Changelog: Twilio Chat Android SDK
Programmable Chat has been deprecated and is no longer supported. Instead, we'll be focusing on the next generation of chat: Twilio Conversations. Find out more about the EOL process here.
If you're starting a new project, please visit the Conversations Docs to begin. If you've already built on Programmable Chat, please visit our Migration Guide to learn about how to switch.
Latest Release: 7.0.1
We recommend referencing this release per the below. As we release backwards-compatible patches, these references will automatically include fixes in your project.
- Gradle
dependencies {
implementation 'com.twilio:chat-android:7.0.1'
} - Maven
See the chat-android Maven Central page for download links. - SDK Documentation
If you need help installing these frameworks in your project, see our installation guidance.
Install the Android NDK
To enable tools like Firebase Crashalytics, our SDKs include symbol information for native components. In order to improve SDK troubleshooting, these symbols should be part of your build process. These will be stripped automatically from your final .apk
file, reducing download size.
Installing the Android SDK in your build environment also gives you the tightest possible .apk
file. Simply installing the NDK reduces the Chat SDK's footprint in your .apk
by as much as 20%.
Support for Previous Versions of the Chat SDKs
Twilio Programmable Chat SDKs use Semantic Versioning. Twilio supports version N-1 for 12 months after the first GA release of version N. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible to avoid any breaking changes. Version 7.x is the latest Android version.
Support for 6.x will cease on May 17, 2022. Please upgrade to the latest version
Support for 5.x ceased on July 20, 2021.
Support for 4.x ceased on March 5, 2021.
End-of-Life for 3.x occurred on December 10, 2020.
End-of-Life for 2.x occurred on April 10, 2020.
End-of-Life for 1.x occurred on June 30, 2019.
Upgrade to Programmable Chat Android SDK 5.1.1 or higher
The following versions of the Programmable Chat Android SDK are deprecated and cannot be downloaded using the links below.
- 5.0.1 and 5.1.0
- 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3
Please use Android SDK 5.1.1 or higher. The latest version has significant improvements and changes from the previous versions.
Changelogs
Links are provided to specific patch versions here. We don’t recommend using these links unless you have a specific need for a certain patch.
Programmable Chat Android 7.0.1 (Aug 31, 2021)
- aar
sha256:
da0c837ddbb47fd9971f801b8c3536696f1cb74d48d6b8d6bb4c9cc234d22f7e
- Documentation
Changes
- Fixed a bug when
onChannelAdded
event sometimes didn't arrive after restoring application from background
Programmable Chat Android 7.0.0 (May 17, 2021)
- aar
sha256:
04457c2f02b13c9fe407841c86cc408144afcfcbf8f3133c9b63de96a4d91d24
- Documentation
Breaking Changes
- Major under-the-hood improvement (the “Sessionless” protocol).
This improvement is designed primarily for improved reliability. While this is not a breaking code change, it does carry a meaningful impact on timing:
- SDK commands will return success or failure up to ~10% more quickly than before.
- Real-time updates of data are now likely to arrive after the command completes.
For example,Channel.setAttributes()
will invoke completion (i.e., success) whileChannel.getAttributes()
still returns the old value. To see the new value, we recommend waiting for an update event viaChatClientListener#onChannelUpdated
.
Programmable Chat Android 6.2.2 (Apr 27, 2021)
- aar
sha256:
e403ee284d774285bfffc3ec5325872dcfbe3b2f26cba0fe69dbc004b908f575
- Documentation
Changes
- Fixed a reconnection issue after restoring application from background.
Programmable Chat Android 6.2.1 (Mar 17, 2021)
- aar
sha256:
f8d388cb4d3417efb5be67e589d2b85bbf9838f5d7ae2d3f074a6699a704a6a4
- Documentation
Changes
- Reduced SDK footprint
- Fixed a bug when user update event with reason
ReachabilityOnline
is not received in some cases
Starting from this release all artifacts are published on mavenCentral
instead of jcenter
.
Root build.gradle
have to be updated by adding mavenCentral()
repository:
allprojects {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}
Programmable Chat Android 6.2.0 (Nov 20, 2020)
- aar
sha256:
c71270b35e1f17cb352e55958f7a2fc451cd31c6689b3906fc012cbf4f262916
- Documentation
- javadocs
Changes
- Added connection via proxy support. See
ChatClient.Properties.Builder.setUseProxy()
. - Fixed a bug when
onChanelDeleted
doesn’t come for a private channel when a member is removed by another user. - Fixed a bug which could lead to client synchronization getting stuck.
Known issues
- Update to
v6.2.1
or newer, if you got runtime error:java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/getkeepsafe/relinker/ReLinker
.
Programmable Chat Android 6.1.1 (Oct 21, 2020)
Changes
- Fixed a bug which could lead to crashes when member attributes are updated.
Programmable Chat Android 6.1.0 (Jul 30, 2020)
Changes
- SDK has switched to Android’s native SSLSocket implementation (
javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket
), resulting in a noticeable decrease in final application size compared to release 6.0.0.
Programmable Chat Android 6.0.0 (Jul 20, 2020)
Breaking Changes
- ChatClient can now have multiple observers.
- Renamed
setListener
toaddListener
. - Changed
removeListener()
toremoveListener(listener)
. - Added
removeAllListeners()
.
- Renamed
- Now
Channel.getUnconsumedMessagesCount()
returns null instead of 0 if the message consumption horizon was not set.Messages.setNoMessagesConsumedWithResult()
always returns null instead of 0 (because it resets the consumption horizon).
- Media message body is not hardcoded to always return
null
anymore. Returns actual value received from the backend instead. - Added
Member.UpdateReason.LAST_CONSUMPTION_TIMESTAMP
.- This as a result also changed the value of
Member.UpdateReason.ATTRIBUTES
(potentially silently breaking change if this value was serialized).
- This as a result also changed the value of
Changes
- Added
NotificationPayload.getMessageIndex()
andNotificationPayload.INVALID_MESSAGE_INDEX
for retrieving the message index from push notifications. - Exposed
Message.dateUpdated
,dateUpdatedAsDate
andlastUpdatedBy
.lastUpdatedBy
will be null if messages were not edited, or it will contain the identity of the last user who edited this message.
- Added
Message.Media.getContentTemporaryUrl()
to get a temporary direct link to Media content.Message.Media.download(OutputStream)
is deprecated.- To download Media by direct URL, use some external mechanism, such as Android Download Manager or
java.net.URL.readText()
.
Programmable Chat Android 5.1.1 (Jun 1, 2020)
Changes
- Fixed the bug when connection is dropped with message
The WebSocket message exceeded the locally configured limit
.
Programmable Chat Android 5.1.0 (May 20, 2020)
This version has been deprecated — please use 5.1.1.
Changes
- Added ability to specify custom command timeout for operations like send message, join to a channel, etc.
Programmable Chat Android 5.0.1 (Apr 2, 2020)
This version has been deprecated June 1, please use 5.1.1.
Changes
- Improved stability, fixed crashes.
Programmable Chat Android 5.0.0 (Mar 5, 2020)
Breaking changes
- Introduced a type-safe interface
Attributes
forChannel
,Message
,Member
andUser
.Attributes
type allows attributes to be represented as JSON typesJSONObject
,JSONArray
,String
,Number
orNULL
. You could query attributes to understand what type you've received. registerGCMToken()
/unregisterGCMToken()
now useGCMToken
as a parameter type instead ofString
.registerFCMToken()
/unregisterFCMToken()
now useFCMToken
as a parameter type instead ofString
.
Here are examples of how code should be changed:
For attributes:
JSONObject json = channel.getAttributes();
json.put("newKey", "newValue");
channel.setAttributes(json);
replace with:
JSONObject json = channel.getAttributes().getJSONObject();
json.put("newKey", "newValue");
channel.setAttributes(new Attributes(json));
For GCM tokens:
String token = getToken();
chatClient.registerGCMToken(token);
chatClient.unregisterGCMToken(token);
replace with:
String token = getToken();
GCMToken gcmToken = new GCMToken(token);
chatClient.registerGCMToken(gcmToken);
chatClient.unregisterGCMToken(gcmToken);
For FCM tokens:
String token = getToken();
chatClient.registerFCMToken(token);
chatClient.unregisterFCMToken(token);
replace with:
String token = getToken();
FCMToken fcmToken = new FCMToken(token);
chatClient.registerFCMToken(fcmToken);
chatClient.unregisterFCMToken(fcmToken);
Bug fixes:
- Fixed incorrect behavior when user identity contained a back-tick character (`).
- Fixed unregistering from notifications while offline.
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