Kodular Andromeda¶

Kodular Andromeda

1.0 Andromeda | 22 June 2018¶

Major Changes¶

Upgraded Minimum API from 14 (Android 4.0) to 16 (Android 4.1)
Added Copy Screen feature
- Added Import Screen (.AIS) and Export Screen (.AIS)
Added British English and Portuguese languages
Added a nice Welcome Email for new users
Upgraded Google Login system
- Say bye to that ugly Google Login, and say hello to OAuth2
Implemented Email & Password login system
- Welcome China users! You can now use Kodular without a VPN
Implemented Runtime Permission system
- Watch this video to see what is this
Upgraded Target SDK to API 27 (Android 8.1)
- This warning will NOT appear again:
- Kodular is the first builder on implementing a real Target SDK 27, as it’s required to have runtime permissions as we use now
Improved server perfomance
- See “Servers” section
Added fancy error pages when 5xx error appears
Changed Default Package Name
- Changed from com.makeroid.email.app to io.makeroid.email.app
- This only applies to new apps. Old created apps will still have the old format
Removed 10MB app limit
- Testing showed that now the limit is on 20MB
Removed black SplashScreen
- You can now even set your own image!
Added new blocks
- “Break” block will allow you to stop loops
- “Wait for milliseconds” block will allow you to stop the execution of your code X milliseconds
You can now delete a single block/group of blocks from the Backpack
Added abilty to move blocks with arrow keys on Blocks Editor
General Data Protection Regulation:
- Added to AdMob components new dialog asking for consent for EU users to show customized ads
- Added warning when dropping AdMob components to phone

New Services¶

Kodular Account Centralized login system for all Kodular Services and control panel for your data
Kodular IDE Build Kodular Extensions online without installing any external software
Kodular Store New online Store developed by Kodular to share Apps, AIAs, Screens and Extensions

Servers¶

AppEngine instance uses now better servers so lag should have been reduced
Three compilers will now be processing app builds:
- Dedicated VPS Cloud servers with 2 CPUs up to 3.1GHz, 4GB of RAM and 100MB/s of minimum bandwidth
- In front of all of them there is a dedicated load balancer in ArubaCloud redirecting requests to reduce their loads
  - This allows us to create new compilers without having to stop our service or build requests
  - It will also automatically stop forwarding traffic to compilers that are down until they are fixed
- Thanks to our partner ArubaCloud, Kodular Servers are much powerful now

Companion¶

Changed Companion design
- Now it’s much more simple, clean and useful
Changed Companion Package Name to io.makeroid.companion
- Previously com.makeroid.companion
Companion is now only compatible with Android 5.0 or higher
Implemented some translations on Companion

UI Changes¶

Mock-Phone Preview: This means that these settings, when changed, will be now updated on the phone preview
- Show/Hide Navigation Bar
- Show/Hide Status Bar
- Show/Hide Title Bar
- Show/Hide 3 Dots
- Color of Navigation Bar
- Color of TitleBar Text
- Text of TitleBar Subtitle
- Properties of Radio Button
- Clickable property of any Layout
COMPLETLY REDESIGNED MAKEROID UI
- Kodular wants to be unique, so our amazing designer @Vishwas implemented the official Material Design into Kodular Builder
- Now it is much clean and simple:
  - Added a SearchBox in Palette
  - Moved properties to hidden panel, so if you want to show them just click on the name of a Component
  - Added categories to properties for a better sorting
- And, yeah, you are right. All SneakPeeks were “fake” We’ve used the old design in the SneakPeeks because we didn’t want to leak anything releated with it
Redesigned Building Project dialog
- Added Hide Dialog button
Non-Visible components names are now visible below Mock-Phone
Increased SplashScreen height
Added country flags next to their respective languages on Language Selector
Fixed Dark Theme

Bugs Fixed¶

Fixed Layouts issues
- Layouts were always clickable
- Extensions that were depending on Layouts weren’t working properly
Fixed TitleBar Tabs issue which made them to have the previous color when TitleBar Color was changed
Fixed ListView NullPointerException on some devices
Fixed Show/Hide Navigation Bar not working in some devices
Fixed “reset” Screen bug on Orientation Change
Fixed Logout issue which was logging out from ALL Google Accounts
Fixed Color for StatusBar and TitleBar issue
Fixed TopBar buttons issue which was overriding the created tab
Fixed blocks getting stacked on top of eachother
Fixed Blockly Translations issue
Fixed Custom Package Name
- Now this Tutorial is no longer required!
Fixed Tablet-Mode bug causing strange behaiours on refreshing

New Components¶

Added new Bottom Sheet component to User Interface category
Added new Circular Progress component to User Interface category
Added new Linear Progress component to User Interface category
Added new Snack Bar component to User Interface category
Added new View Flipper component to User Interface category
Added new Card View component to Layout category
Added new ExoPlayer component to Media category
Added new Maps components to new Maps category
- Thanks to MIT App Inventor Team
Added new Dynamic Button component to new Dynamic category
Added new Dynamic Label component to new Dynamic category
Added new Dynamic TextBox component to new Dynamic category
Added new Amazon Ads components to Monetization category
- Thanks to AppyBuilder Team
  - Amazon Banner
  - Amazon Interstitial
Added new Facebook Ads components to Monetization category
- Facebook Banner
- Facebook Interstitial
Added new Shell component to Experimental category
Renamed Google Map to Google Maps
Moved Surface View to Layout Category

App Features¶

Side Menu This new feature allows you to create professional side menus from blocks. You will just need to design inside a Vertical Layout what you want, and then call it from blocks Download this APK for a demo, or read this tutorial to see how to create one
- Functions:
  - SideMenu - Creates a Side Menu with the give Layout
  - Side Menu Open - Opens the Side Menu
  - Side Menu Close - Closes the Side Menu
- Properties:
  - Is Side Menu Open - Returns true if the Side Menu is open
- Events:
  - Side Menu Opened - Triggered when the Side Menu is opened
  - Side Menu Closed - Triggered when the Side Menu is closed
- This feature is not fully compatible with the Companion and it can make it to crash
Splash Screen Based from this suggestion, Kodular has removed the black screen that appeard when app is loading Also, we have added some options for it if users wants to customize it more
- Splash Enabled: If selected, the app will remove the black screen
- Splash Image (Available when Splash Enabled checked): If set, the app will show this image instead of the black image
New Functions:
- Add Menu Item with Icon: Adds an item to the menu but with an image
New Properties:
- About Screen Background Color: Sets the background color of the About Screen
- Accent Color: Sets the Accent Color of the App
- Primary Color / Title Bar Color: Sets the Primary Color of the App, which is the Title Bar Color if not set
- Primary Color Dark / Status Bar Color: Sets the Primary Dark Color of the app, which is the Status Bar Color if not set
- Screen Orientation: Added Behind, Full Sensor, No Sensor, Reverse, Landscape, Reverse Portrait, Sensor Landscape and Sensor Portrait
- Theme: Sets the theme for the app between Default, Light Theme or Dark Theme

New Events¶

Notifier component
- Custom Dialog Selection: triggered after selecting a Custom Dialog
Web Viewer component
- Web View String Change: triggered after the WebViewerString changes
File component
- After Zip: triggered after successful Zip
- After Unzip: triggered after successful Unzip
- On Zip Failure: triggered when an error occurrs in Zip or Unzip

New Functions¶

Button component
- Set Shadow: sets a shadow for the Button Thanks to AppyBuilder Team
Checkbox component
- Set Shadow: sets a shadow for the Checkbox Thanks to AppyBuilder Team
Image component
- Clear Image Tint Color: cleans the Tint Color set for the Image
Notifier component
- Create Custom Dialog: creates a Custom Dialog from the given component (removes it from the Screen and places in the Custom Dialog)
Show Custom Dialog: shows a Custom Dialog
Textbox component
- Set Shadow: sets a shadow for the Textbox Thanks to AppyBuilder Team
Canvas component
- DrawArc: generates an Arc with the given params
- DrawShape: generates a Shape with the given points from a list
File component
- Zip: zips a given folder in the given path, with an optional password
- Unzip: unzips a given file in the given folder, with an optioanl password if set
Device Tools component
- Copy: copies the given text to the clipboard
- Parse: parsers the given string with _between a start and an end
- Paste: pastes the copied text
Web component
- URI Decode: decodes the given URI Encoded text
WiFi component
- Mac Address: returns the MAC Address of the device

New Properties¶

Button component
- Rotation Angle
Image component
- Clickable
- Image Tint Color Customizable from Blocks
ListPicker component
- Title Visible
Notifier component
- Dim Amount
- Use Background Color
Slider component
- Rotation Angle
TextBox component
- Rotation Angle
Layout components
- Clickable
- Use Round Card
OCR component
- Language
EmailPicker component
- Cursor Color
- Line Color
FusionTables component
- Loading Dialog Message
- Show Loading Dialog
TinyDB component
- Namespace
Screenshot component
- Dim Amount
- Notification Share Button
- are Permissions Granted Available at Blocks
- is Read Permission Granted Available at Blocks
- is Write Permission Granted Available at Blocks
Download component
- Requires Charging Customizable from Blocks
- Requires Device Idle Customizable from Blocks

1.0.1 Andromeda | 23 June 2018¶

Bugs Fixed¶

Fixed: Download app scannign QR Code (missing GPlay update, probably tomorrow it will be live)
Fixed: “Create” block from “FAB” was crashing companion if there was no image added
Fixed: ListViews
Fixed: Random crashes using some components

1.0.2 Andromeda | 28 June 2018¶

New Blocks¶

Added RemoveSideMenu block to Screen

Bugs Fixed¶

Temporarily removed Import/Export screen feature
Removed “wait for milliseconds” block
Fixed: Server error that sometimes happened when copying screens
Fixed: Copied screens couldn’t be opened
Fixed: Errors with extensions
Fixed: Some issues with Leadbolt component
Fixed: Sizing issues with CardView component
Fixed: TitleBar Subtitle not updating on the companion when subtitle removed
Fixed: Some issues with ListViewImageText

1.0.3 Andromeda | 19 July 2018¶

UI Changes¶

Added “Import Project” button on Projects Panel
Added “Loading Project” dialog
Imported Turkish Translation to Blockly
Fixed some Descriptions for some components which had a larger font
Made ScrollBar of Palette thicker

Companion¶

Added missing “:” to IP Address Label

New Features¶

Added “Show Ad” block for Facebook Interstitial Ad component
CloudDB component now handles images

Bugs Fixed¶

NullPointer Exception on some Alerts
NullPointer Exception on GetUserId of PushNotifications
Button Size wasn’t affected if Shape was set
Facebook Interstitial Ad should be working now

1.0.4 Andromeda | 28 July 2018¶

UI Changes¶

Fixed "Loading Project" dialog shown even when project loaded
Fixed "Blockly Panel" as it was overlapping with Components Scrollbar
Increased Scrollbar Width on Components panel
Added confirmation dialog when removing Screen
Added confirmation dialog when removing Project
Redesigned how "Component Help" is shown

Improvements¶

Improved "Search Component" speed
Minimized CSS files to improve load time
Improved Blocks Editor performance

Bugs Fixed¶

Facebook Ads were not declared on Manifest
Sharing Component was not working
Removed some unused libraries (APKs should be a little bit lighter now)

1.0.5 Andromeda | 14 August 2018¶

UI Changes¶

Brought back AppInventor Color Picker
Added clickable links to "Learn more at" in components info

Improvements¶

Improved Loading Project time
Added warning when using Builder over HTTPS
Removed some unused libraries from APKs
Integrated Fabric into Kodular Apps
- Now we will get detailed crash info thanks to Crashlitics, which will help us to fix bugs
- You can check the bugs that are being tracked in this repository

Bugs Fixed¶

Fixed AdMob Rewarded Video (Sometimes ad weren't showing)
Fixed Assets Manager (Internal Error appeard sometimes)
Fixed OCR Component (NoPeer Certificate when making request)
Fixed AdMob Consent (Title was shown instead of Message)
Fixed Search Components (Search was performed using Component Class instead of Component Name)

Last update: January 27, 2020