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Preparing apps for

Android Q

Saurabh Arora, Rakuten Viki

@saurabh_arora90
Where are we?
➢ Decade of Android (10.0)

➢ Beta 4

➢ Final API’s

➢ API Level 29
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What's New
Privacy & User
Security Experience
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Privacy & Security

Background Activity Starts
➢ Affects - All apps running on Q (irrespective of target SDK)

➢ Exceptions:

○ Bound services such as accessibility, auto-fill, etc.

○ Receives a PendingIntent from system
○ App had SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission
○ App called finish() on activity very recently

➢ Recommended approach - Notification Triggered activity

val notificationBuilder = NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
....
.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
.setCategory(NotificationCompat.CATEGORY_CALL)
val fullScreenIntent = Intent(this, CallActivity::class.java)
val fullScreenPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
fullScreenIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT)

val notificationBuilder = NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)

....
.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
.setCategory(NotificationCompat.CATEGORY_CALL)

.setFullScreenIntent(fullScreenPendingIntent, true)
➢ Gotcha’s:

○ System decides b/w notification & activity

■ Notification - User using the device

■ Activity - Device Idle / when user interacts with notification

○ Declare USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT permission

Hardware Identifiers
➢ Affects - All apps running on Q (irrespective of target SDK)

○ Exception thrown if Target SDK is Q

○ null returned if Target SDK < Q

➢ Avoid:
○ IMEI - TelephonyManager.getDeviceId()
○ Mac Address
○ ANDROID_ID - Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID
Hardware Identifiers
➢ Alternatives
○ Advertising ID
○ Instance ID - FirebaseInstanceId
○ Globally-unique IDs (GUIDs) - UUID.randomUUID().toString()
Background Location
➢ Distinguish b/w foreground &

background

➢ Location permission has 3 options

Background Location Requests
➢ Affects - Depends
Background Location Requests
➢ Foreground Service

➢ Background Service
<service
android:name="MyNavigationService"
android:foregroundServiceType="location" ... >
...
</service>
<manifest>
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION"
/>
</manifest>
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
arrayOf(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION,
Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION),
your-permission-request-code
➢ Gotcha’s:

○ System schedules reminders

○ User can revoke permission

○ Always check access

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User Experiences
Settings Panel
➢ Bottom sheet for system settings

➢ Encourage app engagement

➢ Currently Supported:
○ ACTION_INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY
○ ACTION_WIFI
○ ACTION_NFC
○ ACTION_VOLUME

➢ AndroidX wrapper
Gesture Navigation
Gesture Navigation
➢ Affects - All apps running on Q (irrespective of target SDK)

➢ Recommended approach

○ Draw Edge to Edge

○ Override system gestures
➢ Draw Behind Navigation Bar

➢ Draw behind Status bar

➢ Strongly recommended
<style name="AppTheme">
......
<item name="android:navigationBarColor">
@android:color/transparent
</item>
</style>
view.systemUiVisibility =
//Layout as if the navigation bar was hidden
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
or
//Layout as if the status bar was hidden
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
or
//Layout at its most extreme
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
➢ Overlap with system UI?

➢ Use insets

○ WindowInsets
root.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener { _, insets ->
val fabLp = fab.layoutParams as
CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams
fabLp.bottomMargin = fabOriginalBottomMargin +
insets.systemWindowInsetBottom
fab.layoutParams = fabLp

insets.consumeSystemWindowInsets()
}
➢ System Window Insets

➢ Clickable Views
➢ System Gesture Insets
○ New in Android Q

➢ Draggable Views

Insets.getSystemGestureInsets()
root.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener { _, insets ->
val systemGestureInsets = insets.systemGestureInsets
top.layoutParams = top.layoutParams.apply {
height = systemGestureInsets.top
}
bottom.layoutParams = bottom.layoutParams.apply {
height = systemGestureInsets.bottom
}
....
}
➢ Override system gestures

➢ App gets touch event first

View.setSystemGestureExclusionRects(List<Rect> rects)
➢ Gotcha’s:

○ Seekar & Drawer Layout work of the box

○ Can opt out back gesture

○ Home is reserved

WindowInsets.getMandatorySystemGestureInsets()
Dark Mode
Dark Mode
➢ A new System Setting

○ Under Settings->Display->Theme

○ A Quick tile

○ Battery Saver Mode

➢ Supported by 1.1 App Compat

<!--App Compat Style-->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight">

<!--Material Components-->
<style name="AppTheme"
parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight">
<!--values/themes.xml-->

<style name="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight"
parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">

<!--values-night/themes.xml-->
<style name="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight"
parent="Theme.AppCompat">
Dark Mode
➢ AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode()

○ MODE_NIGHT_YES

○ MODE_NIGHT_NO

○ MODE_NIGHT_FOLLOW_SYSTEM

○ MODE_NIGHT_AUTO_BATTERY
➢ Gotcha’s
<ConstraintLayout ....
background="#ABABAB">

<TextView ....
textColor="#FFFFFF">
<ConstraintLayout ....
background="@color/foo">

<TextView ....
textColor="@color/bar">

<!--values/colors.xml-->
<color name="foo">#ABABAB</color>
<ConstraintLayout ....
background="@color/foo">

<TextView ....
textColor="@color/bar">

<!--values/colors.xml-->
<color name="foo">#ABABAB</color>

<!--values-night/colors.xml-->
<color name="foo">#FAFAFA</color>
➢ Gotcha’s:

○ Check drawables and provide night resources

○ Vectors tint

<vector....

android:tint="?attr/textColorNormal"/>
➢ Gotcha’s:

○ Test RemoteViews

○ Configuration Change - uiMode

■ UI will lose context if not handled properly

■ Caution single orientation apps

■ Media apps should handle to continue playback

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Not Covered
➢ Sharing improvements

➢ Audio Playback Capture

➢ Bubbles
➢ Sharing improvements

➢ Audio Playback Capture

➢ Bubbles

➢ Non SDK Interfaces

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Thank Q
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