Bot API 3.4

• Added new field live_period to the sendLocation method and the editMessageLiveLocation and stopMessageLiveLocation methods
• Added setChatStickerSet and deleteChatStickerSet methods to manage group sticker sets
• Added sticker_set_name and can_set_sticker_set in Chat
• Added caption_entities in Message
• Add sleep for UpdatesListener in case failure or empty response #107
• TelegramBot.Builder instead of TelegramBotAdapter
• Update Gson 2.8.2, OkHttp 3.9.0

Bot API 3.3

• Added the new field pinned_message to the Chat object.
• Added the new fields author_signature and forward_signature to the Message object.
• Added the new field is_bot to the User object.
• Make requests as a response from webhook #108. Thanks @DenisNP

Bot API 3.2

• Added new methods for working with stickers: getStickerSet, uploadStickerFile, createNewStickerSet, addStickerToSet, setStickerPositionInSet, and deleteStickerFromSet.
• Added the fields set_name and mask_position to the Sticker object, plus two new objects, StickerSet, and MaskPosition.
• Handle all GetUpdate fields in UpdatesHandler #105. Thanks @theskylineguy

Bot API 3.1

• Added new methods restrictChatMember and promoteChatMember to manage users and admins, added new parameter until_date to kickChatMember for temporary bans.
• Added new methods exportChatInviteLink, setChatPhoto, deleteChatPhoto, setChatTitle, setChatDescription, pinChatMessage and unpinChatMessage to manage groups and channels.
• Added the new fields photo, description and invite_link to the Chat object.
• Added the new fields until_date, can_be_edited, can_change_info, can_post_messages, can_edit_messages, can_delete_messages, can_invite_users, can_restrict_members, can_pin_messages, can_promote_members, can_send_messages, can_send_media_messages, can_send_other_messages and can_add_web_page_previews to the ChatMember object.
• Update Gson 2.8.1, OkHttp 3.8.1

3.0.1

• Add fields max_connections, allowed_updates in WebhookInfo
• Encode file path url #90
• Change hardcoded telegram API URL for CI mocks #91. Thanks @IngvarJackal
• Remove deprecated InputFile, InputFileBytes, GetUpdatesListener

Bot API 3.0

Payment platform and video messages

• Added new kinds of updates, shipping_query and pre_checkout_query, and new types of message content, invoice and successful_payment.
• Added new methods for payments: sendInvoice, answerShippingQuery, and answerPreCheckoutQuery.
• Added a new type of button, the pay button to InlineKeyboardButton.
• Added the sendVideoNote method, the new field video_note to Message, the fields record_video_note or upload_video_note to sendChatAction
• User object now may have a language_code field
• New method deleteMessage
• New fields gif_duration in InlineQueryResultGif and mpeg4_duration in InlineQueryResultMpeg4Gif
• Replaced the field new_chat_member in Message with new_chat_members
• OkHttp 3.8.0

2.3.1.2

• Serialization for model #84. Thanks @IngvarJackal
• Fix InlineQueryResultVideo #74. Thanks @MipH
• OkHttp 3.7.0

2.3.1.1

• Fixed unban method name #69. Thanks @Eternity-Yarr
• OkHttp 3.6.0

Bot API 2.3.1

• Use the new field max_connections in setWebhook to optimize your bot's server load
• Use allowed_updates in setWebhook and getUpdates to selectively subscribe to updates of a certain type. Among other things, this allows you to stop getting updates about new posts in channels where your bot is an admin.
• deleteWebhook moved out of setWebhook to get a whole separate method for itself.

Bot API 2.3

• Added new fields channel_post and edited_channel_post to Update
• Added force and disable_edit_message parameters to SetGameScore request, mark editMessage as deprecated
• Added the new field forward_from_message_id to Message
• Added the new parameter cache_time to answerCallbackQuery
• Added ReplyKeyboardRemove object, mark ReplyKeyboardHide as deprecated
• Fix UpdateListener names, mark old as deprecated
• Remove old deprecated bot
• OkHttp 3.4.2
• Gson 2.8.0