WorkManager

The WorkManager API makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably. These APIs let you create a task and hand it off to WorkManager to run when the work constraints are met.
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Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on WorkManager, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project:

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

Groovy

dependencies {
    def work_version = "2.11.0"

    // (Java only)
    implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime:$work_version"

    // Kotlin + coroutines
    implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:$work_version"

    // optional - RxJava2 support
    implementation "androidx.work:work-rxjava2:$work_version"

    // optional - GCMNetworkManager support
    implementation "androidx.work:work-gcm:$work_version"

    // optional - Test helpers
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.work:work-testing:$work_version"

    // optional - Multiprocess support
    implementation "androidx.work:work-multiprocess:$work_version"
}

Kotlin

dependencies {
    val work_version = "2.11.0"

    // (Java only)
    implementation("androidx.work:work-runtime:$work_version")

    // Kotlin + coroutines
    implementation("androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:$work_version")

    // optional - RxJava2 support
    implementation("androidx.work:work-rxjava2:$work_version")

    // optional - GCMNetworkManager support
    implementation("androidx.work:work-gcm:$work_version")

    // optional - Test helpers
    androidTestImplementation("androidx.work:work-testing:$work_version")

    // optional - Multiprocess support
    implementation("androidx.work:work-multiprocess:$work_version")
}

For information on using Kotlin extensions, see the ktx documentation.

For more information about dependencies, see Add Build Dependencies.

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Version 2.11

Version 2.11.0

October 22, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.11.0 is released. Version 2.11.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 2.10.0:

  • The minSdk has been updated from API 21 to API 23.
  • The API setRemoteSessionTimeoutMillis in WorkManager’s Configuration builder has been added to enable configuring the amount of time a RemoteWorkManager session is alive from its last usage.

Version 2.11.0-rc01

October 08, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.11.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.11.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Version 2.11.0-beta01

September 24, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.11.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.11.0-beta01 contains these commits.

API Changes

Bug Fixes

  • Fix foreground service stopping when there are pending commands (Iae822, b/432069314)
  • Fix remote coroutine worker failing to unbind remote service (I842f2, b/247113322)

Version 2.11.0-alpha01

August 27, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.11.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.11.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • The minSdk has been updated from API 21 to API 23 (Ibdfca, b/380448311, b/435705964, b/435705223)
  • The API setRemoteSessionTimeoutMillis in WorkManager’s Configuration builder has been added to enable configuring the amount of time a RemoteWorkManager session is alive from its last usage. (Ib23c8)
  • Add an experimental API in WorkRequest.Builder to apply backoff when work is interrupted by the system. (Ie2dc7, b/335513480)
  • Add test API to pass in a different worker class to TestListenableWorkerBuilder than the one being built to support custom WorkerFactory implementations (If6bff, b/389154854)

Bug Fixes

  • Cache network capabilities in SharedNetworkCallback to prevent unnecessary IPCs (Ie4027, b/427115602)
  • Fix an issue with network constraint evaluation where work items after the first would not get the current network capabilities and would instead hit ConstraintsNotMet after a timeout (Ib6a66, b/427115602)

Version 2.10

Version 2.10.5

September 24, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.5 is released. Version 2.10.5 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix foreground service stopping when there are pending commands (Iae822, b/432069314)

Version 2.10.4

September 10, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.4 is released. Version 2.10.4 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with RemoteCoroutineWorker failing to unbind remote service (I842f2, b/247113322)

Version 2.10.3

July 30, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.3 is released. Version 2.10.3 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue where workers with identical network constraints as a previous worker would report their constraints not being met. (b/427115602).

Version 2.10.2

June 18, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.2 is released. Version 2.10.2 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue when persisting workers with network requests and default capabilities that would lead to removed capabilities being re-added causing workers with network constraints to misbehave. (b/409716532)
  • Fix a bug that would cause workers with network constraints to not execute promptly due to constraints not met even though the network and capabilities were available. (b/423403088)

Version 2.10.1

April 23, 2025

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.1 is released. Version 2.10.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Reduce the possibility of TooManyRequestsException being thrown from WorkManager’s registration of a NetworkCallback used for constraint tracking. (b/231499040, b309d5).

Version 2.10.0

October 30, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0 is released. Version 2.10.0 contains these commits.

Significant changes since version 2.9.1

  • Added trace tags to Jobs from WorkManager which makes ‘adb shell dumpsys jobscheduler’ a lot simpler to understand since it will contain the name of the Worker being executed. Trace sections are also added around key areas of WorkManager.
  • Configuration.workerCoroutineContext was added to for control of dispatcher where CoroutineWorker is executed.
  • Developers can specify NetworkRequest as a constraint for a worker via the Constraints.setRequiredNetworkRequest method. This enables more granular control over which network this worker should run.
  • WorkManager 2.10.0 is now compiled with SDK 35 and contain various changes for SDK 35 compatibility.

Version 2.10.0-rc01

October 24, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.10.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Version 2.10.0-beta01

October 2, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.10.0-beta01 contains these commits.

Version 2.10.0-alpha04

September 18, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0-alpha04 is released. Version 2.10.0-alpha04 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • Add the stop reason STOP_REASON_FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TIMEOUT for when a foreground worker is stopped due to execution timeout based on the foreground service type. (Ibd0af)

Version 2.10.0-alpha03

September 4, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0-alpha03 is released. Version 2.10.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Added trace tags to Jobs from WorkManager which makes ‘adb shell dumpsys jobscheduler’ a lot simpler to understand since it will contain the name of the Worker being executed. Trace sections are also added around key areas of WorkManager.

API Changes

  • WorkManager 2.10.0 is now compiled with SDK 35.
  • Fix foreground workers of type ‘short service’ and ‘data sync’ timing out and causing an ANR when WorkManager didn’t call stopSelf(). This fix only applies to devices with API 34 and 35 where foreground service types were introduced. (ca06b2, b/364508145)
  • New WorkerParameters APIs that make it possible to switch the remote process that the Worker binds to when using a WorkerFactory. (Ibdc8a, Ie8a90, I7373f)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix a crash caused by WorkManager attempting to restart a long-running worker (i.e. a foreground worker) when the foreground type of the work had Android 14 prerequisite permissions that were revoked. (b/333957914)
  • Removed manual outlining of access to new platform APIs since this happens automatically via API modeling when using R8 with AGP 7.3 or later (e.g. R8 version 3.3) and for all builds when using AGP 8.1 or later (e.g. D8 version 8.1). Clients who are not using AGP are advised to update to D8 version 8.1 or later. See this article for more details. (Ia60e0, b/345472586)

Version 2.10.0-alpha02

April 17, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.10.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • Added the ability to emit trace spans via a configurable @RestrictTo Tracer in WorkManager. (I17d7f, b/260214125)
  • Configuration.workerCoroutineContext was added to for control of dispatcher where CoroutineWorker is executed. It helps to completely avoid usage of Dispatchers.Default in WorkManager. (Icd1b7)
  • Add custom exception handlers for Workers (Ib1b74, b/261190695)
  • OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder and PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder can now be constructed with KClass instead of Class: val request = OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(Worker::class).setConstraints(...).build() (Ib55f6)
  • WorkManager class was migrated to Kotlin. Now methods that return LiveData, ListenableFuture or Flow provides correct nullability information. It could require changes in clients' source code, if nullability assumptions in that code were incorrect. (If6757)

Version 2.10.0-alpha01

January 24, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.10.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.10.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Developers can specify NetworkRequest as a constraint for a worker via the Constraints.setRequiredNetworkRequest method. This enables more granular control over which network this worker should run.

API Changes

  • Adding an ability to specify NetworkRequest as the constraint. (Id98a1, b/280634452)

Version 2.9

Version 2.9.1

August 7, 2024

androidx.work:work-*:2.9.1 is released. Version 2.9.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

Version 2.9.0

November 29, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.9.0 is released. Version 2.9.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 2.8.0

  • Observability via Flow-s. Instead of LiveData, Worker's progress now can be observed via Flow’s via WorkManager.getWorkInfosFlow and similar methods.
  • Now WorkManager provides a hint on why a worker was previously stopped. It can be queried from a worker itself via getStopReason() method or from WorkInfo via getStopReason().
  • Precise scheduling of periodic workers via setNextScheduleTimeOverride. This allows dynamic calculation of the next Periodic work schedule, which can be used to implement advanced features like adaptive refresh times, custom retry behavior, or making a newsfeed worker run before the user wakes up every morning without drift. ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE should be used with these techniques to avoid canceling a currently-running worker while scheduling the next one.
  • WorkManager’s testing with threading matching production. ExecutorsMode.PRESERVE_EXECUTORS can be used in initializeTestWorkManager to preserve executors set in Configuration and to use the real main thread.
  • Coroutines APIs such as CoroutineWorker have been moved from additional artifact work-runtime-ktx to the main artifact work-runtime. work-runtime-ktx is now empty.

API Changes

  • stopReason was added to WorkInfo. It makes stopReason available after the worker has run. It could be helpful in the reporting stopReason in a usable way, because once a worker has been stopped, an app itself could be killed very quickly. (I21386)
  • Allow Clock to be set via config and used to drive execution sequencing of Worker tests. (Ic586e)
  • getStopReason() method was added to ListenableWorker that gives a hint why the worker was stopped. (I07060)
  • Added WorkManagerTestInitHelper#closeWorkDatabase() to avoid Closeguard's warning about leaked resources. (Ia8d49)
  • WorkInfo's constructor is public now, which can be useful in testing. (Ia00b6, b/209145335)
  • work-runtime-ktx is now empty, CoroutineWorker and other Kotlin specific utilities are now available in the main work-runtime artifact. (I71a9a)
  • Added setNextScheduleTimeOverride method, which allows accurate setting of periodic work schedules (I3b4da)
  • Added getNextScheduleTimeMillis to get scheduled run time info is added to WorkInfo. (I797e4)
  • Initial delay and periodicity info are added to WorkInfo. (I52f2f)
  • Added method observe workers via Flows via methods getWorkInfosByTagFlow, getWorkInfoByIdFlow, getWorkInfosForUniqueWorkFlow, getWorkInfosFlow (If122a)
  • Added missing @RequiresApi(...) annotations to Constraints' constructors and properties. They are now aligned with corresponding annotations on setters in Constraints.Builder that existed from early versions of WorkManager. (I6d7d2)
  • WorkManager now has a separate limit for content uri workers to give them guaranteed slots in JobScheduler to prevent missing content updates under the high load. The limit can be configured via Configuration.Builder.setContentUriTriggerWorkersLimit. (Ic128f)
  • Constraints are added to WorkInfo. (I162c0)

Version 2.9.0-rc01

October 18, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.9.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.9.0-rc01 contains these commits.

  • No changes since the last beta release

Version 2.9.0-beta01

September 6, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.9.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.9.0-beta01 contains these commits.

API Changes

Version 2.9.0-alpha02

July 26, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.9.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.9.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Now WorkManager provides a hint on why a worker was previously stopped. It can be queried from a worker itself via getStopReason() method or from WorkInfo via getStopReason().

API Changes

  • stopReason was added to WorkInfo. It makes available stopReason after the worker ran. It could be helpful in the reporting stopReason in usable way, because once a worker has been stopped, an app itself could be very quickly killed. (I21386)
  • Allow Clock to be set via config and used to drive execution sequencing of Worker tests. (Ic586e)
  • getStopReason() method was added to ListenableWorker that gives a hint why the worker was stopped. (I07060)
  • Added WorkManagerTestInitHelper#closeWorkDatabase() to avoid Closeguard's warning about leaked resources. (Ia8d49)

Bug Fixes

  • Added ability to bypass overrideNextScheduleTime using TestDriver and fixed issues with testability. (Ic2905)

Version 2.9.0-alpha01

June 7, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.9.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.9.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Observability via Flow-s. Instead of LiveData, Worker's progress now can be observed via Flow’s via WorkManager.getWorkInfosFlow and similar methods.
  • Precise scheduling of periodic workers via setNextScheduleTimeOverride. This allows dynamic calculation of the next Periodic work schedule, which can be used to implement advanced features like adaptive refresh times, custom retry behavior, or making a newsfeed worker run before the user wakes up every morning without drift. ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE should be used with these techniques to avoid cancelling a currently-running worker while scheduling the next one.
  • WorkManager’s testing with threading matching production. ExecutorsMode.PRESERVE_EXECUTORS can be used to preserve executors set in Configuration and to use the real main thread.
  • Coroutines APIs such as CoroutineWorker have been moved from additional artifact work-runtime-ktx to the main artifact work-runtime. work-runtime-ktx is now empty.

API Changes

  • WorkInfo's constructor is public now, that can be useful in testing. (Ia00b6, b/209145335)
  • work-runtime-ktx is now empty, CoroutineWorker and other kotlin specific utilities are now available in the main work-runtime artifact. (I71a9a)
  • Added setNextScheduleTimeOverride method, which allows accurate setting of periodic work schedules (I3b4da)
  • Renamed getEarliestRunTimeMillis to getNextScheduleTimeMillis. (I2bd7a)
  • Next scheduled run time info is added to WorkInfo. (I797e4)
  • Initial delay and periodicity info are added to WorkInfo. (I52f2f)
  • Added method observe workers via Flows via methods getWorkInfosByTagFlow, getWorkInfoByIdFlow, getWorkInfosForUniqueWorkFlow, getWorkInfosFlow (If122a)
  • Added missing @RequiresApi(...) annotations to Constraints' constructors and properties. They are now aligned with corresponding annotations on setters in Constraints.Builder that existed from early versions of WorkManager. (I6d7d2)
  • WorkManager now has a separate limit for content uri workers to give them guaranteed slots in JobScheduler to prevent missing content updates under the high load. Limit can be configured via Configuration.Builder.setContentUriTriggerWorkersLimit. (Ic128f)
  • Constraints are added to WorkInfo. (I162c0)

Version 2.8

Version 2.8.1

March 22, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.1 is released. Version 2.8.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed ANR in RescheduleReceiver that previously didn’t correctly handle two simultaneous broadcasts. (b/236906724)

Version 2.8.0

February 8, 2023

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0 is released. Version 2.8.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 2.7.0

New Features

API Changes

  • WorkManager.updateWork was added to update work preserving its original enqueue time and chaining.(I9a248, b/219446409)
  • ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE was added. This policy allows updating a periodic work by the name. It is similar to the existing REPLACE, but it is less intrusive: it doesn't cancel a worker if it is currently running and it preserves enqueue time - initial delay and period are calculated from original enqueue time, rather than update time. REPLACE was deprecated to decrease a confusion between the very similarly named REPLACE and UPDATE. If you still want to keep the previous semantics of REPLACE, the newly added CANCEL_AND_REENQUEUE, which is identical to REPLACE, can be used. (I985ed, b/219446409)
  • Added the ability to intercept scheduling exceptions providing Consumer<Throwable> via setSchedulingExceptionHandler)
  • Added the ability to provide Consumer<Throwable> via setInitializationExceptionHandler to determine if there were issues when trying to initialize WorkManager.
  • Inline helpers for OneTimeWorkRequest & PeriodicWorkRequest were moved from androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx to androidx.work:work-runtime (I0010f, b/209145335)
  • Helper methods WorkQuery.fromIds, WorkQuery.fromStates, WorkQuery.fromUniqueWorkNames, WorkQuery.fromTags were added to create WorkQuery directly. (b/199919736) (If48f2, b/199919736)
  • Added getForegroundInfo to Worker. (Ic1ead)
  • RxWorker both for RxJava 2 and RxJava 3 now has setForeground returning Completable that can be used instead of setForegroundInfoAsync that returns ListenableFuture
  • RxWorker both for RxJava 2 and RxJava 3 has getForegroundInfo returning Single that can be used instead of getForegroundInfoAsync that returns ListenableFuture. (b/203851459)
  • Constraints can now be directly constructed rather than using Constraints.Builder, which is convenient for Kotlin users. (Idc390, b/137568653)
  • Added the ability to check if WorkManager has been initialized. Also, added a new getConfiguration() API for library developers to get the configuration that WorkManager was initialized with. (I6eff3, b/212300336)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the greedy scheduler that would prevent workers from running immediately when under load. (I9686b, b/248111307)
  • Added @RequiresPermission to APIs that require granting the POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission on SDK 33 and above. (Ie542e, b/238790278)
  • Propagate cancellations in the CoroutineScope to the ListenableFuture when using suspendCancellableCoroutine.

Version 2.8.0-rc01

December 7, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.8.0-rc01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • No new features on this release. This is mainly a version bump

Version 2.8.0-beta02

November 9, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-beta02 is released. Version 2.8.0-beta02 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed equals method in WorkInfo, that previously didn’t take into account new generation information. (4977cc)

Version 2.8.0-beta01

October 5, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.8.0-beta01 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the greedy scheduler that would prevent workers from running immediately when under load. (I9686b, b/248111307)

Version 2.8.0-alpha04

September 7, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-alpha04 is released. Version 2.8.0-alpha04 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • WorkerInfo.getGeneration() and WorkerParameters.getGeneration() were added that return the generation of a worker. A worker has multiple generations, if it was updated via WorkManager.updateWork or WorkManager.enqueueUniquePeriodicWork using ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE. Note that If the worker is currently running, it is possible for this method to return a newer generation from that of the currently running worker if an update has happened during an execution of the worker. (I665c5, b/219446409) (I128a9, b/219446409)
  • Added InitializationExceptionHandler, an Exception Handler that can be used to determine if there were issues when trying to initialize WorkManager. (I061de)

Version 2.8.0-alpha03

August 10, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-alpha03 is released. Version 2.8.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

  • An ability to update WorkRequests in a non-intrusive way was added, preserving original enqueue time, chaining etc. See WorkManager.updateWork and ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE for more details.

API Changes

  • WorkManager.updateWork was added to update work preserving its original enqueue time and chaining.(I9a248, b/219446409)
  • ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE was added. This policy allows to update a periodic work by the name. It is similar to the existing REPLACE, but it is less intrusive: it doesn't cancel a worker if it is currently running and it preserves enqueue time - initial delay and period are calculated from original enqueue time, rather than update time. REPLACE was deprecated to decrease a confusion between very similarly named REPLACEand UPDATE. If you still want to keep the previous semantics of REPLACE, the newly added CANCEL_AND_REENQUEUE, which is identical to REPLACE, can be used. (I985ed, b/219446409)
  • Add the ability to intercept scheduling exceptions by defining a SchedulingExceptionHandler. (I033eb)
  • Inline helpers for OneTimeWorkRequest & PeriodicWorkRequest were moved from androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx to androidx.work:work-runtime (I0010f, b/209145335)

Bug Fixes

  • Added @RequiresPermission to APIs that require granting the POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission on SDK 33 and above. (Ie542e, b/238790278)

Version 2.8.0-alpha02

April 6, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.8.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • Constraints can now be directly constructed rather than using Builder, which is convenient for Kotlin users. (Idc390, b/137568653)
  • Added the ability to check if WorkManager has been initialized. Also, added a new getConfiguration() API for library developers to get the configuration that WorkManager was initialized with. (I6eff3, b/212300336)

Version 2.8.0-alpha01

January 12, 2022

androidx.work:work-*:2.8.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.8.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • Helper methods WorkQuery.fromStates, WorkQuery.fromUniqueWorkNames, WorkQuery.fromTags were added to create WorkQuery directly. (If48f2, b/199919736)
  • Adds experimental BuildCompat methods for future SDKs (Iafd82, b/207528937)
  • Add getForegroundInfo to Worker. (Ic1ead)
  • Helper methods WorkQuery.fromIds to create WorkQuery directly from ids were added. (Ie5bdf, b/199919736)
  • RxWorker now has setForeground returning Completable that can be used instead of setForegroundInfoAsync that returns ListenableFuture. (I85156)
  • RxWorker for RxJava 2 now has getForegroundInfo returning Single that can be used instead of getForegroundInfoAsync that returns ListenableFuture. (I21c91, b/203851459)
  • RxWorker for RxJava 3 now has getForegroundInfo returning Single that can be used instead of getForegroundInfoAsync that returns ListenableFuture. (I1ca8a)
  • RxWorker now has setForeground returning Completable that can be used instead of setForegroundInfoAsync that returns ListenableFuture. (I992a3, b/203851459)

Bug Fixes

  • Propagate cancellations in the CoroutineScope to the ListenableFuture when using suspendCancellableCoroutine. (I77e63)

Version 2.7

Version 2.7.1

November 17, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.1 is released. Version 2.7.1 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Cancellations in the CoroutineScopeare propagated to the ListenableFuture when using suspendCancellableCoroutine. (I77e63)
  • An exception is thrown immediately when delayed work requests are marked as expedited. bef1762

Version 2.7.0

October 13, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0 is released. Version 2.7.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 2.6.0

  • WorkManager introduces a new WorkRequest.Builder.setExpedited(...) API to help with Foreground Service restrictions in Android 12.

  • When using setExpedited(...), WorkManager delegates to expedited jobs in JobScheduler starting Android 12, while providing backwards compatibility on prior versions of Android by delegating to a Foreground Service.

Version 2.7.0-rc01

September 29, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.7.0-rc01 contains these commits.

This version is identical to androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-beta01.

Version 2.7.0-beta01

September 1, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.7.0-beta01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Reduce multi-process SQLite contention when initializing WorkManager.

API Changes

  • Remove @ExperimentalExpeditedWork APIs given the underlying platform APIs for Android 12 (S) are stable. (aosp/1792806)

Bug Fixes

  • Provide a better error message for expedited workers that do not implement getForegroundInfoAsync(). (aosp/1809376)

Version 2.7.0-alpha05

July 21, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-alpha05 is released. Version 2.7.0-alpha05 contains these commits.

This release also contains bug fixes from the WorkManager 2.6.0-beta02 release.

Version 2.7.0-alpha04

June 2, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-alpha04 is released.

This release also contains the changes from the 2.6.0-beta01 release.

API Changes

  • ListenableWorker.setForegroundAsync() is no longer deprecated.
  • We recommend using WorkRequest.Builder.setExpedited(...) API when possible. To better support situations when the app is not subject to foreground service restrictions, developers can use the ListenableWorker.setForegroundAsync() API.
  • If ListenableWorker.setForegroundAsync() is called, when the app is subject to foreground service restrictions, this will throw the ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.

Bug Fixes

  • When expedited jobs are rescheduled, they are no longer expedited. They become regular jobs.

Version 2.7.0-alpha03

April 21, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-alpha03 is released. Version 2.7.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

API Changes

Version 2.7.0-alpha02

March 10, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.7.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Make PendingIntent mutability explicit, to fix a crash when targeting Android 12. (b/180884673)

Version 2.7.0-alpha01

February 18, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.7.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.7.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • WorkManager introduces a newWorkRequest.Builder.setExpedited(...) API to take into account the foreground Service restrictions in Android 12.

    Applications can no longer launch a foreground service when they are in the background. Therefore, to better support long running work which was previously bound to the lifecycle of a foreground service, applications can mark WorkRequests as expedited.

    This API is a replacement for the setForegroundAsync(...) / setForeground(...) APIs which are now deprecated.

    When using setExpedited(...), WorkManager delegates to expedited jobs in JobScheduler starting Android 12, while providing backwards compatibility on prior versions of Android by delegating to foreground services,

API Changes

  • Add support for expedited WorkRequests.

Version 2.6.0

Version 2.6.0

September 1, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0 is released. Version 2.6.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 2.5.0

  • WorkManager now uses androidx.startup to initialize WorkManager. If you used tools:node="remove" the ContentProvider being used to initialize WorkManager in the past, then you need to do the following instead.

    <provider
    android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
    android:authorities=\"${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
    android:exported="false"
    tools:node=\"merge">
    <!-- If you are using androidx.startup to initialize other components -->
    <meta-data
        android:name="androidx.work.WorkManagerInitializer"
        android:value="androidx.startup"
        tools:node="remove" />
 </provider>

    <!-- If you want to disable android.startup completely. -->
 <provider
            android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
            android:authorities="${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
            tools:node="remove" />

  • Added support for Workers that can run in any process. (Iaf200)

  • Added a RemoteCoroutineWorker which is an implementation of RemoteListenableWorker that can bind to a remote process. (I30578)

Version 2.6.0-rc01

August 4, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.6.0-rc01 contains these commits.

This version is identical to androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0-beta02.

Version 2.6.0-beta02

July 21, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0-beta02 is released. Version 2.6.0-beta02 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • RemoteWorkManager now correctly unbinds from RemoteWorkManagerService which allows RemoteWorkManagerService to clean up correctly. aosp/1730694
  • RemoteListenableWorker now correctly unbinds from RemoteWorkerService which allows RemoteWorkerService to clean up correctly. aosp/1743817
  • ForceStopRunnable now only runs in the primary app process. This is an optimization, and avoids resource contention for apps that use multiple processes. aosp/1749180, aosp/1761729

Version 2.6.0-beta01

June 2, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.6.0-beta01 contains these commits.

This release contains some minor documentation improvements. The release is largely identical to 2.6.0-alpha02.

Version 2.6.0-alpha02

April 21, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.6.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Adds support for Workers that can run in any process. (Iaf200)

  • Added a RemoteCoroutineWorker which is an implementation of RemoteListenableWorker that can bind to a remote process. (I30578)

API Changes

  • Added support for TEMPORARILY_UNMETERED network constraint. (I08d5e)
  • Multi-process worker support for setProgressAsync(). (Ib6d08)
  • Make WorkManagerInitializer public so other androidx.startup.Initializers can use these as dependencies. (I5ab11)

Version 2.6.0-alpha01

March 24, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.6.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.6.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • WorkManager now uses androidx.startup to initialize WorkManager. Previously, this was being done by androidx.work.impl.WorkManagerInitializer. (aosp/1608813)

    If you used tools:node="remove" the ContentProvider being used to initialize process lifecycle in the past, then you need to do the following instead.

     <provider
    android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
    android:authorities=\"${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
    android:exported="false"
    tools:node=\"merge">
    <!-- If you are using androidx.startup to initialize other components -->
    <meta-data
        android:name="androidx.work.impl.WorkManagerInitializer"
        android:value="androidx.startup"
        tools:node="remove" />
 </provider>

    (or)

     <!-- If you want to disable android.startup completely. -->
 <provider
    android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
    android:authorities="${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
    tools:node="remove">
 </provider>

API Changes

  • Add a Result.getOutputData() API which returns the ListenableWorker's outputData. (Ie51e3)

Bug Fixes

  • Add a workaround for an OEM bug which causes a SecurityException to be thrown when using AlarmManager APIs. (aosp/1587518)

Version 2.5.0

Version 2.5.0

January 27, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0 is released. Version 2.5.0 contains these commits.

Major changes since 2.4.0

  • A new :work:work-multiprocess artifact for apps that use multiple processes. This introduces performance gains by unifying work request scheduling to a single process.
  • Sometimes, ActivityManager cannot instantiate the JobService instance, to start a job. This causes the underlying job to get silently dropped because of a platform bug. WorkManager now ensures that there are backing jobs for every single WorkRequest when an Application is being initialized by reconciling jobs. This greatly improves job execution reliability. (b/172475041, aosp/1489577)
  • WorkManager limits database growth by reducing the buffer duration that WorkRequests are tracked after a WorkRequest is complete. The duration was 7 days previously. It has been reduced to 1 day + the keepResultsForAtLeast duration. (aosp/1419708)
  • The TestListenableWorkerBuilder now supports the reified class extending ListenableWorker to make testing easier. (aosp/1443299, b/169787349)
  • WorkManager inspector is now available when using Android Studio Arctic Fox.

Version 2.5.0-rc01

January 13, 2021

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.5.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where getWorkInfosLiveData was not correctly getting invalidated after entities were updated when using the WorkQuery based API. (aosp/1540566, b/173769028)
  • Fixed a bug where database transactions were not being marked as successful in some rare cases. This causes issues on some Motorola devices. (aosp/1535368, b/175944460)
  • Fixed a bug to ignore NoSuchElementExceptions when trying to unbind from a dead process. (aosp/1530589)
  • Improve ConstraintTrackingWorker to only stop a ListenableWorker if it's not already been stopped. (aosp/1496844, b/172946965)
  • Update androidx.work libraries to target Java 8 (Ibd2f2)

Version 2.5.0-beta02

December 2, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0-beta02 is released. Version 2.5.0-beta02 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug in androidx.work:work-multiprocess where WorkManager inadvertently blocked the calling thread when trying to bind to the designated process. (aosp/1475538)
  • Fixed a bug where PeriodicWorkRequests were not being reconciled correctly. (b/172475041, aosp/1489577)
  • Added a workaround for a platform bug when stopping the foreground service when using the setForeground* APIs. (b/170924044, aosp/1489901)

Version 2.5.0-beta01

October 28, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.5.0-beta01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • WorkManager automatically throttles the number of WorkRequests that can be picked up by the in-process scheduler. The requests are still executed in FIFO order. (aosp/1455228)
  • WorkManager attempts to recover when the application’s datastore is in a bad state. (aosp/1463103)

Bug Fixes

  • When ListenableWorkers are interrupted, mark them ENQUEUED immediately so they can be subsequently rescheduled. (aosp/1455618, b/170273988)

Version 2.5.0-alpha03

October 14, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0-alpha03 is released. Version 2.5.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • TestListenableWorkerBuilder and TestWorkerBuilder do not use raw types. (I883ad, b/169787349)

Bug Fixes

  • Use ApplicationInfo to determine the name of the default app process. (b/168716641, aosp/1429950)
  • Fix the visibility rules for RemoteWorkManager and RemoteWorkContinuation. These APIs are no-longer marked as @Restricted. (aosp/1432091)
  • Fix proguard rules for :work:work-multiprocess. (aosp/1432091)
  • Improve notification lifecycles for long running work bound to a foreground service. (b/168502234, aosp/1431331)

Version 2.5.0-alpha02

September 16, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.5.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Add an API to WorkQuery to be able to use ids to query WorkInfos. (aosp/1412372, b/157335295)
  • WorkManager better supports apps that use multiple processes with a new artifact (androidx.work:work-multiprocess:*). This new artifact helps solve a few problems that large apps encounter including:
    • WorkManager typically needs to be initialized in every app process. This is not great because there is increased SQLite contention which in turn causes other problems. WorkManager now has new APIs which can be used to designate a primary app process using Configuration#setDefaultProcessName(processName). The processName is a fully qualified process name which looks like packageName:processName (e.g. com.example:remote).
    • A set of new APIs: RemoteWorkManager and RemoteWorkContinuation to enqueue, cancel and query work requests. These APIs do not include LiveData variants to avoid SQLite contention across multiple-processes. All calls to enqueue, cancel and query are forwarded to a primary app process using AIDL and return a fluent ListenableFuture. (aosp/1392657, aosp/1411210, aosp/1412215, aosp/1417713)

API Changes

  • WorkManager now prunes completed WorkRequests that have no incomplete dependencies more aggressively. The buffer duration changed from 7 days to 1 day. (aosp/1419708)

Bug Fixes

  • WorkManager now reconciles jobs proactively so WorkRequests and JobScheduler jobs are in sync when WorkManager is initialized. (aosp/1412794, b/166292069)

Version 2.5.0-alpha01

August 19, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.5.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.5.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Changes to internal APIs that allow us to provide better tooling with WorkManager going forward. Stay tuned for additional updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Handle SecurityExceptions when tracking network state on some devices. (aosp/1396969)

External Contribution

Version 2.4.0

Version 2.4.0

July 22, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.4.0 is released. Version 2.4.0 contains these commits.

Major changes since 2.3.0

  • WorkManagers in-process scheduler is now more capable. Previously, the in-process Scheduler would only consider executing work that was not delayed and whose constraints were met. Now, the in-process scheduler tracks WorkRequests which might be executed in the future, including PeriodicWorkRequests. The in-process Scheduler also does not observe scheduling limits (but is still restricted to the size of the Executor being used by WorkManager). This means that the application can now execute a lot more WorkRequests when the app is in the foreground. To manage execution of delayed work in the foreground, WorkManager also introduces a new configurable RunnableScheduler. (aosp/1185778)
  • WorkManager now supports RxJava 3. To use RxJava 3, you should include the following dependency: implementation "androidx.work:work-rxjava3:2.4.0". (aosp/1277904)
  • Added the ability to query for WorkInfos by using a WorkQuery. This is useful when developers want to query WorkInfos by a combination of multiple attributes. For more information look at WorkQuery.Builder.fromStates(...), WorkQuery.Builder. fromTags(...) or WorkQuery.Builder.fromUniqueWorkNames(...). (aosp/1253230, b/143847546)

  • Add the ability to request diagnostic information from WorkManager using:

    adb shell am broadcast -a "androidx.work.diagnostics.REQUEST_DIAGNOSTICS" -p "<your_app_package_name>"

    This provides a lot of useful information including:

    • WorkRequests that were completed in the last 24 hours.
    • WorkRequests that are currently RUNNING.
    • Scheduled WorkRequests. (aosp/1235501)

  • Add ExistingWorkPolicy.APPEND_OR_REPLACE which is similar to APPEND, but replaces a chain that has cancelled or failed prerequisites. (b/134613984, aosp/1199640)

  • Provide the ability to add a custom RunnableScheduler to track WorkRequests that need to be executed in the future. This is used by the in-process Scheduler. (aosp/1203944)

  • Add support for dynamically adding factories to delegate to, when using a DelegatingWorkerFactory. (b/156289105, aosp/1309745)

  • Align tracking for BATTERY_NOT_LOW constraints more closely with the platform. (aosp/1312583)

  • The in-process scheduler now uses better APIs to determine the name of the process. This is useful to better support apps that use multiple-processes. (aosp/1324732)

  • New Lint rules which enforce:

    • Use of the right foregroundServiceType when using setForegroundAsync() APIs. (b/147873061, aosp/1215915)
    • Specifying JobScheduler ids that WorkManager should use when using JobService APIs directly. aosp/1223567
    • Added a new lint rule that ensures that ListenableWorkerimplementations are now public when using the default WorkerFactory. (aosp/1291262)

  • Calls to setForegroundAsync() that do not complete before completion of a ListenableWorker will now be signalled via an IllegalStateException on the returned ListenableFuture. (aosp/1262743)

  • Fix a bug where the ForegroundService is not stopped after a foreground Worker is interrupted. (b/155579898, aosp/1302153)

  • Fix a bug where WorkManager attempts to execute multiple instances of a Worker bound to a Foreground Service (b/156310133, aosp/1309853)

Version 2.4.0-rc01

June 24, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.4.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.4.0-rc01 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • The in-process scheduler now uses better APIs to determine the name of the process. This is useful to better support apps that use multiple-processes. (aosp/1324732)

Version 2.4.0-beta01

May 20, 2020

androidx.work:work-gcm:2.4.0-beta01, androidx.work:work-runtime:2.4.0-beta01, androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.4.0-beta01, androidx.work:work-rxjava2:2.4.0-beta01, and androidx.work:work-testing:2.4.0-beta01 are released. Version 2.4.0-beta01 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix a bug where the ForegroundService is not stopped after a foreground Worker is interrupted. (b/155579898, aosp/1302153)
  • Fix a bug where WorkManager attempts to execute multiple instances of a Worker bound to a Foreground Service (b/156310133, aosp/1309853)
  • Add support for dynamically adding factories to delegate to, when using a DelegatingWorkerFactory. (b/156289105, aosp/1309745)
  • Align tracking for BATTERY_NOT_LOW constraints more closely with the platform. (aosp/1312583)

Version 2.4.0-alpha03

April 29, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.4.0-alpha03 is released. Version 2.4.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

  • WorkManager now supports RxJava 3. To use RxJava 3, you should include the following dependency: implementation "androidx.work:work-rxjava3:2.4.0-alpha03". (aosp/1277904)
  • Added a new lint rule that ensures that ListenableWorkerimplementations are now public when using the default WorkerFactory. (aosp/1291262)

API Changes

  • Calling setProgressAsync() after a ListenableWorker has finished execution will now signal an Exception via the ListenableFuture. (aosp/1285494)
  • WorkQuery.Builder is now marked final. (aosp/1275037)
  • WorkQuery.Builder factory methods withStates, withTags and withUniqueWorkNames have been renamed to fromStates, fromTags and fromUniqueWorkNames respectively. (aosp/1280287)

Bug Fixes

Version 2.4.0-alpha02

April 1, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.4.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.4.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Added a new Lint rule that warns when WorkRequests requires both Constraints.setRequiresCharging(...) and Constraints.setRequiresDeviceIdle(...). Some devices are never charging and idle at the same time. So such requests would run less frequently than expected. (aosp/1253840)

API Changes

  • Added the ability to query for WorkInfos by using a WorkQuery. This is useful when developers want to query WorkInfos by a combination of multiple attributes. For more information look at WorkQuery.Builder withStates(...), WorkQuery.Builder withTags(...) or WorkQuery.Builder withUniqueWorkNames(...). (aosp/1253230, b/143847546)

  • Calls to setForegroundAsync() that do not complete before completion of a ListenableWorker will now be signalled via an IllegalStateException on the returned ListenableFuture. (aosp/1262743)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the lint rule that checks for invalid interval durations for PeriodicWorkRequests. (aosp/1254846, b/152606442)

Version 2.4.0-alpha01

March 4, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.4.0-alpha01 is released. Version 2.4.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

  • WorkManagers in-process scheduler is now more capable. Previously, the in-process Scheduler would only consider executing work that was not delayed and whose constraints were met. Now, the in-process scheduler tracks WorkRequests which might be executed in the future, including PeriodicWorkRequests. The in-process Scheduler also does not observe scheduling limits (but is still restricted to the size of the Executor being used by WorkManager). This means that the application can now execute a lot more WorkRequests when the app is in the foreground. (aosp/1185778)

  • Added the ability to request diagnostic information from WorkManager using adb shell am broadcast -a "androidx.work.diagnostics.REQUEST_DIAGNOSTICS" -p "<your_app_package_name>". This provides a lot of useful information including:

    • WorkRequests that were completed in the last 24 hours.
    • WorkRequests that are currently RUNNING.
    • Scheduled WorkRequests. (aosp/1235501)

  • New Lint rules which enforce:

    • Use of the right foregroundServiceType when using setForegroundAsync() APIs. (b/147873061, aosp/1215915)
    • Specifying JobScheduler ids that WorkManager should use when using JobService APIs directly. (aosp/1223567)

API Changes

  • Add ExistingWorkPolicy.APPEND_OR_REPLACE which is similar to APPEND, but replaces a chain that has cancelled or failed prerequisites. (b/134613984, aosp/1199640)

  • Provide the ability to add a custom RunnableScheduler to track WorkRequests that need to be executed in the future. This is used by the in-process Scheduler. (aosp/1203944)

Bug Fixes

  • Deprecated setProgress() in RxWorker because it previously returned a Single<Void> which is an impossible type. Added a new API setCompletableProgress() which returns a Completable instead; and added new Lint rules which help migrate to the new APIs. (b/150080946, aosp/1242665)

Version 2.3.4

Version 2.3.4

March 18, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.4 is released. Version 2.3.4 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug which would cause multiple instances of a long running Workers to run, after exceeding the 10 minute execution window. (aosp/1247484, b/150553353)
  • Fix for WorkManager’s lint IssueRegistry. Thank you @ZacSweers from Slack, for the contribution. (aosp/1217923)

Version 2.3.3

Version 2.3.3

March 4, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.3 is released. Version 2.3.3 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where if a Worker was interrupted, it would not get rescheduled correctly. (b/150325687, aosp/1246571)

Version 2.3.2

Version 2.3.2

February 19, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.2 are released. Version 2.3.2 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where WorkManager exceeds the 100 job limit in JobScheduler in rare cases. (aosp/1226859, b/149092520)
  • Fix for a race condition in ConstraintControllers. (aosp/1220100)
  • Improved the management foreground Service lifecycle for long running Workers. (aosp/1226295)
  • Improved the management of cancellation of Notifications for long running Workers upon Worker cancellation. (aosp/1228346)

Version 2.3.1

Version 2.3.1

February 5, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.1 is released. Version 2.3.1 contains these commits.

Bug fixes

  • Better manage the lifecycle of Notifications for long running Workers that run when a foreground Service is active. (aosp/1218539, b/147249312)
  • WorkManager now depends on androidx.sqlite:sqlite-framework:2.1.0 stable. (aosp/1217729)
  • Added lint rules to ensure that a foregroundServiceType is specified in the AndroidManifest.xml when using foregroundServiceTypes in ForegroundInfo. (aosp/1214207, b/147873061)

Version 2.3.0

Version 2.3.0

January 22, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.0 is released with no changes since 2.3.0-rc01. Version 2.3.0 contains these commits.

Important changes since 2.2.0

  • Support for long running or important work via ListenableWorker#setForegroundAsync().
  • Support for Worker Progress via ListenableWorker#setProgressAsync().
  • WorkManager now packages additional lint rules as part of the library which helps catch bugs early.

Version 2.3.0-rc01

January 8, 2020

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.0-rc01 is released. Version 2.3.0-rc01 contains these commits.

This release is identical to 2.3.0-beta02

Bug fixes

  • The work-testing artifact now defines an api dependency on work-runtime-ktx. (aosp/1194410)

Version 2.3.0-beta02

December 18, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.0-beta02 is released. Version 2.3.0-beta02 contains these commits.

New features

  • Added a better error message for non-recoverable SQLite exceptions. (aosp/1185777)
  • Added a lint rule which ensures that the content provider androidx.work.impl.WorkManagerInitializer is removed from the AndroidManifest.xml when using on demand initialization. (aosp/1167007)
  • Added a lint warning when enqueue() is used for a PeriodicWorkRequest instead of enqueueUniquePeriodicWork(). (aosp/1166032)

API changes

  • ForegroundInfo now requires you to specify the notificationId to be used when using ListenableWorker.setForegroundAsync(). This is a breaking change. This allows you to run multiple long running Workers in parallel. WorkManager also better manages lifetimes of the provided Notifications. (b/145473554, aosp/1181208, asop/1181216, asop/1183577)

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug in the AlarmManager implementation where alarms were not being cleaned up correctly. (aosp/1156444)
  • Fixed a bug where an empty list of WorkRequests would cause an incorrect WorkContinuation chain to be built. (b/142835274, aosp/1157051)

Dependency changes

  • WorkManager now uses Room 2.2.2.

Version 2.3.0-beta01

November 20, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.0-beta01 is released. Version 2.3.0-beta01 contains these commits.

New features

  • Added a new lint rule which prevents developer errors due to incorrect implementation of androidx.work.Configuration.Provider when using on-demand initialization. aosp/1164559

Version 2.3.0-alpha03

October 23, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.0-alpha03 is released. Version 2.3.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New features

  • Added WorkManager.createCancelPendingIntent() API which makes it easy to cancel WorkRequests without having to register another component in the AndroidManifest.xml. This API makes it especially easy to cancel WorkRequests from Notifications. We expect this to be paired with the new foreground APIs in 2.3.0.
  • WorkManager now depends on androidx.room:*:2.2.0 stable.

API changes

  • Renamed ForegroundInfo.getNotificationType() to ForegroundInfo.getForegroundServiceType() to be more consistent with the underlying platform APIs. (b/142729893, aosp/1143316)

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug which is caused by an unnecessary call to setTransactionSuccessful() outside of a transaction. This happens for rare migrations. (b/142580433, aosp/1141737)

Version 2.3.0-alpha02

October 9, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.0-alpha02 is released. Version 2.3.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New features

  • WorkManager now supports running long running or important work that should be kept alive by the OS. For more information look at ListenableWorker#setForegroundAsync() (or CoroutineWorker#setForeground() for Kotlin). (aosp/1133636)

API changes

  • The containsKey API in Data is renamed to hasKeyWithValueOfType. The corresponding extension method in the ktx library has also been renamed. (b/141916545)

Bug fixes

  • WorkManager schedules work fairly when the number of WorkRequests enqueued approach scheduling limits. (aosp/1105766)
  • WorkManager calls ListenableWorker#onStopped() only if the work is not already completed. (b/140055777)
  • WorkManager now removes progress information when a worker gets interrupted or reaches its terminal state. (aosp/1114572)
  • Data now has a much more useful toString()representation. (b/140945323)
  • Data now has a better equals() method. It also supports deepEquals for Array types. (b/140922528)
  • WorkManager now stores its internal database and preference files in a no backup directory. (b/114808216)

Version 2.3.0-alpha01

August 22, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.3.September 5, 20190-alpha01 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

New features

  • ListenableWorkers can now set progress via the setProgressAsync() API. Also added a corresponding suspend-ing setProgress API in CoroutineWorker and a setProgress in RxWorker which returns a Single<Void>. With these new APIs Workers can convey progress information via WorkInfo which has a corresponding getProgress API. (b/79481554)
  • Data has a containsKey() API which can be used to validate that input data to Workers has keys with the expected type. (b/117136838)
  • Data can now be serialized using Data.toByteArray() and Data.fromByteArray(). Note that there are no versioning guarantees with Data so you should not persist it or use it for IPC between applications. They are only safe to be used between multiple processes of the same application.
  • Added the ability to specify an InputMergerFactory via Configuration.setInputMergerFactory. (b/133273159)

API changes

  • WorkManager will throw an instance of IllegalStateException if a WorkerFactory returns an instance of ListenableWorker which has been previously invoked. (b/139554406)
  • Documentation updates around ListenableFuture cancellation and the onStopped() callback in ListenableWorker. (b/138413671)

Bug fixes

  • The in-process Scheduler now ignores WorkRequests with the idle constraint. These requests are now only picked up by JobScheduler when the device is actually idle. (aosp/1089779)
  • TestScheduler now correctly uses the specified Executor for its internal task executor in tests. (aosp/1090749)

Version 2.2.0

Version 2.2.0

August 15, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.2.0 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

This release is identical to androidx.work:work-*:2.2.0-rc01.

Important Changes in 2.2.0 from 2.1.0

androidx.work:work-gcm:2.2.0 is a new Maven artifact which supports the use of GCMNetworkManager as a scheduler when Google Play Services is available for API levels <= 22. This is an optional dependency that helps with more reliable and performant background processing on older API versions. If your app uses Google Play Services, add this dependency to your gradle file to automatically get GCMNetworkManager support. If Play Services is not available, WorkManager will continue to fall back to AlarmManager on older devices.

Version 2.2.0-rc01

July 30, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.2.0-rc01 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug in the AlarmManager implementation that causes the Service to shutdown prematurely and resulting in a RejectedExecutionException in rare cases. (aosp/1092374) (b/138238197).
  • Added a workaround for a NullPointerException when using JobScheduler APIs on some devices. (aosp/1091020) (b/138364061), (b/138441699)

Version 2.2.0-beta02

July 19, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.2.0-beta02 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

Bug fixes

  • Removed unintentional jacoco dependency that was introduced in 2.2.0-beta01.

Version 2.2.0-beta01

July 17, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.2.0-beta01 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

New features

  • androidx.work:work-gcm:2.2.0-beta01 is a new Maven artifact which supports the use of GCMNetworkManager as a scheduler when Google Play Services is available for API levels <= 22. This is an optional dependency that helps with more reliable and performant background processing on older API versions. If your app uses Google Play Services, add this dependency to your gradle file to automatically get GCMNetworkManager support. If Play Services is not available, WorkManager will continue to fall back to AlarmManager on older devices.

Bug fixes

  • Fix for IllegalArgumentException when tracking network state on Nvidia Shield K1 tablets. (aosp/1010188)

Version 2.1.0

Version 2.1.0

July 11, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.1.0 is released. This release is identical to androidx.work:work-*:2.1.0-rc01.

Important changes since 2.0.1

  • work-runtime-ktx now requires Java 8. If you run into any issues, you can add the following to your build.gradle: kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = "1.8" }
  • Added on-demand initialization for WorkManager, which will create WorkManager only when referenced. b/127497100 To set up your project for on-demand initialization:
    1. Disable the automatic initializer.
    2. Implement Configuration.Provider on your custom Application object.
    3. Change all references of WorkManager.getInstance() to WorkManager.getInstance(Context). As part of this change, we have deprecated WorkManager.getInstance(). It is always safer to call the new WorkManager.getInstance(Context) replacement, even if you're not doing on-demand initialization.
  • PeriodicWorkRequests now support initial delays. You can use the setInitialDelay method on PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder to set an initial delay. b/111404867
  • Added the ability to delegate to one or more registered WorkerFactorys using DelegatingWorkerFactory. b/131435993
  • Added the ability to customize the Executor used by WorkManager for all its internal book-keeping via Configuration.Builder.setTaskExecutor.
  • Added the ability to create unit testable Worker and ListenableWorker classes by using TestWorkerBuilder and TestListenableWorkerBuilder in the work-testing artifact.
    • Note that work-testing now pulls in Kotlin as a dependency and includes several Kotlin extensions by default.
  • Added run attempt count to WorkInfo. b/127290461
  • Data types can now store and retrieve bytes and byte arrays. This does NOT change the maximum size of Data objects.
  • WorkManager now depends on Room 2.1.0, which should fix some database issues.

Version 2.1.0-rc01

June 27, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.1.0-rc01 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug which would cause an application to crash when executing jobs with JobScheduler while a backup was in progress b/135858602.

Version 2.1.0-beta02

June 20, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.1.0-beta02 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

Bug fixes

  • TestListenableWorkerBuilder now uses the correct WorkerFactory when creating instances of ListenableWorker. b/135275844
  • Fixed a bug which caused drifts in the execution windows for WorkRequests due to process death. b/135272196

Version 2.1.0-beta01

June 13, 2019

androidx.work:work-*:2.1.0-beta01 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

Bug fixes

  • WorkManager now depends on Room 2.1.0, which should fix some database issues.
  • Removed some startup disk I/O on the main thread.
  • Fixed a potential deadlock in constraint tracking. b/134361006
  • Preemptively cancelled invalid jobs attributed to WorkManager. b/134058261
  • Added some defensive calls to JobScheduler APIs for misbehaving devices.

Version 2.1.0-alpha03

June 5, 2019

androidx.work:*:2.1.0-alpha03 is released.

Bug fixes

  • Improved documentation for PeriodicWorkRequests.
  • WorkManagerTestInitHelper now uses the correct background executor for tests.
  • Fixes for SQLite issues when dealing with large transactions on some devices. (b/130182503)
  • WorkManager’s dependencies are now more granular. (b/133169148).
  • Workaround OEM specific bugs in the implementation of JobScheduler when scheduling jobs using WorkManager.
  • Improvements in the AlarmManager based scheduler around service lifetimes that previously caused rare crashes. (b/133313734)

Version 2.1.0-alpha02

May 16, 2019

WorkManager 2.1.0-alpha02 is released. This version contains several new APIs.

API Changes

  • PeriodicWorkRequests now support initial delays. You can use the setInitialDelay method on PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder to set an initial delay. b/111404867

  • Added the ability to delegate to one or more registered WorkerFactorys using DelegatingWorkerFactory. b/131435993

  • Added the ability to customize the Executor used by WorkManager for all its internal book-keeping via Configuration.Builder.setTaskExecutor.

  • Improved documentation around WorkRequest.keepResultsForAtLeast (b/130638001), on-demand initialization, and PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder (b/131711394).

Version 2.1.0-alpha01

April 24, 2019

WorkManager 2.1.0-alpha01 is released. This version contains several new APIs. Please note that starting with this version, there will be new features that won't get backported to the 1.x release. We recommend switching to 2.x.

API Changes

  • Added on-demand initialization for WorkManager, which will create WorkManager only when referenced. b/127497100 To set up your project for on-demand initialization:
    1. Disable the automatic initializer.
    2. Implement Configuration.Provider on your custom Application object.
    3. Change all references of WorkManager.getInstance() to WorkManager.getInstance(Context). As part of this change, we have deprecated WorkManager.getInstance(). It is always safer to call the new WorkManager.getInstance(Context) replacement, even if you're not doing on-demand initialization.
  • Added the ability to create unit testable Worker and ListenableWorker classes by using TestWorkerBuilder and TestListenableWorkerBuilder in the work-testing artifact.
    • Note that work-testing now pulls in Kotlin as a dependency, but also includes several Kotlin extensions by default.
  • Added run attempt count to WorkInfo. b/127290461
  • Data types can now store and retrieve bytes and byte arrays. This does NOT change the maximum size of Data objects.
  • Deprecated CoroutineWorker.coroutineContext. This field was incorrectly typed as a CoroutineDispatcher; you should no longer need it as you can go to the desired coroutineContext yourself in the body of the suspending function.
  • RxWorker.createWork() and RxWorker.getBackgroundScheduler() are now annotated with @NonNull return types.

Version 2.0.1

Version 2.0.1

April 9, 2019

WorkManager 2.0.1 is released. This release is identical to 2.0.1-rc01.

Version 2.0.1-rc01

April 3, 2019

WorkManager 2.0.1-rc01 is released. This version contains some bug fixes. For legacy 1.x users, some of these changes also appear in 1.0.1-rc01.

Bug Fixes

  • Robolectric tests now operate properly with WorkManager. b/122553577
  • Fixed an edge case crash with constraints tracking not being cleaned up on pre-JobScheduler APIs. b/129226383
  • Fixed a StackOverflowError dealing with long chains of work. b/129091233
  • Updated documentation for PeriodicWorkRequests to indicate that flex time is not supported on API 23.
  • Fixed some broken links in the Kotlin documentation.

Version 2.0.0

Version 2.0.0

March 20, 2019

WorkManager 2.0.0 is released. This version is identical to 2.0.0-rc01 and is the AndroidX version of 1.0.0 stable with AndroidX dependencies. We recommend targeting this version instead of the legacy 1.x versions. All active development will target 2.x and 1.x will only receive critical bug fixes for a limited time.

Version 2.0.0-rc01

March 7, 2019

WorkManager 2.0.0-rc01 is released. This version is identical to 1.0.0 stable but has AndroidX dependencies. Once this reaches 2.0.0 stable, you should include this version and the legacy 1.x versions will only receive some critical bug fixes. All active development will target 2.x.

Pre-AndroidX Dependencies

For information on using Kotlin extensions, see the KTX documentation.
Reference docs: Java

Groovy

dependencies {
    def work_version = "1.0.1"

    // (Java only)
    implementation "android.arch.work:work-runtime:$work_version"

    // Kotlin + coroutines
    implementation "android.arch.work:work-runtime-ktx:$work_version"

    // optional - RxJava2 support
    implementation "android.arch.work:work-rxjava2:$work_version"
    // optional - Test helpers
    androidTestImplementation "android.arch.work:work-testing:$work_version"
}

Kotlin

dependencies {
    val work_version = "1.0.1"

    // (Java only)
    implementation("android.arch.work:work-runtime:$work_version")

    // Kotlin + coroutines
    implementation("android.arch.work:work-runtime-ktx:$work_version")

    // optional - RxJava2 support
    implementation("android.arch.work:work-rxjava2:$work_version")

    // optional - Test helpers
    androidTestImplementation("android.arch.work:work-testing:$work_version")
}

Version 1.0.1

Version 1.0.1

April 9, 2019

WorkManager 1.0.1 is released. This release is identical to 1.0.1-rc01.

Please note that we strongly encourage users to update to WorkManager 2.x, as there will be very few updates to the 1.x branch moving forward. New APIs will also not be released for the 1.x library.

Version 1.0.1-rc01

April 2, 2019

WorkManager 1.0.1-rc01 is released. This version contains some bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Robolectric tests now operate properly with WorkManager. b/122553577
  • Fixed an edge case crash with constraints tracking not being cleaned up on pre-JobScheduler APIs. b/129226383
  • Fixed a StackOverflowError dealing with long chains of work. b/129091233

Version 1.0.0

Version 1.0.0

March 05, 2019

This is WorkManager's 1.0.0 stable release. This version of WorkManager is identical to 1.0.0-rc02.

Version 1.0.0-rc02

February 21, 2019

This is the second release candidate for WorkManager's 1.0.0 stable release. This release contains two bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Workers are now correctly scheduled after an application crash. b/124546316

  • Workers that throw an unchecked Exception are now correctly marked as FAILED and no longer crash the app process.

Version 1.0.0-rc01

February 14, 2019

This is a release candidate for WorkManager's 1.0.0 stable release. This release contains one bug fix.

Bug Fixes

  • The AlarmManager based implementation now correctly respects flex windows for PeriodicWorkRequests. b/124274584

Version 1.0.0-beta05

February 6, 2019

This release contains some bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a case where JobScheduler.getPendingJob(...) was used on API 23. b/123893059
  • Fixed a NullPointerException on devices running Android 5.1 (API level 22) or lower. b/123835104

Version 1.0.0-beta04

February 4, 2019

This release contains some bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Improved scheduling of PeriodicWork for the AlarmManager based implementation.
  • Fixed a case where WorkManager failed to correctly track constraints when using the AlarmManager based implementation. b/123379508
  • Fixed a case when WorkManager failed to retry work on process death when using the AlarmManager based implementation. b/123329850
  • Fixed a case which would cause WorkManager to leak Wakelocks when using the AlarmManager based implementation.

Version 1.0.0-beta03

January 25, 2019

This release contains some bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • We introduced a regression 1.0.0-beta02 that was causing work to not execute properly in some situations. b/123211993
  • Fixed a case where work wasn't properly honoring backoff timing. b/122881597
  • Fixed a ConcurrentModificationException on devices running Android 5.1 (API or) or lower. This is a continuation of the fix in 1.0.0-beta02. b/121345393
  • Added exported=false for some components in our manifest that were missing this annotation.
  • Included information about how WorkManager interacts with the OS in the package-level documentation.

Version 1.0.0-beta02

January 15, 2019

This release contains some bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an edge case where periodic work could run more than once per interval on devices running Android 6.0 (API level 23). b/121998363
  • Fixed a ConcurrentModificationException on devices running Android 5.1 (API level 22) or lower. b/121345393
  • Fixed erroneous execution of work when Constraints aren't met on devices running Android 5.1 (API level 22) or lower. b/122578012
  • Optimized work completion handling to be faster in some edge cases. b/122358129
  • Added a change to address potential race conditions among multiple instances of LiveData that WorkManager uses.
  • Moved to use Room dependency 1.1.1 instead of 1.1.1-rc01; these versions are identical. b/122578011

Version 1.0.0-beta01

December 19, 2018

This release contains no API changes; moving forward, WorkManager is expected to stay API stable until the next version unless there is a critical problem. This release contains some bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Previously-cancelled children of successfully completed parent work will no longer run. b/120811767
  • Properly initialized logging classes (primarily surfaced during tests).

Version 1.0.0-alpha13

December 12, 2018

This release contains a minor API change that will be helpful for some Kotlin users.

API Changes

  • androidx.work.Result has been moved to be an inner class of ListenableWorker. This prevents refactoring conflicts with Kotlin's top-level Result class. This is a breaking API change. b/120564418

Breaking API Changes

  • androidx.work.Result has been moved to be an inner class of ListenableWorker.

Version 1.0.0-alpha12

December 5, 2018

This release contains some breaking API changes; please see the Breaking API Changes section below. This version is likely to be released as our first beta. alpha12 also contains extensive documentation updates.

API Changes

  • A new artifact, work-rxjava2, introduces RxWorker. This is a ListenableWorker that expects a Single<Payload>.
  • Support for Firebase JobDispatcher has been removed because of its impending deprecation. This means that the work-firebase artifact will no longer be updated as we head into beta. We will be looking into adding an alternative in the future.
  • Combined Payload into Result. Result is now a "sealed class" with three concrete implementations, which you can obtain via Result.success() (or Result.success(Data)), Result.failure() (or Result.failure(Data)), and Result.retry(). Your ListenableFutures now result Result instead of Payload. Workers don't have getter and setter methods for output Data. This is a breaking change.
  • Added Constraints.Builder.setTriggerContentMaxDelay(long, TimeUnit) and Constraints.Builder.setTriggerContentUpdateDelay(long, TimeUnit) and variants to better support slow triggering content URIs. b/119919774
  • Added WorkRequest.Builder.setBackoffCriteria(BackoffPolicy, Duration) variant. This method requires API 26.
  • Added Operation.await() and ListenableFuture.await() Kotlin extension methods.
  • Renamed Operation.getException() to Operation.getThrowable(). This is a breaking change.
  • The ContentUriTriggers class and methods referencing it are no longer available for public usage. This is a breaking change.
  • Removed the rest of the varargs methods in WorkManager, WorkContinuation, and OneTimeWorkRequest to streamline the API. To fix any build problems, you can wrap your existing varargs with Arrays.asList(...). We still include single-argument versions of each method. This is a breaking change.
  • Removed WorkContinuation.combine(OneTimeWorkRequest, *) variants. They were presenting a confusing API; the existing combine methods are more understandable. This is a breaking change.

Bug Fixes

  • Pre-Marshmallow implementations are now more reliable in recovering from process death of an already-executing task.
  • LiveData that is observed via observeForever is tracked via WorkManager. This is a backport of a Room library fix. b/74477406
  • Data.Builder.build() now throws an exception if the serialized object exceeds its maximum size. This previously would only happen on a background thread where you couldn't properly handle it.
  • Further distinguished stopped vs. cancelled work; getWorkInfoById() will return a WorkInfo with the CANCELLED State during ListenableWorker.onStopped().
  • Treat null Results as failures in ListenableWorker. b/120362353
  • Speculative fix for Shield Tablets running API 24 that sometimes threw an IllegalArgumentException. b/119484416

Breaking API Changes

  • Support for Firebase JobDispatcher has been removed because of its impending deprecation. This means that the work-firebase artifact will no longer be updated as we head into beta. We will be looking into adding an alternative in the future.
  • Combined Payload into Result. Result is now a "sealed class" with three concrete implementations, which you can obtain via Result.success() (or Result.success(Data)), Result.failure() (or Result.failure(Data)), and Result.retry(). Your ListenableFutures now result Result instead of Payload. Workers don't have getter and setter methods for output Data.
  • Added Operation.await() and ListenableFuture.await() Kotlin extension methods.
  • Renamed Operation.getException() to Operation.getThrowable().
  • The ContentUriTriggers class and methods referencing it are no longer available for public usage.
  • Removed the rest of the varargs methods in WorkManager, WorkContinuation, and OneTimeWorkRequest to streamline the API. To fix any build problems, you can wrap your existing varargs with Arrays.asList(...). We still include single-argument versions of each method.
  • Removed WorkContinuation.combine(OneTimeWorkRequest, *) variants. They were presenting a confusing API; the existing combine methods are more understandable.

Version 1.0.0-alpha11

November 8, 2018

This release contains many changes that will become stable API at beta. There are breaking API changes in this release; please see the Breaking API Changes section below.

API Changes

  • work-runtime-ktx introduces a new CoroutineWorker.
  • WorkStatus has been renamed to WorkInfo. All corresponding getStatus method variants have been renamed to the corresponding getWorkInfo variants. This is a breaking change.
  • ListenableWorker.onStopped() no longer accepts has a boolean argument representing if the WorkRequest was cancelled. WorkManager no longer makes this distinction. This is a breaking change.
  • androidx.work.test package has been renamed to androidx.work.testing package. This is a breaking change.
  • Setters on Constraints are no longer a part of the public API. This is a breaking change.
  • WorkerParameters.getTriggeredContentUris() and WorkerParameters.getTriggeredContentAuthorities() previously returned arrays. Now these methods return Collections. This is a breaking change.
  • ListenableWorker.onStartWork() is renamed to ListenableWorker.startWork(). This is a breaking change.
  • The constructor for WorkStatus is no longer a part of the public API. This is a breaking change.
  • Configuration.getMaxJobSchedulerID() and Configuration.getMinJobSchedulerID() are renamed to Configuration.getMinJobSchedulerId() and Configuration.getMaxJobSchedulerId() respectively. This is a breaking change.
  • Added a lot of @NonNull annotations to the public API to improve ergonomics of the API.
  • Add WorkManager.enqueueUniqueWork() API to enqueue unique OneTimeWorkRequests without having to create a WorkContinuation.
  • All variants of enqueue and cancel methods on WorkManager now return a new Operation type. This is a breaking change.
  • All variants of enqueue no longer accept varargs for WorkRequests. This is a breaking change. Use Collections instead. You can use Arrays.asList() to modify existing code. We did this to reduce the API surface and method count.
  • Attempting to initialize WorkManager more than once per process will now result in an IllegalStateException. This is a breaking change.

Bug Fixes

  • WorkRequest.Builders in the work-runtime-ktx artifact now use ListenableWorkers. Fixes b/117666259
  • Ensure the next run time for PeriodicWork is in the future. Fixes b/118204399
  • Remove potential disk I/O when using WorkManager on app startup. Fixes b/117796731
  • Fix a race condition in WorkConstraintsTracker. Fixes android-workmanager/issues/56

Breaking API Changes

  • WorkStatus has been renamed to WorkInfo. All corresponding getStatus method variants have been renamed to the corresponding getWorkInfo variants.
  • ListenableWorker.onStopped() no longer accepts has a boolean argument representing if the WorkRequest was cancelled. WorkManager no longer makes this distinction.
  • androidx.work.test package has been renamed to androidx.work.testing package.
  • Setters on Constraints are no longer a part of the public API.
  • WorkerParameters.getTriggeredContentUris() and WorkerParameters.getTriggeredContentAuthorities() previously returned arrays. Now these methods return Collections.
  • ListenableWorker.onStartWork() is renamed to ListenableWorker.startWork().
  • The constructor for WorkStatus is no longer a part of the public API.
  • Configuration.getMaxJobSchedulerID() and Configuration.getMinJobSchedulerID() are renamed to Configuration.getMinJobSchedulerId() and Configuration.getMaxJobSchedulerId() respectively.
  • All variants ofenqueue and cancel methods on WorkManager now return a new Operation type.
  • All variants of enqueue no longer accept varargs for WorkRequests.
  • Attempting to initialize WorkManager more than once per process will now result in an IllegalStateException.

Version 1.0.0-alpha10

October 11, 2018

This release supports developer-controlled asynchronous work. There are breaking API changes in this release; please see the Breaking API Changes section below.

We anticipate that WorkManager is entering the final phases of its alpha period. We expect to be API stable in beta, so please take some time to file your feedback on our issue tracker.

API Changes

  • Removed all previously deprecated methods and classes, notably the default Worker constructor. This is a breaking API change.
  • Renamed NonBlockingWorker to ListenableWorker, which is now an unhidden public class and ready for usage.
    • ListenableWorker provides access to one abstract method, ListenableFuture<Payload> onStartWork() which is called on the main thread. It is up to you to start and process work asynchronously. When finished, you should update the ListenableFuture appropriately. Reference implementations of ListenableFutures are provided in the Futures package in alpha02 (see below the WorkManager section).
    • Worker extends ListenableWorker and still operates as before, with an abstract Result doWork() method.
    • Shuffled some methods and members from Worker to ListenableWorker.
    • We shall soon provide reference implementations for ListenableWorkers that use Kotlin coroutines (once the stable versions are released) and RxJava2.
  • The interface WorkerFactory and the concrete implementation DefaultWorkerFactory have been merged into an abstract class called WorkerFactory. The implementation ensures that the default reflection-based behavior is called as a last-ditch effort for any user-created WorkerFactory instances. This is a breaking change.
  • Removed WorkManager.synchronous() and WorkContinuation.synchronous() and all related methods. Added ListenableFuture<Void> as the return type of many methods in the API. This is a breaking API change.
    • You can now synchronously get and observe by using ListenableFutures. For example, WorkManager.enqueue() used to return void; it now returns a ListenableFuture<Void>. You can call ListenableFuture.addListener(Runnable, Executor) or ListenableFuture.get() to run code once the operation is complete.
    • Note that these ListenableFutures do not tell you if the operation succeeded or failed; only that they finished. You will still need to chain WorkManager methods to find out this information.
    • We ignore cancel() calls on these objects, as they are confusing and hard to reason about (are you cancelling the operation or the resulting work?). This is within the Futures contract.
    • To maintain parity with the synchronous getStatus* methods, we have provided ListenableFuture variants, and renamed the existing ones that returned LiveData to explicitly have "LiveData" as part of the name (for example, getStatusesByIdLiveData(UUID)). This is a breaking API change.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the known issue from alpha09 regarding duplicate androidx-annotations.pro files. You may remove the workaround from the previous release notes by deleting exclude 'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro' from your gradle file.
  • Added proguard configurations to keep new Worker constructor. b/116296569
  • Fix potential NullPointerException in a race condition where work was REPLACEd. b/116253486 and b/116677275
  • WorkContinuation.combine() now accepts one or more WorkContinuations instead of two or more. b/117266752

Breaking API Changes

  • Removed all previously deprecated methods and classes, notably the default Worker constructor.
  • The interface WorkerFactory and the concrete implementation DefaultWorkerFactory have been merged into an abstract class called WorkerFactory.
  • Removed WorkManager.synchronous() and WorkContinuation.synchronous().
  • WorkManager.getStatus*() methods now return ListenableFutures. WorkManager.getStatus*LiveData() return LiveDatas.

Version 1.0.0-alpha09

September 19, 2018

Known Issue

If you run into the following issue: "More than one file was found with OS independent path 'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro'", please put the following in your gradle file as a temporary workaround while we fix the issue in alpha10:

Groovy

android {
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro'
    }
}

Kotlin

android {
    packagingOptions {
        exclude("META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro")
    }
}

Bug Fixes

  • Added another fix that was needed for the "100 jobs" error. b/115560696
  • Added some fixes for foreign key constraint errors due to race conditions. b/114705286
  • Delegated ConstraintTrackingWorker.onStopped(boolean) calls to the underlying Worker. b/114125093
  • Enforce correct minimum backoff delay for Firebase JobDispatcher. b/113304626
  • Improved threading guarantees internal to the library.
  • Correct potential issue with deduping of LiveData internally.

API Changes

  • You can now create your own Worker instances at runtime by specifying a WorkerFactory as part of the WorkManager.Configuration. The fallback factory is DefaultWorkerFactory, which matches behavior of previous versions of WorkManager.
    • The default constructors for Worker and NonBlockingWorker are now marked as deprecated. Please use the new constructor (Worker(Context, WorkerParameters)) and call super(Context, WorkerParameters); future versions of WorkManager will remove the default constructor.
  • We have started using the new ListenableFuture artifact internally (free of Guava dependencies). We will introduce ListenableFutures to the API in upcoming releases. This change will support the eventual unhiding of NonBlockingWorker.
  • Add ability to trigger timed work in TestDriver via TestDriver.setInitialDelayMet(UUID) and TestDriver.setPeriodDelayMet(UUID). b/113360060

Breaking Changes

  • The default Worker and NonBlockingWorker constructors are deprecated. Please migrate to the new constructor ASAP. Future versions will remove the default constructor.

Version 1.0.0-alpha08

August 27, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Explicitly labelled WorkManager components as direct boot unaware so they don't fire up during direct boot. In the future, we will provide a version of WorkManager that is direct boot-aware. b/112665532
  • Fixed an issue where retried work was not running. b/112604021
  • Fixed periodic work not executing repeatedly (related to the above issue). b/112859683
  • Honored backoff policies when the app process is already running.
  • Corrected exception messages in Data to indicate the limit is 10KB.
  • Lowered maximum value of Configuration.setMaxSchedulerLimit(int) to 50 to account for some latency in JobScheduler processing completion. b/112817355

Version 1.0.0-alpha07

August 16, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a potential SQL query with negative limits that could return an unbounded number of results.
  • Work that has finished execution now correctly cancels all pending copies of that work in other Schedulers. This led to exceeding the JobScheduler jobs limit. b/111569265
  • Fixed a ConcurrentModificationException in ConstraintTracker. b/112272753
  • Changed return type annotations of Data.getBooleanArray(String) and Data.getIntArray(String) to @Nullable instead of @NonNull. b/112275229

API Changes

  • Worker now extends a new class, NonBlockingWorker. This does not affect any current usage. In the future, NonBlockingWorker will become a fully supported entity for custom threading solutions.
  • Changed return type annotations of Data.getBooleanArray(String) and Data.getIntArray(String) to @Nullable instead of @NonNull. b/112275229
  • Kotlin extensions: deprecated Map.toWorkData() and added a top-level workDataOf(vararg Pair<String, Any?>) to be more consistent with existing APIs.

Version 1.0.0-alpha06

August 1, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Prevent a database lock when scheduling work. b/111801342
  • Fix a bug which causes PeriodicWork to not run on schedule when in Doze mode. b/111469837
  • Fix a race condition when tracking constraints which causes WorkManager to crash. googlecodelabs/android-workmanager/issues/56
  • Create unique WorkRequests when using WorkRequest.Builder#build(). b/111408337
  • Enable the use of RescheduleReceiver only when there are WorkRequests that need it. b/111765853

Version 1.0.0-alpha05

July 24, 2018

API Changes

  • WorkManager.getInstance() is now annotated with @NonNull instead of @Nullable. Instead, if the singleton isn't properly initialized in cases of manual initialization, the method will throw an IllegalStateException. This is a breaking API change.
  • Added a new API, Configuration.Builder.setMinimumLoggingLevel(int), which can control WorkManager verbosity. By default, WorkManager logs Log.INFO and above.
  • Changed signature of Data.getString() so it no longer takes a default value (it is implicitly null). This is a breaking API change.
  • Marked some methods needed only for internal usage as @hide. This includes the Constraints constructor, Data.toByteArray(), and Data.fromByteArray(byte[]). This is a breaking API change.

Bug Fixes

  • WorkManager no longer executes work during known cases of auto-backup. This could have resulted in a crash. b/110564377
  • Fixed double-scheduling of PeriodicWorkRequests when using JobScheduler. b/110798652
  • Fixed an issue with PeriodicWorkRequests not executing correctly after device doze. b/111469837
  • Fixed an issue with initial delays when using Firebase JobDispatcher. b/111141023
  • Fixed some potential race conditions and timing issues.
  • Correctly freed up BroadcastReceivers that were no longer needed.
  • Optimized rescheduling performance when apps restart after being force closed.
  • Allowed TestScheduler.setAllConstraintsMet(UUID) to be called before or after enqueuing the given WorkRequest. b/111238024

Breaking Changes

  • WorkManager.getInstance() is now annotated with @NonNull instead of @Nullable.
  • Changed signature of Data.getString() so it no longer takes a default value (it is implicitly null).
  • Marked some methods needed only for internal usage as @hide. This includes the Constraints constructor, Data.toByteArray(), and Data.fromByteArray(byte[]).

Version 1.0.0-alpha04

June 26, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • PeriodicWorkRequests are now correctly rescheduled when using the AlarmManager based implementation.
  • Fixed a potential ANR when rescheduling all workers after a force stop or a reboot. b/110507716
  • Added nullability annotations to various WorkManager APIs. b/110344065
  • Log uncaught exceptions that occur during Worker execution. b/109900862
  • Allowed destructive database migrations in case you decide to roll back to an older version of WorkManager. b/74633270
  • Fixed a migration crash if creating duplicate implicit tags. This is a very rare issue that occurred only if you used the same implicit tag format yourself.

Version 1.0.0-alpha03

June 19, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a race condition in the AlarmManager based implementation. b/80346526.

  • Fixed duplicate jobs when using JobScheduler after a device reboot.

  • Jobs with Content URI triggers now persist across reboots. b/80234744

  • Documentation updates. b/109827628, b/109758949, b/80230748

  • Fixed a crash when re-enqueuing a WorkRequest. b/109572353.

  • Fixed Kotlin compiler warnings when using the work-runtime-ktx dependency.

  • WorkManager now uses Room version 1.1.1-rc1.

API Changes

  • Added getStatusesSync(), the synchronous version of WorkContinuation.getStatuses().
  • Worker has the ability to distinguish between user-initiated cancellation and temporary os-requested stopping. Worker.isStopped() returns true if any kind of stop has been requested. Worker.isCancelled() returns true when the work has been explicitly cancelled. b/79632247
  • Add support for JobParameters#getNetwork() on API 28. This is exposed via Worker.getNetwork().
  • Added Configuration.Builder.setMaxSchedulerLimit(int maxSchedulerLimit) so you can enforce how many jobs can be sent to JobScheduler or AlarmManager. This helps prevent WorkManager from taking all your available JobScheduler slots.
  • Added Configuration.setJobSchedulerJobIdRange(int minJobSchedulerId, int maxJobSchedulerId) which helps define a range of JobScheduler job ids safe for WorkManager to use. b/79996760
  • Worker.getRunAttemptCount() returns the current run count for a given Worker. b/79716516
  • WorkManager.enqueueUniquePeriodicWork(String uniqueWorkName, ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy existingPeriodicWorkPolicy, PeriodicWorkRequest periodicWork) allows you to enqueue a unique PeriodicWorkRequests. b/79600647
  • WorkManager.cancelAllWork() cancels all Workers. Libraries that depend on WorkManager can query when this method was called last by using WorkManager.getLastCancelAllTimeMillis() for additional cleanup of internal state.
  • Added WorkManager.pruneWork() to remove completed jobs from the internal database. b/79950952, b/109710758

Behavior Changes

  • Added an implicit tag for all WorkRequests, which is the fully qualified class name for the Worker. This allows the ability to remove WorkRequests without tags or when the id is not available. b/109572351

Breaking Changes

  • Renamed Worker.WorkerResult to Worker.Result.
  • Worker.onStopped now has an additional isCancelled parameter which is set totrue when the Worker has explicitly been cancelled.

Version 1.0.0-alpha02

May 24, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a NullPointerException on State.isFinished(). b/79550068
  • Fixed an issue which caused Workers to be rescheduled on Application.onCreate(). b/79660657
  • Fixed an issue where you could schedule more work than is allowed by the OS. b/79497378
  • Moved cleanup of wake locks associated with Workers to the background thread.
  • The AlarmManager implementation now correctly cleans up when all pending work is complete.
  • Fixed cleanup SQL queries which affected non-English locales. b/80065360
  • Added support for floats in Data. b/79443878
  • Data.Builder.putAll() now returns an instance of the Builder. b/79699162
  • More javadoc and fixes in documentation. b/79691663

API Changes

  • Workers can react to being stopped. Worker.isStopped() can be used to check if a Worker has been stopped. Worker.onStopped() can be used to perform lightweight cleanup operations.
  • Worker.getTags() API returns a Set of tags associated with the Worker.
  • Added javax.time.Duration overloads for APIs which take a combination of duration and TimeUnits. This is guarded by @RequiresApi(26).
  • WorkManager extensions have moved from the androidx.work.ktx package to the androidx.work package. The old extensions are deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
  • Configuration.withExecutor() is deprecated. Use Configuration.setExecutor() instead.

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

May 8, 2018

WorkManager simplifies scheduling and execution of guaranteed, constraint-aware background work. This initial release is 1.0.0-alpha01.