Android Advisor - UK (2021-08)

28 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 88

ANDROID 12

DefinitionDocument(CDD) for Android

12’whereincopypertainingtothe

‘ApplicationSharedStorage’section

states,“Ifdeviceimplementation

havescreenshotorscreenrecording

functionality,includingbywayof

hardwareshortcutorsoftwarebutton,

they:MUSTsavetheimageorvideo

file generatedin a directorycalled

‘Screenshots’whichis automatically

generatedunder‘Pictures’on

onboardmemoryora SDcardin a

reliableport.It is accessiblebyusing

DIRECTORY_SCREENSHOTS.MUST

NOTsavescreenshotsandscreen

recordingsin DCIM,Pictures,Videos

oracustomdirectory.”

Whilethereasonforthismorerigid

stipulationonGoogle’spartis unclear,if

this changemakesit into the final CDD,

affecteduserswon’thavetoworryabout

unpickingscreenshotsfromthecloud-

storedpictures,if theydidn’twantthem

theretobeginwith.

DESSERTNAME

Sadly,Googlehaslongsinceabandoned

the officialdessertnamesfor Android

versions,butthecompanydoesstill

usethosenamesinternally– Android

11 wasunofficially known as Red Velvet

Cake, for example.

Android 12 is ‘S’, and XDA

Developers claims that this stands for

‘SnowCone’– prettydisappointing

whenthey had shortbread, s’more and

sherbet sitting right there.