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GetSocial Android SDK Changelog

v6.35.1 - Nov 8, 2021

Fixed

  • Added code to avoid a not reproducable crash when receiving push notifications.

v6.35.0 - Oct 5, 2020

New:

  • Added new method to provide custom error messages on UI.
  • New error codes for rate limiting errors when posting activities.

v6.34.0 - Aug 10, 2020

New:

  • Added new method to initialize the SDK with an existing identity.

v6.33.0 - Jun 19, 2020

New:

  • Added new error code returned when an activity is rejected.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.32.2 - May 5, 2020

New:

  • Added an option to change the color of push notification icon.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.32.1 - Feb 26, 2020

New:

  • Added more analytics.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.32.0 - Feb 24, 2020

New:

  • Overall improvements.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.31.0 - Jan 2, 2020

New:

  • Methods GetSocial.Device.isTestDevice() and GetSocial.Device.getIdentifier() to check if this device was added to a test device list on the Dashboard and to get your Advertising ID respectively.

Fixed:

  • Rare crash on Activity Feed UI in case video was not downloaded.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.30.2 - Nov 29, 2019

Fixed:

  • Improvements in UI library.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.30.1 - Nov 25, 2019

Fixed:

  • Fixed some minor UI related issues.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.30.0 - Nov 19, 2019

New:

  • Improved referral system, check it out here.
  • Added badge and sound support for Push Notifications. Read more….

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.29.0 - Oct 17, 2019

Fixed:

  • We’ve reduced SDK method count for ~600 methods in Core and ~166 methods in UI libraries.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.28.2 - Sep 25, 2019

Fixed:

  • Fixed issue with referral data being not properly cleared.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.28.1 - Sep 10, 2019

New:

  • Added removeActivities method to delete multiple activity posts with a single call.
  • Improved Facebook Share plugin to open Facebook app if it is installed.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.28.0 - Aug 15, 2019

New:

  • Added support for push notifications background.
  • Added setPushNotificationTokenListener method to get push notification token.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.27.0 - Jul 2, 2019

New:

  • Added new Promo Code placeholders.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.26.2 - Jun 19, 2019

Fixed:

  • Display of avatar in Activity Feed UI.
  • Issue with registering for Push Notifications if user disable PN.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.26.1 - May 28, 2019

New:

  • GetSocial SDK now supports Android Q.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.26.0 - May 14, 2019

New:

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.25.1 - May 9, 2019

Fixed:

  • Fixed rare out of memory issue on older devices during authentication.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.25.0 - Apr 4, 2019

New:

  • Introduced prebuilt Notification Center UI.
  • Added Notification.getSender() method to get sender user id, name and avatar URL.
  • Avatars on the UI are now round by default.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.24.6 - Mar 12, 2019

New:

  • Added GetSocial.clearReferralData() method to invalidate referral data.
  • Added margin-top and margin-bottom properties to window object in GetSocial UI configuration.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.24.3 - Jan 30, 2019

Fixed:

  • Issues with purchase tracking when using Billing Service.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.24.2 - Jan 24, 2019

Fixed:

  • Issues with new supported languages.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.24.1 - Jan 23, 2019

Fixed:

  • Added missing analytics events to Instagram and Facebook Stories invites channels.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.24.0 - Jan 21, 2019

Fixed:

  • Images and videos in Activity Feed now appear in full screen.
  • Added support for App Requests, more info here.
  • Added Custom Events tracking feature, more info here.
  • Added new supported languages, like Hindi, Thai, etc

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.23.1 - Dec 19, 2018

Fixed:

  • In-app purchase tracking issue when using Billing Service

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.23.0 - Nov 20, 2018

New:

  • Added MediaAttachment class.
  • Added options to attach media to NotificationContent.

Fixed:

Upgrading:

We suggest to replace setVideo/setImage/setVideoUrl/setImageUrl methods in InviteContent.Builder and ActivityPostContent.Builder with setMediaAttachment or similar.

v6.22.1 - Nov 7, 2018

Fixed:

  • Overall improvements.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.22.0 - Oct 26, 2018

New:

  • Send end-to-end Push Notifications directly from SDK to another users. Read more….
  • Support full screen mode in GetSocial UI. Read more…
  • Support for Instagram and Facebook Stories Smart Invites.
  • Support for clickable URL’s for posts created from GetSocial Dashboard.

Fixed:

  • Issue with incorrect order of fields in Activity Feed.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.21.1 - Oct 11, 2018

Fixed:

  • Overall improvements.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.21.0 - Oct 1, 2018

New:

Fixed:

  • Issue with disabled close button when loading indicator is visible.
  • Overall accessibility improvements.
  • Issue with unable to load resources from expansion files.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.20.7 - Sep 10, 2018

New:

  • Sharing on Facebook is now possible without adding Facebook SDK.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.20.6 - Aug 28, 2018

Fixed:

  • Some kind of notifications was not automatically marked as read after user clicked on it.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.20.5 - Aug 14, 2018

New:

  • Support latest version of KakaoTalk app.
  • Added GetSocial.createInviteLink() method for invite link creation.

Fixed:

  • InviteCallback.onComplete is now fired when user gets back to the application after sending the invite.

Upgrading:

In order to use latest version of KakaoTalk, KakaoSDK needs to be updated to version 1.11.0.
Follow the installation guide: https://developers.kakao.com/docs/android/getting-started
Also, KakaoInvitePlugin has to be updated, which can be downloaded from https://github.com/getsocial-im/getsocial-android-sdk/blob/master/plugins/KakaoInvitePlugin.java

v6.20.3 - Jul 31, 2018

Fixed:

  • Removed error when keys starting with $ were added to LinkParams.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.20.2 - Jul 19, 2018

Fixed:

  • Rare crash on app start if internet connection is bad.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.20.1 - Jul 18, 2018

Fixed:

  • Crash with LocaleChangeReceiver.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.20.0 - Jul 16, 2018

New

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.19.1 - Jul 6, 2018

New:

  • Added GetSocial.isInviteChannelAvailable() method.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.18.0 - May 21, 2018

New:

  • Query all the GetSocial notifications that were sent to user. Read more…
  • Attach video or gif to the ActivityPostContent using withVideo(...) method of ActivityPostContent.Builder class.
  • Attach video or gif to the InviteContent using withVideo(..) method of InviteContent.Builder class.
  • Add setPushNotificationsEnabled and isPushNotificationsEnabled methods.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.17.1 - May 10, 2018

Improved:

  • Overall sdk improvements.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.17.0 - Apr 16, 2018

New:

  • Now GetSocial notifications can be shown even if app is in foreground. Read more….
  • Added VK support. Read more…
  • Added Push Notification actions to open the Smart Invites View and open URL. Read how to send notifications with new actions from the dashboard here.

Improved:

  • We’ve reduced SDK method count for ~200 methods.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.16.2 - Mar 26, 2018

New:

Improved:

  • More precise attribution for installs and prevention from click injection fraud. Read more…

Upgrading:

Starting from 6.16.0 we recommend adding ‘com.android.installreferrer:installreferrer’ library to the dependencies to make install attribution more precise.

v6.15.3 - Mar 12, 2018

Improved:

  • Overall application improvements.

Fixed:

  • Fixed rare NPE on low-end Android devices.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.15.2 - Mar 5, 2018

Improved:

  • Overall application improvements.
  • Added support for Viber and Telegram to Smart Invites.

Fixed:

  • Issue that Comments View can not be opened on older Android devices.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.15.1 - Feb 12, 2018

Improved:

  • Overall application improvements.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.15.0 - Jan 29, 2018

New:

  • We replaced NotificationActionListener with NotificationListener, it is more flexible and allows you to handle notifications even if app is in foreground.

Upgrading:

GetSocial.setNotificationActionListener(...) becomes GetSocial.setNotificationListener(...), NotificationActionListener becomes NotificationListener and changed its signature. Read more in the documentation.

v6.14.0 - Jan 15, 2018

New:

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.13.0 - Dec 19, 2017

New:

  • Tags. You can post an activity with any kind of tag and search for posts with tags. Read more….

Fixed:

  • We fixed the issue with keyboard type in the Activity Feed.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.12.0 - Dec 6, 2017

New:

  • App mentions. Now users can mention app in the Activity Feed. Community manager will receive notification on the GetSocial Dashboard.
  • New methods to manage social relationships. Read mode….

Improved:

  • Improved logic for the ImageContentProvider to avoid image attachment errors to smart invites.

Fixed:

  • Fixed missing annotations package issue on devices running on Android 16 and below.

Upgrading:

If you were using MentionClickListener, keep in mind that starting from SDK v6.12.0 you can receive user id or string “app”, which means that mention of the app was clicked. Read more….

v6.11.2 - Nov 20, 2017

Improved:

  • Fixed minor issues with video playback in Activity Feed.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.11.1 - Nov 13, 2017

Improved:

  • Fixed minor issue with Push Notifications after reset user.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.11.0 - Nov 6, 2017

New:

  • Added mentions feature. Now users can mentions each other with typing @ symbol while posting Activity Post. To listen for mention click use setMentionClickListener in ActivityFeedViewBuilder. Read how to mention user using GetSocial Data SDK.
  • Added method to reset current user and create new anonymous one. Use GetSocial.User.reset(CompletionCallback).
  • Now you can initialize GetSocial SDK with dynamic app ID using GetSocial.init(String appId).
  • Activity Feed now supports videos posted from Dashboard.

Improved:

  • Fixed few issues in Activity Feeds.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.10.1 - Oct 20, 2017

Improved:

  • Fixed minor issues in Activity Feeds.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.10.0 - Oct 18, 2017

New:

  • Added referredUsers method to get list of invited users who installed the app.
  • Expose API to initialize SDK manually. Documentation.

Improved:

  • Decreased getsocial-core library size by ~80 methods.
  • Decreased getsocial-ui library size by ~120 methods.
  • Added getReferredUsers method to get list of invited users who installed the app.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.9.1 - Oct 12, 2017

Improved:

  • We moved our API from custom ports to common 443, so if you have some corporate firewall you will be able to use SDK as well.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.9.0 - Oct 2, 2017

New:

  • Display an activity feed with posts of your friends and your own using setShowFriendsFeed(boolean showFriendsFeed) of ActivityFeedViewBuilder. Documentation.
  • Get a list of activities of your friends and your own using friendsFeed(boolean isFriendsFeed) of ActivitiesQuery. Documentation.

Fixed:

  • We have fixed SDK Security feature to generate valid security hash, before it was not the same as keytool generates.

Improved:

  • Decreased getsocial-core library size by ~150 methods.

Upgrading:

If you were using SDK Security feature, you have to get your hash and upload it to the Dashboard. Documentation.
You can leave old hash in the list to keep previous version compatible.

v6.8.0 - Sep 18, 2017

New:

  • Introduced gif and mp4 support for Smart Invites. Check out the supported invite channels in docs.

Improved:

  • Decreased getsocial-core library size by ~1200 methods to 4300 methods.
  • Set up additional automated test suits to validate analytics events.

Known Issues:

  • Restrict SDK Usage feature is broken on this version and is not working as expected, we suggest you to upgrade to 6.9.0 to use it.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.7.0 - Sep 5, 2017

New:

  • Introduced MultipleInstallReferrerReceiver to re-broadcast INSTALL_REFERRER intent to all receivers. Read more in docs.

Fixed:

  • Issue with incorrect logcat formatting, due to proguard renaming the class.

Known Issues:

  • Restrict SDK Usage feature is broken on this version and is not working as expected, we suggest you to upgrade to 6.9.0 to use it.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.6.2 - Aug 22, 2017

New:

  • Added isGuaranteedMatch flag to the ReferralData to indicate certainty that data correspond to the user.
  • Decreased number of methods by ~200.

Known Issues:

  • Restrict SDK Usage feature is broken on this version and is not working as expected, we suggest you to upgrade to 6.9.0 to use it.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.6.1 - Aug 7, 2017

Fixed:

  • Issue with missing Localization class in getsocial-ui.aar.

Known Issues:

  • Restrict SDK Usage feature is broken on this version and is not working as expected, we suggest you to upgrade to 6.9.0 to use it.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.6.0 - Aug 1, 2017

New:

  • Activity Feed view for specific user using setFilterByUser(String userId) of ActivityFeedViewBuilder.
  • Read-only Activity Feed view using setReadOnly(boolean readOnly) of ActivityFeedViewBuilder.
  • Query activity feed posts or comments for specific user using filterByUser(String userId) of ActivitiesQuery.
  • Method GetSocial.User.setAvatar(Bitmap avatarImage, CompletionCallback callback), so now you can set image directly as user avatar image, not only from URL.
  • Added dark and white UI themes to the demo app.
  • Security improvements: Documentation

Fixed:

  • SDK auto initialization when no visual elements of the app were presented, for instance when push notification arrived. Fixed incorrect DAU numbers on the GetSocial Dashboard.

Known Issues:

  • Restrict SDK Usage feature is broken on this version and is not working as expected, we suggest you to upgrade to 6.9.0 to use it.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.5.0 - Jul 13, 2017

New:

  • Added sample landscape UI configuration to the demo app.
  • Content Reporting in Activity Feeds. Documentation
  • Smart Links support. Documentation

Fixed:

  • Handle properly asset-base-path property in UI config with / at the end.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.4.0 - Jun 26, 2017

New:

  • Added API to get list of suggested friends. Documentation.
  • Added ability to set path to UI configuration file via Android Manifest. Documentation.
  • Added methods allPublicProperties and allPublicProperties on GetSocialUser and GetSocialPublicUser objects.

Improved:

  • Deprecated method PublicUser.getIdentities(). Use PublicUser.getAuthIdentities() instead.
  • Reduced getsocial-core.aar size from 1.1 Mb to 0.8 Mb. And reduced method count from 5644 to 4510.

Fixed:

  • Missing subject while sending Smart Invite via Native Share.
  • Collision errors with Json Simple library.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.3.0 - Jun 12, 2017

New:

  • Now you can disable image attachment to Smart Invites from Dashboard. Useful to avoid charges for sending MMS instead of SMS.
  • Method GetUserById, you can retrieve PublicUser entity having only user ID.

Fixed:

  • Fixed randomly reproducible crashes related to changing UI on non-main threads.
  • Fixed possible OutOfMemoryException crashes.
  • Fixed NullPointerException in install receiver if no token was passed.
  • Fixed resource packaging when building Unity from Windows OS.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.2.0 - May 29, 2017

Added:

  • Added ActivityDetailsView, now you can open activity comments from code.
  • Added whenInitialized method to be able to execute any action right after SDK is initialized.
  • Added App Links support. More info in documentation.
  • Added setAvatarClickListener method to ActivityFeedViewBuilder and ActivityDetailsViewBuilder. You can use this method to get notified if a user clicked on a user’s avatar.
  • Added withImage method to InviteContent.Builder to set invite image using binaries.
  • Facebook and Kakao plugins share image as well in Smart Invites.

Fixed:

  • Memory issues when setting too large image as window background.
  • Full screen activity issue with Unity.
  • Custom translated text issue in Smart Invites.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.1.0 - May 15, 2017

Added:

  • Added User Properties functionality. Now you can store some custom properties for each user. More info in documentation.
  • Added fade animation when image is showing.
  • Added UiActionListener interface, you can set it with setUiActionListener() method on any of ViewBuilder chidren. All possible actions you can find in UiAction enum. More info in documentation.

Improved:

  • Removed dependency on Gson library. Now SDK adds ~900 methods less.

Fixed:

  • Ukrainian and Russian localization for plural nouns.
  • Analytics crash on concurent list modification.
  • Action buttons background issue in landscape mode.
  • GetSocial Views title was trimmed if Activity is in fullscreen mode.
  • Invite text missing in Facebook Messenger.
  • No empty view in case there are no activities yet.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.0.3 - May 1, 2017

Improved:

  • Removed Picasso library. Now we have ~750 methods less.

Fixed:

  • Fixed UI issue with incorrect loading background.
  • Now setWindowTitle() works for all GetSocial views.
  • Fixed issue when SDK do not initialize after changing GetSocial App Id.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.0.2 - Apr 21, 2017

New:

  • Added setViewStateListener method to all GetSocial Views. Now you can subscribe to GetSocial View lifecycle events.

Updated:

  • Now withButtonActionListener becomes setButtonActionListener.

Fixed:

  • Fix issue with empty Smart Invite text if it was updated from Dashboard.
  • Fix Activity Feed view with no input displayed if no activities was posted.

Upgrading:

Method ActivityFeedViewBuilder.withButtonActionListener was renamed to setButtonActionListener. Please follow the default upgrade guide and update code with new listener method signature.

v6.0.1 - Apr 19, 2017

Fixed:

  • Downgraded targetSdk version to avoid AndroidManifest merge conflicts.

Upgrading:

No special steps required. Please follow default upgrade guide.

v6.0.0 - Apr 13, 2017

GetSocial SDK version 6 is a major update that brings a lot of improvements, new features and breaking changes. Follow the guide below to learn about what changed and how to upgrade to SDK v6.

Important Changes

New:

  • Data API. With GetSocial’s Data API developers can now access the data layer of all our features breaking dependency on our UI and giving them more flexibility.
  • Dynamic Activity Feeds. Developers can now create activity feeds on the fly. They can have a feed per clan, per fraction, per geo, or even level specific.
  • Sticky activities are now Announcements. Developers can now post multiple announcements (announcements are always pinned on top) expiring at different time periods. All their announcements are accessible from one convenient location and can be rescheduled even after they expire.
  • Auto-initialization. Integration just got easier, SDK will automatically initialize with your app, no need to take care of that.

Updated:

  • Simplified API. We, at GetSocial, strive to provide the best integration experience. To achive this we had to rework our public API from scratch, it become easier to use and understand. It won’t be possible without breaking changes, **GetSocial SDK version 6 is not backward compatible with SDK version 5.

Removed:

Upgrading

GetSocial SDK v6 is not backward compatible. The easiest way to upgrade is to remove GetSocial SDK v5 from your project and start with a fresh integration. Detailed steps below:

  1. Contact us at support@getsocial.im or via the support channel in our Dashboard to do the manual migration of your app to the new Dashboard.

  2. Remove GetSocial SDK v5 from your project:
    2.1. Remove dependency to GetSocial SDK in the build.gradle.
    2.2. Remove Proguard configuration for GetSocial if any.
    2.3. Comment out all usages of GetSocial SDK in the code to avoid compilation errors.

  3. Follow Getting Started Guide to integrate GetSocial Android SDK v6.

  4. Update commented GetSocial API method calls according to the mapping below.

Method Mappings

In SDK v6 almost all methods are static and all returned objects immutable. For instance, in SDK v5 to get user name you had to call:

1
String name = GetSocial.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getDisplayName();

In SDK v6 you have to call static method:

1
String name = GetSocial.User.getDisplayName();

Initialization

All initialization related methods in the SDK v5 were invoked on the GetSocial instance: GetSocial.getInstance().

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
init(...) SDK is auto-initialized now, details in Getting Started Guide.
isInitialized() GetSocial.isInitialized()

User Management

All user management methods in SDK v5 were called on the instance of the CurrentUser object, e.g. GetSocial.getCurrentUser().getDisplayName(). In SDK v6 it is not possible to get CurrentUser object, instead you can get separate properties via static methods exposed via GetSocial.User. Learn more in Introduction to GetSocial User Management guide.

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
getGuid() GetSocial.User.getId()
isAnonymous() GetSocial.User.isAnonymous()
getDisplayName() GetSocial.User.getDisplayName()
setDisplayName(...) GetSocial.User.setDisplayName(...)
getAvatarUrl() GetSocial.User.getAvatarUrl()
setAvatarUrl(...) GetSocial.User.setAvatarUrl(...)
getAllIdentities()
getIdentities()		 GetSocial.User.getAuthIdentities()
hasIdentityForProvider(providerId) GetSocial.User.getAuthIdentities().containsKey(providerId)
getUserIdForProvider(providerId) GetSocial.User.getAuthIdentities().get(providerId)
addUserIdentity(...) GetSocial.User.addAuthIdentity(...)
removeUserIdentity(...) GetSocial.User.removeAuthIdentity(...)
followUser(...) GetSocial.User.addFriend(...)
unfollowUser(...) GetSocial.User.removeFriend(...)
getFollowing(...)
getFollowers(...)		 Following and followers become a one concept - friends, e.g. GetSocial.User.getFriends()
isFollowingUser(...)
isFollowedByUser(...)		 GetSocial.User.isFriend(...)
reset(...) Removed

User Management related methods on GetSocial object:

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
getExternalId(providerId, callback) GetSocial.User.getAuthIdentities().get(providerId)
getExternalId(providerId, getSocialUserId, callback) Alternative method is available from SDK v6.3.0. First you have to get instance of PublicUser via GetSocial.getUserById(getSocialUserId, callback). Next get the custom provider id via: publicUser.getAuthIdentities().get(providerId)

Smart Invites

In SDK v6 Invite Provides were renamed to Invite Channels. Moreover, in v6 referral data retrieval is implemented in pull mode, that means that you have to ask for data instead of listening when it will arrive. Learn more in Sending and Receiving Referral Data guide.

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
registerPlugin(...) GetSocial.registerInviteChannelPlugin(...)
getSupportedInviteProviders() GetSocial.getInviteChannels()
inviteFriendsUsingProvider(...) and setInviteFriendsListener(listener) were merged GetSocial.sendInvite(..., listener)
setOnReferralDataReceivedListener(...) GetSocial.getReferralData(...)
PLACEHOLDER_* constants InviteTextPlaceholders.PLACEHOLDER_*

Activity Feed

In SDK v6 it is possible to create Activity Feed dynamically from the SDK. If feed does not exist it will be created dynamically. Learn more in Introduction to GetSocial Activity Feeds.

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
postActivity(...) GetSocial.postActivityToFeed(...)

UI

In SDK v6 UI configuration API from code was removed, use JSON file instead. JSON files from SDK v5 are backward compatible with SDK v6. Learn more about UI Customization.

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
getConfiguration().setConfiguration(...) GetSocialUi.loadConfiguration() and GetSocialUi.loadDefaultConfiguration(...)
handleBackButtonPressed() GetSocialUi.onBackPressed()
setOnWindowStateChangeListener(...) GetSocialUi.createInvitesView().setViewStateListener(...)
closeView(...) GetSocialUi.closeView(...)
restoreView() GetSocialUi.restoreView()
createSmartInviteView() GetSocialUi.createInvitesView()
createActivitiesView() GetSocialUi.createActivityFeedView()
setOnActivityActionClickListener() GetSocialUi.createActivityFeedView(...).setButtonActionListener(...)
createUserListView() Removed
setOnInviteButtonClickListener(...) Removed
createNotificationsView() Removed
setOnUserAvatarClickHandler(...) Removed
setOnAppAvatarClickHandler(...) Removed
setOnUnreadNotificationsCountChangedListener(...) Removed
getUnreadNotificationsCount() Removed
setOnUserGeneratedContentListener(...) Removed

Other

SDK v5 Method SDK v6 Method
setLanguage("uk") GetSocial.setLanguage(LanguageCodes.UKRAINIAN)
getLanguage() GetSocial.getLanguage()
onResume(), onNewIntent(), and onPause() Removed. We handle Activity lifecycle internally.
VERSION constant GetSocial.getSdkVersion()

Can’t figure our correct mapping?

Feel free to reach us at support@getsocial.im or via the support channel in our Dashboard if you need any help with the migration.

Older Versions

Changelog for older versions of GetSocial Android SDK is available on GitHub Releases.

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