Android 6.0 Marshmallow
By Jamal Eason , Product Manager, Android
Whether you like them straight out of the bag, roasted to a golden brown exterior with a molten
center, or in fluff form , who doesn’t like marshmallows? We definitely like them! Since the
launch of the M Developer Preview at Google I/O in May, we’ve enjoyed all of your participation And feedback. Today with the final Developer
Preview update, we're introducing the official Android 6.0 SDK and opening Google Play for
publishing your apps that target the new API level 23 in Android Marshmallow.
Get your apps ready for Android
Marshmallow
The final Android 6.0 SDK is now available to
download via the SDK Manager in Android Studio .
With the Android 6.0 SDK you have access to the
final Android APIs and the latest build tools so
that you can target API 23. Once you have downloaded the Android 6.0 SDK into Android Studio, update your app project compileSdkVersion to 23 and you are ready to test your app with the new platform. You can
also update your app to targetSdkVersion to
23 test out API 23 specific features like auto-
backup and app permissions.
Along with the Android 6.0 SDK, we also updated
the Android Support Library to v23. The new
Android Support library makes it easier to
integrate many of the new platform APIs, such
as permissions and fingerprint support, in a
backwards-compatible manner. This release
contains a number of new support libraries
including: customtabs, percent, recommendation,
preference-v7, preference-v14, and preference-
leanback-v17.
Check your App Permissions
Along with the new platform features like fingerprint support and Doze power saving mode, Android Marshmallow features a new
permissions model that streamlines the app install and update process. To give users this
flexibility and to make sure your app behaves as
expected when an Android Marshmallow user
disables a specific permission, it’s important
that you update your app to target API 23, and
test the app thoroughly with Android
Marshmallow users.
How to Get the update
The Android emulator system images and developer preview system images have been
updated for supported Nexus devices (Nexus 5,
Nexus 6, Nexus 9 & Nexus Player) to help with
your testing. You can download the device
system images from the developer preview site .
Also, similar to the previous developer update,
supported Nexus devices will receive an Over-
the-Air (OTA) update over the next couple days.
Although the Android 6.0 SDK is final, the
devices system images are still developer preview
versions. The preview images are near final but
they are not intended for consumer use.
Remember that when Android 6.0 Marshmallow
launches to the public later this fall, you'll need
to manually re-flash your device to a factory image to continue to receive consumer OTA updates for your Nexus device.
What is new?
Compared to the previous developer preview
update, you will find this final API update fairly
incremental. You can check out all the API
differences here , but a few of the changes since
the last developer update include:
*Android Platform Change:
*Final Permissions
User Interface — we
updated the
permissions user
interface and
enhanced some of the
permissions behavior.
*API Change:
*Updates to the
Fingerprint API — which enables better error reporting, better fingerprint enrollment experience, plus enumeration support
for greater reliability
Upload your Android Marshmallow apps to Google Play.
Google Play is now ready to accept your API 23
apps via the Google Play Developer Console on all
release channels (Alpha, Beta & Production). At
the consumer launch this fall, the Google Play
store will also be updated so that the app install
and update process supports the new permissions
model for apps using API 23.
To make sure that your updated app runs well on
Android Marshmallow and older versions, we
recommend that you use Google Play’s newly
improved beta testing feature to get early
feedback, then do a staged rollout as you release
the new version to all users.
Get your apps ready for Android
Marshmallow
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