According to XDADevelopers, the second Android 12 Developer Preview also has a new Search widget for the Pixel Launcher that would let users search for apps, contacts, settings, and more on their device. It now seems like this functionality won’t be limited to the Pixel Launcher on Android 12.
This information is firstly shared by, Niagara Launcher, a popular third-party home screen replacement app, has found new evidence in the Android 12 preview documentation, which suggests that Google is adding a new device search API in Android 12 that will let third-party launchers offer a similar universal search feature.
I stumbled upon this in Android 12’s preview documentation. Android 12 might allow all launchers to integrate a universal search like spotlight🔍 pic.twitter.com/gkucmPZtNb
— Niagara Launcher – Now out of Beta (@NiagaraLauncher) April 3, 2021
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It further highlights that the AppSearch index is a search library for managing structured data featuring:
- A fully offline on-device solution
- A set of APIs for applications to index documents and retrieve them via full-text search
- APIs for applications to allow the System to display their content on the system UI surfaces
- Similarly, APIs for applications to allow the System to share their content with other specified applications.
- This feature will essentially provide a native alternative to universal search apps like Sesame, giving users the option to search for almost anything on their device in an instant. While we have no further information about this integration at the moment, we expect to learn more in the upcoming Android 12 Developer Previews. We’ll update this post as soon as we have more information about the integration.
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