Release Notes - Backspin Android SDK

Android 13 compatibility

increased kotlin to version 1.7.20

increased com.google.android.material:material to version 1.7.0

increased play-services-maps to version 18.1.0

expose markerClusteringDelay in MapConfig to control clustering interval

increased AGP (Android Gradle Plugin) to version 7.2.1

increased gradle to version 7.3.3

increased google’s android material library to version 1.6.1

increased AGP (Android Gradle Plugin) to version 7.1.0

increased gradle to version 7.2

increased kotlin to version 1.6.10

increased com.google.android.material:material to version 1.5.0

increased play-services-maps to version 18.0.2

increased org.rajawali3d:rajawali to version = 1.2.1970

marker clustering will be deactivated when MapFragment calls onPause and activated during onResume

deprecated PositionDirectionMarker - PositionMarker already contains rotation information

fixed a bug where the marker clustering was not called on first map open

improved marker clustering performance

improved turn by turn instructions

play-services-maps version increased to 16.1.0

after a level switch the camera is correctly placed even if the new level is at different center lat/lng

fixed a bug which causes camera jumps when you scrolled to the level plan bounds

makers of favendo map are better clickable now

added onNavigationStarted callback method to the BaseMapFragment

camera will not follow the position after the first automatic camera move (when no map interactions happened till the first position arrives)

every IndoorMarker provides a BottomSheetInfo property now which can be used to define the text which is shown in the MarkerDetailDefault

you have now complete control over each markers visibility with the setMarkerVisibility method

added additional helper methods for hiding and showing markers by their venue type

new config values for setting initial camera information

whenever the map receives a position and the user did no make any map interactions yet the camera will automatically jump to that position

onBackPressed method of BaseMapFragment was called twice (up and down key events) now it is only called on the up event

Markers will not expire if AssetMarkerExpirationHandling.NONE expiration handling was set

level number in LevelSwitcherDefault adjust its self to the font size system setting

correct initial level number will be chosen in case the configured level does not exist

better right-to-left support

fixed a bug with marker anchor points in the FavendoMapFragment

use the new AssetMarkerExpirationHandling config value to decide what should happen with assets which are no longer received

fixed a bug in the Favendo map view which caused some markers to be rendered as black squares

position update will be suppressed until the previous one was processed

replaced all android:src with app:srcCompat in order to work correctly with vector drawables

fixed side view projection if bearing is not an exact a multiple of 45 degrees

levels plan are now requested in a specific size based on the devices resolution

orientation lock during level switch switch was not working in some cases

The marker detail sheet shows the assets which are lying behind the selected one now

Asset markers appear above the position marker now

turn by turn directions also show the level to which a user have to go

turn by turn directions are disabled by default now

opened some methods for better customization

fixed some issues with color customization

updated google play services to 11.4.2

added AssetMapComponent which brings the asset tracking feature of the Sdk also to the map

added new api methods getSelectedMarker and getNavigationDestinationMarker for the BaseMapFragment

during a level switch the screen orientation will now be locked

The clustering will now be updated correctly if a marker is already selected

fixed some issues with color customization

zoom level in FavendoMap was not represented correctly

fixed some bugs concerning the texture management of the FavendoMap

fixed a bug concerning the camera’s on idle callbacks

new clustering feature which shows and hides markers based on their size on the map (no overlapping anymore)

fixed various bugs and made some performance improvements when adding objects to the map scene

updated google play services to 11.0.4

MarkerDetailDefault shows zone and timestamp information for an asset

in some cases Markers were added below the level plan

fixed issue concerning fragment lifecycle

added custom marker support for the side view

fixed issue with to big markers

markers with level switch indication (like stairs and escalators) will show the correct icon now

markers will be added in one batch now (FavendoMap)

you can now specify a custom map background within the FavendoMapFragment

LevelSwitcherDefault auto scrolls to selected level now

removed some obsolete log output

fixed a bug when adding objects into the FavendoMap

fixed a bug concerning crashes when adding objects into the FavendoMap

added FollowModeOnNavigationStart to configuration so you can now decide what happens when a navigation is started

fixed a bug which produced endless Polyline objects in some cases

new createNavigationTaskBuilder overloads

animation times are now better configurable

initial tilt is not explicit for navigation, but for the position-follow-rotate mode

maxZoomLevel in FavendoMap increased to 22

moveCamera on the FavendoMap now cancels running camera animations

prevented possible null pointer exceptions

CameraUpdate listeners of the FavendoMap now get the callback after the camera was moved, not before

SideView improvements

already selected markers will not be refreshed on subsequent clicks

selected markers are always on top of not selected markers (same zIndex)

fixed a bug with wrong polylines

several camera animation improvements

made movement direction source default

disabled sensor tilt per default

fix a bug in camera bounding box check

improved level switching mechanism

markers will not be selected after a finished or canceled navigation for now

due to the new movement direction feature the map offers a mapConfig.setPositionDirectionSource method now which can be used to select the behavior of the position follow button

image loading was completely encapsulated now

removed Glide and Picasso completely

improved marker selection

level switching progress is only finished after all markers and level plan were completely loaded

fixed several memory leaks within the FavendoMap

improved memory management and texture recycling of FavendoMap

fixed bugs with zIndex in the FavendoMap

fixed a crash when tapping the follow position button too fast

added SideView component

downloaded level plans have a new resolution now

fixed navigation route flickering on new position updates

if a navigation was started right at the destination the markers gets stuck as selected forever

map was not visible on initial start on some devices

sensor based map tilt in follow mode also works in landscape mode now

fixed a crash when when level switch was requested after map was already closed

fixed an issue with wrong zIndex interpretation

better bitmap recycling in FavendoMap

camera initialization in FavendoMap is only done once now

camera gestures in FavendoMap work more like in Google Maps

replaced Picasso image loading with Glide

multiple parallel camera animations are merged now in FavendoMap

improved level switch speed in FavendoMap

you can now rotate the camera by the current compass orientation

added CameraPosition.Builder for easier camera manipulation

zoom level in FavendoMap corrected

added Favendo MapView to the Map API - a custom OpenGL map implementation

added landscape support

onMapReady is called more reliably

moved PositionMarkerAnimationDuration to configuration

added minimum and maximum zoom level to configuration

added LevelIndicator feature including two system icons for the current users position and its navigation destination

PositionMarker can have a bearing now

added PositionMarkerCompassBearing to configuration

added Position Follow Mode feature

building of navigation tasks was moved to AsyncTask to improve performance

destination distance on marker detail will be updated on every new position now

navigation enabled setting is now true by default

camera move/animation now preserves bearing

position follow button is now a customizable UI component

request navigation button on MarkerDetailDefault immediately starts the navigation now

let the device vibrate whenever a destination is reached

new getMarkers() methods which can be used to retrieve all previously added markers

improved marker management when working with background threads and asynchronous calls

check if the current level is still correct after the asynchronous loading of the marker logo

every IndoorMarker has a rotation now

added method to remove all previously added IndoorMarker objects

added long press callback to the map Fragment

there is also a callback when pressing the marker detail view now

restore camera position does not crash anymore when the level is removed by now

added PicassoUtils for loading images synchronously

added IndoorPaths which can be used to draw lines on a map

added tile level plan provider

added navigation feature but it is still disabled by default

added basemap module and first functionalities like camera, marker and level management

added googlemap module which contains the GoogleMapView as a first implementation of the favendo map