Changelog

The version update history of BetterAndroid is recorded here.

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ui-component

1.0.9 | 2025.12.14  latest

• Breaking change: Migrate Insets related functions to ui-extension

1.0.8 | 2025.08.03  stale

• Remove adapter-related functions and merge them into ui-component-adapter
• Migrate Java reflection-related behavior from YukiReflection to KavaRef

1.0.7 | 2025.03.08  stale

• Removed Material dependencies and refactored into corresponding dependencies
• Extensively refactored adapter (Adapter) underlying APIs
• Removed unreasonable View instance loading methods in adapters
• Added ViewHolderDelegate to adapters to support custom layout inflaters
• AdapterPosition now supports layout and absolute indexes
• Other known adapter-related issues fixed

1.0.6 | 2025.01.25  stale

• Added onPrepareContentView method in AppBindingActivity to customize operations before loading the layout
• Fixed the issue of out-of-bounds index when the data set is empty in the adapter builder
• Added AdapterPosition in RecyclerAdapterBuilder to implement dynamic index functionality
• Fixed a critical error caused by the parent layout being loaded prematurely when using layout ID in the adapter builder
• Added a custom RecyclerView layout manager and modified the default layout manager to correctly handle indexes when custom header and footer layouts are added
• Added wrapper extension method for RecyclerView.Adapter to correctly handle indexes when custom header and footer layouts are added by wrapping instances
• Fixed a critical error where the footer layout was added as a header layout in RecyclerAdapterBuilder

1.0.5 | 2024.03.08  stale

• Removed Factory suffix from all extension method kt files
• Removed deprecated files in the previous version
• Fixed the problem of incorrect subscripts and item positions returned by onItemViewsClick and onItemViewsLongClick in CommonAdapterBuilder
• Adjust the entry record object added in the adapter to LinkedHashSet to prevent repeated additions
• Open DEFAULT_VIEW_TYPE in RecyclerAdapterBuilder
• Added onBindItemId method in the adapter to customize the behavior of getItemId
• The adapter now allows direct use of onBindViews to bind item layouts without callbacks
• Added onBindHeaderView and onBindFooterView methods in RecyclerAdapterBuilder
• If the trigger method is called in OnBackPressedCallback and is not removed, the callback event will be re-enabled

1.0.4 | 2024.01.02  stale

• SystemBarsController has been fully migrated to window insets API, please refer to the documentation to start using the new usage
• Reconstructed SystemBarsController and modified the initialization method, please refer to the documentation to get started using the new method
• Window insets has been completely separated from the system bars into WindowInsetsWrapper, InsetsWrapper, InsetsFactory
• Deprecated all related usages of window insets in the system bars, please start using the new window insets API now
• Reconstructed BackPressedController and connected it to BackPressedDispatcher, please refer to the documentation to start using the new usage
• AppViewsFragment adds a new loading layout method using the constructor method to pass in layoutResId
• Renamed RecyclerCosmeticMaccker to RecyclerCosmetic and made related functions generic
• Opened preset decorators for RecyclerView, now you can create them manually
• Refactored a lot of functions related to adapters. Now you can create them manually using the method of the same name for each adapter (BaseAdapter is CommonAdapter)
• Reconstructed notification related functions, please refer to the documentation to start using the new usage
• Renamed and modified some other functions

1.0.3 | 2023.12.03  stale

• The init method of SystemBarsController adds the defaultPaddings parameter, which can configure whether to automatically add the corresponding system bars padding during initialization
• When using the show or hide method in SystemBarsController, it will automatically determine whether the system bars padding has been added to determine whether to add the corresponding padding
• Added AppComponentActivity, inherited from ComponentActivity, applicable to Jetpack Compose without setting AppCompat theme
• When using AppBindingActivity, AppViewsActivity, AppComponentActivity, the added layout background color will be automatically filled into the parent layout

1.0.2 | 2023.11.24  stale

• Refactor the System Insets function in SystemBarsController to fix the problem that the maximum layout size cannot be calculated on Compose View
• Added SystemInsets.Paddings and setBaseBackgroundResource, isVisible functions to SystemBarsController
• SystemBarsView is obsolete, please start using the new way to customize the System Insets function
• Added View.applySystemInsets, View.appendSystemInsets, View.removeSystemInsets methods

1.0.1 | 2023.11.18  stale

• Fix the loading exception catching problem in SystemBarsController

1.0.0 | 2023.11.02  stale

• The first version is submitted to Maven

ui-component-adapter

1.0.0 | 2025.08.03  latest

• The first version is submitted to Maven

ui-extension

1.0.8 | 2025.12.14  latest

• Added Insets related functions from ui-component
• Insets extension handleOnWindowInsetsChanged method adds requestApplyOnLayout parameter
• Added Lint functionality (experimental)

1.0.7 | 2025.08.03  stale

• Remove the Adapter related extension and merge it into ui-component-adapter
• Migrate Java reflection-related behavior from YukiReflection to KavaRef
• Resources adjustment in the extension isUiInNightMode the underlying logic is connected to the isNightModeActive method
• obtainStyledAttributes method in the Resources extension is now recommended to migrate to Jetpack's withStyledAttributes
• View extension adds updateMarginsRelative method
• The zoom method in the Bitmap extension is invalid. It is now recommended to migrate to Jetpack's scale method
• Added backgroundColor parameter to round in the Bitmap extension
• compress in the Bitmap extension, please use the shrink method instead

1.0.6 | 2025.03.04  stale

• Adjusted the default behavior of the inflate method and attachToParent parameter in the LayoutInflater extension
• Corrected the updateMargin method in the View extension to updateMargins and added the setMargins method
• Completely removed the old ViewLayoutParams class, now please use the ViewLayoutParams method instead
• Fixed the logic related to ViewLayoutParams, now it can create any object based on ViewGroup.LayoutParams
• Overloaded the ViewLayoutParams method to support directly passing in the lpClass parameter

1.0.5 | 2025.01.25  stale

• Fixed the issue where the updateText method in the TextView extension could cause an out-of-bounds cursor index after overriding the setText method
• Modified the setDigits method in the TextView extension to read the inputType parameter from the TextView itself by default
• Modified the updateTypeface method in the TextView extension to set the tf parameter to null by default to prevent setting unexpected font styles
• Added textToString and hintToString methods in the TextView extension
• Fixed the issue where Toast might not pop up in non-main threads in the Toast extension
• Added a generic parentFragment method in the Fragment extension
• Added an options parameter to the startActivity method in the Activity extension
• Added LifecycleOwner extension
• Added Coroutines coroutine-related extensions
• Added setIntervalOnClickListener method in the View extension
• Added non-generic implementations of child, childOrNull, firstChild, firstChildOrNull, lastChild, lastChildOrNull methods in the View extension
• Corrected the method name isThemeAttrsIdsValueEquals to areThemeAttrsIdsValueEquals in Resources
• Added a large number of extension methods for TypedArray in the Resources extension
• ⚠️ Breaking Change, extensively refactored methods in the Fragment extension and separated FragmentTransaction methods, migration may require effort
• Added FileDescriptor.decodeToBitmap and FileDescriptor.decodeToBitmapOrNull methods in the Bitmap extension
• Added RecyclerView extension
• Added tag, setTag, and animate methods in the View extension
• Added tooltipTextCompat method in the View extension
• The toString method in ViewBindingBuilder now returns the full object name held by ViewBinding
• Added Adapter extension

1.0.4 | 2024.05.05  stale

• Integrate the parameters of the entry and exit animation methods in the Fragment extension
• Remove the default transition animation in the Fragment extension and delete the related resource files
• Added the Fragment.viewBinding method in the ViewBinding extension
• Fix the problem that the layout inflate by viewBinding in the ViewBinding extension will not be automatically cached
• Fix the problem that the inflate method in the ViewBinding extension cannot be loaded correctly when encountering <merge> and <include> type layouts
• Adjust the inflate method in the ViewBinding extension to ignore the attachToParent parameter when encountering <merge> and <include> type layouts
• Remove all deprecated methods in the old version of the ViewBinding extension

1.0.3 | 2024.03.08  stale

• Removed Factory suffix from all extension method kt files
• Removed deprecated files in the previous version
• The ViewLayoutParams method of ViewFactory now supports the AbsListView.LayoutParams type
• Added updateCompoundDrawables and updateCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds methods in ViewFactory
• Added parent and parentOrNull methods in ViewFactory
• Added walkToRoot, walkThroughChildren, indexOfInParent methods in ViewFactory
• Added child, childOrNull, firstChild, lastChild, firstChildOrNull, lastChildOrNull methods in ViewFactory
• Merge the inflate method in ViewFactory into LayoutInflaterFactory and deprecated the original method
• Added addToBackStack parameter to the add methods in FragmentFactory
• The commitTransaction method is deprecated in FragmentFactory and is now migrate to the official fragment-ktx dependency
• Added themeResId method in ResourcesFactory
• Added new ViewBinding solution and deprecated the old solution

1.0.2 | 2024.01.02  stale

• Some package names that are not classified according to the standard have been moved, if you encounter an error, please re-import these calling methods
• Modified related names for Java calls
• Added updatePadding method in ViewFactory that can set horizontal and vertical directions
• The inflate method in ViewFactory will automatically use Activity.getLayoutInflater
• Renamed ColorsFactory to ColorFactory
• Renamed toMixColor in ColorFactory to mixColorOf
• Some methods in ColorFactory will now no longer throw exceptions
• Added GradientDrawableCompat, you can use it to create GradientDrawable for versions below Android 10
• Added updatePadding method in DrawableFactory that can set horizontal and vertical directions
• asDp, asPx and its usage in DimensionFactory are obsolete because of its design error, and are now connected to the new usage toDp, toPx
• Added DisplayDensity, you can easily use dp, px to convert units
• Deprecated getDimensionPx in ResourcesFactory, please use toPx to calculate manually
• Deprecated isSpecialWindowingMode in ResourcesFactory and ActivityFactory, please do not use it again
• Added getFontCompat method in ResourcesFactory
• Fix the usage error of commt related functions in FragmentFactory
• A large number of related usages in FragmentFactory have been modified, now please refer to the documentation to start using the new usages
• Added compressBitmap method in BitmapFactory
• Added Window.toast method in ToastFactory
• The toast method in ToastFactory has a new allowBackgroud parameter, you can now allow Toast to show in non-main threads
• Some methods in WindowFactory will now no longer throw exceptions
• A new method in WindowFactory can be used to set the screen brightness using the Float type
• Use WindowInsetsController in ViewFactory to show or hide the input method and rename the methods to showIme, hideIme
• Deprecated ViewLayoutParam class, please use the ViewLayoutParams method instead
• Added duration parameter to performKeyPressed in ViewFactory
• Added updateMargin method in ViewFactory that can set horizontal and vertical directions
• Methods in ActivityFactory were inline processed
• Added each startActivityOrElse method in ActivityFactory
• The round method in BimapFactory now supports setting the corner radius in each direction

1.0.1 | 2023.11.18  stale

• Fix the problem of incorrect return value of getColor and getColorStateList methods in ResourcesFactory

1.0.0 | 2023.11.02  stale

• The first version is submitted to Maven

system-extension

1.0.3 | 2025.08.03  latest

• Migrate Java reflection-related behavior from YukiReflection to KavaRef
• SystemVersion renamed to AndroidVersion and added Android 15, 16 and 1-4.3 version constants, and functional adjustments are made at the same time
• SystemKind rename it to RomType and make functional adjustments
• Added the options parameter of the sendBroadcast method to the options extension

1.0.2 | 2025.01.25  stale

• Added BroadcastReceiver method in Broadcast extension and modified the return value of registerReceiver method to itself

1.0.1 | 2024.01.02  stale

• Renamed some incorrectly named methods in SystemVersion
• Added name attribute in SystemVersion
• Caching SystemKind detection results to prevent repeated creation of reflection objects
• Deprecated get in SystemKind, now please use the current property to get the current system type.
• Renamed some incorrectly named methods and classes in ApplicationFactoy
• Removed FLAG prefix in AplicationInfoFlagsWrapper
• Modified the related usage in BroadcastFactory, now please refer to the documentation to use the new usage to create runtime broadcasts
• Modified the relevant usage in ClipboardFactory, now please refer to the document to use the new usage to use the clipboard function
• Methods in ServiceFactory were inline processed
• Added startServiceOrElse and startForegroundServiceOrElse methods in ServiceFactory

1.0.0 | 2023.11.02  stale

• The first version is submitted to Maven

permission-extension

Not yet released.

compose-extension

1.0.2 | 2024.01.16  latest

• Added HapticFeedback method, you can set it to any click or touch event
• ComponentPadding adds a None method, you can use it to directly get ComponentPadding(0.dp)
• Modified onDismissRequest in Dialog to make it mandatory to exist, matching the usage in the official foundation
• Optimize some code styles

1.0.1 | 2024.01.08  stale

• Removed some useless @Stable annotations
• Added borderOrElse method with the same name and new usage
• Added AdaptiveRow, AdaptiveColumn

1.0.0 | 2024.01.02  stale

• The first version is submitted to Maven

compose-multiplatform

0.1.0 | 2024.01.02  latest

• The first version is submitted to Maven