Android 17 QPR1 is the first release since Android Honeycomb (3.x) adding new APIs for app developers without a release to the Android Open Source Project. The new APIs are currently exclusive to the Pixel OS and aren't available to other Android OEMs.
https://developer.android.com/sdk/api_diff/37.1/changes
Agreed. It’s time to have a truly open source OS. I didn’t know that they had that opinion, but it doesn’t surprise me. They seem extremely… determined is probably the nicest way I can put it.
I used to be enthusiastic about graphene, but between this and a few other things, I’m not sure pursuing using graphene is really worthy of my time, if only because of the devs’ attitudes, or at least the attitude of whoever is doing their communications.
Agreed. It’s time to have a truly open source OS. I didn’t know that they had that opinion, but it doesn’t surprise me. They seem extremely… determined is probably the nicest way I can put it.
I used to be enthusiastic about graphene, but between this and a few other things, I’m not sure pursuing using graphene is really worthy of my time, if only because of the devs’ attitudes, or at least the attitude of whoever is doing their communications.