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diff --git a/mobile/android/android-components/docs/_archive/2018-09-21-release-0.24.markdown b/mobile/android/android-components/docs/_archive/2018-09-21-release-0.24.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..307b9d2769 --- /dev/null +++ b/mobile/android/android-components/docs/_archive/2018-09-21-release-0.24.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "🚀 Release: Android Components 0.24" +date: 2018-09-21 20:15:00 +0200 +categories: releases +author: jonathan +--- + +# 0.24 (2018-09-21) + +* [Commits](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/compare/v0.23...v0.24), +[Milestone](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/milestone/24?closed=1), +[API reference](https://mozilla-mobile.github.io/android-components/api/0.24/index) + +* Compiled against: + * Android + * SDK: 27 + * Support Libraries: 27.1.1 + * Kotlin + * Standard library: 1.2.61 + * Coroutines: 0.23.4 + * GeckoView + * Nightly: 64.0.20180905100117 + * Beta: 63.0b3 (0269319281578bff4e01d77a21350bf91ba08620) + * Release: 62.0 (9cbae12a3fff404ed2c12070ad475424d0ae869f) + +* **dataprotect**: + * Added a component using AndroidKeyStore to protect user data. + ```kotlin + // Create a Keystore and generate a key + val keystore: Keystore = Keystore("samples-dataprotect") + keystore.generateKey() + + // Encrypt data + val plainText = "plain text data".toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8) + val encrypted = keystore.encryptBytes(plain) + + // Decrypt data + val samePlainText = keystore.decryptBytes(encrypted) + ``` +* **concept-engine**: Enhanced settings to cover most common WebView settings. +* **browser-engine-system**: + * `SystemEngineSession` now provides a way to capture a screenshot of the actual content of the web page just by calling `captureThumbnail` +* **browser-session**: + * `Session` exposes a new property called `thumbnail` and its internal observer also exposes a new listener `onThumbnailChanged`. + + ```Kotlin + session.register(object : Session.Observer { + fun onThumbnailChanged(session: Session, bitmap: Bitmap?) { + // Do Something + } + }) + ``` + + * `SessionManager` lets you notify it when the OS is under low memory condition by calling to its new function `onLowMemory`. + +* **browser-tabstray**: + + * Now on `BrowserTabsTray` every tab gets is own thumbnail :) + +* **support-ktx**: + + * Now you can easily query if the OS is under low memory conditions, just by using `isOSOnLowMemory()` extension function on `Context`. + + ```Kotlin + val shouldReduceMemoryUsage = context.isOSOnLowMemory() + + if (shouldReduceMemoryUsage) { + //Deallocate some heavy objects + } + ``` + + * `View.dp` is now`Resource.pxtoDp`. + + ```Kotlin + // Before + toolbar.dp(104) + + // Now + toolbar.resources.pxToDp(104) + ``` +* **samples-browser**: + * Updated to show the new features related to tab thumbnails. Be aware that this feature is only available for `systemEngine` and you have to switch to the build variant `systemEngine*`. + |