Release Notes 2019

Dec 19, 2019

Platform updates

• Project Detail Page - updated styling (see sample)

Dec 10, 2019

Platform updates

• User Profile Page - updated profile pages for all creators, featuring all your projects (see sample); Only public projects will be visible to other creators

Component updates

• Timer - added the ability to set the timer in seconds or milliseconds and to count up

Nov 18, 2019

Platform updates

• Gallery - added the ability to star your favorite projects

Oct 29, 2019

New components

• Barcode Scanner - allow apps to read any barcode or QR code with the help of a device camera

Component updates

• Video - added the ability to auto-play videos and pause / play video from blocks

Oct 25, 2019

Platform updates

• Gallery - added the ability to search public gallery projects by creator username

Oct 18, 2019

New components

• Video - allow users to play videos in your app

Oct 4, 2019

Component updates

• Canvas - added option to change the color of the frame, or the area surrounding the Canvas

• Alert - adds default text for the Confirm and Cancel buttons

Oct 2, 2019

Component updates

• Assistant by Dialogflow - upgrades the API to V2 since V1 is retiring on Oct 23, 2019

Sep 12, 2019

Bug fixes

• Screen - fixes Scrollable property on Screen component; still a bug with Scrollable property for Row component

Sep 10, 2019

New components

• Canvas and Sprites - build simple games like Space Invaders and Pong with our newest version of Canvas which includes among other features, a physics engine to create more engaging games

• PDF Reader - allow users to view PDFs from the convenience of an app

Platform updates

• Importing / exporting Android keystores - update apps published to the Google Play store that were made on Thunkable Classic or another compatible platform

Sep 4, 2019

New components

• Date Input - lets users easily select a specific date using the native Android or iOS date picker

• Time Input - lets users easily select a specific time using the native Android or iOS date picker

Aug 21, 2019

Component updates

• Web API - added blocks to support changing headers and query parameters

Bug fixes

• Share - fixes bug to send text messages on iOS devices

Aug 16, 2019

Platform updates

• Tooltips!

• Ability to duplicate components and their properties!

• Ability to duplicate projects in the project list page!

Jul 19, 2019

Component updates

• Webviewer - supports full screen video, geolocation and data detector types

• Stack Navigator - supports editing the background color of the header bar

• Gyroscope - added ability to get alpha, beta and gamma values

Block updates

• Add block to dismiss keyboard in the Device drawer

Jul 15, 2019

New blocks

• "Any Component" - create and clone visible components e.g. Labels, Images, Buttons in your app on the fly. Very helpful for data-driven apps where the number of components matches the data that it is linked to e.g. a photo-sharing or chat apps and should reduce the number of blocks in many cases

Jun 26, 2019

New components

• Bluetooth Low Energy - connect to, receive and send data from a mobile device to any device that has a bluetooth low energy chip installed

Component updates

• Maps - Add delete markers event to Maps component

• Label - More styling options! Adds more options to set the font weight and to align the text in the label

Jun 24, 2019

Component updates

• Drawer Navigator - added block to toggle open and close the drawer to enable hamburger menu

Platform updates

• Displays profile photo in the top right corner of platform; update yours on the account settings page here

Jun 17, 2019

Component updates

• Add heading event for Magnetometer

Jun 11, 2019

Component updates

• Add shaking event to Accelerometer component

Jun 10, 2019

Platform updates

• Added the ability to change your profile photo and headline on your account settings page

• Made app settings page more discoverable with icon -- edit your app title, description, icon and more!

Jun 3, 2019

Platform updates

• Added ability to change username from account settings page. Username changes will be reflected on the Thunkable community forum

May 23, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fixes asset error during iOS publish

• Fixes component search for a few components

May 20, 2019

New Components

• Accelerometer - accesses the mobile device's sensor that measures even tiny forces of acceleration acting on the phone from natural (in a moving vehicle) and man-made (shaking the device)

• Gyroscope - accesses the mobile device's sensor that measures even tiny tilts of the phone, often used in gaming apps

• Magnetometer - accesses the mobile device's sensor that measures magnetic fields from the Earth and other nearby objects

May 14, 2019

Component Updates

• Payment by Stripe - New lower fees for - 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction (0% Thunkable fee)

May 6, 2019

New Components

• Push Notification by One Signal - PRO only component for sending push notification to users who have downloaded your app; all Thunkers can add the component to their project and live test on Android

May 2, 2019

New Components

• Blockchain Wallet and Smart Contract by Oasis - our first two components that secure your app's data in the blockchain, powered by Oasis, a privacy-focused cloud backed by blockchain technology

Apr 9, 2019

New Components

• Loading icon - helpful UI component to tell your app users that an activity is happening in the background

Mar 20, 2019

Platform Updates

• Login - added the ability to login to the platform by email

Mar 19, 2019

Component Updates

• AdMob

  • Thunkable Live iOS app now supports live testing apps with AdMob

Mar 12, 2019

New Components

• Ads by AdMob - all Thunkers can add to their project and live test but only PRO members can download and publish apps with AdMob

  • Banner - displays a rectangular ad at the top of bottom of any screen

  • Interstitial - full screen ads that display over the current screen

  • Rewarded Video - show a full screen video ad over the current screen and adds event handler to reward user after watching

Platform Updates

• Improved build and deploy times

Bug Fixes

• Fixed broken links to Thunkable docs

Feb 11, 2019

Block updates

• Variables - added a change listener to app and stored variables

Bug fixes

• Fix bug that causes random block to not work in the variable initialization block

Platform updates

• Updated default Splash Screen beaver on downloaded / published apps to new "Made with Thunkable" logo; Thunkable PRO users substitute the Thunkable branding with their own logo

Jan 31, 2019

Platform updates

• Downloaded and published apps are now ~8MB smaller than before

Component updates

• Screen, Row and Column - Justification and Alignment properties renamed to Horizontal and Vertical Alignment

• Label - default height set to fit contents

Block updates

• Color - added the ability to set color by Hue, Saturation and Value