Android L Developer Preview Unveiled

Sundar Pichai addressing the Keynote

As stated earlier by Sundar Pichai, "I want the world to understand what we are doing sooner" and then they just launched the most awaited iteration to Android, Android L Developer Preview and with a whole set of 5000 new API’s. “We wanted to take a radical new approach to design”, said Sundar Pichai.

Across all platforms

Android L’s “material design” focuses on depth and digital material. Google noted that framework will add virtual light sources and real-time shadows. Apps can be developed to work easily across all screens, “from your watch, to your laptop, to your television,” Google said. All animations on the screen will change in a way that makes sense. In Gmail, for example, there's a new typography, new animations, and a seamless experience across different screen sizes. With Polymer and L Preview, developers can also create apps for the web.

Google set a new style guidelines for creating consistent apps which can be seen at google.com/design.

Some other tweaks include a brand new phone dialer, which has a ripple touch effect when you touch each tab. The dialer button has a different elevation that makes it look like it’s floating above the user interface showing the earlier stated real-time shadows. The ripple touch effect animations also appear as you tap each number to dial.

Notifications are also quite enhanced. Lock Screen now has notifications in the form of Google Now Cards.

There is a new keyboard UI, a DND mode. Check out some of the features below.

Updated Contacts App on Android L

Google Now and new Keyboard Interface

Listening to KODALINE using Music App on Android L

A look at San Francisco using New Maps App