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Add breaking change page for Android 17 orientation and resizability restrictions#13314

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Add breaking change page for Android 17 orientation and resizability restrictions#13314
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Description of what this PR is changing or adding, and why:
Adds a breaking change page for orientation and resizability restrictions coming with Android 17, which will impact Flutter developers because SystemChrome.setPreferredOrientations will be ignored.

Details on the change can be found here. SystemChrome.setPreferredOrientations documentation has already been updated to reflect this breaking change: https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/services/SystemChrome/setPreferredOrientations.html

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N/A but related to flutter/flutter#162724

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This pull request documents a breaking change for Android 17, where orientation, resizability, and aspect ratio restrictions are ignored on large displays (600dp or larger). The feedback focuses on maintaining the alphabetical order of the breaking changes list and its corresponding reference links in the index file.

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flutter-website-bot commented Apr 27, 2026

Visit the preview URL for this PR (updated for commit c49dccf):

https://flutter-docs-prod--pr13314-android17-warning-em0h7o2e.web.app

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