Release Android v6.0.0-beta.3

[LukasPaczos]

In preparation for release v6.0.0 of the Mapbox Android SDK, we're releasing today the third beta in the 6.0.x series. The 6.x release brings major features as:

• Heatmap support
• Refreshed gestures handling
• Expressions
• HillshadeLayer and RasterDemSource
• CustomGeometrySource
• ViewportCollision detection
• Transparent TextureView

Please note that this is a pre-release version intended to gather early feedback on the new APIs and to detect any potential issues (you can report them here). This release is not intended for production apps.

Changes since v6.0.0-beta.2

• Remove deprecated location APIs #11351
• Added missing local reference deletes #11243, #11272
• Remove obsolete camera api #11201
• Fix UTF-8 encoding, add missing package-info.java files #11261
• Rework expression api #11210
• LatLngBounds fixes #11333, #11307, #11308, #11309, #11226
• New gestures library #11221
• Expose ImageSource coordinates setter #11262
• Add heatmap color property #11220
• Add support for mapzen terrarium raster-dem encoding #11339

Todo

• Create release branch
• Change CircleCI config to build from release branch (android-release-all->deploy)
• Change version name to 6.0.0-beta.3 in /platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
• Publish 6.0.0-beta.3 artifact to Maven Central
• Tag android-v6.0.0-beta.3
• Change version name to 6.0.0-SNAPSHOT in /platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
• Change CircleCI config to build back from release branch
• Merge release-android-v6.0.0-beta.3 back into release-boba
• Update Javadoc documentation via release branch, not master @langsmith
• Create new Fabric release @langsmith
• Update Mapbox demo and wearable demo apps @langsmith
• Create new tag/release in demo app repo @langsmith
• Release new version of Android demo app on Play Store @langsmith
• TBD: update the style specification’s SDK support tables @langsmith note
• If stable version, update mapbox-plugins-android test app @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in android-docs repo's constants.js file @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in config files in /help @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in src > constants.js file in /www.mapbox.com @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in pthfndr @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in Studio Preview @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in master&navUI branches of Store Locator kit @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in cnplgn @langsmith
• If stable version, update version # in cndocs @langsmith

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/cc @mapbox/mobile @mapbox/support @colleenmcginnis

[LukasPaczos]

Noting, that our upcoming 6.0.0 release includes support for Java 8 features, therefore in order to run it (or any of the betas) you need to upgrade your project to include Java 8 support by adding this into your app's gradle file:

android {
    ...
    ...
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

or enabling Java 8 support for your project from Android Studio menu.

[zugaldia]

you need to upgrade your project to include Java 8 support by adding this into your app's gradle file

If this is a hard requirement, is this something that we could add to our Gradle config so that it applies automatically to consuming apps?

[tobrun]

you need to upgrade your project to include Java 8 support by adding this into your app's gradle file

If this is a hard requirement, is this something that we could add to our Gradle config so that it applies automatically to consuming apps?

This is a hard requirement and imo we shouldn't require users to add this. I ticketed #11392 to remove support from the SDK.

[langsmith]

Noting here that upgrading the demo app to any 6.x beta version is on hold because of the API breaking changes that come with 6.x. ; most notably, data-driven styling.

[LukasPaczos]

In order to test out this beta version in your app you need to add snapshot repository URL to your top level build.gradle file.

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        ...
        maven { url "http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
    }
}

This will not be required for the upcoming beta and stable releases, only 6.0.0-beta.3.

[langsmith]

We good to close this @tobrun / @LukasPaczos ? Javadocs have been added to /android-docs and I created a new Fabric release. Demo app isn't being updated.

[LukasPaczos]

Good to close, thanks @langsmith.