Android N Developer Preview 4 is Out! Final APIs and Play Publishing

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The road to N keeps getting shorter as we see new developer previews popping out. Now, we get the Android N developer preview 4, coming your way through your local ADB or your beta program OTAs!

What’s new in DP4? Developers will be happy to note that they can now publish apps that use API level 24 to Google Play in the alpha, beta and production release channel. Moreover, DP4 includes the final APIs (level 24) for Android N. Alongside Dev Preview 4, the final API 24 SDK is provided to be used with Android Studio 2.1.2 and higher, and there are DP4 system images for the emulator as well. You can find the downloads below:

The release post does not note much else in the way of immediately perceptible changes other than the deferral of Launcher Shortcuts and removal of Launcher Shortcut APIs. Other than better stability, go into the preview with open expectations and dig around to find what’s new!

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