Car App

This table lists all the artifacts in the androidx.car-app group.

Artifact	Current Stable Release	Next Release Candidate	Beta Release	Alpha Release
app	-	1.0.0-rc01	-	-
app-testing	-	-	-	1.0.0-alpha01

This library was last updated on: March 24, 2021

Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on the Car App Library, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project. Read Google's Maven repository for more information.

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

dependencies {
    implementation "androidx.car.app:app:1.0.0-rc01"
}

For more information about dependencies, see Add build dependencies.

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Car App Testing Version 1.0.0

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

March 24, 2021

androidx.car.app:app-testing:1.0.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

This is the first Jetpack release of the previously closed source testing library. Refer to our samples on how to use this library in your tests.

New Features

• The controllers for the model classes have been removed. Model getters are now part of the public API surface which allows for validating values that were set in the builders.
• The previous CarAppServiceController has been replaced by the new SessionController for testing logic related to the lifetime of the connection to the hots.

Version 1.0.0

Version 1.0.0-rc01

March 24, 2021

androidx.car.app:app:1.0.0-rc01 is released. Version 1.0.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a race condition bug where NavigationManagerCallback#onStopNavigation was being called after the callback was cleared. This happened if the callback was cleared before the callback executor actually ran (I7fc5e, b/181143772)
• Fixed an issue that required the app to explicitly take a dependency on lifecycle-common-java8 (I8b8c8)
• Fixed a NullPointerException that was thrown when the app receives a stopNavigation call when it has already removed a callback (Ib8b89, b/181143772)
• Improvements to not dispatch calls to app if its lifecycle is not at least in a CREATED state (I86965, b/179800224, b/177921120)
• Fixed an issue where an invalid min API specified in the app's manifest would throw, causing an ANR on the host. (Iffedd, b/174231592)

Version 1.0.0-beta01

February 24, 2021

androidx.car.app:app:1.0.0-beta01 is released. Version 1.0.0-beta01 contains these commits.

This is the first Jetpack release of the previously closed source library, and is compatible with Android Auto 6.1 or above. Follow the development guide for details on how to build car apps using the library.

New Features

• Introduced a GridTemplate which your app can use to show a list of UI elements in a grid layout.
• Introduced a CarAppService.createHostValidator method to validate that a host connection is from a trusted source (for example, Android Auto).
• Added a CarAppExtender.Builder.setColor API. (b/174231592)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the wrong Screen is resumed when popping screens sequentially. (b/177590791)