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Version 1.5 SDK of Android Is Available for Early Developers

Here comes the next version of Android. Google has announced that developers can get an early look at the SDK for version 1.5 of Android, based on the Cupcake branch of the open source project. There are quite a few new capabilities that should make upcoming rounds of Android-based devices more flexible, including APIs for soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. Video features are also coming. Developers can download the early version of the version 1.5 SDK for Windows, the Mac and Linux here. Here's more on what to expect as Android matures.?


Eclipse Pulsar Platform: Uniting Mobile Manufacturers With a Single Development Platform

Early this morning, the Eclipse Foundation announced the Pulsar Initiative, a joint effort to create an open, standard mobile application development platform. The Pulsar Initiative is led by the mobile device manufacturers Motorola, Nokia and Genuitec, while industry leaders such as IBM, RIM, and Sony Ericsson Mobile are among the participating members.

The Pulsar Initiative's first goal is to define a common set of Eclipse-based tools in a packaged distribution, allowing developers to create mobile applications for multiple devices using a single, familiar development environment. This saves developer's time (and sanity) by bringing applications to more devices without needing to be intimately familiar with every handset's software development kit.



Encouraging the Creation of OS Software Development Kits

A portion of my job at Splunk is helping drive the development of SDKs for our new REST- based APIs. These APIs are served from the integrated web server in the product, which happens to be closed source. While writing software for REST-based APIs is fairly straightforward, providing various language-specific SDKs speeds up development time and eliminates common tasks like authentication, searching, and error handling for the end users. We've come up with some ways to optimize and open up this process.


Will Apple's SDK Lure Away Free Software Developers?

Apple's recent SDK announcement set off an interesting friendly discussion among bloggers about free vs. nearly free software. Jens Alfke says he appreciates all the work open source software developers do, but notes ...a lot of freeware gets abandoned by its developers, because the developers are just doing it for fun and run out of time or energy. That?s sad. And I think a moderate infusion of cash can definitely help alleviate those problems.


Apple's SDK Announcement: Boo, Hiss or Near Miss?

Apple announced today that it's releasing the Software Development Kit (SDK) for the iPhone. We all know what that means for consumers (more apps!), but what does it mean for open source developers?

Well, that depends on who you talk to. ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn says the move is simply a way to forestall bigger market share losses to Google.