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ConstraintLayout 2.0.0 alpha 3

Friday, December 21, 2018

We just released ConstraintLayout 2.0.0 alpha 3. It’s available from the google maven repository:
dependencies { implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:2.0.0-alpha3' }
or if using the AndroidX packages:
dependencies { implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-alpha3' }
Changes This release contains various bug fixes and performance improvements:

Barrier fixes

Chains optimizations

Fixed glitches in MotionLayout touch handling (end state could be triggered incorrectly)

We also added several new features to MotionLayout:

New XML format for specifying ConstraintSets, allowing finer-grained overrides

KeyTimeCycle : a keyframe that allows you to define a cycle driven by time instead of by the transition (e.g. a pulsating color defined this way will keep pulsating even if the overall transition is stopped)

KeyPosition now supports percentWidth/percentHeight

KeyTrigger : a keyframe that can fire callbacks depending on the current animation progress

Supports custom interpolators (referencing a Framework XML interpolator)

Touch interactions can now drive multiple state transitions seamlessly one after another

OnClick: now supports multiple OnClick per MotionScene. Important: motion:mode has been renamed to motion:clickAction.

Added ImageFilterButton, an equivalent of ImageFilterView but extending ImageButton

Added new callbacks in TransitionListener

New XML Format for ConstraintSet
An important addition in alpha 3 is a new way of defining ConstraintSet in the MotionScene file. Previously, <Constraint> elements had to contain all attributes defined on a view (as we replace everything when you apply them). Now, you can instead only add the specific areas you are modifying, as sub-elements of <Constraint>:

<Layout> : layout-related (constraints) attributes

<PropertySet> : visibility, alpha and progress

<Transform> : scale, translation, rotation, pivot, elevation

<Motion> : easing, arc motion, etc.

For example, let's say that you wanted to only modify the rotation of a widget in a ConstraintSet. Previously you would have needed to repeat all the attributes to preserve the position of the widget:
<Constraint android:id="@+id/button" android:layout_width="64dp" android:layout_height="64dp" android:layout_marginTop="100dp" motion:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" motion:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" motion:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" android:rotation="45" />
With alpha 3 you can instead only specify the Transform area, the rest will be unaffected:
<Constraint android:id="@+id/button"> <Transform motion:rotation="45" /> </Constraint>