The latest updates on Android and Google Play | Google I/O Highlights

On this year’s Google I/O , both Android and Google Play have released a lot of blockbuster updates. Here you are welcome to review the key updates that should not be missed with Fred of the Android team:

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△ The latest update of I/O on Android and Google Play

Android 12 Beta

We released the first Beta version for Android 12 during Google I/O. Android 12 brings the biggest design change in Android history, and also makes the entire system more expressive, and even the color matching of the system is truly personalized. We are unifying the software and hardware ecosystem under the same design language, called Material You.

application widget in Android 12 has been designed and revised to be more practical, beautiful, and easier to be discovered by users. We have also added a dynamic color API to allow widgets to use system colors, and look and feel more integrated with the system. We have prepared the sample code widget for everyone, welcome to experience it.

Other updates include new over-rolling stretch effects, improved system performance, and more privacy and security updates. Please go to the "160ed08c19428c Android 12 Beta Release " for more information.

Modern Android Development

Modern Android Development, that is, " modern Android development ", the purpose is to help developers remove all obstacles that slow down the development speed, so that everyone can concentrate on creating the best experience.

One of the important content is to let everyone concentrate on writing functions and reduce template code through Jetpack. For the current updates of Jetpack in stable, Alpha and Beta channels, please visit official website for details.

Jetpack Compose is a modern toolkit for building native UI on Android. It has released a Beta version and plans to release a stable version in July. Please read official document to prepare for the 1.0 official version.

Android Studio Arctic Fox (2020.3.1) is now in the Beta version, with new features focused on three themes:

• Quick UI design
• New devices covering various screen sizes
• Improve developer productivity

For specific new and improved features, please go to official website for details.

There is another important pillar of Modern Android Development: Kotlin. Our recent survey results show that Kotlin is now the most common development language used by professional Android developers. More than 1.2 million apps in the Play Store use Kotlin, and the top 1,000 apps use Kotlin as high as 80%. We have prepared a set of tutorials for developing Android applications with Kotlin, which can be packaged and downloaded click here

Build applications for more screen sizes

We launched a unified platform jointly created with Samsung, combining the advantages of Wear and Tizen, and launched a new user experience. Your audience will be even larger, and the skills and tools used in mobile application development can be used to build applications on new devices. Many new APIs, such as Tile, are also prepared to help you build better Wear applications.

In terms of foldable devices, tablet devices, and large-screen devices, we have updated many UI components in the Jetpack and Material Design libraries to facilitate the adaptation of various screen sizes.

Please read " Wear Update List " and " Foldable Devices, Tablet Devices and Large Screen Devices Update List " for details.

Google Play Update List

Starting from July 1, 2021, the service fee rate will be 15% for each developer's annual sales of digital goods or services for the first 1 million U.S. dollars. Please read official document for specific details.

To help you succeed on Google Play, we have also released many powerful new features, tools and updates. Please read " Google Play Update List " for details.

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