What’s New in Version 8.10?
For those of you who have read previous editions of this book, here are some of the highlights of what is new in the prose in Version 8.10.
This update:
• Adds a new chapter on authenticating the user against the device, including through ngerprints
• Adds a new chapter on working with the Android keystore, particularly for encrypting data with keys backed by device authentication, including through ngerprints
• Migrates some more material out of the Android 8.0 appendix into mainstream chapters; what remains will stick around as an appendix for the foreseeable future
• Begins a mass migration away from native fragments to the fragments backport, amid rumors that native fragments will be deprecated in Android P
• Drops the chapter on integrating a JVM-based scripting language, as the chapter was too old, and embedding a language interpreter raises security issues
• Drops the chapter on implementing a plugin-based system, as the chapter was too old (though this chapter may be revisited in the future)
• Fixes a variety of errata
