Release Notes for Android

Changelog

4.12.0

New Features

• Added the new API and related class.
  • See FileAnalyzer.
  • See PtouchDeviceDependedDataHeader.
  • See RemoveTemplate.
  • See Transfer.
  • See FileConverter.
• Added new methods into PrinterDriver.
  • See printImageWithClosures:settings:.
  • See transferFirmwareFiles:progress:.
  • See transferTemplateFiles:progress:.
  • See transferDatabaseFiles:progress:.
  • See transferBinaryFiles:progress:.
  • See transferBinaryData:progress:.
• Added properties into PrinterModelSpec.
  • See `modelCode.
  • See `seriesCode.
  • See supportedQLLabels.
  • See supportedPTLabels.
• Added properties for feedDirectionMargins into several print settings.
  • See PTPrintSettings.
  • See QLPrintSettings.
  • See TDPrintSettings.
  • See RJPrintSettings.

API Enhancements or Changes

• Expanded Channel.extraInfo and added new keys.

Deprecations

• Dropped sendPRNFileWithURL: of PrinterDriver.
• Dropped sendPRNFileWithURLs: of PrinterDriver.
• Dropped sendRawData: of PrinterDriver.
• Dropped rotate180degrees of RJPrintSettings.

4.9.1

Added Supported Printers

• TD-2310D_203
• TD-2310D_300
• TD-2320D_203
• TD-2320D_300
• TD-2320DF_203
• TD-2320DF_300
• TD-2320DSA_203
• TD-2320DSA_300
• TD-2350D_203
• TD-2350D_300
• TD-2350DF_203
• TD-2350DF_300
• TD-2350DSA_203
• TD-2350DSA_300
• TD-2350DFSA_203
• TD-2350DFSA_300

API Enhancements or Changes

• Added customRecord into TDPrintSettings
• Added customRecord into PrinterInfo
• Added setPrinterModelFromStatus into Printer
• Added an error code IncompatibleOptionalEquipment into PrinterStatus
• Added an error code PrinterStatusErrorIncompatibleOptionalEquipment into ErrorCode
• Added an error code ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_OPTIONAL_EQUIPMENT into ErrorCode
• Added energyRank into CustomPaperSize
• Added energyRank into CustomPaperInfo

4.7.2

Added Supported Printers

• PT-E310BT
• PT-E510
• PT-E560BT

API Enhancements or Changes

• Added an error code UnsupportedCharger into PrinterStatus
• Added an error code PrinterStatusErrorUnsupportedCharger into ErrorCode
• Added an error code ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_USB_CHARGER into ErrorCode

4.6.7

New Features

• Added the new API and related class
  • See PrinterDriver
  • See RequestPrinterInfoResult
  • See RequestPrinterInfoError
  • See PtouchTemplateInfo
  • See TemplateObjectReplacer
  • See ITmplatePrintSettings
  • See PJTemplatePrintSettings
  • See RJTemplatePrintSettings
  • See TDTemplatePrintSettings
  • See PTTemplatePrintSettings
  • See QLTemplatePrintSettings
  • See MWTemplatePrintSettings
• Renew sample applicatoin
  • See Sample Application

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Updated recommended environment and support OS.
  • See Supported OS

4.6.4

Added Supported Printers

• QL-810Wc
• QL-820NWBc
• QL-1110NWBc

Brother Print SDK handles QL-810Wc as QL-810W, QL-820NWBc as QL-820NWB, and QL-1110NWBc as QL-1110NWB.

New Features

• Update sample application
  • Add PrinterModelSpec sample
• Added image rotation property to print settings.
  • See ImageRotation

API Enhancements or Changes

• Added printers supported by sendDatabase
  • See Send Database
• Added supported paper size for PJ series
  • See A5_Landscape
• Defined the initial integer value of each existing ErrorCode enums. See below:
  • PrintError
  • GetStatusError
  • OpenChannelError

Deprecations

• PrintOrientation
• rotate180

4.6.1

Added Supported Printers

• TD-2030A
• TD-2125N
• TD-2125NWB
• TD-2135N
• TD-2135NWB

New Features

• Added the new API
  • See PrinterModelSpec
• Added Log class

API Enhancements or Changes

• Supported new label for QL series
  • See LabelSize
• Supported new label for PT series
  • See LabelSize
• Added errorDescription and allLogs in PrintError class.

Issues Fixed

• Fixed that autoCutForEachPageCount does not work in some PT series.
• Fixed that QL-1100 failed to print.
• Fixed that openChannel(final Channel channel) does not response for long time when used with channel generated by wrong ip address.
• Fixed that cancelPrinting did not work immediately.

4.5.1

Added Supported Printers

• PJ-822
• PJ-823
• PJ-862
• PJ-863
• PJ-883

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Updated recommended environment and support OS. See Supported OS

New Features

• Added property of PrinterStatus to handle printer status easily.
  • See PrinterStatus
  • See MediaInfo
  • See BatteryStatus
• Enabled enhanchment for Black & Red label print for QL-8xxx series
  • See biColorRedEnhancement, biColorGreenEnhancement and biColorBlueEnhancement
• Enabled to set autoCutForEachPage for TD serires
• See autoCutForEachPageCount

API Enhancements or Changes

• Supported new label for QL series
  • See LabelSize

Deprecations

• Dropped PJCustomPaperSize(int widthDots, int lengthDots, int feedDots)
• Dropped getFeedDots()

4.3.1

Added Supported Printers

• RJ-3230B
• RJ-3250WB

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issues that causes a crash when calling sendRawData consecutively before calling closeChannel

4.2.0

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Updated supporting OS from Android 4 or later to Android 6 or later.
• Updated recommended development environment
  • Supported OS

New Features

• API Reference for Android v.4 +
  ( printing/managing p-touch templates and changing printer configurations are not supported in this version. )
• Validation for print settings
  • ValidatePrintSettings
  • ValidatePrintSettingsIssue
  • ValidatePrintSettingsReport
• Applied the image and PDF printing in the Sample App to this v4.2 library.

API Enhancements or Changes

• Improved speed of multi-page PDF printing.

3.5.1

Added Supported Printer

• PT-P910BT

API Enhancements or Changes

Compatible with Android 10 (Android Q)

• getExternalStorageDirectory is deprecated in API level 29. Brother Print SDK had internally used it until 3.4.0. See also workPath.

• Added an error code ERROR_WORKPATH_NOT_SET into ErrorCode
• Fixed a process to save a PRN file.
  • Automatic status notification mode is always turned off (Do not notify) when savePrnPath is set.

3.4.0

Added Supported Printer

• MW-270.

3.2.0

Added Supported Printer

• MW-170.

3.0.16

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Update Gradle version

3.0.14

Added Supported Printers

• TD-4410D, TD-4510D, TD-4420DN, TD-4520DN, TD-4550DNWB

New Features

• Added an API and a type to set custom paper information for RJ/TD series
  • setCustomPaperInfo
  • CustomPaperInfo
• Added an API to send binary data
  • sendBinary

3.0.13

Added Supported Printer

• RJ-4250WB

New Features

• Support Bluetooth Low Energy
• Support BatteryHealth information

API Enhancements or Changes

• Added the class BLEPrinter
• In class Printer:
  • Added getBLEPrinters
  • Added localName
  • Added getBatteryInfo
• Added the class BatteryInfo

3.0.11

Added Supported Printer

• RJ-4230B

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Added architectures of armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64
• Added ".aar" file at public files

New Features

• Be able to getting more information of battery

3.0.9

Added Supported Printers

• QL-11xx series

3.0.7

API Enhancements or Changes

• Add the following functions:
  • sendBinaryFile
  • printFileList
  • workPath
  • pjPaperKind

3.0.6

Added Supported Printers

• QL-8xx series
• RJ-3xxxAi series

3.0.5

Added Supported Printers

• RJ-2xxx series

3.0.4

Added Supported Printers

• RJ-4030Ai
• PT-D800W, PT-E800W, PT-E850TKW, PT-P900W, PT-P950NW

3.0.3

Issues Fixed

• Corrected paper information for the PJ series

3.0.2

Added Supported Printers

• PJ-7xx series

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Added precautions for Android 6.0 compatibility

3.0.1

Added Supported Printers

• MW MFi series

Supported System Requirement Changes

• Compatible with Android Studio

API Enhancements or Changes

• 60 x 86 paper for QL series
• Added a function to save print data for debugging