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v5.0.4 - December 3, 2024​

  • Added: Widget swipeability control (controlled from the Outbrain backend)

v5.0.3 - November 19, 2024​

  • Added: Organic referrer reporting

v5.0.2 - November 5, 2024​

  • Minor: Fixed viewability issue for React Native integration

v5.0.1 - October 20, 2024​

  • Minor: Removed redundant dependencies

v5.0.0 - October 13, 2024​

  • Removed: SmartFeed and everything related to this feature
  • Added: HW Acceleration
  • Additional troubleshooting tools

v4.32.1 - September 4, 2024​

  • Fixed: OBComposeViewWidget availability

v4.32.0 - September 1, 2024​

  • Outbrain Compose plugin - merged into the SDK (no more need to include 2 packages in Compose projects)

v4.30.10 - July 15, 2024​

  • Fix - WebView SSL error handling in SFWebViewWidget which caused Google to show an error message in Play Console.
  • Fix - Removed redundant dependency which caused issues on Android 15.

v4.30.9 - June 10, 2024​

  • Fix - "shouldCollapsedOnError" clicks on video.

v4.30.8 - May 12, 2024​

  • Minor - change visibility of method void onViewScrollChanged(ViewGroup containerView) to "public".

v4.30.7 - May 7, 2024​

  • Minor - make sure that onOrganicClick will always run on the Main thread.

v4.30.6 - April 30, 2024​

  • Minor - Update OKHTTP to com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-bom:4.12.0

v4.30.5 - April 10, 2024​

  • Minor - add new event to Outbrain "event bus" - the event "Viewability Fired".

v4.30.4 - March 19, 2024​

  • Feature - add support for pubImpId.
  • Internal - Upgrade project infra (Grade plugin 8, compileSDK 34, Java 17, gradle dependecies).
  • Feature - add support for gpp params.

v4.30.3 - January 22, 2024​

  • Internal - native sdk - stop reporting to DWWG reportViewed data.

v4.30.2 - December 21, 2023​

  • Internal - no changes - learning purpose of how to update and release version

v4.30.1 - December 14, 2023​

  • Internal - no changes - learning purpose of how to update and release version

v4.30.0 - December 11, 2023​

  • Internal - remove journal app from this project + update CI accordingly
  • Fix - update height logic to fix the resize() (starting v4.30.0)

v4.26.6 - October 4, 2023​

  • Security fix - upgrade android-gif-drawable library, pl.droidsonroids.relinker.a caused security warnings.

v4.26.5 - September 14, 2023​

  • Feature - mSFSmartfeedWidget.toggleDarkMode(darkMode); instead of re-creating SFWebViewWidget on darkMode change.

v4.26.2 - August 20, 2023​

  • Improvement - Allow publishers to override the default bottom padding with SFWebViewHeightDelegate

v4.26.0 - July 31, 2023​

  • Feature - Bridge, add support for infiniteWidgetsOnTheSamePage
  • Feature - Bridge, add support for extid and extid2 for the Bridge

v4.25.0 - July 16, 2023​

  • Improvement - improve the implementation for fetching Android Advertiser ID. No need to use AdMob APP_ID anymore.

v4.24.0 - June 28, 2023​

  • Feature - OBCompose - modernize all the dependencies and release flow. Integrate with the latest SDK version.
  • Feature - add 2 new events of Otto bus for optional use by publishers when using the Bridge: HeightChangeEvent and BridgeRecsReceivedEvent.
  • Internal - passing of T-param is now done via Otto bus
  • Internal - disable scroll bar from SFWebViewWidget.

v4.23.0 - June 11, 2023​

  • Internal - targetSDK set to 32 following feedback from a main publisher saying 33 is too advanced and cause problems.
  • Important - finally update our SDK to use 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:22.1.0' (was 15.0.1). Breaking changes for publishers - all apps should make sure to include AdMob APPLICATION_ID in their app AndroidManifest.xml file.

v4.22.0 - May 11, 2023​

  • Internal - dependencies library + upgrade compileSDK to 33 + update build tools and gradle wrapper
  • Internal - Update to the new way of publishing library via maven-publish plugin and fix errors when uploading AAR to cherry-repo.com
  • Internal - update CircleCI build accordingly
  • Internal - compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion upgrade to 33 (was 31)
  • Internal - tools.build.gradle upgrade to 7.3.1 (was 4.2.2)

v4.21.0 - March 2, 2023​

  • Hotfix - SDK should call SFWebViewWidget.this.requestLayout(); on Main thread

v4.21.0 - February 28, 2023​

  • Fix - Bridge No connectivity - change SFWebViewNetworkDelegate to be a static WeakReference.

v4.20.1 - February 21, 2023​

  • Internal - update GIF library due to security warning - 'pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable:1.2.25'.

v4.20.0 - February 15, 2023​

  • Fix - Video widget sometimes crashed due to chromium known issue with post image, see reference1 and reference2 and reference3

  • Feature - add a new flag shouldCollapseOnError, i.e. height of WebView will collapse to 0 on network error.

  • Feature - support for OBNews in "regular" and "Bridge" widgets.

v4.19.0 - January 19, 2023​

  • Internal - add query param to all ODB and MV requests ref=https://app-sdk.outbrain.com/

v4.18.0 - January 11, 2023​

  • Internal - add query param to all ODB and MV requests ref=app.sdk

v4.17.0 - December 20, 2022​

  • Internal - use bridgeParams to pass values between 2 Bridge widget on the same page (instead of t param)

v4.16.0 - December 7, 2022​

  • Feature - add support for platforms API for the Bridge (SFWebViewWidget).

v4.15.0 - October 31, 2022​

  • Internal - add deviceType and dosv params to Bridge and ODB requests to improve user-agent detection.

v4.14.0 - September 14, 2022​

  • Feature - Bridge support for "widget external events", passed via SFWebViewEventsListener.

v4.12.0 - August 24, 2022​

  • Minor - add a new SFWebViewEventsListener to receive the onWidgetRendered event (external events)

v4.11.1 - August 11, 2022​

  • Infra - Take the 2 dependecies from jcenter() (service not available anymore) and upload them both to cherry-repo.com instead.

v4.10.1 - July 27, 2022​

  • Minor - change Bridge loadMore() method to be public

v4.10.0 - July 19, 2022​

  • Infra: Compile with Min SDK: 16 --> 21
  • Infra: Compile with TargetSDK: 30 --> 31
  • Infra: OKHttp library update from 3.12.x to 4.9.3
  • Infra: Picasso 2.71828 --> 2.8
  • Error Fix - OKHttp mismatch version error.
  • Internal - many Lint fixes
  • Internal - add oo (opted out) param to viewability report
  • Internal - add new Bridge method for error reporting coming from the html

v4.9.0 - May 31, 2022​

  • Bug fix - memory leak report by a publisher PR
  • Improvement - add protection in code in case a mandatory field from ODB response is missing.
  • Internal - add "error report" to Outbrain backend in case of major error in SDK.
  • Improvement - refactor code around Otto Bus library
  • Internal - change the logic of isPaid() to be similar to JS widget
  • Internal - create SFWebViewWidgetVisibility for "compose solution"

v4.8.7 - May 18, 2022​

  • Bug fix - Fix Crash on OKHTTP interceptor on bad URL
  • Bug fix - Fix for the bridge problem - WebView scrolls to top on click

v4.8.6 - April 07, 2022​

  • Feature - Bridge viewability

v4.8.5 - March 30, 2022​

  • Feature - support regular widget with bridge widget (idx=1) in one page

v4.8.4 - March 27, 2022​

  • Feature - support configure viewability per listing for ViewGroup.
  • Improvement - Bridge initialization with ViewGroup. No need to pass RecyclerView or ScrollView.
  • Improvement - loading more items calculations in Bridge are more accurate.
  • Internal - preventing task hijacking in sample app.

v4.8.3 - January 19, 2022​

  • Fix - remove JCenter dependencies

v4.8.2 - January 18, 2022​

  • Internal - GCP fix - assets for sample app upload didn't work on CI.

v4.8.1 - January 13, 2022​

  • Internal - Add all SmartFeed options to main activity

v4.8.0 - December 14, 2021​

  • Feature - SFWebViewWidget (SDK bridge) support for 2 widgets on the same page (widgetIndex param).
  • Feature - Support for darkMode in SFWebViewWidget (SDK-bridge).
  • Infra - build with with compileSDK=30 minSDK=16

v4.4.1 - October 26, 2021​

  • Fix - memory leaks reported by Leak Canary (related to OBCardView and ViewablityTimerTask) - now fixed.
  • Update - remove all instances of OBTextView from SDK code and examples (it was deprecated before, now completly removed).

v4.4.0 - October 24, 2021​

  • Improvement - UI fixes for the Smartfeed according to new design guidelines.
  • Feature - Viewability per listing for regular widget
  • Feature - support video on SDK Bridge
  • Improvement - add darkMode flag to ODB requests.
  • Update - fix Journal sample app with the new implementation for Viewability per listing

v4.3.4 - July 8, 2021​

  • Bug fix - leftovers from v4.2.0 for Widget header should appear only once per widget fixed only for single col widget and not for items in line widget

  • Improvement - add support for parsing desc field for OBRecommendation rec.getDescription()

v4.3.3 - June 16, 2021​

  • Bug fix - Widget header should appear only once per widget (this is the 2nd part for the fix in v4.2.0)

v4.3.2 - May 24, 2021​

  • Minor - SFThemeImpl should be extendable + allow publisher to custom set the header color, primary color, etc.
  • Release on Jitpack.io

v4.3.0 - March 21, 2021​

  • Minor - fix title color for organic recs (should be the same as paid)
  • Bug fix - widget title color should be according to dark\light theme
  • Improvement - add defaultMarginInGrid as a new property in OBSmartFeed
  • Feature - support new ODB setting dynamic:HeaderFontSize

v4.2.0 - February 28, 2021​

  • Feature - SFWebView solution (Smartfeed on WebView)
  • Internal – Parse and use ODB settings dynamic:IsShowButton from odb response
  • Internal – Implement support for new ODB settings dynamic:OrganicSourceFormat and dynamic:PaidSourceFormat
  • Bug fix – Widget header should appear only once per widget
  • Bug fix - Fix for displaySourceOnOrganicRec - it didnt work for single col rec

v4.1.0 - February 14, 2021​

  • Feature: CTA button on single rec
  • Feature: Smartfeed theme color can be customized by the publisher
  • Bug fix - OKHttp close respones body leaks
  • Bug fix - Viewablity weak listener in ViewTimerTask.java was gone before event was dispatched.

v4.0.2 - November 25, 2020​

  • Feature: "dark mode" support (configure with this.obSmartFeed.setDarkMode(true))
  • Feature: Read More
  • Bug fix - Fixed memomery leaks detected by Leak Canary in Viewability flow and in VideoUtils.

v4.0.1 - October 13, 2020​

  • Critical Change: Support for AndroidX - compile with API 29, min SDK is 16
  • Feature: GIF image format support.
  • Feature: Weekly
  • Feature: Support for platforms odb endpoint
  • Feature: Aura platform support (via contextKV)
  • Internal: Update OKHttp3 version from 3.10.0 (2018-02-24) to 3.12.12 (2020-05-17)
  • Bug fix - SFViewability per listing - there were several ViewTimerTasks that run on the same rec
  • Bug fix - SFViewability per listing - when app switched to background - the viewability timer tasks kept on running, resulting in a burden on the system.

v3.9.2 - June 22, 2020​

  • Feature: Branded Carousel card
  • Feature: App install card
  • Bug fix: if "custom ui" is configured - font should stay "as is" (bypass optimizations)
  • Internal: add sdkVersion param to video url

v3.9.0 - April 14, 2020​

  • Feature: support for optimizations (A\B tests) in Smartfeed
  • Internal: add default vidget url
  • Internal: change isVideoItem logic (only vid=1)
  • Bug fix: if "source format" was active and "source name" was null - the sdk would crash

v3.8.5 - January 22, 2020​

  • Feature: support CCPA according to the official iAB guidelines (last page)
  • Feature: new Smartfeed card - trending in category
  • Internal - add article url to video url params
  • Bug fix - bad values for dynamic:PaidLabelTextColor or dynamic:PaidLabelBackgroundColor could crash the SDK

v3.7.10 - October 28, 2019​

  • Improvement - add displaySourceOnOrganicRec flag in OBSmartFeed
  • Feature - support Video in "2 items in line" (outside of grid)

v3.7.9 - September 12, 2019​

  • Bug fix - SFItemData for horizontal type view was missing the OBResponseRequest - might affect Viewability per listing.
  • Improvement: add getter for hasMore() in OBSmartFeed.
  • Internal - in case of multivac success with 0 cards in response - we need to log error and set the isLoading.
  • Internal - add protection for checking hasMore before fetchMoreRecommendations is called.

v3.7.8 - August 26, 2019​

  • Bug fix - SDK crashed if rec image url was an empty string.
  • Bug fix - Viewability data null, add some protection in code to try to avoid "null pointer exception" crash.
  • Bug fix - Update UI in parent response for smartfeed with no children.
  • Bug fix - OBSmartFeedDefaultListener exception for startActivity with appContext.

v3.7.7 - July 15, 2019​

  • Bug fix - Add protection in code to fix a crash happening on Activity restoration (Adapter.notifyItemRangeInserted null object reference) - part 2

v3.7.6 - July 11, 2019​

  • Bug fix - Add protection in code to fix a crash happening on Activity restoration (Adapter.notifyItemRangeInserted null object reference)

v3.7.5 - July 8, 2019​

  • Improvement: Add Outbrain.testLocation("us") for example, to simulate Geo in ODB requests.
  • Improvement: Add protection for non-valid url strings in pixels array. (folllowing a crash in production)
  • Improvement: Smartfeed in the middle (improved implementation)
  • Improvement: set recycleView is now a public method in OBSmartFeed

v3.7.0 - June 6, 2019​

  • Feature: Support for Smartfeed in the middle of the RecycleView.
  • Feature: App developer can now use OBSmartFeedDefaultListener as a default listener instead of implementing one.
  • Improvement: getOutbrainAboutURL(Context ctx) is now deprecated. Use getOutbrainAboutURL() instead.
  • Improvement: OBSmartFeed method fetchMoreRecommendations() is now public.
  • Improvement: proguard will now allow the project to build in release mode
  • Improvement: update project to use the new Picasso lib version 2.7
  • Bug fix: new implementation for ViewabilityService editTmParameterInUrl() method (served reporting error).

v3.6.0 - April 4, 2019​

  • Feature: new Smartfeed API (Multivac)
  • Feature: Viewability per listing
  • Feature: Served vs. Requested
  • Feature: Smartfeed pauseVideo method
  • Improvement: Update UI before fetchMoreRecommendations for parent widget
  • Improvement: Video - support reload of additional videos in the same WebView

v3.5.1 - February 5, 2019​

  • SmartFeed - Sponsored label text color and background color shouldn't changed for Custom UI

v3.5.0 - January 24, 2019​

  • SmartFeed - Remove "Recommended by" from items header
  • SmartFeed - "chunk size" settings support
  • SmartFeed - BugFix: Publisher logo size

v3.4.7 - January 17, 2019​

  • VideoWidget - Improvements: fetch recommendation only once per article and support recycle view
  • VideoWidget - update sample app (recycle view)
  • SmartFeed - Supports additional listener: OBSmartFeedAdvancedListener
  • SmartFeed - isVideoEligible field in OBSmartFeed
  • Smartfeed - Bug fix: Bad HTML encoded characters in recommendation title
  • Smartfeed - Bug fix: Visibility of recommendation source shouldn't change for custom UI
  • Smartfeed - Bug fix: Shadow color should be transparent for non-paid recommendations

v3.4.4 - January 3, 2019​

  • Support VideoWidget
  • Add Audience Campaigns Label field in OBRecommendation
  • Smartfeed onOutbrainRecsReceived listener to OBSmartFeedListener interface
  • Smartfeed - Improve the performance of the recycleview UI updates
  • Smartfeed - Add getSfItemType method - get the item type of an item in the recycleview
  • Smartfeed - Support set custom UI for SFItemType
  • Smartfeed - Support source format
  • Smartfeed - Add a new flag to test (simulate) RTB recs
  • Smartfeed - Bug fix: Header images background color should be transparent
  • Smartfeed - Bug fix: Recommendation title text color won't change for custom UI

v3.4.3 - December 5, 2018​

  • Smartfeed Paid Label support
  • RTL support
  • Viewability support for Smartfeed sub-widgets (children)

v3.4.1 - Novemeber 22, 2018​

  • Bug fix: replace all clearOnScrollListeners with removeOnScrollListener

v3.4.0.beta1 - Novemeber 21, 2018​

  • External ID
  • Update Google Play Services library to 15.0.1 (was 11.8.0)
  • Support RTL in Smartfeed, phase 1
  • Update SDK version logic, cleaner code

v3.3.0.beta1 - Novemeber 1, 2018​

  • GDPR

v3.2.0.beta2 - October 22, 2018​

  • bug fix: infinite smartfeed didnt work

v3.2.0.beta1 - October 21, 2018​

  • Video player in Smartfeed
  • Improvement: add items to smart feed array on background thread
  • Support for Smartfeed with only a parent with single recommendation (no children)