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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.

2026.05.2 | 28 June 2026

New Components

  • AppLovin Max Banner Monetization > Advertising
    • New component to show AppLovin MAX banner ads.

  • AppLovin Max MREC Monetization > Advertising
    • New component to show AppLovin MAX 300×250 MREC ads.

  • AppLovin Max Native Monetization > Advertising
    • New layout component for AppLovin MAX native ads that blend with the app's own UI. The ad unit must be of type Manual in the AppLovin MAX dashboard.

  • AppLovin Max Interstitial Monetization > Advertising
    • New non-visible component for full-screen AppLovin MAX interstitial ads.

  • AppLovin Max Rewarded Monetization > Advertising
    • New non-visible component for AppLovin MAX rewarded video ads.

  • AppLovin Max App Open Monetization > Advertising
    • New non-visible component to show AppLovin MAX app open ads when the app returns to the foreground.

Note

The AppLovin Max components are now part of the Monetize plan, and are no longer included in Premium.

All AppLovin Max components require an AppLovin SDK Key set once in the project settings (found under Account > Keys in the AppLovin dashboard), plus a per-component MAX ad unit ID.

Component Changes

  • Deprecated the legacy AppLovin Interstitial component in favour of the new AppLovin Max components. AppLovin discontinued the direct-serve (SDK-key-only) ad APIs it relied on, so its blocks now do nothing. Move existing projects to the AppLovin Max components.

Creator Changes

  • Custom Project Name On Import. The AIA Upload dialog now lets you choose the imported project's name instead of forcing the file name, with unified project name validation.

  • Custom Screen Name On Import. Importing a screen now lets you set a custom screen name.

  • Asset Rename. Assets can now be renamed directly from the Asset Manager.

  • Improved Copy Component naming. Copying a copy now yields Button1_copy, Button1_copy1, and so on instead of Button1_copy_copy.

Creator Bug Fixes

  • Fixed undo/redo keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y) leaking to other handlers by stopping event propagation.

Component Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an occasional build failure when generating the Build ID for Monetize apps.