| # Android Asset Packaging Tool 2.0 (AAPT2) release notes |
| |
| ## Version 2.2 |
| ### `aapt2 compile ...` |
| - Added support for inline complex XML resources. See |
| https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/complex-xml-resources.html |
| |
| ## Version 2.1 |
| ### `aapt2 link ...` |
| - Configuration Split APK support: supports splitting resources that match a set of |
| configurations to a separate APK which can be loaded alongside the base APK on |
| API 21+ devices. This is done using the flag |
| `--split path/to/split.apk:<config1>[,<config2>,...]`. |
| - SDK version resource filtering: Resources with an SDK version qualifier that is unreachable |
| at runtime due to the minimum SDK level declared by the AndroidManifest.xml are stripped. |
| |
| ## Version 2.0 |
| ### `aapt2 compile ...` |
| - Pseudo-localization: generates pseudolocalized versions of default strings when the |
| `--pseudo-localize` option is specified. |
| - Legacy mode: treats some class of errors as warnings in order to be more compatible |
| with AAPT when `--legacy` is specified. |
| - Compile directory: treats the input file as a directory when `--dir` is |
| specified. This will emit a zip of compiled files, one for each file in the directory. |
| The directory must follow the Android resource directory structure |
| (res/values-[qualifiers]/file.ext). |
| |
| ### `aapt2 link ...` |
| - Automatic attribute versioning: adds version qualifiers to resources that use attributes |
| introduced in a later SDK level. This can be disabled with `--no-auto-version`. |
| - Min SDK resource filtering: removes resources that can't possibly be selected at runtime due |
| to the application's minimum supported SDK level. |
