{"id":270133,"date":"2025-02-01T02:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T02:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/changes-to-orientation-and-resizability-apis-in-android-16\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:31","slug":"changes-to-orientation-and-resizability-apis-in-android-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/changes-to-orientation-and-resizability-apis-in-android-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to orientation and resizability APIs in Android 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza \u2013 Director, Product Management<\/em><\/p>\n

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With 3+ billion Android devices in use globally, the Android ecosystem is more vibrant than ever. Android mobile apps run on a diverse range of devices, from phones and foldables to tablets, Chromebooks, cars, and most recently XR. Users buy into an entire device ecosystem and expect their apps to work across all devices. To thrive in this multi-device environment, your apps need to adapt seamlessly to different screen sizes and form factors.<\/p>\n

Many Android apps rely on user interface approaches that work in a single orientation and\/or restrict resizability. However, users want apps to make full use of their large screens, so Android device manufacturers added well-received features that override these app restrictions.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, Android 16 is removing the ability for apps to restrict orientation and resizability at the platform level, and shifting to a consistent model of adaptive apps<\/a> that seamlessly adjust to different screen sizes and orientations. This change will reduce fragmentation with behavior that better meets user expectations, and improves accessibility by respecting the user\u2019s preferred orientation. We’re building tools, libraries, and platform APIs to help you do this to provide a consistently excellent user experience across the entire Android ecosystem.<\/p>\n

What’s changing?<\/h3>\n

Starting with Android 16, we’re phasing out manifest attributes and runtime APIs used to restrict an app’s orientation and resizability, enabling better user experiences for many apps across devices.<\/p>\n

These changes will initially apply when the app is running on a large screen, where \u201clarge screen\u201d means that the smaller dimension of the display is greater than or equal to 600dp. This includes:<\/p>\n