Release Notes 2019
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Platform updates
Project Detail Page - updated styling ()
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
Platform updates
Gallery - added the ability to star your favorite projects
New components
Barcode Scanner - allow apps to read any barcode or QR code with the help of a device camera
Component updates
Platform updates
Gallery - added the ability to search public gallery projects by creator username
New components
Component updates
Component updates
Assistant by Dialogflow - upgrades the API to V2 since V1 is retiring on Oct 23, 2019
Bug fixes
Screen - fixes Scrollable
property on Screen component; still a bug with Scrollable
property for Row component
New components
Platform updates
New components
Component updates
Bug fixes
Platform updates
Tooltips!
Ability to duplicate components and their properties!
Ability to duplicate projects in the project list page!
Component updates
Stack Navigator - supports editing the background color of the header bar
Block updates
New blocks
New components
Component updates
Component updates
Platform updates
Component updates
Add heading event for Magnetometer
Component updates
Platform updates
Made app settings page more discoverable with icon -- edit your app title, description, icon and more!
Platform updates
Bug Fixes
Fixes asset error during iOS publish
Fixes component search for a few components
New Components
Component Updates
New Components
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
New Components
Platform Updates
Login - added the ability to login to the platform by email
Component Updates
Thunkable Live iOS app now supports live testing apps with AdMob
New Components
Platform Updates
Improved build and deploy times
Bug Fixes
Fixed broken links to Thunkable docs
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
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