CHANGELOG.md

Future

Dependencies & Infrastructure Updates

• Updated androidx.work from 2.9.0 to 2.10.2 with improved Flow-based observability
• Regenerated Pigeon files with updated version 26.0.0

Breaking Changes

• BREAKING: Update registerPeriodicTask to use ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy instead of ExistingWorkPolicy
  • This provides better type safety and mirrors Android's native API

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue #622: Periodic tasks running at incorrect frequencies when re-registered
  • Changed default ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy from KEEP to UPDATE
  • Ensures new task configurations properly replace existing ones
• Fix null callback crash in BackgroundWorker when FlutterCallbackInformation is null (thanks to @jonathanduke, @Muneeza-PT)

Improvements

• Improve SharedPreferenceHelper callback handling - now calls callback immediately when preferences are already loaded

0.8.0

Initial Release

• BREAKING: Migrate to federated plugin architecture
• Initial release of the Android implementation
• Implement all WorkmanagerPlatform methods for Android
• Support for one-off and periodic tasks using WorkManager API
• Migrate from be.tramckrijte to dev.fluttercommunity namespace

Breaking Changes

• BREAKING: Enum values changed from snake_case to camelCase:
  • NetworkType values: not_required → notRequired, not_roaming → notRoaming, metered → metered (unchanged)
  • OutOfQuotaPolicy values: run_as_non_expedited_work_request → runAsNonExpeditedWorkRequest, drop_work_request → dropWorkRequest
• BREAKING: Removed JSON serialization for inputData - now uses native Map transfer

New Features

• Add isScheduledByUniqueName method to check if a periodic task is scheduled by its unique name
• Support for constraints: network type, battery not low, charging, device idle, storage not low
• Support for backoff policies: linear and exponential
• Added comprehensive integration tests

Bug Fixes

• Fixed NullPointerException when isInDebugMode was not properly initialized
• Fixed inputData type handling - now properly supports all primitive types and lists
• Fixed v2 embedding import in BackgroundWorker

Improvements

• Updated to Android target SDK 35
• Updated Android dependencies to latest versions
• Improved CI/CD with Android emulator caching
• Better error handling and type safety
• Fix documentation formatting and typo in BackgroundWorker