Developer Preview
The Android 14 Preview program runs from February 2023 until the final public release to AOSP and OEMs, planned for later in the year. At key development milestones, we'll deliver updates for your development and testing environments. Each update includes SDK tools, system images, emulators, API reference, and API diffs. See the following table to learn more about what you should focus on during each milestone.
platform_stability
Android 14 includes a milestone called Platform Stability to help you plan your final testing and releases. This milestone means that Android 14 has reached final internal and external APIs, final app-facing behaviors, and final non-SDK API lists. We expect Android 14 to reach Platform Stability at Beta 3 in June 2023. From that point, you can expect no further changes affecting your apps.
Beta 1
Beta 1 gives you a more complete and stable environment for building and testing on Android 14, and it's the first build that we deliver to early adopters who are enrolled in the Android Beta program. During the Beta releases period, early adopters will be using your app on Pixel devices,
so we recommend watching for feedback from those users and releasing compatible updates to address any issues, without changing the app's targeting. It's also a good time to begin preparing for changing your app's targeting later.
Important
For SDKs and library developers: targeting Platform Stability for final testing is critical. Downstream app and game developers might be blocked until their bundled SDKs and libraries are updated to support Android 14.
Grammatical Inflection API
The Grammatical Inflection API allows you to more easily add support for users who speak languages where grammatical gender changes the sentence based on the person being addressed, providing a more personalized and natural-sounding user experience for those languages.
Example of inflection for grammatical gender
Grammatical gender is integral to some languages and can't be easily worked around like in English. For example, in English to write a message telling the user that they are subscribed to your app's service, you could use a single phrase: "You are subscribed to...".
Did you know
Android Studio doesn't currently have tooling for this feature but will in a future preview release. In the meantime, we wanted to give you a chance to evaluate the APIs to provide feedback and to start assessing infrastructural changes that will be required to add support in your app.
Request install approval before downloading
Installing or updating an app may require user approval. For example, when an installer making use of the REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission attempts to install a new app. In prior Android versions, app stores can only request user approval after APKs are written to the install session and the session is committed.
Any other installer, including those making use of the INSTALL_PACKAGES permission, must receive explicit user approval in order to install an update. If a user decides to proceed with an update from another source, update ownership is lost.
Detect when users take device screenshots
To create a more standardized experience for detecting screenshots, Android 14 introduces a privacy-preserving screenshot detection API. This API lets apps register callbacks on a per-activity basis. These callbacks are invoked, and the user is notified, when the user takes a screenshot while that activity is visible.
Conclusion
In conclusion,Based on the available information, it appears that Android 14 is a highly anticipated operating system that is set to launch in mid-2023. The focus of this new OS seems to be on enhancing user experience, with improvements that will make the smartphone more efficient and effective.
Overall, Android 14 promises to be a significant update for Android users and is expected to deliver improvements across the board.
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