24.4 Release Notes¶

Mobile Development Kit Client 24.4.3¶

General Fixes:

Fixed the issue where the banner was not appearing on the bottom navigation page when called from the parent action bar
Fixed the issue where the relaunch event was triggered after the passcode verification
Fixed the issue where the online service initialization error was not being displayed
Fixed the issue where the footer of the Image Collection Section was being incorrectly displayed
Enhanced the bottom margin of the Toast message to adjust dynamically, instead of hiding it during page navigation
Fixed the issue where the Accessory button was not being displayed in the Object Collection
Fixed the issue where the Side Drawer section was not appearing even when the Visible property was set to true
Addressed the issue where a blank screen appeared when the relaunch app option was chosen on the Enter Passcode page
Fixed the issue where styles were not being applied to Tabs and Bottom Navigation
Fixed the issue where the List Picker displayed incorrect values after being reset
Fixed application crashes that occurred when users returned to a page where Fiori Toolbar items were added after they had initially left the page
Fixed crashes related to Form Cell validation in the Form Cell Container
Fixed the issue where the border color of the progress banner was changed to red
Fixed the issue where the Preload Tabs were not loading the pages in PageToOpen
Fixed the modal page jumping issue that occurred when setCaption was triggered during the onLoaded event
Fixed the unnecessary gap between a section and the tab page below it
Fixed an issue where the OnValueChange function was not triggered while preloading attachments
Fixed the issue where the client app was infinitely rebuilt and reinstalled when the ns run command was executed in the terminal

iOS Specific:

Fixed the issue where the onResume event was unexpectedly triggered after a user switch
Fixed the issue where the Form Cell validation view was overlapping with other controls
Fixed the application crashes that occurred when Suspend and Resume option was chosen on the Change Passcode page
Fixed UI issues that occurred when properties of a note were modified
Fixed the issue with application orientation settings
Fixed the issue where Calendar Select Date option was not working
Fixed the issue where the passcode page did not appear after the app was resumed
Fixed the app crashes that occurred when the app was launched via Universal link
Support Xcode 15.4 release
Upgraded SAP BTP SDK for iOS to patch 10.0.5

Android Specific:

Fixed the issue where the Title Form Cell control was editable even though Editable was set to false
Fixed the control display issue that occurred when switching between light and dark mode
Improved the styling behavior of the Android Fiori Toolbar button images
Fixed spacing and font issues observed in Toolbar buttons on Android to align with Fiori Design Guidelines
Fixed the issue with displaying online images on Fiori Toolbar buttons in Android
Fixed the issue where the Android client did not show an error message when the Log Upload feature was disabled in the mobile services App Configuration
Fixed the issue where OData images in Fiori Jetpack Compose components were not visible on Android during the first app load
Fixed the issue where the empty section and footer were not working in Android’s Image Collection Section
Fixed the issue where Fiori Toolbar buttons were not displaying rounded corners
Fixed an issue where an erroneous property caused subsequent properties within the same CSS class to fail on Android
Upgraded SAP BTP SDK for Android to patch 7.1.8

Web Specific:

Addressed the issue where CSRF tokens failed during POST request initiation in the web app
Fixed the issues with ShowLoadingIndicator property
Fixed the issues with the web client SendRequest API

Mobile Development Kit Client 24.4.2¶

General Fixes:

Fixed the issue where the inline validation message was overlapping with the Note Form Cell control
Fixed the issue where the separators were not being displayed in the Form Cell Extension
Fixed the CSRF token expiry issue
Fixed the issue where the online images were not being displayed in the Object Card's Overflow Buttons
Fixed the application crashes that occurred when Banner is executed in the ListPicker's OnValueChange event
Fixed the issue where the ActionBarItem did not support the colors with transparency values
Fixed the application crashes that occurred while applying styles to ObjectHeader's KPIView
Fixed the duplication issue that was observed in the CalendarView during SectionedTable redraw
Fixed the issue where the buttons appeared extra large in the ButtonTable
Fixed the issue where the calendar date range couldn't be reset to the default value
Fixed the issue where the properties StartDate and EndDate of CalendarSection didn't limit the selectable date on iOS and in certain scenarios on Android

iOS Specific:

Fixed the issue where the application orientation setting did not work
Fixed DownloadStream and media issues that were observed when the app is in the background
Fixed the application crashed that occurred while configuring the font styling for ActionBarTitle
Fixed the issues that were observed in the action bar back button
Fixed the issue where the ImageCell's text was being cut off in ImageCollection while using the HorizontalScroll
Fixed the Fiori toolbar rendering issue on FlexibleColumnLayout
Fixed the blurry icons that were displayed on the action bar
Upgraded SAP BTP SDK for iOS to patch 10.0.5

Android Specific:

Fixed the issue where the Fiori toolbar items were getting bound to the wrong action or rule
Fixed the Toast Message UI and behavior to be compliant with the Fiori Mobile Design
Upgraded SAP BTP SDK for Android to patch 7.1.7

Mobile Development Kit Client 24.4.1¶

Fixed the header height and truncation issue that occurs when the header is displayed above the tabs
Fixed a redraw issue that occurs when setEditable and setEnabled are invoked in the form cell extension
Fixed the issue where the list picker becomes empty or reverts to the previous value when redraw is invoked in the selection page
Fixed target binding on expanded navigation property
Fixed unexpected navigation behavior that occurs after pressing the filter button multiple times on iPad
Fixed the issue where the NotFormCell setValue API was not setting cursor at the end of the text
Fixed the issue where the PopoverItem's icon was not changing color while switching between light and dark mode on iOS
Fixed the timeline preview redraw issue on Android
Fixed the issue where the simple property form cell and note form cell had incorrect styles
Set the first column of the flexible layout to compact mode to optimize the left and right margins
Fixed the issue where incorrect error messages were displayed with empty ReadLink property
Resolved the issue where the list picker, when configured with AllowDefaultValueIfOneItem failed to trigger the OnValueChange rule after automatically selecting the default single item
Addressed the issue where the custom style failed to update in the FilterFeedbackBar
Fixed the issue where the users had to cancel the search before they can view the search results and return to the previous page
Fixed the visibility issue that was observed in the Fiori toolbar definition
Fixed the appearance of Form Cell controls in FormCellSection, ensuring they no longer appear editable after being updated
Fixed iOS app crashes that occurs when BottomNavigation tab item onPress triggers banner action
Enhanced the FormCell controls to support the removal of custom styles
Fixed the getName API to ensure that it returns the correct value when the FioriToolbarItem visible property rule is invoked
Enhanced the section visible property to fallback to the default value when the rule returns null or an invalid value
Fixed the issue where the page OnReturning event gets unexpectedly triggered when there is a value change in the list picker
Fixed Activity Indicator keep spinning and user interaction blocked in ClosePage Action call if the previous page is Tab page.
Resolved the issue where the activity indicator was continuously spinning and blocking user interaction during a ClosePage Action call. This issue was observed only in the instances where the previous page was a tab page.
Fixed the resizing issue observed in the object cells present in the flexible layout page while switching the orientation from portrait to landscape
Ensured that the request for camera access permission on the FormCell attachment control is triggered only when the user explicitly tries to use the camera function
Fixed the issue where the side drawer button disappears when the users navigate away from the app
Upgraded SAP BTP SDK for Android to patch 7.1.5
Upgraded SAP BTP SDK for iOS to patch 10.0.3

Mobile Development Kit Client 24.4¶

Minimum OS version requirements for this release:

iOS/iPadOS 16.x and iOS/iPadOS 17.x (It has been tested with Xcode 15.3, iOS/iPadOS 17.4)
Android OS 8.0 or newer (It has been tested with Android 12/13/14)

New and enhanced features available with the Mobile Development Kit Client 24.4

New UI Controls¶

Mobile Development Kit is all set to support Fiori toolbar, thus allowing the users to customize the buttons, helper texts, overflow buttons and so much more based on the Fiori standards. Users can choose to enable or disable the Fiori toolbar based on their business requirement. For more information, refer to Toolbars.

Enhancements¶

Support Additional Controls Above the Tab Bar¶

Mobile Development Kit pages containing Tabs have been enhanced to accommodate additional controls such as Section Button Table, Form Cell, Extensions, and more, above the tab bar. While users have the flexibility to choose the type and number of controls to be placed above the tab bar, we highly recommend avoiding overcrowding, as it may reduce the tab page's body area on the screen.

Onboarding via Simplified QR Code¶

Onboarding QR codes are relatively dense, as they contain complete onboarding configuration information that is significantly lengthy. Devices with lower camera resolutions generally face difficulties while scanning these dense QR codes. To resolve this issue, we have introduced a new feature in this release that allows the Mobile Development Kit client to scan a simplified onboarding QR code.

Note

This feature is only applicable for Android devices.

For more information, refer to Android Onboarding via Simplified QR Code.

Enhanced `ClosePageAction` to Support Multiple Back Navigation¶

With this release, we are adding an additional property NavigateBackToPage to the ClosePage action. This property will allow the users to navigate back to the defined page. This property accepts name of the target page as the input (target page name is assigned to the _Name property of the page).

Note

The defined target page must be a part of the navigation back stack, as in, it should be one of the pages that the user navigated through to land in the current page.
NavigateBackToPage will be applicable only if the properties DismissModal and CancelPendingActions are not defined.

Client API Method `getAppName()`¶

We have introduced a new client API getAppName() to get the _Name property of the client application. Alternatively, TargetPath #Application/#AppData/AppName can also be used to retrieve this property.

`WriteToFilePath` Property for `DownloadMedia` and `DownloadStream`¶

We have introduced a new property WriteToFilePath in the DownloadOptions property for the DownloadMedia and DownloadStream actions.

WriteToFilePath allows you to specify either the full or relative file path of the destination where the downloaded data should be stored. If a relative file path is specified, the file is stored in the path relative to the platform's internal documents folder. On iOS, this property must be defined to download larger files in the background. Please note that this property is supported only on iOS and Android platforms.

List Picker Value¶

List picker form cell control’s getValue() API and #Value has been enhanced to include bound data object stored in the BindingObject property of the selected items.

For example:

[
  {
    "DisplayValue": "Generic Printer Ink Jet",
    "ReturnValue": "100002",
    "BindingObject": {
      "ProductID": "100002",
      "ProductName": "Generic Printer Ink Jet",
      "Category": "Printer",
      "Supplier": "CompanyA",
      "Price": 100,
      "QuantityLeft": 12
    }
  }
]

This will allow you to get additional information about the selected items including the DisplayValue and ReturnValue.

BindingObject property will only be available for list pickers that are data bound via Target.

Mobile Development Kit Editor 2405¶

Title	Type	Environment	Description	Available as of
Support Client 24.4 metadata	New	CF (SAP Business Application Studio)	Support new metadata changes for Client 24.4 as SAP Business Application Studio	Apr 24, 2024
Improve Sync Service behavior in SAP Business Application Studio	New	Cloud Foundry (SAP Business Application Studio)	Unable to Sync Service Metadata	Apr 24, 2024
Add Create New Services Section	New	Cloud Foundry (SAP Business Application Studio)	Create Services	Apr 24, 2024
Provide a setting for the user to choose toggle between split and full view mode in SAP Business Application Studio	New	Cloud Foundry (SAP Business Application Studio)	User Settings	May 27, 2024

Last update: July 22, 2024