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Window Manager

  
Window Manager helps application developers support new device form factors and provide a common API surface for different Window Manager features on both old and new platform versions. The initial release is aimed at the foldable devices, and future versions will extend to more display types and window features.
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February 27, 2020 - - - 1.0.0-alpha01

Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on Window Manager, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project. Read Google's Maven repository for more information.

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

dependencies {
    implementation "androidx.window:window:1.0.0-alpha01"
}

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Version 1.0.0

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

February 27, 2020

androidx.window:window:1.0.0-alpha01 and androidx.window:window-extensions:1.0.0-alpha01 are released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits. This is the first release of the Window Manager library.

New features

  • DisplayFeature: This new API identifies disruptions in the continuous flat screen surfaces such as hinges or folds
  • DeviceState: This new API provides the current posture of the phone from a list of defined postures (For example, CLOSED, OPENED, HALF_OPENED, etc.)