Kit-Kat SDK Released

[NJDude]

Check your SDK Manager.

It means it's just matter of days until KitKat starts rolling out to devices.

 

[barx]

Still waiting for 4.3 on my S4. Thinking a Nexus may have to be my next device in a year or so....

 

[MLDev]

You can order it starting today. https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_black_32gb

 

[aaronk]

Android KitKat (4.4) is now out..
http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/

Just like barx said, I think I might need to get a Nexus phone just so I can test it on a real device as Nexus phones are always the first devices to get the new Android OS updates as they are Google devices.

 

[DKCERT]

A little more info on Kitkat: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html

Android 4.4 is designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively on a much broader range of devices than ever before — including on millions of entry-level devices around the world that have as little as 512MB RAM.

For developers, Android 4.4 helps you deliver apps that are efficient and responsive on all devices. A new API, ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice(), lets you tune your app's behavior to match the device's memory configuration. You can modify or disable large-memory features as needed, depending on the use-cases you want to support on entry-level devices.

 

[Informatix]

The new features are impressive.
But it's too bad that we've had to wait for this version to get them (immersive mode, printing, screen recording, memory profiling).