2024-06-27@05PM

Activity: v1.10.0-alpha01

June 26, 2024

androidx.activity:activity:1.10.0-alpha01, androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.10.0-alpha01, and androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.10.0-alpha01 are released. This version is developed in an internal branch.

New Features

• Added support for new PhotoPicker features introduced in Android V including being able to pick images in order and choose which tab (either albums or images) should be initially visible.

Annotation: v1.9.0-alpha01

June 26, 2024

androidx.annotation:annotation-*:1.9.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.9.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

External Contribution

• Adds support for linuxArm64 multiplatform target (thanks to Jake Wharton!)

Car App: v1.7.0-beta01

June 26, 2024

androidx.car.app:app-*:1.7.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta01 contains these commits. Features are the same as published in alpha01, which are repeated below:

New Features

• Map with Content: New template a Map Canvas plus a content template, which for now can be List / Grid / Pane / Message.
  • RoutePreview, PlaceListNavigation, MapTemplate are now deprecated. Templates will continue to work as-is.
  • Sample apps have been updated to show MapWithContentusage instead of deprecated templates
• Conversation Item: New APIs for displaying conversations (IM, SMS), and Assistant readout in the car.
• Vehicle Dimensions: New API to retrieve vehicle measures (data on AAOS at the moment).

API Changes

• Add @ExperimentalCarApi tag to MediaPlaybackTemplate.Builder. (Ic1957)
• Adds a new SectionedItemTemplate in experimental. (I5958a)
• Introduce CarAppApiLevel 8 (I3fa22)
• Adds MediaPlaybackTemplate for displaying content during media playback in Car App Library. (I3c10d)
• Added new api for apps to detect whether the system supports background audio while driving (I0f868)

Bug Fixes

• Fixes certain instances of memory leaks and crashes in CAL client code and in CAL Navigation Sample App. (I55e04)
• Replace requireNotNull instances in BaseCarAppActivity's onDestroy method with if-null checks to avoid crashes. (Iec676)

Compose Animation: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Foundation: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Avoid crashes when measuring very large text lines (e.g. 10k characters) (8157ab)
• Fixes measurement of very large text causing crash in the new BasicTextField (6b7575)
• Reverts a behavior change in Row/Column measurement that breaks Text usage in certain scenarios (69e8ba)

Compose Material: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material:material-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Material3: v1.3.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material3:material3-*:1.3.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Material3 Adaptive: v1.0.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive-*:1.0.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.0.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes the issue that when hinge bounds get updated, the layout is not updated accordingly. (71e9cf1)

Compose Runtime: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose UI: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.ui:ui-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Avoid crashes when measuring very large text lines (e.g. 10k characters) (8157ab)
• Disable software rendering support for the GraphicsLayer API. (35ddd8)
• Fix for a crash in layer persistence logic. (70b13e)
• Reusing layer objects optimization was reverted, as it caused rendering issues. (70b13e)

Fragment: v1.8.1

June 26, 2024

androidx.fragment:fragment-*:1.8.1 is released. Version 1.8.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where fragments without a container were immediately DESTROYED when starting a predictive back gesture. Now they are held in the CREATED state until after the gesture is complete. (If6b83, b/345244539)

Media3: v1.4.0-beta01

June 26, 2024

androidx.media3:media3-*:1.4.0-beta01

2024-06-27

Activity: v1.10.0-alpha01

June 26, 2024

androidx.activity:activity:1.10.0-alpha01, androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.10.0-alpha01, and androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.10.0-alpha01 are released. This version is developed in an internal branch.

New Features

• Added support for new PhotoPicker features introduced in Android V including being able to pick images in order and choose which tab (either albums or images) should be initially visible.

Annotation: v1.9.0-alpha01

June 26, 2024

androidx.annotation:annotation-*:1.9.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.9.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

External Contribution

• Adds support for linuxArm64 multiplatform target (thanks to Jake Wharton!)

Car App: v1.7.0-beta01

June 26, 2024

androidx.car.app:app-*:1.7.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta01 contains these commits. Features are the same as published in alpha01, which are repeated below:

New Features

• Map with Content: New template a Map Canvas plus a content template, which for now can be List / Grid / Pane / Message.
  • RoutePreview, PlaceListNavigation, MapTemplate are now deprecated. Templates will continue to work as-is.
  • Sample apps have been updated to show MapWithContentusage instead of deprecated templates
• Conversation Item: New APIs for displaying conversations (IM, SMS), and Assistant readout in the car.
• Vehicle Dimensions: New API to retrieve vehicle measures (data on AAOS at the moment).

API Changes

• Add @ExperimentalCarApi tag to MediaPlaybackTemplate.Builder. (Ic1957)
• Adds a new SectionedItemTemplate in experimental. (I5958a)
• Introduce CarAppApiLevel 8 (I3fa22)
• Adds MediaPlaybackTemplate for displaying content during media playback in Car App Library. (I3c10d)
• Added new api for apps to detect whether the system supports background audio while driving (I0f868)

Bug Fixes

• Fixes certain instances of memory leaks and crashes in CAL client code and in CAL Navigation Sample App. (I55e04)
• Replace requireNotNull instances in BaseCarAppActivity's onDestroy method with if-null checks to avoid crashes. (Iec676)

Compose Animation: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Foundation: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Avoid crashes when measuring very large text lines (e.g. 10k characters) (8157ab)
• Fixes measurement of very large text causing crash in the new BasicTextField (6b7575)
• Reverts a behavior change in Row/Column measurement that breaks Text usage in certain scenarios (69e8ba)

Compose Material: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material:material-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Material3: v1.3.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material3:material3-*:1.3.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Material3 Adaptive: v1.0.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive-*:1.0.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.0.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes the issue that when hinge bounds get updated, the layout is not updated accordingly. (71e9cf1)

Compose Runtime: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose UI: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.ui:ui-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Avoid crashes when measuring very large text lines (e.g. 10k characters) (8157ab)
• Disable software rendering support for the GraphicsLayer API. (35ddd8)
• Fix for a crash in layer persistence logic. (70b13e)
• Reusing layer objects optimization was reverted, as it caused rendering issues. (70b13e)

Fragment: v1.8.1

June 26, 2024

androidx.fragment:fragment-*:1.8.1 is released. Version 1.8.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where fragments without a container were immediately DESTROYED when starting a predictive back gesture. Now they are held in the CREATED state until after the gesture is complete. (If6b83, b/345244539)

Media3: v1.4.0-beta01

June 26, 2024

androidx.media3:media3-*:1.4.0-beta01

2024-06-26

Activity: v1.10.0-alpha01

June 26, 2024

androidx.activity:activity:1.10.0-alpha01, androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.10.0-alpha01, and androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.10.0-alpha01 are released. This version is developed in an internal branch.

New Features

• Added support for new PhotoPicker features introduced in Android V including being able to pick images in order and choose which tab (either albums or images) should be initially visible.

Annotation: v1.9.0-alpha01

June 26, 2024

androidx.annotation:annotation-*:1.9.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.9.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

External Contribution

• Adds support for linuxArm64 multiplatform target (thanks to Jake Wharton!)

Car App: v1.7.0-beta01

June 26, 2024

androidx.car.app:app-*:1.7.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta01 contains these commits. Features are the same as published in alpha01, which are repeated below:

New Features

• Map with Content: New template a Map Canvas plus a content template, which for now can be List / Grid / Pane / Message.
  • RoutePreview, PlaceListNavigation, MapTemplate are now deprecated. Templates will continue to work as-is.
  • Sample apps have been updated to show MapWithContentusage instead of deprecated templates
• Conversation Item: New APIs for displaying conversations (IM, SMS), and Assistant readout in the car.
• Vehicle Dimensions: New API to retrieve vehicle measures (data on AAOS at the moment).

API Changes

• Add @ExperimentalCarApi tag to MediaPlaybackTemplate.Builder. (Ic1957)
• Adds a new SectionedItemTemplate in experimental. (I5958a)
• Introduce CarAppApiLevel 8 (I3fa22)
• Adds MediaPlaybackTemplate for displaying content during media playback in Car App Library. (I3c10d)
• Added new api for apps to detect whether the system supports background audio while driving (I0f868)

Bug Fixes

• Fixes certain instances of memory leaks and crashes in CAL client code and in CAL Navigation Sample App. (I55e04)
• Replace requireNotNull instances in BaseCarAppActivity's onDestroy method with if-null checks to avoid crashes. (Iec676)

Compose Animation: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Foundation: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Avoid crashes when measuring very large text lines (e.g. 10k characters) (8157ab)
• Fixes measurement of very large text causing crash in the new BasicTextField (6b7575)
• Reverts a behavior change in Row/Column measurement that breaks Text usage in certain scenarios (69e8ba)

Compose Material: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material:material-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Material3: v1.3.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material3:material3-*:1.3.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose Material3 Adaptive: v1.0.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive-*:1.0.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.0.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes the issue that when hinge bounds get updated, the layout is not updated accordingly. (71e9cf1)

Compose Runtime: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Compose UI: v1.7.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.compose.ui:ui-*:1.7.0-beta04 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta04 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Avoid crashes when measuring very large text lines (e.g. 10k characters) (8157ab)
• Disable software rendering support for the GraphicsLayer API. (35ddd8)
• Fix for a crash in layer persistence logic. (70b13e)
• Reusing layer objects optimization was reverted, as it caused rendering issues. (70b13e)

Fragment: v1.8.1

June 26, 2024

androidx.fragment:fragment-*:1.8.1 is released. Version 1.8.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where fragments without a container were immediately DESTROYED when starting a predictive back gesture. Now they are held in the CREATED state until after the gesture is complete. (If6b83, b/345244539)

Navigation: v2.8.0-beta04

June 26, 2024

androidx.navigation:navigation-*:2.8....

2024-06-24

Core 1.6.0: Core Core-ktx 1.6.0

June 24, 2024

androidx.test:core:1.6.0 and androidx.test:core-ktx:1.6.0 are released.

Changes since last stable release 1.5.0 include:

API Changes

• Added ApplicationInfoBuilder.setFlags(int)
• Add new lower level screenshot APIs View.captureToBitmap, WindowCapture.captureToBitmap, Bitmap.writeToTestStorage and DeviceCapture.takeScreenshot screenshots.

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency
• Fix using ActivityScenario#launchActivityForResult with an implicit Intent
• Update Activity Scenario reference documentation to fix missing links
• Remove all support for Android SDKs < 19. Minimum is API 19 (Android Kit Kat 4.4)
• Reference doc cleanup - document previously missing parameters, fix links, etc
• Activity starts are automatically opted in to allow background activity launches when targetSdk >= 34
• Fix issue where Activity#isChangingConfigurations is incorrectly false during ActivityScenario#recreate

New Features

• Artifacts are now signed. See verify dependencies for more details.
• Major release toolchain update: now compiled to java8 bytecode

Espresso 3.6.0: Espresso 3.6.0

June 24, 2024

The following artifacts were released:

• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-accessibility:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-intents:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-remote:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-web:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso.idling:idling-concurrent:3.6.0
• androidx.test.espresso.idling:idling-net:3.6.0

Changes since last stable release 3.5.1 include:

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency
• Fix slow inRoot operations in Robolectric
• Use PlatformTestStorageRegistry.getInstance consistently instead of passing a reference around
• Remove TODO from InteractionResponse public ref docs
• Fix typo in AdapterDataLoaderAction error message
• Replace use of guava with Java collections and inlining
• Reference doc cleanup - document previously missing parameters, fix links, etc
• Remove all support for Android SDKs < 19. Minimum is API 19 (Android Kit Kat 4.4)
• Stop posting empty tasks to background threads when running in non-remote mode
• Better handle exceptions that may occur in DefaultFailureHandler's hierarchy capture and screenshot process.
• Fix the description of IsPlatformPopup to match the behavior.
• Fix deprecated obtainMovement impl that used the wrong coordinates.
• Replace broken links to junit.org javadoc with @link.

API Changes

• Add ViewActions.captureToBitmap
• Add waitForClose to DrawerActions.
• Mark generated IInteractionExecutionStatus class as RestrictTo LIBRARY_GROUP
• Remove ExperimentalTestApi from RuntimePermissionStubber
• Adding a new IsActivatedMatcher to verify if it is activated or not.
• Makes Espresso.onIdle() work on the main thread to allow for draining the main thread from the main thread.
• minSdkVersion is now 19, targetSdkVersion is now 34
• Add scrollTo variant that allows scrolling to 90+% displayed views
• Deprecate EspressoOptional in favor of @nullable.
• Allow customizing espresso's default failure handler to disable screenshots on failures

New Features

• Artifacts are now signed. See verify dependencies for more details.
• Major release toolchain update:
  • classes are now compiled to java8 bytecode
  • javac compiler switched to OpenJDK 17. This should resolve IncompatibleClassChangeErrors (https://github.com/android/android-test/issues/1642)
  • remove internal guava usage, which resulted in a binary size reduction
  • release aars are no longer proguarded

Test:

Test:

Test:

Monitor 1.7.0: monitor 1.7.0

June 24, 2024

androidx.test:monitor:1.7.0 is released.

Changes since last stable release 1.6.1 include:

API Changes

• Make DeviceController a public API
• Move PlatformTestStorage to a public API
• Add internal ControlledLooper#isDrawCallbacksSupported.
• Remove all support for Android SDKs < 19. Minimum is API 19 (Android Kit Kat 4.4)
• minSdkVersion is now 19, targetSdkVersion is now 34

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency
• Fix synchronization in IntentMonitorImpl callbacks

New Features

• Artifacts are now signed. See verify dependencies for more details.
• Major release toolchain update: now compiled to java8 bytecode

Known issues

• monitor has a dependency on androidx.tracing:1.1.0. Depending on configuration, gradle may downgrade this to 1.0.0 at runtime causing 'No static method forceEnableAppTracing' errors. As a workaround, add an explicit 'implementation androidx.tracing:1.1.0' dependency. See https://github.com/android/android-test/issues/1755

Orchestrator 1.5.0: orchestrator 1.5.0

June 24, 2024

androidx.test:orchestrator:1.5.0 is released.

Changes since last stable release 1.4.2 include:

New Features

• Introduce Instrumentation Params Proxying which allows the user to proxy instrumentation arguments to the APK under test (eg: --no-hidden-api-checks).
• Major release toolchain update. APK is now signed with a different key and you will need to uninstal any previous orchestrator ('adb uninstall androidx.test.orchestrator')

API Changes

• minSdkVersion is now 19

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash when test name is too long

Runner 1.6.0: runner 1.6.0

June 24, 2024

androidx.test:runner:1.6.0 is released.

Changes since last stable release 1.5.2 include:

API Changes

• Mark androidx.test.services.** as RestrictTo LIBRARY_GROUP
• Add CustomFilter API
• Add PackagePrefixClasspathSuite API
• Mark PermissionRequester as RestrictTo LIBRARY_GROUP instead of ExperimentalTestApi
• minSdkVersion is now 19

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency
• When logging test exceptions, use Log's built-in support for throwables to avoid stack truncation
• Internal changes to support GrantPermissionRule using UiAutomation#grantRuntimePermissions
• Attempt to clarify limitations and deprecation reasons in RequiresDevice documentation
• Remove all support for Android SDKs < 19. Minimum is API 19 (Android Kit Kat 4.4)
• Fix that "-e class" and "-e notClass" on the same class/method should perform the same result (no tests run)
• TestDiscoveryEventServiceConnection.send() will correctly fail the test instead of hanging if the instrumentation throws a RuntimeException.
• Stop reparsing all args for every AndroidJUnit4 test class. This should address initialization errors like in #1948.
• Force initialization of instrumentationRunListener, to prevent NPEs when instrumenting system server process.
• Attempt to avoid outputting a test result summary which exceeds binder transaction limit.
• Wait up to 2 seconds for activity finisher to run, to prevent situations where it finishes activities mid-test
• Improve error reporting when there is a junit class mismatch due to a custom classloader
• Fix reporting in logOnly mode for @Ignore-d classes
• Move instantiation of InstrumentationResultPrinter to after multidex is loaded
• Register TestStorage before using it in RunnerArgs parsing
• Execute test classes in order provided to TestRequestBuilder.

New Features

• Artifacts are now signed. See verify dependencies for more details.
• Major release toolchain update:
  • classes are now compiled to java8 bytecode
  • javac compiler switched to OpenJDK 17.

Rules 1.6.0: rules 1.6.0

June 24, 2024

androidx.test:rules:1.6.0

2024-06-12

Benchmark: v1.3.0-beta01

June 12, 2024

androidx.benchmark:benchmark-*:1.3.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta01 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Renamed MethodTracing.affectsMeasurementOnThisDevice to AFFECTS_MEASUREMENT_ON_THIS_DEVICE for consistency. (I1bdfa)
• Added experimental BlackHole.consume() api to prevent dead code elimination in microbenchmarks. (If6812, b/286091643)
• Microbenchmark will now correctly throw to prevent method tracing from interfering with measurements. This occurs on certain devices when method tracing is forced on (via instrumentation args or MicrobenchmarkConfig), and if a measurement is attempted after a method trace. Affected devices are running API 26-30 or certain ART mainline module versions affected by this interference, and can be detected at runtime via ProfilerConfig.MethodTracing.affectsMeasurementOnThisDevice. (Iafb92, b/303660864)

Bug Fixes

• Bumped max agp version recommended to 9.0.0-alpha01. (I5bbb0)
• Added compilation mode to benchmark context (If5612, b/325512900)
• Enable AIDL tracing by default (requires API 28) (Ia0af2, b/341852305)
• Added additional information in benchmark context in JSON output:
  • context.artMainlineVersion - integer version of Art mainline module (if present on device, -1 otherwise)
  • context.build.id - Equals android.os.Build.ID
  • context.build.version.codename - Equals android.os.Build.VERSION.CODENAME
  • context.build.version.abbreviatedCodename - corresponds to first letter of pre-release codename (even on release builds) (Ie5020)
• Fixes StackSampling to respect androidx.benchmark.profiling.sampleDurationSeconds (Ib1d53)
• Change macro->common dependency to be api(), so it's easier to use e.g. PerfettoTrace and PerfettoConfig. (Icdae3, b/341851833)
• Ensure mergeArtProfile and mergeStartupProfile tasks always wait for baseline profile generation. (I623d6, b/343086054)
• Consider variant enable state when deciding whether variant should be enabled. (I5d19e, b/343249144)
• Increased default start timeout for perfetto trace processor. (I87e8c, b/329145808)

CameraX: v1.3.4

June 12, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-*:1.3.4 is released. Version 1.3.4 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where getZoomRatio incorrectly returned a decreased value when applying an increasing zoom ratio. (I4aa0d, b/317543616)
• Fixed still capture/tap-to-focus not using the repeating request FPS/stabilization mode values which may re-create capture session and cause latency issues or Preview freeze in some devices. (I7dc0b)
• Fixed the issue that the frame rate is set to a lower value when calling setTargetFrameRate with FRAME_RATE_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED. (I78c61)

Camera: v1.4.0-beta02

June 12, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-*:1.4.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.4.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Similar to VideoCapture, add setMirrorMode for Preview use case. It will support mirror mode ON and OFF for Preview stream via OutputConfiguration.setMirrorMode from API 33 and above, for older APIs, it will be no-op. (I821f4)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue that apps can't take pictures successfully on Samsung Tab A8 when ImageCapture selects 1920x1080 under Preview + VideoCapture + ImageCapture UseCase combination. (I5a463, b/336925549)
• Fixed persistent recording may fail to continue recording after switching camera. (Icb0a1)

Camera Viewfinder: v1.4.0-alpha07

June 12, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-viewfinder:1.4.0-alpha07 and androidx.camera:camera-viewfinder-core:1.4.0-alpha07 are released. Version 1.4.0-alpha07 contains these commits.

Camera Viewfinder Compose: v1.0.0-alpha02

June 12, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-viewfinder-compose:1.0.0-alpha02 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

Compose Animation: v1.7.0-beta03

June 12, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.7.0-beta03 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta03 contains these commits.

Compose Animation: v1.6.8

June 12, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.6.8 is released. Version 1.6.8 contains these commits.

Compose Foundation: v1.7.0-beta03

June 12, 2024

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-*:1.7.0-beta03 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta03 contains

2024-06-06

Media3: v1.4.0-alpha02

June 07, 2024

androidx.media3:media3-*:1.4.0-alpha02 is released. Version 1.4.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

• Common Library:
  • Forward presumed no-op seek calls to the protected BasePlayer.seekTo and SimpleBasePlayer.handleSeek methods instead of ignoring them. If you are implementing these methods in a custom player, you may need to handle these additional calls with mediaItemIndex == C.INDEX_UNSET.
  • Remove compile dependency on enhanced Java 8 desugaring (#1312).
  • Ensure the duration passed to MediaItem.Builder.setImageDurationMs is ignored for a non-image MediaItem (as documented).
• ExoPlayer:
  • Add reset to BasePreloadManager to release all the holding sources while keep the preload manager instance.
  • Add ExoPlayer.setPriority (and Builder.setPriority) to define the priority value used in PriorityTaskManager and for MediaCodec importance from API 35.
  • Fix issue with updating the last rebuffer time which resulted in incorrect bs (buffer starvation) key in CMCD (#1124).
  • Add PreloadMediaSource.PreloadControl.onLoadedToTheEndOfSource(PreloadMediaSource) to indicate that the source has loaded to the end. This allows the DefaultPreloadManager and the custom PreloadMediaSource.PreloadControl implementations to preload the next source or take other actions.
  • Fix bug where silence skipping at the end of items can trigger a playback exception.
  • Add clear to PreloadMediaSource to discard the preloading period.
  • Add new error code PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_DECODING_RESOURCES_RECLAIMED that is used when codec resources are reclaimed for higher priority tasks.
  • Let AdsMediaSource load preroll ads before initial content media preparation completes (#1358).
  • Fix bug where playback moved to STATE_ENDED when re-preparing a multi-period DASH live stream after the original period was already removed from the manifest.
  • Rename onTimelineRefreshed to onSourcePrepared and onPrepared to onTracksSelected in PreloadMediaSource.PreloadControl. Also rename the IntDefs in DefaultPreloadManager.Stage accordingly.
  • Add experimental support for dynamic scheduling to better align work with CPU wake-cycles and delay waking up to when renderers can progress. You can enable this using experimentalSetDynamicSchedulingEnabled when setting up your ExoPlayer instance.
  • Add Renderer.getDurationToProgressMs. A Renderer can implement this method to return to ExoPlayer the duration that playback must advance for the renderer to progress. If ExoPlayer is set with experimentalSetDynamicSchedulingEnabled then ExoPlayer will call this method when calculating the time to schedule its work task.
  • Add MediaCodecAdapter#OnBufferAvailableListener to alert when input and output buffers are available for use by MediaCodecRenderer. MediaCodecRenderer will signal ExoPlayer when receiving these callbacks and if ExoPlayer is set with experimentalSetDynamicSchedulingEnabled, then ExoPlayer will schedule its work loop as renderers can make progress.
  • Use data class for LoadControl methods instead of individual parameters.
• Transformer:
  • Work around a decoder bug where the number of audio channels was capped at stereo when handling PCM input.
  • When selecting tracks in ExoPlayerAssetLoader, ignore audio channel count constraints as they only apply for playback.
  • Replace androidx.media3.transformer.Muxer interface with androidx.media3.muxer.Muxer and remove androidx.media3.transformer.Muxer.
  • Fix HEIC image loading from content URI schemes. (#1373).
  • Adjust audio track duration in AudioGraphInput to improve AV sync.
• Extractors:
  • MPEG-TS: Roll forward the change ensuring the last frame is rendered by passing the last access unit of a stream to the sample queue (#7909). Incorporating fixes to resolve the issues that emerged in I-frame only HLS streams(#1150) and H.262 HLS streams (#1126).
  • MP3: Prefer the data size from an Info frame over the size reported by the underlying stream (e.g. file size, or HTTP Content-Length header). This helps to exclude non-playable trailer data (e.g. album artwork) from constant bitrate seeking calculations, making seeks more accurate (#1376).
  • MP3: Use the frame count and other data in an Info frame (if present) to compute an average bitrate for constant bitrate seeking, rather than extrapolating from the bitrate of the frame after the Info frame, which may be artificially small, e.g. PCUT frame (#1376).
• Audio:
  • Fix DTS:X Profile 2 encoding attributes for passthrough playback (#1299).
  • For offloaded playback, reset the tracking field for stream completion in DefaultAudioSink prior to calling AudioTrack.stop() so that AudioTrack.StreamEventCallback#onPresentationEnded correctly identifies when all pending data has been played.
  • Fix bug in SilenceSkippingAudioProcessor where transitions between different audio formats (for example stereo to mono) can cause the processor to throw an exception (#1352).
  • Implement MediaCodecAudioRenderer.getDurationToProgressUs so that ExoPlayer will dynamically schedule its main work loop to when the MediaCodecAudioRenderer can make progress.
• Video:
  • Fix decoder fallback logic for Dolby Vision to use a compatible AV1 decoder if needed (#1389).
• Text:
  • Fix issue where subtitles starting before a seek position are skipped. This issue was only introduced in Media3 1.4.0-alpha01.
  • Change default subtitle parsing behavior so it happens during extraction instead of during rendering (see ExoPlayer's architecture diagram for the difference between extraction and rendering).
    • This change can be overridden by calling bothMediaSource.Factory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(false) and TextRenderer.experimentalSetLegacyDecodingEnabled(true). See the docs on customization for how to plumb these components into an ExoPlayer instance. These methods (and all support for legacy subtitle decoding) will be removed in a future release.
    • Apps with custom SubtitleDecoder implementations need to update them to implement SubtitleParser instead (and SubtitleParser.Factory instead of SubtitleDecoderFactory)....

2024-05-29@10PM

Core 1.6.0: Core Core-ktx 1.6.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

androidx.test:core:1.6.0-rc01 and androidx.test:core-ktx:1.6.0-rc01 are released.

Espresso 3.6.0: Espresso 3.6.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

The following artifacts were released:

• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-accessibility:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-intents:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-remote:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-web:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso.idling:idling-concurrent:3.6.0-rc01
• androidx.test.espresso.idling:idling-net:3.6.0-rc01

Test:

Test:

Test:

Monitor 1.7.0: monitor 1.7.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

androidx.test:monitor:1.7.0-rc01 is released.

Orchestrator 1.5.0: orchestrator 1.5.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

androidx.test:orchestrator:1.5.0-rc01 is released.

Runner 1.6.0: runner 1.6.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

androidx.test:runner:1.6.0-rc01 is released.

Rules 1.6.0: rules 1.6.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

androidx.test:rules:1.6.0-rc01 is released.

Services 1.5.0: services 1.5.0-rc01

May 30, 2024

androidx.test.services:test-services:1.5.0-rc01 androidx.test.services:storage:1.5.0-rc01 are released.

2024-05-29

Appcompat: v1.7.0

May 29, 2024

androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0 and androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.7.0 are released. Version 1.7.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 1.6.0

• AppCompatDialog now correctly sets the LifecycleOwner, SavedStateRegistryOwner, and OnBackPressedDispatcherOwner on the dialog's decor view via the ViewTree APIs, fixing issues when hosting a ComposeView within an AppCompatDialog.
• AppCompatActivity now sets the ViewTreeOnBackPressedDispatcherOwner so that it is possible to retrieve the dispatcher from the view.
• Significantly improved the performance of SupportMenuInflater.
• Locale.getDefault() now returns the system locale after a cold start.
• LinearLayoutCompat now preserves margin layout params.

Dependency Updates

• AppCompat now depends on Activity 1.7.0.
• AppCompat now depends on Fragment version 1.5.4.

Biometric: v1.4.0-alpha01

May 29, 2024

androidx.biometric:biometric:1.4.0-alpha01 and androidx.biometric:biometric-ktx:1.4.0-alpha01 are released. This version is developed in an internal branch and targets Android 15 Beta 2.

Bug Fixes

• Update UI to be consistent with platform changes in Android 15

Car App: v1.4.0

May 29, 2024

androidx.car.app:app-*:1.4.0 is released. Version 1.4.0 is a promotion of 1.4.0-rc02.

Important changes since 1.3.0

• Instrument Cluster map rendering for Navigation apps
• New Tab Template for improved app layout / usability
• Support for Adaptive task limits
• Secondary actions on list elements

Compose Animation: v1.7.0-beta02

May 29, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.7.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta02 contains these commits.

Compose Foundation: v1.7.0-beta02

May 29, 2024

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-*:1.7.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Adds an experimental API for configuring prefetch behavior of LazyGrids similar to the existing experimental API for LazyLists. This includes support for prefetching items in nested LazyGrids. Similiar to LazyListPrefetchStrategy, the implementation default is to prefetch the first 2 nested items of each grid, but this can be configured by the new LazyGridPrefetchStrategy(nestedPrefetchItemCount) and LazyListPrefetchStrategy#onNestedPrefetch APIs. (I591c4)
• Renamed SemanticsProperties.Editable to IsEditable and changes SemanticsPropertyReceiver.editable to a val isEditable. The property is now a boolean and always specified by text fields. (I8acd8)
• Moved basicMarquee default values into MarqueeDefaults object. (I12ff6)
• Renamed basicMarquee delayMillis parameter to repeatDelayMillis. (I12ff6)
• Update API for styling the links: moved the TextLinkStyles to the TextStyle and removed the TextDefaults from material (I5477b)

Bug Fixes

• Renamed LayoutCoordinates.introducesFrameOfReference to LayoutCoordinates.introducesMotionFrameOfReference to better reflect its purpose. Renamed related function to calculate coordinates based on that flag. (I3a330)
• Removed 'Default' from the MarqueeDefaults properties. (I1d8a0)
• Removed 'Marquee' from MarqueeDefaults properties. (Iad4f4)
• Removed TextLinkStyles from the TextStyle class. Instead, TextLinkStyles is part of the LinkAnntation constructor and the AnnotatedString.fromHtml method (I90b2b)
• Fixed a bug where Pager would snap when flinging towards a bound while already settled at the bound. (I9f373, b/339171222)
• BTF2 now has correct mouse selection gestures. (Ibe8c6)

External Contribution

• Resubmit 'Make compose/measure time calculation content-type based in prefetch to improve accuracy' (Iea622)
• Make compose/measure time calculation content-type based in prefetch to improve accuracy (Ibccb1)
• Make WindowInsetsPadding modifiers available from common source set (I070b2)

Compose Material: v1.7.0-beta02

May 29, 2024

androidx.compose.material:material-*:1.7.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Update API for styling the links: moved the TextLinkStyles to the TextStyle and removed the TextDefaults from material (I5477b)

Compose Material3: v1.3.0-beta02

May 29, 2024

androidx.compose.material3:material3-*:1.3.0-beta02 is released. Version 1.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Modifier.pullToRefreshIndicator supports elevation, update Pull To Refresh APIs to have enabled be a boolean, instead of a lambda. Support content alignment in PullToRefreshBox (I75679)
• Making TooltipScope a sealed interface and creating an internal impl...

2024-05-16

Core 1.6.0: Core Core-ktx 1.6.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

androidx.test:core:1.6.0-beta01 and androidx.test:core-ktx:1.6.0-beta01 are released.

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency
• Revert back to androidx.concurrent 1.1.0

Espresso 3.6.0: Espresso 3.6.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

The following artifacts were released:

• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-accessibility:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-intents:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-remote:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso:espresso-web:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso.idling:idling-concurrent:3.6.0-beta01
• androidx.test.espresso.idling:idling-net:3.6.0-beta01

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency

Test:

Test:

Test:

Monitor 1.7.0: monitor 1.7.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

androidx.test:monitor:1.7.0-beta01 is released.

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency

Orchestrator 1.5.0: orchestrator 1.5.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

androidx.test:orchestrator:1.5.0-beta01 is released.

Runner 1.6.0: runner 1.6.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

androidx.test:runner:1.6.0-beta01 is released.

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency

Rules 1.6.0: rules 1.6.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

androidx.test:rules:1.6.0-beta01 is released.

Bug Fixes

• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency

Services 1.5.0: services 1.5.0-beta01

May 16, 2024

androidx.test.services:test-services:1.5.0-beta01 androidx.test.services:storage:1.5.0-beta01 are released.

Bug Fixes

• Reduce HostedFile log spam
• Remove unused androidx.test.annotation dependency

2024-05-14

Annotation: v1.8.0

May 14, 2024

androidx.annotation:annotation-*:1.8.0 is released. Version 1.8.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 1.7.0

• Added @ReplaceWith annotation to express replacements for deprecated APIs
• The @MainThread annotation has been moved to the common source set.

Appcompat: v1.7.0-rc01

May 14, 2024

androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0-rc01 and androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.7.0-rc01 are released. Version 1.7.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Benchmark: v1.3.0-alpha05

May 14, 2024

androidx.benchmark:benchmark-*:1.3.0-alpha05 is released. Version 1.3.0-alpha05 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Throw clearer exception when macrobench metric returns zero values for all iterations (Iab58f, b/314931695)
• Additional workaround rules added to microbench proguard rules, including support for listener rules and other observed warnings / errors. (I14d8f, b/329126308, b/339085669)
• Method tracing runs as a separate phase during a Macrobenchmark, and it no longer affects measurements. (If9a50, b/285912360, b/336588271)
• Added extra debugging suggestions to drop shader broadcast failure message. (I5efa6, b/325502725)

CameraX: v1.4.0-beta01

May 14, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-*:1.4.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.4.0-beta01 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Added ZoomGestureDetector.ZoomEvent to encapsulates the states of a zoom gesture. (I84cdf)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that still capture and tap-to-focus do not use the repeating request FPS/stabilization mode values which may recreate capture session and cause latency issues or Preview freeze in some devices. (I7dc0b)
• Fixed a bug where High Resolutions can not be selected when CameraEffect is enabled on some devices. (e.g. 4000x3000 on Samsung A32 5G). (Ie3ed3, b/337336152)
• Fixed a crash when taking picture with Preview, ImageCapture and VideoCapture(UHD) are bound on Pixel 4XL API29. (I5b288)
• Support virtual devices: Context passed into ProcessCameraProvider will preserve the device ID to ensure the functionality in a virtual device environment. (I5ba48)

CameraX: v1.4.0-alpha06

May 14, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-viewfinder:1.4.0-alpha06 and androidx.camera:camera-viewfinder-core:1.4.0-alpha06 are released. Version 1.4.0-alpha06 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Rename Viewfinder's ImplementationMode Enums to better reflect underlying implementations, and add fixed constants for TransformationInfo.sourceRotation. (Ic6149)
• Added ZoomGestureDetector.ZoomEvent to encapsulates the states of a zoom gesture. (I84cdf)

Camera Viewfinder Compose: v1.0.0-alpha01

May 14, 2024

androidx.camera:camera-viewfinder-compose:1.0.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

• New library. This library introduces a Compose native Viewfinder composable, that can be used with CameraX and Camera2. The composable Viewfinder supports different aspect ratios, and handling of touch events.

Compose Animation: v1.7.0-beta01

May 14, 2024

androidx.compose.animation:animation-*:1.7.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta01 contains these commits.

API Changes

• New resizeModes (ScaleToBounds and RemeasureToBounds) for sharedBounds to choose between scaling and remeasure. The previous scaleIn/OutSharedContentToBounds APIs are now deprecated. (I0d41a)

External Contribution

• Experimental SharedTransitionScope is now an interface rather than a class. (Iaf856, b/338415048, b/338414702)

Compose Compiler: v1.5.14

May 14, 2024

androidx.compose.compiler:compiler:1.5.14 and androidx.compose.compiler:compiler-hosted:1.5.14 are released. Version 1.5.14 contains these commits.

This compiler release is targeting Kotlin 1.9.24.

Bug Fixes

• Ensure that inline body is realized when source information is off. (Idddb8)

Compose Foundation: v1.7.0-beta01

May 14, 2024

androidx.compose.foundation:foundation-*:1.7.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.7.0-beta01 contains these commits.

API Changes

• Added KeyboardOptions.shouldShowKeyboardOnFocus property back as deprecated hidden for binary compatibility. (I15cfe)
• Modifier.anchoredDraggable now reverses drag deltas by default for components with a Horizontal orientation when used in an RTL layout. (I3c6d9)
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