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Kodular Creator 2026.05

2026.05 | 3 May 2026

Creator Changes

  • Project Folders for organising projects in the dashboard.

  • Project List View as an alternative to the project grid, with the user's view preference persisted.

  • Project Tree View to navigate the project folder hierarchy.

  • Project Search in the dashboard toolbar, matching by project name, app name, and package name.

  • Reopen Last Project preference to land directly in the most recent project at sign-in.

  • Improved Component Search in the Designer palette.

  • Filterable Dropdown in the Screen Switcher and Asset Selector when more than five items are available.

  • AIA Upload Dialog now previews the sanitised project name with inline validation before upload, and accepts files whose names contain spaces (now sanitised automatically).

  • Extension Import Dialog redesigned with a unified upload flow, case-insensitive .aix validation, and clearer status feedback.

  • Performance improvements across the Designer and Blocks Editor. Combined, these reduce time-to-interactive on project load from around 8 seconds to under 2 seconds on large projects.

    • Cold Load Improvements removing redundant refresh cycles during form load and editor initialisation.
    • Lazy Property Editors create property editors on demand and skip preferred-size calculations until they are needed.
    • Blockly Improvements including throttled high-frequency pointer events, cached block bounding boxes, and faster backpack hover detection during drag operations.

New Components

  • Biometric Prompt Sensors
    • New non-visible component to authenticate users via fingerprint, face, or device credential, built on AndroidX Biometric.

  • Supabase Database Storage
    • New non-visible component with query builder (filters, ordering), CRUD, bulk inserts, and remote function calls.

  • Supabase Storage Storage
    • New non-visible component for upload, download, delete, listing, and public/signed URL generation.

  • Supabase Authentication Connectivity
    • New non-visible component supporting email/password sign-up and sign-in, magic links, OTP, password reset, and session management.

  • Cloud Firestore Google
    • New non-visible component with ProjectPath prefixing, document CRUD with auto-ID, existence checks, query builder, real-time listeners, batch writes, and transactions.

  • Firebase Cloud Messaging Google
    • New non-visible component to receive push messages, token events, and notification clicks, with foreground notifications (image support), FCM token retrieval, runtime POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission, and topic subscribe/unsubscribe.

  • Start.io Cover Monetization > Advertising
    • New component to show 1200×628 cover ads for feed-style layouts.

  • Start.io MREC Monetization > Advertising
    • New component to show 300×250 MREC ads.

  • Start.io Native Ad Layout Monetization > Advertising
    • New customisable native ad component with selectable image sizes (72×72, 100×100, 150×150, 340×340).

  • Start.io Rewarded Video Monetization > Advertising
    • New rewarded video component, with a VideoCompleted event.

  • Tapjoy Offerwall Monetization > Advertising
    • New component to load/show/dismiss the Tapjoy offerwall, manage virtual currency (get, spend, award, balance), and configure SDK key, placement, user ID, entry point, test mode, and GDPR/privacy consent.

  • Unity Ads Banner Monetization > Advertising
    • New component supporting Standard, Large, and Rectangle banner sizes with Designer preview.

  • Unity Ads Interstitial Monetization > Advertising
    • New component for full-screen Unity interstitial ads.

  • Unity Ads Rewarded Monetization > Advertising
    • New component for Unity rewarded video ads, with UserEarnedReward and AdSkipped events.

Component Changes

  • Image User Interface

    • Added animated GIF playback using ImageDecoder on Android 9+ (API 28). Static fallback on older devices, with no extra APK size cost.
    • Add Support for Animated GIFs

  • QR Code User Interface

    • Now generates QR codes locally with zxing instead of relying on an external service. Removes the network dependency and works fully offline.
    • Added a new Format property to choose the output image format: PNG, JPEG, or WebP.

  • ImageSprite Drawing and Animation

  • AdMob Monetization > Advertising

    • Components renamed to Google AdMob so all Google ad networks group together in the Advertising palette.

  • Start.io Banner Monetization > Advertising

    • Underlying Start.io SDK upgraded to 5.3.0.

  • Start.io Interstitial Monetization > Advertising

    • Added configurable interstitial type: Automatic, Full Page, Video, Overlay.
    • Underlying Start.io SDK upgraded to 5.3.0; manifest generation fixed across Start.io ad components.

  • Deprecated Fingerprint component in favour of the new Biometric Prompt.

  • Removed the App Center integration, since the underlying service was deprecated upstream and is no longer maintained.

Creator Bug Fixes

  • Fixed dark theme flashing during Creator startup.

  • Fixed Blocks Editor menu background and shadow on dark themes.

  • Fixed workspace grid colour in dark theme.

  • Fixed screens ordering in the Screen Switcher.

  • Fixed Color Picker being clipped near screen edges. The picker now anchors next to the trigger and flips to stay in viewport.

  • Fixed New Project dialog property panel width.

  • Fixed mock Image sizing when set to Automatic and when respecting intrinsic dimensions.

  • Fixed mock TextBox styling and hint colour handling.

  • Fixed project icon preview not refreshing across the UI.

  • Fixed AIA Upload import button being clickable before a file was selected.

Component Bug Fixes

2026.05.1 | 4 May 2026

New Components

  • Firebase Realtime Database Google
    • New non-visible component on the modern firebase-database SDK. Reads the database URL from google-services.json; authenticate users via the Firebase Authentication component. Block surface mirrors the legacy Firebase Database, with ProjectPath replacing the URL/Bucket/Token properties.

Component Changes

  • Deprecated Firebase Database component in favour of the new Firebase Realtime Database. Projects still containing the deprecated component will fail to build until it is removed; existing projects continue to load in the Designer so you can migrate. See the migration guide.

Creator Changes

  • Deprecated Component Visual Feedback in the Designer. Deprecated components now show a clear warning indicator in the palette and properties pane so it's obvious when a project depends on something scheduled for removal.

Component Bug Fixes

  • Fixed Map component mock rendering in the Designer.