Better adapt to large-screen devices | 2021 Android Developer Summit

Author/Engineering Manager Clara Bayarri

This year's Android Developer Summit brought many Android large-screen device development Android 12L feature update on foldable devices and tablets : Android optimized for large-screen devices 12 System features, better developer tools, and Google Play updates for large screen devices. Next, we will introduce you to Android large-screen devices.

Android 12L feature update for large screen devices

Android 12L makes Android 12 perform better on large-screen devices. A series of optimizations have been completed for interfaces such as notifications and lock screens. For developers, it also contains the following important content:

• Re-emphasize multitasking, which means that all applications can now enter split-screen mode, regardless of whether they can be resized or not;
• Update and improvement for compatibility mode;
• The new Activity Embedding API allows you to display multiple activities at the same time, making it easier to build an optimized layout for large-screen devices in existing applications.

To learn more about the latest news, you can watch large-screen devices and new features of foldable devices " below or check our previous tweet " Detailed Android 12L | Better adaptation to large-screen devices " .

Build large-screen devices more easily

Android continues to support large screen devices, and now we have released several new tools to help you expand the application interface to accommodate larger screen device types.

• Material Design guide designed for large-screen devices, including the definition of the common layout pattern in the ecosystem, helps to inspire your application design inspiration;
• Window Size Classes is a new type of breakpoint framework that represents most of the typical device scenarios in the ecosystem. Update SlidingPaneLayout to support navigation;
• The new Compose API makes it easy to develop adaptive and responsive UI, including support for navigation bar ;
• Android Studio reference devices, a new set of device configuration files, representing the widest range of device testing in the ecosystem;
• Android Studio Layout Validation introduces a new visual lint tool to detect layout problems of large-screen devices;
• A new resizable simulator that can quickly switch between reference devices.

Welcome to watch the " for screens of any size" and " on foldable devices and large screen devices" to learn more about these projects. You can also check the latest large-screen device guide and build an adaptive layout guide Compose for more information. You can also view the "Best Practices for Video Applications on " and " Spotify Build a Cross-Device Application 161bab2c9564b0" video to learn how to adapt the application to large-screen devices.

Google Play update for large screen devices

To help users find the best apps on tablets, foldable devices, and ChromeOS devices, we have introduced some new changes on Google Play to recommend apps optimized for large screen devices. This includes evaluate the quality of applications , so that we can display applications optimized for large screen devices and update search rankings to show the most suitable applications for these devices. We also introduced large-screen device specific App Rating , allowing users to be able to score on the operation of your application on its large-screen device.

Android Developer Summit technology sharing videos related to big screen devices this year. You can read " Official Version API Confirmed | Android 12L Beta 1 Release " for more details.

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