Cyanogen’s Platform SDK offers collection of APIs to developers

Developers working with software developed by Cyanogen have access to a new open source platform SDK that is loaded with APIs from the company itself and the CyanogenMod community.

The Platform SDK allows developers to work with existing (and future) APIs to build upon the very popular CyanogenMod. The first item that Cyanogen offered an example of was with a Quick Tile. A Quick Tile acts as a simple toggle for a setting within an app. Cyanogen’s example showed how a phone’s ‘Bike Mode’, something developed at a recent hackathon, can be turned on/off with a Quick Tile.

Cyanogen explained how Stanford University’s TreeHacks hackathon contributed to the creation of the Platform SDK:

Our general takeaway was that we needed to improve the approachability of CyanogenMod; to modularize it in such a way that developers can more easily get access to key parts of the platform. The hackathon made us realize that developing against an SDK rather than to an entire platform is a lot more approachable for developers, providing a lower barrier of entry to get a quality product up and running in a shorter span of time.

The Platform SDK is currently in an early stage, so expect plenty of adjustments to be made on a regular basis.

You can click here to get started with the Cyanogen Platform SDK.

Source: Cyanogen

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