Android 15 App Compatibility Issue Report: Over 99% Adaptation Rate, 32-bit App Clean-up Accelerated

Android 15 App Compatibility Issue Report: Over 99% Adaptation Rate, 32-bit App Clean-up AcceleratedThe Mobile Intelligent Terminal Ecology Alliance (formerly the Gold Standard Alliance) recently released a report on Android 15 app compatibility issues. The report shows that as of the end of September this year, the Android 15 adaptation rate for the Top 200 apps has reached 100%, the adaptation rate for the Top 5K apps has reached 99

Android 15 App Compatibility Issue Report: Over 99% Adaptation Rate, 32-bit App Clean-up Accelerated

The Mobile Intelligent Terminal Ecology Alliance (formerly the Gold Standard Alliance) recently released a report on Android 15 app compatibility issues. The report shows that as of the end of September this year, the Android 15 adaptation rate for the Top 200 apps has reached 100%, the adaptation rate for the Top 5K apps has reached 99.40%, and the adaptation rate for the Top 10K apps has reached 99.32%.

The report shows that the Android 15 adaptation work has progressed smoothly under the full support of the alliance members and the active cooperation of developers. Applications in multiple areas have achieved 100% adaptation, such as business strategy, travel, entertainment, sports racing, online shopping, etc. Notably, financial and wealth management applications have achieved an adaptation rate exceeding 99% for the first time.

The report also analyzes the main problems and solutions encountered in the Android 15 adaptation work, including hardening issues and 64-bit adaptation issues.

Hardening Issues

Hardening is a protective measure for App code logic that protects software interests from damage by operations such as hiding, obfuscation, and encryption. Currently, over 50% of the Top 10K apps use hardening solutions provided by major hardening vendors.

Compatibility issues caused by hardening have been a major problem after Android version upgrades. Every year, there are more than 1000+ problem cases. To solve this problem, alliance manufacturers have collaborated with hardening vendors and Google to try to eliminate problems at the front end. At the same time, developers need to promptly update hardening tool versions and release new app versions to ensure application compatibility.

64-bit Adaptation Issues

Starting in 2023, Arm architecture CPU cores have been forced to adopt 64-bit, and 32-bit instructions are gradually being phased out. Google has restricted 32-bit apps on Android 15, meaning that starting in September 2024, new devices equipped with Android 15 will not be able to install and use 32-bit apps.

Currently, the Gold Standard Alliance members Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Lenovo have started to gradually clear 32-bit apps from their stores. In the future, risk warnings will be implemented for 32-bit apps that are not on the shelves. As of October 25, 2024, the overall adaptation rate of the four software stores has reached over 99.6%. However, there are still 3700+ apps that haven't adapted to 64-bit, 99% of which are not on the shelves, but they still affect user daily use.

Conclusion

The Android 15 app compatibility issue report shows that most apps have completed Android 15 adaptation, but some apps still have compatibility issues, especially the clean-up of 32-bit apps. The alliance members will continue to work with developers to resolve issues encountered in the Android 15 adaptation work, ensuring that users can smoothly use the latest Android version.

Detailed Report Contents:

• Adaptation Status

• As of the end of September, the adaptation rate for the Top 200 apps has reached 100%.

• The adaptation rate for the Top 5K apps has reached 99.40%.

• The adaptation rate for the Top 10K apps has reached 99.32%.

• Applications in areas like business strategy, travel, entertainment, sports racing, and online shopping have achieved 100% adaptation.

• For the first time, financial and wealth management applications have achieved an adaptation rate exceeding 99%.

• Hardening Issues

• Hardening is a protection for App code logic.

• The principle involves transforming app files in various ways, including but not limited to hiding, obfuscation, and encryption.

• According to incomplete statistics, over 50% of the Top 10K apps use hardening solutions provided by major hardening vendors.

• From the early stages of Android, app compatibility issues caused by reasons related to hardening have exceeded 1000+ cases annually.

• Hardening has become a major issue for Android compatibility during major version upgrades.

• In the past 2 years, alliance manufacturers have collaborated with hardening vendors and Google to try to eliminate problems at the front end.

• Developers need to promptly update hardening tool versions and release new app versions.

• 64-bit Adaptation Issues

• Starting in 2023, Arm architecture CPU cores have been forced to adopt 64-bit, and 32-bit instructions are gradually being phased out.

• In 2024, Google restricted 32-bit apps on Android 15.

• Starting in September 2024, new devices equipped with Android 15 will not be able to install and use 32-bit apps.

• Gold Standard Alliance members Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Lenovo have started to gradually clear 32-bit apps from their stores.

• In the future, risk warnings will be implemented for 32-bit apps that are not on the shelves.

• As of October 25, 2024, the overall adaptation rate of the four software stores has reached over 99.6%.

• There are still 3700+ apps that haven't adapted to 64-bit, 99% of which are not on the shelves, but they still affect user daily use. This number has decreased by more than 200 compared to the previous month.