Android P may add support for automatically launching an app when connected to certain devices/accessories
March 21, 2018 The Developer Preview for Android P was released in early March. With it came a host of changes, improvements, and even a regression or two . We’ve cataloged every new feature in an exhaustive two-part roundup , which is worth a read if you’re looking to catch up . This is merely the first of at least four public Android P preview builds on the horizon. We recently learned native support for iris scanners is heading to Android , and that an upcoming Developer Preview will introduce enhanced call filtering . And just this week, we uncovered evidence of another new feature, contextual app launching, that seems likely to ship alongside a future version of Android P. Automatic app launching in Android P is very clearly a work in progress. From what we’ve gathered in a teardown of Android P’s SystemUI APK, it’ll trigger the launch of predefined apps when a phone connects to certain devices or a...