Besides what was detailed in Google’s blog post, another new “cross-device continuity” feature coming to Android 17 is “Handoff.”
Google describes Handoff as a new user-facing feature that “runs in the background” and an API for developers. This will let you “start an app activity on one Android device and transition it to another Android device.” Google will use the launcher and taskbar to surface available activities from your nearby devices.
Handoff can launch the “same native Android app” if it’s “installed and available on the receiving device.”
In this app-to-app flow, the user is deep-linked to the designated activity.
Android 17 will also offer “app-to-web Handoff” as a fallback option.
For developers, “Handoff support is implemented on a per-activity basis.”
To enable Handoff, call the setHandoffEnabled() method for the activity. Additional data may need to be passed along with the handoff so
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