2022-09-07

Activity: v1.6.0-rc02

September 7, 2022

androidx.activity:activity:1.6.0-rc02, androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.6.0-rc02, and androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.6.0-rc02 are released. Version 1.6.0-rc02 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• OnBackPressedDispatcher now registers the OnBackInvokedCallback with the PRIORITY_DEFAULT instead of PRIORITY_OVERLAY. (I3901f)
• Classes that extend ComponentActivity will now always have both of their onMultiWindowModeChanged() callbacks dispatched. (Ic4d85)
• The ActivityResultRegistry will no longer return a result to the ActivityResultCallback when the launch call throws any Exception and the callback was registered without a LifecycleOwner. (Ia7ff7, b/238350794)
• ComponentActivity will now properly dispatch menu calls without the need to call the super function in your activity. (Ie33c5, b/238057118)

Dependency Update

• The Activity library now depends on Lifecycle 2.5.1. (If6697)

Annotation-Experimental: v1.3.0

September 7, 2022

androidx.annotation:annotation-experimental:1.3.0 is released. Version 1.3.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 1.2.0

• Add support for package-level use of @androidx.annotation.OptIn (I24d58)
• Moved Kotlin stdlib dependency to API-type, rather than compile-only. This means all clients of the Annotation-Experimental library will include the Kotlin standard library in their transitive dependencies.

Annotation: v1.5.0-rc01

September 7, 2022

androidx.annotation:annotation:1.5.0-rc01 is released. Version 1.5.0-rc01 contains these commits.

• No changes from previous 1.5.0 beta release.

Appcompat: v1.5.1

September 7, 2022

androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.5.1 and androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.5.1 are released. Version 1.5.1 contains these commits.

Dependency Updates

• AppCompat now explicitly depends on Lifecycle 2.5.1 and SavedState 1.2.0. (I7e3e2)

Appcompat: v1.6.0-rc01

September 7, 2022

androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.0-rc01 and androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.6.0-rc01 are released. Version 1.6.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• AppCompatActivity now sets the ViewTreeOnBackPressedDispatcherOwner so that it is possible to retrieve the dispatcher from the view. (I1a115, b/235416503)
• Reverted a bug fix that overwrote the configuration passed to onConfigurationChanged, which had caused issues for tests that injected their own custom configurations through onConfigurationChanged.

Benchmark: v1.2.0-alpha03

September 7, 2022

androidx.benchmark:benchmark-*:1.2.0-alpha03 is released. Version 1.2.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

• Added experimental APIs for using BenchmarkState independently, separate from BenchmarkRule / JUnit4. (Id478f, b/228489614)

Bug Fixes

• Added Leanback fallback for startActivityAndWait. (01ed77, b/242899915)

Car App: v1.3.0-beta01

September 7, 2022

androidx.car.app:app:1.3.0-beta01, androidx.car.app:app-projected:1.3.0-beta01, androidx.car.app:app-automotive:1.3.0-beta01, and androidx.car.app:app-testing:1.3.0-beta01 are released. Version 1.3.0-beta01 contains these commits.

• Car apps built using this library can now go to the Play Store using API Level 5 (see our development guide). Features annotated with API level 5 and under are compatible with both Android Auto 8.1+ and the Google Automotive App Host 1.4+.

New Features

In addition to capabilities added in Car App Library 1.3.0-alpha01, the following features have been added as part of beta01 (All features here only involve with host side changes without any API changes):

• The floating navigation bar will continue to show even when a user is in a map-based selection screen in PlaceListNavigationTemplate, RoutePreviewNavigationTemplate, and MapTemplate. This can be done by updating navigation info through NavigationManager.updateTrip().
• Enable the action button with FLAG_DEFAULT to have a timeout animation. This button will be clicked by default after the timeout. ([API 5 - All Templates])
• A Rows subtext is not truncated when the car is parked, but truncated to 2 lines while driving. ([API 5 - All Templates])
• Support disabled state for Action, Toggle, Row ([API 5 - All Templates])

API Changes

• Relax constraints in MapTemplate list to support selectable lists (I961ed)
• Remove the constraint for Header Actions to allow for custom icons. (Iad28f)
• Add a constraint setOnClickListenerAllowed() to ActionsConstraints. Where it allowed Action to set OnClickDelegate() to actions except the standard icon types. (TYPE_APP_ICON, TYPE_BACK, and TYPE_PAN) (I3c745)

Bug Fixes

• Added compatibility of Android Automotive Template Host 1.4+ with curved displays ([Host change])

Compose Animation: v1.3.0-beta02

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.animation:animation:1.3.0-beta02, androidx.compose.animation:animation-core:1.3.0-beta02, and androidx.compose.animation:animation-graphics:1.3.0-beta02 are released. Version 1.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

• Removed Kotlin.experimental from the compiler options since it is depricated

Compose Compiler: v1.3.1

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.compiler:compiler:1.3.1 is released. Version 1.3.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fix IllegalStateException where Compose Compiler was erroneously marking unit types as composable in some circumstances. (b/237863365)
• Users must now specify their preferred Kotlin version when suppressing compiler version check (I9e5e2)

Compose Foundation: v1.3.0-beta02

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation:1.3.0-beta02 and androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-layout:1.3.0-beta02 are released. Version 1.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Initial version of experimental StaggeredGrid (Ia48be)
• Renamed FocusDirection.In and FocusDirection.Out to FocusDirection.Enter and FocusDirection.Exit (Ia4262, b/183746982)
• Introduced a rememberSnapFlingBehavior overload that provides a quick way of enabling snapping in LazyLists. (Ifb48a)
• Replaced the snapFlingBehavior factory with a concrete SnapFlingBehavior class. Scoped SnapLayoutInfoProvider methods to Density to make Dp<->Px conversions easier for the API users. (I54a11)
• Update LazyLayoutMeasureScope.measure to return list of placeables, highlighting desired immutability of the returned value. (I48b7c)
• Introduced SnapLayoutInfoProvider which takes a LazyListState to create an instance of SnapLayoutInfoProvider that can be used to enable a snap FlingBehavior for LazyLists. (I2dd10)

Bug Fixes

• Refactors AwaitPointerEventScope#awaitLongPressOrCancellation to match other await functions (I646e6)

Compose Material: v1.3.0-beta02

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.material:material-*:1.3.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

No changes since 1.3.0-beta01

Compose Material 3: v1.0.0-beta02

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.0.0-beta02 and androidx.compose.material3:material3-window-size-class:1.0.0-beta02 are released. Version 1.0.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Default components insets introduced in m3 components in beta01 version no longer account for IME insets.
• Material3 Scaffold component now has a contentWindowInsets parameter, allowing to specify the amount of insets to handle for the content slot. (Icf11a, b/243713323)
• Deprecates the experimental Material 3 SmallTopAppBar function and introduces an equivalent TopAppBar function. Please migrate your usage to the new one. (I74404, b/226918634)
• Adds control over the top app bar fling and snap behaviors. (I15c81)
• Removes startIndent from Divider, moves color to last parameter. (If7be2)

Bug Fixes

• Have Dialogs identify themselves to talkback users by announcing the word Dialog when they are displayed. (I857ef)

Compose Runtime: v1.3.0-beta02

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-*:1.3.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Updated API (I64ca0)

Compose Runtime: v1.0.0-alpha01

August 26, 2020

androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-*:1.0.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

Compose UI: v1.3.0-beta02

September 7, 2022

androidx.compose.ui:ui-*:1.3.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Added an experimental overload for Layout which accepts a list of multiple composable content lambdas, which allows to threat measurables put into different content lambdas differently (Ic1b4e)

Changes to experimental Focus APIs:

• FocusDirection.In and FocusDirection.Out are deprecated and replaced by FocusDirection.Enter and FocusDirection.Exit. (Ia4262, b/183746982)
• Added two new focus properties enter and exit to specify a custom behavior for FocusManager.moveFocus(Enter) and FocusManager.moveFocus(Exit). (I5f3f9, b/183746982)
• You can now use FocusRequester.Cancel to cancel a focus move. FocusRequester.Cancel can be used in any of the following focus properties: up, down, left, right, next, previous, start, end, enter and exit. (Ib300f)

Core and Core-ktx: v1.9.0

September 7, 2022

androidx.core:core:1.9.0 and androidx.core:core-ktx:1.9.0 are released. Version 1.9.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 1.8.0

• Updated to improve compatibility with Android 13, including nullability changes and parity with framework APIs
• Added IntentSanitizer to sanitize unsafe intents before launching them. (Ib0be5)
• Adds support for BigPictureStyle using Icon (Ice26d)
• Added @RequiresPermission to APIs that require granting the POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission on SDK 33 and above. (Ie542e)
• Improved parity between Android 13 accessibility framework APIs and compat APIs (I93c97, I5a074, Iedf82)

Core Google Shortcuts: v1.1.0-alpha03

September 7, 2022

androidx.core:core-google-shortcuts:1.1.0-alpha03 is released. Version 1.1.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

• Removed unused dependency. No new features.

Lifecycle: v2.6.0-alpha02

September 7, 2022

androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-*:2.6.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.6.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• MediatorLiveData now includes a constructor to set an initial value. (Ib6cc5, b/151244085)

Bug Fixes

• Lifecycle artifacts now include constraints that ensure that all inter-dependent Lifecycle artifacts use the same version, automatically upgrading other dependencies when one is upgraded. b/242871265
• FlowLiveData.asFlow() now creates a callbackFlow rather than using its own Channel implementation to ensure thread-safety and context preservation. (I4a8b2, b/200596935)
• FlowLiveData's asLiveData function will now preserve the initial value of a StateFlow when creating the new LiveData object. (I3f530, b/157380488)
• From Lifecycle 2.5.1: Custom implementations of AndroidViewModelFactory now correctly calls the create(modelClass) function when using the stateful constructor with Lifecycle 2.4+ (I5b315, b/238011621)

Navigation: v2.6.0-alpha01

September 7, 2022

androidx.navigation:navigation-*:2.6.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.6.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

• The setupWithNavController integrations in NavigationUI for working with the top app bar will now parse R.string values for ReferenceType arguments found in your android:label into their String values instead of outputting the auto-generated resource integer. (I5f803, b/167959935)
• NavDeepLink now supports default values for arrays, which allows support for repeated query params that will map to the argument's array type. NavType also now includes a default method which can be overridden to combine two parsed values. (Id68c3, b/209977108)
• When using the exact string ${applicationId} as the placeholder in the app:data and app:dataPattern attributes in the activity element of a navigation XML file, the placeholder will be automatically filled in with the packageName of the context upon inflation. (Iaabde, b/234223561)
• Attempting to create an empty NavDeepLink using the navDeepLink Kotlin DSL will now result in a lint warning indicating that a deep link needs an uri, action, and/or mimetype to be valid. (I08d2f, b/154038883)

API Changes

• Added new NavDestination extension function to parse dynamic labels with arguments in the form of android:label="{arg}" into String. Supports ReferenceType arguments by parsing R.string values into their String values. (I07d89, b/236269380)

Behavior Changes

• NavBackStackEntry's arguments and the arguments passed to an OnDestinationChangedListener are now only a copy of the immutable arguments that were created when you navigated to the destination. This means any changes made to those Bundles will not be reflected in subsequent accesses to the arguments or other OnDestinationChangedListener instances. (I676f5)

Bug Fixes

• From Navigation 2.5.2: Dynamic Navigation now properly attempts to install Activity destinations from other modules before navigating to them. (Ia2c16, b/240292838)
• From Navigation 2.5.2: Navigation will now properly replace the Fragment instance when navigating to the same destination and setting the launchSingleTop flag to true. (I5a2f1, b/237374580)
• From Navigation 2.5.2: Fixed IllegalStateException caused by navigating to a double nested graph that shares a parent with a new popped start destination. (I9f7cb, b/243778589)

Navigation: v2.5.2

September 7, 2022

androidx.navigation:navigation-*:2.5.2 is released. Version 2.5.2 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic Navigation now properly attempts to install Activity destinations from other modules before navigating to them. (Ia2c16, b/240292838)
• Navigation will now properly replace the Fragment instance when navigating to the same destination and setting the launchSingleTop flag to true. (I5a2f1, b/237374580)
• Fixed IllegalStateException caused by navigating to a double nested graph that shares a parent with a new popped start destination. (I9f7cb, b/243778589)

Dependency Update

• Navigation 2.5.2 now depends on Fragment 1.5.2. (aosp/2178734)

Test Uiautomator: v2.3.0-alpha01

September 7, 2022

androidx.test.uiautomator:uiautomator:2.3.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.3.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Annotated the nullness of all public methods.
• Switched MotionEvent injection to asynchronous with a short delay for smoother UiObject2 gestures.
• Reduced the polling interval while waiting from 1000ms to 100ms.
• Updated UiDevice#wakeUp and UiDevice#sleep to use KEYCODE_WAKEUP and KEYCODE_SLEEP to support devices that override the power button.
• Added UiObject2#getDisplayId and support for finding and managing objects across multiple displays.
• Added UiObject#click and UiObject2#clickAndWait methods for clicking on a point using its coordinates.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the display size calculations were occasionally incorrect and might ignore portions of the screen, especially in multi-window mode (Ifc016c).
• Fixed the scaling of screenshots in UiDevice#takeScreenshot (Id80ad6).
• Improved the reliability of Until.scrollFinished and UiObject2#scroll (I7b0595).
• Fixed strict mode IncorrectContextUseViolation warnings (Iffa6a0).

Tracing Perfetto: v1.0.0-alpha03

September 7, 2022

androidx.tracing:tracing-perfetto:1.0.0-alpha03, androidx.tracing:tracing-perfetto-binary:1.0.0-alpha03, and androidx.tracing:tracing-perfetto-common:1.0.0-alpha03 are released.

New Features

• No new features from the 1.0.0-alpha02.

Wear Compose: v1.1.0-alpha05

September 7, 2022

androidx.wear.compose:compose-foundation:1.1.0-alpha05, androidx.wear.compose:compose-material:1.1.0-alpha05, and androidx.wear.compose:compose-navigation:1.1.0-alpha05 are released. Version 1.1.0-alpha05 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Button roles were added to InlineSlider and Stepper so that Talkback can recognise them as buttons. (Icb46c, b/244260275)
• We have corrected the z-order of position and page indicators in the Scaffold. The indicators will now sit on top of the vignette and so will not be obscured by the vignette if it is present. (Ib988f, b/244207528)

Wear Compose: v1.0.2

September 7, 2022

androidx.wear.compose:compose-foundation:1.0.2, androidx.wear.compose:compose-material:1.0.2, and androidx.wear.compose:compose-navigation:1.0.2 are released. Version 1.0.2 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• We have corrected the z-order of position and page indicators in the Scaffold. The indicators will now sit on top of the vignette and so will not be obscured by the vignette if it is present. (Ib988f, b/244207528)

WorkManager: v2.8.0-alpha04

September 7, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-alpha04 is released. Version 2.8.0-alpha04 contains these commits.

API Changes

• WorkerInfo.getGeneration() and WorkerParameters.getGeneration() were added that return the generation of a worker. A worker has multiple generations, if it was updated via WorkManager.updateWork or WorkManager.enqueueUniquePeriodicWork using ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE. Note that If the worker is currently running, it is possible for this method to return a newer generation from that of the currently running worker if an update has happened during an execution of the worker. (I665c5, b/219446409) (I128a9, b/219446409)
• Added InitializationExceptionHandler, an Exception Handler that can be used to determine if there were issues when trying to initialize WorkManager. (I061de)