What’s new with Android N ?
With a quiet bit of surprise Google has come up with brand new ‘Android N’ developer preview version.We were not expecting this thing soon but thanks to Google for such a wonderful surprise to all developers around the world.Well N stands for … it has not been named yet.
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For all the people interested to see Android N to their cell phone . i will request them to wait for a while for an stable version since it is a work in progress.
Here are the things Android N has come up with :
- Multi-Window:
So, This feature in Android N is the most interesting features Google has come up with.You can use multiple application at the same time .A new manifest attribute android:resizableActivity when set to true , your activity can be launched in split screen modes.Lifecycle changes in same as switching from landscape to portrait.Configuration are handled itself .App when re launched is set to a new dimension . android:supportsPictureInPicture when set to true , lets apps run a video activity in the pinned window while another activity continues in the background.
2.Direct reply notifications:
Direct reply notifications let you reply to the notification with leaving your app
3.Bundled notifications :
Android N let you bundle notification from the same app . When clicked on bundled notification it takes you to individual notification using gestures.
4.Efficiency:
Previously in Android M ,Doze was introduced to save battery effectively.In the current version , an effort on reducing the memory leaks in the application is taken care of
5.Improved Java 8 language support:
With Android N , it has come up with support for Java 8 features like default and static methods, streams, and functional interfaces.Isn't it amazing getting rid of those old code and minimizing boilerplate code.
With all this features flooding down the new Android N , i am pretty excited to give all this features a try. Are you ready ?
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