動作の変更点: Android 16 以上をターゲットとするアプリ

これまでのリリースと同様、Android 16 には、アプリに影響する可能性がある動作変更が含まれています。下記の動作変更は、Android 16 以上をターゲットとするアプリにのみ適用されます。アプリが Android 16 以上をターゲットとする場合は、必要に応じてアプリを変更し、下記の動作に適切に対応できるようにしてください。

アプリの targetSdkVersion に関係なく、Android 16 で実行されるすべてのアプリに影響する動作変更のリストも必ずご確認ください。

ユーザー エクスペリエンスとシステム UI

Android 16(API レベル 36)では、より一貫性があり直感的なユーザー エクスペリエンスを実現するために、以下の変更が加えられています。

エッジ ツー エッジのオプトアウトの廃止

Android 15 enforced edge-to-edge for apps targeting Android 15 (API level 35), but your app could opt-out by setting R.attr#windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement to true. For apps targeting Android 16 (API level 36), R.attr#windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement is deprecated and disabled, and your app can't opt-out of going edge-to-edge.

  • If your app targets Android 16 (API level 36) and is running on an Android 15 device, R.attr#windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement continues to work.
  • If your app targets Android 16 (API level 36) and is running on an Android 16 device, R.attr#windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement is disabled.

For testing in Android 16 Beta 3, ensure your app supports edge-to-edge and remove any use of R.attr#windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement so that your app also supports edge-to-edge on an Android 15 device. To support edge-to-edge, see the Compose and Views guidance.

予測型「戻る」に移行またはオプトアウトが必要

Android 16(API レベル 36)以上をターゲットとし、Android 16 以降のデバイスで実行されるアプリの場合、予測型「戻る」システム アニメーション(ホーム画面への戻る、タスク間、アクティビティ間)はデフォルトで有効になっています。また、onBackPressed は呼び出されず、KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK はディスパッチされなくなりました。

アプリが「戻る」イベントをインターセプトしていて、予測型「戻る」にまだ移行していない場合は、サポートされている「戻る」ナビゲーション API を使用するようにアプリを更新するか、アプリの AndroidManifest.xml ファイルの <application> タグまたは <activity> タグで android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback 属性を false に設定して、一時的にオプトアウトします。

予測型「戻る」アニメーション。
予測型のクロス アクティビティ アニメーション。
予測型のクロスタスク アニメーション。

Elegant フォント API の非推奨と無効化

Android 15(API レベル 35)をターゲットとするアプリでは、elegantTextHeight TextView 属性がデフォルトで true に設定されているため、コンパクト フォントが読みやすくなっています。elegantTextHeight 属性を false に設定すると、これをオーバーライドできます。

Android 16 では elegantTextHeight 属性のサポートが終了し、アプリが Android 16 をターゲットとすると、この属性は無視されます。これらの API によって制御される「UI フォント」は廃止されるため、アラビア語、ラオス語、ミャンマー語、タミル語、グジャラート語、カンナダ語、マラヤーラム語、オディア語、テルグ語、タイ語でテキストのレンダリングが将来にわたって一貫して行われるように、レイアウトを調整する必要があります。

Android 14(API レベル 34)以前をターゲットとするアプリ、または elegantTextHeight 属性を false に設定してデフォルトをオーバーライドした Android 15(API レベル 35)をターゲットとするアプリの
elegantTextHeight の動作。
Android 16 をターゲットとするアプリ、または elegantTextHeight 属性を false に設定してデフォルトをオーバーライドしなかった Android 15(API レベル 35)をターゲットとするアプリの elegantTextHeight の動作。

コア機能

Android 16(API レベル 36)には、Android システムのさまざまなコア機能を変更または拡張する次の変更が含まれています。

固定レートの勤務スケジュールの最適化

Prior to targeting Android 16, when scheduleAtFixedRate missed a task execution due to being outside a valid process lifecycle, all missed executions immediately execute when the app returns to a valid lifecycle.

When targeting Android 16, at most one missed execution of scheduleAtFixedRate is immediately executed when the app returns to a valid lifecycle. This behavior change is expected to improve app performance. Test this behavior in your app to check if your app is impacted. You can also test by using the app compatibility framework and enabling the STPE_SKIP_MULTIPLE_MISSED_PERIODIC_TASKS compat flag.

デバイスのフォーム ファクタ

Android 16(API レベル 36)では、大画面デバイスに表示されるアプリについて、次のように変更されています。

アダプティブ レイアウト

With Android apps now running on a variety of devices (such as phones, tablets, foldables, desktops, cars, and TVs) and windowing modes on large screens (such as split screen and desktop windowing), developers should build Android apps that adapt to any screen and window size, regardless of device orientation. Paradigms like restricting orientation and resizability are too restrictive in today's multidevice world.

Ignore orientation, resizability, and aspect ratio restrictions

For apps targeting Android 16 (API level 36), Android 16 includes changes to how the system manages orientation, resizability, and aspect ratio restrictions. On displays with smallest width >= 600dp, the restrictions no longer apply. Apps also fill the entire display window, regardless of aspect ratio or a user's preferred orientation, and pillarboxing isn't used.

This change introduces a new standard platform behavior. Android is moving toward a model where apps are expected to adapt to various orientations, display sizes, and aspect ratios. Restrictions like fixed orientation or limited resizability hinder app adaptability, so we recommend making your app adaptive to deliver the best possible user experience.

You can also test this behavior by using the app compatibility framework and enabling the UNIVERSAL_RESIZABLE_BY_DEFAULT compat flag.

Common breaking changes

Ignoring orientation, resizability, and aspect ratio restrictions might impact your app's UI on some devices, especially elements that were designed for small layouts locked in portrait orientation: for example, issues like stretched layouts and off-screen animations and components. Any assumptions about aspect ratio or orientation can cause visual issues with your app. Learn more about how to avoid them and improve your app's adaptive behaviour.

Allowing device rotation results in more activity re-creation, which can result in losing user state if not properly preserved. Learn how to correctly save UI state in Save UI states.

Implementation details

The following manifest attributes and runtime APIs are ignored across large screen devices in full-screen and multi-window modes:

The following values for screenOrientation, setRequestedOrientation(), and getRequestedOrientation() are ignored:

  • portrait
  • reversePortrait
  • sensorPortrait
  • userPortrait
  • landscape
  • reverseLandscape
  • sensorLandscape
  • userLandscape

Regarding display resizability, android:resizeableActivity="false", android:minAspectRatio, and android:maxAspectRatio have no effect.

For apps targeting Android 16 (API level 36), app orientation, resizability, and aspect ratio constraints are ignored on large screens by default, but every app that isn't fully ready can temporarily override this behavior by opting out (which results in the previous behavior of being placed in compatibility mode).

Exceptions

The Android 16 orientation, resizability, and aspect ratio restrictions don't apply in the following situations:

  • Games (based on the android:appCategory flag)
  • Users explicitly opting in to the app's default behavior in aspect ratio settings of the device
  • Screens that are smaller than sw600dp

Opt out temporarily

To opt out a specific activity, declare the PROPERTY_COMPAT_ALLOW_RESTRICTED_RESIZABILITY manifest property:

<activity ...>
  <property android:name="android.window.PROPERTY_COMPAT_ALLOW_RESTRICTED_RESIZABILITY" android:value="true" />
  ...
</activity>

If too many parts of your app aren't ready for Android 16, you can opt out completely by applying the same property at the application level:

<application ...>
  <property android:name="android.window.PROPERTY_COMPAT_ALLOW_RESTRICTED_RESIZABILITY" android:value="true" />
</application>

健康&フィットネス

Android 16(API レベル 36)では、健康とフィットネスのデータに関連する次の変更が加えられました。

健康とフィットネスの権限

For apps targeting Android 16 (API level 36) or higher, BODY_SENSORS permissions are transitioning to the granular permissions under android.permissions.health also used by Health Connect. Any API previously requiring BODY_SENSORS or BODY_SENSORS_BACKGROUND now requires the corresponding android.permissions.health permission. This affects the following data types, APIs, and foreground service types:

If your app uses these APIs, it should now request the respective granular permissions:

These permissions are the same as those that guard access to reading data from Health Connect, the Android datastore for health, fitness, and wellness data.

Mobile apps

Mobile apps migrating to use the READ_HEART_RATE and other granular permissions must also declare an activity to display the app's privacy policy. This is the same requirement as Health Connect.

接続

Android 16(API レベル 36)では、Bluetooth スタックに次の変更が加えられて、周辺機器との接続が改善されています。

ボンドの損失と暗号化の変更を処理する新しいインテントの追加

As part of the Improved bond loss handling, Android 16 also introduces 2 new intents to provide apps with greater awareness of bond loss and encryption changes.

Apps targeting Android 16 can now:

  • Receive an ACTION_KEY_MISSING intent when remote bond loss is detected, allowing them to provide more informative user feedback and take appropriate actions.
  • Receive an ACTION_ENCRYPTION_CHANGE intent whenever encryption status of the link changes. This includes encryption status change, encryption algorithm change, and encryption key size change. Apps must consider the bond restored if the link is successfully encrypted upon receiving ACTION_ENCRYPTION_CHANGE intent later.

If your app currently uses custom mechanisms for bond loss handling, migrate to the new intent ACTION_KEY_MISSING to detect and manage bond loss events. We recommend your app guide the user to confirm the remote device is in range before initiating device forgetting and re-pairing.

Moreover, if a device disconnects after ACTION_KEY_MISSING intent is received, your app should be mindful about reconnecting to the device as that device may no longer be bonded with the system.

セキュリティ

Android 16(API レベル 36)では、セキュリティが次のように変更されています。

MediaStore バージョンのロックダウン

Android 16 以降をターゲットとするアプリの場合、MediaStore#getVersion() はアプリごとに一意になります。これにより、バージョン文字列から識別プロパティが削除され、フィンガープリント手法の不正使用と使用が防止されます。アプリでは、このバージョンの形式について前提条件を設定しないでください。アプリは、この API を使用する際にバージョンの変更をすでに処理している必要があります。ほとんどの場合、デベロッパーがこの API の対象範囲を超える追加情報を推測しようとしない限り、現在の動作を変更する必要はありません。

Safer Intents

The Safer Intents feature is a multi-phase security initiative designed to improve the security of Android's intent resolution mechanism. The goal is to protect apps from malicious actions by adding checks during intent processing and filtering intents that don't meet specific criteria.

In Android 15 the feature focused on the sending app, now with Android 16, shifts control to the receiving app, allowing developers to opt-in to strict intent resolution using their app manifest.

Two key changes are being implemented:

  1. Explicit Intents Must Match the Target Component's Intent Filter: If an intent explicitly targets a component, it should match that component's intent filter.

  2. Intents Without an Action Cannot Match any Intent Filter: Intents that don't have an action specified shouldn't be resolved to any intent filter.

These changes only apply when multiple apps are involved and don't affect intent handling within a single app.

Impact

The opt-in nature means that developers must explicitly enable it in their app manifest for it to take effect. As a result, the feature's impact will be limited to apps whose developers:

  • Are aware of the Safer Intents feature and its benefits.
  • Actively choose to incorporate stricter intent handling practices into their apps.

This opt-in approach minimizes the risk of breaking existing apps that may rely on the current less-secure intent resolution behavior.

While the initial impact in Android 16 may be limited, the Safer Intents initiative has a roadmap for broader impact in future Android releases. The plan is to eventually make strict intent resolution the default behavior.

The Safer Intents feature has the potential to significantly enhance the security of the Android ecosystem by making it more difficult for malicious apps to exploit vulnerabilities in the intent resolution mechanism.

However, the transition to opt-out and mandatory enforcement must be carefully managed to address potential compatibility issues with existing apps.

Implementation

Developers need to explicitly enable stricter intent matching using the intentMatchingFlags attribute in their app manifest. Here is an example where the feature is opt-in for the entire app, but disabled/opt-out on a receiver:

<application android:intentMatchingFlags="enforceIntentFilter">
    <receiver android:name=".MyBroadcastReceiver" android:exported="true" android:intentMatchingFlags="none">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.example.MY_CUSTOM_ACTION" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.example.MY_ANOTHER_CUSTOM_ACTION" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
</application>

More on the supported flags:

Flag Name Description
enforceIntentFilter Enforces stricter matching for incoming intents
none Disables all special matching rules for incoming intents. When specifying multiple flags, conflicting values are resolved by giving precedence to the "none" flag
allowNullAction Relaxes the matching rules to allow intents without an action to match. This flag to be used in conjunction with "enforceIntentFilter" to achieve a specific behavior

Testing and Debugging

When the enforcement is active, apps should function correctly if the intent caller has properly populated the intent. However, blocked intents will trigger warning log messages like "Intent does not match component's intent filter:" and "Access blocked:" with the tag "PackageManager." This indicates a potential issue that could impact the app and requires attention.

Logcat filter:

tag=:PackageManager & (message:"Intent does not match component's intent filter:" | message: "Access blocked:")

プライバシー

Android 16(API レベル 36)では、プライバシーに関する次の変更が行われています。

ローカル ネットワークへのアクセス権

Devices on the LAN can be accessed by any app that has the INTERNET permission. This makes it easy for apps to connect to local devices but it also has privacy implications such as forming a fingerprint of the user, and being a proxy for location.

The Local Network Protections project aims to protect the user's privacy by gating access to the local network behind a new runtime permission.

Release plan

This change will be deployed between two releases, 25Q2 and TBD respectively. It is imperative that developers follow this guidance for 25Q2 and share feedback because these protections will be enforced at a later Android release. Moreover, they will need to update scenarios which depend on implicit local network access by using the following guidance and prepare for user rejection and revocation of the new permission.

Impact

At the current stage, LNP is an opt-in feature which means only the apps that opt in will be affected. The goal of the opt-in phase is for app developers to understand which parts of their app depend on implicit local network access such that they can prepare to permission guard them for the next release.

Apps will be affected if they access the user's local network using:

  • Direct or library use of raw sockets on local network addresses (e.g. mDNS or SSDP service discovery protocol)
  • Use of framework level classes that access the local network (e.g. NsdManager)

Traffic to and from a local network address requires local network access permission. The following table lists some common cases:

App Low Level Network Operation Local Network Permission Required
Making an outgoing TCP connection yes
Accepting incoming TCP connections yes
Sending a UDP unicast, multicast, broadcast yes
Receiving an incoming UDP unicast, multicast, broadcast yes

These restrictions are implemented deep in the networking stack, and thus they apply to all networking APIs. This includes sockets created in native or managed code, networking libraries like Cronet and OkHttp, and any APIs implemented on top of those. Trying to resolve services on the local network (i.e. those with a .local suffix) will require local network permission.

Exceptions to the rules above:

  • If a device's DNS server is on a local network, traffic to or from it (at port 53) doesn't require local network access permission.
  • Applications using Output Switcher as their in-app picker won't need local network permissions (more guidance to come in 2025Q4).

Developer Guidance (Opt-in)

To opt into local network restrictions, do the following:

  1. Flash the device to a build with 25Q2 Beta 3 or later.
  2. Install the app to be tested.
  3. Toggle the Appcompat flag in adb:

    adb shell am compat enable RESTRICT_LOCAL_NETWORK <package_name>
    
  4. Reboot The device

Now your app's access to the local network is restricted and any attempt to access the local network will lead to socket errors. If you are using APIs that perform local network operations outside of your app process (ex: NsdManager), they won't be impacted during the opt-in phase.

To restore access, you must grant your app permission to NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES.

  1. Ensure the app declares the NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES permission in its manifest.
  2. Go to Settings > Apps > [Application Name] > Permissions > Nearby devices > Allow.

Now your app's access to the local network should be restored and all your scenarios should work as they did prior to opting the app in.

Once enforcement for local network protection begins, here is how the app network traffic will be impacted.

Permission Outbound LAN Request Outbound/Inbound Internet Request Inbound LAN Request
Granted Works Works Works
Not Granted Fails Works Fails

Use the following command to toggle-off the App-Compat flag

adb shell am compat disable RESTRICT_LOCAL_NETWORK <package_name>

Errors

Errors arising from these restrictions will be returned to the calling socket whenever it invokes send or a send variant to a local network address.

Example errors:

sendto failed: EPERM (Operation not permitted)

sendto failed: ECONNABORTED (Operation not permitted)

Local Network Definition

A local network in this project refers to an IP network that utilizes a broadcast-capable network interface, such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, but excludes cellular (WWAN) or VPN connections.

The following are considered local networks:

IPv4:

  • 169.254.0.0/16 // Link Local
  • 100.64.0.0/10 // CGNAT
  • 10.0.0.0/8 // RFC1918
  • 172.16.0.0/12 // RFC1918
  • 192.168.0.0/16 // RFC1918

IPv6:

  • Link-local
  • Directly-connected routes
  • Stub networks like Thread
  • Multiple-subnets (TBD)

Additionally, both multicast addresses (224.0.0.0/4, ff00::/8) and the IPv4 broadcast address (255.255.255.255) are classified as local network addresses.

アプリ所有の写真

Android 16 以降を搭載したデバイスで、SDK 36 以降をターゲットとするアプリから写真と動画の権限を求めるメッセージが表示された場合、選択したメディアへのアクセスを制限することを選択したユーザーには、アプリが所有する写真が写真選択ツールで事前選択された状態で表示されます。ユーザーは、これらの事前選択された項目の選択を解除できます。これにより、それらの写真と動画へのアプリのアクセス権が取り消されます。