Posted by Aaron Labiaga- Android Developer Relations Engineer
By now, you’ve in all probability heard the information: Android 15 was simply launched earlier right this moment to AOSP. To have a good time, we’re kicking off a brand new collection referred to as “Highlight Week” the place we’ll shine a light-weight on technical areas throughout Android improvement and equip you with the instruments that you must reap the benefits of every space.
The Android 15 “Highlight Week” will present sources — weblog posts, movies, pattern code, and extra — all designed that will help you put together your apps and reap the benefits of the most recent options. These modifications attempt to enhance the Android ecosystem, however updating the OS comes with potential app compatibility implications and integrations that require detailed steering.
Right here’s what we’re protecting this week in our Highlight Week on Android 15:
- The Android 15 abstract web page outlines what a developer must learn about what’s new within the launch, behavioral modifications affecting all apps, and modifications relevant solely when focusing on the brand new SDK degree 35.
- Constructing for the way forward for Android, an in-depth video (Wednesday, Sept 4)
- Foreground providers and a dwell Android 15 Q&A (Thursday, September 5): Foreground providers modifications are coming in Android 15, and we’re introducing a brand new foreground service sort, updating the exemption situations that enable a foreground service to begin from the background, and updating the max length of sure foreground service sorts. These modifications are supposed to enhance person expertise by stopping apps from misusing foreground service that will drain a person’s battery. Plus we’ll have a dwell Q&A.
- Passkeys and Image-in-Image (Friday, September 6): Passkeys allow a extra streamlined and secured technique of authenticating your customers. Be taught extra about passkeys by our pattern code and in regards to the updates made to additional simplify the login course of in Android 15. Plus, we’re highlighting a Image-in-Image pattern code that’s relevant to apps with video performance.
That’s only a style of what we’re protecting in our Highlight Week on Android 15. Maintain checking again to this weblog publish for updates, the place we’ll be including hyperlinks and extra all through the week. Plus, comply with Android Builders on X and Android by Google at Linkedin all through the week to listen to much more about Android 15.