# Android 15 features and changes list. #### Accessibility * **Better Braille:** TalkBack now supports Braille displays using the HID standard over USB and secure Bluetooth. #### Camera and Media * **Direct and Offload Audio Playback:** Invalidates previously open direct or offload audio tracks when resource limits are reached. * **Audio Focus Restrictions:** Apps targeting Android 15+ must be the top app or running an audio-related foreground service to request audio focus. * **Low Light Boost:** New auto-exposure mode available for Camera2 and night mode camera extension. * **In-App Camera Controls:** New extensions added for more control over camera hardware and algorithms. * **HDR Headroom Control:** Allows control over HDR headroom to balance between SDR and HDR content. * **Loudness Control:** Introduces the LoudnessCodecController API based on the CTA-2075 standard to manage audio loudness inconsistencies. * **Virtual MIDI 2.0 Devices:** Extends UMP support to virtual MIDI apps, enabling them to function as virtual MIDI 2.0 devices. * **Efficient AV1 Software Decoding:** dav1d, the popular AV1 software decoder, is now available for devices lacking hardware support for AV1 decoding. * **Spatializer over Virtualizer:** The Virtualizer class is deprecated; use Spatializer instead. #### Connectivity * **Satellite Support:** Expanded platform support for satellite connectivity, including UI elements for a consistent user experience. * **Smoother NFC Experiences:** Enhanced reliability and seamlessness in tap-to-pay experiences while supporting the NFC app ecosystem. * **Wallet Role:** New role introduced for tighter integration with the user’s preferred wallet app. #### Core Functionality * **Changes to Package Stopped State:** Apps can only be removed from the FLAG\_STOPPED state through direct or indirect user action. Pending intents are canceled when an app enters the stopped state. * **Support for 16 KB Page Sizes:** Android system now supports 16 KB page sizes; apps should be tested in a 16 KB environment. * **Private Space:** New feature allowing users to create a separate space with additional authentication for sensitive apps. * **PNG-based Emoji Font Removal:** The legacy PNG-based emoji font file (NotoColorEmojiLegacy.ttf) has been removed in favor of the vector-based file. * **Minimum Installable Target API Level:** Apps targeting below API level 24 can no longer be installed. * **Media Processing Foreground Service Type:** Introduces a new foreground service type, `mediaProcessing`, for operations like media file transcoding. * **Restrictions on BOOT\_COMPLETED Broadcast Receivers:** Apps targeting Android 15+ are restricted from launching some foreground services via BOOT\_COMPLETED receivers. * **Do Not Disturb (DND) Restrictions:** Apps targeting Android 15+ cannot modify the global state or policy of DND mode. * **OpenJDK API Changes:** Updates to OpenJDK APIs that may affect app compatibility, including changes to string formatting, language code handling, and random int sequences. * **WebSQL Deprecation:** WebSQL-related methods in WebSettings are deprecated in Android WebView. #### Developer Productivity and Tools * **OpenJDK 17 Updates:** Alignment of Android’s core libraries with OpenJDK 17 LTS features. * **PDF Improvements:** Significant enhancements to the PdfRenderer APIs. * **Automatic Language Switching Refinements:** Additional controls for apps to fine-tune automatic language switching. * **OpenType Variable Font API:** Improved usability of the OpenType variable font. * **Granular Line Break Controls:** TextView can now preserve text portions on the same line for better readability. * **App Archiving:** OS-level support for app archiving and unarchiving, simplifying implementation for all app stores. #### Graphics * **Modernizing GPU Access:** Introduction of ANGLE as an optional layer for running OpenGL ES on Vulkan. Some new devices will only support OpenGL through ANGLE. * **Canvas Improvements:** Continued modernization of Android's Canvas graphics system with new capabilities. #### Internationalization * **CJK Variable Font:** NotoSansCJK is now a variable font for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. * **Inter-character Justification:** Text can now be justified utilizing letter spacing using `JUSTIFICATION_MODE_INTER_CHARACTER`. * **Automatic Line Break Configuration:** Phrase-based line breaks can be applied for short text lines using `LINE_BREAK_WORD_STYLE_AUTO`. * **New Japanese Hentaigana Font:** A new font for old Japanese Hiragana (Hentaigana) is bundled by default. #### Large Screens and Form Factors * **Improved Multitasking:** Enhanced multitasking support for large screen devices. * **Cover Screen Support:** Apps can declare a property to allow presentation on small cover screens of flippable devices. #### Non-SDK Interface Restrictions * **Updates to Restrictions:** Updated lists of restricted non-SDK interfaces based on collaboration with developers and internal testing. #### Performance and Battery * **ApplicationStartInfo API:** Provides insight into app startup, including state, launch phases, and more. * **Detailed App Size Information:** New API `StorageStats.getAppBytesByDataType()` offers insights into app space usage. * **App-managed Profiling:** Introduction of the `ProfilingManager` class for collecting app profiling information. * **SQLite Database Improvements:** New SQLite APIs exposing advanced features for addressing performance issues. * **Android Dynamic Performance Framework Updates:** Continued investment in APIs for games and performance-intensive apps to interact directly with power and thermal systems. #### Privacy * **Screen Recording Detection:** Apps can now detect if they are being recorded. * **Expanded IntentFilter Capabilities:** Support for more precise Intent resolution through `UriRelativeFilterGroup`. * **Private Space:** Users can create a separate, secure space for sensitive apps, with restricted visibility and additional authentication. * **Selected Photos Access:** Apps can now highlight the most recently selected photos and videos when partial media access is granted. * **Privacy Sandbox on Android:** Inclusion of the latest Privacy Sandbox extensions for improved privacy and personalized advertising experiences. * **Health Connect:** Integration of the latest Health Connect extensions, supporting new health and fitness data types. * **Partial Screen Sharing:** Support for sharing or recording just an app window, with customizable partial screen sharing experiences. #### Security * **Secured Background Activity Launches:** Further restrictions on malicious background apps launching other apps to the foreground in Android 15+. * **Safer Intents:** Intents targeting specific components must match intent-filter specifications accurately, and intents without an action no longer match any filters. * **Credential Manager Integration:** Developers can link views like username or password fields with Credential Manager requests for a tailored user experience. * **Single Tap Sign-up and Sign-in with Biometrics:** Integration of biometric prompts into credential creation and sign-in processes via Credential Manager. * **Key Management for End-to-End Encryption:** Introduction of the `E2eeContactKeysManager` class for end-to-end encryption in Android apps. * **Permission Checks on Content URIs:** New APIs introduced for performing permission checks on content URIs. #### User Experience and System UI * **Predictive Back Animations:** System animations for back-to-home, cross-task, and cross-activity now appear for apps opted into predictive back gestures. * **Edge-to-Edge Enforcement:** Apps targeting Android 15 must handle UI insets to avoid negative impacts on user experience. * **Stable Configuration:** `Configuration` no longer excludes system bars for apps targeting Android 15 or higher. * **Elegant Text Height Default:** The `elegantTextHeight` attribute in TextView defaults to true, improving readability. * **TextView Width for Complex Letter Shapes:** TextView now allocates enough space for complex letter shapes, preventing clipping. * **Locale-aware Default Line Height for EditText:** Minimum line height is reserved for EditText to match the reference font for the specified Locale. * **Richer Widget Previews:** Support for generated previews in widgets using the Generated Previews API. * **Picture-in-Picture Enhancements:** `Activity#onPictureInPictureUiStateChanged` callback triggered at the start of picture-in-picture animation. * **Improved Do Not Disturb Rules:** Enhanced rules for customizing Attention Management (Do Not Disturb) to improve user experience. * **Notification Channel Vibration Effect:** Support for setting rich vibration effects for incoming notifications by channel. 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