In its latest Android Developers Blog, Google announces some rules and regulations regarding notch support in Android P.<\/b>
\nIn the lead up to the launch of its Pixel 3 smartphone line-up (which allegedly includes a notch-sporting Pixel 3 XL), Google has posted a Developers Blog entry detailing its rules for display cutouts and how they will be supported on its upcoming Android P operating system.
According to Android System UI product manager Megan Potoski, Google’s rules for cutouts were drawn up in an effort to ensure that developers’ apps would be cutout-ready, asking them to consider such things as how their \u00ab\u00a0content is displayed relative to the cutout.\u00a0\u00bb
The good news for those developing for Android P is that by default, \u00ab\u00a0the status bar will be resized to be at least as tall as the cutout and your content will display in the window below.\u00a0\u00bb Google states that \u00ab\u00a0the app’s window is allowed to extend into the cutout area if the cutout is fully contained within a system bar.\u00a0\u00bb
For developers, this means that all app windows \u00ab\u00a0will be letterboxed so that none of your content is displayed in the cutout area,\u00a0\u00bb regardless of whether they’re in landscape or fullscreen mode.
In terms of hardware, Google has declared that \u00ab\u00a0devices must ensure that their cutouts do not negatively affect apps,\u00a0\u00bb stating that \u00ab\u00a0devices may only have up to one cutout on each short edge of the device.\u00a0\u00bb
This will ensure that we \u00ab\u00a0won’t see multiple cutouts on a single edge, or more than two cutouts on a device,\u00a0\u00bb and that we \u00ab\u00a0won’t see a cutout on the left or right long edge of the device.\u00a0\u00bb
Another rule set by Google states that \u00ab\u00a0In portrait orientation, with no special flags set, the status bar must extend to at least the height of the cutout.\u00a0\u00bb
Aside from these stipulations, Google has stated that hardware manufacturers \u00ab\u00a0can place cutouts wherever they want\u00a0\u00bb on their devices.
We\u2019re sure most people would agree that multiple notches sounds horrible, so we\u2019re quietly glad that Google is limiting the number that Android P will officially support.<\/p>\n

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