Mapbox GL v8.3.0-alpha.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-07-31 // over 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ Changes since Mapbox Maps SDK for Android v8.2.0:

    ๐Ÿ”‹ Features

    • 0๏ธโƒฃ Do not include CJK ideographs in the offline packs by default. This decreases overall offline download size but changes appereance by a default set local glyph generation #14269
    • โšก๏ธ Update target SDK to 28, update support library and fix gradle warnings #15135
    • Introduce VertexVector::extend() and use it in placement code #15194

    ๐Ÿ› Bug fixes

    • ๐Ÿ’พ Save location animation timestamp only when fed. Fixes an issue where external camera updates impacted location animation duration#15265
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed flickering on style change for the same tile set #15127
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix location render/camera modes being reinitialized even when the new mode is the same #15266
    • 0๏ธโƒฃ Ensure default local ideographs font family is not overwrote. Fix a bug that prevented local CJK glyphs generation. The local generation is now enabled by default and the font family used for generation is set to "sans-serif. #15253
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix int overflow issue in GridIndex #15245
    • ๐Ÿšš Align gesture animation reason for onCameraMoveStarted #15218
    • โœ‚ Remove layers first when clearing the style, fixes unnecessary log dumps #15191
    • โœ‚ Remove unused field from icon buffer #15189

    ๐ŸŽ Performance improvements

    • ๐Ÿš€ Release quad data after vertex buffers are created #15189
    • โฌ‡ Decrease size of SymbolBucket #15178
    • Avoid geometry collections copying #15201