Search In Apps Android SDK Release Notes

  • The latest release (0.4.1) focuses on fixing a gRPC ManagedChannel shutdown issue, ensuring more stable communication.

  • Version 0.4.0 introduced features for improved search interactions, including UI repeat view, multiple client ID support, and click action notifications.

  • Earlier updates, like 0.3.0 and 0.2.0, focused on refining search suggestions and trending searches, with UI enhancements and bug fixes.

  • The initial release (0.1.0) provided core functionalities like fetching search suggestions, trending searches, and displaying search results.

  • The library has undergone continuous improvements, including expanding search capabilities, enhancing UI elements, and addressing platform compatibility.

0.4.3 - April 10, 2025

  • Fix a bug that sometimes opening the Chrome Custom Tabs will crash the app.

0.4.2 - March 6, 2025

  • Fix a bug that devices running Android 24- crash because the class "java.util.Optional" can't be found.
  • Support setting text context when getting search content UI view.
  • Deprecate getting search repeat UI view.

0.4.1 - November 21, 2024

  • Fixed the issue that the gRPC ManagedChannel was not correctly shut down.

0.4.0 - October 31, 2024

  • Support search repeat UI view.
  • Support multiple client ids.
  • Support component click action notification.

0.3.1 - July 22, 2024

0.3.0 - June 24, 2024

  • Support getting location-based search suggestions.
  • Support rendering icons on the search suggestions chips.
  • Downgrade the min SDK version from 23 to 21.
  • Fix a bug that the search suggestion chips' horizontal padding under right to left direction is not identical to the one under left to right direction.
  • Fix a bug that after enabling Proguard/R8 to shrink the app code, the SDK reports "NoSuchMethodException" error when talking to the backend.

0.2.0 - February 13, 2024

  • Support getting search suggestions UI view.
  • Support getting trending searches UI view.
  • Deprecate getting search suggestions data.
  • Deprecate getting trending searches data.
  • Deprecate showing a search results page by passing a search suggestion or trending data.

0.1.0 - October 3, 2023

  • Initial public release.
    • Support getting search suggestions from text.
    • Support getting trending searches.
    • Support showing a search results page from a search suggestion or trending search term.