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<h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Welcome to the Android Open Source Project!</h1>
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Android is an open-source software stack for a wide range of mobile devices and a corresponding open-source project led by
Google. Here you can find the information and source code you need to learn more about the Android platform. From there you can
create custom variants of the Android software stack, port devices and accessories to the Android platform,
and ensure your devices are compatible with the Android compatibility definition.
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<h2 align="center">Android 6.0 Updates Available &mdash; see details below</h2>
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<h3>What's New</h3>
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<h4>Doze and App Standby</h4></a>
<p>New battery-saving features <em>Doze</em> and <em>App Standby</em>
are described in <strong><a href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/power/mgmt.html">Power
Management</a></strong> while the remaining <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/power/index.html">Power</a></strong> section has
been revised.</p>
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<h4>Authentication</h4></a>
<p>An entirely new <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/security/authentication/index.html">Authentication</a></strong>
section describes the <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/security/authentication/fingerprint-hal.html">Fingerprint</a></strong>,
<strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/security/authentication/gatekeeper.html">Gatekeeper</a></strong>,
and <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/security/authentication/keymaster.html">Keymaster</a></strong>
interfaces in detail, including a list of <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/security/authentication/km-features.html">Keymaster
features</a></strong> and an <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/security/authentication/km-implementer-ref.html">implementer’s
reference</a></strong>.</p>
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<h4>Adoptable Storage</h4></a>
<p>The <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/storage/index.html">Storage</a></strong>
section has been revised to introduce <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/storage/adoptable.html">adoptable
storage</a></strong> that can hold app data and distinguish between it and <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/storage/traditional.html">traditional
storage</a></strong>.</p>
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<h4>Configuration</h4></a>
<p>Instructions now exist for configuring <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/config/runtime_perms.html">runtime permissions</a></strong>,
<strong><a href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/config/voicemail.html">visual
voicemail</a></strong>, and Android’s new <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/config/filesystem.html">file
system</a></strong>. And carriers get <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/config/carrier.html">custom
configuration</a></strong>.</p>
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<h4>Tooling</h4></a>
<p>Information on the <strong><a href="{@docRoot}source/jack.html">Jack
(Java Android Compiler Kit)</a></strong> default toolchain in Android 6.0 is
available, as well as instructions for <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/dalvik/gc-debug.html">debugging garbage collection
in ART</a></strong>.</p>
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<h4>Media</h4></a>
<p>The <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/media/index.html">Media</a></strong> section now
contains descriptions of media resource manager dependencies for <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/media/oem.html">OEMs</a></strong> and <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}devices/media/soc.html">SoC vendors</a></strong>.</p>
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<h4>Bluetooth Stylus</h4></a>
<p>The <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}accessories/index.html">Accessories</a></strong>
section now explains how to implement a <strong><a
href="{@docRoot}accessories/stylus.html">Bluetooth Stylus</a></strong>.</p>
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<h3>Getting Started</h3>
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<h4>Explore the Source</h4></a>
<p>Get the complete Android platform and modify and build it to suit your needs. You can
also <strong><a
href="https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/q/status:open">contribute
to</a></strong> the <strong><a
href="https://android.googlesource.com/">Android Open Source Project (AOSP)
repository</a></strong> to make your changes available to everyone else
in the Android ecosystem.</p>
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<h4>Port Android to Devices</h4></a>
<p>Port the latest Android platform and
create compelling devices that your customers want.</p>
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<h4>Build Accessories</h4></a>
<p>Sometimes, a device can't do it all. Tap into Android's open accessory standard and build accessories to complement the wide variety of Android-powered devices.</p>
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<h4>Get Compatible</h4></a>
<p>Being Android-compatible lets you offer custom features but still give users and developers a consistent
and standard experience across all Android-powered devices. Android provides guidance
and a test suite to verify your Android compatibility.</p>
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<h4>Help this Site</h4></a>
<p>Please note, source.android.com is maintained in the Android Open Source Project. See the <strong><a
href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/docs/source.android.com/+log/master">docs/source.android.com
project log in AOSP</a></strong> for the complete list of changes to this site.
Contribute your own updates to that same project and help maintain source.android.com.</p>
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