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Supported devices

Android SDK

The latest Android SDK requires Android 5.1 (API 22) or above.

For ARCore-specific features (e.g. 3D on floor), only compatible devices are supported. These devices are listed there: https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices

iOS SDK

The latest iOS SDK requires iOS 10 or above. This correponds to the following devices:

  • iPhone 5S and beyond
  • iPod 6th generation and beyond
  • iPad Air and beyond
  • iPad Mini 2 and beyond

For ARKit-specific features (e.g. 3D on floor), the device must support ARKit. It requires at least iOS 11 and the supported devices include:

  • iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and beyond
  • iPad 5th Generation and beyond
  • iPad Mini 5th Generation (2019) and over

Third-Party Licenses

The Vidinoti SDK includes 3rd-party softwares released under open source license.

For details, see https://static.vidinoti.com/sdk/SDK-3rdParty.txt

Android

Version 7.5.1 - 2023/12/13

  • Add better support for standalone contents in ARCore mode

Version 7.5.0 - 2023/01/18

  • Add Android API 33 support

Version 7.3.5 - 2021/12/22

  • Add support for Scene Viewer in SDK web view

Version 7.3.4 - 2021/10/14

  • Allow to define a custom PDF viewer using VDARSDKController#setCustomPdfViewer

Version 7.3.3 - 2021/09/24

  • Fix standalone “3D on floor” content when targeting API 30

Version 7.3.2 - 2021/09/22

  • Fix for Android API 31 - specify explicit value for android:exported for all components with an intent filter defined.

Version 7.3.1 - 2021/08/16

  • ARCore unsupported device webview: allow page redirection without user interaction

Version 7.3.0 - 2021/07/02

  • Allow to change fullscreent content background color

Version 7.2.12 - 2021/06/14

  • Small fixes

Version 7.2.11 - 2021/05/12

  • Add close button when navigating within SDK web view.

Version 7.2.10 - 2021/04/21

  • Allow to dispatch custom event to app from SDK webview

Version 7.2.9 - 2021/03/31

  • Add stop method to Context for stopping and closing current context
  • Audiosync player: player automatically loops

Version 7.2.7 - 2021/02/22

  • “3D on floor”: add ARCore continuous plane detection for new placement method

Version 7.2.6 - 2021/01/29

  • Add VDARSDKController#setPauseVisionRecognition for temporarily disabling image and code recognition

Version 7.2.5 - 2020/11/30

  • Fix placement problem with “3D on floor”

Version 7.2.4 - 2020/11/12

  • Advanced AR content: add support for ARCore image detection

Version 7.2.3 - 2020/09/09

  • Remove grey top bar for some content types and replace by standard Android back button

Version 7.2.2 - 2020/08/31

  • Allow to stop AR session and close view from ARCore content

Version 7.2.1 - 2020/06/12

  • Fix audio keep playing on web page close
  • Hide next/previous button if not active for web pages

Version 7.1.0 - 2020/04/02

  • Add support for starting GPS tracking with GPS point detection

Version 7.0.1 - 2020/01/17

  • ARCore 3D-player: increase camera far plane

Version 7.0.0 - 2019/12/18

  • Add ARCore support. Allows placing 3D objects on an horizontal plane (floor, table, etc.).

For supporting ARCore, you must include the ARCore dependency to your app. Add the dependency com.google.ar:core:1.13.0 to your build.gradle file.

This feature requires a supported devices. See Google ARCore supported devices. If the device is not supported, the 3D model will be displayed in a viewer rather than in AR.

Version 6.5.17 - 2019/11/04

  • Fix 3D transparency problem with some 3D models

Version 6.5.16 - 2019/10/11

  • Fix video not being displayed when opening without using the standard scanner

Version 6.5.15 - 2019/09/09

  • Replace rendering mechanism for HTML annotation (scratches) and improve its rendering quality.

Known issue with Sony Xperia Z running Android 5.1.1: The device may freeze when scanning a scratch.

Version 6.5.14 - 2019/08/07

  • Add method for changing the license key once the SDK has already been initialized
  • Add method for forcing the interface language

Version 6.5.12 - 2019/07/01

  • Fix problem with scratch contents when building application with Android target API 28.
  • Allow enabling contents by tag without requiring a new synchronization.
  • Fix ratio of “screen relative annotations” (e.g. fullscreen contents and close button).

Version 6.5.11 - 2019/04/23

  • Add synchronization mechanism using content creator email.

Version 6.5.10 - 2019/04/04

  • Add video loop support

Version 6.5.9 - 2019/03/21

  • Fix distorted 3D objects

Version 6.5.8 - 2019/03/19

  • Fix 3D animation not starting
  • Keep synchronized contents when upgrading the application

Version 6.5.7

  • Remove top bar with title “Content” for fullscreen contents

Version 6.5.6

  • Add support for devices with multiple back-facing cameras
  • Improve camera preview
  • Add support for file upload from webview

Version 6.5.5

  • Add support for 64-bit architectures (arm64-v8a and x86_64)
  • Fix crash for devices not supporting OpenGL antialiasing

Version 6.5.4

  • Fix problem where camera view may have a bad orientation
  • Avoid reloading page when changing orientation

Version 6.5.3

  • Fix possible crash due to NullPointerException

Version 6.5.2

  • Fix possible crash for devices running Android 4.4

Version 6.5.1

  • Fix rendering of videos that were starting with a few black frames

Version 6.5.0

  • Improve rendering of 3D objects: add normal mapping support

Previous releases

Note for v.6.4.0

Starting from v.6.4.0, the push notifications have been migrated from GCM to FCM. See the migration guide: https://vidinoti.github.io/201805-android-migration/

Warnings:

Since release 6.1.0, the PDF library is not packaged in the AAR file anymore. If you plan to use PDF files, add the external dependency in your gradle file as shown below or in the sample application:

compile 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:2.7.0'

Remark: If you are using the Cordova plugin, update to version 1.4.0

The old SDK only includes the armeabi-v7a and x86 architectures, ensure that your application does not include other architecture. It may result in crashes. Either split the APK by ABI (see https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html#configure-abi-split) or include only the wanted ABI by adding the following to your build.gradle file

buildTypes {
    all {
        ndk {
            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
        }
    }
}

iOS

Version 7.5.2 - 2023/08/14

  • Adapt BTCXRManager to pass the parent view controller

Version 7.5.1 - 2023/01/24

  • Fix camera orientation when starting the application in landscape mode

Version 7.5.0 - 2022/11/24

  • Add support for BTCXR files

Version 7.4.1 - 2022/09/22

  • Fix potential crash when running ARKit on iOS 16

Version 7.4.0 - 2022/02/23

  • Distribute SDK as XCFramework. Allows to run simulator on M1 computers.
  • Expose appID and licenseKey for ARKit contents.
  • ARKit world map: add SDK custom headers when downloading world map.

Version 7.3.2 - 2021/12/22

  • Add support for USDZ files in SDK web view

Version 7.3.1 - 2021/12/06

  • Fix navigation bar color of default AR view with iOS 15

Version 7.3.0 - 2021/07/02

  • Allow to change fullscreen content background color

Version 7.2.12 - 2021/06/14

  • Small fixes

Version 7.2.10 - 2021/05/04

  • add openFileURLInInternalBrowser for opening internal files with SDK web view

Version 7.2.9 - 2021/03/31

  • Add stop method to Context for stopping and closing current context
  • Audiosync player: player automatically loops

Version 7.2.8 - 2021/03/17

  • Fix potential issue with iframes in SDK’s web view.

Version 7.2.7 - 2021/02/22

  • “3D on floor”: add ARKit continuous plane detection for new placement method
  • expose openURLInInternalBrowser with extra parameters in VDARSDKController
  • Allow to dispatch custom event to app from SDK webview

Version 7.2.6 - 2021/02/02

  • Fix potential concurrency issue in ARKit image detection

Version 7.2.5 - 2021/01/19

  • Add support for ARKit World Map via advanced contents
  • Fix memory leak in ARKit image detection
  • Add pauseVisionRecognition in VDARSDKController for temporarily disabling image and code recognition

Version 7.2.4 - 2020/10/23

  • Expose VDARNearbyGPSController
  • Advanced AR content: add support for ARKit image detection

Version 7.2.3 - 2020/09/08

  • Uniformize close button layout: use standard iOS navigation bar with “Done” button
  • Fix layout for devices with notch and “home swipe button”
  • Close fullscreen video at the end of the file

Version 7.2.2 - 2020/07/08

  • Web page: follow links that should open in a new tab.
  • Add “deviceorientation” support to web view.
  • Fix memory issue with iOS 13 and ARKit.

Version 7.2.1 - 2020/05/01

  • Improve plane detection for “3D on floor” feature

Version 7.2.0 - 2020/04/13

  • Migrate deprecated iOS SDK UIWebView to WkWebView

Version 7.1.0 - 2020/04/02

  • Add support for starting GPS tracking with GPS point detection

Version 7.0.3 - 2020/03/13

  • Fix memory leak

Version 7.0.2 - 2020/03/04

  • Fix floating-point error for GPS points distance computation
  • Allow inline playback of video in ARKit mode

Version 7.0.1 - 2020/01/17

  • iOS: fix flickering when device has “flat” orientation
  • ARKit 3D-player: increase camera far plane
  • ARKit 3D-player: allow media playback without user interaction
  • ARKit 3D-player: avoid screen dim
  • ARKit 3D-player: fix issue when switching between cameras

Version 7.0.0 - 2019/12/18

  • Add ARKit support. Allows placing 3D objects on an horizontal plane (floor, table, etc.).

Starting with release 7.0.0, you must also include link the following frameworks with your application:

- ARKit
- Metal
- MetalKit
- WebKit

The ARKit feature requires a supported devices running iOS 11 or above. If the device is not supported, the 3D model will be displayed in a viewer rather than in AR.

Version 6.5.18 - 2019/11/08

  • Fix wrong synchronization progress percentage

Version 6.5.17 - 2019/11/04

  • Fix 3D transparency problem with some 3D models

Version 6.5.15 - 2019/10/30

  • Adapt SDK for iOS 13 and Xcode 11: avoid opening fullscreen views in modal mode

Version 6.5.14 - 2019/08/07

  • Add method for changing the license key once the SDK has already been initialized
  • Add method for forcing the interface language

Version 6.5.13 - 2019/07/08

  • Fix memory leak

Version 6.5.12 - 2019/07/01

  • Allow enabling contents by tag without requiring a new synchronization.
  • Fix ratio of “screen relative annotations” (e.g. fullscreen contents and close button).

Version 6.5.11 - 2019/04/23

  • Fix deprecated push mechanism. It requires adding UserNotifications.framework to your linked frameworks.
  • Add synchronization mechanism using content creator email.

Version 6.5.10 - 2019/04/04

  • Add video loop support
  • Hide “Content” title in top bar of default AR view controller

Version 6.5.9 - 2019/03/21

  • Fix distorted 3D objects

Version 6.5.8 - 2019/03/19

  • Keep synchronized contents when upgrading the application

Version 6.5.6

  • Allow file upload from webview

Version 6.5.3

  • Fix performance issue occurring with some devices on iOS 12

Version 6.5.2

  • Update Dutch translation

Version 6.5.1

  • Disable auto-lock for audio player

Version 6.5.0

  • Improve rendering of 3D objects: add normal mapping support
  • Fix popup appearing in loop when camera permission is denied

NB: Starting from v.6.5.0, the SDK requires the device capability opengles-3 (iPhone 5S and over)