Changelog

PushLinkAndroid-5.5.3.jar 2018.05.19

• Now it works on Android 8 (Oreo) [Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26]. It requires new permission <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" /> in AndroidManifest.xml

PushLinkAndroid-5.5.2.jar 2016.11.11

• Now it works on Android 7 (Nougat) [Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24]. It requires <provider android:name="com.pushlink.android.FileProvider" android:authorities="your.package.name" android:exported="true" /> in AndroidManifest.xml

• Now pushlink cleanup old downloaded apks.

• The new CUSTOM strategy is available. (NINJA is deprecated)

PushLinkAndroid-5.5.0.jar 2016.04.18

• Fixed ninja NPE when using broadcast receiver

PushLinkAndroid-5.4.5.jar 2016.03.13

• Ninja fallback. (If the broadcast receiver is not present, it uses the classic ninja.)

• Commons network exceptions are now in debug level in logcat

PushLinkAndroid-5.4.4.jar 2016.03.01

• Ninja now works in Android 5 or higher. Its requires the <receiver android:name="com.pushlink.android.NinjaReceiver" /> in AndroidManifest.xml

  • Wrong judgment. Ninja does not work in Android 5.

• Ninja.setExtraShellCommand() deprecated in favor of Pushlink.setBeforeNinjaTaskShellCommand()

• Available from Maven and Gradle by jitpack

PushLinkAndroid-5.4.2.jar 2015.12.03

• Bugfix: Pushlink.hasPendingUpdate() does not ignore the idle status anymore (Pushlink.idle method)

PushLinkAndroid-5.4.1.jar 2015.11.25

• Now Ninja is working in Android 64 bits

• Ninja does not execute the export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/system/lib command anymore

• New method Ninja.setExtraShellCommand() for custom workarounds

• Now Pushlink logs the entire stack trace. (No more clipping)

PushLinkAndroid-5.4.0.jar 2015.09.30

• Fixed critical bug when using android:process

• New api method Pushlink.setMaxExceptionQueueSize() (to avoid huge cache)

PushLinkAndroid-5.3.0.jar 2015.04.02

• Download resume. (Very welcome!)

• Bugfix that would send old exception assigned with wrong version label.

• Bugfix that in Pushlink.addMetadata() and Pushlink.addExceptionMetadata() when key == null. Not allowed anymore.

• Now it prevents sending the very same exception twice or more.

• Less data transfer when using the metadata api.

• Now Pushlink.setCurrentActivity() and Pushlink.setCurrentStrategy() are independent of the start method.

• Some timeout adjustments

PushLinkAndroid-5.1.0.jar 2013.12.14

• NINJA strategy improved. Now working on a large variety of devices.

• Now PushLink uses only the 443 port. Goodbye 6670 port.

PushLinkAndroid-5.0.4.jar 2013.11.12

• Download method improved to avoid memory overflow.

• Popup strategies no more play notification sound.

• Now popup strategies ask for launching the app even in ICS or later.

PushLinkAndroid-5.0.3.jar 2013.07.31

• Now it sends the last 200 lines of logcat. (no more 100)

• From now on exceptions have a handled/unhandled label

• New method PushLink.addExceptionMetadata(). This metadata is going to appear ONLY in the "Exceptions" tab of the web administration

PushLinkAndroid-5.0.2.jar 2013.06.17

• Important bug fix. PushLink.addMetadata wasn't working fine.

• TCP client improvement. It was aborting connections sometimes.

• Installation checking for duplicated ID's improved.

• Method name changed! PushLink.setCurrentPopUpTarget() is now PushLink.setCurrentActivity().

• Now PushLink grabs screenshots for unhandled exceptions.

PushLinkAndroid-5.0.1.jar 2013.02.21

• Logging improvements

• Bugfix. Calling PushLink.setCurrentStrategy() before PushLink.start() had no effect.

PushLinkAndroid-5.0.0.jar 2013.02.06

• Package change. Now all classes are under "com.pushlink.android"

• Critical bug fix. The heartbeat was not working when the devices were sleeping.

• The Device ID is back. Now the user MUST set the device id. Now the web administration shows off-line installations again.

• Api change to support device ID: Now PushLink.start() has a brand new fourth parameter. The device ID.

• Method name changed from PushLink.sendAsyncNotification() to PushLink.sendAsyncException().

• Pushlink now has two lightweight threads. They were named "PushLink-PushListener" and "PushLink-Heartbeat".

PushLinkAndroid-4.2.1.jar 2012.12.25

• Huge logging improvements

PushLinkAndroid-4.2.0.jar 2012.12.17

• Critical bug fix. Low socket/connection timeout was killing some APK downloads.

• Now, exceptions are always sent lazily with a delivery guarantee. PushLink holds the exception (sqlite persistence) until it can be sent to the server. PushLink.sendSyncException() was removed.

• New method PushLink.hasPengingUpdate(). This method checks if there is a downloaded but not applied update. It also notifies the user again.

• Log messages improved

PushLinkAndroid-4.1.1.jar 2012.11.12

• PushLink.sendExceptionNotification() has changed to PushLink.sendAsyncException() and PushLink.sendSyncException()

• Fixed NPE when Pushlink.setCurrentPopUpTarget() called before PushLink.start()

• When popup strategies were configured before PushLink.start, the popup title would appear "Application" instead of the real application name. Fixed!

• Log messages improved

PushLinkAndroid-4.1.0.jar 2012.09.26

• Lighter. HttpClient code improvement. Fewer data transferred between server and client.

PushLinkAndroid-4.0.0.jar 2012.09.14

• Popups strategies now support screen rotation

• It is ready to show online installations in the web administration

• Fixed some minor bugs that could happen in push notification

• PushLink.addGlobalInfo() has changed to PushLink.addMetadata()

PushLinkAndroid-3.1.3.jar 2012.07.27

• Fixed an NPE that would appear in some cases

• Fixed some confusing log information

PushLinkAndroid-3.1.2.jar 2012.06.06

• API method PushLink.idle(boolean) added. Especially useful for NINJA strategy to update your app only when it is idle. See the usage in JAVADOC.

• Now it sends device coordinates if the GPS is enabled. This is sent only once when the app is started.

PushLinkAndroid-3.1.1.jar 2012.05.04

• Bug fixed. It could happen to receive several notifications to the same version in some specific situations.

PushLinkAndroid-3.1.0.jar 2012.04.23

• NINJA strategy has been created. Only for rooted devices. BETA!

• Logging improvements.

PushLinkAndroid-3.0.0.jar 2012.04.20

• Full redesign to support premium features.

• PushLink.checkForUpdates() in no longer available. There is no sense in using the new push architecture.

• PushLink.start() method has changed. Now it has only three parameters

• Notification now play standard device sound

• Automatic exception catch/send a notification is the default.

• Added two methods. PushLink.disableExceptionNotification() and PushLink.enableExceptionNotification

PushLinkAndroid-2.0.4.jar 2012.03.07

• Push.addUserInfoForExceptionNotification() is now Push.addGlobalInfo. This information is going to appear in all exception notifications sent.

• Push.sendExceptionNotification(Throable) was overloaded with Push.sendExceptionNotification(Throwable, Map). Now it's possible to send more information about the exception context in Map.

• Professional JAVADOC added

PushLinkAndroid-2.0.3.jar 2012.03.04

• Push.requestUpdateRightNow is now Push.checkForUpdates

• Now Push.checkForUpdates() does not block the thread anymore.

• Push.checkForUpdates bug fix. It was rushing the download but not the notification.

PushLinkAndroid-2.0.2.jar 2012.02.20

• Now if exceptionNotification is set to false and you call PushLink.sendExceptionNotification() it will not throw an exception anymore. It only will log: "You must start pushlink enabling exception notification before using PushLink.sendExceptionNotification or PushLink.addUserInfoForExceptionNotification. Check PushLink.start method exceptionNotification parameter."

PushLinkAndroid-2.0.1.jar 2012.02.01

• Exception notification now sends LogCat (Need READ_LOGS permission)

• Exception notification now sends the whole stack trace

• Fixed some exception notification bugs

PushLinkAndroid-2.0.0.jar 2012.01.20

• API Redesigned. All of PushLink's methods are static.

• There is no method Pushlink.stop() anymore.

• Now we have exception notification! Receive emails when your app crashes.

• New API method Pushlink.requestUpdateRightNow() to rush version check.

PushLinkAndroid-1.1.3.jar 2011.12.01

• Now popups strategies work nicely with PushLink.setCurrentPopUpTarget()

PushLinkAndroid-1.1.2.jar 2011.11.22

• Fixed java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.pushlink.android.SSLHandler when runnig on ADT emulator

PushLinkAndroid-1.1.1.jar 2011.11.17

• Pop Up strategy support

• i18n support

PushLinkAndroid-1.1.0.jar 2011.11.03

• SSL Support

• Internal storage bug fix

PushLinkAndroid-1.0.0.jar 2011.10.28

• Beta test