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Android 16 QPR1-kjeldekoden kjem endeleg til AOSP etter fleire vekers forseinking — kva er nytt, kvifor vart det halde tilbake, og korleis synkronisere (12. november 2025)

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Android 16 QPR1 source code finally lands on AOSP after weeks‑long delay — what’s new, why it was held back, and how to sync (Nov 12, 2025)
  • Google har lagt ut kjeldekoden for Android 16 QPR1 til Android Open Source Project under android16-qpr1-release-greina. [1]
  • Utgjevinga kjem om lag to månader etter at QPR1 byrja å rulle ut til Pixel-enheter, ein uvanleg lang ventetid som frustrerte ROM-prosjekt. [2]
  • Koden stadfestar hovudnyheiter i QPR1 som Material 3 Expressive og pågåande arbeid med Desktop Mode—no fullt mogleg å inspisere for utviklarar. [3]
  • Tidspunktet kjem tett etter November 2025 Pixel Feature Drop, noko som kan forklare kvifor det vart halde tilbake. [4]

Kva skjedde i dag

Google har publisert heile Android 16 QPR1-kjeldekoden til AOSP. Du kan sjå den offisielle manifest-endringa—“Oppdater standard revisjon til android16-qpr1-release”—i platform/manifest-repoet, og oppdatert default.xml peikar no til den greina for android-latest-release. [5]

Utlegginga samsvarer med fleire rapportar frå Android-pressa og utviklarmiljøet som peikar på at QPR1-koden endeleg er offentleg etter fleire vekers venting. [6]

Kvifor utgjevinga er viktig

Openheit & samanlikning: Med kjeldene tilgjengelege kan team samanlikne frameworks/base, SystemUI, WindowManager og Shell for å sjå alle åtferdsendringar sidan Android 16 GA og QPR1-utrullinga. Dette er avgjerande for å feilsøkje regresjonar, sortere app-kompatibilitetsproblem og validere OEM-integrasjonar. [7]

Custom ROM-ar: Store prosjekt som LineageOS heldt med vilje tilbake QPR1-merka bygg fordi ikkje alle komponentar var tilgjengelege. Dagens utlegging opnar for rebasering og bør auke farten på testbygg for populære einingar. [8]

Funksjonsverifisering: Kjeldematerialet stadfestar den visuelle overhalinga under Material 3 Expressive og pågåande Desktop Mode-infrastruktur som dukka opp gjennom QPR1-betaene—no heilt etterprøvbar. [9]

Forsinkelsen—kva endra seg denne syklusen?

Historisk har Google publisert nye Android-greiner til AOSP innan få dagar etter ein stabil utgåve. Med Android 16 QPR1 kom koden omtrent to månader etter at Pixel-enheter fekk oppdateringa—eit unntak som lét vedlikehaldarar vente. [10]

Den november 2025 Pixel Feature Drop kom i går med nye AI-assisterte funksjonar; QPR1-kjelda dukka opp umiddelbart etterpå. Den rekkefølgja har ført til kvalifiserte gjetningar om at Google ville unngå å røpe uannonserte Feature Drop-ledetrådar i offentlege repoar. Google har ikkje offisielt gitt ein teknisk grunn, men tidspunktet stemmer. [11]

Kva er eigentleg i Android 16 QPR1

  • Material 3 Expressive UI: Ein breiare visuell oppfrisking som omfattar Snarinnstillingar, varslingar og låseskjerm-element, no gjennomgåande heilt ned til ressurs- og flaggnivå. [12]
  • Desktop Mode-framdrift: Meir robust grunnarbeid for multi-vindauge/multi-skjerm som OEM-ar og ROM-ar kan undersøke i WindowManager/Shell for å forbetre friformsvindauge og oppgåvelinjeåtferd. [13]
  • Økosystemforbetringar: Ei rekkje underliggande feilrettingar typisk for QPR-ar som ikkje endrar offentlege SDK-nivå, men gjer påverkar tenester, SELinux-policy, Soong-reglar og APEX-versjonar—no sporbare for kvar commit. [14]

Slik synkroniserer du Android 16 QPR1 frå AOSP

Google tilrår no å følgje android-latest-release, som er sett til den siste utgåvegreina—i dag er det android16-qpr1-release. [15]

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References

1. android.googlesource.com, 2. www.androidauthority.com, 3. www.androidauthority.com, 4. blog.google, 5. android.googlesource.com, 6. www.androidauthority.com, 7. www.androidauthority.com, 8. www.androidcentral.com, 9. www.theverge.com, 10. www.androidauthority.com, 11. blog.google, 12. www.theverge.com, 13. www.androidauthority.com, 14. www.androidauthority.com, 15. source.android.com

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