Solidity Function to Retrieve String Array Causes Compilation Error

[gregfraz]

Hello,

I'm working with the pet-shop app to get up to speed. I added the following function to the Solidity code:

function getAdopterNames() public view returns (string[] memory) { return adopterNames;

This code causes the following compilation error:

project:/contracts/Adoption.sol:54:51: TypeError: This type is only supported in the new experimental ABI encoder. Use "pragma experimental ABIEncoderV2;" to enable the feature.
function getAdopterNames() public view returns (string[] memory) {
^-------------^

Is this capability only supported in the experimental phase? Is there an alternative method for retrieving string arrays? Or am I doing something incorrectly?

Greg