What's new in the Android OS User Interface
summary
Android Q adds concrete UI APIs: Sharing Shortcuts lets apps publish dynamic shortcuts (up to eight deep‑linked targets shown quickly), superseding ChooserTargetService and offering AndroidX backcompat; rich share previews use clip data plus extra title and require read permissions. Notifications get Gentle Notifications (system targets default‑priority chatter using heuristics and on‑device ML after noting 75% users see a noise every hour and 15% every 10 minutes) and system‑generated actions via TextClassifier or ML Kit Smart Reply. The new Bubbles API provides floating, expandable activities (activity must be embeddable, documentLaunchMode=always, resizable) attached via BubbleMetadata on notifications as a safer alternative to System Alert Window.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 2:26Gentle Notifications
- 4:56Multitasking Overview
- 6:24Provide Sharing Shortcuts
- 8:01Proving a Sharing Shortcut
- 8:49Add a rich content preview
- 9:39Adding a rich preview content
- 10:07Add custom targets
- 11:06Update your app labels and icons
- 14:22Configuring Notification Actions
- 18:50But first, System Alert Window
- 19:34Bubbles
- 20:12Anatomy of a Bubble
- 20:33Build a bubble
- 22:39Policy nitty-gritty
