If you haven’t optimized your app yet, see how it looks in different orientations and try the new compatibility mode changes if they apply.
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With the features coming to devices in the few months ahead, now is a great time to optimize your apps for large screens.įor developers, we highly recommend checking out how your apps work in split screen mode with windows of various sizes. We’re already working with our OEM partners to bring these features to their large screen devices - watch for the developer preview of 12L coming soon to the Lenovo P12 Pro.
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We plan to release the 12L feature drop early next year, in time for the next wave of Android 12 tablets and foldables. We’ve made letterboxing easily customizable by device manufacturers, who can now set custom letterbox colors or treatments, adjust the position of the inset window, apply custom rounded corners, and more. Last, we’ve improved compatibility mode with visual and stability improvements to offer a better letterboxing experience for users and help apps look better by default. To make split-screen mode a better experience in Android 12 and later, we’re helping users by automatically enabling all apps to enter split screen mode, regardless whether the apps are resizable.ĭrag and drop apps into split-screen mode The taskbar also makes split-screen mode more discoverable than ever - just drag-and-drop from the taskbar to run an app in split-screen mode. We’ve also made multitasking more powerful and intuitive - 12L includes a new taskbar on large screens that lets users instantly switch to favorite apps on the fly.
Two-column layouts show more and are easier to use For example, on screens above 600dp, the notification shade, lockscreen, and other system surfaces use a new two-column layout to take advantage of the screen area. In 12L we’ve refined the UI on large screens across notifications, quick settings, lockscreen, overview, home screen, and more. With the preview, you can try the new large screen features, optimize your apps, and let us know your feedback. Today we're bringing you a developer preview of 12L, our upcoming feature drop that makes Android 12 even better on large screens. Previewing 12L: A feature drop for large screens Read on to see what’s new for large screens on Android! We also talked about changes we’re making to Google Play to help users discover your large-screen optimized apps more easily.
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So today at Android Dev Summit, we announced a feature drop for Android 12 that is purpose-built for large screens, we’re calling it 12L, along with new APIs, tools, and guidance to make it easier to build for large screens. With all of the momentum, we’re continuing to invest in making Android an even better OS on these devices, for users and developers.
We’ve also seen Foldable devices on the rise, with year on year growth of over 265%! All told, there are over 250 million active large screen devices running Android.
In just the last 12 months we’ve seen nearly 100 million new Android tablet activations–a 20% year-over-year growth, while ChromeOS, now the fastest growing desktop platform, grew by 92%. There are over a quarter billion large screen devices running Android across tablets, foldables, and ChromeOS devices.
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