Beta 5 came out on 10 July 2019. Google said it brought the beta “very close to the system behaviors you’ll see in the final release”; the APIs had been final since Beta 4.
| Release date | 10 July 2019 |
| Build | QPP5.190530.014 (Pixel), July 2019 security patch |
| Devices | Pixel phones and emulator; partner devices “over the coming weeks” |
| How to get it | Android Beta over the air, system images, or Generic System Images |
| Platform stability | Yes; final API 29 |
Most of the changes were to gesture navigation. A swipe from either bottom
corner now opened the Assistant, with corner indicators Google was still
tuning. Apps with a navigation drawer got a “peek” when the user grabbed the
edge, on every version of DrawerLayout and best with 1.1.0-alpha02.
Custom launchers still had stability problems with gestures and Recents. Google announced that from Beta 6 the system would switch users of a custom launcher to 3-button navigation by default, and fix the rest in a post-launch update. The post also said there would be one more beta before the consumer launch.