AndroidIDE/CHANGELOG.md

AndroidIDE Changelog

This is the changelog of all the releases of AndroidIDE.

v2.0.2-beta (in development)

Important notes

• The HOME and SYSROOT directories has been renamed to home and usr respectively.
• The packages for the AndroidIDE terminal has been updated. But, it requires you to reinstall the bootstrap packages. Please follow this guide to install the new bootstrap packages.
• Android 12 devices no longer need to use 32-bit build tools. You can simply reinstall AndroidIDE with 64-bit build tools.
• You can now easily open/show the ide-environment.properties file using the ideenv command. Execute :
  • ideenv -e: To edit the environments file. Uses nano editor to edit.
  • ideenv -s: To print the contents of the file in the terminal.
• The minimum Android Gradle Plugin version required to build projects in AndroidIDE is now set to version 7.2.0. The build process will fail for projects using older versions. However, those projects would still be able to build with terminal.

Additions

• Warn about empty body for the following statements :
  • if
  • else
  • try
  • catch
  • finally
  • for
  • while
  • do while
• New java code actions :
  • Generate toString(): Overrides the toString() method for the current class. Always accessible.
  • Generate constructor: Allows the user to select fields from the current class, then generates a constructor with those fields as parameters.
  • Remove unused imports: Removes imports that are not used in the source file.
  • Import orderer: Organizes the imports. Thanks to @MrIkso (#180).
• XML Code formatter. Thanks to @MrIkso (#182).
• New Gradle command line options: --build-cache and --offline. Thanks to @MrIkso (#180).
• Highlight IDE logs based on the log line priority.
• Option to share Build Output, App log and IDE logs as text file.
• Syntax highlighting for Kotlin and C/C++ language. Thanks to @MrIkso (#196).
• Highlight hex color code in string literals. Thanks to @MrIkso (#209).
• Save all files before executing any build process. (#209).
• New Template: Jetpack Compose. Thanks to @BanDroid (#198).
• Added Brazilian Portuguese translations. Thanks to @Hakaisu (#165).

Removals

• $ANDROID_HOME/cmake/bin is no longer prefixed to the PATH variable. You can install now install cmake using pkg install cmake.
• Removed syntax highlighting from log views.

Fixes

• Crash when performing 'Replace all' action in editor (#158).
• Crash when layout inflation fails (#168).
• Always show toasts on UI thread (#160).
• Fixed: Multiline logs in IDE logs are not highlighted properly.
• Fixed: Invalid log line formatting when tag to too long.
• Fixed: Application crashes when layout inflation fails (#168).
• Fixed: Invalid syntax highlighting for text tags in XML files. Thanks to @MrIkso (#180).
• Memory leaks in some fragments. Thanks to @MrIkso (#209).
• Fixed: Extra empty new line gets appendend to files while saving.
• Fixed: SuperNotCalledException in DesignerActivity (#214). Thanks for @MrIkso (#219).

Improvements

• Do not show 'Cut' & 'Paste' action if editor is not editable.
• Include aapt2 in IDE itself. The IDE now automatically specifies 'android.aapt2FromMavenOverride' property while building projects.
• Use ported version of NetBeans' nb-javac for Java language server.
• Removed extra Maven repository URLs from project templates. Thanks to @MrIkso (#188).
• Show progress indicator when initializing project
• Update dependency versions in project templates and update the Kotlin project template image. Thanks to @BanDroid (#191).
• Ability to cache completion results for faster completions on next completion request.
• Use Gradle v7.4.2 in template projects and updated template dependencies Thanks to @MrIkso (#209).
• The project creator UI and logic has been improved (#209).
• Use of libhook.so is now optional and is DISABLED by default. This hook is only required if you use JDK 11 and if you have an Android 11 or lower device.
• JDK 17 is now preferred by the IDE. It looks for JDK 11 only if JDK 17 is not found on path $SYSROOT/opt/openjdk.
• Implemented incremental analysis for supported languages.
• Updated Hindi translations. Thanks to @Premjit-Chowdhury (#171).
• Updated Russian translation. Thansk to @AndreyKozhev (#181 and #220).
• Updated Chinese translations. Thanks to @mikofe (#192).
• Added missing translations for PT-BR. Thanks to @Frederick'XS (#176).

v2.0.1-beta

AndroidIDE v2.0.1-beta is here with new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Important notes

• As 64-bit installation does not work on Android 12 (due to restriction by the OS), 32-bit build tools need to be installed when installing AndroidIDE on devices running Android 12.
• Google services and Firebase integration has been removed.

Additions

• Code formatter for Java source code.
• Support for GestureOverlayView, ToggleButton, Switch, GridLayout, ListView (#145) in layout inflater.
• Preference to disable use of TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD flag in editor.
• Automatically trigger completion when attributes are inserted from completion window.
• New java code actions :
  • Add import
  • Add 'throws'
  • Generate constructor
  • Generate setters/getters
  • Field to block
  • Remove unused class
  • Remove unused method
  • Remove unused 'throws'
• You can now override multiple superclass methods at once.
• DocumentsProvider for providing access to files in HOME directory.

Removals

• Removed initial view attributes from view tags completion in XMLCompletionProvider.
• Vertical text action window has been removed.
• Removed Google services and Firebase integration.
• Removed the horizontal text actions menu from the editor in favour of the new actions menu.

Fixes

• Cash in attribute editors when adding an attribute.
• Crash when selecting diagnostic item from diagnostics list.
• Some diagnostic items are not shown in diagnostic window (#96).
• Diagnostics were updated late in the editor.
• Popup windows created by editor are not dismissed even when the file is closed.
• No build output when activity is recreated (#121).
• Crash in UI Designer when activity is recreated (#124).
• Invalid syntax highlighting for application logs (#152).
• Illegal argument exception while overriding methods in Java completion provider.

Improvements

• Do not import classes from java.lang package when completion items are selected.
• XML completion provider now uses 'Match completions in lower case' preference.
• Dismiss all windows shown by editor when file tab is unselected or when the bottom sheet is expanded.
• Improved the editor actions menu.
• Sort completion items according to their kind and sort text.
• Restore file tree state when application is resumed (#150).
• Updated templates to work with Android 12 (#144).
• Updated Chinese translation. Thanks to @mikofe (#128).
• Updated French translation. Thanks to @Se-Lyan (#136).
• Updated German translation (#144).

v2.0.0-beta

AndroidIDE v2.0.0-beta is here with new features and improvements.

Important Notes

• This is a pre-release and is not so stable. There are some features that are partially implemented.
• The minimum SDK has been raised to 26 (Android O).

Additions

• XML Layout Designer with ability to preview XML drawables.
• Added packages for terminal.
• libGDx project template. Thanks to @Smooth-E (#81).
• Kotlin project template. Thanks to @BanDroid (#60).
• Preference to switch between bash and /system/bin/sh in terminal.
• Preference for matching partial names in java completion.
• Preference to choose between floating window text actions and text actions in ActionMode.
• Preference to enable/disable font ligatures.
• Show process output when build tools installation fails.
• Ability to expand selection in supported languages.
• Ask user to save unsaved files before closing project.
• Hindi translation. Thanks to @Premjit-Chowdhury (#70, #127).
• German translation. Thanks to @MarvinStelter.
• Indonesian translation. Thanks to @BanDroid (#54, #57, #60, #72, #125).
• Chinese translation. Thanks to @Rosemoe (#56, #73, #104) and @mikofe (#118, #119, #123).
• French translation. Thanks to @Se-Lyan (#79).
• Russian translation. Thanks to @Smooth-E (#97).

Removals

• Autosave of files is removed. However, a preference has been added for the same which, when enabled, saves the files automatically before close.

Fixes

• File does not close and crashes if reopened and closed again.
• Flickering of whole auto completion window.
• Flickering of completion item due to API info.
• Build tools installation fails if JAVA_HOME does not exist.
• Invalid syntax highlight for method invocations in java.
• Package private classes not included in java completion.
• IDE crashes when Paste option is selected in terminal and no clip is available.
• Fixed a bug due to which the IDE was not able to open empty files.
• LogSender class not included in JLS workspace.

Improvements

• Show crash report when the IDE crashes.
• The Java language server is now embedded in the IDE itself.
• The AndroidIDE Gradle plugin is now packaged with the IDE.
• Show name of opened project.
• Show signature help in window instead of using a TextView.
• The java completion provider now uses a custom JDK runtime image with Android framework classes and is no more dependent on JDK installation.
• Disable Save option when all files are saved.
• Allow installation of files from file tree.

New Contributors

• @BanDroid
• @Rosemoe
• @Premjit-Chowdhury
• @Se-Lyan
• @Smooth-E
• @ansh2166
• @mikofe