A long post on XDA with rumors and speculation about Android 12. Material NEXT? Custom themes support out-of-the-box? Scrolling screenshots? OS UI mockups look kinda nice by the way.
#android #os #update
#android #os #update
XDA Developers
Android 12: Everything you need to know about Google’s new big update to the popular OS!
Android 12 will be the latest version of Google's new Android OS when it releases later this year, but here's what we already know about it!
A bunch of links to new and updated Android 12 APIs. Widgets updates, SplashScreen API, and some other UI-related things have immediately attracted my attention.
#android #os #update
#android #os #update
CommonsWare: Android App Development Books
Random Musings on the Android 12 Developer Preview 2
Android 12 is upon us! I always take a deep dive through each developer preview and beta release, to see what we should know about that Google is not promoting much. So, here is what I have found for Android 12 Developer Preview 2!
There are rumors that Google is going to make all Android 13 devices use EROFS as file system for read-only partitions. This thing is supposed to work faster than EXT4 and to take less space. It was developed by a guy named Xiang Gao while he was working for Huawei. Their devices were used to test the whole thing on production, by the way.
#os #kernel #huawei
#os #kernel #huawei
www.esper.io
Android 13 Launch Devices Will Use Huawei’s EROFS for Fast, Efficient Storage Use
Devices launching with Android 13 have to use EROFS, a Huawei-made file system, for all read-only partitions. Here's why that's important.
Haven't heard about Fuchsia in a while. Here's a talk about their IPC lang by a FIDL dev.
#talk #os #fuchsia
#talk #os #fuchsia
YouTube
"An IPC Language For The Whole Operating System" by Ian McKellar (Strange Loop 2022)
Fuchsia is a new open source operating system, developed primarily by Google. One of its distinctive features is the Fuchsia Interface Definition Language (FIDL) that is used to define the API and ABI boundaries between all the different parts of the system…
One more OS by Google. The idea is to build a secure system for embedded and smart devices. In Rust.
Thanks to @MightySeal for the link
#google #os #rust
Thanks to @MightySeal for the link
#google #os #rust
Googleblog
Announcing KataOS and Sparrow
We've open sourced several components for our secure operating system, called KataOS, on GitHub, as well as partnered with Antmicro
App cloning. It seems that this strange yet interesting feature can make its way into Android 14. It allows you to have several profiles in a single app, even if the app itself doesn't allow this.
#android #os #update
#android #os #update
XDA
Android 14 could let you clone apps so you can use two accounts at the same time
Android 14 is preparing to add an app cloning feature that will let you clone an app so you can use two accounts at the same time.
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Wonderful! Some Android devices started calling 911 by themselves. Presumably after OS update. Really enjoyed tweet replies by the way.
#os #humor
#os #humor
CTVNews
Ontario police are asking Android users to check if they dialed 911
Police are asking Ontario Android users to check if their devices recently dialed 911.
When your file is "written on disk", it's sort of written, but not really on disk. Lord, the time has come!
#linux #os #io
#linux #os #io
Turns out, to write a file to disk correctly is a hard task by itself. And don't even get me started on working with different filesystems in different modes.
Let's thank @dimsuz for the link.
#linux #os #io
Let's thank @dimsuz for the link.
#linux #os #io
A dive into how files are stored on disk, what the heck is inode, and how to access all of that manually.
#linux #os #file
#linux #os #file
Moderately deep dive into what happens when we ask e.g. python to print a hello world for us. Almost every step is described - search for the binary, process fork, dynamic linking, etc. They also describe the tools you can use to inspect all these things.
#linux #os
#linux #os