Now that the first Android 15 Developer Preview is out on all the supported Pixel devices, it would be safe to assume your trigger-happy fingers would want to take it for a spin. If you want to install it on your Pixel, you can follow this guide here. If you are looking to find out all the new things Google has introduced in the update, you can check that here.
However, if you are still on the fence about installing the Android 15 Developer Preview on your device because you are too afraid of what might go wrong, then this post is for you since we are listing down all the known issues.
Android 15 Developer Preview 1 has some issues, but you can still try it out if you want to
Do keep in mind that these known issues are reported by Google. Which means that the company is actively working on fixing them.
Android Platform
- An issue with sideloading the Developer Preview 1 build can sometimes cause the device to show a "Device is corrupted" message after sideloading is completed. Due to the potential disruption that this issue can cause, we've temporarily disabled downloads for OTA images until we can further troubleshoot the issue. To work around this issue, we recommend that developers flash a factory image to test devices instead.
- While adding a face model for Face Unlock, the preview screen appears to be trimmed or cropped.
- When an app window is transitioning to picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, the PiP window disappears if the device is rotated before the PiP transition finishes.
- When a locked SIM card is inserted into an unlocked device, the user is not prompted to enter the PIN to unlock the SIM card. To work around this issue, lock and unlock the device manually.
Android Studio and Tools
- The Android 15 preview API level (VanillaIceCream) isn't displayed in the Preview Configuration window.
- In some cases when checking for updates in Android Studio, the latest version of the Android SDK Build-Tools that includes the Android 15 preview SDK isn't offered.
- While configuring a new project in Android Studio, the Android 15 preview SDK version is not listed in the Target SDK Version and Min SDK Version drop-down menus.
- Sometimes an Android Virtual Device (AVD) using an Android 15 system image fails to launch if the AVD is launched in embedded mode.
- An Android Virtual Device (AVD) using an Android 15 system image displays as offline if the AVD is launched and then rebooted using adb reboot or other methods.
- An issue with the Android Emulator sometimes prevents an app from being redeployed to an Android Virtual Device (AVD) after the AVD is closed.
- An issue with the Android Emulator causes the hearing device accessibility shortcut to launch multiple settings app windows.
- An issue with the Android Emulator causes the notification window to flicker while typing a direct reply.
- An issue with the Android Emulator sometimes causes authentication flows in apps to fail and display a "Google Play services keeps stopping" message.
- An issue with the Android Emulator causes Simpleperf to crash when running a CPU profile.
- An issue with the Android Emulator causes the languages listed in system language settings to display incorrect characters.
- An issue with the Android Emulator sometimes causes the QR Code scanner to display a "Something went wrong" message and fail to launch.
- The viewfinder for the Android QR Code scanner is sometimes cropped or resized to a smaller size on some Android Virtual Devices.
- Skia isn't compatible yet with the Android 15 preview SDK, which prevents 3D mode from being enabled in the Layout Inspector.
- An issue with Android Studio causes the Device Manager to temporarily stop displaying "Missing system image…" warning messages after an SDK Platform is added or removed using the SDK Manager.
- An issue with the Android Emulator prevents the Google Discover feed from loading in some cases.
Apps
- The Google Play Store sometimes crashes with a null pointer exception when trying to update apps.
- The Google TV app sometimes fails to initiate video playback and instead displays a "Play Movies & TV is temporarily unavailable" message.
Google has also claimed that all these issues are known, which means that if you are using the Android 15 Developer Preview, then you do not really have to go ahead and report these issues. We have mentioned a number of times that you should only install this update if you are okay with the issues that are present here. If you want a smoother experience, then you should not go for it.
News Source: Android Developers
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