Ice Cream Sandwich Provides Android With Native Stylus Support

Google’s latest build Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0 now has native stylus support enabling developers to easily take advantage of pressure recognition, hover tracking and nib-tilt, together with differentiation between stylus and finger use, as well as providing support for styluses with up to three buttons.

The discovery was made by Reddit who discovered the native Stylus support within the Android 4.0 highlights, and has been added by Google to enhance the sketching and drawing capabilities of Android 4.0 devices. Android 4.0 now has a specific API for stylus. Hover-enter and hover-exit events are also added, for improved navigation and accessibility. Developers can build on these new input features to add powerful interactions to their apps, such as precise drawing and gesturing, handwriting and shape recognition, improved mouse input, and others.”

More information's:
http://www.slashgear.com/ice-cream-sandwich-adds-native-stylus-support-to-android-21189870
http://www.netbooknews.com/37455/android-ice-cream-sandwich-to-have-os-level-stylus-support/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/liwhi/anyone_else_excited_about_native_stylus_support/

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