6.0 Release Notes

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.9

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Improve overview page loading performance after the initial sync on some specific devices

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.8

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Improve stability of BottomNavigation and Tab Control when resume app and switch pages

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.7

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Adding multiple attachments works properly in Android
• Context binding works correctly in Tab Item, when triggering toolbar item onPress event from Tab parent page toolbar

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.6

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Correct binding object is returned after navigating back from another page
• Search bar can properly display on an ObjectTable after app resuming from background in iOS
• Popover menu can be closed after AppUpdate
• AccessoryIcon can show/hide correctly in Android in case of multiple selection mode
• Web runtime can maintain correct binding context when navigating to new page via PageMetadata
• Navigation and binding now work correctly in the scenario when Bottom Tab page contains a list
• Sending mail from contact cell also work with non-default email app in iOS
• Data Sync execute correctly when switching user with pending transactions on multi-user mode

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.5

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Main Page will now redrawing correctly in certain multiple redraws scenario during launch
• Filter page now works properly on the first page of a Bottom Navigation
• QueryOptions will no longer return additional empty rows
• Mobile Development Kit Client will no longer cash when rendering large HTTPS image
• CheckRequiredFields now works properly in Form Cell Section
• Object Table now update properly when data changes after outer navigation from Bottom Navigation Tabs
• Currency formatting now return correct formatted value when the value parameter is equal to "0".
• Upgrade to SAP BTP SDK for iOS version 6.1.7
• Upgrade to SAP BTP SDK for Android version 3.4.5

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.4

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Mobile Development Kit Client will no longer crash after onboarding when the 6.0 client is installed on an existing 5.2 client in some specific scenarios
• Mobile Development Kit Client will no longer throw bad encryption keys error after upgrading from the 5.2 client to 6.0 client in some specific scenarios

Note

Mobile Development Kit Dependencies Installer for macOS will show version 6.0.3, it is intentional because dependencies has not changed between 6.0.3 and 6.0.4.

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.3

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Mobile Development Kit Client will no longer crash on pressing scan button on certain Android devices
• Attachment's Photo Library selection dialog can be properly opened on modal page on iOS
• Mobile Development Kit Client will no longer crash when triggering new progress banner while there is already a progress banner displaying on iOS
• Currency formatter API formatCurrency will return correct formatted value for zero value
• Upgrade to SAP BTP SDK for iOS version 6.1.4
• Upgrade to SAP BTP SDK for Android version 3.4.4

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.1

This patch release provides the following minor update and important bug fixes.

• Mobile Development Kit Client can revert to correct internationalization strings and metadata upon logout
• Android release build will no longer crash in some scenario

Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0

Notable new or changed features for the Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0

NativeScript 8

Mobile Development Kit Client is now upgraded to support NativeScript 8 and it requires NativeScript 8.

As NativeScript 8 introduces few non-backward compatible changes, you need to check the Migration guide on how to migrate your app to be compatible with Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0.

Note

tns command is deprecated and replaced with ns command in NativeScript 8, you are recommended to use ns command from Mobile Development Kit Client 6.0 or newer.

Enhancement

Multi User Support for iOS

Mobile Development Kit Client now supports multi-user login capability. This allows a Mobile Development Kit Client app on a device to be securely shared across multiple users. For more information, see Multi User Support.

Support Tabs in Modal

You can now render Tabs in modal page. For more details about Tabs control, see Bottom Navigation and Tabs Page

Support Preloading Tabs in Tabs Control

Mobile Development Kit Client now supports preloading defined number of tabs in Tabs Control. This allows access to the data of a tab even without selecting the tab. Use the PreloadTabs property to define array of tab indices which needs to be preloaded.

Tabs Items Support Binding & Rules

The Items property for Tabs control now supports binding and rules that allows you to return dynamic number of tabs on load.

Helper Text in Form Cell Controls

Form Cell Controls now support HelperText property, a label below the control to serve as helper text to guide the user. Do note that in Android not all Form Cell controls support Helper Text, only

• Title Form Cell
• Simple Property Form Cell
• Switch Form Cell
• Signature Capture Form Cell
• Note Form Cell
• Filter Form Cell

Support PDF Images in Side Navigation and Context Menu

Side navigation and Context menu now supports PDF images. The images can be referenced from metadata, resources or https url.

Provide #Page:-Current Target Path

You can use Target Path key to retrieve the current page's Page Proxy. #Page:-Current allows you to reference the current page similar to #Page:-Previous reference the previous page.

Copy Logs to External Storage in Android

On android devices, the Additional settings in the app of a Mobile Development Kit Client app now has a Download Logs button. This allows you to save Mobile Development Kit Client logs in Downloads folder.

List Picker Optimization

List picker is now optimized to minimize the query sent to back-end when loading the list or selecting value, so its performance is now improved in online OData mode.

ClientAPI Enhancement

Reset API for Form Cell Controls

We have introduced a new reset API for all Form Cell Controls, Section and Container. The following classes have access to the reset API:

• FormCellControlProxy
• FormCellContainerProxy
• SectionProxy (for Form Cell Section)

The reset API allows you to reset the form cell controls back to its original state and any binding or rules assigned to its properties will also be re-resolved.

API to Return Page Metadata in JSON Format

We have introduced a new getPageDefinition API which allows to get page metadata definition as JSON object.

Web Runtime Enhancement

The following are the web runtime enhancement to fill the gap with mobile runtime:

• Supports List Picker as Filter control in the Filter dialog
• Supports LoadingIndicator Sectioned Table page for the initial page load
• Supports Accessory Button Icon and Text in Object Cell
• Supports MinNumberOfLines for Note Form Cell
• Supports Password InputType in Simple Property Form Cell

OData & REST Service

New APIs for OfflineDataProviderProxy

We have introduced the following APIs:

• hasPendingDownload - Whether or not there is a pending download (a download that was canceled either explicitly or because the provider was closed), it is possible to continue the download by triggering a new download.
• hasPendingUpload - Whether or not there is a pending upload (an upload that was canceled either explicitly or because the provider was closed), it is possible to continue the upload by triggering a new upload.
• requestQueueIsEmpty - Whether or not, there are any pending requests stored in the request queue that have not yet been uploaded.

Auto Add Send Request Result to Action Binding

The result of SendRequest action is automatically added to the ActionBinding of the execution chain.

For more information, see Send Request Auto Store Result into Action Binding

New ODataProvider API

You can now get access to OData provider via the ClientAPI.getODataProvider(serviceName).

This class provides information about the OData provider such as whether it's in offline mode (isOfflineEnabled()), or is initialized (isInitialized()).

For offline enabled OData provider, you can also access its offline parameters (getOfflineParameters()), where you can get or set its custom headers.

See ODataProviderProxy for more details.

Support EnableUndoLocalCreation and EnableRequestQueueOptimization Offline Options

• EnableUndoLocalCreation undo local operations on an entity. For example, if EnableUndoLocalCreation is enabled and create, update, and delete operations are performed on an entity. While uploading, all the 3 requests are removed and therefore will not be sent to the service back end.
• EnableRequestQueueOptimization combines multiple OData operations on an entity into one single operation. For example, if EnableRequestQueueOptimization is enabled, create and multiple updates on an entity is uploaded as one single create request.

Branded Client

Support Android Version Code

You can now set AndroidVersionCode in the MDKProject.json. It allows you to set version number of your app. This version code is the same one that's used by Google Play Store to dictate your version of your app. For more information, see Android Application Version.

You can set the AndroidVersionCode to Auto which automatically generates the version code based on the AppVersion value or you can set your own value to have better control of your version code.

For more information, see Android Application Version Code.

Support Force Light Mode

You can now set ForceLightUIMode in the MDKProject.json to force your application UI to always be in light mode regardless of whether the device's Dark mode setting is enabled or not. This setting can't be changed at runtime. To enable or disable this mode, you must build a new client.

For more details, see Configuration Of MDKProject.json File.

Support Additional Languages

Mobile Development Kit Client now supports the following new languages:

• Catalan (ca)
• Finnish (fi)
• Greek (el)
• Mexican Spanish (es_MX)
• Thai (th)
• Swiss German (de_CH)
• Swiss Italian (it_CH)
• Vietnamese (vi)

Mobile Development Kit Editor 2108

Title	Type	Environment	Description	Available as of
Support Client 6.0 metadata	New	Neo (Web IDE)	Support new metadata changes for Client 6.0	Aug 20, 2021
Support Client 6.0 metadata	New	CF (Business Application Studio)	Support new metadata changes for Client 6.0 as Business Application Studio extension	Aug 20, 2021
Support Schema Version in project wizard	New	Neo (Web IDE)	Support Schema Version selection in Project Wizard	Aug 20, 2021
Support Schema Version in project wizard	New	CF (Business Application Studio)	Support Schema Version selection in Project Wizard	Aug 20, 2021
Support Schema Version Migration	New	Neo (Web IDE)	Support Schema Version migrates to latest version	Aug 20, 2021
Support Schema Version and Script Migration	New	CF (Business Application Studio)	Support Schema Version migrates to latest version and script migration	Aug 20, 2021
Support metadata bundle for different client runtime version	New	Neo (Web IDE)	Support metadata bundle for different client runtime version	Aug 20, 2021
Support metadata bundle for different client runtime version	New	CF (Business Application Studio)	Support metadata bundle for different client runtime version	Aug 20, 2021
Support view and validate language files	New	Neo (Web IDE) and CF (Business Application Studio)	Support view and validate language files	Aug 20, 2021
Support checking unused files	New	CF (Business Application Studio)	Support checking unused files	Aug 20, 2021
Support live preview page	New	CF (Business Application Studio)	Support live preview page side by side	Aug 20, 2021

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Last update: December 9, 2022