636 CHAPTER 16: The Future of Android: The 64-Bit Android 5.0 OS
Throughout this book, I have been trying to get you used to problems with SDKs, APIs, IDEs, and
even with a build environment like Gradle, as you just experienced here. I’m doing this because
programming is a marriage of the code and the programming platform (this includes SDKs, APIs,
build environments, IDEs, runtimes, and system images).
It is important to take note, as you have throughout this chapter, that this platform and programming
environment code does not work all of the time, as the platform developers (Google with Android or
Oracle with Java) are always updating their code, just like you are with your applications.
Next you will learn how to set your application up to work with the new Android TV platform, which is
newly available!
Android TV: Setting Up Android 5 Apps for iTV
Since Android TV just came out, this section looks at how to create an application that runs on an
iTV set; thus this book titles spans from the smallest Android devices (smartwatches) to the largest
(iTV sets)! If you wanted to research everything there is on Android TV, search Google for “Android
TV” and click on the link for the Android TV preview located at developer.android.com/preview/
tv/start/index.html, which is shown in Figure 16-54. Notice that you have already accomplished
the Set Up the Preview SDK part of the Android TV prerequisites, so all you have to do is modify
the project using the Android Manifest XML file and you will be off and running, developing Android
applications for the Android TV platform!
Figure 16-53. Exit and re-enter Android Studio “normally” using the Quick Launch Icon; the project is now restored!