Last modified March 10, 2020 by Gordon Glauser

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 Maven

If you’re integrating the Android SDK libraries using Maven from the Swrve repository on Jcenter, update the build.gradle to use the latest version (for example, compile 'com.swrve.sdk.android:swrve-firebase:7.0.0'). For more information, see the Android integration guide.

Version 7.0

This section provides information for upgrading to Swrve Android SDK v7.0.

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 6.2.1

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.2.1.

Version 6.2

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.2.

Version 6.1.1

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.1.1.

Version 6.1

There are no code changes required to upgrade to Swrve Android SDK v6.1.

Version 6.0.2

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

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.