Release Android v4.2.0-beta.2

[zugaldia]

Following v4.2.0-beta.1 released on August 6th, we're now releasing v4.2.0-beta.2 of the Mapbox Android SDK, that includes new features and numerous bugfixes. To help us ship a great release, please do report any issues you find using the SDK.

Highlights

This release brings major features that you can start testing and implementing today in your apps:

• Runtime Style API Android - Runtime styling Api #5610
• Query rendered features Visible Feature querying #5869
• Clustering Add clustering support to GeoJson source #5852
• Integrated support for Mapbox Android Services
• Map view rendered with SurfaceView Look into bringing back SurfaceView #5000
• Offline improvements:
  • Enable external storage to host the tiles database Enable external storage to host the tiles database #5589
  • Stop delivering status updates when offline download is canceled Stop delivering status updates when offline download is canceled  #5538
  • Update SQLite schema with WAL journal mode and normal sync [core] Update SQLite schema with WAL journal mode and normal sync #5796
  • Check for network connectivity before requesting resources Check for network connectivity before requesting resources #6123

Full Changelog and known issues: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3Aandroid-v4.2.0

TODO list for making this happen @zugaldia

• Create release branch
• Change version name to 4.2.0-beta.2 in /platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
• Publish 4.2.0-beta.2 artifact to Maven Central
• Update CHANGELOG.md
• Change version name back to 4.2.0-SNAPSHOT in /platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
• Merge release-android-v4.2.0-beta.2 back into master
• Create and tag android-v4.2.0-beta.2 release on GitHub
• Update JavaDoc Documentation @cammace
• Update Mapbox Demo App to use 4.2.0-beta.2 and release on Google Play @cammace
• Tweet release announcement @DScientific @cammace

/cc @mapbox/mobile @mapbox/support

[zugaldia]

@cammace @DScientific Over to you.

[cammace]

Tweet's out and release of the demo app has been ticketed seperately here.