This is a maintenance release for the SDK. It contains important bugfixes.

• [Bugfix] #411 – Leaking HTTP connection. PR #412
• [Bugfix] – Fix HTTPS connection creation. PR #424
• [Security] To enforce TLS 1.2 on all HTTPS connections the SDK makes, we are dropping support for API level 15 (which supports only TLS 1.0), the minimum SDK version thus becomes 16. Previous versions of the SDK were already using TLS 1.2 on API level 16+.

Breaking changes in version 5.2.0

HockeySDK 5.2.0 raises the minimum API level to 16.

This is a maintenance release for the SDK. It contains important bugfixes, including some that make the SDK compatible with Android Pie.

• [Bugfix] #395 – NullPointerException in DownloadFileTask. PR #396
• [Bugfix] #391 - FileNotFoundException when attaching an image to feedback. PR #393
• [Bugfix] #377 - Prevent OutOfMemoryError in case of reading/sending crash reports with very long stacktraces. #PR 378 PR #392
• [Bugfix] #385 - Fix "untagged socket" violation in strict mode of Android O PR #387
• [Bugfix] Fix the error message that gets logged by the SDK to logcat in case a saved stacktrace is empty. PR #375
• [Bugfix] #369 - Adjust timeout interval for a http connection. PR #370
• [Bugfix] Fix a glitch in the feedback UI. PR #353
• [Bugfix] Fix multiple causes for deadlocks. PR #348

• [Bugfix] Fix issue in persistence logic that could cause Session information to be inaccurate. #340
• [Improvement] Remove left-to-right attribute in case the app that integrates the SDK doesn't use that. Thx to Steven for this contribution. #335
• [Improvement] Improve error message for the Feedback feature. #341
• [Improvement] It's now possible to call setUserId for Feedback. #339

Breaking changes in version 5.0.0

HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

This version contains a few bugfixes as well as the removal of an API that has been deprecated since HockeySDK 3.7.0-Beta.2.

• Removal of deprecated API ExceptionHandler.saveException(Throwable exception, CrashManagerListener listener) has been deprecated since 3.7.0-beta.2. Use ExceptionHandler.saveException(Throwable exception, Thread thread, CrashManagerListener listener) instead. #317
• Bugfix The SDK now deletes redundant crash reports. #318
• Bugfix The SDK does no longer send the event that indicates the start of a session twice but once. There was no impact on session counts as the event was de-duplicated on the server. #321
• Bugfix Fixes a potential deadlock when reading device information when saving an exception. #323
• Bugfix Fixes a potential NPE when processing stacktraces. Thanks to Thomas Reis for reporting issue #331. #332

Breaking changes in version 5.0.0

HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

This release now limits the number of crashes that are stored by the SDK while the device is offline to 100 Crashes. HockeySDK-Android will stop to collect crashes until the number of unsent crashes drops below the limit of 100 unsent crashes.

• [BUGFIX] Fixes a possible OutOfMemoryError exception. This only occurs when a very large number of crashes – several 100k or more – wasn't sent to the server. #313

Breaking changes in version 5.0.0

HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

• [Bugfix] Fixes a NPE in FeedbackActivity. #303
• [Bugfix] Fixes a potential deadlock in CrashManager.#308
• [Improvement] Fix potential NPE when calling MetricsManager.sessionTrackingEnabled() before calling MetricsManager.register(...). #310

Thx to Mourat and Jarred for their contributions!

Breaking changes in version 5.0.0

HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

• [BUGFIX] Fix a bug in the Italian translation. #296
• [IMPROVEMENT] Use different timestamp format for crash date and app start time. #297

Breaking changes in version 5.0.0

HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

Changes since 5.0.0-beta.1

• [BUGFIX] It's no longer possible to circumvent the login UI by pressing the backbutton under certain circumstances #278.
• [BUGFIX] Fix a crash in MetricsManager #279.
• [BUGFIX] Fix authentication by email #288.
• [BUGFIX] Fix a regression that was introduced in 5.0.0-beta.1 that prevented attaching screenshots to work #289.
• [BUGFIX] Fix Feedback notifications on Android #290.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Add the ability to when to show the UpdateFragment #280.
• [IMPROVEMENT] CrashManagerListener now has onNoCrashesFound() to notify you in case no new crashes were found #280.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Retrieving the last crash details is now asynchronous.
• [DEPRECATION] We've removed the onCrashesFound callback in CrashManagerListener as it has been deprecated since HockeySDK 3.0.0.

Breaking Changes

This release comes with one major breaking change. HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

Thx a lot to Lauri for notifying us.

Full changelog

In addition, this release contains the following changes:

• [IMPROVEMENT] Support for Android O.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Code scans no longer trigger warnings related to usage of ANDROID_ID as we are no longer using it.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The SDK supports Android Strict Mode way better as it no longer violates it.
• [IMPROVEMENT] We've improved the way we send Feedback attachments.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The SDK no longer caches information about in-app updates to make sure updates are available immediately.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Add the ability to when to show the UpdateFragment #280.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Retrieving the last crash details is now asynchronous.
• [BUGFIX] Metrics no longer leaks a connection.
• [BUGFIX] It's no longer possible to circumvent the login UI by pressing the backbutton under certain circumstances #278.
• [BUGFIX] Fix a crash in MetricsManager #279.
• [BUGFIX] Fix authentication by email #288.
• [BUGFIX] Fix a regression that was introduced in 5.0.0-beta.1 that prevented attaching screenshots to work #289.
• [BUGFIX] Fix Feedback notifications on Android #290.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Add the ability to when to show the UpdateFragment #280.
• [IMPROVEMENT] CrashManagerListener now has onNoCrashesFound() to notify you in case no new crashes were found #280.
• [DEPRECATION] We've removed the onCrashesFound callback in CrashManagerListener as it has been deprecated since HockeySDK 3.0.0.

Updating the HockeySDK

We didn't remove any API with this release. Just update to this version and you are good to go!

Acknowledgments

Thanks to @bmourat @MatkovIvan and @friederbluemle for their input and help! =)

Breaking Changes

This release comes with one major breaking change. HockeySDK 5.0.0-beta.1 raises the minimum API level to 15. In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O, ANDROID_ID no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.

To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission, maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare the tools:node="replace" manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>

Thx a lot to Lauri for notifying us.

Changelog

In addition, this release contains the following changes:

• [IMPROVEMENT] Support for Android O.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Code scans no longer trigger warnings related to usage of ANDROID_ID as we are no longer using it.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The SDK supports Android Strict Mode way better as it no longer violates it.
• [IMPROVEMENT] We've improved the way we send Feedback attachments.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The SDK no longer caches information about in-app updates to make sure updates are available immediately. The iOS SDK has behaved like this for a while and we decided to align the behavior across SDKs.
• [BUGFIX] Metrics no longer leaks a connection.

Updating the HockeySDK

We didn't remove any API with this release. Just update to this version and you're good to go!

Acknowledgments

Thanks to @bmourat @MatkovIvan and @friederbluemle for their input and help! =)

• [FIX] Fix a resource leak in Sender #235.
• [FIX] Fix pissibility to bypass authentication #236.
• [FIX] Fix the progressbar when sending feedback #237.
• [FIX] Fix potential OOM crash by limiting the number of form fields in a request #238.
• [FIX] Fix the dates in the Feedback UI #239.
• [FIX] Fix ConcurrentModificationException in metrics feature #242.
• [FIX] Fix potential crash related to multi-threading in Channel #248.
• [FIX] Fix the focus in the Feedback UI, this also improves accessibility #249.
• [IMPROVEMENT] When debugging, the SDK uses smaller batch sizes and timing intervals until metrics are sent to make debugging easier #231.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Fix some strict mode violations #241.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improve accessibility for Feedback attachments #251. *[IMPROVEMENT] Send batched events when the app goes into background. #252.

• [FIX] Catch all kinds of exceptions when trying to obtain package information #214 thanks to Ivan Matkov and Jared Burrows.
• [FIX] Make sure the SDK doesn't crash when the Internet permission has been revoked on rooted devices #196 thanks to Ivan Matkov and Stan Kocken.
• [FIX] Make sure we handle all possible exceptions when checking for network connectivity #196 thanks to Ivan Matkov and Caleb Tseng.
• [FIX] The onCrashesNotSent() callback is now triggered in case there is no network connection and the SDK tries to send a crash #223. Thanks to Max for fixing this.
• [IMPROVEMENT] CrashManager and MetricsManager use the same versioning logic thanks to Murat Baysangurov.
• [IMPROVEMENT] FeedbackActivity now uses accessibility labels thanks to Murat Baysangurov.
• [IMPROVEMENT] CrashManager and FeedbackManager now have additional register() APIs that don't take the app identifier as a parameter #226 thanks to Matthias Wenz and Graham Mueller.

This release is our version of spring cleaning for the HockeyApp SDK. It comes with the following bugfixes:

• [FIX] It was possible to send huge stack traces which could cause out-of-memory exceptions (e.g. when trying to send 100MB worth of stacktraces). Stacktraces are now limited to 4MB in size. #199
• [FIX] Thanks to Stuart Eichert, the constructor for CrashDetails now contains more parameters to avoid an exception when calling writeCrashReport. #201
• [FIX] Thanks to Ivan Matkov, it's no longer possible to avoid providing login information and circumvent authentication. #208
• [FIX] Thanks to Guillaume Perrot, the google play store detection was fixed for emulators running Android Nougat. #209
• [IMPROVEMENT] Thanks to Stuart Eichert, it's now possible to specify the path to customize where to write a crash report to. #203
• [IMPROVEMENT] It's now possible to scroll within the FeedbackActivity while the keyboard is up. Previously, when providing a lot of feedback, the keyboard could hide the submit-button. #207
• [IMPROVEMENT] In case the app is offline, the Update feature will no longer log the IOException to avoid confusion. #209

This is a maintenance release to our Android SDK which brings some important stability and behavioral fixes. It also introduces two new user contributed localizations and a few more changes:

4.1.2

• [FIXED] Fixed two NPEs (#185) and (#186) - thanks @jaredsburrows!
• [FIXED] UpdateManagerListener is now notified if the user closes an update dialog by tapping outside it or using the back button (#168)
• [NEW] Added user contributed localizations for Brazilian Portuguese (#159) and Italian (#170), thanks @Panthro and @giancarloromeo
• [NEW] Added FeedbackManagerListener.shouldCreateNewFeedbackThread() which allows the creation of a new feedback thread at the developers discretion (#189) - thanks @brentwatson!

This maintenance release contains an important bugfix around Custom Events. With the 4.1 release are rolling out Custom Events to everybody, to understand user actions and see aggregates on the HockeyApp portal.

If you haven't done it yet, add the setup code for the MetricsManager in your main activity's onCreate-callback like this:

//add this import
import net.hockeyapp.android.metrics.MetricsManager;

//add this to your main activity's onCreate()-callback
MetricsManager.register(getApplication());

and add the Custom Event code like this:

//add this wherever you want to track a custom event
MetricsManager.trackEvent("YOUR_EVENT_NAME");

Also, Custom Events now support custom properties and measurements as a preview, which can be viewed in the Application Insights portal.

Apart from this, here's the full list of changes:

4.1.1

• [NEW] Custom Events are now a public feature
• [NEW] Added user contributed localizations for Simplified Chinese (#163) and Russian (#152)
• [FIXED] Installing an app through HockeyApp would falsely report this as a store installation on Android Nougat (#171)

This is the stable release for the 4.1.0 version of the SDK. With this release are rolling out Custom Events to everybody, to understand user actions and see aggregates on the HockeyApp portal.

If you haven't done it yet, add the setup code for the MetricsManager in your main activity's onCreate-callback like this:

//add this import
import net.hockeyapp.android.metrics.MetricsManager;

//add this to your main activity's onCreate()-callback
MetricsManager.register(getApplication());

and add the Custom Event code like this:

//add this wherever you want to track a custom event
MetricsManager.trackEvent("YOUR_EVENT_NAME");

Also, Custom Events now support custom properties and measurements as a preview, which can be viewed in the Application Insights portal.

Apart from this, here's the full list of changes:

4.1.0

• [NEW] Custom Events are now a public feature
• [NEW] Added user contributed localizations for Simplified Chinese (#163) and Russian (#152)
• [FIXED] Installing an app through HockeyApp would falsely report this as a store installation on Android Nougat (#171)

The latest maintenance release for the 4.0 branch contains fixes for rare crashes and compatibility fixes for Android 7.0 Nougat.

Changelog:

Version 4.0.3

• [BUGFIX] Workaround an issue when installing updates and targeting SDK version 24 - #167
• [BUGFIX] Guard for #165

This maintenance release contains a few improvements and fixes to our localizations and User Metrics feature.

Changelog:

Version 4.0.2

• [BUGFIX] Fixed a memory leak in MetricsManager.register(…)
• [BUGFIX] Fixed some mixed up localizations

The second beta on our way to 4.1.0 contains bug fixes to our telemetry module.

Changelog:

Version 4.1.0-beta.2

• [BUGFIX] Fixed a bug which would result in rejected telemetry events.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Raised log level for telemetry error responses.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Enabled Dex In Process for faster build time.

This maintenance release contains important bug fixes which didn't make it into or were found after 4.0.0.

With this release, our major new feature is User Metrics. If you're already using our SDK, it's as simple as upgrading to Version 4.0.1 of the SDK and add the following code:

//add this import
import net.hockeyapp.android.metrics.MetricsManager;

//add this to your main activity's onCreate()-callback
MetricsManager.register(this, getApplication());

Please do note, that auto collection of users and sessions only works on Android API level 14 or higher.

Changelog:

Version 4.0.1

• [BUGFIX] Fixed a bug in timestamp creation for User Metrics which would occur environments spanning many different timezones.
• [BUGFIX] Fixed an issue with the anonymity of our identifiers which could occur if a device didn't support the SHA-256 message digest.
• [BUGFIX] Fixed an issue with initial attachments in our feedback compose view, which would cause them to duplicate on device orientation changes.

This is the first public release of our upcoming 4.1.0 SDK. It's major feature is the addition of Custom Events to the User Metrics feature that became publicly available with our 4.0.0 SDK.

If you are part of Preseason, you can now track Custom Events in your app, understand user actions and see the aggregates on the HockeyApp portal.

If you haven't done it, yet, add the setup code for the MetricsManager in your main activity's onCreate-callback like this:

//add this import
import net.hockeyapp.android.metrics.MetricsManager;

//add this to your main activity's onCreate()-callback
MetricsManager.register(this, getApplication());

and add the Custom Event code like this:

//add this wherever you want to track a custom event
MetricsManager.trackEvent("YOUR_EVENT_NAME");

Please do note, that this feature, like the other User Metrics features,Custom Events only work on Android API level 14 or higher.

Apart from this, here's the list of other changes:

4.1.0-beta.1

• [NEW] Integrate HockeySDK 4.0.0
• [NEW] Custom Events are now a public release but require to apply for Preseason

4.1.0-alpha.2

• [NEW] Add Custom Events
• [NEW] Integrate HockeySDK 4.0.0-alpha.3

This is the first release of the 4.0 line of our HockeySDK.

With this release, our major new feature is User Metrics. If you're already using our SDK, it's as simple as upgrading to Version 4.0.0 of the SDK and add the following code:

//add this import
import net.hockeyapp.android.metrics.MetricsManager;

//add this to your main activity's onCreate()-callback
MetricsManager.register(this, getApplication());

Please do note, that auto collection of users and sessions only works on Android API level 14 or higher.

Apart from this, here's the list of other changes:

Version 4.0.0

• [UPDATE] Fix potential handler leaks in FeedbackActivity, LoginManager and LoginActivity
• [UPDATE] Fix implied default locale for app size calculation
• [BUGFIX] Fix bug in authorization logic that affected restricted builds. If you are using this HockeyApp's authentication feature, please read the article in our knowledgebase.

Version 4.0.0-alpha.3

• [UPDATE] Integrate HockeySDK 3.7.2
• [BUGFIX] Fix issues with user metrics pre-ICS devices

Version 4.0.0-alpha.2

• [UPDATE] Integrate HockeySDK 3.7.1

Version 4.0.0-alpha.1

• [NEW] Add MetricsManager to enable user and session metrics.

The first pre-release of our new major update is now available as a public beta to everyone. The major new feature is general availability for our User Metrics feature. Look into our knowledge base to get started with User Metrics.

Please do note, that auto collection of users and sessions only works on Android API level 14 or higher.

The second maintenance release for our Android SDK 3.7 line is available now. It includes fixes and improvements to our new ProGuard setup, as well as some minor bug fixes and we fixed some lint warnings as well. For details please check out the release notes below.

• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved ProGuard configuration to minimize the footprint of the SDK against the 65K reference limit. Added a section on ProGuard to our GitHub documentation.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Made customization of the feedback view easier by providing an entry point in FeedbackActivity.
• [BUGFIX] Use the correct string resources for the CrashManager dialog buttons. #139
• [BUGFIX] Localized feedback toast strings. #140
• [BUGFIX] Removed erroneous tools:ignore instruction to correctly handle the allowBackup-attribute. #141

Our first maintenance release for our Android SDK is now publicly available. You can now check whether your app crashed in the last session and retrieve details about the crash in question. We also added more fine-grained control over the SDK's logging behavior, a user-contributed Spanish localization, and improved our ProGuard integration. For more details see the release notes below.

• [NEW] Crash reporting learned new tricks from its iOS counterpart: You can now check if your app crashed in the last session and get crash details through CrashManager
• [NEW] The SDK includes it's own HockeyLog-class that allows for fine-grained control over the amount of logs written to LogCat.
• [NEW] Added Spanish localization. Thanks a lot to Rodrigo Alvarez for the contribution.
• [IMPROVEMENT] We've added a section to our documentation that explains the advanced configuration of Android permissions. (#124)
• [IMPROVEMENT] We've added a section on how to provide your own strings & localization to our documentation. (#116)
• [IMPROVEMENT] We play nicer with ProGuard: we've prefixed our resources and adjusted the ProGuard settings for the SDK. #121
• [BUGFIX] Fixed a crash in LoginTask caused by an IOException when authorizing the user by email only, and connected to wifi without internet.
• [BUGFIX] Fixed erroneous debug messages when creating the storage directory structure. #128
• [BUGFIX] Use separate strings for the authorization UI. #133

With this version, we move the SDK to a Gradle build using Android Studio. The App ID is now loaded from the module's Gradle file and there's no more need to include permissions or activities for our SDK – they are now automatically included through manifest merging.

The new integration looks as follows:

1. Add the dependency to your module:

   dependencies {
       compile 'net.hockeyapp.android:HockeySDK:3.7.0'
   }
   

2. Add the manifest placeholder to your module (typically in the defaultConfig-closure):

   defaultConfig {
       applicationId "com.company.exampleapp"
       minSdkVersion 9
       targetSdkVersion 23
   
       //....
   
       manifestPlaceholders = [HOCKEYAPP_APP_ID: $YOUR_HOCKEYAPP_APP_ID]
   }
   

   You need to replace $YOUR_HOCKEYAPP_APP_ID with your App ID from HockeyApp.

3. Add the following meta-data to your module's AndroidManifest.xml:

   <meta-data android:name="net.hockeyapp.android.appIdentifier" android:value="${HOCKEYAPP_APP_ID}" />
   

4. Now you can simply register the managers in your preferred activity:

   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       // Your own code to create the view...
       UpdateManager.register(this);
   }
   
   @Override
   protected void onResume() {
       super.onResume();
       CrashManager.register(this);
   }
   

Notice how you do not need to provide the App ID to the managers, instead they are retrieved from the manifest automatically. This is particularly handy if you have different product flavors with different App IDs.

Building an AAR also allows us to integrate resources instead of just code. All localized strings are now in the resources directory, so you can easily override them.

Finally, moving to Gradle allowed us to use continuous integration, so every PR you create will now be automatically checked.

Here is the full changelog:

• [NEW] SDK is now built with Gradle in Android Studio
• [NEW] CrashManager, UpdateManager, FeedbackManager, and LoginManager have new register()-methods which determine the app identifier automatically from the app's manifest
• [NEW] Permissions and activities are now automatically added through manifest merging
• [NEW] String resources are now in the strings.xml file, so you can override them easily
• [NEW] Crashes now include thread name and ID. You can find them in the crash log section in the backend by clicking "View raw log" (#102)
• [NEW] Added German & French localization
• [UPDATE] SDK now targets Android 6.0 (API level 23), requires Android 2.3 (API level 9) as minimum
• [UPDATE] Documentation update on how to use and customize your usage of the SDK, e.g. how to make use of HockeyApp's authentication feature
• [IMPROVEMENT] Moved user interface to resources for more flexibility in the future
• [IMPROVEMENT] Added build checks using Travis CI
• [IMPROVEMENT] Option to prefill feedback UI with the user's name and email (thanks to PR #110)
• [FIX] Fixed several potential issues identified by Lint
• [BUGFIX] Fixed an issue where we couldn't detect if an app was installed from the Play store or through ADB on Xiaomi devices (#99)

Moving to a new build system has been a major effort, so we gladly appreciate your help in the final testing of this release. Feel free to reach out to us if you have feedback or run into any issues.

• [IMPROVEMENT] Option to prefill feedback UI with the user's name and email (PR #110)
• [BUGFIX] Updated French localization
• [BUGFIX] Fix the feedback UI when drawing
• [BUGFIX] Update UI now shows up when an update is available

Switching to Gradle as a build system in 3.7.0-beta.1 allowed us to focus on improving various aspects of the SDK under the hood and making a lot of minor improvements here and there.

• [NEW] Crashes now include thread name and ID. You can find them in the crash log section in the backend by clicking "View raw log" #102
• [NEW] Added French Localization
• [NEW] Added more information about how to use and customize your usage of the SDK to our readme, e.g. how to make use of HockeyApp's authentication feature
• [IMPROVEMENT] Moved user interface to resources for more flexibility in the future
• [IMPROVEMENT] Added build checks using Travis CI
• [FIX] Fixed a couple of lint warnings
• [FIX] Fixed an issue where we couldn't detect if an app was installed from the play store or through ADB on Xiaomi devices #99

This is our first beta for the new 3.7-branch. We moved to Gradle and Android Studio as a build system, making the integration and usage much more flexible.

Changelog

• [NEW] SDK is now built with Gradle in Android Studio
• [NEW] CrashManager, UpdateManager, FeedbackManager, and LoginManager now have register()-methods which determine the app identifier automatically from the app's manifest
• [NEW] Permissions and activities are now automatically added through manifest merging
• [NEW] Added a sample app project to the SDK to demonstrate integration of the features
• [NEW] String resources are now in the strings.xml file, so you can override them easily
• [NEW] We have a German localization. More languages to come, stay tuned.
• [UPDATE] SDK now targets Android 6.0 (API level 23), requires Android 2.3 (9) as minimum
• [FIX] Fixed several potential issues identified by lint.

We have pushed an update for our Android SDK that fixes an issue with network connectivity. Make sure to include the following additional dependency in your app's Manifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

Changelog

• [FIX] Fixed a crash that would occur when trying to send feedback without network connectivity