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  2. Release Notes

Release Notes 2019

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Dec 19, 2019

Platform updates

  • Project Detail Page - updated styling ()

Dec 10, 2019

Platform updates

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

Component updates

  • - 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

Oct 25, 2019

Platform updates

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

Oct 18, 2019

New components

Oct 4, 2019

Component updates

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

Platform updates

Sep 4, 2019

New components

Aug 21, 2019

Component updates

Bug fixes

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

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

Block updates

Jul 15, 2019

New blocks

Jun 26, 2019

New components

Component updates

Jun 24, 2019

Component updates

Platform updates

Jun 17, 2019

Component updates

  • Add heading event for Magnetometer

Jun 11, 2019

Component updates

Jun 10, 2019

Platform updates

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

Jun 3, 2019

Platform updates

May 23, 2019

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes asset error during iOS publish

  • Fixes component search for a few components

May 20, 2019

New Components

May 14, 2019

Component Updates

May 6, 2019

New Components

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

Mar 20, 2019

Platform Updates

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

Mar 19, 2019

Component Updates

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

Mar 12, 2019

New Components

Platform Updates

  • Improved build and deploy times

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed broken links to Thunkable docs

Feb 11, 2019

Block updates

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

Block updates

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

- allow users to play videos in your app

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

- adds default text for the Confirm and Cancel buttons

and - 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

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

- update apps published to the Google Play store that were made on Thunkable Classic or another compatible platform

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

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

- added blocks to support changing headers and query parameters

- fixes bug to send text messages on iOS devices

- supports full screen video, geolocation and data detector types

- added ability to get alpha, beta and gamma values

Add block to dismiss keyboard in the drawer

"" - 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

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

Maps - Add event to Maps component

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

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

Displays profile photo in the top right corner of platform; update yours on the

Add to Accelerometer component

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

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

- 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)

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

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

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

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

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

AdMob

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

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

- full screen ads that display over the current screen

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

- added a

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

- default height set to fit contents

- added the ability to

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Web API
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Bluetooth Low Energy
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account settings page here
account settings
account settings
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Loading icon
Banner
Interstitial
Rewarded Video
Screen
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Importing / exporting Android keystores
shaking event
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Share
change listener to app and stored variables
set color by Hue, Saturation and Value
delete markers
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