Posted by Dan Galpin, Developer Relations Engineer
Amid the whirlwind of content at Google I/O, we shared huge announcements related to: privacy† safetyand the android platform† Read on for the details and don’t forget to check out the topic playlist on YouTube.
#1: Privacy Sandbox on Android
We recently released the first Privacy Sandbox on Android Developer Preview to give you an early look at the SDK Runtime and Topics API. This provides a path for new advertising solutions that improve user privacy without compromising access to free content and services.
You can pre-test these new technologies, evaluate how to apply them to your solutions, and share feedback with us. Learn more in the “Overview of the Privacy Sandbox in Android” session.
#2: Google Play SDK Index
The new Google Play SDK index is a public portal containing over 100 of the most widely used commercial SDKs. It includes information such as what app permissions the SDK is requesting, statistics about the apps they use, and which version of the SDK is the most popular, so you can evaluate whether an SDK is right for your business and your users. Android Studio Electric Eel lets you view dependency insights from Google Play SDK Index; if a specific version of a library has been marked as “deprecated” by the author, an associated Ribbon warning will appear when viewing that dependency definition. Learn more in our blog post and watch the “What’s New in Google Play” and “What’s New in Android Development Tools” sessions.
#3: Android 13!
The second Beta of Android 13 is now available. You can enhance your app with Android 13 features like app-specific language support and themed app icons, while the “Basics for System Back” lecture covers the new Android 13 opt-in API that lets you tell the system that you go back in advance to make the back experience more predictable and smooth.
The “Privacy User-Focused App Development” session helps you prepare your apps for the latest privacy and security features, such as the new notification permission, the privacy-protecting photo picker, and improved permissions for pairing with nearby devices and accessing media files .
The “What’s new in Android Media” talk helps you build with modern standards like HDR video and Bluetooth LE Audio, while the “What’s new in Android Camera” talk gives a…snapshot…of what we’re doing in CameraX, such as support for video recording and WYSIWYG camera controls.
You can get started by enrolling your Pixel device here. The Android 13 Beta is now available for testing on a range of devices from Asus, Lenovo, Nokia, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, TECNO, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE – visit developer.android.com/13 for more information.
This is just a fraction of what we do to improve the Android platform, user privacy and security. Go to the playlist for more information.