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  • Four new Android 14 Project Mainline monthly updated modules

    From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 18 21:59:07 2024
    Four new Android 14 Project Mainline monthly updated modules are
    1. ConfigInfrastructure
    2. HealthFitness
    3. Remote Key Provisioner
    4. Time Zone Data (v5)

    As you're well aware, ever since Android 10, Google has been updating over
    two dozen core modules over the Internet using the Google Play Store update mechanism (where the Project Mainline monthly updates are so seamless, most people don't even realize every Android phone above 10 is being updated). ���<https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/modular-system>

    Mainline is also responsible for delivering several new features to older devices. Android 13's Photo Picker, for example, was backported to Android 11-12L thanks to a Mainline update.
    <https://www.androidpolice.com/project-mainline-android-14/>

    Here are the four new Mainline modules to be monthly updated in Android 14.

    ConfigInfrastructure:
    Config Infrastructure provides an updatable DeviceConfig implementation. DeviceConfig is the API used by Google Play Services to remotely toggle
    flags that control various Android system features. For example, before
    Android 14 Beta 4, the availability of the split notification & ringtone
    volume sliders was controlled by a DeviceConfig flag.

    HealthFitness: This contains the Health Connect app and related APIs. Since Health Connect is now baked into the OS, you won't need to download the app from Google Play anymore, plus it'll work on devices without GMS. For users
    who have already downloaded the Health Connect app from Google Play, Google
    has begun migrating users over to the system version. HealthFitness also contains the backup and restore app, which may eventually enable
    cloud-based backups of Health Connect data.

    Remote Key Provisioner:
    This contains the Remote Key Provisioning app and system service.

    Time Zone Data (v5):
    Okay, this is not really a new module. Every version of Android has its own OS-specific Time Zone Data module. Android 14 is the fifth release that supports Mainline, so we're now at version 5 of TZ data.

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