支持库功能
Android 支持库软件包含可以添加至应用的多个库。每个库均支持特定范围的 Android 平台版本和功能。
本指南介绍了各支持库提供的重要功能和版本支持,从而帮助您决定在应用中添加哪些支持库。一般而言,我们建议添加 v4 支持库和 v7 appcompat 库,因为它们支持一系列 Android 版本,并且可以为推荐的用户界面模式提供 API。
要使用以下任一库,您必须将库文件下载到 Android SDK 安装位置中。请按照支持库设置中下载支持库的说明完成此步骤。要在应用中添加特定支持库,您还必须执行其他步骤。有关如何在应用中添加支持库的重要信息,请参阅下面各个库内容的末尾部分。
v4 支持库
这些库旨在与 Android 2.3(API 级别 9)及更高版本搭配使用。与其他支持库相比,它们包含的 API 集合最大,包括对应用组件、用户界面功能、辅助功能、数据处理、网络连接以及编程实用工具的支持。
如需了解有关 v4 支持库所提供类和方法的完整详细信息,请参阅 API 参考中的 android.support.v4
软件包。
注:在支持库修订版 24.2.0 之前,存在一个 v4 支持库。为了提高效率,此库拆分成多个模块。出于向后兼容的考虑,如果您在 Gradle 脚本中列出了 support-v4
,您的 APK 将包含所有的 v4 模块。不过,要减少 APK 大小,我们建议仅列出应用需要的特定模块。
v4 compat 库
为众多框架 API 提供兼容性包装器,例如 Context.obtainDrawable()
和 View.performAccessibilityAction()
。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-compat:24.2.0
v4 core-utils 库
提供大量实用程序类,例如 AsyncTaskLoader
和 PermissionChecker
。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-core-utils:24.2.0
v4 core-ui 库
实现各种 UI 相关组件,例如 ViewPager
、NestedScrollView
和 ExploreByTouchHelper
。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-core-ui:24.2.0
v4 media-compat 库
向后移植部分媒体框架,包括 MediaBrowser
和 MediaSession
。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-media-compat:24.2.0
v4 fragment 库
添加对使用片段封装用户界面和功能的支持,从而使应用能够提供可以在大屏幕设备与小屏幕设备之间进行调节的布局。此模块依赖于 compat、core-utils、core-ui 和 media-compat。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-fragment:24.2.0
Dalvik 可执行文件分包支持库
此库可以为使用多个 Dalvik Executable (DEX) 文件开发应用提供支持。引用超过 65536 个方法的应用须使用 Dalvik 可执行文件分包配置。如需了解有关使用 Dalvik 可执行文件分包的详细信息,请参阅使用超过 6.4 万种方法开发应用。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0
v7 支持库
一些库旨在与 Android 2.3(API 级别 9)及更高版本搭配使用。这些库提供了特定的功能集,并且可以单独添加到应用中,与其他库互不影响。
v7 appcompat 库
此库添加了对操作栏用户界面设计模式的支持。此库包含对 Material Design 用户界面实现的支持。
注:此库依赖于 v4 支持库。
下面是 v7 appcompat 库中包含的一些关键类:
ActionBar
- 提供操作栏用户界面模式的实现。如需了解有关使用操作栏的详细信息,请参阅操作栏开发者指南。AppCompatActivity
- 添加一个应用 Activity 类,此类可作为使用支持库操作栏实现的 Activity 的基础类。AppCompatDialog
- 添加一个对话框类,此类可作为 AppCompat 主题对话框的基础类。ShareActionProvider
- 包含对可以添加到操作栏中的标准化分享操作(例如电子邮件或发帖至社交应用)的支持。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.0
v7 cardview 库
此库添加了对 CardView
小部件的支持,让您能够在卡片内显示信息,从而使应用具备一致的外观。这些卡片对 Material Design 实现非常有用,并在电视应用布局中广为使用。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.2.0
v7 gridlayout 库
下载 Android 支持库后,此库可以添加对 GridLayout
类的支持,让您能够使用网状方格安排用户界面元素。如需了解有关 v7 gridlayout 库 API 的详细信息,请参阅 API 参考中的 android.support.v7.widget
软件包。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:24.2.0
v7 mediarouter 库
此库可以提供 MediaRouter
、MediaRouteProvider
和支持 Google Cast 的相关媒体类。
一般而言,利用 v7 mediarouter 库中的 API,您可以控制当前设备到外部屏幕、扬声器和其他目标设备的媒体渠道和流的路由。此库包含的 API 可以用于发布应用特定的媒体路由提供程序、发现和选择目标设备,以及检查媒体状态,等等。如需了解有关 v7 mediarouter 库 API 的详细信息,请参阅 API 参考中的 android.support.v7.media
软件包。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:24.2.0
支持库 r18 中引入的 v7 mediarouter 库 API 在后续版本的支持库中可能会发生更改。目前,我们建议仅使用与 Google Cast 有关的库。
v7 palette 库
v7 palette 支持库包含 Palette
类,此类让您可以从图像中抽取突出颜色。例如,音乐应用可以使用 Palette
对象从专辑封面抽取主要颜色,然后使用这些颜色创建一个色彩协调的歌曲标题卡。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:palette-v7:24.2.0
v7 recyclerview 库
recyclerview 库添加了 RecyclerView
类。此类能够为 RecyclerView 小部件提供支持,RecyclerView 是一种通过提供有限的数据项窗口有效显示大数据集的视图。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.0
v7 Preference 支持库
首选项软件包提供的 API 支持添加 preference 对象(例如 CheckBoxPreference
和 ListPreference
),方便用户修改 UI 设置。
v7 Preference 库添加了对接口(例如 Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener
和 Preference.OnPreferenceClickListener
)以及类(例如 CheckBoxPreference
和 ListPreference
)的支持。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:preference-v7:24.2.0
v8 支持库
此库旨在与 Android 2.3(API 级别 9)及更高版本搭配使用。此库提供了特定的功能集,并且可以单独添加到应用中,与其他库互不影响。
v8 renderscript 库
此库旨在与 Android 2.3(API 级别 9)及更高版本搭配使用。它添加了对 RenderScript 计算框架的支持。android.support.v8.renderscript
软件包中包含这些 API。请注意,在应用中添加这些 API 的步骤与添加其他支持库 API 迥然不同。如需了解有关在应用中使用这些 API 的详细信息,请参阅 RenderScript 开发者指南。
注:Android Studio 和 Gradle 构建支持使用带支持库的 RenderScript。renderscript 库位于 build-tools/$VERSION/renderscript/
文件夹中。
以下示例显示了此库的 Gradle 构建脚本属性:
defaultConfig {
renderscriptTargetApi 18
renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
}
v13 支持库
此库旨在用于 Android 3.2(API 级别 13)及更高版本。它添加了对带有 (FragmentCompat
) 类和其他片段支持类的 Fragment 用户界面模式的支持。如需了解有关片段的详细信息,请参阅片段开发者指南。如需了解有关 v13 支持库 API 的详细信息,请参阅 API 参考中的 android.support.v13
软件包。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-v13:24.2.0
v14 Preference 支持库
android.support.v14.preference
软件包提供的 API 添加了对首选项接口(例如 PreferenceFragment.OnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback
和 PreferenceFragment.OnPreferenceStartScreenCallback
)以及类(例如 MultiSelectListPreference
和 PreferenceFragment
)的支持。如需了解有关 v14 Preference 支持库 API 的详细信息,请参阅 API 参考中的首选项软件包。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:preference-v14:24.2.0
适用于电视的 v17 Preference 支持库
android.support.v17.preference
软件包提供的 API 可以在电视设备上提供首选项接口,包括对 LeanbackListPreferenceDialogFragment.ViewHolder.OnItemClickListener
接口和类的支持,例如 BaseLeanbackPreferenceFragment
和 LeanbackPreferenceFragment
。如需了解有关 v17 Preference 支持库 API 的详细信息,请参阅 API 参考中的首选项软件包。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:preference-leanback-v17:24.2.0
v17 Leanback 库
android.support.v17.leanback
软件包提供的 API 支持在电视设备上构建用户界面。它为电视应用提供了一些重要的小部件。一些值得注意的类包括:
BrowseFragment
- 一种用于创建主要布局的片段,主要布局用于浏览类别和媒体项目。DetailsFragment
- 用于 Leanback 细节屏幕的包装器片段。PlaybackOverlayFragment
- 用于显示播放控件及相关内容的DetailsFragment
子类。SearchFragment
- 用于处理搜索的片段。片段可以接收用户的搜索请求并将其传递给应用提供的SearchResultProvider
。SearchResultProvider
可以将搜索结果返回给SearchFragment
,后者会将结果渲染到RowsFragment
中。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:leanback-v17:24.2.0
注解支持库
注解软件包提供的 API 支持向应用中添加注解元数据。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:support-annotations:24.2.0
设计支持库
设计软件包提供的 API 支持向应用中添加 Material Design 组件和模式。
设计支持库添加了对应用开发者依赖的各种 Material Design 组件和模式的支持,例如抽屉式导航栏、浮动操作按钮 (FAB)、快捷信息栏和标签页。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:design:24.2.0
自定义标签页支持库
自定义标签页软件包提供的 API 支持向应用中添加自定义标签页并对其进行管理。
自定义标签页支持库添加了对自定义标签页服务和自定义标签页回调等各种类的支持。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:customtabs:24.2.0
百分比支持库
百分比软件包提供的 API 支持向应用中添加基于百分比的尺寸并对其进行管理。
百分比支持库添加了对 PercentLayoutHelper.PercentLayoutParams 接口和各种类的支持,例如 PercentFrameLayout 和 PercentRelativeLayout。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:percent:24.2.0
适用于电视的应用建议支持库
应用建议软件包提供的 API 支持向电视设备上运行的应用中添加内容建议。
应用库添加了对注解(例如 ContentRecommendation.ContentMaturity 和各种类(例如 ContentRecommendation 和 RecommendationExtender)的支持。
此库的 Gradle 构建脚本依赖关系标识符如下所示:
com.android.support:recommendation:24.2.0
Recent Support Library Revisions
This page provides details about the most recent Support Library package releases. For earlier releases, see the Support Library Revisions Archive.
Revision 27.0.2 Release
(November 2017)
Bug fixes
EmojiEditTextHelper
throwsNullPointerException
.IllegalStateException
: Fragment has not been attached yet.- Unable to dismiss 'Cast' icon pop-up by tapping anywhere on the screen.
MediaMetadataCompat
throwsBadParcelableException
.
Revision 27.0.1 Release
(November 2017)
Bug fixes
- LifecycleRegistry is in the wrong state after
startActivityForResult()
is called. (Issue 65665621) - The color of disabled buttons is too light on older API levels.
- After a user scrolls, they cannot click on an item in a
RecyclerView
. (AOSP issue 66996774) - In Talkback, clicking on more options does not cause the system to announce the new popup or to add focus to the new options.
Revision 27.0.0 Release
(October 2017)
API Diffs
API Changes
Fragment
can use support library versions ofTransition
for fragment transitions, including shared-element transitions.- Content paging library (
android.support.content.ContentPager
) provides support for paging content exposed via aContentProvider
. Use of this library allows a client to avoid expensive interprocess "cursor window swaps" on the UI thread, providing a compatibility library for the Android 8.0 feature. ViewCompat
now adds wrappers for autofill methods, includinggetImportantForAutofill()
,isImportantForAutofill()
,setAutofillHints()
, andsetImportantForAutofill()
.- Leanback gets new features and polish, and loses some deprecated classes, such as:
Picker
now can use different separators between each column using thesetSeparators()
method.DiffCallback
has been added to allowArrayObjectAdapter
to take advantage of the output provided byDiffUtil
.- Infrastructure added to support media players with variable controls, adding optional controls for fast-forward, repeat, shuffle, next, previous, and rewind.
- Removal of
MediaControllerGlue
, PlaybackControlGlue,PlaybackControlSupportGlue
, andPlaybackOverlayFragment
.
- For testing, the PollingCheck utility is ported from AOSP CTS. It polls for a condition to happen within a timeout window.
- Infrastructure added to support runtime permissions on Instant Apps for Android 5.0, using
PermissionCompatDelegate
. - Trusted custom tabs now supported, along with the ability to define a relationship between an application and an origin URI.
- Android Wear ambient mode support is simplified with the use of the AmbientMode headless fragment, which also makes supporting ambient mode compatible with the use of Architecture Components.
- The Wear team seeks developer feedback around this significant change. For more information, see the Android Wear Release Notes.
- Some deprecated classes removed as we move away from old pre-V14 APIs, such as
android.support.v7.NotificationCompat
(use v4NotificationCompat
instead),KeyEventCompat
,ParallelExecutorCompat
, andSearchViewCompat
. - Migrated wear manifest metadata constants are all now available via
android.support.wear.utils.MetadataConstants
. - Ambient mode support is now available for all Activities, not just WearableActivity. For more information, see the
AmbientMode
reference. RoundedDrawable
now supports XML inflation.
Bug fixes
- Application crashes with support library 27 and downloadable font
- Downloadable fonts not working for new projects created after updating SDK
- SpeechRecognizer API is broken in latest upgrade
- Fragment-related crash during draw after removing animated View
- support-leanback-demos media playback are all broken
- Android Support Library is adding <meta-data> into manifest
- FontResourcesParserCompat should understand android: attrs
- Leanback Glue does not support Pause input key
- Unresolved symbol in IDE when multiple packages share the same artifact id.
- Null Pointer Exception in CarExtender
- Wrong shuffle / repeat mode set PlaybackState after creating MediaController
- Library cluster default posters are running onto next cluster while navigating
- Recommendation card metadata is cut off
- IllegalArgumentException at RecyclerView.attachViewToParent()
- ClassNotFoundException when unmarshalling SavedState (AOSP issue 37133281)
- Focus gets stuck in RecyclerView
- Fix ANR in Leanback LayoutManager
Revision 26.1.0 Release
(September 2017)
This is a special release to integrate the Support Library with Lifecycles from Architecture Components. If you are not using the Lifecycles library, you don’t need to update from 26.0.2. For more information, see the Architecture Components release notes.
Important changes
Fragment
andFragmentActivity
(the base class forAppCompatActivity
) now implement theLifecycleOwner
interface from Architecture Components.
Revision 26.0.2 Release
(August 2017)
Bug fixes
- Menu icons are flattened on Support Library 26.0.0
GuidedAction.multilineDescription
doesn't work properly with Leanback
Revision 26.0.1 Release
(August 2017)
Bug fixes
- FontCompat 26.0.0 crashes on O-MR1 devices
- 26.0.0 Design Support Library should not include multidex support (issue 63999442))
- AppBarLayout now has 300px of left padding since 26.0.0
- PlaybackTransportControl navigation is broken
- Fragment.onCreateView is called sometime before onCreate finishes
- android.os.BadParcelableException: ClassNotFoundException when unmarshalling: android.support.v4.media.MediaMetadataCompat
Revision 26.0.0 Release
(July 2017)
Important: The support libraries are now available through Google's Maven repository. You do not need to download the support repository from the SDK Manager. For more information, see Support Library Setup.
Important changes
- The minimum SDK version has been increased to 14. As a result, many APIs that existed only for compatibility with pre-14 API levels have been deprecated. Clients of these APIs should migrate to their framework equivalents as noted in the reference page for each deprecated API.
- The Wear UI Library contains classes that help you implement patterns and layouts that work on Wear devices. For more information, see Using the Wear UI Library.
- The Percent Support module has been deprecated. Clients of this module should migrate to the new
ConstraintLayout
widget, which is provided as a separate artifact in SDK Manager. android.support.v7.app.NotificationCompat
and its containing classes has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release:- Use
NotificationCompat.Builder
instead ofv7.app.NotificationCompat.Builder
. Functionality that previously relied on using the v7 AppCompat Builder has now been folded into the v4 Compat Builder. DecoratedCustomViewStyle
has moved to theandroid.support.v4.app
package.MediaStyle
andDecoratedMediaCustomViewStyle
are now part of the media-compat library and can be found in the android.support.v4.media.app package.
- Use
New APIs
- New
fastScrollEnabled
boolean flag forRecyclerView
. If enabled,fastScrollHorizontalThumbDrawable
,fastScrollHorizontalTrackDrawable
,fastScrollVerticalThumbDrawable
, andfastScrollVerticalTrackDrawable
must be set.
API Diffs
Bug fixes
- Infinite loop in RecyclerView.toString()
- ResourceNotFoundException running Kotlin project on API 16 AVD after upgrading to Canary 6
- java.lang.AssertionError in design view with support library 26.0.0-beta2
- Android Studio layout preview broken for Support Library widgets
- Preference.setSingleLineTitle() is ignored if the Preference was not created with attributes
- DAC "Since" annotations are wrong for 25.3.0 / 25.4.0 revisions of Support Library
- ResourcesCompat.getFont() throws exception
- Toolbar title not in bold font
- Auto sizing with maxLines produces unexpected results
- NullPointerException in TextView.checkForRelayout()
- AppCompatTextViewAutoSizeHelper.setRawTextSize() calls requestLayout() during layout
- EmojiAppCompatTextView crashes
- Autosize TextView does not adjust automatically when text is changed
- Screen corruption in Instacart
- UnsupportedOperationException in MenuItemCompat
- NotificationCompat doesn't fully extract actions on API 24 or higher
- CoordinatorLayout anchoring problems on layout updates
Revision 26.0.0 Beta 2
(June 2017)
Please note that 26.0.0-beta2 is a pre-release version. Its API surface is subject to change, and it does not necessarily include features or bug fixes from the latest stable versions of Support Library.
Important: The support libraries are now available through Google's Maven repository. You do not need to download the support repository from the SDK Manager. For more information, see Support Library Setup.
New APIs
- New
JobIntentService
class, to help developers schedule tasks in a way that complies with the new Android O background execution limits.
API Diffs
Bug fixes
- Android O SDK drop causes loss of italics in TextViews
- Null pointer exception when connecting to MediaBrowserServiceCompat
- TextInputLayout must set hints on onProvideAutofillStructure()
- Stack overflow when using TextView autosize on O
Revision 26.0.0 Beta 1
(May 2017)
Please note that 26.0.0-beta1 is a pre-release version. Its API surface is subject to change, and it does not necessarily include features or bug fixes from the latest stable versions of Support Library.
Important: The support libraries are now available through Google's Maven repository. You do not need to download the support repository from the SDK Manager. For more information, see Support Library Setup.
Important changes
FragmentActivity.setSupportMediaController()
andFragmentActivity.getSupportMediaController()
have been removed. Please use the new staticMediaControllerCompat.setMediaController()
andMediaControllerCompat.getMediaController()
methods.BottomNavigationView
now callsonNavigationItemReselected()
when an already-selected item is selected, rather than callingonNavigationItemSelected()
.- All instances of the
findViewById()
method now return<T extends View> T
instead ofView
. This change has the following implications:- This may result in existing code now having ambiguous return type, for example if there is both
someMethod(View)
andsomeMethod(TextView)
that takes the result of a call tofindViewById()
. - When using Java 8 source language, this requires an explicit cast to
View
when the return type is unconstrained (for example,assertNotNull(findViewById(...)).someViewMethod())
. - Overrides of non-final
findViewById()
methods (for example,Activity.findViewById()
) will need their return type updated.
- This may result in existing code now having ambiguous return type, for example if there is both
New APIs
FragmentManager
andFragment
have anisStateSaved()
method to allow querying whether or not a transaction will be allowed without state loss. This is especially useful to check when handling anonClick()
event before executing any transaction.- Path motion is supported in
AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat
. Path motion allows one object animator to change two properties at the same time based on one path; the path is specified asandroid:pathData
in the animator’s XML). - Physics-based animation:
- New
FlingAnimation
that supports animating with an initial velocity and smoothly slows down. - Subclasses of
DynamicAnimation
support animating custom property for any object. - Both
SpringAnimation
andFlingAnimation
can now animate a float value without requiring aView
or anObject
to be associated with it.
For more information, see the Spring animation and Fling animation preview pages.
- New
- Font support in XML:
ResourcesCompat.getFont
allows loading font resources—including font-family XML—that may be used withTextView.setTypeface()
.- When using AppCompat, TextView supports specifying a font resource or font-family XML via the
android:fontFamily
XML attribute. - Use XML font-family to create families of fonts with style and weight variations. (If you use the support library classes to do this, use the
app:
attributes as well as theandroid:
attributes.)
- Downloadable fonts:
- New
FontsContractCompat
that allows you to request fonts from a font provider instead of bundling them in your app. - Fonts can also be requested in XML and used in layouts.
- New
- Emoji compatibility library:
EmojiCompat
can process a givenCharSequence
and addEmojiSpans
.EmojiTextView
and other widgets to display emoji.FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig
to request emoji font from a font provider.
- Autosizing TextView:
- New methods in
TextViewCompat
as well as XML attributes to control autosizing inTextView
.
- New methods in
- Leanback playback controls with seek support:
-
- New
PlaybackTransportRowPresenter
that renders playback controls with a SeekBar. - New
PlaybackTransportControlGlue
that works withPlaybackTransportRowPresenter
and supports seek. - New base class
PlaybackSeekDataProvider
for app to provide seek thumbnails toPlaybackTransportControlGlue
.
- New
- Preferences Data Store:
PreferenceDataStore
now allows you to implement your own preferences storage, set with new methods inPreference
andPreferenceManager
.
Known Issues
- Downloadable Fonts and Emoji compatibility integration with Google Play Services only works on Google Play Services v11+, which is currently available through the Google Play Services beta program.
Bug fixes
MediaBrowserCompat.search()
API does not work (AOSP issue 262170)ViewCompat.postInvalidateOnAnimation()
throws exception (AOSP issue 80146)onActivityCreated()
called for fragments in destroyed ActivityRecyclerView.isComputingLayout()
should return true during prefetch- When a
Fade
transition is interrupted and reversed, theView
starts the animation from the beginning. (Fix ported from Android Framework.) Transition.Fade
ignores initial alpha ofView
(AOSP issue 221820)
Revision 26.0.0 Alpha 1
(March 2017)
Please note that 26.0.0-alpha1 is a pre-release version. Its API surface is subject to change, and it does not necessarily include features or bug fixes from the latest stable versions of Support Library.
Important changes
Note: The minimum SDK version has been increased to 14. As a result, many APIs that existed only for API < 14 compatibility have been deprecated. Clients of these APIs should migrate to their framework equivalents as noted in the reference page for each deprecated API.
- The support-percent module has been deprecated. Clients of this module should migrate to the new ConstraintLayout widget, which is provided as a separate artifact in SDK Manager.
- The support-fragment module no longer has a dependency on the support-media-compat module.
New APIs
Many new classes, methods, and constants added to provide backwards-compatible support for platform APIs added in O Preview.
IME_FLAG_NO_PERSONALIZED_LEARNING
: IMEs can listen for "no learning" flags for apps that have a private mode, such as browsers. This feature helps IMEs understand if an app is in a private mode, so they can disable their learning or adaptive functionality while the app is in that mode.
For a complete list of API changes between 25.2.0 and 26.0.0-alpha1, see the support library API differences report.
Bug fixes
- In some cases simple
AutoTransition
animation can be interrupted by view "jumps". (AOSP issue 221816)
This page provides details about older Support Library package releases. For the most recent Support Library releases, see Recent Support Library Revisions.
Revision 25.4.0
(June 2017)
Important: The support libraries are now available through Google's Maven repository. You do not need to download the support repository from the SDK Manager. For more information, see Support Library Setup.
Important changes
executePendingTransactions()
,commitNow()
,popBackStackImmediate()
, and similar transaction calls are not allowed duringFragmentManager
state changes. Reentrant execution of transactions are unsafe andFragmentManager
now enforces this during its state changes.- Concurrent with this support library release, we are also releasing multidex version 1.0.2. This version includes the following important changes:
- Allows multidexing of instrumentation APK.
- Deprecates MultiDexTestRunner (AndroidJUnitRunner should be used instead).
- Provides better protection against some bad archive extraction management of the app.
- Fixes a bug that could lead to abandoned temporary files.
- Provides faster installation when done in concurrent process.
- Fixes an installation bug on API 19 and 20.
New and Modified APIs
Path morphing and path interpolation are supported in AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat
. Path morphing allow the shapes changing from one path (specified as android:valueFrom
) to another path (specified asandroid:valueTo
), in order to provide complex and attractive visual effects. Path interpolation allows the interpolators for AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat
to be specified as paths (specified as android:pathData
in the interpolator’s XML).
API Diffs
Fixed issues
- Null pointer exception when connecting to MediaBrowserServiceCompat
- MediaBrowserCompat.search() API does not work (AOSP issue 262170)
- BrowseFragment onItemClicked callbacks broken in 25.3.0
- NullPointerException while scrolling up and down in VerticalGridView in 25.3.1
- ClassCastException in SimpleArrayMap.allocArrays()
Revision 25.3.1
(March 2017)
Fixed issues
SwitchCompat
requires minimum SDK version of 14 or higher. (AOSP issue 251302)- Physics-based animation
updateListener
skips the first frame. BottomNavigationView
label animation is broken.
Revision 25.3.0
(March 2017)
Important changes
Support Library version metadata will automatically be added to AndroidManifest.xml
when building from Gradle, which simplifies tracking versions in public builds. For example:
<meta-data android:name="android.support.VERSION" android:value="25.3.0" />
Deprecations
A number of methods and classes have been deprecated in this release. These deprecated APIs will be removed in a future version and developers should migrate away from them. For more information on how to migrate away from a specific API, refer to its documentation.
ExifInterface
- The boolean method
getLatLong(float[])
is deprecated. Instead, use the new methodgetLatLong()
, which takes no arguments and returnsdouble[]
. mediacompat
PlaybackStateCompat.Builder.setErrorMessage(CharSequence)
is deprecated. Instead, use the new methodsetErrorMessage(int, CharSequence)
, which is passed an error code and an optional description.EXTRA_SUGGESTION_KEYWORDS
is deprecated. Instead, use theMediaBrowserCompat
search functionality.v7.recyclerview
LinearLayoutManager.getInitialItemPrefetchCount()
has been renamed toLinearLayoutManager.getInitialPrefetchItemCount()
. The old name is still supported but will be removed in a future release.
New and Modified APIs
appcompat-v7
- The new method
ActionBarDrawerToggle.setDrawerSlideAnimationEnabled(boolean)
simplifies disabling the navigation drawer toggle icon's animation. customtabs
- Added support for message channels. See the
CustomTabsService.requestPostMessageChannel()
andCustomTabsService.postMessage()
reference for details. dynamic-animation
- New physics-based animation library that provides a set of APIs for building animations that dynamically react to user input.
leanback-v17
- Added support for parallax backgrounds. See the
Parallax
reference for details. - Added
TimePicker
widget for picking times on a TV interface. mediacompat
- Added search functionality. See the
MediaBrowserCompat.search()
andMediaBrowserServiceCompat.onSearch()
reference for details. - Added support for shuffle and repeat modes. See the
MediaSessionCompat.setRepeatMode()
andsetShuffleModeEnabled()
reference for details.
Fixed issues
StaggeredGridLayoutManager
throwsIllegalArgumentException
(AOSP issue 230295)RecyclerView
prefetch does not properly handle aRecyclerView
that is attached but not onscreenLinearLayout
not recognized by Robolectric- When
Activity
is destroyed,onActivityCreated()
is improperly called for its fragments AppCompatImageView
constructor causesArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
- Poor UI performance in
Call.Details
activity transition
Revision 25.2.0
(February 2017)
Important Changes
Fixed issues
- This release fixes a severe mediarouter issue in which using an A2DP device and media routing APIs could cause the device to become unresponsive, requiring a reboot.
- The
FragmentManager.FragmentLifecycleCallbacks
class is now static.
Fixed issues
- Showing a slide presentation with screen mirroring causes device to disconnect from Wi-Fi
- Media button did not properly handle media apps that did not register themselves with
setMediaButtonReceiver()
VectorDrawable
error with string resource (AOSP issue 232407)TextInputLayout
overlays hint and text if text is set by XML (AOSP issue 230171)- Memory leak in
MediaControllerCompat
(AOSP issue 231441) RecyclerViewLayoutTest.triggerFocusSearchInOnRecycledCallback()
crashingRecyclerView
crashes when recycling view holders (AOSP issue 225762)getAllowGeneratedReplies()
incorrectly returns false for actions inside aWearableExtender
Revision 25.1.1
(January 2017)
Important: There is a known bug in the android.support.v7.media.MediaRouter
class in revision 25.1.1 and 25.1.0 of the Support Library. If your app uses the v7 MediaRouter
, you should update to Support Library Revision 25.2.0, which fixes this bug.
Important Changes
-
Fragment transactions can now be optimized within and across transactions. Optimizing fragment transaction operations can eliminate operations that cancel. For example, suppose two transactions are executed together, one that adds a fragment A and a second one that replaces fragment A with fragment B. In this case, the first operation might be canceled, and only fragment B added. That means that fragment A might not go through the creation/destruction lifecycle.
A side effect of this optimization is that fragments might have state changes out of the expected order. For example, suppose one transaction adds fragment A, a second adds fragment B, then a third removes fragment A. Without optimization, fragment B could expect that while it is being created, fragment A will also exist because fragment A will be removed after fragment B is added. With optimization, fragment B cannot be sure that fragment A will exist while B is being created, because fragment A's creation and destruction may be removed by the optimization.
This optimization is disabled by default. To enable the optimization, call
FragmentTransaction.setAllowOptimization(true)
. - Fragments can now postpone their transitions and animations until they are ready using
Fragment.postponeEnterTransition()
andFragment.startPostponedEnterTransition()
. This API is similar toActivity.postponeEnterTransition()
andActivity.startPostponedEnterTransition()
used with Activity Transitions.
Fixed issues
MediaSessionCompatTest
fails withIllegalArgumentException
DetailsFragment.installTitleView()
is not called in 25.1.0- Fragment transaction keeps ghost view on exit (AOSP issue 230679)
BottomNavigationView
needs spacing between item icon and text (AOSP issue 230653)- Selected listeners are missing from the new
PlaybackFragment
andPlaybackSupportFragment
TextInputLayout
focus does not change properly in emulator from support library version 25.1.0 (AOSP issue 230461)- Cannot replace the menu of a
BottomNavigationView
(AOSP issue 230343) RecyclerView
withStaggeredGridLayoutManager
crashes with full-span items (AOSP issue 230295)- Crash in
MediaSessionCompat
when usingsetCallback(null)
PlaybackGlueHostOld
andPlaybackSupportGlueHostOld
don't notify callbacks when playback row changesPlaybackOverlayFragment
example/test
can not start playingRecyclerViewFocusRecoveryTest
is failing on API 15- "Screenshots" row is focused to the top of the screen
RecyclerViewLayoutTest.triggerFocusSearchInOnRecycledCallback()
crashes on API 15setActions()
inonSubactionClicked()
is brokenRecyclerView
crashes when recycling some view holders
Revision 25.1.0
(December 2016)
Important: There is a known bug in the android.support.v7.media.MediaRouter
class in revision 25.1.1 and 25.1.0 of the Support Library. If your app uses the v7 MediaRouter
, you should update to Support Library Revision 25.2.0, which fixes this bug.
Important Changes
- Clients of nested
RecyclerView
widgets (for example, vertical scrolling list of horizontal scrolling lists) can get significant performance benefits by hinting the innerRecyclerView
widgets’ layout managers how many items to prepare before being scrolled on screen. CallLinearLayoutManager.setInitialPrefetchItemCount(N)
, where N is the number of views visible per inner item. For example, if your inner, horizontal lists show a minimum of three and a half item views at a time, you can improve performance by callingLinearLayoutManager.setInitialPrefetchItemCount(4)
. Doing so allowsRecyclerView
to create all relevant views early, while the outerRecyclerView
is scrolling, which significantly reduces the amount of stuttering during scrolls. FragmentActivity.setSupportMediaController()
andFragmentActivity.getSupportMediaController()
have been deprecated. Please use the new staticMediaControllerCompat.setMediaController()
andMediaControllerCompat.getMediaController()
methods.- When a client specifies a widget tint via appcompat tinting (for example,
appcompat:buttonTint
), the client is responsible for providing all necessary states (such as "disabled", "pressed", etc.). This is consistent with how widget tints are specified when using framework tinting.
New and Modified APIs
- Added ExifInterface support library. This library unbundles support for reading Exif information from JPEG and raw formatted files and setting the Exif information on JPEG image files.
Snackbar
has been refactored to allow apps to display custom content.BaseTransientBottomBar
is the new base class that exposes the general sliding and animations behavior.- Added a new leanback.media package which contains helper classes to integrate media players into Android TV applications.
- Added
SeekBarPreference
with customizable layout and attributes to the v7 preference support library. - Added
ArraySet
class to the v4 support library. This class corresponds to the frameworkArraySet
class that was introduced with API level 23. RecyclerView
RecyclerView item prefetching improvements:- Nested
RecyclerView
prefetch enables prefetching of content from aRecyclerView
within another scrollingRecyclerView
, with API to control how much prefetching is done: - APIs added for custom
LayoutManager
objects to implement to enable prefetching during scrolls and flings - Improvements to prefetching to do only as much create/bind work as possible in the time between frames
- Nested
Fixed issues
- Password visibility toggle fails accessibility tests.
- Appcompat doesn't respect
state_enabled
on pre-L devices. - Added focus recovery mechanism to
RecyclerView
. This also fixed support pref fragments broken focus when using DPAD navigation such as on Android TV devices. - Leanback: BrowseFragment crashes with headers disabled and empty adapter.
- Appcompat:
AlertDialog
is too wide. InputContentInfoCompat
callsrequestPermission()
when it should callreleasePermission()
.MediaBrowserCompat
crashes.- CoordinatorLayout measures/lays out views when visibility is set to
GONE
. - Could not tint
AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat
on API level below 24 - Leanback library triggers spurious lint errors
- Palette library caused test failures on every API level
RecyclerView
failed tests on LeanbackRecyclerView
crashes when recycling view holders (AOSP issue 225762)Fragment.onDestroy()
not called for fragment in backstackCollapsingToolbarLayout
scrim is not drawn when collapsedCoordinatorLayout.offsetChildByInset()
throwsIllegalArgumentException
- Animating
RecyclerView
items detach innerRecyclerView
s, prevent future prefetches - Attached
RecyclerView
items can't be nested-prefetched - Prefetch data for nested
RecyclerView
items is discarded during first layout RecyclerView
prefetch fails if two drag events arrive at same positionRecyclerView
should speculatively layout while RenderThread is rendering- Night-configured color resources converted to Drawables are not always properly purged from Resources cache
FloatingActionButton
: Programmatically setting BackgroundTintList does not work properly (AOSP issue 227428)TextInputLayout
: Typeface is not getting set for ErrorView (AOSP issue 227803)TextInputLayout
always falls back to light error color below API 23 (AOSP issue 221992)FloatingActionButton
shows as pressed when pointer leaves
A complete list of public bug fixes is available on the AOSP Issue Tracker.
Deprecations
A number of methods and classes have been deprecated in this release. These deprecated APIs will be removed in a future version and developers should migrate away from them. For more information on how to migrate away from a specific API, refer to its documentation.
android.support.design.widget
android.support.v17.leanback.app
BackgroundManager.getDefaultDimLayer()
BackgroundManager.getDimLayer()
BackgroundManager.setDimLayer()
MediaControllerGlue.MediaControllerGlue(Context,PlaybackOverlayFragment,int[])
MediaControllerGlue.MediaControllerGlue(Context,PlaybackOverlayFragment,int[],int[])
PlaybackControlGlue.PlaybackControlGlue(Context,PlaybackOverlayFragment,int[])
PlaybackControlGlue.PlaybackControlGlue(Context,PlaybackOverlayFragment,int[],int[])
PlaybackControlGlue.getFragment()
PlaybackControlGlue.getOnItemViewClickedListener()
PlaybackControlGlue.onRowChanged()
PlaybackControlGlue.pausePlayback()
PlaybackControlGlue.skipToNext()
PlaybackControlGlue.skipToPrevious()
PlaybackControlGlue.startPlayback()
PlaybackControlSupportGlue
PlaybackOverlayFragment
PlaybackOverlaySupportFragment
android.support.v17.leanback.widget
android.support.v4.app
FragmentActivity.getSupportMediaController()
FragmentActivity.setSupportMediaController()
Revision 25.0.1
(November 2016)
Fixed issues
- The
TextInputLayout
password toggle is now disabled by default to avoid unnecessarily overwriting developer-specified end drawables. It may be manually enabled via thepasswordToggleEnabled
XML attribute. BottomNavigationView
items are now single line to match Material spec.RecyclerView
crashes during prefetch if layout manager is null.BottomNavigationView
elevation is now set properly. (AOSP issue 226182)BottomNavigationView
crashing when adding menu items programmatically. (AOSP issue 225731)- Fix to
TextInputLayout
left+right compound drawables. (AOSP issue 225836) RecyclerView
crashes when recycling view holders. (AOSP issue 225762)- Leanback: TalkBack frequently says the word "null" in split-screen views.
RecyclerView
: Rendering problems in Android Studio. (AOSP issue 225753)BottomNavigationView
still shows menu item as selected afteronNavigationItemSelected()
returns false. (AOSP issue 225898)- ForwardingListener throws
NoSuchMethodError
. (AOSP issue 225647) TextInputEditText
does not show hints in IME extract mode. (AOSP issue 221880)
A complete list of public bug fixes is available on the AOSP Issue Tracker.
Revision 25.0.0
(October 2016)
Important changes
ContextCompat
constructor has been made protected. This class should not be publicly instantiated, but it may be extended by support libraries targeting newer API levels.ActivityCompat
constructor has been made protected. This class should not be publicly instantiated, but it may be extended by support libraries targeting newer API levels.getReferrer(Activity)
has been made static.android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.Behavior.isDirty(CoordinatorLayout, V)
has been removed. Any client implementations of this method should be removed.android.support.v4.media.session.MediaSessionCompat.obtain(Context, Object)
has been removed. Usages should be replaced with the more appropriately named methodfromMediaSession()
.android.support.v4.media.session.MediaSessionCompat.QueueItem.obtain(Object)
has been removed. Usages should be replaced with the more appropriately named methodMediaSessionCompat.QueueItem#fromQueueItem
.android.support.v7.widget.Space
has been removed. Usages should be replaced withandroid.support.v4.widget.Space
.
New APIs
android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
class implements the bottom navigation pattern from the Material Design spec.- New
android.support.v13.view.inputmethod
package includes classes for accessingandroid.view.inputmethod.InputConnection
features introduced after API level 13. android.v7.widget.RecyclerView.DividerItemDecoration
class provides a base implementation for vertical or horizontal dividers between items.- New decorated styles in
android.support.v7.app.NotificationCompat
,DecoratedCustomViewStyle
andDecoratedMediaCustomViewStyle
, mirror classes added in platform API 24.
Fixed issues
A complete list of public bug fixes is available on the AOSP Issue Tracker.
Revision 24.2.1
September 2016
Fixed issues:
FloatingActionButton
can no longer be anchored to indirect children ofCoordinatorLayout
. (AOSP issue 220250)- Image inside
CollapsingToolbarLayout
doesn’t scale properly withfitsSystemWindows=true
. (AOSP issue 220389) CoordinatorLayout
throwsIndexOutOfBoundsException
whenSnackbar
is shown and dismissed. (AOSP issue 220762)TextInputLayout
fails to resolve error text color. (AOSP issue 220305)BatchedCallback.onMoved()
callsBatchedCallback.onInserted()
. (AOSP issue 220309)TextInputLayout
overrides right compound drawable. (AOSP issue 220728)
A complete list of public bug fixes is available on the AOSP Issue Tracker.
Revision 24.2.0
August 2016
Release 24.2.0 contains the following changes:
Note: Release 24.2.0 removes support for Android 2.2 (API level 8) and lower. Classes and methods that exist only to serve those system versions are now marked as deprecated and should no longer be used. These deprecated classes and methods may be removed in a future release.
v4 Support Library split
With this release, the v4 Support Library has been split into several smaller modules:
support-compat
- Provides compatibility wrappers for new framework APIs, such as
Context.getDrawable()
andView.performAccessibilityAction()
. support-core-utils
- Provides a number of utility classes, such as
AsyncTaskLoader
andPermissionChecker
. support-core-ui
- Implements a variety of UI-related components, such as
ViewPager
,NestedScrollView
, andExploreByTouchHelper
. support-media-compat
- Backports portions of the media framework, including
MediaBrowser
andMediaSession
. support-fragment
- Backports the fragment framework. This module has dependencies on
support-compat
,support-core-utils
,support-core-ui
, andsupport-media-compat
.
For backwards compatibility, if you list support-v4
in your Gradle script, your APK will include all of these modules. However, to reduce APK size, we recommend that you just list the specific modules your app needs.
API updates
- Clients using Custom Tabs can control whether Instant Apps should open. (Note that Instant Apps are not yet generally available.) To enable or disable Instant Apps, call
CustomTabsIntent.Builder.setInstantAppsEnabled()
or specifyEXTRA_ENABLE_INSTANT_APPS
. By default, Custom Tabs will default to enabling Instant Apps, when that feature becomes available. TextInputLayout
adds support for the password visibility toggle from the material design specification.- The new
android.support.transition
package backports the Transitions framework to API levels 14 and higher. For more information, see theandroid.support.transition
reference. - The Custom Tabs support library adds support for using
RemoteViews
in the secondary toolbar. The existingsetToolbarItem()
method is now deprecated. AppCompatResources
adds the ability to load a<vector>
(on API level 9 and higher) or<animated-vector>
(on API level 11 and higher) from a resource ID, by using the newgetDrawable()
method.CoordinatorLayout
now supports defining inset views, and specifying that other views should dodge the inset views. This allows apps to replicate behavior patterns similar to the wayFloatingActionButton
moves out of the way of aSnackbar
, but for any arbitrary view children. For more information, see theLayoutParams.insetEdge
andLayoutParams.dodgeInsetEdges
reference documentation.- The new
DiffUtil
class can calculate the difference between two collections, and can dispatch a list of update operations that are suitable to be consumed by aRecyclerView.Adapter
. RecyclerView.OnFlingListener
has been added to support custom behavior in response to flings. TheSnapHelper
class provides an implementation specifically for snapping child views, and theLinearSnapHelper
class extends this implementation to provide center-aligned snapping behavior similar toViewPager
.- The Custom Tabs library now allows clients to request the standard browser UI, rather than custom tabs UI, by calling
CustomTabsIntent.setAlwaysUseBrowserUI()
. This behavior is useful in cases where the browser defaults to custom tabs UI but the user has expressed a preference for the standard browser UI.
Behavior changes
- If you use the appcompat library's day/night functionality, the system now automatically recreates your activity whenever the day/night mode changes (either because of the time of day, or because of a call to
AppCompatDelegate.setLocalNightMode()
). Snackbar
now draws behind the navigation bar if the status bar is translucent.
MediaRouter library
Bluetooth devices are no longer listed as media routes. Routing audio to Bluetooth devices is now solely controlled at the Android system level.
Deprecations
Deprecated classes and methods are subject to removal in a future release. You should migrate away from these APIs as soon as possible.
- Several methods on the following classes were only required for API 8 and lower, and should no longer be used. Instead, use the framework implementations.
android.support.v4.view.KeyEventCompat
: Replace withKeyEvent
android.support.v4.view.MotionEventCompat
: UseMotionEvent
android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat
: UseView
android.support.v4.view.ViewConfigurationCompat
: UseViewConfiguration
AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat.getDescription()
has been deprecated in favor ofAccessibilityServiceInfoCompat.loadDescription()
, which returns a correctly localized description.- You should not instantiate the
ActivityCompat
class directly. The non-staticgetReferrer(Activity)
method will be made static in an upcoming release. CoordinatorLayout.Behavior.isDirty()
has been deprecated and is no longer called byCoordinatorLayout
. Any implementations, as well as any calls to this method, should be removed.MediaSessionCompat.obtain()
has been deprecated and replaced with the more appropriately-named methodfromMediaSession()
.MediaSessionCompat.QueueItem.obtain()
has been deprecated and replaced with the more appropriately-named methodfromQueueItem()
.- Several abstract classes have been deprecated and replaced with interfaces that more closely reflect their framework equivalents.
AccessibilityStateChangeListenerCompat
has been replaced by theAccessibilityManagerCompat.AccessibilityStateChangeListener
interface.OnCloseListenerCompat
has been replaced by theSearchViewCompat.OnCloseListener
interface.OnQueryTextListenerCompat
has been replaced by theSearchViewCompat.OnQueryTextListener
interface.
CustomTabsSession.setToolbarItem()
has been deprecated and replaced by the RemoteViews-basedsetSecondaryToolbarViews()
.
Bug fixes
The following known issues have been fixed with release 24.2.0:
- Ensure
SwipeRefreshLayout
indicator is shown whensetRefreshing(true)
is called before the first measurement pass (AOSP issue 77712) - Prevent
TabLayout
from flickering when changing pages (AOSP issue 180454) - Avoid
ClassNotFoundException
when unmarshallingSavedState
on API level 11 and lower (AOSP issue 196430)
A complete list of public bug fixes is available on the AOSP Issue Tracker.
Revision 24.1.1
July 2016
Fixed issues:
- Fixes an issue in the 24.1.0 release which affected resource IDs shared between support libraries. This issue caused apps that depended on support libraries with resources (such as design and appcompat) to encounter issues caused by resource ID mismatches.
Revision 24.1.0
July 2016
- Changes for v4 Support Library:
-
NotificationCompat.Action.WearableExtender
has newgetHintDisplayActionInline()
andsetHintDisplayActionInline()
methods for compatibility with Android Wear 2.0 Preview. These methods allow an application to specify that an action should be displayed inline with the notification.- Calling
Fragment.setUserVisbileHint()
will no longer cause a fragment to become started if the hint has been added to aFragmentTransaction
that is not yet committed. This affects users ofFragmentPagerAdapter
that overridesetUserVisbileHint()
and assume a specific lifecycle state of the fragment after callingsuper.setUserVisibleHint()
. For more information, see the reference page for docs forFragment.setUserVisbileHint()
.
Fixed issues:
- TabLayout.setCustomView(null) results in NullPointerException (AOSP issue 214753)
- TabLayout incorrectly highlights custom tabs (AOSP issue 214316)
- AppCompatTextHelper uses incorrectly sorted attribute array (AOSP issue 214366)
- Unable to reference VectorDrawable from drawable container XML when using custom ContextWrapper (AOSP issue 214055)
- ViewDragHelper.saveLastMotion() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException (AOSP issue 212945)
- BottomSheetBehavior expands to old content height when using setState(STATE_EXPANDED) (AOSP issue 213660)
- CollapsingToolbarLayout doesn’t handle pinnable children with top or bottom margins (AOSP issue 213001)
- Leanback browse title does not support RTL alignment (AOSP issue 213461)
- PagerTabStrip disappears due to missing inherited annotation (AOSP issue 213359)
- Data binding throws NullPointerException when using Boolean to set conditional flags (AOSP issue 191841)
- CoordinatorLayout does not respond to setFitsSystemWindows() (AOSP issue 212720)
- BottomSheetBehavior crashes when setting initial state (AOSP issue 203114)
- ViewPager skips pages if the page index is a large value (AOSP issue 211734)
- BottomSheetBehavior does not work with dynamic layouts (AOSP issue 205226)
Revision 24.0.0
June 2016
- Changes for v4 Support Library:
-
- Added
Fragment.commitNow()
for synchronous commit - Added
NotificationCompat.MessagingStyle
for multi-party conversations - Added
NotificationManagerCompat.areNotificationsEnabled()
andgetImportance()
MediaSessionCompat
now mirrors the functionality ofMediaSession
and no longer callssetMediaButtonReceiver()
automatically
Note: Only
MediaBrowserServiceCompat
in version 24.0.0 is forward-compatible with future versions of Android beyond API 24. If you are using previous versions, update to this version to ensure compatibility. - Added
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added support for referencing themed
ColorStateList
objects from XML
- Added support for referencing themed
- Changes for Design Support Library:
-
- Improvements to
AppBarLayout
handling of elevation usingStateListAnimator
- Improvements to
- Changes for v17 Leanback library:
-
- Added
OnboardingFragment
to provide first-run welcome and setup flow
- Added
- Changes for custom tabs:
-
- Added support for providing a
RemoteViews
hierarchy for the secondary toolbar - Added
CustomTabsClient.connectAndInitialize()
for one-line warm up
- Added support for providing a
Revision 23.4.0
May 2016
- Changes for v4 Support Library:
-
- Fixed issue where fragments were added in the wrong order. (Issue 206901)
- Fixed issue where app bar wasn't drawn after being scrolled offscreen. (Issue 178037)
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added
AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled()
method to re-enable usage of vector drawables inDrawableContainer
objects on devices running Android 4.4 (API level 19) and lower. See AppCompat v23.2 — Age of the vectors for more information. - Fixed an issue in API 23 with
AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode()
not loading correct resources in API level 23. (Issue 206573) - Fixed issue that could cause
NullPointerException
. (Issue 207638)
- Added
- Changes for Design Support Library:
-
- Fixed an issue where
TextInputLayout
doesn't clear error tint aftersetErrorEnabled(false)
on API level 21 - 22 (Issue 202829) - Fixed an issue where
FloatingActionButton
does not return when animations are disabled. (Issue 206416) - Fixed issue in
AppBarLayout
snap functionality when used with
scroll flags. (Issue 207398)scroll
|enterAlways
|enterAlwaysCollapsed
|snap
- Fixed an issue where
- Changes for Vector Drawable library:
-
- Fixed a bug where
VectorDrawableCompat
does not render correctly inTextView
on API level 23. (Issue 206227)
- Fixed a bug where
Revision 23.3.0
April 2016
- Changes for v4 Support Library:
-
- Added
AppLaunchChecker
to help track how your app has been launched by the user in the past.hasStartedFromLauncher()
lets you know if the user has launched your app from the home screen before, or if it has only been started by other means (for example, to view specific web URLs). - Fixed a memory leak in
MediaBrowserServiceCompat.mConnections
. (Issue 205220) - Fixed issue where
ViewPager
does not account for page margins when flipping page. (Issue 203816) Fragment.onRequestPermissionsResult()
is now delivered to child fragments.
- Added
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Fixed an issue in
AppCompatSpinner
that could cause multiple popups to appear. (Issue 205052) - Fixed an issue with how borderless buttons were colored. (Issue 202967)
- Fixed a compatibility issue between
AppCompatDialogFragment
andAlertDialog
. (Issue 204805) - Reverted changes to
TintResources
that were causing memory and configuration issues. (Issue 205236)
- Fixed an issue in
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
- Fixed
MediaRouteControllerDialog
volume slider’s behavior. (Issue 202299)
- Fixed
- Changes for v7 Preference library:
-
- Fixed issue where
PreferenceFragmentCompat
would crash ifdividerHeight
is specified. (Issue 204778)
- Fixed issue where
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Fixed a bug where
RecyclerView
would not invoke scroll callbacks if the range of visible items shrank. (Issue 200987) - Fixed a bug where
RecyclerView
would freeze if it was in linear layout, was weighted, and contained images. (Issue 203276) - Fixed a crash in
OrientationHelper.getStartAfterPadding()
. (Issue 180521) - Fixed a crash with usages of
android:nestedScrollingEnabled
. (Issue 197932)
- Fixed a bug where
- Changes for Design Support Library:
-
- Fixed a bug where a hidden bottom sheet would handle touch events. (Issue 203654)
- Fixed a layout issue with
BottomSheetBehavior
whenfitsSystemWindows
is true. (Issue 203057) - Fixed an accessibility issue with
Snackbar
. (Issue 182145) - Fixed a crash on
Snackbar
swipe. (Issue 203924) - Fixed a bug in
AppBarLayout
withenterAlways
. (Issue 203661) - Fixed a bug where
TextInputLayout
unnecessarily clearsEditText
object's background color filter. (Issue 203357)
Revision 23.2.1
March 2016
- Changes for v4 Support Library:
-
- Fixed an exception in
DrawableCompat.wrap()
andLayerDrawable
on API levels 17 to 19. (Issue 201817) - Fixed an
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
inViewDragHelper.shouldInterceptTouchEvent()
. (Issue 182262) - Fixed a bug in
ViewPager
related to scroll calculation for size changes. - Fixed a
NullPointerException
whenDrawerLayout.removeDrawerListener()
is called without a setDrawerLayout.DrawerListener
. (Issue 202478) - Fixed a bug where
ViewPager
does not setAccessibilityEvent
parameters properly when scrolling. - Fixed an issue that caused lag during device rotation when using
Drawable.wrap()
. (Issue 201924)
- Fixed an exception in
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Reverted dependency on vector assets so that developers using the appcompat library are not forced to use
VectorDrawable
and its associated build flags. - Fixed a compatibility issue with Night Mode and API level 23. (Issue 201910)
- Fixed a compatibility issue with
SwitchCompat
and API level 7. (Issue 201942) - Fixed an issue with propagating configuration values in Resources objects Issue 201928
- Fixed a compatibility issue where the
android.support.v7.app.NotificationCompat.MediaStyle
cancel button becomes invisible on API level 21 and below. (Issue 202156) - Fixed a compatibility crash with
AppCompatSpinner
on API level 21 and below. (Issue 202246) - Fixed an issue where the
app:textAllCaps = "false"
style did not work. (Issue 202117) - Fixed a crash when restoring
SearchView
. (Issue 201836) - Fixed a memory leak that occurs when tinting drawable resources using AppCompat. (Issue 202379)
- Fixed an issue with
KeyEvent
on API level 11 and lower. (Issue 202939)
- Reverted dependency on vector assets so that developers using the appcompat library are not forced to use
- Changes for v7 cardview library:
-
- Added Night Mode support for
CardView
. (Issue 194497)
- Added Night Mode support for
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Fixed bugs related to various measure-spec methods. (Issue 201856)
- Reduced the lockdown period in which
RecyclerView
does not allow adapter changes while calculating a layout or scroll. (Issue 202046) - Fixed a crash when calling
notifyItemChanged()
on an item that is out of view. (Issue 202136) - Fixed a crash that occurs when
RecyclerView.LayoutManager
adds and removes a view in the same measurement pass. (Issue 193958)
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
- Fixed a crash that occurs when calling
MediaRouter.getInstance()
on API level 17. (Issue 180654)
- Fixed a crash that occurs when calling
- Changes for v17 Leanback Library:
-
- Fixed an issue with
GridLayout.onAddFocusables()
that caused the wrong item to be selected. - Fixed issue with
GuidedStepFragment
actions disappearing after an action was collapsed.
- Fixed an issue with
- Changes for Design Support Library:
-
- Fixed a
TabLayout
crash caused by tab-pooling. (Issue 201827) - Fixed a bug in
NavigationView
that caused the wrong color to be selected. (Issue 201951) - Fixed a bug where
setBackgroundTintList()
was no longer able to change the background color. (Issue 201873) - Fixed an issue where
AppBarLayout
did not completely scroll out of view when used withandroid:fitsSystemWindows = “true”
. (Issue 201822) - Fixed an issue where
BottomSheetDialog
did not display short content views correctly. (Issue 201793) - Fixed an issue where
BottomSheetDialogFragment
moved sporadically when content inside was changed. (Issue 202125) - Fixed a crash in TextInputLayout counter link
- Fixed a crash that occurred when
TextInputLayout.getCounterMaxLength()
restored a saved state. (Issue 202375) - Fixed a
ClassCastException
that occurred when restoring aCoordinatorLayout
using the saved state of a view that was not aCoordinatorLayout
.
- Fixed a
- Changes for VectorDrawableCompat:
-
- Fixed a bug where the wrong variable was read for
android:tintMode
. (Issue 201907)
- Fixed a bug where the wrong variable was read for
Revision 23.2.0
February 2016
- Changes for v4 Support library:
-
- Added
MediaBrowserCompat
forMediaBrowser
support, andMediaBrowserServiceCompat
forMediaBrowserService
support. This is useful when connecting a media app’s background service with UI components, and integrating with Android Auto and Android Wear without requiring API level 21 or higher. - The system now calls
onActivityResult()
for a nestedFragmentActivity
.
- Added
- Changes for v7 AppCompat library:
-
- Added Night Mode functionality to API level 14 and higher. Switch between Material Light and Material Dark Themes based on the time of day or app-specific setting.
-
- Day and night themes can be found here:
<sdk>/extras/android/support/v7/appcompat/res/values/themes_daynight.xml
AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode()
: sets the app’s default mode by passing one of the following constants:-
MODE_NIGHT_AUTO
MODE_NIGHT_NO
MODE_NIGHT_YES
MODE_NIGHT_FOLLOW_SYSTEM
AppCompatDelegate.setLocalNightMode()
: overrides the night mode setting for the local app component.AppCompatDelegate.getDefaultNightMode()
: returns the default night mode.
- Day and night themes can be found here:
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
MediaRouteControllerDialog
now correctly applies custom app theme colors.
- Changes for Design support library:
-
- Added support for bottom sheets. An interaction plugin,
BottomSheetBehavior
, allows a child view of aCoordinatorLayout
to act as a bottom sheet. The base class,BottomSheetCallback
, provides callbacks to monitor bottom sheet events.
- Added support for bottom sheets. An interaction plugin,
- Changes for the CustomTabs support library:
-
- Chrome Custom Tabs now allows apps to include a bottom bar with action buttons in addition to the existing top action button.
CustomTabsIntent.Builder.addToolBarItem()
: adds an action button to a custom tab. You can use this to add multiple buttons.CustomTabsSession.setToolBarItem()
: updates the visuals for toolbar items. This method will only succeed if it is given a valid id and the browser session is in the foreground.
- Added VectorDrawable support library:
-
- Added Classes:
-
VectorDrawableCompat
AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat
- Adds support for
VectorDrawable
assets to apps running on API level 7 or higher.AnimatedVectorDrawable
assets are also supported on API level 11 or higher. Vector assets can be considerably smaller than image assets and should help reduce app size by reducing the amount of assets required to support multiple device screens. - This library is now a dependency of the v7 AppCompat library, allowing developers and AppCompat to easily use vector drawables. To use
VectorDrawableCompat
within anImageButton
orImageView
, use theapp:srcCompat
XML attribute orsetImageResource()
method. - To keep referencing attribute IDs on API level 20 or lower, add the following
appt
flag to yourbuild,gradle
file: -
- If you are building with Android Plugin for Gradle 1.5.0 or lower, add the following to your
build.gradle
file: -
android {
defaultConfig {
// Stops the Gradle’s automatic rasterization of vectors
generatedDensities = []
}
// Flag that tells aapt to keep the attribute ids
aaptOptions {
additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors"
}
} - If you are building with Android Plugin for Gradle 2.0.0 or higher, add the following to your
build.gradle
file: -
android {
defaultConfig {
vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
}
}
- If you are building with Android Plugin for Gradle 1.5.0 or lower, add the following to your
- Changes for v17 Leanback Library:
-
- Added new capabilities to
GuidedStepFragment
, which is a component that guides users through a decision or series of decisions: -
- Added button actions to
GuidedAction
: GuidedStepFragment.setButtonActions()
: sets a list ofGuidedAction
buttons that the user may select from the Actions view.- Description fields are now editable:
-
GuidedAction.Builder.descriptionEditable()
: when passingtrue
, sets the action’s description to be editable.GuidedAction.getEditDescription()
: returns the editable description as aCharSequence
.
- Added drop-down lists of sub-actions:
-
GuidedAction.setSubActions()
: sets aGuidedAction
list as a drop-down menu of sub-actions.
- Added button actions to
- Added the
GuidedDatePickerAction
widget forDatePicker
functionality: -
- The date is selected using year, month, and day columns and has a customizable range.
GuidedDatePickerAction.Builder
: builder class for theGuidedDatePickerAction
object.GuidedDatePickerAction.Builder.datePickerFormat(String datePickerFormat)
: set the desired date format by passing the appropriate three-characterString
, e.g.“YMD”
or“MDY”
. Alternatively, use thedatePickerFormat
XML attribute.
- Added new capabilities to
- Changes for v7 RecyclerView library:
-
RecyclerView
now has an opt-in feature called AutoMeasure which allowsRecyclerView.LayoutManager
to easily wrap content or handle various measurement specifications provided by the parent of theRecyclerView
. It supports all existing animation capabilities of theRecyclerView
.-
- If you have a custom
RecyclerView.LayoutManager
, callsetAutoMeasureEnabled(true)
to start using the new AutoMeasure API. All built-inRecyclerView.LayoutManager
objects enable auto-measure by default. RecyclerView.LayoutManager
no longer ignores someRecyclerView.LayoutParams
settings, such asMATCH_PARENT
in the scroll direction.Note: These lifted restrictions may cause unexpected behavior in your layouts. Make sure you specify the correct layout parameters.
- If you have a custom
- When updating a
RecyclerView.ViewHolder
with payload information,DefaultItemAnimator
now disables change animations. - You can now modify the
ItemTouchHelper
escape velocity to control swipe sensitivity. To make it easier or harder to swipe, overridegetSwipeEscapeVelocity(float defaultValue)
and modifydefaultValue
.
Revision 23.1.1
November 2015
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Fixed a crash that occurs when you perform a swipe-to-dismiss action that the
ItemTouchHelper
utility class provides, and then add an item. (Issue 190500)
- Fixed a crash that occurs when you perform a swipe-to-dismiss action that the
- Changes for v7 preference library:
-
- Fixed an issue with ProGuard usage. (Issue 183261)
- Changes for v17 Leanback Support library:
-
- Fixed a number of internal issues in this library.
- Changes for Design Support library:
-
- Added the
getHeaderView
method to theNavigationView
class. - Fixed a transparent background issue for a
FloatingActionButton
object on devices running Android 4.0 (API level 15) and lower. (Issue 183315)
- Added the
Revision 23.1.0
October 2015
- Changes for v4 Support library:
-
- Added
OnScrollChangedListener
interface support to theNestedScrollView
widget. It allows you to receive callbacks when the scroll X or Y positions change. - Added a
MediaButtonReceiver
class to forward received playback controls to a service that’s managing theMediaSessionCompat
class. TheMediaSessionCompat
class has a constructor that can automatically find a media button receiver in the manifest. A media button receiver is a key part to handling playback controls from hardware or bluetooth controls.
- Added
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added material design
Seekbar
andImageButton
widgets. - Updated the
ImageView
widget to support the tint feature. - Updated the look-and-feel of the
SwitchCompat
widget.
- Added material design
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
- Added the following features to the
MediaRouteChooserDialog
class: - Displays a loading page while discovering media route providers.
- Includes a device type icon for easier device identification.
- Sorts the routes according to frequency of use in the current app.
- Supports landscape mode.
- Added the following features to the
MediaRouteControllerDialog
class: - Recognizes screen casting and provides a proper description.
- Supports various album art sizes and aspect ratios, and loads the art asynchronously.
- Automatically selects the content color based on the primary color of the app.
- Adjusts the dialog layout based on available screen space on the device.
- Supports landscape mode.
- Added the following features to the
- Changes for v7 palette library:
-
- Added the
setRegion()
method to support extracting color from a specific region of aBitmap
object.
- Added the
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Added an improved animation API to the
ItemAnimator
class for better customizations: - Change animations no longer enforce two copies of the
ViewHolder
object, which enables item content animations. Also, theItemAnimator
object decides whether it wants to reuse the sameViewHolder
object or create a new one. - The new information record API gives the
ItemAnimator
class the flexibility to collect data at the correct point in the layout lifecycle. This information is later passed into the animate callbacks.
- Provided an easy transition plan for this backward-incompatible API change:
- If you’ve previously extended the
ItemAnimator
class, you can change your base class toSimpleItemAnimator
and your code should work as before. TheSimpleItemAnimator
class provides the old API by wrapping the new API. - Some methods were removed from the
ItemAnimator
class. The following code will no longer compile:
recyclerView.getItemAnimator().setSupportsChangeAnimations(false)
You can replace it with:
ItemAnimator animator = recyclerView.getItemAnimator();
if (animator instanceof SimpleItemAnimator) {
((SimpleItemAnimator) animator).setSupportsChangeAnimations(false);
}
- Added an improved animation API to the
- Changes for v7, v14, and v17 Preference Support library:
-
- Removed APIs for controlling
EditText
dialogs.
- Removed APIs for controlling
- Changes for v17 Leanback Support library:
-
- Added a version of the
GuidedStepFragment
class for the Support library (extendsandroid.support.v4.app.Fragment
), and improved animations and transitions. - Updated the
GuidedStepFragment
class so it can be placed on top of existing content. - Added the ability to annotate different types of search completions to the
SearchFragment
class. - Added staggered slide transition support to the
VerticalGridFragment
class.
- Added a version of the
- Changes for Design Support library:
-
- Added character counting support to the
TextInputLayout
widget. - Added edge snapping support to the
AppBarLayout
class by adding theSCROLL_FLAG_SNAP
constant. When scrolling ends, if the view is only partially visible, the view is snapped and scrolled to its closest edge. - Added support for custom views to the
NavigationView
class by using theapp:actionLayout
attribute orMenuItemCompat.setActionView()
method.
- Added character counting support to the
- Changes for Custom Tabs Support library:
-
- Added the
enableUrlBarHiding()
method to theCustomTabsIntent
class. It lets the client customize whether the URL bar should be hidden automatically on scroll down. - Added the
setActionButton()
method to theCustomTabsSession
class. It lets the client change the icon for a custom action button in an already launched custom tab. - Added the
TAB_SHOWN
andTAB_HIDDEN
constants as new events for theonNavigationEvent
method of theCustomTabsCallback
class.
- Added the
Revision 23.0.1
September 2015
- Changes for v7 and v14 Preference Support library:
-
- Added the material design layout and style files. (Issue 183376)
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Fixed crash issues for the
Fragment
class by limiting the use of hardware layers to Android 4.1 (API level 16) and higher. (Issue 183896) - Fixed an issue where hardware buttons did not work when an activity had set the
Toolbar
class to act as theActionBar
by using thesetSupportActionBar()
method. (Issue 183334) - Updated the
AppCompatDialogFragment
class so it no longer throws theWindows feature must be requested before adding content
error. (Issue 183186)
- Fixed crash issues for the
- Changes for Design Support library:
-
- Fixed the
AppBarLayout
class so it now draws correctly after rotation. (Issue 183109) - Fixed the
TabLayout
class so it now behaves correctly when a user clicks after a swipe. (Issue 183123)
- Fixed the
- Changes for Custom Tabs Support library:
-
- Lowered the
minSdkVersion
value from 16 to 15 for version support. - Added a way to generate a
CustomTabsSessionToken
from an intent.
- Lowered the
Revision 23
August 2015
- Added new support libraries:
For a complete list of the Support Library changes, see the Support Library API Differences Report.
Revision 22.2.1
July 2015
- Changes for Design Support library:
-
- Added the
hide()
andshow()
methods to theFloatingActionButton
class for programmatic triggering of animations. - Added the
LENGTH_INDEFINITE
constant to theSnackbar
class for showing a snackbar until it is dismissed or another snackbar is shown. Also, added thesetActionTextColor(int)
andsetActionTextColor(ColorStateList)
methods. - Added the
getSelectedTabPosition()
method to theTabLayout
class for retrieving the currently selected tab. - Provided a fully fluent API for the
android.support.v7.app.NotificationCompat.MediaStyle
class for method chaining. - Added convenience methods to the
RecyclerView
for batch insertion of items.
- Added the
For a complete list of the Support Library changes, see the Support Library API Differences Report.
Revision 22.2.0
May 2015
- Added Design Support library:
-
- Added
TextInputLayout
for showingEditText
hint and error text as floating labels. - Added
FloatingActionButton
for implementing a primary action on your interface as a floating action button, supporting either default or mini sizes. - Added
Snackbar
for providing lightweight feedback with an optional action in an animated snackbar. - Added
TabLayout
for implementing fixed and scrollable tabs as well as easy integration withViewPager
. - Added
NavigationView
for implementing navigation drawer contents, including the ability to inflate menu items via a Menu Resource. - Added
CoordinatorLayout
, a general purpose layout, used for building dependencies between sibling views and allowing easy scrolling reactions between components viaCoordinatorLayout.Behavior
. Many of the Design Library components rely on being a child of aCoordinatorLayout
. - Added
AppBarLayout
, a container for aToolbar
and other views (such asTabLayout
) for reacting to scrolling events by scrolling off the screen, becoming visible in reaction to a downward scroll, or collapsing/uncollapsing before scrolling off/onto the screen. - Added
CollapsingToolbarLayout
for controlling how aToolbar
collapses. A toolbar may collapse by: pinning components to the top of the screen while it collapses, introducing parallax scrolling of components such as anImageView
, or adding a content scrim color when the view is partially collapsed.
- Added
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added the
getContentChangeTypes()
andsetContentChangeTypes()
methods and related change type fields to theAccessibilityEventCompat
class for accessibility event handling. - Added the
getActiveQueueItemId()
,getCustomActions()
, andgetExtras()
methods with related state fields to thePlaybackStateCompat
class for getting custom actions from the queue. - Added the
addCustomAction()
,setActiveQueueItemId()
, andsetExtras()
methods to thePlaybackStateCompat.Builder
class for adding custom actions to a playback state. - Added the
fromCustomAction()
andgetCustomAction()
methods to thePlaybackStateCompat.CustomAction
class for getting custom actions from the queue. - Added the
isAttachedToWindow()
,offsetLeftAndRight()
, andoffsetTopAndBottom()
methods to theViewCompat
class for working with views. - Added the
addOnPageChangeListener()
,clearOnPageChangeListeners()
, andremoveOnPageChangeListener()
methods to theViewPager
class for responding to page changes.Deprecated the
ViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener()
method. - Added the
notifySubtreeAccessibilityStateChanged()
method to theViewParentCompat
class for notifying a view parent that the accessibility state of one of its descendants has changed. - Added the
translationZ()
,translationZBy()
,z()
, andzBy()
methods to theViewPropertyAnimatorCompat
class for adding animation.
- Added the
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added the
onWindowStartingSupportActionMode()
method to theAppCompatActivity
,AppCompatCallback
, andAppCompatDialog
classes for handling action modes started from the current window. - Added the
isHandleNativeActionModesEnabled()
andsetHandleNativeActionModesEnabled()
methods to theAppCompatDelegate
class for handling native action modes.
- Added the
For a complete list of the Support Library changes, see the Support Library API Differences Report.
Revision 22.1.0
April 2015
- Changes for annotations library:
-
- Added the Annotations library to provide support for enhanced code inspections. Annotations are added as metadata tags that you attach to variables, parameters, and return values to inspect method return values, passed parameters, and local variables and fields.
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added the
ColorUtils
class to provide a set of color-related utility methods. - Added the
unwrap()
andwrap()
methods to theDrawableCompat
class , allowing you to usesetTint()
,setTintList()
, andsetTintMode()
on all API level 4 or higher devices. - Added the
TraceCompat
class to write trace events to the system trace buffer, which can then be collected and visualized using the Systrace tool. - Added the
CircularIntArray
class to create circular integer array data structures. - Added the
clear()
,removeFromStart()
, andremoveFromEnd()
methods to theCircularArray
class. Also, changed the existing methods in this class to be non-final. - Added the
InputDeviceCompat
as a helper class to access data in theInputDeviceCompat
class. - Added the
LayoutInflaterCompat
class as a helper class to access data in theLayoutInflaterCompat
class and added theLayoutInflaterFactory
interface. - Added classes, methods, and interfaces to support nested scrolling.
- Added the
NestedScrollingChildHelper
andNestedScrollingParentHelper
helper classes for implementing nested scrolling parent and child views. - Added the
NestedScrollingChild
interface to be implemented byView
subclasses. - Added the
NestedScrollingParent
andScrollingView
interfaces to support scrolling operations and provide scroll related APIs. - Added the
getNestedScrollAxes()
method to theViewGroupCompat
class. - Added methods to the
ViewParentCompat
class to support nested scrolling. - Added the
NestedScrollView
class to support nested scrolling parent and child on both new and old versions of Android.
- Added the
- Added methods and constants to the
MotionEventCompat
class for getting axis values and event source. - Updated the
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
class to add methods for errors, content invalidation and labels. - Added the following interpolation classes for animation:
FastOutLinearInInterpolator
,FastOutSlowInInterpolator
,LinearOutSlowInInterpolator
,LinearOutSlowInInterpolator
, andPathInterpolatorCompat
. - Added the
Space
class to create gaps between components in general purpose layouts. This class is deprecated in the gridlayout library. - Added the
TextViewCompat
class for accessing features in aTextView
. - Added a displacement parameter to the
onPull()
method in theEdgeEffectCompat
class.
- Added the
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added tint support to appcompat widgets, including
AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView
,AppCompatButton
,AppCompatCheckBox
,AppCompatCheckedTextView
,AppCompatEditText
,AppCompatMultiAutoCompleteTextView
,AppCompatRadioButton
,AppCompatRatingBar
,AppCompatSpinner
, andAppCompatTextView
. - Updated the
AppCompatActivity
as the base class for activities that use the support library action bar features. This class replaces the deprecatedActionBarActivity
. - Added the
AppCompatCallback
interface to be implemented for AppCompat to be able to perform callbacks. - Added the
AppCompatDelegate
abstract class as a delegate you can use to extend AppCompat's support to any activity. - Added the
AppCompatDialog
class as the base class for AppCompat themed dialogs. - Added the spinner style
AlertDialog
andAlertDialog.Builder
classes to provide an AppCompat themedAlertDialog
. - Added the
Palette.Builder
class for generatingPalette
instances.- Added the
from(Bitmap)
method to thePalette
class to start generating a Palette with the returnedPalette.Builder
instance. - Deprecated the
Palette.generate()
andPalette.generateAsync()
methods.
- Added the
- Added the
getAbsoluteAlignment()
method to theGridLayout.Spec
class. - Deprecated use of
app:theme
for stylingToolbar
. You can now useandroid:theme
for toolbars on all API level 7 and higher devices andandroid:theme
support for all widgets on API level 11 and higher devices.
- Added tint support to appcompat widgets, including
- Changes for v17 leanback library:
-
- Added
GuidedStepFragment
,GuidanceStylist
andGuidedActionsStylist
to support creating multi-step decision flows.
- Added
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Added
SortedList
classes to display items in a list order and provide notification of changes to the list. - Added the
SortedListAdapterCallback
class that can bind a sorted list to aRecyclerView.Adapter
class.
- Added
- Changes for v8 renderscript library:
-
- Added the
ScriptIntrinsicHistogram
class for use as a histogram filter. - Added the
ScriptIntrinsicResize
class for performing a resize of a 2D allocation.
- Added the
Revision 22
March 2015
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Updated the
getDrawable()
method to return a drawable object for a specified specific resource ID, screen density, and theme. - Added the
setImportantForAccessibility()
method so you can indicate if a view should trigger accessibility events. - Added the
getStatusBarBackgroundDrawable()
method so you can get the status bar background drawable. - Added methods to the
NotificationCompat.CarExtender.UnreadConversation
class so Android Auto messaging apps can retrieve additional notification data. - Added the
getProgressCircleDiameter()
method to return the diameter of a circle layout. - Changed the default
DrawerLayout
status bar color tocolorPrimaryDark
.
- Updated the
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added the spinner style
Base_Widget_AppCompat_Spinner_Underlined
. - Added tinted widgets styles with
Widget_AppCompat_AutoCompleteTextView
,MultiAutoCompleteTextView
,TextAppearance_AppCompat_Button
, andBase_Widget_AppCompat_RatingBar
.
- Added the spinner style
- Changes for v17 leanback library:
-
- Added the
getRecycledPoolSize()
andsetRecycledPoolSize()
methods to allow customized recycled pool sizes. - Added the
WRAP_CONTENT
attribute to the layout width setting to support wrapped content for title icons. - Defined
R.transition
in XML to improve transition updates. - Enabled support for right to left layouts.
- Added the play and pause media key events support to the
PlaybackOverlayFragment
class. - Added enter and return transitions to the
BrowseFragment
class and theDetailsFragment
class. - Added the
replace()
method to replace items in an object’s adapter array.
- Added the
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
- Updated Google Cast icons to use the material design style.
- Updated all the icons used in the
MediaRouter
dialogs to use the material design style.
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Added the
getlayoutPosition()
andgetadapterPosition()
methods to theRecyclerView
class. - Deprecated the
classgetChildPosition()
andfindViewHolderForPosition()
methods in theRecyclerView
class. - Deprecated the
getPosition()
method in theRecyclerView.ViewHolder
class. - Deprecated the
getViewPosition()
method in theRecyclerView.LayoutParams
class.
- Added the
Revision 21.0.3
December 2014
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added several
NotificationCompat.WearableExtender
methods to improve the display of barcodes in notifications on wearable devices.
- Added several
Revision 21.0.2
November 2014
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added
NotificationCompat.CarExtender
class to support Android Auto extensions to notifications.
- Added
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added the
PopupMenu
constructor to support new popup menus. - Added support for a Collapse icon description in the
Toolbar
class. - Updated the
SearchView
widget to support displaying thecommitIcon
. - Removed the
buttonGravity
attribute from theToolbar
class.
- Added the
- Changes for v7 cardview library:
-
- Added
setCardBackgroundColor(ColorStateList)
API to support changing the background color of theCardView
. - Changed the
CardView
to more accurately report its opacity value asTRANSLUCENT
.
- Added
- Changes for v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Added
TOUCH_SLOP_DEFAULT
andTOUCH_SLOP_PAGING
constants to theRecyclerView
class to support touch slop configurations for paging.
- Added
- Changes for v17 leanback library:
-
- Added support to generate v4 code fragments.
- Changed the secondary text color on
CardView
.
Revision 21.0.1
November 2014
- Added multidex support library to support multiple Dalvik Executable (DEX) files for multi-dex file support prior to Android 5.0.
Revision 21
October 2014
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added support for
Fragment
transitions for devices running Android 5.0 (API level 21). Be aware that transitions have no effect on devices running Android 4.4 and lower. - Added
DocumentFile
to ease the transition fromFile
while working with document trees. However, this class demands more processing overhead compared to the platform'sDocumentsContract
API added in Android 4.4 (API level 19). So you should switch to usingDocumentsContract
when running on Android 4.4 and higher.
- Added support for
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added support for material design user interfaces.
- Added
Toolbar
, which generalizes the functionality ofActionBar
for use within app layouts. - Updated
ActionBarDrawerToggle
, which contains the menu-to-arrow animation - Updated common user interface widgets to allow tinting via theme attributes when running on pre-Android 5.0 devices
- Added
SwitchCompat
, a backport of theSwitch
widget that was added in Android 4.0 (API level 14).
- New v7 cardview library:
-
- Added the
CardView
widget, which provides a material design-compatible implementation for displaying data items.
- Added the
- New v7 recyclerview library:
-
- Added the
RecyclerView
widget, which provides a flexible list view for providing a limited window into a large data set.
- Added the
- New v7 palette library:
-
- Added
Palette
class, which lets you extract prominent colors from an image.
- Added
- New v17 leanback library:
-
- Added support for building TV user interfaces, including
BrowseFragment
,DetailsFragment
, andPlaybackOverlayFragment
. For more information about using these user interface widgets, see Building TV Playback Apps.
- Added support for building TV user interfaces, including
Revision 20
July 2014
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added extended notification support for Android Wear in
NotificationCompat.WearableExtender
, which allows you to specify wearable-specific features in your notifications. - Added
NotificationCompat.Action.WearableExtender
, which allows actions to be added on wearable notifications. - Added
NotificationManagerCompat
, which allows you to issue notifications that properly support wearable features. - Added
RemoteInput
, which allows a handheld device to receive voice input from a notification that appears on a wearable device. - Improved the handling of touch feedback in
SwipeRefreshLayout
.
- Added extended notification support for Android Wear in
Revision 19.1.0
March 2014
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added the
SwipeRefreshLayout
class, which enables users to refresh the contents of a view with a vertical swipe gesture. - Fixed accessibility issues with navigation drawers.
- Added the
- Changes for v7 appcompat library:
-
- Fixed background issues with the action bar.
Revision 19.0.1
December 2013
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Improved
PrintHelper
by adding asynchronous handling of printing. - Fixed the
DrawerLayout
class approximation of theaddChildrenForAccessibility()
method. - Fixed slide drawable mirroring in
ActionBarDrawerToggle
. - Fixed off-by-one issue when removing an item from a collection iterator.
- Improved
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
- Improved route identification by using full component name in the
MediaRouteProvider.ProviderMetadata
. - Updated
MediaRouteChooserDialog
to hide disabled routes.
- Improved route identification by using full component name in the
- Changes for v8 renderscript library
-
- Added error propagation for the RenderScript thunking layer.
Revision 19
October 2013
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added support for external Storage APIs with the
getObbDirs()
,getExternalFilesDirs()
,getExternalCacheDirs()
, andgetStorageState()
. These helper methods always return a single file object on devices running Android 4.3 (API level 18) and earlier. When running on Android 4.4 (API level 19) and higher, these methods may return more than one file object. - Added
PrintHelper
class that works with the Print APIs to print images with a minimum of code. - Added drag-to-open user interface support for pop-up menus. For more information, see
PopupMenuCompat
andListPopupWindowCompat
. - Improved accessibility support with the addition of a
findFocus()
method inAccessibilityNodeProviderCompat
and thegetLiveRegion()
method inAccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
. - Added helper class
ScaleGestureDetectorCompat
for accessing new scaling gesture methods. - Fixed problem with
ActionBarDrawerToggle
in right-to-left language displays. - Modified
AutoScrollHelper
option to consume touch events or allow them to be passed through to other views.
- Added support for external Storage APIs with the
- Changes for v7 mediarouter library:
-
- Added support for media playback queuing, setting HTTP header values and media playback duration.
- Added explicit start, get, and end session actions for explicitly managing media playback sessions with media router.
Revision 18
July 2013
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- User interface
- Added
BidiFormatter
for handling text strings that combine right to left and left to right-formatted text. - Modified
ViewPager
to better handle cases where the pager has a measured width of zero in the initial layout processing. - Modified
DrawerLayout
andSlidingPaneLayout
to not throw exceptions for measurement while the project code is being edited.
- Added
- Accessibility
- Added
ExploreByTouchHelper
to simplify the implementation of accessibility for custom views. - Fixed a problem with
ViewPager
incorrectly populatingTYPE_VIEW_SCROLLED
accessibility events. - Fixed a null pointer exception in
ViewPager
when populating an accessibility event. - Simplified
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
by changingCharSequence
inputs toString
objects. - Deprecated an
AccessibilityRecordCompat
constructor that used anObject
as input.
- Added
- Media
- Added
TransportMediator
helper class to manage media transport control, such as play, pause, skip and other media actions. - Added
DisplayManagerCompat
for managing display output to one or more device displays.
- Added
- Other changes
- Added
WakefulBroadcastReceiver
helper class for implementing a common pattern of detecting a device wakeup event and passing work off to aService
while ensuring that the device does not go back to sleep before the handoff is complete. - Added two new APIs,
commitContentChanged()
androllbackContentChanged()
, toAsyncTaskLoader
to help deal with background updates for data changes that are subsequently canceled.
- Added
- User interface
- New v7 appcompat library:
-
- Added
ActionBar
to allow implementation of the action bar user interface design pattern back to Android 2.1 (API level 7) and higher. Use of this class requires that you implement your activity by extending the newActionBarActivity
class.
- Added
- New v7 mediarouter library:
-
Added a new mediarouter library that provides support for the Google Cast developer preview. The v7 mediarouter library APIs provide a means of controlling the routing of media channels and streams from the current device to external screens, speakers, and other destination devices, with compatibility back to Android 2.1 (API level 7). See V7 mediarouter library for more information.
The v7 mediarouter library APIs introduced in Support Library r18 are subject to change in later revisions of the Support Library. At this time, we recommend using the library only in connection with the Google Cast developer preview.
Revision 13
May 2013
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added
DrawerLayout
for creating a Navigation Drawer that can be pulled in from the edge of a window. - Added
SlidingPaneLayout
widget for creating linked summary and detail views that appropriately adapt to various screen sizes. - Added
ActionBarDrawerToggle
as a way to tie together the functions ofDrawerLayout
andActionBar
. - Added
ViewDragHelper
as a new common component for dragging views within a parent view. - Added
ScrollerCompat
to provideScroller
andOverScroller
compatibility support. - Added
FileProvider
to allow sharing of private files between applications. - Updated
ViewPager
to throw an exception if the associatedPagerAdapter
class is modified without a call tonotifyDataSetChanged()
. - Fixed an issue with
ViewPager
children drawing sort order. - Fixed
GestureDetectorCompat
to dispatch missingonSingleTapConfirmed(MotionEvent)
calls between tap timeout and long press events.
- Added
- New v7 gridlayout library:
-
- Added
GridLayout
to provide support for theGridLayout
layout object. - Added
android.support.v7.widget.Space
which can be used to create blank areas within aGridLayout
layout object.
- Added
Revision 12
February 2013
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Improved interaction behavior for
ViewPager
. - Fixed a bug that could cause
ViewPager
to select the wrong page. - Fixed use of
removeView()
method during layout forViewPager
. - Fixed issue with
SearchViewCompat
where using the back button to dismiss does not clear the search text. This fix only applies to host API levels 14 and higher.
- Improved interaction behavior for
Revision 11
November 2012
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- User Interface
- Added support for nested
Fragment
classes. - Added improvements to
FragmentManager
debugging. - Fixed problem in
FragmentTabHost
where fragment and tab interaction could result in aListView
state loss. - Fixed issue with user-visible hint in
FragmentStatePagerAdapter
. - Added
PageTransformer
interface toViewPager
to allow applications to supply a custom transition behavior for scrolling. - Added new features and fixes to
TaskStackBuilder
from current release. - Fixed
PagerTitleStrip
to correctly track thePagerAdapter
currently in use. - Fixed display flickering, positioning, and text clipping problems with
PagerTitleStrip
. - Fixed
PagerTabStrip
to properly respect padding when drawing an underline.
- Added support for nested
- Accessibility
- Added support for new accessibility gesture and touch event types in
AccessibilityEventCompat
. - Added support for new accessibility APIs in
ViewCompat
. - Added support for
performAccessibilityAction()
method toViewCompat
.
- Added support for new accessibility gesture and touch event types in
- Added support for gestures with
GestureDetectorCompat
. - Added support for performing atomic operations on files using a new
AtomicFile
class. - Added support for the full set of
make
methods inIntentCompat
. - Added
trimToSize()
method inLruCache
utility class. - Updated
ConnectivityManagerCompat
to get NetworkInfo from aCONNECTIVITY_ACTION
broadcast.
- User Interface
Revision 10
August 2012
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added support for notification features introduced in Android 4.1 (API level 16) with additions to
NotificationCompat
.
- Added support for notification features introduced in Android 4.1 (API level 16) with additions to
Revision 9
June 2012
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- User Interface Support
- Added
PagerTabStrip
support, providing enhanced functionality beyondPagerTitleStrip
. - Fixed various bugs for
PagerTitleStrip
andPagerTabStrip
, includingsetAllCaps
option, title alignment, appearance improvements, minimum width constraints and touch navigation issues. - Added support for
ViewPager
page gutters, which helps theViewPager
class provide paging support for content with a large horizontal scroll range, such as a map. - Fixed numerous bugs for
ViewPager
, including size and data set change problems, page positioning, user interaction, scroll tracking and keyboard navigation problems. - Fixed many bugs for
Fragment
, including proper handling ofonActivityResult()
when the target fragment no longer exists, dispatching selection events to invisible fragments, improvedFragmentTransaction.replace()
behavior and added better state handling for fragments being moved out of view. - Added support for the
postOnAnimation()
method inViewCompat
. - Updated
NavUtils
to use Android 4.1 (API level 16) Up navigation functionality when available.
- Added
- Accessibility
- Updated accessibility support classes, including
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
, to follow fixes made in Android 4.1 (API level 16). - Added support for accessibility scroll actions in
ViewPager
.
- Updated accessibility support classes, including
- General improvements
- Updated
TaskStackBuilder
to reflect API changes in Android 4.1 (API level 16). - Enhanced
TaskStackBuilder
to allow it to be used from a Service. - Added support for
EXTRA_HTML_TEXT
toShareCompat
. - Updated
NotificationCompat.Builder
to support thesetNumber()
method. - Added support in
ConnectivityManagerCompat
for theisActiveNetworkMetered()
method.
- Updated
- User Interface Support
Revision 8
April 2012
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Fixed intent flags for
PendingIntent
objects generated byTaskStackBuilder
. - Removed unused attributes from the gridlayout library projects to make sure the library can be built with API level 7 and higher.
- Added
.classpath
and.project
files for the gridlayout library project.
- Fixed intent flags for
Revision 7
March 2012
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added
ShareCompat
, which provides helper classes for sending and receiving content for social sharing applications, including new metadata for attributing shared data to the source app. This class also provides compatible integration with the newShareActionProvider
in Android 4.0. - Added
NavUtils
andTaskStackBuilder
to provide support for implementing the Android Design guidelines for navigation. These additions include a way to implement the action bar's Up button across versions. For an example implementation of this pattern, see the AppNavigation sample in (<em><sdk></em>/samples/<em><platform></em>/AppNavigation
). - Added
NotificationCompat.Builder
to provide a compatibility implementation of Android 3.0'sNotification.Builder
helper class for creating standardized system notifications.
- Added
Revision 6
December 2011
Note: Reference for support library APIs are now available with the framework references, for example: android.support.v4.app
.
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Changes to ViewPager:
- Added extra decorative view support for
ViewPager
. Decorative views may be supplied as child views of a pager in XML layout. - Added
PagerAdapter.getPageTitle()
to supply title strings for pages, which defaults to no title for each page. - Added
PagerTitleStrip
, a non-interactive title strip, that can be added as a child of ViewPager. Developers can supply text appearance and color, as well as layout sizing and gravity information. - Updated
PagerAdapter
methods to take ViewGroup objects, rather than View to avoid class casting in adapter implementations. - Updated
ViewPager
to use Launcher-style fling behavior. - Bug fixes for user interface interaction and test automation.
- Added extra decorative view support for
- Support for Fragments:
- Changed
setStartDeferred()
method tosetUserVisibleHint(boolean)
. - Added deferred start for off-screen pages to improve performance.
- Changed
- Support for Accessiblity APIs:
- Updated
AccessibilityDelegateCompat
methods to return empty lists instead of null. - Added new APIs needed by the v4 samples.
- Updated
- Changes to ViewPager:
Revision 5
December 2011
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Support for Accessiblity APIs:
- Added
AccessibilityDelegateCompat
to supportView.AccessibilityDelegate
. - Added
AccessibilityEventCompat
to supportAccessibilityEvent
. - Added
AccessibilityManagerCompat
to supportAccessibilityManager
. - Added
AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
to supportAccessibilityNodeInfo
. - Added
AccessibilityRecordCompat
to supportAccessibilityRecord
. - Added
AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat
to supportAccessibilityServiceInfo
. - Added
ViewGroupCompat
to support accessibility features inViewGroup
. - Modified
ViewCompat
to support accessibility features inView
.
- Added
- Changes to ViewPager:
- Added support for margins between pages. An optional
Drawable
can be provided to fill the margins. - Added support for
EdgeEffect
. - Added support for keyboard navigation
- Added support to control how many pages are kept to either side of the current page.
- Improved touch physics.
- Bug fixes for user interface behavior.
- Added support for margins between pages. An optional
- Support for Accessiblity APIs:
Revision 4
October 2011
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Added
EdgeEffectCompat
to supportEdgeEffect
. - Added
LocalBroadcastManager
to allow applications to easily register for and receive intents within a single application without broadcasting them globally. - Added support in
ViewCompat
to check for and set overscroll modes forView
s on Android 2.3 and later. - Changes to Fragment APIs:
- Added new APIs to control the visibility of new menus.
- Added custom animation APIs.
- Added APIs in
FragmentActivity
to retain custom, non-configuration instance data. - Various bug fixes.
- Fixed a
Loader
bug that caused issues in cancelingAsyncTask
s when running on Froyo and older versions of the platform. The support code now uses its own version ofAsyncTask
to keep the same behavior on all platform versions.
- Added
Revision 3
July 2011
- Changes for v4 support library:
-
- Adds support for
Fragment.SavedState
- Adds
MotionEventCompat
to support newerMotionEvent
APIs - Adds
VelocityTrackerCompat
to support a newerVelocityTracker
APIs - Adds
ViewConfigurationCompat
to support a newerViewConfiguration
APIs - All new APIs (available only in the support library) that allow you to create UIs with horizontal paging, allowing users to swipe left and right between content views. Classes to support this include:
ViewPager
: AViewGroup
that manages the layout for the child views, which the user can swipe between.PagerAdapter
: An adapter that populates theViewPager
with the views that represent each page.FragmentPagerAdapter
: An extension ofPagerAdapter
for flipping between fragments.FragmentStatePagerAdapter
: An extension ofPagerAdapter
for flipping between fragments that uses the library's support forFragment.SavedState
.
- Adds support for
- New v13 support library:
-
- Includes the
FragmentPagerAdapter
andFragmentStatePagerAdapter
to support the horizontal paging.These are exactly the same as the APIs added to the v4 support library, but rely on other platform components in Android 3.2. Use this library instead of v4 if you're developing for Android 3.2 and higher (all other APIs in the v4 library are already available with API level 13).
- Includes the
Revision 2
May 2011
- Changes for v4 library:
-
- Support for fragment animations
- Fix
Fragment.onActivityResult()
bug
Revision 1
March 2011
Initial release with the v4 library.