Migrate from Android SDK v1 to v2

Android SDK v2 brings support for Dynamic Flow Templates, which represent the next generation of Persona's inquiry flow. Dynamic Flow Templates allow for greater flexibility in data collection by allowing custom UIs and collection fields.

Dynamic Flow Templates support versioning and fully custom, component-based views. If you are an existing customer and are interested in using Dynamic Flow Templates, please contact us or talk to your CSM.

Am I using Dynamic Flow Templates?

If your template ID starts with tmpl_, then you are using the old Template and should use the Android SDK v1.

If your template ID starts with itmpl_, then you are using the new Dynamic Flow Template and must use Android SDK v2.

I am an existing customer using Android SDK v1. Do I need to migrate?

You must use Android SDK v2 if you are using Dynamic Flow Templates. Inquiries created via Dynamic Flow Templates will not work properly with Android SDK v1.

Existing users who are not using Dynamic Flow Templates will not need to migrate to Android SDK v2, and Android SDK v1 will continue working for the immediate future. However, we encourage using the latest version whenever possible to take advantage of improvements and bug fixes.

If you have a hard reliance on removed features, but want/need to use Dynamic Flow Templates, please contact us or talk to your CSM for a migration path.

What do I need to do to migrate to Android SDK v2 API?

The following table lists breaking changes in the 2.x version of our SDK.

Updated namespace

The Android SDK v2 now has a new namespace. You can safely load v1 and v2 concurrently if you require a phased rollout to upgrade to Dynamic Flow.

Updating the SDKv2 namespace on Android

The package com.withpersona.sdk has been renamed to com.withpersona.sdk2 so the easiest way to migrate to the new namespace is to do a project wide find and replace, changing all occurrences of com.withpersona.sdk with com.withpersona.sdk2.

Update dependency

dependencies {
    // ...
-    implementation 'com.withpersona.sdk:inquiry:1.a.b'
+    implementation 'com.withpersona.sdk2:inquiry:2.x.y'
    // ...
}

Updated callbacks

Before

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
  super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
  if (requestCode == INQUIRY_REQUEST_CODE) {
    when (val response = Inquiry.onActivityResult(data)) {
      is Inquiry.Response.Success -> {
        // response.inquiryId
        // response.attributes
        // response.relationships.verifications
      }
      is Inquiry.Response.Failure -> {
        // response.inquiryId
        // response.attributes
        // response.relationships.verifications
      }
      is Inquiry.Response.Cancel -> {
      }
      is Inquiry.Response.Error -> {
        // response.debugMessage
      }
    }
  }
  // ...
}

After

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
  super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
  if (requestCode == INQUIRY_REQUEST_CODE) {
    when (val response = Inquiry.onActivityResult(data)) {
      is InquiryResponse.Complete -> {
        // response.status ('failed', 'completed')
        // response.inquiryId
        // response.fields
      }
      is InquiryResponse.Cancel -> {
        // response.inquiryId
        // response.sessionToken
      }
      is InquiryResponse.Error -> {
        // response.debugMessage
      }
    }
  }
  // ...
}

Supporting both v1 and v2 in parallel

Make sure the v1 instance is at least Android SDK v1.1.18.

Use the Persona.Inquiry2.Theme and Persona.Inquiry1.Theme and their corresponding fields to support the v1 themes (AppCompat-based) and v2 themes (Material-based).

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Inquiry#start and Inquiry.onActivityResult are deprecated

The recommended way is to use the Activity Results API's registerForActivityResult method with the Inquiry.Contract() object.

Update theming

Persona's styles are now based on Material light as opposed to AppCompat's day-night theme.

<resources>
  <!--...-->
  <style name="ExampleCustomTheme" parent="@style/Persona.Inquiry.Theme">
    <item name="colorPrimary">#2196f3</item>
-    <item name="colorAccent">#6ec6ff</item>
-    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#0069c0</item>
+    <item name="colorSecondary">#6ec6ff</item>
+    <item name="colorPrimaryVariant">#0069c0</item>
  </style>
</resources>

Full list of breaking changes

What's new in Android SDK v2 API?