Release Notes, 7.2.1

🚧 Minimum required:

@smartface/native v5.0.6 🚀
Android -> v7.2.1 🚀
iOS -> v7.2.1 🚀

Updated Modules

In order to fully migrate to the new version, you should update these packages:

• Builder -> 0.10.9
• Dispatcher -> Latest Version: 0.10.9
• Library Reader -> Latest Version: 0.10.9
• Marketplace Service -> Latest Version: 0.10.9
• TSC Watch -> Latest Version: 0.10.9

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• You have to restart builder after updating the dependencies.
  • To restart the builder, select Run Builder from the Run menu.

In root of the project run the following command:

yarn install

• Native -> Latest Version: 5.0.6
• Core -> Latest Version: 5.0.8
• Styling Context -> Latest Version: 5.0.8
• Mixins -> Latest version: 5.0.8
• Source-map -> Latest version: 5.0.8
• RTL -> Latest version: 5.0.8
• WebviewBridge -> Latest version: 5.0.8
• Security -> Latest version: 5.0.8

In /scripts folder run the following command:

yarn install

For further information about versions, check the boilerplate project of Smartface for updated versions and match yours with the new ones:

https://github.com/smartface/helloworld-boilerplate

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Native and Framework Changes

Changes in Android Dependencies

We have updated the Android dependencies to the latest versions. With this update, performance and stability of the applications have been improved, bugs have been fixed, and compatibility with the new Android versions has been ensured. Affected modules are as follows:

• VideoView
• MapView
• MaterialTextBox
• BottomSheet
• BottomTabbar
• TabbarItem
• Toast
• Switch
• Multimedia
• GifImageView
• ImageView
• BlurView
• WebSocket
• Http
• Xhr
• Location
• MapView

Permission

We have made changes to improve the user experience in using Permission API. We continue to support the legacy permission API.

New API	Legacy API	AndroidManifest Permission
Permissions.camera	Permissions.CAMERA	android.permission.CAMERA
Permissions.location	Permissions.LOCATION	android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Permissions.location.approximate	Permissions.ANDROID.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION	android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Permissions.location.precise	Permissions.ANDROID.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION	android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Permissions.storage	#Android 13 and above Permissions.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES Permissions.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO Permissions.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO #Android 12 and below Permissions.ANDROID.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Permissions.ANDROID.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE	#Android 13 and above android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO #Android 12 and below android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Permissions.storage.readImageAndVideo	#Android 13 and above Permissions.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES Permissions.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO #Android 12 and below Permissions.ANDROID.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Permissions.ANDROID.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE	#Android 13 and above android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO #Android 12 and below android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Permissions.storage.readAudio	#Android 13 and above Permissions.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO #Android 12 and below Permissions.ANDROID.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Permissions.ANDROID.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE	#Android 13 and above android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO #Android 12 and below android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Permissions.android.bluetoothConnect	#Android 12 and above Permissions.ANDROID.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT #Android 11 and below Permissions.ANDROID.BLUETOOTH	#Android 12 and above android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT #Android 11 and below android.permission.BLUETOOTH
Permissions.microphone	Permissions.ANDROID.RECORD_AUDIO	android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Permissions.android.notification	#Android 13 and above Permissions.ANDROID.POST_NOTIFICATIONS	#Android 13 and above android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
Permissions.android.phone	Permissions.ANDROID.READ_PHONE_STATE Permissions.ANDROID.CALL_PHONE Permissions.ANDROID.USE_SIP	android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.CALL_PHONE android.permission.USE_SIP
Permissions.android.contact	Permissions.ANDROID.READ_CONTACTS Permissions.ANDROID.WRITE_CONTACTS Permissions.ANDROID.GET_ACCOUNTS	android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Permissions.android.sms	Permissions.ANDROID.SEND_SMS Permissions.ANDROID.READ_SMS Permissions.ANDROID.RECEIVE_SMS Permissions.ANDROID.RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH Permissions.ANDROID.RECEIVE_MMS	android.permission.SEND_SMS android.permission.READ_SMS android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS android.permission.RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH android.permission.RECEIVE_MMS

New usage:

import Permission from "@smartface/native/device/permission";
import { Permissions } from "@smartface/native/device/permission/permission";

Permission.android.requestPermissions(Permissions.location.precise);

Old usage:

import Permission from "@smartface/native/device/permission";
import { Permissions } from "@smartface/native/device/permission/permission";

Permission.android.requestPermissions(Permissions.ANDROID.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);

info

Previously, then was called even if the user denied permission. Now if the user deny the permission, catch will be called.

🆕 What's New

• Maintenance: [iOS] Minimum supported iOS version increased to iOS 13.
• Feature: [iOS] Ability to maxLength property of TextBox is added.
• Feature: Ability to iconSize property of BottomTabbar is added.
• Feature: Ability to keyboardType property of AlertView is added.
• Deprecated [Android] Textbox.android.maxLength is deprecated. Use Textbox.maxLength instead.

caution

Note: From now, as minimum version, project builds requires to run on Xcode 13

🐞 Bug Fix

• Fixed [Android] Cannot set empty-title in BottomTabbarItem
• Fixed [Android] Type Issues in Location module
• Fixed [Android] Timeout property of Http is not working
• Fixed [Android] WebView.onChangedUrl won't be work as expected
• Fixed [Android] Header property of ServiceCall is not working
• Fixed [Android] pickFromMultipleFromGallery method of Multimedia is not working with new photo picker
• Fixed [iOS] textColor property of TextView is not working
• Fixed [iOS] ImageView.loadFromUrl decode image issue has been fixed
• Fixed [iOS] transparent property of Headerbar is not working
• Fixed [iOS] itemColor of Bottomtabbar issue
• Fixed [iOS] icon of TabbarItem seems non-scaled (original image) size
• Fixed [iOS] The permission popup didn't appear when requesting permission from the user
• Fixed [iOS] fontSize property of TextView changes unexpectedly
• Fixed [iOS] If the layout changes while the Keyboard indicating, an unexpected black area appears on the screen
• Fixed [iOS] If BottomSheet is closed by pressing empty space, route breaks down
• Fixed [iOS] Page.iOS.LargeTitleDisplayMode is not working
• Fixed [Native] setFullScreenButtonImage method of VideoView is incorrect type of method

📑 Documentation

The following docs are updated, you can have a look to see what's new:

• Permission usages have been changed.
  • Contacts
  • Location
  • Push Notification
  • Application Permission Management
  • Share on iOS and Android
  • SMS Handling
  • Speech Recognition Speech To Text
  • How To Get Instance Of Current Page On Elsewhere In Project
  • Video Quality Optimization
• Added ImageFillType Picker to the documentation
  • ImageView
• Added iconSize property to the documentation
  • BottomTabbar
• Added Android videoview fullscreen support to the documentation
  • VideoView
• Added rootDetected to the documentation
  • RootDetection
• Fixed mistaken xml code in splash to the documentation
  • App Icons And Splash Images
• Added some HTML issue and workaround in textview to the documentation
  • TextView
• Added Router Explorer to the documentation
  • Router Explorer

IDE Changes

IDE Releases are held in its respective place. You can reach it under:

https://github.com/smartface/smartface-ide-releases/releases

For IDE Documentation & Usage, you can refer to this documentation:

UI Editor Basics

🆕 What's New

• Feature: Added Bottomtabbar component to Smartface IDE
• Feature: Added Tabbar Item component to Smartface IDE
• Feature: Added feature to extract font glyph as png
• Feature: Added Router explorer to Smartface IDE

🐞 Bug Fix

• Fixed Cannot go to method reference with cmd+enter
• Fixed Bottom panel tabs go fullscreen when the user double click on it
• Fixed UI component tabs (built-in & custom) come with the wrong sizing
• Fixed The file search bar results don't sort files on relevance