Google sets the ground rules for notch support on Android P

In anticipation of launching its lineup of Pixel 3 smartphones (which allegedly include a sporty Pixel 3 XL), Google has published an entry on the Developers Blog detailing its rules for display cutouts and how they will be supported on its operating system Android P.

According to Megan Potoski, product manager of the Android System user interface, Google's cutting rules have been developed to ensure that the user's Android device can be used. ensure that developer applications are ready to be cut out.

The good news for those who develop for Android P is that, by default, "the status bar will be resized to be at least as high as the cutout and your content will show up in the window below. "Google declares that" the application window is allowed to expand into the cutting area if the cutout is fully contained in a system bar. "

For developers, this means that all application windows will be "letterboxed".

Strict rules for hardware

In terms of hardware, Google said that "devices must ensure that their cutouts do not affect negatively applications, "indicating that" the devices can only have one cutout on each small side of the device. "

This will ensure that we" will not see more cuts on a single edge , or more than two cuts on a device, "and that we" will not see a cut on the left or right edge of the device. "

Another rule established by Google states that" in portrait orientation, without special flags, the status bar must be s & # 39; "

Apart from these stipulations, Google has stated that hardware manufacturers" may place cutouts where they want "on their devices.

We are sure that most people would agree to say that several notches are horrible, so we are quietly happy that Google officially limits the number of Android P.