Version 2.8.0 alexa-smart-screen-sdk

*** Breaking Changes ***

* APL Client Library has been extracted into separate GitHub repo [https://github.com/alexa/apl-client-library/tree/v1.7.2]. Users will need to pull the APL Client Library to build the Smart Screen SDK.

*** Enhancements ***
* Upgraded dependency to Device SDK 1.25.0 [https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/tree/v1.25.0]
* Added support for APL 1.7 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-latest-version.html]
* Captions support for right-to-left languages
* Upgraded node version requirement to 14.17.4
* Upgraded typescript version to 3.4 and refreshed the package-lock.json with new dependencies. Note that users upgrading to this version will need to remove the existing node modules from modules/GUI/js/node_modules before the build.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+### v2.8.0 released 09/07/2021:
+#### Breaking Changes
+* APL Client Library has been extracted into separate GitHub repo [https://github.com/alexa/apl-client-library/tree/v1.7.2]. Users will need to pull the APL Client Library to build the Smart Screen SDK.
+
+#### Enhancements
+* Upgraded dependency to Device SDK 1.25.0 [https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/tree/v1.25.0]
+* Added support for APL 1.7 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-latest-version.html]
+* Captions support for right-to-left languages
+* Upgraded node version requirement to 14.17.4
+* Upgraded typescript version to 3.4 and refreshed the package-lock.json with new dependencies. Note that users upgrading to this version will need to remove the existing node modules from modules/GUI/js/node_modules before the build.
+
 ### v2.7.1 released 07/23/2021:
 #### Bug fixes
 * Upgraded dependency to APL Core Library 1.6.2 Release [https://github.com/alexa/apl-core-library/releases/tag/v1.6.2]
@@ -8,7 +19,7 @@
 ### v2.7.0 released 06/01/2021:
 #### Enhancements
 * Upgraded dependency to Device SDK 1.24.0 [https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/tree/v1.24.0]
-* Added support for APL 1.6 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-latest-version.html]
+* Added support for APL 1.6 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-changes-1-6.html] 
 * Added support for Alexa.Presentation.APL 1.3 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-voice-service/presentation-apl.html#version-changes]
 * Added support for timeoutType from Alexa.Presentation.APL RenderDocument directives [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-voice-service/presentation-apl.html#renderdocument]
 * Moved metric payload handling logic into APLClientLibrary
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@
 #### Enhancements
 * Upgraded dependency to Device SDK 1.22.0 [https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/tree/v1.22.0]
 * Added support for multiple concurrent APL clients
-* Added support for APL 1.5 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-latest-version.html]
+* Added support for APL 1.5 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-changes-1-5.html]
 * Ported DISABLE_DUCKING cmake configuration from Alexa-device-sdk
 * Music playback now ducks instead of pauses when APL TTS is executed
 * Updated ini patch version to 1.3.6
@@ -72,7 +83,7 @@
 * Support for APL 1.4 [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-changes-1-4.html]
 * Added APL Telemetry Support
 * TV Overlay Portrait is no longer supported
-* Added support for APL Extensions [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-latest-version.html#apl-extensions-and-the-backstack]
+* Added support for APL Extensions [https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-extensions-v1-4.html]
 
 #### Bug fixes
 * Correctly handle GUI state when presenting content over attenuated PlayerInfo card

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-project(AlexaSmartScreenSDK VERSION 2.7.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(AlexaSmartScreenSDK VERSION 2.8.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 set(PROJECT_BRIEF "A cross-platform, modular SDK for multi modal interaction with the Alexa Voice Service")
 configure_file (
         "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/modules/Alexa/Utils/include/Utils/SmartScreenSDKVersion.h.in"

README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Alexa Smart Screen SDK
 
 <p>
-    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/alexa-smart-screen-sdk/tree/v2.7.1" alt="version">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/stable%20version-2.7.1-brightgreen" /></a>
-    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/tree/v1.24.0" alt="DeviceSDK">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/avs%20device%20sdk-1.24.0-blueviolet" /></a>
-    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/apl-core-library/tree/v1.6.2" alt="APLCore">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/apl%20core%20library-1.6.2-navy" /></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/alexa-smart-screen-sdk/tree/v2.8.0" alt="version">
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/stable%20version-2.8.0-brightgreen" /></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/tree/v1.25.0" alt="DeviceSDK">
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/avs%20device%20sdk-1.25.0-blueviolet" /></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/apl-core-library/tree/v1.7.1" alt="APLCore">
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/apl%20core%20library-1.7.1-navy" /></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/alexa/apl-client-library/tree/v1.7.2" alt="APLClientLibrary">
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/apl%20client%20library-1.7.2-blue" /></a>
     <a href="https://github.com/alexa/alexa-smart-screen-sdk/issues" alt="issues">
         <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/alexa/alexa-smart-screen-sdk" /></a>
 </p>
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ The Alexa Smart Screen SDK package in this GitHub repo includes:
 The Alexa Smart Screen SDK depends on the following additional GitHub repos:
 * [AVS Device SDK](https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/wiki)
 * [APL Core Library](https://github.com/alexa/apl-core-library)
+* [APL Client Library](https://github.com/alexa/apl-client-library)
 
 ## Get Started