https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2018/jul/31/google-android-p-guidelines-notch-devices/ > Android P is nearing release and so Google has set out its guidelines for how the ‘notch’ found on many new devices should be accommodated. > Love it or hate it, the notch has become mainstream. First marketed by the first ‘Essential’ smartphone and quickly followed by other Android manufacturers to maximise the screen-to-device ratio, even Apple has adopted it with the iPhone X.