Cardboard SDK v1.17.0 (2022-08-17)

Breaking & behavioral changes

• Upgraded dependencies in Android SDK and native android sample app:
  • Upgraded androidx.appcompat:appcompat to 1.4.2 from 1.3.1.
  • Upgraded com.google.android.material:material to 1.6.1 from 1.4.0.
• Added the methods RunRenderingPreProcessing() and RunRenderingPostProcessing() to cardboard::unity::Renderer().
• Changed Unity minimum version to 2020.3.36f1 from 2019.4.25f1.

New APIs and capabilities

• Changed Android target API version to 31 from 30 in Android SDK and native Android sample app.
• Added Vulkan Support to Unity plugin.

Deprecations

None

Other changes

• In Android SDK, removed Intent.ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW usage (currently deprecated).
• In Android SDK, suppressed deprecation warning when Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() is called.
• In Android SDK, replaced legacy android.os.AsyncTask class (currently deprecated) with com.google.cardboard.sdk.qrcode.AsyncTask class.

Bug fixes

None

Known issues

• Vulkan distortion renderer is currently in alpha and subject to change.

Tested devices

• Android
  * Google Pixel 2XL (Android 8)
  * Google Pixel 3 (Android 9)
  * Google Pixel 4XL (Android 11)
  * Google Pixel 6 (Android 12)
  * Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 9)
  * Samsung Galaxy S9 (Exynos) (Android 10)
  * Samsung Galaxy S10 (Exynos) (Android 11)
  * Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Qualcomm) (Android 11)
  * Samsung Galaxy S20 (Qualcomm) (Android 12)
• iOS
  * iPod Touch 7th gen (iOS 12.3)
  * iPhone 6 (iOS 12.5)
  * iPhone SE (iOS 14.6)
  * iPhone X (iOS 15.6)