Change log

1.3.1 (2018-01-26)

  • Static proxy generator now handles non-ASCII source files correctly (#27).

1.3.0 (2018-01-15)

  • The following things now return reasonable values: sys.argv, sys.executable, and platform.platform().
  • The following modules now work correctly: sqlite3, ssl (#23), and tempfile. (Requires python.version to be 2.7.14 or 3.6.3.)
  • sys.stdout and sys.stderr are now directed to the Android logcat.
  • Add extractPackages, and use it by default for certifi.

1.2.0 (2018-01-07)

  • Python source directory locations can now be configured in the sourceSets block, just like Java.
  • getClass, when called on a Java object, now returns the Java object class rather than the proxy object class.
  • Generated static_proxy Java files no longer produce build warnings.
  • Ensure pip is re-run if local requirements or wheel file changes.
  • Add Python 2.7.14.
  • Include distutils and doctest modules (#20). (Requires python.version to be 2.7.14 or 3.6.3.)

1.1.0 (2017-12-22)

  • Add Python 3.6 runtime (#1).
  • buildPython can now be Python 2.7 or 3.3+ (#2).
  • Support configuration in product flavors (#6).
  • Improve startup performance.

0.6.1 (2017-12-11)

  • Apps can now use certain native packages, including NumPy (#14), as well as pure-Python packages which aren’t available from PyPI in wheel format. To support this, the build.gradle syntax for calling pip install has been changed: please see the documentation.
  • Zero-initialized Java arrays can now be created in Python, by passing an integer to the array constructor rather than a sequence.

0.5.0 (2017-11-04)

  • Support Android Gradle plugin versions 2.2 (#9) and 3.0 (#3).
  • Increase minimum API level to 15. This is the default for new apps in Android Studio 3.0, and covers 99% of active devices.
  • Fix array store type-checking on old Android versions.
  • Add java.detach, and fix several multi-threading issues.

0.4.5 (2017-10-26)

  • Remove dependency on six (#13).

0.4.4 (2017-10-24)

  • Fix implicit relative imports (#12).

0.4.3 (2017-09-21)

  • Improve startup performance.

0.4.0 (2017-09-11)

  • Add dynamic_proxy and static_proxy.

0.3.0 (2017-07-28)

  • Reflect Java class hierarchy in Python.
  • Represent Java exceptions with their actual classes.
  • Support Python unbound method syntax when calling Java methods, i.e. ClassName.method(instance, args).
  • Release GIL when calling Java constructors.

0.2.0 (2017-07-04)

  • Add import hook.
  • Allow nested classes to be accessed as attributes.
  • Improve performance.

0.1.0 (2017-06-24)

  • First public release.