# Building adaptive Android apps for foldable and expanded displays

DevFeed: [Building adaptive Android apps for foldable and expanded displays](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/enhance-your-app-for-the-new-pixel-lineup-unveiled-at-made-by-google-22697.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/08/pixel-app-experience-made-by-google.html>)

Author: Android Developers (noreply@blogger.com)

Published: 2026-08-12T19:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Android Developers Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/android-developers-blog-3.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Large Screen](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/large-screen.md>), [Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack-compose.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [Jetpack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack.md>), [Canvas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/canvas.md>)

Tags: [adaptive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adaptive.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [jetpack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>), [multitasking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multitasking.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

This Android developer article explains how to adapt apps for foldable devices and expanded displays. It covers window-based sizing, Jetpack Compose layout APIs, posture-aware interfaces, and preserving UI state across folding, rotation, multitasking, and resizing transitions, with examples from Notability and Flo Health.

## Source excerpt

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager, Android Developer Made by Google expands what's possible across the Android ecosystem. With the introduction of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 5, and the entire Pixel family, users are moving seamlessly across diverse screen sizes, unique postures, and intelligent experiences. For you, the developer, this represents a massive opportunity: foldable users spend about 14x more than standard phone users. To help you elevate your existing experience without starting from scratch, we're sharing our latest platform guidance alongside real-world examples from developers already putting these features into production. Deliver adaptive experiences across foldables and expanded displays The Pixel 11 Pro Fold gives your app a chance to flex its capabilities with an expanded inner display and a standard size outer screen. Building for the foldable form factor requires dropping hardcoded layout rules and designing around available window space. Leveraging Jetpack Compose APIs like Navigation 3 with Scene strategies or our newest layout APIs like Grid and FlexBox allows your layout containers to automatically wrap, span, and reflow. You can also use the experimental MediaQuery API to dynamically adapt your UI to environmental signals like foldable posture, and keyboard states. Building adaptively requires tracking actual app dimensions rather than physical device size, especially during split-screen and multitasking flows. Using Window Size Classes from the WindowManager library allows your layout to respect folds and hinges as natural content separators. For instance, Notability leveraged Material 3 Window Size Classes to create a responsive two-pane layout that transitions smoothly between folded and expanded screens. As Ryan Shea, Android Engineering Manager at Notability, shared, tracking the window itself allows their layout and canvas z