Ticker 2.0

Here are the main changes in Ticker 2.0.

Main animation changes

Ticker now supports automatic wrap-around animation when the animation distance for wrap-around is shorter than the default animation distance. For example, using a default number list, the animation from '7' to '9' will be '7' -> '8' -> '9', and the animation from '9' to '1' will be '9' -> '0' -> '1' because that's faster than going from 9 all the way down to 1.

When animating between two characters, if both characters do not exist in one character list, then we will perform a default animation that directly animates between the two characters without having to go through the entire character list.

You can now also provide any number of character lists for more customized behavior. For example, you can provide a character list for numbers, and another character list for alphabet. This way, when there is an animation between 'A' and '1', it'll use the default animation of directly going from 'A' to '1' rather than going down the entire alphabet list.

Misc API changes

• Change character list API to be a simple String rather than char[]. This allows you to more naturally define a character list, e.g. "0123456789".
• Provided character lists do NOT need to include TickerUtils.EMPTY_CHAR anymore. The system will handle that for you.
• TickerView.setCharacterList is now called TickerView.setCharacterLists, and it now takes in a vararg of character lists to allow for more custom behavior. See documentation on the method for more information.
• All of TickerUtils methods are changed.
• Changed default styleable tag from ticker_tickerView to TickerView.
• Changed possible values for ticker_defaultCharacterList attribute.

How to migrate?

• Revisit how you define your character lists and see if you need to rewrite your custom character list, and remove any usages of TickerUtils.EMPTY_CHAR.
• If you were using TickerUtils.getDefaultNumberList or TickerUtils.getUSCurrencyList, migrate to use TickerUtils.provideNumberList.
• Change any calls to TickerView.setCharacterList to be TickerView.setCharacterLists.