Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza, Director, Android Developer Relations
Final month at Google I/O, we introduced that Pixel Pill and Pixel Fold are becoming a member of our Pixel household of units, and this month, as shoppers buy them, they’re opening them up and downloading their favourite apps, together with maybe…yours!
We’ve been strolling you thru numerous optimizations you may make in order that your app appears nice on massive screens, however it boils down to 3 essential design rules to benefit from the additional display screen area on massive display screen Android units:
- Two-pane layouts show content material throughout two columns, displaying you extra content material throughout the unfolded, bigger display screen, and means that you can do extra with out additional faucets or dropping context
- App continuity on foldable telephones ensures apps simply transition from folded to unfolded orientations
- Responsive layouts resize content material and controls because the display screen dimension modifications, resembling if you use two apps in split-screen mode
Over 50+ Google apps, and lots of of your different favourite apps have already made the optimizations; we rounded up a few of our favorites, like how the crew at LINE adapts to a two-pane format, or how Peloton optimized their app for bigger screens, together with a brand new design for foldable telephones in tabletop mode. It’s a good time to spend money on optimizing for big screens; in truth, nice massive display screen apps shall be featured and ranked larger in suggestions in Play.
Among the newest assets that can assist you get began for big screens
For the previous few weeks, we’ve been diving into the world of huge screens with posts that can assist you get essentially the most out of those units along with your apps, together with most of the newest updates from this yr’s Google I/O. Right here’s a round-up of among the posts:
That is only a style of the supplies we’ve got that can assist you get your apps prepared for big screens, and there’s much more right here. Nonetheless need extra? We’d love to listen to how we can assist. We are able to’t wait to see how nice your apps look on Pixel Pill and Pixel Fold!
