Author: Jacob Kastrenakes
Google is building official notch support into Android P, but it’s laying down some ground rules first: two notches is the limit.
In a blog post for developers yesterday, Android UI product manager Megan Potoski wrote that Google is working with device partners “to mandate a few requirements” for app compatibility purposes. Among those are limits on notches.
The mandate says that Android P phones can’t have “more than two cutouts on a device.” Only one notch is allowed per side, and notches are only allowed on the top and bottom edges — not the left and right.
Fortunately, we’re still in the single-notch era
At this point, we haven’t even seen phones with two notches, so the ban on tri- or quad-notch phones and left- and right-side...
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Google is building official notch support into Android P, but it’s laying down some ground rules first: two notches is the limit.
In a blog post for developers yesterday, Android UI product manager Megan Potoski wrote that Google is working with device partners “to mandate a few requirements” for app compatibility purposes. Among those are limits on notches.
The mandate says that Android P phones can’t have “more than two cutouts on a device.” Only one notch is allowed per side, and notches are only allowed on the top and bottom edges — not the left and right.
Fortunately, we’re still in the single-notch era
At this point, we haven’t even seen phones with two notches, so the ban on tri- or quad-notch phones and left- and right-side...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...