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Every app open on Android 12 comes with a launch animation to make “booting a more consistent and enjoyable experience”. One aspect of this is an animated icon on the home screen, with Drive being the first Google app to support it on Android 12.
This whimsical aspect of Android 12 begins when you tap an application. The app will expand from where it is on the home screen (or grid) until it occupies the four corners of the screen. When you open an app that you haven’t opened in a while (cold or warm boot), you are also greeted with a splash screen with the icon. Therefore, users are not subject to additional delays when returning to an app they just opened (hot start).
Developers are able to customize the logo that appears, including the ability to use an animated icon. Another interesting aspect is how animations “can have an unlimited duration”, but Google recommends keeping it at 1,000 milliseconds.
When Google first announced the Splash Screen API in Developer Preview 3, Google provided an example of Gmail, likely because that animation already appears on the desktop web client. Developers can find full details on the implementation here.
However, the first Google app to actually adopt this animation is Drive. First you see the hexagonal shape of Drive hollow and hollowed out. Once the home screen takes up the entire display, dark green, yellow, red, blue, dark blue and green colors flow from the edge.
Version 2.21.222.06.40 was widely released today and the animated splash screen is active for all Android 12 users. It does not appear on early versions of the operating system.
Developers have long been able to design their own custom home screens (e.g. YouTube TV), but Android 12 allows any app to easily do this as part of standardizing the opening experience.
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