Azure SDK for Android (April 2021)

The Azure SDK team is pleased to announce our April 2021 client library releases.

Beta

• Azure Communication Services Chat
• Azure Communication Services Common
• Azure Core
• Azure Core Credential
• Azure Core Http
• Azure Core Http HttpUrlConnection
• Azure Core Http OkHttp
• Azure Core Jackson
• Azure Core Logging
• Azure Core Rest
• Azure Core Test

Installation Instructions

To use the latest GA and beta libraries, refer to the dependency information below, which may be copied into your projects Gradle build.gradle or Maven pom.xml file as appropriate. If you are using a different build tool, refer to its documentation on how to specify dependencies.

Gradle

Java

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-communication-chat:1.0.0-beta.8'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-communication-common:1.0.0-beta.8'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-credential:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-hhtp:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-http-httpurlconnection:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-http-okhttp:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-jackson:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-logging:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-rest:1.0.0-beta.5'
    implementation 'com.azure.android:azure-core-test:1.0.0-beta.5'
}

Kotlin

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-communication-chat:1.0.0-beta.8")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-communication-common:1.0.0-beta.8")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-credential:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-hhtp:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-http-httpurlconnection:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-http-okhttp:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-jackson:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-logging:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-rest:1.0.0-beta.5")
    implementation("com.azure.android:azure-core-test:1.0.0-beta.5")
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-communication-chat</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.8</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-communication-common</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.8</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-credential</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-http</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-http-httpurlconnection</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-http-okhttp</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-jackson</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-logging</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-rest</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure.android</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core-test</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-beta.5</version>
    <type>aar</type>
</dependency>

Feedback

If you have a bug or feature request for one of the libraries, please post an issue to GitHub.

Release highlights

Azure Communication Services Chat

1.0.0-beta.8 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• ChatThreadAsyncClient:
  • Renamed getChatThreadProperties to getProperties.
  • Renamed getChatThreadPropertiesWithResponse to getPropertiesWithResponse.
  • Changed addParticipant and addParticipantWithResponse to throw InvalidParticipantException for failure instead of returning AddChatParticipantsResult.
  • Changed sendMessage and sendMessageWithResponse to return SendChatMessageResult.
• ChatThreadClient:
  • Renamed getChatThreadProperties to getProperties.
  • Renamed getChatThreadPropertiesWithResponse to getPropertiesWithResponse.
  • Changed addParticipant and addParticipantWithResponse to throw InvalidParticipantException for failure instead of returning AddChatParticipantsResult.
  • Changed sendMessage and sendMessageWithResponse to return SendChatMessageResult.
• Renamed ChatThread to ChatThreadProperties.
• Renamed CommunicationError to ChatError.
• Removed CommunicationErrorResponse.
• Renamed CommunicationErrorResponseException to ChatErrorResponseException.
• Renamed repeatabilityRequestId renamed to idempotencyToken in CreateChatThreadOptions.
• Renamed chatThread to chatThreadProperties in CreateChatThreadResult.
• Removed the azure-communication-chat.properties file.

Azure Communication Services Common

1.0.0-beta.8 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Changed UserCredential.getToken() to return CompletableFuture<CommunicationAccessToken> instead of Future<CommunicationAccessToken>.
• Invoking getToken on a disposed UserCredential returns a failed CompletableFuture instead of cancelled Future.
• Removed the fromString method from CommunicationCloudEnvironment given the same result can be achieved using the existing public constructor.
• Renamed the getToken method in CommunicationTokenRefreshOptions to getInitialToken.

Azure Core

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Split Azure Core into smaller modules:
  • azure-core
  • azure-core-credential
  • azure-core-http
  • azure-core-http-httpurlconnection
  • azure-core-http-okhttp
  • azure-core-jackson
  • azure-core-logging
  • azure-core-rest
  • azure-core-test

Azure Core Credential

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library provides shared primitives, abstractions, and helpers for authentication and authorization.

Azure Core HTTP

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library provides shared primitives, abstractions, and helpers for concrete HttpClient implementations used in the Android Azure SDK client libraries.

Azure Core HTTP HttpUrlConnection

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library provides an implementation of the Azure Core HTTP’s HttpClient using HttpUrlConnection.

Azure Core HTTP OkHttp

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library provides an implementation of the Azure Core HTTP’s HttpClient using HttpUrlConnection.

Azure Core Jackson

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library provides support for serialization and deserialization using Jackson

Azure Core Logging

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This libraries provides shared primitives, abstractions, and helpers for logging in Android Azure SDK client libraries.

Azure Core REST

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library provides client abstractions to make HTTP REST Calls.

Azure Core Test

1.0.0-beta.5 (Changelog)

Breaking Changes

• Removed the azure-core.properties file.

1.0.0-beta.4 (Changelog)

New Features

• Initial release. This library contains classes used to test Azure SDK client libraries.

Need help

• For reference documentation visit the Azure SDK for Android documentation.
• For tutorials, samples, quick starts and other documentation, visit the Azure SDK for Android repository.
• File an issue via Github Issues.
• Check previous questions or ask new ones on StackOverflow using the azure-android-sdk tag.

Latest Releases

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