Release Notes
Release Notes (v2.5)
Release notes for the Amazon Maps SDK are provided here.
July 28, 2020 (doc updates only)
The initial plans to release the maps service to Fire OS 7 tablets on July 28 was pushed out to August 30.The plan to uplevel Fire OS 6 tablets to Fire OS 7 has also been pushed out to a later date.(The uplevel date is still TBD and is dependent on the success of the maps service rollout to existing Fire OS 7 tablets on August 30.)
July 2, 2020
See Deprecation Notice for Amazon Maps v1.0 and v2.0 for full details about the deprecation and timelines for transitioning to v2.5.
Features No Longer Supported
SDK v2.5 will no longer support the features listed in the following tables.
Important: Amazon Maps SDK v2.5 retains a no-op implementation so that existing developers will not face compilation issues.No-op means the deprecated methods exist (so your app will compile) but they do nothing.
AmazonMap Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| interface |
AmazonMap.CancelableCallback |
This interface is invoked when animation from one place to another place on map is cancelled.Animation is no longer supported. |
| interface |
AmazonMap.OnMapLoadedCallback |
This callback is not invoked when rendering is complete. |
| final void |
animateCamera(CameraUpdate update, AmazonMap.CancelableCallback callback) |
Animation is no longer supported. |
| final void |
animateCamera(CameraUpdate update, int durationMs, AmazonMap.CancelableCallback callback) |
Animation is no longer supported. |
| final void |
animateCamera(CameraUpdate update) |
Animation is no longer supported. |
| final void |
stopAnimation() |
Animation is no longer supported. |
AmazonMapOptions Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| AmazonMapOptions |
liteMode(boolean enabled) |
N/A |
| AmazonMapOptions |
useViewLifecycleInFragment(boolean useViewLifecycleInFragment) |
N/A |
| AmazonMapOptions |
zOrderOnTop(boolean zOrderOnTop) |
N/A |
Polygon Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| void |
setGeodesic(boolean geodesic) |
N/A |
| void |
setHoles(List<? extends List<LatLng>> holes) |
N/A |
PolygonOptions Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| PolygonOptions |
addHole(Iterable<LatLng> points) |
N/A |
| PolygonOptions |
geodesic(boolean geodesic) |
N/A |
PolyLine Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| void |
setGeodesic(boolean geodesic) |
N/A |
PolyLineOptions Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| PolylineOptions |
geodesic(boolean geodesic) |
N/A |
Tile Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| Constructors |
Tile(int width, int height, byte[] data) |
N/A |
TileOverlay Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| void |
clearTileCache() |
N/A |
| void |
setFadeIn(boolean fadeIn) |
N/A |
TileOverlayOptions Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| TileOverlayOptions |
fadeIn(boolean fadeIn) |
N/A |
| boolean |
getFadeIn() |
N/A |
| TileOverlayOptions |
tileProvider(TileProvider tileProvider) |
This is partially supported in Maps SDK v2.5.Not all TileProviders implementations are supported; currently, only UrlTileProvider based implementations are supported.UrlTileProvider implements the TileProvider interface.You must implement a class that extends UrlTileProvider, and use that class as the tile provider when calling this API. |
New Features
The following features are new in Maps v2.5.
Marker Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| void |
setFlat(boolean flat) |
N/A |
MarkerOptions Class
| Class / Interface / Feature |
Property / Method / Interface |
Remarks |
| MarkerOptions |
flat(boolean flat) |
N/A |
Jan 3, 2019
- Fixed Fire OS 5 compatibility issues in Amazon Maps SDK 2.0.
