menu: The most
241    frequently set attributes for each view are listed at the top of
242    the menu, and the properties menu offers access to the most
243    recently set attributes, attributes organized by their defining
244    view, and layout attributes only or all attributes alphabetically.
245  - The context menu now also contains pull-right menus for accessing
246    properties of the parents, which is useful when the children fully
247    cover the parent making it hard to select on its own.
248  - Ability to suppress rendering fidelity warnings.
249- Asset Studio integration: Wizard creation of launcher icons, menu
250    icons, tab icons, etc.
251- New Welcome Wizard to help installing and configuring the SDK
252  platforms.
253- The New Project and the New XML File wizards have been reworked into
254  multiple pages. Sample Projects are now copied into the workspace
255  such that they can be modified and deleted without affecting the
256  master copy.
257- The dependency on Eclipse GEF was removed.
258- Many bug fixes, and in particular some critical bug fixes on Linux
259
26013.0.0
261- Tools release only (command line tools)
262
26312.0.0 (July 6th, 2011)
264- Many bug fixes!
265- Visual Layout Editor:
266  - New RelativeLayout drop support with guideline suggestions for
267    attachments and cycle prevention.
268  - Resize support in most layouts. In LinearLayout, sizes are mapped
269    to weights. Guideline snapping to wrap_content and match_parent.
270  - Previews of drawables and colors in the resource chooser dialogs.
271  - Improved error messages and links for rendering errors, including
272    detection of misspellings of class names.
273- Build system: Delay post compiler phase until actual export or debug
274  to speed up interactive file saves. (This is off by default but can
275  be enabled in the ADT options panel.)
276
27711.0.0 (June 6th, 2011)
278- Visual Refactoring:
279  - The new "Extract Style" refactoring pulls out style constants and
280    defines them as style rules instead.
281  - The new "Wrap in Container" refactoring surrounds the selected
282    views with a new layout, and transfers namespace and layout
283    parameters to the new parent
284  - The new "Change Widget Type" refactoring changes the type of the
285    selected views to a new type. (Also, a new selection context menu
286    in the visual layout editor makes it easy to select siblings as
287    well as views anywhere in the layout that have the same type).
288  - The new "Change Layout" refactoring changes layouts from one type
289    to another, and can also flatten a layout hierarchy.
290  - The "Extract as Include" refactoring now finds identical fragments
291    in other layouts and offers to combine all into a single include.
292  - There is a new Refactoring Quick Assistant which can be invoked
293    from the XML editor (with Ctrl-1) to apply any of the above
294    refactorings (and Extract String) to the current selection.
295- Visual Layout Editor:
296  - Improved "rendering fidelity": The layout preview has been
297    improved and should more closely match the rendering on actual
298    devices.
299  - The visual editor now previews ListViews at designtime.  By
300    default, a two-line list item is shown, but with a context menu
301    you can pick any arbitrary layout to be used for the list items,
302    and you can also pick the header and footer layouts.
303  - The palette now supports "configurations" where a single view is
304    presented in various different configurations. For example, there
305    is a whole "Textfields" palette category where the EditText view
306    can be dragged in as a password field, an e-mail field, a phone
307    field, and so on. Similarly, TextViews are offered preconfigured
308    with large, normal and small theme sizes, and LinearLayouts are
309    offered both in horizontal and vertical configurations.
310  - The palette supports custom views, picking up any custom
311    implementations of the View class in your project source folders
312    or in included libraries, and these can be dragged into layouts.
313  - Fragments support: Fragments are available in the palette, and in
314    the tool you can choose which layout to show rendered for a given
315    fragment tag. Go to declaration works for fragment classes.
316  - The layout editor automatically applies a "zoom to fit" for newly
317    opened files as well as on device size and orientation changes to
318    ensure that large layouts are always fully visible unless you
319    manually zoom in.
320  - You can drop an "include" tag from the palette, which will pop up
321    a layout chooser, and the chosen layout is added as an include.
322    Similarly, dropping images or image buttons will pop up image
323    resource choosers to initialize the new image with.
324  - The configuration chooser now applies the "Render Target" and
325    "Locale" settings project wide, making it trivial to check the
326    layouts for different languages or render targets without having
327    to configure these individually for each layout.
328  - The layout editor is smarter about picking a default theme to
329    render a layout with, consulting factors like theme registrations
330    in the manifest, the SDK version, etc.
331  - The layout editor is also smarter about picking a default
332    configuration to render a layout with, defaulting to the currently
333    visible configuration in the previous file. It also considers the
334    SDK target to determine whether to default to a tablet or phone
335    screen size.
336  - Basic focus support: The first text field dropped in a layout is
337    assigned focus, and there are "Request Focus" and "Clear Focus"
338    context menu items on text fields to change the focus.
339- XML editors:
340  - Code completion has been significantly improved. It now works
341    within <style> elements, it completes dimensional units,
342    it sorts resource paths in values based on the attribute name,
343    etc. There are also many fixes to handle text replacement.
344  - AAPT errors are handled better. They are now underlined for the
345    relevant range in the editor, and a new quickfix makes it trivial
346    to create missing resources.
347  - Code completion for drawable, animation and color XML files.
348- DDMS:
349  - "New Folder" action in the File Explorer
350  - The screenshot dialog will add timestamps to the filenames, and
351    preserve the orientation on snapshot refresh
352- TraceView: Mouse-wheel zoom support in the timeline
353- The New Android Project wizard now supports Eclipse working sets
354- Most of the tools have improved integration with the Mac OSX
355  system menu bar.
356- Most of the tools have new launcher icons.
357
35810.0.1 (March, 2011)
359- Temporary work-around to resolve the rare cases in which the layout
360  editor will not open.
361- Fix issue in which ADT 10.0.0 would install on Eclipse 3.4 and
362  lower, even though ADT requires Eclipse 3.5 or higher (as of
363  10.0.0).
364
36510.0.0 (February 22nd, 2011)
366- The tools now automatically generate Java Programming Language
367  source files (in the gen/ directory) and bytecode (in the res/raw/
368  directory) from your .rs files.
369- A Binary XML editor has been added.
370- Traceview is now integrated into the Eclipse UI.
371- The "Go To Declaration" feature for XML and .java files quickly show
372  all the matches in the project and allows you jump to specific items
373  such as string translations or onClick handlers.
374- The Resource Chooser can create items such as dimensions, integers,
375  ids, and booleans.
376- Improvements to the Visual Layout Editor:
377  - A new Palette with categories and rendering previews.
378  - A Layout Actions bar that provides quick access to common layout
379    operations.
380  - When the Android 3.0 rendering library is selected, layouts render
381    more like they do on devices. This includes rendering of status
382    and title bars to more accurately reflect the actual screen space
383    available to applications.
384  - Zoom improvements such as fit to view, persistent scale, and
385    keyboard access..
386  - Further improvements to <merge> layouts, as well as layouts with
387    gesture overlays.
388  - Improved rendering error diagnostics.
389
3909.0.0 (January 26, 2011)
391- Visual Layout Editor
392    - Empty layouts with 0,0 size are now automatically expanded when
393      selected and during drag and drop
394    - Rendering target can now be changed from the default (project
395      target)
396    - When choosing resources for rendering, the API level is properly
397      handled
398    - Improved support for rendering <include> and <merge> views
399    - "Extract as Include" refactoring to extract selected views into
400      a separate included layout.
401    - String and reference properties can be edited from the layout
402      editor's context menu
403    - Rewritten outline drag & drop handling, improved label colors
404      and content
405    - The generated XML will be better formatted. Full XML formatter
406      can be enabled in the preferences (under Android > Editors), but
407      will touch part of the XML that isn't modified.
408    - Automatic configuration of many widgets on drop, such as
409      automatically filling a TextView in a vertical LinearLayout,
410      adding rows to new tables, etc.
411    - Double click views to jump to the corresponding XML declaration,
412      or for included views, to the included layout file
413    - Improved support for various views (such as TabHosts and
414      SlidingDrawers) when rendered using Honeycomb
415- Go to Declaration hyperlinks for navigating from @resource
416  references to their XML declarations, from the manifest file to
417  activity and service classes, from Java access of resource R fields
418  to the XML declarations, etc.
419- Logcat view in DDMS now properly displays UTF-8 characters.
420
4218.0.1 (October 2010)
422- Fix compilation issue in Android projects referencing standard Java
423  projects.
424- Better error reporting when exporting applications for release.
425
4268.0.0 (October 2010)
427- New version number scheme following the SDK Tools revision number.
428- Support for true debug build. No need to change the value of
429  debuggable in the Android Manifest.  Incremental build will
430  automatically insert debuggable==true while using the "export
431  signed/unsigned application package" will not.  If debuggable=true
432  is set, then release builds will actually do a debug build.
433- Automatic Proguard support in release builds. Only need to have a
434  proguard.config property in default.properties that points to a
435  proguard config file.
436- Completely rewritten Visual Layout Editor. This is very much a work
437  in progress.
438    - full drag and drop from palette to layout for all Layout
439      classes.
440    - Move widgets inside a Layout view, from one Layout view to
441      another and from one layout file to another.
442    - Contextual menu with enum/flag type properties.
443    - New zoom controls.
444- New HierarchyViewer plug-in integrated in Eclipse.
445- Android launch configurations don't recompile the whole workspace on
446  launch anymore.
447- android.jar source and javadoc location can now be configured.
448
4490.9.9:
450- Fix bug where ADT would delete the source folder of projects
451  imported from version control.
452
4530.9.8:
454- New Action "Rename Application Package" (under the "Android Tools"
455  contextual menu) will do a full application package refatoring.
456- Fixed issue with library project names containing characters that
457  aren't compatible with Eclipse path variable. The link between the
458  main project and the library would fail to create.
459- Added support for library projects that don't have a source folder
460  called "src". There is now support for any number of source folder,
461  with no name restriction. They can even be in sub folder such as
462  "src/java".
463- Added support for libraries with library dependencies.
464- added support for new resource qualifiers: car/desk, night/notnight
465  and navexposed/navhidden
466- Added more device screen types for the layout editor. All screen
467  resolution/density combinations from
468  http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#range
469  is now available.
470
4710.9.7:
472- Support for library projects
473- Updated Property panel for Android project to edit library
474  dependencies.
475
4760.9.6:
477- Editing default.properties outside of eclipse will automatically
478  update the project
479- Fix issue when launching ADT the first time with the SDK Usage panel
480  that could create a deadlock between modal dialogs
481- Launched applications from ADT now behave as if they were clicked
482  from the Home screen of the emulator.
483- AVD creation dialog now enforce sd card of 9MB or higher
484- Fixed issue where add-on with no optional library would not show up
485  as valid targets for application launches.
486- Loads the SDK content only when a project requires it. This will
487  make Eclipse use less resources when the SDK contains many versions
488  of Android.
489- DDMS plug-in now contains the Allocation Tracker view.
490- Lots of fixes in the configuration selector of the Visual Layout
491  Editor.
492- Explode mode in the Visual Layout Editor adds a margin to all layout
493  objects so that it's easier to see embedded layouts
494- Outline mode in the Visual Layout Editor draws layout outline to
495  make it easier to see layout objects.
496- Fixed issues with the New Project Wizard when selecting samples.
497- Fixed possible crash when launching applications
498- New action in the Logcat view: "Go to problem" lets you go directly
499  from an exception trace output to the code.
500
5010.9.5:
502- Misc fixes in the SDK Updater
503
5040.9.4:
505- New "Create project from sample" choice in the New Project Wizard.
506- Improvements to the SDK Updater.
507- improvements to the AVD Manager (creation and launch dialogs)
508- new configuration selector in the Graphical Layout Editor
509
5100.9.3:
511- New wizard to create Android JUnit Test Projects.
512- New AVD wizard.
513- SDK Updater
514- zipalign support
515
5160.9.1:
517
518- Added an AVD creation wizard to ADT. It is automatically displayed
519  during a launch if no compatible AVDs are found.
520- Fixed issue with libs/ folder where files with no extension would
521  prevent the build from finishing.
522- Improved error handling during the final steps of the build to mark
523  the project if an unexpected error prevent the build from finishing.
524- Fixed issue when launching ADT on a clean install would trigger
525  org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: Not implemented [multiple displays].
526
527
528
5290.9.0:
530
531- Projects now store generated Java files (R.java/Manifest.java and
532  output from aidl) in a 'gen' source folder.
533- Support for the new Android SDK with support for multiple versions
534  of the Android platform and for vendor supplied add-ons.
535    * New Project Wizard lets you choose which platform/add-on to
536      target.
537    * Project properties (right click project in Package Explorer,
538      then "Properties"), lets you edit project target.
539    * New Launch configuration option to choose debug deployment
540      target.
541- Ability to export multiple apk from one project, using resource
542  filters. See the 'android' property for Android projects.
543- Support for running JUnit tests on a device/emulator from a new
544  "Android JUnit tests" launch configuration.
545
5460.8.1:
547
548- Alternate Layout wizard. In the layout editor, the "create" button
549  is now enabled to easily create alternate versions of the current
550  layout.
551- Fixed issue with custom themes/styles in the layout editor.
552- Export Wizard: To export an application for release, and sign it
553  with a non debug key. Accessible from the export menu, from the
554  Android Tools contextual menu, or from the overview page of the
555  manifest editor.
556- New XML File Wizard: To easily create new XML resources file in the
557  /res directory.
558- New checks on launch when attempting to debug on a device.
559- Basic support for drag'n'drop in Graphical layout editor. You can
560  add new items by drag'n'drop from the palette. There is no support
561  for moving/resizing yet.
562- Undo/redo support in all XML form editors and Graphical layout
563  editor.
564
5650.8.0:
566
567- Fixed issue with using custom classes implementing Parcelable in
568  aidl files. Right click the project and choose Android Tools >
569  Create aidl preprocess file for Parcelable Classes.
570- Added Custom Themes to theme drop down in the layout editor.
571- Customizable debug signing keystore path in preferences
572- Customizable HOME package name.
573
5740.7.1:
575
576- Layout Editor.
577
5780.6.1:
579- Fixed install issue when project name contains spaces (requires new
580  emulator image)
581- Fixed setup of the New class wizard in the manifest (when clicking
582  on "name" for a class attribute) in the cases where the class and
583  some of its parent packages were missing.
584- Properly kill the application that is about to be reinstalled.
585- Create missing android folder automatically when building
586  application (caused a signing error)
587- Manifest editor: support for uses-library node
588- Fixed NPE in editors.xml.descriptors.XmlDescriptors.createPreference
589- Fixed assert in MultiEditorPart.setActivePage
590- Fixed "connect to debugger" button in DeviceView. Also fixed support
591  for custom process names.
592
5930.6.0:
594
595- New launch option for activity. Can choose to launch default
596  activity (finds an activity configured to show up in the home
597  screen), or specific activity, or none.
598- Normal java resources (non java files placed in package folders) are
599  now properly packaged in the final package, and can be accessed
600  through normal java API such as ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream()
601- Launch configuration now has an option to wipe emulator data on
602  launch. This always asks for confirmation.
603- Launch configuration now has an option to disable the boot
604  animation. This will let the emulator start faster on older
605  computers.
606- Applications are now signed with a debug key (stored in
607  debug.keystore in ~/.android).
608- Installation of application is now more robust and will notify of
609  installation failure. Also installation is blocking, removing issues
610  where ADT tried to launch the activity before the app was installed.
611- Tree-based resource editor + content assist in XML editor for
612  layout, menu, preferences, values xml files. Work in progress...
613
614
6150.4.0 (adt 0.4.0, ddms 0.3.0, editors 0.2.0, common 0.1.0)
616
617- New AndroidManifest editor.
618- True multiple device support allowing debugging apps on several
619  device at the same time
620- New launch modes for device selection: automatic will launch an
621  emulator if no device are present, automatically target the device
622  if only one exists, and prompt the user if 2+ are connected. Manual
623  mode always prompt the user.
624- New classpath container remove the dependencies on the location of
625  android.jar making it easier to share a project through dsvn, cvs,
626  etc... You should fix your project (right click project, choose
627  Android > Fix Project properties)
628- Fixed a case where pm would fail and would up end outputting the
629  "usage" text, which would in turn confuse the plugin during parsing.
630- Fixed an issue with compiling aidl file when they import project
631  local files.
632
633
6340.3.4 (adt 0.3.4, ddms 0.2.3, editors 0.1.0)
635
636Internal release only.
637- Enabled device support.
638
6390.3.3 (adt 0.3.3, ddms 0.2.3, editors 0.1.0)
640
641- Support for referenced projects.
642- During launch, display if a package conflict occurs when the new
643  application is pushed onto the device.
644- You can now change the font of the logcat view. Also indentation is
645  now properly displayed.
646- Plugin generated files are now properly marked as derived. This will
647  make Team plugins ignore them.
648
6490.3.2
650
651- XML Highlighting for AndroidManifest.xml (requires WebTools WST plugin)
652- Custom java editor for R.java/Manifest.java to make those files non
653  editable. This is to replace the current locking mechanism which
654  causes issues on Mac OS.
655- Fixed some issue in the "Restart adb" feature in the device view of
656  ddms.
657- Better handling of aidl files and the java files generated from
658  them.
659- Plugin now retries to launch the app on the emulator if it fails due
660  to timing issues.
661- Skin dropdown in the Emulator/Target tabs is now build from the
662  content of the skin directory, to support developer made skins.
663- Emulator control panel. This is a UI on top of the emulator
664  console. it allows you to change the state of the network and gsm
665  connection, and to initiate incoming voice call.
666
6670.3.1
668
669- Fixed issue on winXP/Eclipse 3.2 where errors in the New Project
670  Wizard would not display.
671- Added missing intent definition in the AndroidManifest.xml file
672  created by the New Project Wizard.
673- Fixed possible NPE in the debug action from the Process View
674- Support for Eclipse 3.4
675
6760.2.6 / 0.3.0
677
678- New Project Wizard now makes it easy to open Android sample code
679- Plugin will output a warning if the build id of the device/emulator
680  does not match the sdk build id.
681- Java/Debug/ddms perspective now contains direct menus to open some
682  of the ddms views, and to create a new android project. This will
683  require you to reset your perspectives.
684- Error during builds now put an error marker on the project instead
685  of displaying an (annoying) dialog box.
686- Custom builders now remember their build state when restarting
687  eclipse.
688- Properly parse some aapt warnings and don't abort the build when
689  they happen.
690- Abort launch and prompt the user if the project contains errors.
691- New silent/normal/verbose build output.
692
6930.2.5
694
695- Check compiler compliance level before compilation and abort if
696  different from 1.5
697- Fix Project Properties will fix the project compiler compliance if
698  needed.
699- Fixed an issue with multiple source folders.
700- Added support for new Manifest.java class (it is automatically
701  generated with R.java if the content of the AndroidManifest.xml
702  requires it)
703- Fixed an issue that could result in not packaging code changes.
704- Automatic fix of the Launch Configurations when the java package in
705  the manifest is changed. Also improved Launch Config dialog and
706  error alert for erroneous activity names in the Launch
707  Configuration.
708- Support for external jars that are not under the project root
709  directory.
710- New projects have a default layout.
711- Misc fixes for Windows support.
712
7130.2.4
714
715- Fixed large resource corruption issue.
716
7170.2.3
718
719- Fixed issue related to the integration of dx.
720- Fixed issue related to the package generation that was modified for
721  windows support.
722
7230.2.2
724
725- Changing the SDK location in the Preferences does not require to
726  restart Eclipse anymore.
727- New SDK-Project sync mode in Android preference pane. Default value
728  set to true. If true, all android projects are automatically sync'ed
729  to the SDK defined in the preferences.
730- Cases where no emulator is running but a dialog still says "An
731  emulator is running..." should be less frequent.
732- Projects do not reference the standard desktop JRE anymore, as
733  android.zip contains the core java library. This will solve the case
734  where using a core class non present on the platform would not
735  generate a compilation error.
736- Changing the package defined in the manifest now deletes the R.java
737  class from its previous location. This will require 1 build after
738  upgrading the plugin, before it works.
739- Project selection in the Launch Config Dialog now only shows Android
740  projects.
741- Launching a debug/run session now checks that the project uses the
742  SDK set in the preferences (This is for the non automatic sync
743  mode).
744- Removed obsolete wallpaper mode in the New Project Creation Wizard.
745- dx (dalvik code conversion tool) now embedded instead of calling the
746  external version.
747- Improvements in the parsing of the aapt errors.
748- Some fixes for windows support.
749
750
7510.2.1
752
753- Fixed bug in logcat search where invalid regexp would cause a crash
754- Minor improvements to the build/launch process.
755
7560.2.0
757
758- Logcat view.
759- File Explorer view.
760- Custom options for emulator. In the Launch configuration dialog you
761  can specify custom command line emulator options. See
762  "emulator -help" for available options.
763- Android Tools > Export Application Package is now implemented.
764- Misc incremental builder fixes.
765- Including static .jar files as library in your project will
766  automatically include them in the final APK. Warning: only the
767  .class content is included.
768
7690.1.10
770
771- The res and assets folders now fully refresh before the build,
772  ensuring R.java and packaged resources are always up to date. This
773  can be disabled in the preferences under "Android" if this becomes
774  slow due to too many files.
775
7760.1.9
777
778- New Action in the "Processes" view to debug an application that is
779  already running. The source project for this application MUST be
780  opened in the current workspace.
781- Building the project now force refreshes the res folder. This should
782  help rebuilding the resources when only binary files were changed
783  from outside eclipse.
784- Clean/full builds now compile all aidl files found in the build path
785  (previously only incremental builds would compile them). Also, misc
786  improvements to the incremental builders.
787- Starting a run/debug session now asks to save the files and forces a
788  new build to ensure that the latest package is pushed on the device.
789- Plugin should be less aggressive when waiting for the emulator to be
790  ready. This should translate in fewer failed launches.
791
7920.1.8
793
794- Fixed Debugger issue introduced in 0.1.6
795- Added Log level preferences for DDMS. Look under Android > DDMS >
796  Advanced. Default error level is Error.
797
7980.1.7
799
800- Fixed issue where java warnings wouldn't trigger a new package. Now
801  only errors stop the packaging like it should be.
802- Added more error output in the console during launch.
803
8040.1.6
805
806- New "Android" Console. It receives the error output from external
807  tools such and aidl, dx, and aapt (only when they can't be
808  parsed). Any error force the console to be displayed.
809- The Activity Manager on the device/emulator now outputs some
810  messages in the "Android" console when asked to start an
811  activity. This should help you figure out what is wrong if the
812  application doesn't start.
813- Fixed a case where the .apk file would be updated with broken
814  code. Now if there are java compile error, the .apk is not touched.
815- Added support for manifest with non fully qualified activity java
816  name, yet not starting with a dot.
817- Fixed creation of manifest files (through New Project wizard) to use
818  proper namespace for attributes.
819- Better error reporting for namespace issue in the manifest.
820- "Reset Adb" action from the device view. Use this is the plugin
821  tells you an emulator is running when there are none.
822- New "ddms" Console which receives the standard output of ddms.
823
8240.1.5
825
826- Support for new activity declaration inside AndroidManifest.xml
827- fixed issue that prevented bin/ to be removed from the buildpath
828  when converting project.
829
8300.1.4
831
832- Changes in the Manifest, now properly trigger a new package of the
833  resources.
834
8350.1.3
836
837- Fixed the "fix project properties" action to remove old framework
838  libraries, just not add new ones.
839
8400.1.2
841
842- aidl builder. The Android Resources PreBuilder now also converts
843  aidl files into java files.
844- New Project wizard now allows to make Wallpaper activities instead
845  of gadgets (which are obsolete.)
846- Launch shortcuts. Right click in the package explorer allow you to
847  launch the application in debug or run mode directly without
848  creating launch configurations.
849- New project wizard and Project conversion now sets up the java doc
850  path for android.zip
851- Package builder now supports custom application assets placed in
852  assets/ (which is now created automatically by the New Project
853  Wizard).
854- New action: Android Tools > Fix Project Properties, in the package
855  explorer contextual menu. This allows you to fix the framework path
856  (and its javadoc path) in case you change the sdk location.
857
8580.1.1
859
860- Fixed project convertor to add the framework library if missing.
861
8620.1.0
863
864- New project wizard.
865- Python script-generated project convertor.
866- Incremental builders.
867- XML validation for resource files.
868- Android Launch Configuration.
869