Release Notes Wikitude SDK Professional Edition
Wikitude SDK 9.10
Release Date: 2021-08-24
Improved
- Update gradle version from 3.6.0 to 4.2
- Upgrade ARCore version to 1.24
- Version upgrade of openssl, curl and FreeImage
Fixed
- handling of
mailto
links used inopenInBrowser(url, true)
is now opening correct Intent - Fix for a rare crash in Instant Tracking functionality when using multiple trackers
Removed
- Support for modified PNG files with a CgBI signature. Please check the migration guide for details on how to update your projects
Wikitude SDK 9.9
Release Date: 2021-07-01
New
- Replaced nlohmann json dependency with jsoncpp
- Added support for XCFrameworks. Please check the updated Setup Guide to see how to use XCFrameworks in your project
Fixed
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using HTMLDrawables
Removed
- Ended support for Android 5.1. Android 6.0 is now the new minimum supported version
Wikitude SDK 9.8.0
Release Date: 2021-05-18
Wikitude SDK 9.7.1
Release Date: 2021-04-28
Wikitude SDK 9.7.0
Release Date: 2021-04-06
Wikitude SDK 9.6.0
Release Date: 2021-02-23
New
- Support Android scoped storage from SDK 29
Improved
- On some Android devices camera access is improved when Camera2 API is not available
Wikitude SDK 9.5.0
Release Date: 2020-12-01
New
- Method to ask if the internal WebView can navigate back
Improved
- Faster initial recognition of Object Targets
- Faster overall tracking of Object Targets
- More accurate tracking of Object Targets in difficult situations
- Better alignment of augmentations for Image Targets
- The camera is no longer zoomed in on iOS devices with a 4:3 aspect ratio
Removed
- The samples in the JavaScript API don't contain any jQuery anymore, making it easier to work with them.
Wikitude SDK 9.4.0
Release Date: 2020-10-21
Improved
- Universal access from file URLs now enabled by default in the iOS ArchitectView.
- Object Trackers initialize with fewer wrong poses
Wikitude SDK 9.3.1
Release Date: 2020-09-17
New
- Compatibility with iOS 14
Known Issues
- When using Xcode 12 check out the additional manual steps to move the script files.
Wikitude SDK 9.3
Release Date: 2020-08-25
Removed
- Support for iOS 11. iOS 12 is now the new minimum supported version
- Support for Android 5.0. Android 5.1 is now the new minimum supported version
Wikitude SDK 9.2
Release Date: 2020-07-09
Improved
- Image Tracking now behaves more stable against short, fast movements
- Data communication with the Cloud Recognition version 2 service adapted, so that recognition accuracy is significantly improved (e.g. greater distance)
- Update OpenSSL to version 1.1.1
Fixed
- Fixed Cloud Recognition issue where accuracy was worse when HD or FullHD resolutions being were used
Wikitude SDK 9.1.0
Release Date: 2020-05-19
Improved
- Tracking is not lost when zooming camera
- Improvements to accuracy for Object Recognition
- Improved handling of first recognition for objects
- Improved alignment of augmentations for image tracking when rotating target
Removed
- Removed deprecated webview methods from the iOS API
Wikitude SDK 9.0.0
Release Date: 2020-03-31
New
- Improved image tracking performance and stability
Fixed
- Fixed a crash that happened when opening the Object or Instant Tracking samples immediately after the application was launched
Wikitude SDK 8.10.0
Release Date: 2019-12-10
Wikitude SDK 8.9.1
Release Date: 2019-09-30
Wikitude SDK 8.9
Release Date: 2019-09-24
New
- Implemented support for iOS 13
- Implemented support for Android 10
Improved
- WebKit is now enabled by default, replaced all internal use of
UIWebView
withWKWebView
.
Removed
- Removed internal use of the deprecated
UIWebView
. - Removed all
UIWebView
related properties from theWTArchitectView
API. - Removed
shouldUseWebKit
from theWTArchitectView
API, since we only use WebKit now.
Wikitude SDK 8.7
Release Date: 2019-08-13
Improved
- Camera frame handling is now faster for all platforms.
- Range for detecting an image target using an ImageTracker has been significantly improved.
Wikitude SDK 8.6
Release Date: 2019-07-11
Improved
- Changed plugin lifecycle behaviour. A call to pause is now always preceded by a call to resume
Removed
- Support for
wto 7.0
file format for Object Targets
Wikitude SDK 8.5
Release Date: 2019-05-23
New
- Image Recognition engine now can work with jpg, png and zip files as Target Collection resource
- Image Recognition engine accepts png's with alpha channel as target images and respects transparent areas
Improved
- Image Recognition engine detects images from a larger distance
- Image Recognition engine detects duplicate targets more reliably
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where the
extended range
option was ignored for Image Trackers, resulting in shorter recognition distance - Fixed an issue where the property
physicalTargetHeight
was not set when using cloud recognition. - Fixed an issue where the application could crash in case image, object or instant tracking were used with no valid license key set.
- Fixed an issue that caused model animations to sometimes not be restarted properly when calling
start
. - Fixed an issue that caused some videos to be rendered incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where the application could crash when setting distance, rotation or translation change thresholds at runtime.
- Fixed an issue where the
AR.ObjectTracker.onError
callback was called with an invalid argument, resulting in a JavaScript error. - Fixed an issue where
AR.ImageTracker
callbacks might have been called although they were not set, resulting in a JavaScript error.
Wikitude SDK 8.4
Release Date: 2019-04-09
Improved
- Initial recognition for Object Targets is more accurate and stable
- Improved recognition for image targets in difficult backgrounds
Fixed
- Fixed an issue that prevented extended object tracking from working
- Fixed an issue where 3D models were flickering when using Snap To Screen
- Fixed an issue that caused landscape image targets to have incorrect augmentation scaling
- Fixed an issue that caused errors in the JavaScript layer when using cloud recognition in combination with the
onImageLost
event of theAR.ImageTrackable
- Fixed an issue that caused camera to stop after pause/resume using Plugins API
Removed
- Support for iPhone 4, iPhone 4s and iPhone 5: Minimum requirement is now iPhone 5s - see blog post for details
- Support for Titanium development framework - see blog post for details
Wikitude SDK 8.3.2
Release Date: 2019-03-11
Fixed
- Fixes an instant tracking issue where augmentations did not render correctly after the device orientation changed
Wikitude SDK 8.3.0
Release Date: 2019-02-26
New
- Release of Native API for UWP platform
- Support for Vuzix M300 for JavaScript API
- General upgrade of computer vision engine increasing reliability and speed for Image, Object and Instant Trackers
Fixed
- Fixes potential crash caused by ongoing network connections while destroying the SDK
- Fixes an issue that caused instant tracking plane clicks to be registered incorrectly while not tracking
- Fixes an issue that caused
onRotationChanged
callbacks to not obey the threshold correctly (missing invocations for values close to 180°) - Fixes rare crash when extended object tracking is frequently stopped and restarted
Wikitude SDK 8.2.0
Release Date: 2018-11-10
New
- Beta Release of Native API for UWP platform
Improved
- Adds new parameters to ImageTrackable and ObjectTrackable
onDrag{Began,Changed,Ended}
callbacks that are hit tested against the tracking plane so that gestures can be implemented according to orientation of target
Fixed
- Fixes issue that caused model animations to not be resumed correctly upon losing and re-recognizing a target
- Fixes an issue in the custom camera sample that caused a black frame to be rendered when certain 3D model were in the scene
- Fixes an issue for iOS where the final app bundle might have contained files that prevented the signing step to complete successfully
- Fixes a crash for Xamarin sample app when clicking Manage URLs
- Fixes an occasional crash for certain image targets when energy efficient tracking was enabled
Wikitude SDK 8.1.0
Release Date: 2018-09-11
New
- Support and compatibility for iOS 12
- Support and compatibility for Android 9.0
- API to explicitly set efficiency mode for trackers for fast processing
- Mandatory Group ID parameter for cloud recognition
Improved
- Increased stability when tracking objects and scenes
- Increased recognition accuracy for multiple objects in object target collection
- Increased stability for Instant Tracking for rotational movements
- General improvements to Instant Tracking for more accurate tracking and representation
Fixed
- Fixes issue where recognising an image was not possible when the device was close to the image
- Fixes instability(flickering augmentations) of continuous cloud recognition
- Fixes ADE issues with Object Tracking and Occluders
Wikitude SDK 8.0.0
Release Date: 05.07.2018
New
- Ability to save Instant Tracking session as Instant Targets
- Ability to load Instant Targets
- Major update to the engine powering Object Tracker resulting in better recognition accuracy and better tracking stability
- Introduction of new
wto
format version - New method to generate Object Targets using images instead of videos
- New camera APIs to control exposure setting and focus area
Wikitude SDK 7.2.1
Release Date: 21.02.2018
Fixed
- Fixes a bug where trial license did not allow to use Instant Tracking
- Fixes a potential deadlock for cloud recognition that occurred in rare cases
- Fixes a deadlock related to
AR.HtmlDrawables
Wikitude SDK 7.2.0
Release Date: 05.02.2018
New
- SMART - Wikitude's integration of ARKit and ARCore
Improved
- The Wikitude SDK is now available as NuGet package
Fixed
- Fixes an issue that occurred when AR.Model objects were assigned as instant tracking initialization drawables
Wikitude SDK 7.1.0
Release Date: 19.09.2017
Improved
- Improved OpenGL ES resource handling
Fixed
- Fixes an object tracker issue where the
onTargetsLoaded
callback was called before all object targets were extracted - Fixes an issue where
Plugin::pause
was not called in case it was unregistered from the SDK - Fixes an issue where the SDK could crash in case a new tracker was created while another one was already tracking
- Fixes an issue where loading .wto files could have happened on the main thread
- Fixes an issue where the SDK could have crashed in case a target collection resource was released
- Fixes an issue where the SDK could have crashed in case a cloud recognition service was released
- Fixes an issue where cloud recognition could crash after a new target was detected
- Fixes an issue where the SDK could crash in case the camera was disabled at runtime and a tracker was tracking
- Fixes an issue in the Wikitude 3D Encoder where a crash could happen in case a 3D Model had all model animation keyframe timestamps below 1
- Fixes an issue where certain
AR.Model
animations are not rendered correctly - Fixes an issue where instant tracking initialisation drawables would not be rendered
- Fixes an issue with
AR.Model
where pausing quickly after creation would break the rendering completely - Fixes an issue with
AR.Model
on some devices (i.e. Samsung Tab 4) where the rendering could be broken completely or initial scaling could be incorrect - Fixes an issue with
AR.context.destroyAll
where some objects might not have been destroyed
Wikitude SDK 7.0.0
Release Date: 13.07.2017
New
- Object Recognition and Tracking
- Support for multiple Image Targets
- New hit-testing API for SLAM engine
- Option for Extended Range for Image Recognition
- Option for InstantTracker to choose initial plane orientation
- New AR.Occluder that acts as occlusion model
- New option to forward logs from AR.logger to AndroidStudio or Xcode
Improved
- Updated SLAM engine improves performance and accuracy for InstantTracker and Extended Tracking
- Plugins access to currently tracked target
- Plugins provide more details about image, object and instant targets
Fixed
- Return appropriate return values in the gesture event callbacks
- Issue where setting AR.Drawable.rotate was not resulting in a correct rotation
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 6.1.0-2.2.1
Release Date: 28.03.2017
New
Fixed
- Fixes broken image links in the documentation
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 6.0.1-2.2.0
Release Date: 15.02.2017
New
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 6.0.0-2.2.0
Release Date: 25.01.2017
New
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 5.3.1-2.1.1
Release Date: 24.11.2016
New
Fixed
- Adds the required camera usage description for iOS 10
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 5.3.0-2.1.1
Release Date: 13.09.2016
New
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 5.2.0-2.1.1
Release Date: 25.07.2016
New
- Adds example implementations for the WTArchitectViewDelegate (iOS) and ArchitectUrlListener (Android)
- Includes Wikitude SDK 5.2.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 5.2.0-2.1.0
Release Date: 08.07.2016
New
- Adds some missing Objective C -> C# bindings (iOS only)
- Includes Wikitude SDK 5.2.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 5.1.4-2.1.0
Release Date: 28.03.2016
New
Xamarin Component Wikitude SDK 4.0.1-1.0.0
Release Date: 02.09.2014
New
- Initial release of the Xamarin bindings for the Wikitude SDK including the Wikitude SDK 4.0.1