3.0 Planning #1236
Description
This is a high level plan for library 3.0 release. This will be a breaking change that will allow refactoring.
- All deprecated methods will be removed, made private or renamed.
- Only Android 8+ will be supported. As of 2025 this is over 97% of Android devices.
- Remove any code intended to support pre-Android 8 versions will be removed. For example:
- CycledLeScannerforJellyBeanMR2
- BluetoothMecic
- All conditional constructs like
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
- BeaconManager, Beacon, Region and other high level classes will be converted to Kotlin with others to follow.
- The 3.0 library's API will be backwards compatible with the non-deprecated APIs of the latest 2.x versions, although subtle behavioral differences may exist
- An upgrade path document will be published that directs the user to first get apps working with the latest 2.x build, then remove all deprecated method uses, then upgrade to 3.x