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This document is a guide for migrating from v10 of the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android to the v11. It includes information about new features, deprecated APIs, and breaking changes.

Version Compatibility​

VersionMinimum Android VersionKotlin VersionTarget/Compile SDK VersionNDK VersionOpenGL
11.0.05.0 (API level 21)1.6.0 or later3323.2.8568313OpenGL ES 3.0
V11 Dependencies

Mapbox Maps SDK v11 was complied with the following dependencies:

  • Kotlin 1.7.20 and binary compatibility with Kotlin compiler 1.6 and above.
  • Compile SDK Version 33, which is also the minimum target SDK level for new apps published to Google Play Store.
  • Android X libraries which requires minCompileSdk (33), if you are not able to update to compileSDK 33, force an older version of Android X libraries in app’s build.gradle:
implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat") { version { strictly("1.4.2") } }  
implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx") { version { strictly("1.8.0") } }

Explore new features​

The Mapbox Standard Style​

With the Mapbox Maps SDK v11 we are introducing Mapbox Standard, our latest Mapbox style. The new Mapbox Standard core style enables a highly performant and elegant 3D mapping experience with powerful dynamic lighting capabilities, landmark 3D buildings, and an expertly crafted symbolic aesthetic. With Mapbox Standard, we are also introducing a new paradigm for how to interact with map styles.

To set Mapbox Standard as the style for your map in v11 you can use the Style.STANDARD constant like below:

mapboxMap.loadStyle(Style.STANDARD)

The Mapbox Standard style features 4 light presets: day, dusk, dawn, and night. The style light preset can be changed from the default, “Day”, to another preset with a single line of code. Here you identify which imported style (basemap) you want to change the lightPresent configuration on, as well as the value (dusk) you want to change it to.

mapboxMap.loadStyle(Style.STANDARD) { style ->
  style.setStyleImportConfigProperty(styleImportId, "lightPreset", Value.valueOf("dusk"))
}
Light preset "day" (default)Light preset "dusk"

Changing the light preset will alter the colors and shadows on your map to reflect the time of day. For more information, see the Lighting API section. Similarly, you can set other configuration properties on the Standard style such as showing POIs, place labels, or specific fonts:

mapboxMap.loadStyle(Style.STANDARD) { style ->
  style.setStyleImportConfigProperty(styleImportId, "showPointOfInterestLabels", Value.valueOf(false))
}

The Standard style offers 6 configuration properties for developers to change when they import it into their own style:

PropertyTypeDescription
showPlaceLabelsBoolShows and hides place label layers.
showRoadLabelsBoolShows and hides all road labels, including road shields.
showPointOfInterestLabelsBoolShows or hides all POI icons and text.
showTransitLabelsBoolShows or hides all transit icons and text.
lightPresetStringSwitches between 4 time-of-day states: dusk, dawn, day, and night.
fontArrayDefines font family for the style from predefined options.

Mapbox Standard is making adding your own data layers easier for you through the concept of slots. Slots are predefined locations in the style where your layer will be added to (such as on top of existing land layers, but below all labels). To do this, we've added a new slot property to each Layer. This property allows you to identify which slot in the Mapbox Standard your new layer should be placed in. To add custom layers in the appropriate location in the Standard style layer stack, we added 3 carefully designed slots that you can leverage to place your layer. These slots will not change, so you can be sure that your own map won't break even as the basemap evolves automatically.

SlotDescription
bottomAbove polygons (land, landuse, water, etc.)
middleAbove lines (roads, etc.) and behind 3D buildings
topAbove POI labels and behind Place and Transit labels. Designed to be used with the symbol layers.
not specifiedAbove all existing layers in the style

Set the preferred slot on the Layer object before adding it to your map and your layer will be appropriately placed in the Standard style's layer stack. If no slot is specified for a custom layer they are placed at the top of the layer list, providing a location that has highest collision priority compared to all other layers.

+lineLayer(layerId = "line-layer", sourceId = "line-layer") {
  lineColor(rgb(255.0, 165.0, 0.0))
  slot("middle")
}
Note
For the new Standard style, you can only add layers to these three slots (bottom, middle, top) within the Standard style basemap.
Note
When a layer type such as background, fill, line, circle, hillshade or heatmap is added to the top slot in the Standard Style, it will be positioned below all labels. This behavior is due to the design of the top slot in the Standard Style, which is primarily intended for use with symbol layers.

Like to the classic Mapbox styles, you can still use LayerPosition when importing the Standard Style. This method is only applicable to custom layers you have added yourself. If you add two layers to the same slot with a specified layer position the latter will define the order of the layers in that slot.

Standard is aware of the map lighting configuration using the measure-light expression, which returns you an aggregated value of your light settings. This returns a value which ranges from 0 (darkest) to 1 (brightest). In darker lights, you make the individual layers light up by using the new *-emissive-stength expressions, which allow you to add emissive light to different layer types and for example keep texts legible in all light settings. If your custom layers seem too dark, try adjusting the emissive strength of these layers.

Customizing Standard​

The underlying design paradigm to the Standard style is different from what you know from the classic core styles. Mapbox manages the basemap experience and surfaces key global styling configurations - in return, you get a cohesive visual experience and an evergreen map, always featuring the latest data, styling and rendering features compatible with your SDK. The configuration options make interactions with the basemap simpler than before. During the beta phase, we are piloting these configurations - we welcome feedback on the beta configurations. If you have feedback or questions about the Standard beta style reach out to: hey-map-design@mapbox.com.

You can customize the color of your Standard experience by adjusting the 3D light settings. Individual basemap layers and/or color values can’t be adjusted, but all the flexibility offered by the style specification can be applied to custom layers while keeping interaction with the basemap simple through slots.

Our existing, classic Mapbox styles (such as Mapbox Streets, Mapbox Light, and Mapbox Satellite Streets) and any custom styles you have built in Mapbox Studio will still work like they do in v10, so no changes are required.

Style Imports​

To work with styles like Mapbox Standard, we've introduced new Style APIs that allow you to import other styles into the main style you display to your users. These styles will be imported by reference, so updates to them will be reflected in your main style without additional work needed on your side. For example, imagine you have style A and style B. The Style API will allow you to import A into B. Upon importing, you can set configurations that apply to A and adjust them at runtime. The configuration properties for the imported style A will depend on what the creator of style A chooses to be configurable. For the Standard style, 6 configuration properties are available for setting lighting, fonts, and label display options (see The Mapbox Standard Style section above).

To import a style, you should add an "imports" section to your Style JSON. In the above example, you would add this "imports" section to your Style JSON for B to import style A and set various configurations such as Montserrat for the font and dusk for the lightPreset.

...
"imports": [
    {
        "id": "A",
        "url": "STYLE_URL_FOR_A",
        "config": {
            "font": "Montserrat",
            "lightPreset": "dusk",
            "showPointOfInterestLabels": true,
            "showTransitLabels": false,
            "showPlaceLabels": true,
            "showRoadLabels": false
        }
    }
],
...

For a full example of importing a style, take a look at our Standard Style Example. This example imports the Standard style into another style Real Estate New York.

We've introduced new APIs on the Style object so you can work with these features:

  • style.styleImports, which returns all the styles you have imported into your main style
  • style.removeStyleImport(), which removes the style import with the passed Id
  • style.getStyleImportSchema(), which returns the full schema describing the style import with the passed Id
  • style.getStyleImportConfigProperties(), which returns all the configuration properties of the style import with the passed Id
  • style.getStyleImportConfigProperty(), which returns the specified configuration property of the style import with the passed Id
  • style.setStyleImportConfigProperties(), which sets all the configuration properties of the style import with the passed Id
  • style.setStyleImportConfigProperty(), which sets the specified configuration property of the style import with the passed Id

Besides modifying the configuration properties of the imported styles, you can add your own layers to the imported style through the concept of slots. Slots are predefined locations in the imported style where your layer will be added to (such as on top of existing land layers, but below all labels). To do this, we've added a new slot property to each Layer. This property allows you to identify which slot in the imported style your new layer should be placed in.

+lineLayer(layerId = "line-layer", sourceId = "line-layer") {
  lineColor(rgb(255.0, 165.0, 0.0))
  slot("middle")
}

For more information, see The Mapbox Standard Style section above.

Migration steps​

1. Update dependencies​

Update your app's dependencies to use the latest version of the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android.

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.mapbox.maps:android:11.0.0'
}

2. Replace deprecated APIs​

Check for deprecated APIs in your code and replace them with the recommended alternatives. Deprecated APIs may be removed in future releases.

2.1 Deprecating MapboxMap.loadStyle methods​

The following methods have been deprecated and will be removed in the next major version:

fun loadStyleUri(styleUri: String, styleTransitionOptions: TransitionOptions? = null, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null, onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener? = null)
fun loadStyleUri(styleUri: String, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null, onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener? = null)
fun loadStyleUri(styleUri: String, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null)
fun loadStyleUri(styleUri: String)
fun loadStyleJson(styleJson: String, styleTransitionOptions: TransitionOptions? = null, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null, onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener? = null)
fun loadStyleJson(styleJson: String, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null, onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener? = null)
fun loadStyleJson(styleJson: String, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null)
fun loadStyleJson(styleJson: String)
fun loadStyle(styleExtension: StyleContract.StyleExtension, styleTransitionOptions: TransitionOptions? = null, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null, onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener? = null)
fun loadStyle(styleExtension: StyleContract.StyleExtension, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null, onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener? = null)

The following functions are introduced to load the style:

// to load the style both from URI or JSON
@JvmOverloads
fun loadStyle(
    style: String,
    onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null,
)

// to load the style using Style DSL
@JvmOverloads
fun loadStyle(
    styleExtension: StyleContract.StyleExtension,
    onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null,
)

Important notes:

  1. When using loadStyle(style: String, onStyleLoaded: Style.OnStyleLoaded? = null) string is first checked if it is a valid URI, and if not - it will be treated as a JSON.
  2. Parameter onMapLoadErrorListener from loadStyle was removed as it was not covering all the map / style loading errors. If you need to listen to those errors, you have to register a specific listener in advance, for example OnMapLoadErrorListener should now be registered with MapboxMap.subscribeMapLoadingError; you could also subscribe to other error / warning events like MapboxMap.subscribeStyleImageMissing or MapboxMap.subscribeStyleImageRemoveUnused.
  3. Parameter styleTransitionOptions from loadStyle was removed. To apply styleTransitionOptions, you should use more granular overloaded loadStyle taking StyleContract.StyleExtension and add transition options in the DSL block:
mapboxMap.loadStyle(
    style(Style.DARK) {
        +transition {
            duration(100L)
            enablePlacementTransitions(false)
        }
        // other runtime styling
    }
)

Related minor breaking change: renamed StyleContract.StyleExtension.styleUri -> StyleContract.StyleExtension.style as this property could now return both URI and JSON:

mapboxMap.loadStyle(style(styleUri = Style.DARK))
// should be replaced with
mapboxMap.loadStyle(style(style = Style.DARK))

2.2 Deprecating event listener APIs​

All Map events have become serializable, which brings type-safety and eliminates deserialization errors. We have deprecated traditional listener-based event API (for example MapboxMap.add<EVENT>Listener() and MapboxMap.remove<EVENT>Listener()) and modified observable event APIs to subscribe dedicated events using MapboxMap.subscribe<EVENT>.

The following methods have been deprecated in favor of subscribe<EVENT> methods and will be removed in the next major version. The full list is:

    fun addOnCameraChangeListener(onCameraChangeListener: OnCameraChangeListener)
    fun removeOnCameraChangeListener(onCameraChangeListener: OnCameraChangeListener)
    fun addOnMapIdleListener(onMapIdleListener: OnMapIdleListener)
    fun removeOnMapIdleListener(onMapIdleListener: OnMapIdleListener)
    fun addOnMapLoadErrorListener(onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener)
    fun removeOnMapLoadErrorListener(onMapLoadErrorListener: OnMapLoadErrorListener)
    fun addOnMapLoadedListener(onMapLoadedListener: OnMapLoadedListener)
    fun removeOnMapLoadedListener(onMapLoadedListener: OnMapLoadedListener)
    fun addOnRenderFrameStartedListener(onRenderFrameStartedListener: OnRenderFrameStartedListener)
    fun removeOnRenderFrameStartedListener(onRenderFrameStartedListener: OnRenderFrameStartedListener)
    fun addOnRenderFrameFinishedListener(onRenderFrameFinishedListener: OnRenderFrameFinishedListener)
    fun removeOnRenderFrameFinishedListener(onRenderFrameFinishedListener: OnRenderFrameFinishedListener)
    fun addOnSourceAddedListener(onSourceAddedListener: OnSourceAddedListener)
    fun removeOnSourceAddedListener(onSourceAddedListener: OnSourceAddedListener)
    fun addOnSourceDataLoadedListener(onSourceDataLoadedListener: OnSourceDataLoadedListener)
    fun removeOnSourceDataLoadedListener(onSourceDataLoadedListener: OnSourceDataLoadedListener)
    fun addOnSourceRemovedListener(onSourceRemovedListener: OnSourceRemovedListener)
    fun removeOnSourceRemovedListener(onSourceRemovedListener: OnSourceRemovedListener)
    fun addOnStyleDataLoadedListener(onStyleDataLoadedListener: OnStyleDataLoadedListener)
    fun removeOnStyleDataLoadedListener(onStyleDataLoadedListener: OnStyleDataLoadedListener)
    fun addOnStyleLoadedListener(onStyleLoadedListener: OnStyleLoadedListener)
    fun removeOnStyleLoadedListener(onStyleLoadedListener: OnStyleLoadedListener)
    fun addOnStyleImageMissingListener(onStyleImageMissingListener: OnStyleImageMissingListener)
    fun removeOnStyleImageMissingListener(onStyleImageMissingListener: OnStyleImageMissingListener)
    fun addOnStyleImageUnusedListener(onStyleImageUnusedListener: OnStyleImageUnusedListener)
    fun removeOnStyleImageUnusedListener(onStyleImageUnusedListener: OnStyleImageUnusedListener)

The following APIs are introduced to subscribe to events:

    fun subscribeCameraChanged(cameraChangedCallback: CameraChangedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeMapIdle(mapIdleCallback: MapIdleCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeMapLoadingError(mapLoadingErrorCallback: MapLoadingErrorCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeMapLoaded(mapLoadedCallback: MapLoadedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeRenderFrameStarted(renderFrameStartedCallback: RenderFrameStartedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeRenderFrameFinished(renderFrameFinishedCallback: RenderFrameFinishedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeSourceAdded(sourceAddedCallback: SourceAddedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeSourceDataLoaded(sourceDataLoadedCallback: SourceDataLoadedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeSourceRemoved(sourceRemovedCallback: SourceRemovedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeStyleDataLoaded(styleDataLoadedCallback: StyleDataLoadedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeStyleLoaded(styleLoadedCallback: StyleLoadedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeStyleImageMissing(styleImageMissingCallback: StyleImageMissingCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeStyleImageRemoveUnused(styleImageRemoveUnusedCallback: StyleImageRemoveUnusedCallback): Cancelable
    fun subscribeResourceRequest(resourceRequestCallback: ResourceRequestCallback): Cancelable

Note: To unsubscribe, use the returned Cancelable object.

For convenience, MapboxMap methods returning Flow of events were introduced: cameraChangedEvents, mapIdleEvents, sourceAddedEvents, sourceRemovedEvents, sourceDataLoadedEvents, styleImageMissingEvents, styleImageRemoveUnusedEvents, renderFrameStartedEvents, renderFrameFinishedEvents, resourceRequestEvents.

Event listeners have been deprecated and replaced with callbacks. Callbacks invoke run method that will return data associated with the specific event.

v10v11
OnCameraChangeListenerCameraChangedCallback
OnMapIdleListenerMapIdleCallback
OnMapLoadErrorListenerMapLoadingErrorCallback
OnMapLoadedListenerMapLoadedCallback
OnRenderFrameStartedListenerRenderFrameStartedCallback
OnRenderFrameFinishedListenerRenderFrameFinishedCallback
OnSourceAddedListenerSourceAddedCallback
OnSourceDataLoadedListenerSourceDataLoadedCallback
OnSourceRemovedListenerSourceRemovedCallback
OnStyleDataLoadedListenerStyleDataLoadedCallback
OnStyleLoadedListenerStyleLoadedCallback
OnStyleImageMissingListenerStyleImageMissingCallback
OnStyleImageUnusedListenerStyleImageRemoveUnusedCallback

2.3 Image utilities​

  • Added ImageExtensionImpl.Builder(imageId, image), ImageExtensionImpl.Builder(imageId, bitmap) constructors and deprecated ImageExtensionImpl.Builder(imageId), ImageExtensionImpl.Builder.image(image), ImageExtensionImpl.Builder.bitmap(bitmap).

3. Check for breaking changes​

The following are breaking changes that may affect your app:

3.1 Location API​

  1. MapView.location2 has been removed and the following methods puckBearingEnabled, showAccuracyRing, accuracyRingColor, accuracyRingBorderColor were moved to MapView.location.
  2. LocationConsumer2 has been dropped in favor of LocationConsumer.
  3. PuckBearingSource was renamed to PuckBearing:
    • mapbox_locationComponentPuckBearingSource was renamed to mapbox_locationComponentPuckBearing.
    • MapView.location2.puckBearingSource will become MapView.location.puckBearing.
  4. MapView.location.puckBearingEanbled is now false by default.
  5. LocationConsumer interface was extended with onError allowing to handle location errors.
  6. LocationConsumer.onAccuracyRadiusUpdated was renamed to LocationConsumer.onHorizontalAccuracyRadiusUpdated.
  1. To keep the 3D model size constant across different zoom levels, platform based scale-expression has been removed in favor of LocationPuck3D.modelScaleMode API, and the default value ModelScaleMode.VIEWPORT keeps the 3D model constant across all zoom levels. This introduced a behavioral breaking change, and the model-scale property needs to be adjusted to correctly render the puck (we found the adjustment to be around 100x of model-scale value, but that could vary depending on model properties, etc.).
3.1.1 Using LocationService instead of LocationEngine​
  1. LocationEngine has been removed. To get a location provider you now have to import the com.mapbox.common.location.* packages and use the LocationService and DeviceLocationProvider with a LocationObserver.

First get a DeviceLocationProvider:

import com.mapbox.common.location.LocationService
import com.mapbox.common.location.LocationServiceFactory
import com.mapbox.common.location.LocationProvider
import com.mapbox.common.location.LocationObserver

val locationService : LocationService = LocationServiceFactory.getOrCreate()
var locationProvider: DeviceLocationProvider? = null
val result = locationService.getDeviceLocationProvider(null)
if (result.isValue) {
    locationProvider = result.value!!
} else {
    Log.error("Failed to get device location provider")
}

There are also overload versions of getDeviceLocationProvider that allows to specify DeviceLocationProviderType and ExtendedLocationProviderParameters:

LocationService::getDeviceLocationProvider(type: DeviceLocationProviderType,
request: LocationProviderRequest? = null, allowUserDefined: Boolean = true):
Expected<LocationError, DeviceLocationProvider>

LocationService::getDeviceLocationProvider(extendedParameters: ExtendedLocationProviderParameters,
request: LocationProviderRequest? = null):
Expected<LocationError, DeviceLocationProvider>

See the documentation for DeviceLocationProviderType and ExtendedLocationProviderParameters for a detailed description of these types.

To receive location updates, create a LocationObserver and override the onLocationUpdateReceived function to handle the locations:

val locationObserver = object: LocationObserver {
        override fun onLocationUpdateReceived(locations: MutableList<Location>) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Location update received: " + locations)
        }
}
locationProvider.addLocationObserver(locationObserver);

To stop receiving updates, remove your observer:

locationProvider.removeLocationObserver(locationObserver);

You can register for location updates via a PendingIntent on the DeviceLocationProvider:

locationProvider.requestLocationUpdates(myPendingIntent)
locationProvider.removeLocationUpdates(myPendingIntent)

You can also register a LocationObserver with a Looper object, the message queue will then be used to implement the callback mechanism:

addLocationObserver(observer: LocationObserver, looper: Looper)

The location provider automatically starts and stops collecting locations based on the amount of subscribers: once the first subscriber is registered, the service starts, and when the last observer is unregistered, the service stops.

If you want to get the last known location, you can do so via the asynchronous LocationProivder.getLastLocation function. The function returns a Cancelable object which allows cancelling the request if needed:

val lastLocationCancelable = locationProvider.getLastLocation { result ->
          result?.let { doSomething(it) }
        }

To cancel the request, call

lastLocationCancelable.cancel()
  1. Compatibility classes com.mapbox.common.location.compat.* have been removed.
3.1.2 Common location migration​
  1. LocationService::getLastLocation() changes.

LocationService::getLastLocation() is replaced by an asynchronous method LocationProvider::getLastLocation()

v10:

LocationService::getLastLocation(): expected<Location, LocationError>

v11:


LocationProvider::getLastLocation(callback: GetLocationCallback): Cancelable
  1. LiveTrackingClient has been replaced by DeviceLocationProvider

Remove lifecycle mode capabilities from LiveTrackingClient/DeviceLocationProvider, LiveTrackingClientSettings::ActivityType, and LiveTrackingClient::flush()

The explicit start() and stop() functions have been removed from the API. DeviceLocationProvider starts as soon as one observer is attached and stops when all observers are removed.

  1. LocationService::getDeviceLocationProvider instead of LocationService::getLiveTrackingClient

Introduce LocationProviderRequest to replace the Value setting and simplify API. Add several overloads for getDeviceLocationProvider to be able to specify custom DeviceLocationProvider parameters.

v10:

LocationService::getLiveTrackingClient(name: String, capabilities: Value): expected<Location, LocationError>

v11:

LocationService::getDeviceLocationProvider(request: optional<LocationProviderRequest>): Expected<DeviceLocationProvider, LocationError>

LocationService::getDeviceLocationProvider(type: DeviceLocationProviderType,
request: LocationProviderRequest? = null, allowUserDefined: Boolean = true):
Expected<LocationError, DeviceLocationProvider>

LocationService::getDeviceLocationProvider(extendedParameters: ExtendedLocationProviderParameters,
request: LocationProviderRequest? = null):
Expected<LocationError, DeviceLocationProvider>

See the documentation for LocationProviderRequest, DeviceLocationProviderType and ExtendedLocationProviderParameters for a detailed description of these types.

  1. LiveTrackingClientObserver changes

Rename LiveTrackingClientObserver to LocationObserver. Method onLiveTrackingStateChanged() removed. Method onLocationUpdateReceived() simplified:

v10:

interface LiveTrackingClientObserver {
    fun onLiveTrackingStateChanged(state: LiveTrackingState, error: LocationError?)
    fun onLocationUpdateReceived(locationUpdate: Expected<LocationError, List<Location>>)
}

v11:

interface LocationObserver {
    fun onLocationUpdateReceived(locations: List<Location>)
}
  1. Add methods that allows to subscribe to location updates with specific Looper or PendingIntent

Extend LocationProvider to allow registering an observer with Looper. The observer will be notified through the given Looper.

addLocationObserver(observer: LocationObserver, looper: Looper)

PendingIntent can be used to register/unregister for DeviceLocationProvider location updates.

requestLocationUpdates(pendingIntent: PendingIntent)
removeLocationUpdates(pendingIntent: PendingIntent)
  1. LocationServiceFactory methods changes

LocationServiceFactory.locationService() method name changed to LocationServiceFactory.getOrCreate()

LocationServiceFactory.setUserDefined() method was removed. It is not possible to set custom LocationService anymore but possible to set custom DeviceLocationProvider with LocationService::setUserDefinedDeviceLocationProviderFactory().

3.2. ResourceOptions and ResourceOptionsManager have been removed​

There can only be one global Mapbox access token used by the application.

The ResourceOptions class has been removed. To set options accessToken, baseURL, dataPath, assetPath, tileStore and tileStoreUsageMode at runtime, use MapboxOptions and MapboxMapsOptions objects.

If you were using ResourceOptions to set the access token and other properties as part of the map view MapInitOptions (or MapSnapshotOptions for the Snapshotter), you can now call the following methods before creating the MapView, MapSurface or Snapshotter:

    MapboxOptions.accessToken = "your_mapbox_access_token"
    MapboxOptions.mapsOptions.tileStore = yourTileStore
    MapboxOptions.mapsOptions.tileStoreUsageMode = yourTileStoreUsageMode

You can find an example at MapViewCustomizationActivity.kt.

The ResourceOptionsManager class has been removed. To set the default token, define a string resource value:

<resources>
    <string name="mapbox_access_token" translatable="false" >your_mapbox_access_token</string>
</resources>

Or you can use MapboxOptions.accessToken property at runtime.

3.3 Events API​

The Observer interface used to subscribe for observable events and associated methods MapboxMap.subscribe(observer: Observer, events: List<String>) and MapboxMap.unsubscribe(observer: Observer, events: List<String>) have been removed. Use MapboxMap.subscribe<EVENT> : Cancelable methods to subscribe to the events.

3.4 Camera Animations API​

  1. The MapAnimationOptions.animatorListener property is removed. To subscribe to animations, provide Animator.animatorListener with flyTo, easeTo, pitchBy, scaleBy, moveBy, rotateBy APIs.
  2. The Cancelable interface is moved from an animation plugin package to a generic common package for reuse across the codebase, e.g., com.mapbox.maps.plugin.animation.Cancelable is replaced with com.mapbox.common.Cancelable.
  3. The MapCameraPlugin's onCameraMove method now uses Point for camera center and EdgeInsets for padding.

3.5 Annotation API​

The Annotation.id changed the type to String from Long. Annotation.id should now be used as a feature identifier instead of Annotation.featureIdentifier when binding annotations to view annotations. Annotation.featureIdentifier has been removed.

3.6 Offline API​

3.6.1 OfflineManager API changes​
  1. The OfflineManagerInterface was removed, use a concrete instance of OfflineManager instead.
  2. The OfflineManager.createTilesetDescriptor(tilesetDescriptorOptionsForTilesets) and TilesetDescriptorOptionsForTilesets were removed. Use TilesetDescriptorOptions.Builder.tilesets to provide additional tilesets to the TilesetDescriptorOptions and create TilesetDescriptor by invoking OfflineManager.createTilesetDescriptor(tilesetDescriptorOptions) function.
  3. The Mapbox access token is removed from TileStoreOptions. The token is now retrieved from the system via MapboxOptions.
3.6.2 Legacy OfflineRegionManager API changes​
  1. The ResponseError is renamed to OfflineRegionError.
  2. The OfflineRegionObserver.responseError(ResponseError) is renamed to OfflineRegionObserver.errorOccurred(OfflineRegionError).
  3. The ResponseErrorReason is renamed to OfflineRegionErrorType.
    1. The OfflineRegionErrorType.DISK_FULL is introduced as a specific error code for shortage of the available space to store the resources.
    2. The OfflineRegionErrorType.TILE_COUNT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED is introduced as a specific error code indicating that the limit on the number of Mapbox tiles stored for offline regions has been reached.
  4. The OfflineRegionObserver.tileCountLimitExceeded() is removed in favor of the new OfflineRegionErrorType.TILE_COUNT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED.
  1. The OfflineRegionError.isFatal flag is introduced, indicating that the error is fatal, in other words the region cannot continue downloading any resources and it will be put to inactive state.

3.7 Query Rendered/Source Features API​

  1. The single MapboxMap.queryRenderedFeatures method accepts RenderedQueryGeometry and returns the list of QueriedRenderedFeature in the callback, allowing to check which layers contain the feature.
  2. The deprecated MapboxMap.queryRenderedFeatures and MapboxMap.queryFeatureExtensions methods are removed.
  3. The MapboxMap.querySourceFeatures returns Cancelable.

3.8 Feature State API​

  1. The callback argument callback: QueryFeatureStateCallback is added to the following methods: MapboxMap.getFeatureState, MapboxMap.setFeatureState, MapboxMap.removeFeatureState.
  2. The following feature state methods now return Cancelable: MapboxMap.getFeatureState, MapboxMap.setFeatureState, MapboxMap.removeFeatureState.

3.9 Snapshot API​

  1. Methods Snapshotter.setTileMode, Snapshotter.isInTileMode were removed.
  2. Interface MapSnapshotInterface was removed.
  3. Snapshotter.start method has been changed to align with iOS. This also brings benefit of less image copy operations and allowing to re-use the same Canvas to do custom drawing over the snapshot for the user if needed by introducing SnapshotOverlay class.
// in v10
snapshotter.start { mapSnapshotterInterface ->
    // explicit check for nullability
    mapSnapshotterInterface?.let { mapSnapshot ->
        // extra copy operation
        val bitmap = mapSnapshot.bitmap()
        // creating own Canvas
        val canvas = Canvas(bitmap)
        canvas.drawOval(RectF(0f, 0f, 100f, 100f), Paint())
        val imageView = ImageView(context)
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap)
        setContentView(imageView)
    }
}

// in v11
snapshotter.start { snapshotBitmap, errorMessage ->
    start(
        overlayCallback = { overlay ->
            overlay.canvas.drawOval(
                RectF(0f, 0f, 100f, 100f),
                Paint()
            )
        }
    ) { bitmap, errorMessage ->
        if (errorMessage != null) {
            Toast.makeText(
                context,
                errorMessage,
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
            ).show()
        }
        val imageView = ImageView(context)
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap)
        setContentView(imageView)
    }
}

3.10 Style API​

  1. The new Mapbox Standard style Style.STANDARD has been introduced as the default style.
  2. Mapbox style constants have been updated to use the latest versions bringing performance improvements:
Stylev10v11
MAPBOX_STREETSmapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12
SATELLITE_STREETSmapbox://styles/mapbox/satellite-streets-v11mapbox://styles/mapbox/satellite-streets-v12
OUTDOORSmapbox://styles/mapbox/outdoors-v11mapbox://styles/mapbox/outdoors-v12
LIGHTmapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v10mapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v11
DARKmapbox://styles/mapbox/dark-v10mapbox://styles/mapbox/dark-v11
STANDARDN / Amapbox://styles/mapbox/standard
  1. The MapboxMap methods: getGeoJsonClusterLeaves, getGeoJsonClusterChildren, getGeoJsonClusterExpansionZoom all return Cancelable.
  2. Remove deprecated MapStyleStateDelegate.isFullyLoaded and MapboxMap.isFullyLoaded. Style.isStyleLoaded should be used instead.
  3. Remove deprecated Layer transition properties: backgroundPatternTransition, lineDasharrayTransition, linePatternTransition, fillPatternTransition.
  4. Remove Style.setStyleGeoJSONSourceData(sourceId: String, data: GeoJSONSourceData) method.
  1. Argument dataId of the GeoJson.feature, GeoJson.featureCollection, GeoJson.geometry, GeoJson.url, GeoJson.data became non-nullable.
  2. Remove deprecated GeoJsonSource public constructor, builder should be used instead.
  3. Light API has been enhanced and Light has become FlatLight:
    • DSL function to create light instance light { } should be replaced with flatLight { }.
    • Light() should be replaced with FlatLight(id: String). Any id should work for now as only single instance of flat light is supported at the moment.
    • Style.setStyleLight(parameters: Value) removed and should be replaced with Style.setStyleLights(lights: Value); Style.setStyleLightProperty(id: String, light: Value), Style.getStyleLightProperty(property: String) removed and should be replaced with similar overloaded functions with id: String parameter.
  4. Remove Style.getStyleSourcesAttribution. MapboxMap.getAttributions should be used instead.
  1. All style enum classes from Property.kt and SourceProperties.kt became regular classes instead of enums. Enum functions ordinal, name, values are not available anymore, but valueOf still exists. When using these classes with when expression else branch will have to be implemented.
  2. Remove MapInitOptions.optimizeForTerrain as it has become redundant.
  3. Remove setter functions for Style.styleURI and Style.styleJSON as loading the style should happen only with MapboxMap.loadStyle.
  4. Extension function Style.getProjection() return type changed from Projection to Projection?. NULL is returned when the projection is undefined, before an undefined projection was treated as Mercator projection.
  5. (Kotlin only) Remove Style.getStyleSources() / Style.getStyleLayers(). Properties Style.styleSources / Style.styleLayers should be used instead.

3.11 Render Cache API​

  1. The experimental MapboxMap.setRenderCacheOptions and MapboxMap.getRenderCacheOptions APIs are removed.
  2. The experimental MapboxMap.setMemoryBudget API is renamed to MapboxMap.setTileCacheBudget and is promoted to a stable API.

3.12 Attributes API​

The AlertDialog of attribution plugin has been migrated from android.app.AlertDialog to androidx.appcompat.app.AlertDialog.

3.13 Usage of data classes​

  1. The plugin settings classes - AttributionSettings, CompassSettings, GesturesSettings, LocationComponentSettings, LogoSettings, ScaleBarSettings - are not Kotlin data classes anymore as there are known limitations of using data class as public API to be not scalable. These setting classes are now made as final classes that implement Parcelable.
  2. ImageHolder class is introduced to represent either a drawable id or a Bitmap. The following properties are updated to use this new type: CompassSettings.image, LocationPuck2D.topImage, LocationPuck2D.bearingImage, LocationPuck2D.shadowImage.

3.14 Usage of interfaces​

Native interfaces StyleManagerInterface, StyleInterface, CameraManagerInterface, MapInterface, ObservableInterface have been removed. MapboxMap and Style, which were implementing those interfaces, should now be used to call native methods.

3.15 Changes in the network stack​

Those changes should only affect you if you explicitly access the Mapbox network stack by overwriting it or adding an interceptor.

  1. HttpServiceFactory.getInstance, HttpServiceFactory.reset, HttpServiceFactory.setUserDefined methods were removed from the public API. This means that you are not allowed to overwrite the Mapbox network stack anymore.
  2. To add an interceptor, you should call HttpServiceFactory.setHttpServiceInterceptor instead of HttpServiceFactory.getInstance().setInterceptor.
  3. HttpResponseData.code type changed from long to int.
  4. HttpServiceInterceptorInterface.onDownload method was removed.
  5. The signature for HttpServiceInterceptorInterface.onRequest and HttpServiceInterceptorInterface.onReponse was changed. The return value is passed through a continuation instead of the methods' return value.
  6. The ability to overwrite for HTTP stack through modular setup has been removed, for example if you have used @MapboxModule(type = MapboxModuleType.CommonHttpClient) in your application, it will not overwrite the network stack in Mapbox Maps SDK v11 anymore.
  7. Introduce HttpRequestFlags constants to set additional HttpRequest parameters. HttpRequest.keepCompression moved to HttpRequest.flags(HttpRequestFlags.KEEP_COMPRESSION).
  8. Introduce HttpRequestFlags.PAUSE_IN_BACKGROUND that can be enabled using HttpRequest.flags. If this flag is enabled and the application also has the com.mapbox.common.http.pause_requests_on_demand setting, the request will be performed in the foreground only. In case application is in the background, the request will be queued.

To set com.mapbox.common.http.pause_requests_on_demand add an http-config.xml file with the following content:

<resources>
<bool name="com.mapbox.common.http.pause_requests_on_demand">true</bool>
</resources>

Alternatively, the value can be added to other resource XML file if one already exist.

Here is an example code to create a request with the PAUSE_IN_BACKGROUND flag:

HttpRequest httpRequest = new HttpRequest.Builder().method(HttpMethod.GET)
                    .url(url)
                    .headers(new HashMap<>())
                    .flags(HttpRequestFlags.PAUSE_IN_BACKGROUND)
                    .build();

It is also possible to combine the PAUSE_IN_BACKGROUND with other flags. To set both PAUSE_IN_BACKGROUND and KEEP_COMPRESSION flags, use HttpRequestFlags.PAUSE_IN_BACKGROUND | HttpRequestFlags.KEEP_COMPRESSION as the value for the flags property.

3.16 Java-specific changes​

The callback for animations has been removed from AnimationOptions and can now be optionally passed when executing the animation. While this is an optional declaration for Kotlin, it's considered a breaking change for Java.

    mapCamera.easeTo(
        new CameraOptions.Builder()
            .center(Point.fromLngLat(location.getLongitude(), location.getLatitude()))
            .bearing((double) location.getBearing())
            .pitch(45.0)
            .zoom(17.0)
            .padding(new EdgeInsets(1000, 0, 0, 0))
            .build(),
        mapAnimationOptionsBuilder.build(),
            null // add additional null
    );

3.17 Settings service changes​

The interface SettingsServiceInterface has been removed in favor of class SettingsService. SettingsServiceFactory.getInstance(...) now returns the SettingsService class.

3.18 Kotlin-specific changes​

The method MapView.getMapboxMap() has been deprecated. Use property MapView.mapboxMap instead.

The method MapSurface.getMapboxMap() has been deprecated. Use property MapSurface.mapboxMap instead.

The method MapboxMap.getStyle() has been deprecated. Use property MapboxMap.style instead.

3.19 Plugin changes​

All Mapbox plugin implementations have now become internal as they were designed initially. Public plugin interfaces have to be used instead:

  1. CameraAnimationsPluginImpl -> CameraAnimationsPlugin
  2. AnnotationPluginImpl -> AnnotationPlugin
  3. AttributionPluginImpl -> AttributionPlugin
  4. CompassViewPlugin -> CompassPlugin
  5. GesturesPluginImpl -> GesturesPlugin
  6. MapboxLifecyclePluginImpl -> MapboxLifecyclePlugin
  7. LocationComponentPluginImpl -> LocationComponentPlugin
  8. LogoViewPlugin -> LogoPlugin
  9. MapOverlayPluginImpl -> MapOverlayPlugin
  10. ScaleBarPluginImpl -> ScaleBarPlugin
  11. ViewportPluginImpl -> ViewportPlugin

3.20 View annotations​

  1. ViewAnnotationOptions now accepts AnnotatedFeature of types Geometry or AnnotatedLayerFeature instead of geometry and associatedFeatureId. Both allow to attach view annotation to the complex feature geometries (for example line or fill layers).

To create view annotation tied to the layer feature (the view annotation visibility and position will be updated when the feature is changed or goes out of the viewport):

val viewAnnotation = viewAnnotationManager.addViewAnnotation(
  R.layout.view_annotation,
  viewAnnotationOptions {
    annotatedLayerFeature("layer-id") {
      featureId("feature-id") // optionally, feature within layer
    }
  }
)

To create view annotation tied to the static geometry:

val viewAnnotation = viewAnnotationManager.addViewAnnotation(
  R.layout.view_annotation,
  viewAnnotationOptions {
    geometry(Point.fromLngLat(-122.3915, 37.6177)) // geometry can be LineString, Polygon etc.
  }
)

For the more detailed example of the new View Annotations use refer to the DynamicViewAnnotationsActivity.kt.

  1. ViewAnnotationManager.getViewAnnotationByFeatureId is renamed to ViewAnnotationManager.getViewAnnotation.
  2. ViewAnnotationManager.getViewAnnotationOptionsByView is renamed to ViewAnnotationManager.getViewAnnotationOptions.
  3. ViewAnnotationManager.getViewAnnotationOptionsByFeatureId is renamed to ViewAnnotationManager.getViewAnnotationOptions.
  4. ViewAnnotationOptions accepts list of anchors variableAnchors instead of anchor/offsetX/offsetY.
  5. ViewAnnotationAnchorConfig fields offsetX/offsetY are now of type Double instead of Int.
  6. ViewAnnotationOptions fields width/height are now of type Double instead of Int.
  7. OnViewAnnotationUpdatedListener.onViewAnnotationPositionUpdated arguments width/height are now of type Double instead of Int.

4. Test your app​

Test your app thoroughly after making the changes to make sure everything works as expected.

New APIs and minor ergonomic improvements​

Lighting and 3D Model APIs​

The new Standard style and its dynamic lighting is powered by the new Style and Lighting APIs that you can experiment with. The following experimental APIs can be used to control the look and feel of the map.

Lighting API​

  • Style.addLight(ambientLight: AmbientLight, directionalLight: DirectionalLight) should be used to enable and setup Ambient and Directional light. This could be also used in Style DSL with dynamicLight DSL function:
mapView.mapboxMap.loadStyle(
  style(style = Style.STANDARD) {
    // other DSL code
    +dynamicLight(
      blockAmbient = {
        intensity(5.0)
      },
      blockDirectional = {
        castShadows(true)
      }
    )
  }
)

Layer emissiveness controls​

The following layer properties control the emissiveness of specific layers:

  • BackgroundLayer.backgroundEmissiveStrength
  • CircleLayer.circleEmissiveStrength
  • FillLayer.fillEmissiveStrength
  • LineLayer.lineEmissiveStrength
  • SymbolLayer.iconEmissiveStrength
  • SymbolLayer.textEmissiveStrength
  • ModelLayer.modelEmissiveStrength

New FillExtrusionLayer properties​

For the FillExtrusionLayer, you have control over various properties, such as ambient occlusion, flood lighting, and edge roundness.

  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionRoundedRoof
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionEdgeRadius
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionAmbientOcclusionWallRadius
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionAmbientOcclusionGroundRadius
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionAmbientOcclusionGroundAttenuation
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionFloodLightColor
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionFloodLightIntensity
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionFloodLightWallRadius
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionFloodLightGroundRadius
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionFloodLightGroundAttenuation
  • FillExtrusionLayer.fillExtrusionVerticalScale

LineLayer occlusion visibility​

  • The new LineLayer.lineDepthOcclusionFactor property controls the visibility of a line layer occluded by 3D objects, such as buildings or fill extrusions.

Icon cross-fading for the SymbolLayer​

  • The new SymbolLayer.iconImageCrossFade property controls cross-fading between two icon variants. The property can be used together with measure-light expression to cross-fade between light and dark icons.

ModelLayer​

We've also introduced an experimental ModelLayer that allows you to render 3D models on the map. Try it out, and let us know your feedback!

Jetpack Compose Extension​

With Android Maps SDK v11, we also released an optional compose extension, to make it easier to integrate Mapbox Maps to your app using Jetpack Compose. For more details, take a look at our Jetpack Compose Extension Guide and our compose example application.

Query Rendered Features and Feature State API improvements​

  • Added suspend variants for the async MapboxMap methods: queryRenderedFeatures, querySourceFeatures, setFeatureState, getFeatureState, removeFeatureState,resetFeatureStates, getGeoJsonClusterLeaves, getGeoJsonClusterChildren, getGeoJsonClusterExpansionZoom.
  • Added MapboxMap.resetFeatureStates method to reset all feature states within the source.

Camera API improvements​

  • We made padding parameter optional for MapboxMap methods cameraForCoordinateBounds, cameraForCoordinates, cameraForGeometry.
  • Added FreeCameraOptions methods getLocation, getAltitude, setLocation, setAltitude to control location/altitude independently of each other.
  • Added MapboxMap.coordinateBoundsForRect returning CoordinateBounds for given RectF of screen coordinates.

Style API and expressions improvements​

New expressions​

We have introduced a new set of expressions to enhance your styling capabilities:

  • hsl, hsla: These expressions allow you to define colors using hue, saturation, lightness format.
  • random: Generate random values using this expression. Use this expression to generate random values, which can be particularly helpful for introducing randomness into your map data.
  • measureLight: Create dynamic styles based on lighting conditions.
  • activeAnchor: Now, you can assign a unique image to each variable anchor of a symbol layer.

Raster colorization​

The raster colorization feature allows you to change the visualization of the raster data. This feature is particularly useful for the colorization of satellite imagery, grayscale radar tiles, rgb-encoded terrain, or population density tiles.

You can enable raster colorization via the rasterColor expression and RasterLayer.rasterColor, RasterLayer.rasterColorMix, RasterLayer.rasterColorRange layer properties.

Improved expression ergonomics​

  • Added custom lint rules to check:

    • illegal usage of literals in Expression DSL and suggest auto fix
    • illegal number of arguments within given Expression DSL
    • unused layer/source/light/terrain/atmosphere/projection objects in the Style DSL, and suggest auto fix to add it to the style using unaryPlus(+) operator

  • Added Expression overload functions linearInterpolator, exponentialInterpolator, cubicBezierInterpolator, step, match and switchCase to construct the expressions with strongly typed parameters.

General API improvements​

  • Added ImageSource.updateImage(Bitmap) convenience method for updating the image of the ImageSource.
  • Copy relevant Style methods to MapboxMap. This provides better alignment with GL-JS and iOS and also allows accessing style methods before initial style is loaded with MapboxMap.loadStyle.

AnnotationManager API improvements​

  • Added PointAnnotation.iconTextFit and PointAnnotation.iconTextFitPadding to use instead of deprecated PointAnnotationManager.iconTextFit and PointAnnotationManager.iconTextFitPadding. The new properties allow you to create uniquely looking callout annotations with ease.
  • Added clustering support for CircleAnnotationManager.

Introducing Partial GeoJsonSource APIs​

Introduced GeoJsonSource.addGeoJSONSourceFeatures, GeoJsonSource.updateGeoJSONSourceFeatures, GeoJsonSource.removeGeoJSONSourceFeatures APIs to partially mutate the geojson source data instead of passing the whole source data for every update. New methods are faster (up to four times), performance boost is most visible when small number of features in large geojson sources are mutated.

Tracing API​

The new Tracing API allows you to enable two types of traces:

  • Native Rendering Engine Traces: To enable these traces, use the method MapboxTracing.enableCore(). These traces encompass native render calls, style loading, tile requests, tile parsing and more.
  • Android Platform Traces: To enable these traces, use the method MapboxTracing.enablePlatform(). These traces cover Android render thread calls, such as preparing and destroying the surface.

Additionally, you have the option to enable all traces at once using MapboxTracing.enableAll(). If you want to disable all tracing, use MapboxTracing.disableAll().

You can find more details about Tracing API use in the Developing guide

Mapbox Maps Recorder​

MapboxMapRecorder provides API to record and replay map interaction sessions. Such recordings can be used to debug issues which require multiple steps to reproduce. Usage example could are available at this link.

Conclusion​

Following the above steps will help you migrate your app to the latest version of the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android. If you find any issues during the migration process, refer to the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android documentation or reach out to the Mapbox support team for help.

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