Change Log

Version 1.2.0

2023-01-18

New

• Migrate Paparazzi to layoutlib Electric Eel 2022.1.1
• Add support for RenderingMode.SHRINK to allow view-only screenshots
• Expose flag to show/hide system ui
• Register a default OnBackPressedDispatcherOwner if its present in classpath
• Bump default compileSdk to API 33
• Compose 1.3.1
• Kotlin 1.7.20
• [Gradle Plugin] Gradle 7.6
• [Gradle Plugin] Android Gradle Plugin 7.4.0

Fixed

• Flush errors on unsafeUpdateConfig
• Only apply wear circle shape to full device screenshots
• Synchronize access to Handler_Delegate.queue
• Apply compose hooks to all snapshot calls
• Register LifecycleOwner and SavedStateRegistryOwner to all views
• Execute Handler callbacks after snapshots to clean up Compose references
• Fix RecyclerView issue due to layoutlib Dolphin update
• Keep AGP and tools dependencies aligned

Kudos to @gamepro65, @saket, @rharter and others for contributions this release!

Version 1.1.0

2022-10-12

New

• Migrate Paparazzi to layoutlib Chipmunk 2021.2.1
• Add support for multiplatform plugin
• Add support for JDKs 16+
• Add support for locales and layout direction (LTR/RTL)
• Add Pixel 6 & Pixel 6 Pro device configs
• Enable night mode for legacy views and composables
• Enable ui mode to support form factors other than phones/tablets, e.g., auto, watches, etc.
• Google Wear DeviceConfig support
• Expose an API for offsetting frame capture time
• Add InstantAnimationsRule to delay snapshot capture until the last frame.
• Compose 1.3.0
• Kotlin 1.7.10
• [Gradle Plugin] Gradle 7.5.1

Fixed

• Generate resource ids to support aapt inline resources in composables
• Reset AndroidUiDispatcher between compose snapshots
• Fix OOM error when a large number of compose snapshots are verified
• Fix HTML report in development mode
• Honor customization of Gradle’s build output directory
• [Gradle Plugin] Configure native platform transformed path directly in test task to reduce cache misses
• [Gradle Plugin] Fix accidental eager task creation reducing memory pressure
• [Gradle Plugin] Fail explicitly when applying Android application plugin

Kudos to @chris-horner, @swankjesse, @yschimke, @dniHze, @TWiStErRob, @gamepro65, @liutikas and others for contributions this release!

Version 1.0.0

2022-06-03

New

• Support for Composable snapshots
• Migrate Paparazzi to layoutlib Bumblebee 2021.1.1 for better rendering and API 31 support
• Update Paparazzi configuration via new unsafeUpdateConfig method instead of snapshot/gif
• Cache Paparazzi bootstrap logic for better performance per test suite
• Surface internally thrown exceptions from layoutlib
• Throw a more helpful exception if Android platform is missing
• Bump default compileSdk to API 31
• Compose 1.1.1
• Kotlin 1.6.10
• [Gradle Plugin] Gradle 7.4.2
• [Gradle Plugin] Android Gradle Plugin 7.1.2

Fixed

• Prepend paths with file:// for clickable error output in IDE
• Update default SDK path on Linux
• Fix accessibility test logic to avoid unnecessary coloring changes on updated view ids
• Fixes crash when using InputMethodManager to show/hide keyboard
• Temporarily work around Compose runtime memory leaks
• [Gradle Plugin] Prefer namespace DSL declaration over manifest package declaration
• [Gradle Plugin] Publish plugin marker on snapshot builds
• [Gradle Plugin] Exclude androidTest sourceSets during paparazzi runs

Kudos to @luis-cortes, @nak5ive, @alexvanyo, @gamepro65 and others for contributions this release!

Version 0.9.3

2022-01-20

Fixed

• Load the correct mac arm artifact on M1 machines
• Generate fake View.id for consistent colors for accessibility entries when views are modified

Kudos to @geoff-powell, @nicbell for their contributions this release!

Version 0.9.2 (Please ignore this release)

2022-01-20

Version 0.9.1

2022-01-14

Fixed

• Download mac arm artifact if on M1 machines
• Support for assets from transitive dependencies
• Add fix for ClassNotFoundException when using nonTransitiveRClass
• Update RELEASING notes to publish plugin marker artifact
• Avoid NPE in AccessibilityRenderExtension when layout params are not supplied
• Use View.id to generate consistent colors for accessibility entries when views are modified

Kudos to @luis-cortes, @geoff-powell, @autonomousapps and @LuK1709 for their contributions this release!

Version 0.9.0

2021-11-22

New

• Migrate Paparazzi to layoutlib Arctic Fox 2020.3.1, providing native support for M1 machines
• Migrate Paparazzi to layoutlib 4.2, unlocking future Compose support
• Add support for projects enabling non-transitive resources
• RenderExtension now visits view hierarchy pre-rendering instead of layering bitmaps post-rendering
• Fail-fast when Bridge.init fails, usually due to native crash
• Expose RenderingMode as a configurable option
• Bump default compileSdk to API 30
• Improve Java-interoperability experience
• Kotlin 1.5.31

Fixed

• Don’t require Android plugin to be declared before Paparazzi plugin
• Clear AnimationHandler leak after each snapshot
• Don’t generate empty mov files on snapshot failure
• Add Kotlin platform bom to prevent classpath conflicts during test builds
• Use correct default Android SDK path on Windows
• Use platform-agnostic file paths in Gradle artifacts to support remote caching across platforms
• Use platform-agnostic file paths in Javascript for web page support on Windows
• Fix font scaling issue in AccessibilityRenderExtension by using bundled font

Kudos to @luis-cortes, @geoff-powell and @TWiStErRob for their contributions this release!

Version 0.8.0

2021-10-07

New

• Migrate Paparazzi to use native layoutlib for better rendering and API 30 support
• Add new extension for rendering accessibility metadata
• Add support for fontScale in DeviceConfig
• Add device config for Pixel 5
• Add tasks to Gradle task verification group
• Migrate publishing to gradle-maven-publish-plugin
• Migrate builds to Github Actions
• Migrate sample test from Burst to TestParameterInjector
• Kotlin 1.5.21
• [Gradle Plugin] Support for configuration caching
• [Gradle Plugin] Gradle 7.2

Fixed

• Add method interceptor for matrix multiplication operations
• Don’t swallow FileNotFoundExceptions when overridden platform dir doesn’t exist
• [Gradle Plugin] Fix remote caching bug by referencing relative, not absolute, paths in intermediate resources file.

Version 0.7.1

2021-05-17

New

• [Gradle Plugin] Support the –tests option for record/verify tasks

Fixed

• [Gradle Plugin] Defer task configuration until created

Version 0.7.0

2021-02-26

New

• Kotlin 1.4.30
• Add support for inline complex XML resources
• Enable Burst support
• Expose maximum percentage difference in image verification as a setting
• Render extension api to add extra information to snapshots
• Allow selection of night mode in DeviceConfig
• [Gradle Plugin] Gradle 6.8.3
• [Gradle Plugin] Creating an umbrella task to execute on all variants

Fixed

• Properly execute Choreographer.doFrame after view has been laid out
• Fix broken text appearances when style resource names contain periods
• Fix ability to access asset files
• Use target-sdk to simulate device when available
• Always write screenshots to disk in record mode
• Don’t crash when running on Java 12+
• [Gradle Plugin] Force test re-runs when a resource or asset has changed
• [Gradle Plugin] Force test re-runs if generated report or snapshot dirs are deleted

Version 0.6.0

2020-10-02

As of this release, consumers must build on Java 11 environments.

New

• Point to a more recent version of layoutlib that runs on Android Q and builds with Java 11.
• Refactor Paparazzi to better support non-Gradle builds
• Added device configs for Pixel 4 series

Version 0.5.2

2020-09-17

Fixed

• [Gradle Plugin] Fixed record and verify tasks in multi-module projects.

Version 0.5.1

2020-09-17

Fixed

• [Gradle Plugin] Fixed race condition in record and verify tasks.

Version 0.5.0

2020-09-16

• Initial release.