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page.title=Compatibility
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@jd:body
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<div id="qv-wrapper">
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<div id="qv">
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<h2>In this document</h2>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#materialtheme">Material Theme</a></li>
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<li><a href="#layouts">Layouts</a></li>
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<li><a href="#widgets">UI Widgets</a></li>
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<li><a href="#animation">Animation APIs</a></li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>The new material design features (like the material theme and custom animations) are only
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available in the Android L Developer Preview. However, you can design your apps to make use of
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these features when running on devices with the Android L Developer Preview and still be
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compatible with previous releases of Android.</p>
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<h2 id="materialtheme">Material Theme</h2>
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<p>The material theme is only available in the Android L Developer Preview. To configure your
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app to use the material theme on devices running the Android L Developer Preview and an older
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theme on devices running earlier versions of Android:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Define a theme that inherits from an older theme (like Holo) in
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<code>res/values/styles.xml</code>.</li>
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<li>Define a theme with the same name that inherits from the material theme in
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<code>res/values-v21/styles.xml</code>.</li>
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<li>Set this theme as your app's theme in the manifest file.</li>
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</ol>
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<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you do not provide an alternative theme in this manner,
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your app will not run on earlier versions of Android.</p>
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<h2 id="layouts">Layouts</h2>
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<p>If the layouts that you design according to the material design guidelines do not use any
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of the new XML attributes from the Android L Developer Preview, they will work on previous
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versions of Android. Otherwise, you can provide alternative layouts. You can also provide
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alternative layouts to customize how your app looks on earlier versions of Android.</p>
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<p>Create your layout files for the Android L Developer Preview inside <code>res/layout-v21/</code>
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and your alternative layout files for earlier versions of Android inside <code>res/layout/</code>.
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Alternative layouts have the same file name.</p>
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<h2 id="widgets">UI Widgets</h2>
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<p>The <code>RecyclerView</code> and <code>CardView</code> widgets are included in the Android L
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Developer Preview Support Library, so they are available in earlier versions of Android.</p>
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<h2 id="animation">Animation APIs</h2>
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<p>The new APIs for custom animations are only available in the Android L Developer Preview. To
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preserve compatibility with earlier verisons of Android, check the system version at runtime before
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you invoke these APIs.</p> |