Once upon a time, Android itself will only play pursuit of market trends and design while producers do their own things and fragmented ecosystems. It seems that Google has taken a different approach and does not let the company lead when it comes to foldable. Right from the start, this collaborated with Samsung in the first galaxy folded and now expanded the ability of Android to handle devices with large and flexible screens.
Android is actually rather weak on the tablet, with Google initially refused to even recognize their existence. The release of Android 3.0 Honeycomb should be the first to serve Android on a large screen but it is almost destined to fail. Since then, Android has included features and components designed for tablets and even PCs but Google now makes a stronger encouragement, ironically because of folding.
Some of the points made it recognized when there were years before even before the cellphone was folded. The application must be, for example, learn to take advantage of a larger screen with something like slidingepanelayout while also allowing their application to be controlled using a keyboard and mouse. At the same time, Google also updates the Android UI component so they change the size and adjust gracefully, no matter the screen size.
However, there are some new user experiences that are being activated by folded devices, such as running two instances from the same application side by side and allows content to be dragged and falls between it. Android will also take into account folds and hinges when present to avoid content that falls under the parts that cannot be seen.
It’s fun to see that Google makes Android support like it using cases even when there are still many folding devices on the market. This can actually encourage some producers to adopt that form factor, knowing that the OS directly supports it than having to find ways to hack folds.