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SPEAKER: Welcome to "Now in Android,"
your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world
of Android development.
On this episode, we'll cover Google Play, Pixel Fold,
and Pixel Tablet, multi-device, Jetpack Compose,
Google Developer Expert, location, and more.
Continuing our I/O coverage, we released a short video
and blog detailing the top three things
to know from Google Play at Google I/O 2023.
New custom store listing features--
we made three big updates to custom store listings,
giving you ways to deliver a personalized content to a wider
audience.
Generative AI and machine learning for store listings--
draft better content with less effort
with our new experimental integrated AI helper.
Price experiments-- we launched price experiments
for in-app products, which allow you
to A/B test price points to better reach
both new and existing buyers.
Check out the blog, video, and the Google Play at Google I/O
2023 playlist to learn more.
The new Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet are here.
We have new content that you should check out in order
to get your application ready for large and foldable
screens--
Developer Guide to Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet
for specific recommendations on how
to get ready for these new Pixel devices; detecting
device type--
how to know if a device is a foldable or a tablet;
the top three things to in multi-device from Google I/O--
our roundup of the world of large screens,
Wear OS, and TV from Google I/O. Also,
hear how Peloton increased its multi-device support
and saw an uptick in user engagement.
We had a bunch of exciting new features
and behavior changes related to Compose
show up in Android Jetpack.
First of all, Compose UI 1.6 Alpha 1 and Compose Material
1.6 Alpha 1 now have includeFontPadding
switched to false by default. The default line height style
has also been changed to trim none and alignment center.
These changes might impact your screenshot tests.
You can read an in-depth explanation
on includeFontPadding in the blog post,
"Fixing font padding in Compose text" by Alejandra.
Start testing your app switching to includeFontPadding
false today.
Wear Compose 1.3 Alpha 1 release is also
changing the default text style to turn off
font padding to be consistent across the Android platform.
Compose UI and Compose Animation 1.6 Alpha 1
include support for look ahead in lazy list.
This allows lazy list in the look
ahead pass to bypass any animation
and to calculate the look ahead size
and position for all children.
Finally, Compose Foundation version 1.6 Alpha 1
introduced a new anchored draggable API in foundation.
This API replaces the Material's swipeable API.
You can see all of AndroidX release notes here.
Since launching the Google Developer Expert Spotlight
Series in early June, we released many more interviews
with Android GDEs from around the world,
including interviews with Ahmed, a software engineer
from the Netherlands; Zarah, an Android developer
from Australia; Annyce, Vice President
of Engineering from the USA; and Harun,
a software engineer from Kenya.
Check out the episode 198 of the "Android Developers Backstage
Podcast" on location, location, location.
Since the original episode on location nearly nine years ago,
a lot has happened in the location support for Android.
In this episode, Wyatt Riley and Roy Want
answer all of Tor's questions on how it works,
cover recent developments like indoor location and elevation,
and go over tips for using location in your app.
You can check out the episode in video or podcast form,
and you can watch this short clip
on how to avoid a common location developer mistake.
That's it for this week with Google Play, Pixel Fold,
and Pixel Tablet, multi-device support, Jetpack Compose,
Google Developer Expert, location, and more.
Check back soon for the next update from the Android
developer universe.
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