回顾2020：这一年Android发布了哪些新技术？

Kotlin & Coroutines

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Kotlin 1.4 发布

性能提升、类型推导强化、SAM转换的支持，等等一系列进化

• https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v1.4.0
• https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2020/08/kotlin-1-4-released-with-a-focus-on-quality-and-performance/

Coroutines 1.4 发布

增加了 StateFlow 与 SharedFlow

• https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/releases/tag/1.4.0
• https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2020/10/kotlinx-coroutines-1-4-0-introducing-stateflow-and-sharedflow/

kotlinx.serialization 1.0 发布

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2020/10/kotlinx-serialization-1-0-released/
• https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Kotlin Android Extensions 废弃

Kotlin Plugin 1.4.20 起停用 Kotlin Android Extensions，推荐使用使用ViewBinding 和 kotlin-parcelize进行替换

• https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v1.4.20
• https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/11/the-future-of-kotlin-android-extensions.html

Android Studio & Android SDK

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Android Studio 3.6 正式版发布

开始支持ViewBinding的使用；增加ResourceManager

• https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/#3-6-0

Android Studio 4.0 正式版发布

期待依旧的大版本，增加了很多新功能，MotionEditor 、 Layout Validation 、Build Analyzer，LayoutInspector也得到强化

• https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/#4-0-0

Android Studio 4.1

增加了 Database Inspector 、 Dagger 依赖关系分析工具等， 模拟器可以再Studio内部启动

• https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/#4-1-0

Android Studio 4.2

Instrumentation test 和 System Trace 得到强化，目前是Beta2

• https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/features#4.2

Android Studio Arctic Fox

Android Studio 后续的版本号对齐 IntelliJ IDEA， 以年份为版本，动物名称为come。新版本中简化了Wireless ADB的使用方法

• https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/12/announcing-android-studio-arctic-fox.html
• https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/features#2020.3.1

Android 11

改进的 WindowInset API 优化 IME动画；Scoped storage成为标准 ；AsyncTask遭废弃

• https://github.com/android/user-interface-samples.git
• https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11
• https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/android11-final-release.html

Android Jetpack

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Activity 支持 Result API

Activity 1.2.0-alpha2 起发布 ActivityResult 、onActivityResult 未来会被废弃

• https://developer.android.com/training/basics/intents/result

Fragment API更新

1.3.0-alpha02起，onCreateView遭废弃

• https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/fragment#1.3.0-alpha02

RecyclerView 增加 ConcatAdapter

RecyclerView 1.2.0-alpha02 增加 ConcatAdapter ，可以同时操作多个Adapter

• https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/recyclerview#recyclerview-1.2.0-alpha02
• https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/recyclerview/widget/ConcatAdapter

ConstraintLayout 2.0.0 stable & 2.1.0 alpha

ConstraintLayout 2.0.0 稳定版发布，增加了MotionLayout 与 Flow ；2.1.0 alpha中增加 Carousel 。 另外ConstraintLayout 的源码上架Github

• https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2020/08/constraintlayout-200.html
• https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2020/11/constraintlayout-210-alpha-1.html
• https://github.com/AndroidX/constraintlayout

Jetpack DataStore 发布

DataStore发布，替换SharedPreference

• https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/prefer-storing-data-with-jetpack.html

App Startup 发布

通过共享ContentProvider实例，优化APP初始化流程

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/app-startup

Paging3

加入了对 coroutines的支持，还在开发中

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/paging/v3-overview

Jetpack Compose alpha 发布

预计明年稳定版，aplha版API仍然有变化的可能

• https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose
• https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/08/announcing-jetpack-compose-alpha.html

Jetpack Compose for Desktop

Jetpack Compose 开始支持桌面GUI的开发

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/cross-post/jetpack-compose-for-desktop-milestone-1-released/

Navigation Compose Version 1.0.0

基于Navigation实现了Compose的路由功能。目前处于alpha版本

• https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/navigation#navigation_compose_version_100_2

Dagger

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Hilt alpha 发布

Android Dev Summit 2019 中发布 Dagger改进计划-- Hilt 。目前Hilt加入AndroidX包

• https://dagger.dev/hilt/
• https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection/hilt-android

Material Components

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1.1.0

支持 MaterialTheming 和 DarkTheme

• https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/releases/tag/1.1.0

1.2.0

增加了Motion system 以及几个新组件

• https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/releases/tag/1.2.0

Others

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Google I/O >> 11 weeks of android

因为疫情等原因Google I/O停办，以线上发布，发布了近期Android的变化

• https://developer.android.com/11weeksofandroid

RxJava 3.0

RxJava 3.0 正式版发布，同时RxJava与Coroutine Flow的选择将成为新的课题

• https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava/releases/tag/v3.0.0
• https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava/wiki/What’s-different-in-3.0

coil 1.0

1.0 稳定版发布，是否会取代glide，让我们拭目以待

• https://github.com/coil-kt/coil/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#100—october-22-2020
• https://tech.instacart.com/announcing-coil-1-0-5d57b608dc93

AppBundle 成为标准

2021/8 之后，上架GP的APP必须使用AppBundle

• https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/11/new-android-app-bundle-and-target-api.html

结语

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2020是动荡的一年，Android开发圈也出现了不少新技术和新变化；
2021我们祈福社会稳定的同时，也明白对于程序员来说，唯一不变的就是变化。
来年让我们一起加油💪