In preparation for a final release, we're publishing the first beta in the v2.0.0 series. v2.0.0 includes numerous changes over the v1.x series, including breaking API changes.

Highlights

• Introduce support for Mapbox Distance API Distance API added #219
• Update Map Matching API to support new v5
• Divide library into smaller modules to reduce method count on Android projects Split MAS into smaller submodules #251
• Introduce support for Mapbox Telemetry Telemetry module #282
  • Added reusable components for permission and connectivity management add a ConnectivityReceiver/ConnectivityListener pair #276
  • Abstracted the location engine from a specific provider Abstract the location engine from a specific provider #269 and provide default implementations Expose LostLocationEngine in library #320
• Shared improvements across clients
  • RxJava support RxJava support #304
  • Enabled setting a base URL to facilitate testing [android] - make changing base url a part of public API. #245
• Directions improvements:
  • Added direction v5 lanes Added direction v5 lanes and updated fixture #214
  • Added support for the driving-traffic profile mapbox/driving-traffic support added to the list of directions profil… #292
  • Added support for polyline6 Adds support for polyline6 #287
  • Remove support for v4 Remove deprecated v4 directions #260
• Geocoding improvements:
  • Batch requests support Batch geocoding support #267
  • Added landmark, limit, country parameters support add poi.landmark type to geocoder #209 Updates Geocoding to match API #217
  • Added cancel method Added cancel method to autocomplete widget #226, setting multiple types Geocoding autocomplete widget fixes #230, and language method setting to autocomplete widget Add optional language parameter to geocoder #315

Known issues: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-java/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3Av2.0.0

Release checklist @zugaldia

• Change version name to 2.0.0-beta.1 in gradle.properties
• Publish 2.0.0-beta.1 artifact to Maven Central
• Change version name back to 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
• Update CHANGELOG.md
• Tag v2.0.0-beta.1 in GitHub

Post-release @cammace

• Update methodscount badge in README.md
• Update Javadoc in http://mapbox.github.io/mapbox-java
• Update install instructions in README.md
• Update install instructions in https://www.mapbox.com/android-sdk/#mapbox_android_services

/cc: @mapbox/mobile