Verhaltensänderungen: Apps, die auf Android 15 oder höher ausgerichtet sind

Wie bei früheren Versionen enthält Android 15 Verhaltensänderungen, die sich auf Ihre App auswirken können. Die folgenden Verhaltensänderungen gelten ausschließlich für Apps, die auf Android 15 oder höher ausgerichtet sind. Wenn Ihre App auf Android 15 oder höher ausgerichtet ist, sollten Sie sie gegebenenfalls so anpassen, dass sie diese Verhaltensweisen richtig unterstützt.

Sehen Sie sich auch die Liste der Verhaltensänderungen an, die sich auf alle Apps auswirken, die unter Android 15 ausgeführt werden, unabhängig vom targetSdkVersion Ihrer App.

Hauptfunktion

In Android 15 werden verschiedene Kernfunktionen des Android-Systems geändert oder erweitert.

Änderungen an Vordergrunddiensten

Mit Android 15 nehmen wir die folgenden Änderungen an Diensten im Vordergrund vor.

Zeitüberschreitung des Diensts „Datensynchronisierung im Vordergrund“

Android 15 introduces a new timeout behavior to dataSync for apps targeting Android 15 (API level 35) or higher. This behavior also applies to the new mediaProcessing foreground service type.

The system permits an app's dataSync services to run for a total of 6 hours in a 24-hour period, after which the system calls the running service's Service.onTimeout(int, int) method (introduced in Android 15). At this time, the service has a few seconds to call Service.stopSelf(). When Service.onTimeout() is called, the service is no longer considered a foreground service. If the service does not call Service.stopSelf(), the system throws an internal exception. The exception is logged in Logcat with the following message:

Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException: "A foreground service of
type dataSync did not stop within its timeout: [component name]"

To avoid problems with this behavior change, you can do one or more of the following:

  1. Have your service implement the new Service.onTimeout(int, int) method. When your app receives the callback, make sure to call stopSelf() within a few seconds. (If you don't stop the app right away, the system generates a failure.)
  2. Make sure your app's dataSync services don't run for more than a total of 6 hours in any 24-hour period (unless the user interacts with the app, resetting the timer).
  3. Only start dataSync foreground services as a result of direct user interaction; since your app is in the foreground when the service starts, your service has the full six hours after the app goes to the background.
  4. Instead of using a dataSync foreground service, use an alternative API.

If your app's dataSync foreground services have run for 6 hours in the last 24, you cannot start another dataSync foreground service unless the user has brought your app to the foreground (which resets the timer). If you try to start another dataSync foreground service, the system throws ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException with an error message like "Time limit already exhausted for foreground service type dataSync".

Testing

To test your app's behavior, you can enable data sync timeouts even if your app is not targeting Android 15 (as long as the app is running on an Android 15 device). To enable timeouts, run the following adb command:

adb shell am compat enable FGS_INTRODUCE_TIME_LIMITS your-package-name

You can also adjust the timeout period, to make it easier to test how your app behaves when the limit is reached. To set a new timeout period, run the following adb command:

adb shell device_config put activity_manager data_sync_fgs_timeout_duration duration-in-milliseconds

Neuer Typ für Dienste im Vordergrund zur Medienverarbeitung

In Android 15 wird der neue Diensttyp mediaProcessing eingeführt. Dieser Diensttyp eignet sich für Vorgänge wie das Transcodieren von Mediendateien. Eine Medien-App könnte beispielsweise eine Audiodatei herunterladen und sie vor der Wiedergabe in ein anderes Format konvertieren. Sie können einen mediaProcessing-Dienst im Vordergrund verwenden, damit die Conversion auch dann fortgesetzt wird, wenn die App im Hintergrund ausgeführt wird.

Das System lässt zu, dass die mediaProcessing-Dienste einer App insgesamt 6 Stunden innerhalb von 24 Stunden ausgeführt werden. Anschließend ruft das System die Service.onTimeout(int, int)-Methode des laufenden Dienstes auf (in Android 15 eingeführt). Derzeit hat der Dienst einige Sekunden Zeit, um Service.stopSelf() aufzurufen. Wenn der Dienst Service.stopSelf() nicht aufruft, löst das System eine interne Ausnahme aus. Die Ausnahme wird in Logcat mit der folgenden Meldung protokolliert:

Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException: "A foreground service of
type mediaProcessing did not stop within its timeout: [component name]"

Sie können eine Ausnahme vermeiden, indem Sie einen der folgenden Schritte ausführen:

  1. Implementieren Sie in Ihrem Dienst die neue Service.onTimeout(int, int)-Methode. Wenn Ihre App den Callback empfängt, müssen Sie innerhalb weniger Sekunden stopSelf() anrufen. Wenn Sie die App nicht sofort beenden, generiert das System einen Fehler.
  2. Die mediaProcessing-Dienste Ihrer App dürfen innerhalb eines 24-Stunden-Zeitraums insgesamt nicht länger als 6 Stunden ausgeführt werden, es sei denn, der Nutzer interagiert mit der App und setzt den Timer zurück.
  3. Starten Sie mediaProcessing Dienste im Vordergrund nur als Folge einer direkten Nutzerinteraktion. Da sich Ihre App beim Start des Dienstes im Vordergrund befindet, hat Ihr Dienst die vollen sechs Stunden Zeit, nachdem die App in den Hintergrund gewechselt ist.
  4. Verwende anstelle eines mediaProcessing-Dienstes im Vordergrund eine alternative API wie WorkManager.

Wenn die mediaProcessing-Dienste im Vordergrund Ihrer App in den letzten 24 Stunden sechs Stunden lang ausgeführt wurden, können Sie keinen weiteren mediaProcessing-Dienst im Vordergrund starten, es sei denn, der Nutzer hat Ihre App in den Vordergrund gebracht (wodurch der Timer zurückgesetzt wird). Wenn Sie versuchen, einen weiteren mediaProcessing-Vordergrunddienst zu starten, löst das System ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException mit einer Fehlermeldung wie „Zeitlimit für den Typ „mediaProcessing“ des Dienstes im Vordergrund bereits überschritten“ aus.

Weitere Informationen zum Diensttyp mediaProcessing finden Sie unter Änderungen an Diensttypen im Vordergrund für Android 15: Medienverarbeitung.

Testen

Wenn du das Verhalten deiner App testen möchtest, kannst du Zeitüberschreitungen bei der Medienverarbeitung aktivieren, auch wenn deine App nicht auf Android 15 ausgerichtet ist, solange sie auf einem Android 15-Gerät ausgeführt wird. Führen Sie den folgenden Befehl adb aus, um Zeitüberschreitungen zu aktivieren:

adb shell am compat enable FGS_INTRODUCE_TIME_LIMITS your-package-name

Sie können auch das Zeitlimit anpassen, um zu testen, wie sich Ihre Anwendung verhält, wenn das Limit erreicht ist. Führen Sie den folgenden adb-Befehl aus, um ein neues Zeitlimit festzulegen:

adb shell device_config put activity_manager media_processing_fgs_timeout_duration duration-in-milliseconds

Einschränkungen für BOOT_COMPLETED-Übertragungsempfänger, die Dienste im Vordergrund starten

Es gelten neue Einschränkungen für die Einführung von BOOT_COMPLETED Übertragungsempfängern Dienste im Vordergrund. BOOT_COMPLETED Empfänger dürfen nicht Folgendes starten: folgende Arten von Diensten im Vordergrund:

Wenn ein BOOT_COMPLETED-Empfänger versucht, einen dieser Dienste im Vordergrund zu starten, löst das System ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException aus.

Testen

Um das Verhalten Ihrer App zu testen, können Sie diese neuen Einschränkungen auch dann aktivieren, wenn Ihre Die App ist nicht auf Android 15 ausgerichtet (solange die App auf einem Android 15 ausgeführt wird) Gerät). Führen Sie den folgenden adb-Befehl aus:

adb shell am compat enable FGS_BOOT_COMPLETED_RESTRICTIONS your-package-name

Wenn Sie eine BOOT_COMPLETED-Broadcastnachricht senden möchten, ohne das Gerät neu zu starten, führen Sie den folgenden Befehl adb aus:

adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED your-package-name

Einschränkungen beim Starten von Diensten im Vordergrund, während eine App die Berechtigung SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW hat

Previously, if an app held the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission, it could launch a foreground service even if the app was currently in the background (as discussed in exemptions from background start restrictions).

If an app targets Android 15, this exemption is now narrower. The app now needs to have the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission and also have a visible overlay window. That is, the app needs to first launch a TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY window and the window needs to be visible before you start a foreground service.

If your app attempts to start a foreground service from the background without meeting these new requirements (and it does not have some other exemption), the system throws ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.

If your app declares the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission and launches foreground services from the background, it may be affected by this change. If your app gets a ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException, check your app's order of operations and make sure your app already has an active overlay window before it attempts to start a foreground service from the background. You can check if your overlay window is currently visible by calling View.getWindowVisibility(), or you can override View.onWindowVisibilityChanged() to get notified whenever the visibility changes.

Testing

To test your app's behavior, you can enable these new restrictions even if your app is not targeting Android 15 (as long as the app is running on an Android 15 device). To enable these new restrictions on starting foreground services from the background, run the following adb command:

adb shell am compat enable FGS_SAW_RESTRICTIONS your-package-name

Änderungen daran, wann Apps den globalen Status des Modus „Bitte nicht stören“ ändern können

Apps that target Android 15 (API level 35) and higher can no longer change the global state or policy of Do Not Disturb (DND) on a device (either by modifying user settings, or turning off DND mode). Instead, apps must contribute an AutomaticZenRule, which the system combines into a global policy with the existing most-restrictive-policy-wins scheme. Calls to existing APIs that previously affected global state (setInterruptionFilter, setNotificationPolicy) result in the creation or update of an implicit AutomaticZenRule, which is toggled on and off depending on the call-cycle of those API calls.

Note that this change only affects observable behavior if the app is calling setInterruptionFilter(INTERRUPTION_FILTER_ALL) and expects that call to deactivate an AutomaticZenRule that was previously activated by their owners.

OpenJDK-API-Änderungen

Android 15 continues the work of refreshing Android's core libraries to align with the features in the latest OpenJDK LTS releases.

Some of these changes can affect app compatibility for apps targeting Android 15 (API level 35):

  • Changes to string formatting APIs: Validation of argument index, flags, width, and precision are now more strict when using the following String.format() and Formatter.format() APIs:

    For example, the following exception is thrown when an argument index of 0 is used (%0 in the format string):

    IllegalFormatArgumentIndexException: Illegal format argument index = 0
    

    In this case, the issue can be fixed by using an argument index of 1 (%1 in the format string).

  • Changes to component type of Arrays.asList(...).toArray(): When using Arrays.asList(...).toArray(), the component type of the resulting array is now an Object—not the type of the underlying array's elements. So the following code throws a ClassCastException:

    String[] elements = (String[]) Arrays.asList("one", "two").toArray();
    

    For this case, to preserve String as the component type in the resulting array, you could use Collection.toArray(Object[]) instead:

    String[] elements = Arrays.asList("two", "one").toArray(new String[0]);
    
  • Changes to language code handling: When using the Locale API, language codes for Hebrew, Yiddish, and Indonesian are no longer converted to their obsolete forms (Hebrew: iw, Yiddish: ji, and Indonesian: in). When specifying the language code for one of these locales, use the codes from ISO 639-1 instead (Hebrew: he, Yiddish: yi, and Indonesian: id).

  • Changes to random int sequences: Following the changes made in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8301574, the following Random.ints() methods now return a different sequence of numbers than the Random.nextInt() methods do:

    Generally, this change shouldn't result in app-breaking behavior, but your code shouldn't expect the sequence generated from Random.ints() methods to match Random.nextInt().

The new SequencedCollection API can affect your app's compatibility after you update compileSdk in your app's build configuration to use Android 15 (API level 35):

  • Collision with MutableList.removeFirst() and MutableList.removeLast() extension functions in kotlin-stdlib

    The List type in Java is mapped to the MutableList type in Kotlin. Because the List.removeFirst() and List.removeLast() APIs have been introduced in Android 15 (API level 35), the Kotlin compiler resolves function calls, for example list.removeFirst(), statically to the new List APIs instead of to the extension functions in kotlin-stdlib.

    If an app is re-compiled with compileSdk set to 35 and minSdk set to 34 or lower, and then the app is run on Android 14 and lower, a runtime error is thrown:

    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method
    removeFirst()Ljava/lang/Object; in class Ljava/util/ArrayList;
    

    The existing NewApi lint option in Android Gradle Plugin can catch these new API usages.

    ./gradlew lint
    
    MainActivity.kt:41: Error: Call requires API level 35 (current min is 34): java.util.List#removeFirst [NewApi]
          list.removeFirst()
    

    To fix the runtime exception and lint errors, the removeFirst() and removeLast() function calls can be replaced with removeAt(0) and removeAt(list.lastIndex) respectively in Kotlin. If you're using Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.1.3 or higher, it also provides a quick fix option for these errors.

    Consider removing @SuppressLint("NewApi") and lintOptions { disable 'NewApi' } if the lint option has been disabled.

  • Collision with other methods in Java

    New methods have been added into the existing types, for example, List and Deque. These new methods might not be compatible with the methods with the same name and argument types in other interfaces and classes. In the case of a method signature collision with incompatibility, the javac compiler outputs a build-time error. For example:

    Example error 1:

    javac MyList.java
    
    MyList.java:135: error: removeLast() in MyList cannot implement removeLast() in List
      public void removeLast() {
                  ^
      return type void is not compatible with Object
      where E is a type-variable:
        E extends Object declared in interface List
    

    Example error 2:

    javac MyList.java
    
    MyList.java:7: error: types Deque<Object> and List<Object> are incompatible;
    public class MyList implements  List<Object>, Deque<Object> {
      both define reversed(), but with unrelated return types
    1 error
    

    Example error 3:

    javac MyList.java
    
    MyList.java:43: error: types List<E#1> and MyInterface<E#2> are incompatible;
    public static class MyList implements List<Object>, MyInterface<Object> {
      class MyList inherits unrelated defaults for getFirst() from types List and MyInterface
      where E#1,E#2 are type-variables:
        E#1 extends Object declared in interface List
        E#2 extends Object declared in interface MyInterface
    1 error
    

    To fix these build errors, the class implementing these interfaces should override the method with a compatible return type. For example:

    @Override
    public Object getFirst() {
        return List.super.getFirst();
    }
    

Sicherheit

Android 15 enthält Änderungen, die die Systemsicherheit fördern und dazu beitragen, Apps und Nutzer vor schädlichen Apps zu schützen.

Eingeschränkte TLS-Versionen

Unter Android 15 ist die Verwendung der TLS-Versionen 1.0 und 1.1 eingeschränkt. Diese Versionen wurden bereits in Android eingestellt, sind aber jetzt für Apps, die auf Android 15 ausgerichtet sind, nicht mehr zulässig.

Sichere Starts von Hintergrundaktivitäten

Android 15 schützt Nutzer vor schädlichen Apps und gibt ihnen mehr Kontrolle über ihre Geräte. Dazu werden Änderungen eingeführt, die verhindern, dass schädliche Hintergrund-Apps andere Apps in den Vordergrund holen, ihre Berechtigungen erweitern und Nutzerinteraktionen missbrauchen. Das Starten von Hintergrundaktivitäten ist seit Android 10 (API-Level 29) eingeschränkt.

Sonstige Änderungen

  • PendingIntent-Ersteller standardmäßig so ändern, dass Starts von Hintergrundaktivitäten blockiert werden: So wird verhindert, dass Apps versehentlich eine PendingIntent erstellen, die von böswilligen Akteuren missbraucht werden könnte.
  • Eine App darf nur dann in den Vordergrund gebracht werden, wenn der PendingIntent-Absender dies zulässt. Mit dieser Änderung soll verhindert werden, dass schädliche Apps die Möglichkeit zum Starten von Aktivitäten im Hintergrund missbrauchen. Standardmäßig dürfen Apps den Task-Stack nicht in den Vordergrund holen, es sei denn, der Ersteller erlaubt das Starten von Hintergrundaktivitäten oder der Absender hat die Berechtigung zum Starten von Hintergrundaktivitäten.
  • Steuern, wie die oberste Aktivität eines Aufgabenstapels ihre Aufgabe beenden kann Wenn die oberste Aktivität eine Aufgabe beendet, kehrt Android zur zuletzt aktiven Aufgabe zurück. Wenn eine Aktivität, die nicht im Vordergrund ausgeführt wird, ihre Aufgabe beendet, kehrt Android zum Startbildschirm zurück. Das Beenden dieser Aktivität wird nicht blockiert.
  • Verhindern, dass beliebige Aktivitäten aus anderen Apps in Ihrem eigenen Task gestartet werden. Diese Änderung verhindert, dass schädliche Apps Nutzer durch das Erstellen von Aktivitäten, die von anderen Apps zu stammen scheinen, zum Phishing verleiten.
  • Blockieren, dass nicht sichtbare Fenster für Starts von Hintergrundaktivitäten berücksichtigt werden: So wird verhindert, dass schädliche Apps Hintergrundaktivitäten starten, um Nutzern unerwünschte oder schädliche Inhalte zu präsentieren.

Sicherere Intents

In Android 15 wird StrictMode für Intents eingeführt.

So rufen Sie detaillierte Logs zu Verstößen gegen die Nutzungsbedingungen von Intent auf:

Kotlin

fun onCreate() {
    StrictMode.setVmPolicy(VmPolicy.Builder()
        .detectUnsafeIntentLaunch()
        .build()
    )
}

Java

public void onCreate() {
    StrictMode.setVmPolicy(new VmPolicy.Builder()
            .detectUnsafeIntentLaunch()
            .build());
}

Nutzererfahrung und System-UI

Android 15 enthält einige Änderungen, die für eine einheitlichere und intuitivere User Experience sorgen sollen.

Änderungen am Fenstereinsatz

In Android 15 gibt es zwei Änderungen im Zusammenhang mit Fenstereinblendungen: Vollbild wird standardmäßig erzwungen. Außerdem gibt es Konfigurationsänderungen, z. B. an der Standardkonfiguration der Systemleisten.

Edge-to-Edge-Erzwingung

Apps are edge-to-edge by default on devices running Android 15 if the app is targeting Android 15 (API level 35).

An app that targets Android 14 and is not edge-to-edge on an Android 15 device.


An app that targets Android 15 (API level 35) and is edge-to-edge on an Android 15 device. This app mostly uses Material 3 Compose Components that automatically apply insets. This screen is not negatively impacted by the Android 15 edge-to-edge enforcement.

This is a breaking change that might negatively impact your app's UI. The changes affect the following UI areas:

  • Gesture handle navigation bar
    • Transparent by default.
    • Bottom offset is disabled so content draws behind the system navigation bar unless insets are applied.
    • setNavigationBarColor and R.attr#navigationBarColor are deprecated and don't affect gesture navigation.
    • setNavigationBarContrastEnforced and R.attr#navigationBarContrastEnforced continue to have no effect on gesture navigation.
  • 3-button navigation
    • Opacity set to 80% by default, with color possibly matching the window background.
    • Bottom offset disabled so content draws behind the system navigation bar unless insets are applied.
    • setNavigationBarColor and R.attr#navigationBarColor are set to match the window background by default. The window background must be a color drawable for this default to apply. This API is deprecated but continues to affect 3-button navigation.
    • setNavigationBarContrastEnforced and R.attr#navigationBarContrastEnforced is true by default, which adds an 80% opaque background across 3-button navigation.
  • Status bar
    • Transparent by default.
    • The top offset is disabled so content draws behind the status bar unless insets are applied.
    • setStatusBarColor and R.attr#statusBarColor are deprecated and have no effect on Android 15.
    • setStatusBarContrastEnforced and R.attr#statusBarContrastEnforced are deprecated but still have an effect on Android 15.
  • Display cutout
    • layoutInDisplayCutoutMode of non-floating windows must be LAYOUT_IN_DISPLAY_CUTOUT_MODE_ALWAYS. SHORT_EDGES, NEVER, and DEFAULT are interpreted as ALWAYS so that users don't see a black bar caused by the display cutout and appear edge-to-edge.

The following example shows an app before and after targeting Android 15 (API level 35), and before and after applying insets. This example is not comprehensive, this might appear differently on Android Auto.

An app that targets Android 14 and is not edge-to-edge on an Android 15 device.
An app that targets Android 15 (API level 35) and is edge-to-edge on an Android 15 device. However, many elements are now hidden by the status bar, 3-button navigation bar, or display cutout due to the Android 15 edge-to-edge enforcements. Hidden UI includes the Material 2 top app bar, floating action buttons, and list items.
An app that targets Android 15 (API level 35), is edge to edge on an Android 15 device and applies insets so that UI is not hidden.
What to check if your app is already edge-to-edge

If your app is already edge-to-edge and applies insets, you are mostly unimpacted, except in the following scenarios. However, even if you think you aren't impacted, we recommend you test your app.

  • You have a non-floating window, such as an Activity that uses SHORT_EDGES, NEVER or DEFAULT instead of LAYOUT_IN_DISPLAY_CUTOUT_MODE_ALWAYS. If your app crashes on launch, this might be due to your splashscreen. You can either upgrade the core splashscreen dependency to 1.2.0-alpha01 or later or set window.attributes.layoutInDisplayCutoutMode = WindowManager.LayoutInDisplayCutoutMode.always.
  • There might be lower-traffic screens with occluded UI. Verify these less-visited screens don't have occluded UI. Lower-traffic screens include:
    • Onboarding or sign-in screens
    • Settings pages
What to check if your app is not already edge-to-edge

If your app is not already edge-to-edge, you are most likely impacted. In addition to the scenarios for apps that are already edge-to-edge, you should consider the following:

  • If your app uses Material 3 Components ( androidx.compose.material3) in compose, such as TopAppBar, BottomAppBar, and NavigationBar, these components are likely not impacted because they automatically handle insets.
  • If your app is using Material 2 Components ( androidx.compose.material) in Compose, these components don't automatically handle insets. However, you can get access to the insets and apply them manually. In androidx.compose.material 1.6.0 and later, use the windowInsets parameter to apply the insets manually for BottomAppBar, TopAppBar, BottomNavigation, and NavigationRail. Likewise, use the contentWindowInsets parameter for Scaffold.
  • If your app uses views and Material Components (com.google.android.material), most views-based Material Components such as BottomNavigationView, BottomAppBar, NavigationRailView, or NavigationView, handle insets and require no additional work. However, you need to add android:fitsSystemWindows="true" if using AppBarLayout.
  • For custom composables, apply the insets manually as padding. If your content is within a Scaffold, you can consume insets using the Scaffold padding values. Otherwise, apply padding using one of the WindowInsets.
  • If your app is using views and BottomSheet, SideSheet or custom containers, apply padding using ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener. For RecyclerView, apply padding using this listener and also add clipToPadding="false".
What to check if your app must offer custom background protection

If your app must offer custom background protection to 3-button navigation or the status bar, your app should place a composable or view behind the system bar using WindowInsets.Type#tappableElement() to get the 3-button navigation bar height or WindowInsets.Type#statusBars.

Additional edge-to-edge resources

See the Edge to Edge Views and Edge to Edge Compose guides for additional considerations on applying insets.

Deprecated APIs

The following APIs are deprecated but not disabled:

The following APIs are deprecated and disabled:

Stabile Konfiguration

If your app targets Android 15 (API level 35) or higher, Configuration no longer excludes the system bars. If you use the screen size in the Configuration class for layout calculation, you should replace it with better alternatives like an appropriate ViewGroup, WindowInsets, or WindowMetricsCalculator depending on your need.

Configuration has been available since API 1. It is typically obtained from Activity.onConfigurationChanged. It provides information like window density, orientation, and sizes. One important characteristic about the window sizes returned from Configuration is that it previously excluded the system bars.

The configuration size is typically used for resource selection, such as /res/layout-h500dp, and this is still a valid use case. However, using it for layout calculation has always been discouraged. If you do so, you should move away from it now. You should replace the use of Configuration with something more suitable depending on your use case.

If you use it to calculate the layout, use an appropriate ViewGroup, such as CoordinatorLayout or ConstraintLayout. If you use it to determine the height of the system navbar, use WindowInsets. If you want to know the current size of your app window, use computeCurrentWindowMetrics.

The following list describes the fields affected by this change:

Das Attribut „elegantTextHeight“ ist standardmäßig auf „true“ gesetzt.

For apps targeting Android 15 (API level 35), the elegantTextHeight TextView attribute becomes true by default, replacing the compact font used by default with some scripts that have large vertical metrics with one that is much more readable. The compact font was introduced to prevent breaking layouts; Android 13 (API level 33) prevents many of these breakages by allowing the text layout to stretch the vertical height utilizing the fallbackLineSpacing attribute.

In Android 15, the compact font still remains in the system, so your app can set elegantTextHeight to false to get the same behavior as before, but it is unlikely to be supported in upcoming releases. So, if your app supports the following scripts: Arabic, Lao, Myanmar, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Telugu or Thai, test your app by setting elegantTextHeight to true.

elegantTextHeight behavior for apps targeting Android 14 (API level 34) and lower.
elegantTextHeight behavior for apps targeting Android 15.

TextView-Breite ändert sich bei komplexen Buchstabenformen

In previous versions of Android, some cursive fonts or languages that have complex shaping might draw the letters in the previous or next character's area. In some cases, such letters were clipped at the beginning or ending position. Starting in Android 15, a TextView allocates width for drawing enough space for such letters and allows apps to request extra paddings to the left to prevent clipping.

Because this change affects how a TextView decides the width, TextView allocates more width by default if the app targets Android 15 (API level 35) or higher. You can enable or disable this behavior by calling the setUseBoundsForWidth API on TextView.

Because adding left padding might cause a misalignment for existing layouts, the padding is not added by default even for apps that target Android 15 or higher. However, you can add extra padding to preventing clipping by calling setShiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang.

The following examples show how these changes can improve text layout for some fonts and languages.

Standard layout for English text in a cursive font. Some of the letters are clipped. Here is the corresponding XML:

<TextView
    android:fontFamily="cursive"
    android:text="java" />
Layout for the same English text with additional width and padding. Here is the corresponding XML:

<TextView
    android:fontFamily="cursive"
    android:text="java"
    android:useBoundsForWidth="true"
    android:shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang="true" />
Standard layout for Thai text. Some of the letters are clipped. Here is the corresponding XML:

<TextView
    android:text="คอมพิวเตอร์" />
Layout for the same Thai text with additional width and padding. Here is the corresponding XML:

<TextView
    android:text="คอมพิวเตอร์"
    android:useBoundsForWidth="true"
    android:shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang="true" />

Gebietsschemaabhängige Standardzeilenhöhe für EditText

In previous versions of Android, the text layout stretched the height of the text to meet the line height of the font that matched the current locale. For example, if the content was in Japanese, because the line height of the Japanese font is slightly larger than the one of a Latin font, the height of the text became slightly larger. However, despite these differences in line heights, the EditText element was sized uniformly, regardless of the locale being used, as illustrated in the following image:

Three boxes representing EditText elements that can contain text from English (en), Japanese (ja), and Burmese (my). The height of the EditText is the same, even though these languages have different line heights from each other.

For apps targeting Android 15 (API level 35), a minimum line height is now reserved for EditText to match the reference font for the specified Locale, as shown in the following image:

Three boxes representing EditText elements that can contain text from English (en), Japanese (ja), and Burmese (my). The height of the EditText now includes space to accommodate the default line height for these languages' fonts.

If needed, your app can restore the previous behavior by specifying the useLocalePreferredLineHeightForMinimum attribute to false, and your app can set custom minimum vertical metrics using the setMinimumFontMetrics API in Kotlin and Java.

Kamera und Medien

Unter Android 15 werden die folgenden Änderungen am Kamera- und Medienverhalten für Apps eingeführt, die auf Android 15 oder höher ausgerichtet sind.

Einschränkungen beim Anfordern des Audiofokus

Apps, die auf Android 15 (API-Level 35) ausgerichtet sind, müssen die oberste App sein oder einen Dienst im Vordergrund ausführen, um den Audiofokus anfordern zu können. Wenn eine App versucht, den Fokus anzufordern, ohne eine dieser Anforderungen zu erfüllen, gibt der Aufruf AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED zurück.

Weitere Informationen zum Audiofokus finden Sie unter Audiofokus verwalten.

Aktualisierte Einschränkungen für Nicht-SDKs

Android 15 includes updated lists of restricted non-SDK interfaces based on collaboration with Android developers and the latest internal testing. Whenever possible, we make sure that public alternatives are available before we restrict non-SDK interfaces.

If your app does not target Android 15, some of these changes might not immediately affect you. However, while it's possible for your app to access some non-SDK interfaces depending on your app's target API level, using any non-SDK method or field always carries a high risk of breaking your app.

If you are unsure if your app uses non-SDK interfaces, you can test your app to find out. If your app relies on non-SDK interfaces, you should begin planning a migration to SDK alternatives. Nevertheless, we understand that some apps have valid use cases for using non-SDK interfaces. If you can't find an alternative to using a non-SDK interface for a feature in your app, you should request a new public API.

Weitere Informationen zu den Änderungen in dieser Android-Version finden Sie unter Änderungen an den Einschränkungen für nicht SDK-spezifische Oberflächen in Android 15. Weitere Informationen zu Nicht-SDK-Schnittstellen finden Sie unter Einschränkungen für Nicht-SDK-Schnittstellen.