# Android 12 review for Developers

DevFeed: [Android 12 review for Developers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/android-12-review-for-developers-25965.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://proandroiddev.com/review-of-android-12-for-developers-ea3ce9247e0?source=rss-7a0a233f88a2------2>)

Author: Kirill Rozov

Published: 2021-06-29T14:42:14Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Stories by Kirill Rozov on Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stories-by-kirill-rozov-on-medium.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Material Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/material-design.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-12](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-12.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [data-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-privacy.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [material-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/material-design.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [widget](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/widget.md>)

## AI overview

A developer-focused review of Android 12 based on its early beta, covering security and data privacy, Material You personalization, the standardized SplashScreen API, and updates to interface effects such as Ripple, Overscroll, and RenderEffect.

## Source excerpt

Android 12 review for developershttps://medium.com/media/14d506cb3ec570f8bf99b03256759f2e/href The Google I/O'21 conference took place, and we learned absolutely everything about the new version of Android, and we can also try it all in Beta 1, which we can install on the Pixel, and other manufacturers also allow you to install the GSI image. The main emphasis in the release was made on enhancing OS security and data privacy, as well as redesigning the system. They have done a very good job of supporting today's new media standards, and they have minimized the amount of pain that flagship devices will experience from older or budget smartphones. App Widgets have been improved, as users have been asking for since the first version of Android. DesignNew Material You designhttps://medium.com/media/94c8a2d0eca25e4d6931df11976a8884/href Google has unveiled an updated version of Material Design that focuses on personalizing the color palette. For example, colors in Pixel devices will be determined based on the background image. You will be able to fully experience Material You in the second Beta version of Android 12. The most important question is: "How will vendors adapt Material You in their firmware?" The chances are that this concept of colors will remain in pure Android, and vendors and third-party applications will ignore the design and use their own ideas. The entire color palette in Material was based on the app's brand colors, and now it has to be user-definable. Much depends on how the app interface designers adapt the new design. Write in the comments if you like Google's new visual style Standard Splash Screen for all apps SplashScreen API allows you to customize it for your brand: set a background, animated icon and other parameters. You cannot turn off the new Splash Screen, so everyone who has their own variation of such a screen -- pay attention. Splash Screen is a fairly popular practice in Android applications to hide long initialization. Now a standard