Last modified March 31, 2021 by Shelly Wolfe

Android SDK upgrade guide

This guide provides information about how you can upgrade to the latest Swrve Android SDK. For information about the changes that have been made in each Android SDK release, see Android SDK release notes.

Upgrading using gradle

If you’re integrating the Android SDK using gradle, update the build.gradle to use the latest version (for example, implementation 'com.swrve.sdk.android:swrve-firebase:7.6.0'). For more information, see the Android integration guide.

Warning: With the upcoming deprecation and retirement of Bintray/JCenter, version 7.6.0 is the last version published to Bintray/JCenter. We’ve moved our existing versions and all future releases will be available in Maven Central repository.

Version 7.6.0

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.6.0.

Support for Huawei Push Services

For information on using the new Swrve Huawei SDK library for Huawei push notifications, see the Android integration guide.

Version 7.5.0

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.5.0.

Version 7.4.0

This section provides information for upgrading to Swrve Android SDK v7.4.0.

Embedded campaigns

For information on adding embedded campaigns to your Swrve integration, see the Android integration guide.

Version 7.3.2

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.3.2.

Version 7.3.1

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.3.1.

Version 7.3.0

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.3.0.

Firebase Instance ID exceptions

The Firebase messaging library now validates your google-services.json file and throws an IllegalArgumentException if problems are found. If you see this exception in Logcat, then refresh your google-services.json file from the Firebase console.

Version 7.2.1

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.2.1.

Version 7.2.0

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v7.2.0.

Version 7.1.0

This section provides information for upgrading to Swrve Android SDK v7.1.0.

Amazon Device Messaging (ADM) 1.1.0

We updated the ADM library to 1.1.0, which brings support for Fire OS7. To upgrade to this version, add the following entry in your AndroidManifest.xml under the application tag:

<service android:name="com.swrve.sdk.SwrveAdmHandlerJobService"
         android:permission="android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE"
         android:exported="false" />

For information about ADM, see the Amazon Developer docs.

Version 7.0.0

This section provides information for upgrading to Swrve Android SDK v7.0.0.

Removed	Summary
`SwrveNotificationCustomFilter`	We removed the deprecated `SwrveNotificationCustomFilter`. Please use `SwrveNotificationFilter` instead, which exposes more details of the notification than its predecessor.
Changed	Summary
`SwrveNotificationConfig.accentColorResourceId` to `SwrveNotificationConfig.accentColorHex`	Changed the notification accent color configuration from RGB to Hex.
Moved	To
`SwrveCustomButtonListener`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveSDKBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig`. This listener needs to be set before starting the Swrve SDK as part of the config object.
`SwrveDismissButtonListener`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveSDKBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig`. This listener needs to be set before starting the Swrve SDK as part of the config object.
`DismissButtonListener`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveSDKBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig`, This listener needs to be set before starting the Swrve SDK as part of the config object.
`defaultBackgroundColor`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveConfigBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig`
`inAppMessageFocusColor`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveConfigBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig` and renamed to `focusColor`.
`inAppMessageClickColor`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveConfigBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig` and renamed to `clickColor`.
`autoShowMessagesMaxDelay`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveConfigBase` to `com.swrve.sdk.config.SwrveInAppMessageConfig`.

AndroidX

We have migrated from android-support to AndroidX. For more information, see Android’s Migrating to AndroidX guide.

Firebase Cloud Messaging library update

We’ve updated Firebase Cloud Messaging to version 20.1.0 and dropped support for Android 14 and 15. When upgrading to Swrve Android SDK 7.0 ensure your minimum Android support is at 16.

Version 6.3.1

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 6.0, see below. Otherwise, there are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.3.1.

Version 6.3

This section provides information for upgrading to Swrve Android SDK v6.3.

Delayed initialization and custom user ID

For information about how to configure the SDK to delay initialization and set a custom user ID for tracking purposes, see the Android integration guide.

Version 6.0.2-6.2.0+

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.0.2-6.2.0+

Version 6.0.1

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 6.0, see below. Otherwise, there are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.0.1.

If you are in the process of upgrading to Android SDK v6.0, please use v6.0.1 instead, as it addresses an important fix to an issue with user identity that was introduced in version 6.0. Do not use Android SDK v6.0.

Version 6.0

This section provides information for upgrading to Swrve Android SDK v6.0.

Removed	Summary
swrve-google flavor of SDK	If you are currently using the swrve-google flavor of the SDK, you must migrate to swrve-firebase. For more information, see How do I migrate from Google Cloud Messaging to Firebase?
Empty constructor for `SwrveNotifcationConfig.Builder()`.	You must now pass small notification icons and NotificationChannel into the `SwrveNotifcationConfig.Builder()` constructor.
`SwrveNotifcationConfig` title	Removed the configuration of notification title from `SwrveNotifcationConfig`.
`userId` property from `SwrveConfig`	To set a custom user ID, use our new Identify API call. For more information, see the Android integration guide.
Default configurations of how notifications are displayed using `<meta-data>` properties in the AndroidManifest.xml.	Use the `SwrveNotificationConfig` instead.
Configuration of default channel via `SwrveConfig`	This has been added to the `SwrveNotificationConfig`.
`SwrveFirebaseInstanceIdService`	The `SwrveFirebaseInstanceIdService` class was deprecated in SDK version 5.3 and has been completely removed in 6.0. Remove this from your AndroidManifest.xml if you haven’t already.
`SwrveSDK.setPushNotificationListener`	The `SwrveSDK.setPushNotificationListener` method was deprecated in SDK version 5.3 and has been completely removed in 6.0. Use `SwrveConfig.setNotificationListener` instead.
Removed configuration of HTTP from `SwrveConfig`	The SDK now only supports HTTPS.
Moved	To
`SwrveAdmMessageReceiver`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.adm.SwrveAdmMessageReceiver` to `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveAdmMessageReceiver`. Update your AndroidManifest.xml.
`SwrveAdmIntentService`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.adm.SwrveAdmIntentService` to `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveAdmIntentService`. Update your AndroidManifest.xml.
`SwrveFirebaseMessagingService`	Moved from `com.swrve.sdk.firebase.SwrveFirebaseMessagingService` to `com.swrve.sdk.SwrveFirebaseMessagingService`. Update your AndroidManifest.xml.

Previous versions

If you are upgrading from a version older than 6.0, please refer to the Android Integration Guide.