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Android 16's codename to be Baklava (www.androidauthority.com)
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The new dessert codename reflects the change in Android’s build process that made Google start the lettering over again.

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[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So they went Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich , Jellybean, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo, Pie, and then 10 (Quince Tart), 11 (Red Velvet Cake), 12 (Snowcone), 13 (Tiramisu), 14 (Upsidedown Cake), 15 (Vanilla Ice cream), and then they started over at B for Baklava? Weird.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I mean... This post literally includes the excerpt from the article about why. It's literally the only thing in the OP other than the link itself.

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but even understanding that, it's still weird to start over at B.

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, at least W should have been easy enough. I can understand dodging X, Y and Z. But then why start at B?

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

There's an article linked, perhaps it might give some insight.

If you’re wondering why Android 15’s codename is Vanilla Ice Cream and not something that starts with the letter “A,” I can’t say for sure. It’s likely because Google had already chosen Vanilla Ice Cream as the internal codename for Android 15 before the first trunk stable release, so it didn’t want to go back and change every mention of the codename, especially since that could break some build flows.

So this build change actually originated in the upcoming Android 15, but since that codename had already been chosen they didn't rename it to A.

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Didn't they stop doing the dessert names a few versions ago? Android Pie I think?

[-] jaypg@lemmy.jaypg.pw 20 points 1 month ago

The internal code names are still desserts. Public release names are just numbered.

[-] Vector@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Save you a click:

However, if you’ve been following Android platform development news lately, you may have heard of something called the trunk stable project. Without getting too technical, the way that Google develops Android has significantly changed. The first Android version to be released as part of the trunk stable project was Android 14 QPR2 back in March, which is why that release used a very different build ID naming scheme. Instead of having build IDs that started with the letter “U” for Upside Down Cake, Android 14 QPR2 had build IDs that started with the letter “A.”

[-] evo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

That makes no sense. Wouldn't that make Android 15 B and 16 C?

[-] Vector@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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