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​

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