Release Android v6.0.0

[tobrun]

Today we are releasing the final version of Mapbox Maps SDK for Android v6.0.0.

Key features

• Heatmap support
• Refreshed gestures handling
• Expressions
• HillshadeLayer and RasterDemSource
• CustomGeometrySource
• ViewportCollision detection
• Transparent TextureView

Migration guide

Since this is a major version update, we are introducing a couple of API breaking changes and changing some of the project requirements. A full list of respective solutions can be found in the migration guide.

Feedback

Please report any issues you have with this release here). For support questions please use StackOverflow or reach out to us through support.

Changes since v6.0.0-beta.7

• Bump telemetry version to 3.0.1 #11700
• Update layer when changing its min/max zoom #11687

The full log with all changes introduced since 5.0 can be found here.

Todo

• Create release branch
• Change CircleCI config to build from release branch (android-release-all->deploy)
• Change version name to 6.0.0 in /platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
• Publish 6.0.0 artifact to Maven Central
• Tag android-v6.0.0
• Change version name to 6.0.0-SNAPSHOT in /platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
• Change CircleCI config to build back from release branch
• Merge release-android-v6.0.0 back into release-agua
• If stable version, Make new cnplgn release @cammace
• Update the android-docs repo's javadoc documentation via release tag's .zip folder @langsmith
• Update SDK version in android-docs repo's constants.js file @langsmith
• Update Mapbox demo and wearable demo apps @langsmith
• If stable version, update mapbox-plugins-android test app @langsmith
• update the style specification’s SDK support tables @langsmith note~~
• Update version # in config files in /help @langsmith
• Update version # in src > constants.js file in /www.mapbox.com @langsmith
• Update version # in pthfndr @langsmith
• Update version # in Studio Preview @langsmith
• Update version # in master&navUI branches of Store Locator kit @langsmith
• Create new Fabric release @langsmith
• Create new tag/release in demo app repo @langsmith
• Release new version of Android demo app on Play Store @langsmith
• If not beta release, update version # in cnplgn @langsmith

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/cc @mapbox/mobile @mapbox/support @colleenmcginnis

[LukasPaczos]

Re. #11708 (comment).
If you are seeing Could not find com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-core:0.3.0-SNAPSHOT error, please include below lines in your top level build.gradle file:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven { url "http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
        ...
    }
}