NeoMAD 4.5 release notes¶

June 13, 2018

Android Http¶

The com.neomades.io.http API does not use the Apache HTTP library anymore. It now relies on the java.net API as recommended by Google. This improvement is transparent for NeoMAD users: nothing must be changed in your source code.

Location request improvements¶

com.neomades.location.LocationManager has two new methods to perform a location request with a timeout. This can be useful in cases you do not want the user to wait too much time for a response (in cases the GPS does not find satelites for example):

requestMyLocation(long timeout, Criteria criteria, LocationListener locationListener): registers for a single location update using a Criteria.
requestMyLocation(long timeout, LocationListener locationListener): registers for a single location update using the default Criteria.

The com.neomades.location.LocationListener has a new callback onLocationFailed(LocationErrorStatus locationErrorStatus) to handle error cases: location disabled by user, unknown error during location search or timeout reach.

NB. if your code already implements a com.neomades.location.LocationListener, you must implement the new callback otherwise the code won’t build.

Boolean¶

Boolean class has been completed with some missing Java 1.5 methods:

Constructor: new Boolean(String bool): allocates a Boolean object representing the value true if the string argument is not null and is equal, ignoring case, to the string “true”
valueOf(boolean b): returns a Boolean``instance representing the specified ``boolean value.
valueOf(String s): returns a Boolean with a value represented by the specified string.
Comparable<Boolean> interface implementation CompareTo(Object obj): compares this Boolean instance with another.

Math¶

Math class has been completed with some missing Java 1.5 methods:

acos(double a)
asin(double a)
atan(double a)
atan2(double a)
cbrt(double a)
cosh(double x)
exp(double a)
expm1(double x)
hypot(double x, double y)
IEEEremainder(double f1, double f2)
log(double a)
log10(double a)
log1p(double x)
pow(double a, double b)
rint(double a)
round(double a)
round(float a)
signum(double d)
signum(float f)
sinh(double x)
tanh(double x)
ulp(double d)
ulp(float f)

Compatibility changes¶

Android minimum API level¶

According to the Android market share and store usage statisitics, NeoMAD does not support Android devices with an API level below 19 (Android 4.4) anymore. API level 19 is still supported.

Command line option -gp (-generate-project)¶

The command line option -gp was deprecated in NeoMAD 4.2.0. The option was useless since the native project was always generated with the binary in the output folder after a build with NeoMAD.

It is now removed from NeoMAD and cannot be used anymore. Builds using this option will now crash: just remove the option from your build options.

Command line option -e¶

The command line option -e is not accessible anymore. To see all available targets please refer to the NeoMAD help message using the -h option.

ScreenParams¶

ScreenParams class can not be inherited anymore. Use composition instead of inheritance if you want to have specifc ScreenParams classes.

HttpRequest¶

HttpRequest.setMethod(String method) now throws a ProtocolException if the method parameter is not a valid HTTP method. Your code must be updated to catch this error case.

SlideScreen¶

SlideScreen.setContent(int layoutResId) and SlideScreen.setContent(View content) cannot be use to insert the content of a SlideScreen. It was already the case in previous NeoMAD version but now it will throw an IllegalStateException on all platforms if one of the method is call for a SlideScreen.

LocationListener¶