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Our Top Picks for Android M’s New Features<\/span><\/h2>\nOur top Android developers Marko Arsi\u0107, Leonardo Freitas, Natan Grando, and Edson Menegatti have chosen four among all of the new features that they believe are more interesting to talk about. Check their opinions below.<\/p>\n
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Runtime permissions<\/span>, by Marko Arsi\u0107<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Instead of asking for all of the permissions on the moment we have an app installed, permissions are going to be asked as we go. Users will also be allowed to reverse any permission at any given moment.<\/p>\n
![\"Runtime](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RuntimePermissions02.png\" "\\"Android")
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Here is what our Caker has to say about this feature:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Marko](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Marko.jpg\" "\\"Android")
<\/a>Marko Arsi\u0107<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“Before Android M, users were only able to grant or deny all permissions at once before installing the app. Now, with Android 6.0 (M), one of the biggest changes is giving users more control over app permissions and a notification every time an app wants to access a certain part of the device \u2014 such as the camera, microphone, or location services.<\/span>
\n Users will also be able to see and change the level of access they\u2019ve granted for each app, under Settings > Apps > Gear icon > App permissions.<\/span>
\n As a developer, you will have to test your app under a wider range of conditions. Prior to Android M, you could reasonably assume that if your app is running at all, it has all the permissions it declares in the app’s manifest. Under the new M permissions model, you can no longer make that assumption. <\/span>
\n In my opinion, as an Android developer and user, this is the right way of handling application permissions. By enabling this option, Android shows that it is taking care of users’ data and security. This feature has been incorporated in iOS for quite some time, and it is past time for Android to provide such options.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nIn-app translation<\/strong><\/span>, by Leonardo Freitas<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Android M users who have the Google Translate app will be able to translate in 90 languages right within apps.<\/p>\n
![\"InAppTranslation](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/InAppTranslation.png\" "\\"Android")
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Here is what our Cheesecaker has to say about this feature:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Leonardo](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Leo.png\" "\\"Android")
Leonardo Freitas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“With the internet, making friends around the globe is a pretty easy thing \u2014 of course, for this to happen, both users have to know a common language. Now imagine you could chat in your own language and your friends chat in theirs. That would be awesome, right?
\nWith in-app translation in the newest Android version, we get pretty close to it. For users to enable it, all it takes is having the Google Translate app installed, and the developer of the targeted app making use of the Android’s text selection default behavior.
\n‘But the app I like doesn’t make use of the default behaviour!’ \u2014 don’t panic! As Android is all about customization, Google shows all the steps needed for adding this awesome option into your app in the blog post featuring it<\/a>. It’s pretty easy and straightforward to do it.
\nFor developers out there, don’t throw all those internationalized strings.xml<\/em> away yet, since the feature only supports translating selectable text.
\nNow all we need is love, and the ability to make these translations without users having to select the text!”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Doze<\/strong><\/span>, by Natan Grando<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
The background processes will be reduced if your phone hasn\u2019t interacted with them in a while\u2013like when you\u2019re sleeping or left your phone on the table\u2013through the use of motion detectors.<\/p>\n
![\"Doze](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Doze.jpg\" "\\"Android")
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Here is what our Cheesecaker has to say about this feature:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Natan](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Natan.png\" "\\"Android")
Natan Grando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“One of the major battery drain on mobile devices is networking. Every time an application makes a network request, the radio chip is woken up and remains awake for 20-60 seconds after a package is transmitted, draining some more battery as a result. So, as many developers know, the battery impact is way smaller if you batch your network requests.<\/span>
\n In Android Marshmallow, there\u2019s a new feature called Doze that reduces the battery usage when the device is idle. This feature reduces the CPU usage and batches the network requests of every application and performs them in a maintenance window. This feature can save up to 60% of the battery usage, which is amazing.<\/span>
\n ‘This feature seems quite magical for users, but what about the developers?’ \u2014 for most cases the developer won\u2019t even have to bother with this new feature. Only a few applications that schedule alarms that may be fired when the device is idle, or that require that some urgent data is sent right away over the network should worry about it. If your app falls into these cases, fear not, because it\u2019s pretty easy to add it to the whitelist that is ignored by Doze, as you can check out here<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Google Now on Tap<\/strong><\/span>, by Edson Menegatti<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
Google\u2019s new feature counts with 100 popular apps that provide users with Google Now-like content. Basically, Now on Tap focuses on proving answers and helping you take action by being aware of different contexts.
\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/ckl-website-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GoogleNowOnTap.png\" "\\"Android")
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Here is what our Cheesecaker has to say about this feature:<\/p>\n
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Instead of asking for all of the permissions on the moment we have an app installed, permissions are going to be asked as we go. Users will also be allowed to reverse any permission at any given moment.<\/p>\n
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Here is what our Caker has to say about this feature:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Before Android M, users were only able to grant or deny all permissions at once before installing the app. Now, with Android 6.0 (M), one of the biggest changes is giving users more control over app permissions and a notification every time an app wants to access a certain part of the device \u2014 such as the camera, microphone, or location services.<\/span> <\/p>\n Android M users who have the Google Translate app will be able to translate in 90 languages right within apps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is what our Cheesecaker has to say about this feature:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “With the internet, making friends around the globe is a pretty easy thing \u2014 of course, for this to happen, both users have to know a common language. Now imagine you could chat in your own language and your friends chat in theirs. That would be awesome, right? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The background processes will be reduced if your phone hasn\u2019t interacted with them in a while\u2013like when you\u2019re sleeping or left your phone on the table\u2013through the use of motion detectors.<\/p>\n Here is what our Cheesecaker has to say about this feature:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “One of the major battery drain on mobile devices is networking. Every time an application makes a network request, the radio chip is woken up and remains awake for 20-60 seconds after a package is transmitted, draining some more battery as a result. So, as many developers know, the battery impact is way smaller if you batch your network requests.<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google\u2019s new feature counts with 100 popular apps that provide users with Google Now-like content. Basically, Now on Tap focuses on proving answers and helping you take action by being aware of different contexts. Here is what our Cheesecaker has to say about this feature:<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n Users will also be able to see and change the level of access they\u2019ve granted for each app, under Settings > Apps > Gear icon > App permissions.<\/span>
\n As a developer, you will have to test your app under a wider range of conditions. Prior to Android M, you could reasonably assume that if your app is running at all, it has all the permissions it declares in the app’s manifest. Under the new M permissions model, you can no longer make that assumption. <\/span>
\n In my opinion, as an Android developer and user, this is the right way of handling application permissions. By enabling this option, Android shows that it is taking care of users’ data and security. This feature has been incorporated in iOS for quite some time, and it is past time for Android to provide such options.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
In-app translation<\/strong><\/span>, by Leonardo Freitas<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nWith in-app translation in the newest Android version, we get pretty close to it. For users to enable it, all it takes is having the Google Translate app installed, and the developer of the targeted app making use of the Android’s text selection default behavior.
\n‘But the app I like doesn’t make use of the default behaviour!’ \u2014 don’t panic! As Android is all about customization, Google shows all the steps needed for adding this awesome option into your app in the blog post featuring it<\/a>. It’s pretty easy and straightforward to do it.
\nFor developers out there, don’t throw all those internationalized strings.xml<\/em> away yet, since the feature only supports translating selectable text.
\nNow all we need is love, and the ability to make these translations without users having to select the text!”<\/span><\/p>\nDoze<\/strong><\/span>, by Natan Grando<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\n In Android Marshmallow, there\u2019s a new feature called Doze that reduces the battery usage when the device is idle. This feature reduces the CPU usage and batches the network requests of every application and performs them in a maintenance window. This feature can save up to 60% of the battery usage, which is amazing.<\/span>
\n ‘This feature seems quite magical for users, but what about the developers?’ \u2014 for most cases the developer won\u2019t even have to bother with this new feature. Only a few applications that schedule alarms that may be fired when the device is idle, or that require that some urgent data is sent right away over the network should worry about it. If your app falls into these cases, fear not, because it\u2019s pretty easy to add it to the whitelist that is ignored by Doze, as you can check out here<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\nGoogle Now on Tap<\/strong><\/span>, by Edson Menegatti<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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