A simplified color scheme with a black background gave vividness and contrast to the notification bar, menus, and other user interface components. Gingerbread's user interface was refined in many ways, making it easier to master, faster to use, and more power-efficient. Now requiring Android 3.0 (on tablets) or 4.0 (phone and tablets) to login The Gingerbread release introduced support for near field communication (NFC)-used in mobile payment solutions-and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-used in VoIP internet telephones.
Starting on the 27th of September 2021, Google will no longer allow sign-in on Android devices that run Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread or lower. htmlĪndroid 2.3 Gingerbread is the seventh version of Android, a codename of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google and released in December 2010, for versions that are no longer supported.
Android 2.3.7 on an Android SDK emulator.Ģ.3.7_r1 (GWK74) / September 21, 2011 9 years ago ( )Īndroid 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' (smartphones)ĭeveloper.
