This makes no sense.
Google has separate teams for the apps they develop. The teams that work on Android are not the same with with the ones working on Google's iOS apps.
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Google Apps for iOS to Switch to UIKit After Decade of Material Design
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Google has separate teams for the apps they develop. The teams that work on Android are not the same with with the ones working on Google's iOS apps.
That’s correct! And. the folks working on Android Tablet OS aren’t the same folks working on Chromebook… mainly because there’s no one working on Android Tablet anymore. There USED to be, but it looks more and more that, if it’s not a phone, to Google it’s Chrome. There may be third party vendors TRYING to make something work, but they’re not getting any help from Google on anything larger than a phone.
This has nothing to do with what you suggested in your comment which I replied to.
And yes Android OEMs that make Android tablets do modify Android OS as they please or need without needing input from Google. Samsung is an excellent example of how an OS on a tablet should be implemented in general(Dex is a really great feature they have on their tablets).
And last Google hasn't forsaken tablets completely. Android 12.1 will mainly concentrate on bringing software improvements for foldables/large screen devices.
They don’t have to. They will just replace their software with Swift and SeiftUI versions.. once they are 80-90% complete they will start telling developers to do the same. Apple is already rewriting lots of their apps to be Swift and SwiftUI
They would have to rewrite so much it's not even worth the time when they can just bridge their objc frameworks to swift. Also SwiftUI is still basically in infancy.
If you can compare what they’ve done with Chrome in those revisions to the meagre usability touches they’ve added to Android 12.1 and say that those are of equal focus, then ok! ’Nuf said!
It’s all speculation and rumors from someone who is NOT a leaker, so a VERY high likelihood that it’ll never come to pass. However, if it DOES come to pass, I’m in that number of folks that will not be surprised that Google has, once again, gotten bored with a tech and ended it, shifting into a new direction.
Oh Apple is definitely rewriting all the time- that’s why they have 10,000+ software engineers. Almost all of the built in MacOS apps are written in swift now. Sure SwiftUI is not there yet. But soon it will be and Apple will be the first to get to the goal of using it for everything. Then they will ask everyone else to. My guess is 2-3-4-5 years left of UIKit and ObjC. Swift 6 is almost on the horizon.
Not sure this is the right section...the Google app was updated yesterday and crashes everytime on startup on my iPhone and iPad on the latest iOS. I can access through the widget but anytime it goes to the main screen it crashes. Anyone else seeing this?
I can't wait for that redesign! Google's apps are the ones which feel out of place because of that stupid material design, that I didn't ever liked.
Typical Google fashion announce things 5 years before development, then abandon plans.
