6.0 Release Notes¶

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.

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

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

Last update: November 22, 2021