ST-2026-035 · SDKs, clients & toolchains
Google Navigation SDK for Android 7.8 deprecates integer audio-guidance configuration
Navigation SDK for Android 7.8.0 deprecated the integer-based setAudioGuidance method and constants in favour of AudioGuidanceSettings.
Previous state
Applications configured guidance mode through integer constants and setAudioGuidance(@AudioGuidance int).
Current state
Applications should use setAudioGuidanceSettings(AudioGuidanceSettings) to configure mode, volume, vibration and Bluetooth behaviour.
Affected users
Who needs to care
Android navigation developers and maintainers upgrading to SDK 7.8 or later.
Required response
What to do
Replace integer constants with AudioGuidanceSettings and test all guidance-output combinations.
Evidence boundary
What the source does not prove
Google does not state a removal date for the deprecated method, so this is a migration warning rather than a hard cutoff.
Lifecycle history
Dated event sequence
- Change documented
Navigation SDK for Android 7.8.0 deprecated the integer-based setAudioGuidance method and constants in favour of AudioGuidanceSettings.
Evidence ledger
First-party sources
- 01Google for Developers — Navigation SDK for Android release notes
Official product documentation or changelog · 2026-07-16
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