Google unveils Android platform roadmap, accepts patches



Google has published a roadmap that provides insight into the company’s plans for upcoming Android features, including support for localization and an on-screen keyboard.

…A common complaint voiced by G1 owners is that the phone lacks an onscreen touch keyboard. Users have to flip the phone and slide out the screen so that they can use the hardware keyboard every time they input text. Google hopes to remedy this issue during the first quarter of 2009 by providing an extensible Input Method Framework (IMF). The IMF will make it possible to build software keyboards with text autocompletion systems. Google will supply several reference implementations and will also allow third-party developers to create custom input methods that can be distributed through the Android Market….

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Google unveils Android platform roadmap, accepts patches

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