--- title: "A product manager’s guide to adapting Android apps across devices" url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-product-manager-s-guide-to-adapting-android-apps-across-devices-8zsyozzzi source_url: https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/a-product-managers-guide-to-adapting-android-apps-across-devices-b2e9b8bfe5f1 type: article source: "Android Developers" published: 2025-06-10T18:29:56.461Z updated: 2025-06-10T18:34:45.765Z tags: ["mobile", "android", "ui-design", "product-management", "ui-ux"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A product manager’s guide to adapting Android apps across devices **[Android Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/andev)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android 16 introduces API changes that ignore app-defined orientation and resizability restrictions on large screens, making adaptive design essential rather than optional. Product managers should prioritize adaptive apps to reach over 500 million large screen devices, improve Play Store rankings, and increase user engagement. The guide provides a three-step approach: assess current app state on various devices, address common UI issues using canonical layouts, and optimize incrementally starting with foundational fixes. Adaptive design offers long-term benefits including better user experiences, reduced technical debt, and access to emerging form factors like foldables, tablets, and XR devices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design), [#product-management](https://daily.dev/tags/product-management), [#ui-ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-product-manager-s-guide-to-adapting-android-apps-across-devices-8zsyozzzi)