# Material Components for Android 1.2.0 is now available

DevFeed: [Material Components for Android 1.2.0 is now available](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/material-components-for-android-1-2-0-is-now-available-25992.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/google-design/material-components-for-android-1-2-0-is-now-available-aade483ed841?source=rss-37290b859aca------2>)

Author: Nick Rout

Published: 2020-08-04T18:42:47Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Stories by Nick Rout on Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stories-by-nick-rout-on-medium.md>)

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Material Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/material-design.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Release notes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/release-notes.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/navigation.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-app-development.md>), [bug-fixes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug-fixes.md>), [jetpack-navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-navigation.md>), [material-components](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/material-components.md>), [material-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/material-design.md>), [material-theming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/material-theming.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [release-notes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-notes.md>)

## AI overview

Material Components for Android 1.2.0 introduces Material motion transition patterns, sliders, ShapeableImageView, and additional theming features. The release also includes bug fixes, accessibility improvements, and stabilization of features from earlier prereleases.

## Source excerpt

Material motion system, Sliders, ShapeableImageView, and more This article is also posted on the Material Design blog. We're excited to announce the release of Material Components for Android (MDC-Android) 1.2.0! A host of exciting new features have been added along with many bug fixes and accessibility improvements. Get the rundown below. Be sure to check out the release notes. If you're using MDC for the first time, also take a look at our getting started guide. What's new in 1.2.0? A fair bit has changed since we launched 1.1.0 in February -- we added the motion system, slider component, a widget for image shape theming, and more. The things you loved from the alpha, beta, and RC releases of 1.2.0 are now officially stable. If you haven't yet started using version 1.2.0 of MDC, there's never been a better time to update. Material motion Material's motion system includes a set of four transition patterns. They can help users understand and navigate an app, and reinforce relationships between components or full-screen views. The transition patterns are: Container transform Shared axis Fade through Fade MDC 1.2.0 enables Material motion in your Android app. The four transition patterns are implemented as classes built on top of both the AndroidX Transition library (androidx.transition), available in the com.google.android.material.transition package, and the Android Framework Transition library (android.transition), available in the com.google.android.material.transition.platform package. They can be used to transition between Fragments (including Jetpack Navigation), Activities, and Views. Container transform between Fragments (using Jetpack Navigation) <!-- fragment_a.xml --> <View android:id="@+id/start_view" android:transitionName="start_container" /><!-- fragment_b.xml --> <View android:id="@+id/end_view" android:transitionName="end_container" />// FragmentB.kt override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) ... sharedElem