Changes in this update:
Enhancements
Added Android SDK support, which includes new implementations of the MediaPlayer, audio recorder, and logger.
Added the InteractionModel interface, which enables Alexa Routines.
Optional configuration changes have been introduced. Now a network interface can be specified to connect to the SDK via curl.
Build options can be configured to support Android.
Added GUI 1.1 support. The PlaybackController has been extended to support new control functionality, and the System interface has been updated to support SoftwareInfo.
Bug Fixes
Installation script execution time has been reduced. Now a single branch clone is used, such as the master branch.
Issue 846 - Fixed a bug where audio stuttered on slow network connections.
Removed the SpeakerManager constructor check for non-zero speakers.
Issue 891 - Resolved incorrect offset in the PlaybackFinished event.
Issue 727 - Fixed an issue where the sample app behaved erratically upon network disconnection/reconnection.
Issue 910 - Fixed a GCC 8+ compilation issue. Note: issues related to -Wclass-memaccess will still trigger warnings, but won't fail compilation.
Issue 871 Issue 880 - Fixed compiler warnings.
Fixed a bug where Ted Talks would not stream via TuneIn.
Fixed an issue where the PryonLiteKeywordDetector would not restart.
Fixed an issue where PlaybackStutterStarted and PlaybackStutterFinished events were not being sent due to a missing Gstreamer queue element.
Fixed a bug where the CapabilitiesDelegate database was not being cleared upon logout.
Fixed in issue that caused the following compiler warning “class has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor”.
Fixed a bug where BlueZDeviceManager was not properly destroyed.
Fixed a bug that occurred when the initializer list was converted to std::unordered_set.
Fixed a build error that occurred when building with BUILD_TESTING=Off.
Known Issues
* The ACL may encounter issues if audio attachments are received but not consumed.
* SpeechSynthesizerState currently uses GAINING_FOCUS and LOSING_FOCUS as a workaround for handling intermediate state. These states may be removed in a future release.
* The Alexa app doesn't always indicate when a device is successfully connected via Bluetooth.
* Connecting a product to streaming media via Bluetooth will sometimes stop media playback within the source application. Resuming playback through the source application or toggling next/previous will correct playback.
* When a source device is streaming silence via Bluetooth, the Alexa companion app indicates that audio content is streaming.
* The Bluetooth agent assumes that the Bluetooth adapter is always connected to a power source. Disconnecting from a power source during operation is not yet supported.
* On some products, interrupted Bluetooth playback may not resume if other content is locally streamed.
* On Raspberry Pi, when streaming audio via Bluetooth, sometimes the audio stream stutters.
* These CapabilitiesDelegateTest tests have been temporarily disabled to prevent build errors for the Android build: CapabilitiesDelegateTest.withCapabilitiesHappyCase, CapabilitiesDelegateTest.republish, CapabilitiesDelegateTest.testClearData.
* make integration is currently not available for Android. In order to run integration tests on Android, you'll need to manually upload the test binary file along with the any input file. At that point, the adb can be used to run the integration tests.
* On Raspberry Pi running Android Things with HDMI output audio, beginning of speech is truncated when Alexa responds to user TTS.
* Spotify does not completely shut down when the sample app quits.
Changes in this update:
**Enhancements**
* `AuthDelegate` and `AuthServer.py` have been replaced by `CBLAUthDelegate`, which provides a more straightforward path to authorization.
* Added a new configuration property called [`cblAuthDelegate`](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/blob/master/Integration/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json#L2). This object specifies parameters for `CBLAuthDelegate`.
* Added a new configuration property called [`miscDatabase`](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/blob/master/Integration/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json#L34), which is a generic key/value database to be used by various components.
* Added a new configuration property called [`dcfDelegate`](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/blob/master/Integration/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json#L17) This object specifies parameters for `DCFDelegate`. Within this object, values were added for the 'endpoint' and `overridenDcfPublishMessageBody`. 'endpoint' is the endpoint to connect to in order to send device capabilities. `overridenDcfPublishMessageBody`is the message that will get sent out to the Capabilities API. Note: values within the `dcfDelegate` object will only work in `DEBUG` builds.
* Added a new configuration property called [`deviceInfo`](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/blob/master/Integration/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json#L9) which specifies device-identifying information for use by the Device Capability Framework (DCF), and for authorization (CBLAuthDelegate).
* Updated the Directive Sequencer to support wildcard directive handlers. This allows a handler for a given AVS interface to register at the namespace level, rather than specifying the names of all directives within that namespace.
* Updated the Raspberry Pi installation script to include `alsasink` in the configuration file.
* Added `audioSink` as a configuration option. This allows users to override the audio sink element used in `Gstreamer`.
* Added an interface for monitoring internet connection status: `InternetConnectionMonitorInterface.h`.
* The Alexa Communications Library (ACL) is no longer required to wait until authorization has succeeded before attempting to connect to AVS. Instead, `HTTP2Transport` handles waiting for authorization to complete.
* Added the Device Capabilities Framework (DCF) delegate. Device capabilities can now be sent for each capability interface using DCF publish messages.
* The sample app has been updated to send DCF publish messages, which will automatically occur when the sample app starts. Note: a DCF publish message must be successfully sent in order for communication with AVS to occur.
* The SDK now supports HTTP PUT messages.
* Added support for opt-arg style arguments and multiple configuration files. Now, the sample app can be invoked by either of these commands: `SampleApp <configfile> <debuglevel>` OR `SampleApp -C file1 -C file2 ... -L loglevel`.
**Bug Fixes**
* Issues [447](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/issues/447) and [553](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/issues/553) Fixed the `AttachmentRenderSource`'s handling of `BLOCKING` `AttachmentReaders`.
* Updated the `Logger` implementation to be more resilient to `nullptr` string inputs.
* Fixed a `TimeUtils` utility-related compile issue.
* Fixed a bug in which alerts failed to activate if the system was restarted without network connection.
* Fixed Android 64-bit build failure issue.
**Known Issues**
* The `ACL` may encounter issues if audio attachments are received but not consumed.
* `SpeechSynthesizerState` currently uses `GAINING_FOCUS` and `LOSING_FOCUS` as a workaround for handling intermediate state. These states may be removed in a future release.
* Some ERROR messages may be printed during start-up event if initialization proceeds normally and successfully.
* If an unrecoverable authorization error or an unrecoverable DCF error is encountered, the sample app may crash on shutdown.
* If a non-CBL `clientId` is included in the `deviceInfo` section of `AlexaClientSDKConfig.json`, the error will be reported as an unrecoverable authorization error, rather than a more specific error.
Changes in this update
* **Enhancements**
* Updated MediaPlayer to solve stability issues
* All capability agents were refined to work with the updated MediaPlayer
* Added the TemplateRuntime capability agent
* Added the SpeakerManager capability agent
* Added a configuration option ("sampleApp":"endpoint") that allows the endpoint that SampleApp connects to to be specified without changing code or rebuilding
* Added very verbose capture of libcurl debug information
* Added an observer interface to observer audio state changes from AudioPlayer
* Added support for StreamMetadataExtracted Event. Stream tags found in the stream are represented in JSON and sent to AVS
* Added to the SampleApp a simple GuiRenderer as an observer to the TemplateRuntime Capability Agent
* Moved shared libcurl functionality to AVSCommon/Utils
* Added a CMake option to exclude tests from the "make all" build. Use "cmake <absolute-path-to-source>
-DACSDK_EXCLUDE_TEST_FROM_ALL=ON" to enable it. When this option is enabled "make unit" and "make integration" still could be used to build and run the tests
* **Bug fixes**:
* Previously scheduled alerts now play following a restart
* General stability fixes
* Bug fix for CertifiedSender blocking forever if the network goes down while it's trying to send a message to AVS
* Fixes for known issue of Alerts integration tests fail: AlertsTest.UserLongUnrelatedBargeInOnActiveTimer and AlertsTest.handleOneTimerWithVocalStop
* Attempting to end a tap-to-talk interaction with the tap-to-talk button wouldn't work
* SharedDataStream could encounter a race condition due to a combination of a blocking Reader and a Writer closing before writing any data
* Bug-fix for the ordering of notifications within alerts scheduling. This fixes the issue where a local-stop on an alert would also stop a subsequent alert if it were to begin without delay
* **Known Issues**
* Capability agent for Notifications is not included in this release
* Inconsistent playback behavior when resuming content ("Alexa, pause." / "Alexa, resume."). Specifically, handling playback offsets, which causes the content to play from the start. This behavior is also occasionally seen with "Next" /
"Previous".
* `ACL`'s asynchronous receipt of audio attachments may manage resources poorly in scenarios where attachments are received but not consumed.
Changes in this update
- Added a getConfiguration() method to DirectiveHandlerInterface to register Capability Agents with Directive Sequencer.
- Fix race condition with reading attachments before a writer exists.
- Use of new Logging abstraction layer in modules - ADSL,AFML,ContextManager,AuthDelegate,AIP,KWD,Mediaplayer.
- Added ACL stream processing with Pause and redrive.
- Removed the dependency of ACL Library on Authdelegate.
- Added and interface to allow ACL to Add/Remove ConnectionStatusObserverInterface.
- Fixed compile errors in KittAi, DirectiveHandler and compiler warnings in AIP test.
- Corrected formatting on the files.
- Fixes for the following Github issues
- https://github.com/alexa/alexa-client-sdk/issues/21
- https://github.com/alexa/alexa-client-sdk/issues/25
Changes in this update:
- Added the SpeechSynthesizer, an implementation of the SpeechRecognizer capability agent.
- Implemented a reference MediaPlayer based on [GStreamer](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/) for audio playback.
- Added the MediaPlayerInterface that allows you to implement your own media player.
- Updated ACL to support asynchronous receipt of audio attachments from AVS.
Bug Fixes:
-Some intermittent unit test failures were fixed.
Known Issues:
-ACL's asynchronous receipt of audio attachments may manage resources poorly in scenarios where attachments are
received but not consumed.
- When an AttachmentReader does not deliver data for prolonged periods MediaPlayer may not resume playing the
delayed audio.
Aurelio Akira Mello Matsui
Marco Visaya
Andken
Mradula Nayak
Keith Huang
Nikhila Krishnan