Like previous releases, Android 15 includes behavior changes that might affect your app. The following behavior changes apply exclusively to apps that are targeting Android 15 or higher. If your app is targeting Android 15 or higher, you should modify your app to support these behaviors properly, where applicable.
Be sure to also review the list of behavior changes that affect all apps
running on Android 15 regardless of your app's targetSdkVersion
.
Core functionality
Android 15 modifies or expands various core capabilities of the Android system.
Changes to foreground services
We are making the following changes to foreground services with Android 15.
- Data sync foreground service timeout behavior
- New media processing foreground service type
- Restrictions on
BOOT_COMPLETED
broadcast receivers launching foreground services - Restrictions on starting foreground services while an app holds the
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
permission
Data sync foreground service timeout behavior
Android 15 introduces a new timeout behavior to dataSync
for apps targeting
Android 15 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:
- Have your service implement the new
Service.onTimeout(int, int)
method. When your app receives the callback, make sure to callstopSelf()
within a few seconds. (If you don't stop the app right away, the system generates a failure.) - 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). - 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. - 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
New media processing foreground service type
Android 15 introduces a new foreground service type, mediaProcessing
. This
service type is appropriate for operations like transcoding media files. For
example, a media app might download an audio file and need to convert it to a
different format before playing it. You can use a mediaProcessing
foreground
service to make sure the conversion continues even while the app is in the
background.
The system permits an app's mediaProcessing
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()
. 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 mediaProcessing did not stop within its timeout: [component name]"
To avoid having the exception, you can do one of the following:
- Have your service implement the new
Service.onTimeout(int, int)
method. When your app receives the callback, make sure to callstopSelf()
within a few seconds. (If you don't stop the app right away, the system generates a failure.) - Make sure your app's
mediaProcessing
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). - Only start
mediaProcessing
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. - Instead of using a
mediaProcessing
foreground service, use an alternative API, like WorkManager.
If your app's mediaProcessing
foreground services have run for 6 hours in the
last 24, you cannot start another mediaProcessing
foreground service unless
the user has brought your app to the foreground (which resets the timer). If you
try to start another mediaProcessing
foreground service, the system throws
ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException
with an error message like "Time limit already exhausted for foreground service
type mediaProcessing".
For more information about the mediaProcessing
service type, see Changes to
foreground service types for Android 15: Media processing.
Testing
To test your app's behavior, you can enable media processing 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 media_processing_fgs_timeout_duration duration-in-milliseconds
Restrictions on BOOT_COMPLETED
broadcast receivers launching foreground services
There are new restrictions on BOOT_COMPLETED
broadcast receivers launching
foreground services. BOOT_COMPLETED
receivers are not allowed to launch the
following types of foreground services:
dataSync
camera
mediaPlayback
phoneCall
mediaProjection
microphone
(this restriction has been in place formicrophone
since Android 14)
If a BOOT_COMPLETED
receiver tries to launch any of those types of foreground
services, the system throws ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException
.
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). Run the following adb
command:
adb shell am compat enable FGS_BOOT_COMPLETED_RESTRICTIONS your-package-name
To send a BOOT_COMPLETED
broadcast without restarting the device,
run the following adb
command:
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED your-package-name
Restrictions on starting foreground services while an app holds the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
permission
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
Changes to when apps can modify the global state of Do Not Disturb mode
Apps that target Android 15 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 changes
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()
andFormatter.format()
APIs:String.format(String, Object[])
String.format(Locale, String, Object[])
Formatter.format(String, Object[])
Formatter.format(Locale, String, Object[])
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 usingArrays.asList(...).toArray()
, the component type of the resulting array is now anObject
—not the type of the underlying array's elements. So the following code throws aClassCastException
:String[] elements = (String[]) Arrays.asList("one", "two").toArray();
For this case, to preserve
String
as the component type in the resulting array, you could useCollection.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 theRandom.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 matchRandom.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()
andMutableList.removeLast()
extension functions inkotlin-stdlib
The
List
type in Java is mapped to theMutableList
type in Kotlin. Because theList.removeFirst()
andList.removeLast()
APIs have been introduced in Android 15 (API level 35), the Kotlin compiler resolves function calls, for examplelist.removeFirst()
, statically to the newList
APIs instead of to the extension functions inkotlin-stdlib
.If an app is re-compiled with
compileSdk
set to35
andminSdk
set to34
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()
andremoveLast()
function calls can be replaced withremoveAt(0)
andremoveAt(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")
andlintOptions { 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
andDeque
. 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, thejavac
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 ListExample 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 errorExample 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 errorTo 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.getLast(); }
Security
Android 15 includes changes that promote system security to help protect apps and users from malicious apps.
Secured background activity launches
Android 15 protects users from malicious apps and gives them more control over their devices by adding changes that prevent malicious background apps from bringing other apps to the foreground, elevating their privileges, and abusing user interaction. Background activity launches have been restricted since Android 10 (API level 29).
Block apps that don't match the top UID on the stack from launching activities
Malicious apps can launch another app's activity within the same task, then
overlay themselves on top, creating the illusion of being that app. This "task
hijacking" attack bypasses current background launch restrictions because it all
occurs within the same visible task. To mitigate this risk, Android 15 adds a
flag that blocks apps that don't match the top UID on the stack from launching
activities. To opt in for all of your app's activities, update the
allowCrossUidActivitySwitchFromBelow
attribute in your app's AndroidManifest.xml
file:
<application android:allowCrossUidActivitySwitchFromBelow="false" >
The new security measures are active if all of the following are true:
- The app performing the launch targets Android 15.
- The app on top of the task stack targets Android 15.
- Any visible activity has opted in to the new protections
If the security measures are enabled, apps might return home, rather than the last visible app, if they finish their own task.
Other changes
In addition to the restriction for UID matching, these other changes are also included:
- Change
PendingIntent
creators to block background activity launches by default. This helps prevent apps from accidentally creating aPendingIntent
that could be abused by malicious actors. - Don't bring an app to the foreground unless the
PendingIntent
sender allows it. This change aims to prevent malicious apps from abusing the ability to start activities in the background. By default, apps are not allowed to bring the task stack to the foreground unless the creator allows background activity launch privileges or the sender has background activity launch privileges. - Control how the top activity of a task stack can finish its task. If the top activity finishes a task, Android will go back to whichever task was last active. Moreover, if a non-top activity finishes its task, Android will go back to the home screen; it won't block the finish of this non-top activity.
- Prevent launching arbitrary activities from other apps into your own task. This change prevents malicious apps from phishing users by creating activities that appear to be from other apps.
- Block non-visible windows from being considered for background activity launches. This helps prevent malicious apps from abusing background activity launches to display unwanted or malicious content to users.
Safer intents
Android 15 introduces new security measures to make intents safer and more robust. These changes are aimed at preventing potential vulnerabilities and misuse of intents that can be exploited by malicious apps. There are two main improvements to the security of intents in Android 15:
- Match target intent-filters: Intents that target specific components must accurately match the target's intent-filter specifications. If you send an intent to launch another app's activity, the target intent component needs to align with the receiving activity's declared intent-filters.
- Intents must have actions: Intents without an action will no longer match any intent-filters. This means that intents used to start activities or services must have a clearly defined action.
- Pending intents: The creator of the pending intent is treated as the sender of the enclosing intent, not the sender of the pending intent
Kotlin
fun onCreate() { StrictMode.setVmPolicy(VmPolicy.Builder() .detectUnsafeIntentLaunch() .build() ) }
Java
public void onCreate() { StrictMode.setVmPolicy(new VmPolicy.Builder() .detectUnsafeIntentLaunch() .build()); }
User experience and system UI
Android 15 includes some changes that are intended to create a more consistent, intuitive user experience.
Window inset changes
There are two changes related to window insets in Android 15: edge-to-edge is enforced by default, and there are also configuration changes, such as the default configuration of system bars.
Edge-to-edge enforcement
Apps are edge-to-edge by default on devices running Android 15 if the app is targeting Android 15 (API level 35).
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/edge-to-edge-1.png?authuser=9)
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
andR.attr#navigationBarColor
are deprecated and don't affect gesture navigation.setNavigationBarContrastEnforced
andR.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
andR.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
andR.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
andR.attr#statusBarColor
are deprecated and have no effect on Android 15.setStatusBarContrastEnforced
andR.attr#statusBarContrastEnforced
are deprecated but still have an effect on Android 15.
- Display cutout
layoutInDisplayCutoutMode
of non-floating windows must beLAYOUT_IN_DISPLAY_CUTOUT_MODE_ALWAYS
.SHORT_EDGES
,NEVER
andDEFAULT
are interpreted asALWAYS
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.
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/edge-to-edge-4.png?authuser=9)
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/edge-to-edge-6.png?authuser=9)
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/edge-to-edge-2.png?authuser=9)
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 usesSHORT_EDGES
,NEVER
orDEFAULT
instead ofLAYOUT_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 setwindow.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 asTopAppBar
,BottomAppBar
, andNavigationBar
, 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 thewindowInsets
parameter to apply the insets manually forBottomAppBar
,TopAppBar
,BottomNavigation
, andNavigationRail
. Likewise, use thecontentWindowInsets
parameter forScaffold
. - If your app uses views and Material Components
(
com.google.android.material
), most views-based Material Components such asBottomNavigationView
,BottomAppBar
,NavigationRailView
, orNavigationView
, handle insets and require no additional work. However, you need to addandroid:fitsSystemWindows="true"
if usingAppBarLayout
. - For custom composables, apply the insets manually as padding. If your
content is within a
Scaffold
, you can consume insets using theScaffold
padding values. Otherwise, apply padding using one of theWindowInsets
. - If your app is using views and
BottomSheet
,SideSheet
or custom containers, apply padding usingViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener
. ForRecyclerView
, apply padding using this listener and also addclipToPadding="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, you 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 now deprecated:
R.attr#enforceStatusBarContrast
R.attr#navigationBarColor
R.attr#navigationBarDividerColor
R.attr#statusBarColor
Window#getNavigationBarColor
Window#getNavigationBarDividerColor
Window#getStatusBarColor
Window#isStatusBarContrastEnforced
Window#setDecorFitsSystemWindows
Window#setNavigationBarColor
Window#setNavigationBarDividerColor
Window#setStatusBarColor
Window#setStatusBarContrastEnforced
Stable configuration
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:
Configuration.screenWidthDp
andscreenHeightDp
sizes no longer exclude the system bars.Configuration.smallestScreenWidthDp
is indirectly affected by changes toscreenWidthDp
andscreenHeightDp
.Configuration.orientation
is indirectly affected by changes toscreenWidthDp
andscreenHeightDp
on close-to-square devices.Display.getSize(Point)
is indirectly affected by the changes inConfiguration
. This was deprecated beginning in API level 30.Display.getMetrics()
has already worked like this since API level 33.
elegantTextHeight attribute defaults to true
For apps targeting Android 15, 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
.
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/elegant-text-height-before.png?authuser=9)
elegantTextHeight
behavior for apps targeting Android 14 (API level 34) and lower.![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/elegant-text-height-after.png?authuser=9)
elegantTextHeight
behavior for apps targeting Android 15.TextView width changes for complex letter shapes
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 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.
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/cursive-clipped.png?authuser=9)
<TextView android:fontFamily="cursive" android:text="java" />
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/cursive-noclipping.png?authuser=9)
<TextView android:fontFamily="cursive" android:text="java" android:useBoundsForWidth="true" android:shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang="true" />
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/thai-clipped.png?authuser=9)
<TextView android:text="คอมพิวเตอร์" />
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/thai-noclipping.png?authuser=9)
<TextView android:text="คอมพิวเตอร์" android:useBoundsForWidth="true" android:shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang="true" />
Locale-aware default line height for 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:
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/locale-aware-line-height-before.png?authuser=9)
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, a minimum line height is now reserved for
EditText
to match the reference font for the specified Locale, as shown in the
following image:
![](https://developer.android.com/static/about/versions/15/images/locale-aware-line-height-after.png?authuser=9)
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.
Camera and media
Android 15 makes the following changes to camera and media behavior for apps that target Android 15 or higher.
Restrictions on requesting audio focus
Apps that target Android 15 must be the top app or running a
foreground service in order to request audio focus. If an app
attempts to request focus when it does not meet one of these requirements, the
call returns AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED
.
You can learn more about audio focus at Manage audio focus.
Updated non-SDK restrictions
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.
To learn more about the changes in this release of Android, see Updates to non-SDK interface restrictions in Android 15. To learn more about non-SDK interfaces generally, see Restrictions on non-SDK interfaces.