aosp-devs.org August newsletter

Welcome to the eighth aosp-devs newsletter, keeping you up to date with things happening in the AOSP developer community.

And … again three days too late. Who would have thought that?

Upcoming changes by Google for Application sideloading

In August Google posted a change to the possibility of sideloading Apps on compatible Android devices. See A new layer of security for certified Android devices.

The main message: Sideloading aka third party App Story are still possible. But also the sideloaded apps are checked by Google now and Developers need to create an account to sign their Apps for sideloading.

The timeline is

Here is the timeline to help you plan:

And here is the discussion on discord.

This new security model is only enforced on Android-compliant devices. If you build your own AOSP and ship without Google Mobile Services you are not affected.

Some of the talk recordings of the AAOS Bootcamp have been released

Previously there were only some small signs that Google is running a bootcamp with presentation for thier automotive partners. E.g. some dropped PDF files (and really valuable slides) on source.android.com: Car framework core.

But now Denis Nekliudov from Google posted on LinkedIn some recordings of the bootcamp. They are available on this youtube playlist.

As we learned these talks were held on a third day of the bootcamp and intended to be 101 beginner sessions. The slides were already a good resource for AAOS topics, but the recordings are super exciting.

Here is also the discussion on Discord.

Notes from Discord

Some turbulence at CalyxOS

Boot time optimization, Tips, tricks and notes, e.g. Baseline profiles and boot time profiles: Discussion on Discord

Chris Simmonds on Using Yocto to build AOSP

Discussion on property implementation the VHAL, and callbacks: Discussion on Discord

Google has dropped support for Pixel devices in the AOSP. Already covered in the previous newsletter, but still something to discuss: Discussion on Discord

Question about international shipping of Jonathan Levin books on Android Discussion on Discord

Upcoming Events

AOSP and AAOS September Meetup (online)

Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devroom at IndiaFOSS 2025 (in-person)

DroidCon Berlin (in-person)

Linux Plumbers Conference - Android Micro Conference (in-person and remote)

Past Events

Open Source Summit Europe / Embedded Linux Conference Europe (in-person)

AOSP Session @ Open Source Summit India (in-person)