Posted By Dave Burke, VP of Engineering
Android P is almost here! As nosotros pose the finishing touches on the novel platform, today we're bringing you lot Android P Beta 4.
Beta iv is the in conclusion preview milestone earlier nosotros launch the official Android P platform afterwards this summer. Take this chance to exam your apps as well as pose out updates, to brand certain you lot offering a corking experience for users transitioning to Android P!
What's inwards this update?
Today's Beta iv update includes a unloosen candidate create amongst concluding organization behaviors as well as the official Android P APIs (API marker 28), available since Beta 2. It includes everything you lot demand to wind upwards your testing inwards fourth dimension for the upcoming official Android P release.
Get your apps ready for Android P
With the consumer launch coming soon, it's of import to test your app for compatibility amongst Android P. Just install your electrical flow app from Google Play on an Android P Beta device or emulator. As you lot piece of occupation through the flows, brand certain your app runs as well as looks great, as well as that it handles the Android P behavior changes properly.
Also sentry for uses of non-SDK interfaces inwards your app. Android P restricts access to selected non-SDK interfaces, therefore you lot should trim your reliance on them. See our recent post for details..
After you've made whatsoever necessary updates, nosotros recommend publishing to Google Play correct away without changing the app's platform targeting. This lets you lot ensure a corking experience for Android P users spell you lot piece of occupation on enhancing your app amongst Android P APIs as well as targeting.
Enhance your app amongst Android P features as well as APIs
When you're ready, dive into Android P as well as acquire most the new features as well as APIs that you lot tin strength out travel inwards your apps, similar multi-camera support, display cutout, enhanced notifications, ImageDecoder, TextClassifier, as well as others.
To create amongst the novel APIs, merely download the official API 28 SDK as well as tools into Android Studio 3.1, or travel the latest version of Android Studio 3.2. Then update your project's compileSdkVersion as well as targetSdkVersion to API 28. When you lot alter your targeting, brand certain your app supports all of the applicable behavior changes.
As before long equally you're ready, publish your APK updates that are compiled against, or optionally targeting, API 28. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 mutual strategy is to travel Google Play's beta testing feature to acquire early on feedback from a pocket-size grouping of users as well as and then create a staged rollout to production.
Visit the Developer Preview site for details as well as documentation. Also depository fiscal establishment fit out this video as well as the Google I/O Android playlist for to a greater extent than on what's novel inwards Android P for developers.
How create I acquire Beta 4?
It's slow - you lot tin strength out acquire Android P Beta iv on Pixel devices past times enrolling here. If you're already enrolled inwards our Android Beta program, you'll automatically acquire the Beta iv update soon. As always, downloadable organization images for Pixel devices are also available. Partners who are participating inwards the Android P Beta program volition also survive updating their devices to Beta iv over the coming weeks.
What's next?
Stay tuned for the official Android P launch coming soon! You tin strength out travel out on to portion your feedback or requests inwards the meantime, as well as experience gratuitous to travel our hotlists for platform issues, app compatibility issues, as well as third-party SDK issues.
Thanks for your feedback therefore far, as well as give thank you lot you to everyone who participated inwards our recent Reddit AMA on r/androiddev!
