HockeyApp v5.0.2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-09-26 // over 6 years ago
    • ๐Ÿ›  [Bugfix] Fixes a NPE in FeedbackActivity. #303
    • ๐Ÿ›  [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!

    ๐Ÿ’ฅ Breaking changes in version 5.0.0

    HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15.
    ๐Ÿ— 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"/>