Release Notes
New components
Canvas and Sprites
Bluetooth Low Energy
Extended Listviewer
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
Component Updates
Payment by Stripe - New lower fees for
- 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction (0% Thunkable fee)
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
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
Loading icon - helpful UI component to tell your app users that an activity is happening in the background
Platform Updates
Login - added the ability to login to the platform by email
Component Updates
AdMob
Thunkable Live iOS app now supports live testing apps with AdMob
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 AdMobBanner - 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
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
Platform updates
Downloaded and published apps are now ~8MB smaller than before
Component updates
Label - default height set to
fit contents
Block updates
Color - added the ability to set color by Hue, Saturation and Value
Local DB - create and retrieve data from a data table directly saved in your app
Component updates
Share - now enables users to send text messages, emails and make phone calls from mobile's device's default apps
New block category
Device
Date and time - Get the current time from the device's clock
Vibrate - sets a device to vibrate
iOS or Android - detects which platform the device is on
Online or offline - detects if device is connected to Wi-Fi or data network
Bug fixes
Fixes variety of bugs that led to Thunkable Live Android crashes
Users no longer have to set margins and padding to 0 for columns and rows on Android
Improved error messaging and validation for new Publish to IOS workflow
Platform updates
Publish to iOS - Supports the ability to publish to iOS with two-factor authentication turned on
Component / block updates
Visible property on components - Support making components visible and invisible from the designer and the blocks
Bug fixes
Custom launch screen for PRO users - fixes bug that does not show current app's logo
Thunkable Live app - displays app icons on the project list page
Component updates
Tab Navigator - Supports adding icons to the tab navigator with the introduction of two new components, a Top Tab Navigator and a Bottom Tab Navigator. The original Tab Navigator will continue to be supported in existing projects but we highly encourage creators to adopt the new tab components which will have more features
Bug fixes
Text Input - automatically resizes screen when keyboard is open
Publish to iOS - fixes Camera and Photo Library permissions
Blocks - prevents possible infinite loops when asset block is loaded
Bug fixes
Fixes bug where previewed projects were one step behind the Blocks Editor
Fixes bug where variables did not work with map methods
Fixes bug where variables did not work well as list indexes
Bug fixes
Platform updates
Thunkable PRO users can now remove the Thunkable logo from the initial screen of all downloaded and published apps. Thunkable will automatically replace that logo with the app icon that they upload. We will be introducing additional customization options in the future.
Platform updates
Thunkable has launched the Public Gallery, a public collection apps for anyone to preview, download or remix.
All new apps will be public by default and included in the Public Gallery.
Creators who want to keep their project private can upgrade to Thunkable PRO.
Variables can now be of type 'app', stored' and 'cloud'. Existing uses of variables will continue to work as they did before this change.
Bug fixes
Fix some Android crashes
Easier drag and drop of Button and Image components
Fix initial load of app icon
Bug fixes
Fix SignIn method of Sign In component to populate outputs userId & isEmailVerified
Bug fixes
Fix iOS download & publish app icon
Platform updates
All apps built on Thunkable are now compatible with Android 8.0 (aka API 26)!
Users will be prompted to give permission to allow the use of certain components within an app (Speech Recognizer, Assistant, Camera, Photo Library, Location Sensor)
Some app layouts have been updated
Hide status bar bug - A blank status bar will still show up even if hide status bar is set to false; we are hoping to fix this soon
Heights of visible elements set to 'fit contents' may need to be updated to 'relative size' or another option
Scrollable columns - height will need to be set to 'fit contents'
Bug fixes
Android app no longer crashes when open link block is triggered
Downloaded and published iOS apps no longer shows editable blocks
Bug fixes
Stability should be significantly improved on the Live App, especially for Android
There should generally be fewer crashes on downloaded/published apps, especially for Android
The WebViewer on Android should scroll properly and be responsive
The Scrollable feature of the Column component should now work properly
Column component will now display background images on iOS
Scrollable screens will now scroll on downloaded or published apps for iOS
Setting Latitude and Longitude on the Map component on Android via blocks should now work
Setting the Value property of the Slider component on Android via blocks should now work
Projects with a huge number of components or blocks should no longer generate errors from backend server
New blocks
Shuffle list - get a copy of a list with the items shuffled in a random order.
Platform updates
Improvements to the tutorials
New components
Alert - launches a dialog / notification with a message and one or more buttons
Bug fixes
Solves some issues with Thunkable Live app on Android
Reduces project saving issues
Thunkable Cross-Platform ✕ launches out of beta!
Platform updates
Renaming components is now supported. Click on the top of the properties panel to edit the component name
Each new project can be set to public or private. Public projects are eligible to be featured in the Thunkable Gallery and can be shared in both read-only and fully-editable mode
Sample apps now featured on the project list page
Supports iOS usage descriptions for describing to users why certain permissions are needed when they download your app; applies only when you Publish to the iOS App Store
Component updates
Switch component no longer needs blocks to set-up
Component updates
Map - adds new block events e.g. on Map Click, on Marker Click and supports the ability to add markers, polylines and polygons
Text to Speech - increase supported languages from 6 to 87
Share - now supports sharing locally stored assets (does not work on Live Test for iOS)
New components
Location Sensor - gets user's current location
Slider - UI element of choice for letting users select a value or range from a fixed set of options, such as setting the brightness of a screen
Platform updates
Five new tutorials for Thunkable beginners now located in platform panel on the left
Share a read-only version of your project is now supported with a public option
Bug fixes
(Background) Image for Screens, Rows, Column and Image components now appear in Live Testing when using a Screen.start block
Image height or width set to 'fit contents' now appear in Live Testing
Improvements to Download / Publish for iOS including transparency support for app icons and better error messaging
Improved messaging for Download for Android
Platform updates
Significant user interface update including a new Design / Blocks switch, add Components shifted to the left panel and Properties shifted to the right panel
Live app now lets you live preview all your app projects from the comfort of your mobile device (Android only)
Publish for Android now supported
Adds version support for download / publish for Android and iOS
Component updates
Button - supports a number of new properties including sizing (height, width) and adding a background picture
New components
Speech Recognizer - uses artificial intelligence to recognize and translate spoken language into text in 14 different languages
Share - allows users to share text or post images using their favorite installed communication app from Slack and Facebook to iMessage and WhatsApp
Switch - popular UI element to turn on and off a certain feature in an app, often used in settings pages
Platform updates
Updated Blocks colors
New components
Spreadsheet by Airtable - gets, uploads, updates and deletes data from the popular spreadsheet service
Payment by Stripe - enable accepting credit card payments in app powered through Stripe; Each payment is subject to a 4.9% + $0.30 per transaction fee
Platform updates
Supports opening installed app by deep link on Android (aka Activity Starter) via a Control block
Blocks now includes zoom control and a better location for the trash can
Properties have been re-organized into hopefully easier to use categories
Platform updates
Custom app package name / bundle ID now supported for both Android and iOS; app icon also supported for Android
Make a copy of your project aka checkpoint in one click
Tracking of project shares now available on project page; share links no longer require a user to be logged in
Component updates
Properties now set / changeable in blocks including all Text / Background Color properties for visible components and Language properties for Translator, Text to Speech and Assistant
Transparent color now available as a color property across all visible components
Easy select and upload via Picture property for Image component
Bug fixes
Function blocks now work again
Blocks strings now accepted as numbers
Changing dropdown component in blocks or duplicating blocks now keeps the same property
New component
Sign In powered by Firebase - support for email sign-in; set-up requires entering in an API key and database URL into app settings
Media Database powered by Cloudinary - support for image, audio and video upload
Component updates
Most Visible components (Screen, TextInput, Label, Column, Row, Image, ListViewer, WebViewer, Maps, Google Maps) - advanced properties including padding, margin, border & user location (Maps / Google Maps) added
Realtime DB powered by Firebase - changes set-up from adding a .plist file to entering in an API key and database URL into app settings
Platform updates
Installing an Android .apk no longer requires uninstalling the Thunkable companion app
Easier discoverability of uploading files (now in the bottom left under the component tree
Error message when dropping a Navigator or Screen to the Phone previewer; they can only be added to the Visible components section of the tree
Small updates to sharing by link and notifications during download and publish
Start of Thunkable Cross-Platform ✕ public beta
