Release Android 4.0.0 Beta 2

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Mapbox Android 4.0.0 is the most ambitious Android release to date with 3 major new features being released. These new features are part of our ongoing efforts focused on providing a premiere navigation experience in-car and on-dash for Android. To help us produce the highest quality SDK possible we're releasing a second official Beta release so that everyone has time to explore it and help hardened it before the official 4.0.0 Final Release. The First beta was released on 15-March-2016 in #4334.

Highlights

• MapboxMap API Change
• Offline Maps
• Telemetry

Full Change Log: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues?q=milestone%3Aandroid-v4.0.0

Release Branch: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commits/release-ios-3.2.0-android-4.0.0

Improvements Since Beta 1

• arm64 ABI Support
• Unify Offline And Cache Databases
• Offline Database Vacuuming
• Telemetry User Agent Fix
• OnCameraChange Bug Fix
• OnCameraChangeListener vs getCameraPosition

The TODO list for making this happen:

• Change Version Name to 4.0.0-beta.2 in gradle.properties
• Update version info in Twitter Fabric metadata file
• Move open issues to android-v4.0.0-final Milestone in GitHub
• Publish 4.0.0-beta.2 artifact to Maven Central
• Updating Mapbox.com JavaDoc Documentation
• Update CHANGELOG.md
• Tag android-v4.0.0-beta.2 in GitHub
• Close Milestone android-v4.0.0 in GitHub
• Blog Post on https://www.mapbox.com/blog/
• Tweet release
• Alert Twitter Fabric team of new release
• Create ticket to merge release-ios-3.2.0-android-4.0.0 branch back into master
• Change Version Name BACK to SNAPSHOT after release and release branch merge to support daily development. In this case set to 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT in gradle.properties
• Update Mapbox Demo App to use 4.0.0-beta.2 and release on Google Play

/cc @mapbox/mobile @mapbox/support @gundersen @lxbarth @twbell @jfirebaugh @Lndsay

[bleege]

I just finished building, uploading, and releasing -beta.2 on Maven Central. Will wait to see it show up on https://repo1.maven.org before concluding that this is live. It usually takes 20 minutes, but Sonatype was having issues last week when -beta.1 was released and it took an hour plus along with contacting support before everything was working as expected. We'll see how tonight goes.

[bleege]

Well, whatever trouble Sonatype was having last week it was clearly last week. Beta 2 is now live to the world at --> https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/mapbox-android-sdk/4.0.0-beta.2/

[bleege]

Looks like @jfirebaugh brought 6fb87fb and a6012a1 into release-ios-3.2.0-android-4.0.0 from this release's development branch. I've now tagged the release at a6012a1 with the tag: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commits/android-v4.0.0-beta.2

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Docs are now live at: https://www.mapbox.com/android-sdk/api/4.0.0-beta.2/

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Changed back to 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT in bbe13b8.

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All that is left to do is wait for -beta.2 to show up on https://search.maven.org/ which usually takes a few hours. When that's done I'll update the Mapbox Demo App to use -beta2 as well.

[bleege]

Updated and published Demo App to use 4.0.0-beta.2.

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All the tech has now been bundled, shipped, and tagged. 🎉 Working with @Lndsay to draft a Tweet announcing this later today as it was decided to skip a blog post (save that for launch). Once the Tweet has shipped we can officially close this ticket.

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Twitter has been notified!

https://twitter.com/Mapbox/status/712313274730205184