Get Your Apps Ready for Android O

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Get Your Apps Ready for Android O
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• The final developer preview of Android O,
  Googles latest version of the mobile operating
  system is out. Even though there are no major
  changes noticed with this release, app developers
  should start testing their apps on Android O at
  the earliest. To do so, they should download a
  device system image, install their app, test for
  its performance, and update the codes if
  necessary for publishing, using the apps
  existing platform targeting.

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Android O Preview

• It is a program that gives you access to the
  tools to make your apps compatible with the
  latest version of Android. And the best part is,
  its free! You can get it for your Googles
  Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, Nexus5X, Nexus 6P and
  the Nexus Player( Yes, thats the list for now ),
  by following some simple steps. The preview
  includes everything you need to check the
  performance of your existing app on a variety of
  screen sizes, network technologies, CPU/GPU
  chipsets, and hardware structures.

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Accessing Android Developer Preview

• The first step to access the preview is to update
  to the latest version of Android Studio. It
  allows you to get the following through the SDK
  manager
• Developer preview SDK and Tools
• Developer preview Emulator System Image
• Developer preview Emulator Image for Android TV
  and
• Developer preview support libraries.
• The preview also includes hardware images that
  can be downloaded for different devices for
  testing and developing apps on physical devices.
  These images can be downloaded and flashed to
  your test devices manually, as many times as
  needed.

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Build An Android Application Compatible with
Android O

• Getting your apps compatible with the new Android
  O is what all app developers are concerned about
  right now. The following steps will guide you to
  make sure that your app words as-is Android O.

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Get Android O Image
You need to download an Android O image and flash
it to your device. It is to be noted that
installing a system image on a device erases all
data from the device, for which taking a back up
of all existing data is advisable.
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Review Changes
Android O comes with a variety of system and API
changes most of which will affect all apps or
even break down the apps regardless of the
version of Android they target. All developers
should review these changes and reconstruct their
apps to support them wherever applicable. Some of
the major behaviour changes the targeting all API
levels, and System of Android O are

• Background execution limits
• Background location limits, which affects Fused
  Location Provider (FLP), Geofencing, Location
  manager,
• Wi-Fi Manager Etc.
• App shortcuts
• Alert windows

• Web form auto fill
• Accessibility
• Security
• Privacy
• Permissions
• Bluetooth and much more

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Test
Test You need to install the app on the device
and run the tests. You need to check on the
behaviour changes (If any) in the app and work
through all app flows. Update There is a high
possibility that your app will be behaving
differently than expected. You should keep your
worries aside and try to make effective changes
in the codes to meet the requirements and resolve
the issues. Recompilation of the same API level
may be helpful rather than targeting Android
O. Publish After you are done with the changes
made, re-check if other modifications are needed
to be made. If the app runs smoothly, you are
ready for publishing the same. When you are
ready, you can publish your APK updates in your
alpha, beta or production channels. One should
make sure that it runs smoothly on older versions
as well.
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Note Before publishing one should ensure that
the app is targeting API 26. It is also important
to provide feedback about the functionality and
features of Android O so that it gets
incorporated into the final release which is
expected to be out by Q3 2017. Android O being
the latest baby in market welcomes apps
compatible with its new features. And developers
should get ready to play with its new features
and improvements. Even though the APIs are not
final, we can still have the idea about what is
going to be there on the platter.
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