[F/OS] - Dynamic Components Extension (for every component) 2.3.0

[ThirreyPipone (Thiago Freiberger Kulkamp)]

It normally generates the result, but this error occurs and ends up crashing. Please help me with this. I need only the items in this list to be visible, and not all items in the list, so I created a list just for the selected items.

[yusufcihan]

Version 2.3.0

I know it has been a long while since the last release, as there were not that huge changes to create a new release for, but during the past months the extension became the more polished, so I wanted to release a new version and here it is.

Hopefully this release should be the last one since the extension now can be considered “completed/final” as it already serves its purpose (to create components dynamically) and I don’t want to make it more bloated and harder-to-use. Also, considering the extension is now around for almost more than 4 years, it had to come to an end sooner or later. I of course plan to fix bugs whenever it is encountered even after this release, but please note that it is possible that there may be long periods of time between new releases unless there are critical issues as I have a personal life like everyone else here.

New

• Added CreateEphemeral block to create & return the component directly without assigning to an ID.
  

• Added RemoveComponent block to remove components from screen instead of requiring its ID as in existing “Remove” block. Compared to existing “Remove” block, this block can also remove non-dynamic components.
  

• Added ReplaceId block (pull request #47) to just change the old ID with a new ID, unlike “ChangeId”, it doesn’t change the part of ID among all IDs.
  

Most of you probably already know it, but for those who don’t, there is now a web-based tool that replaces the old TemplateCreator Python tool to create schemas from existing AIA projects in a few clicks in your browser directly.

DynamicComponents Schema Generator for AI2

Fixed

• Fixed the issue where canvas elements (Ball, ImageSprite, Sprite) doesn’t work properly after being created. (pull request #66)
• GetComponent and GetId now returns an empty string if the component has not found instead of returning*nothing*. (pull request #49)

Improved

• Template names (name key) are no longer mandatory to set.
• Schema block is now more reliable than ever, as it no longer manipulates the whole template to replace template keys.
• Block and error descriptions are now more detailed, which hopefully should cause fewer confusions for common mistakes.
• Some other internal/background changes to make the extension more efficient and make it easy to examine the code.

Removed

• Removed already deprecated blocks from older releases. No need to change anything if you are already not using any of the deprecated blocks.

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[JEWEL (Extension Developer 🧩)]

Thanks for the update
Is it possible to create Android widget view or any custom view using it’s package name?
Like:

1. android.widget.RatingBar

2. com.myview.CustomView

[yusufcihan]

Short answer; you can only create App Inventor components, which means built-in components + extensions (because extensions are also an App Inventor component)

Long answer;

Full package names are supported, but you can’t create Android widgets by it because the extension creates instances of classes that gets an com.google.appinventor.components.runtime.ComponentContainer object in its constructor, which in simpler terms, it will only work for App Inventor’s own components and every other class (such as extensions) that implements an App Inventor Component.

Even if you could create Android widgets, App Inventor defines its own components, so App Inventor doesn’t directly expose the underneath Android widget to the user, and since blocks look for a valid App Inventor component, I don’t think you will be able to do anything useful with Android widgets by just using blocks.

If you want to do stuff with Android widgets, you should develop a new extension or a built-in component.

[David (‎ David Ningthoujam)]

This is the best extension that I still use from your first release. Thanks again

[Mr_YouTuber_Official]

Thanks Again @yusufcihan

[WrenMoon (Sai Pranav gandhi)]

Kindly permit me to use this extension for the MIT GLOBAL AI HACKATHON

[L277]

i’m trying to use the remove block to remove a image sprite, but it gives me this error. I don’t know how to resolve that.

[yusufcihan]

Which version of the extension you are currently using?

[Didyme_Apps]

Hi, Using this extension I would like to make various progress bars, but I have a problem with the progress. The progress bar was shown:

I would like to:

representing for example 50%.
My code is:

Does anyone know where is the error?? Thanks in advance.

[L277]

version 2.3.0

trying to clone a image sprite btw

[DO-FU (Franklin Ortiz)]

For a few moments I thought, maybe you would add the recycler view library

[yusufcihan]

Can you try if the same issue persists with when setting the properties with Any Component blocks?

[Connor_White_Maze38]

I created a component that adds to a VA every time a button is pressed, however it doesn’t work in practice?

[hammerhai (Nathan)]

You should be doing this instead.

[Berkat-has (Otniel)]

Thank you for this update.

[Imre_Erdelyi1 (Imre Erdelyi)]

Is it possible to use extensions in schema? I want to use corner radius extension by Sunny Gupta. Thanks

[Abdoulaye_OUBALE]

Hello friends
As Salamu Aleykum
Please i need help
I just wanted to multiply the Cardview component and everything inside, depending on the number of victims, how to do this please???
I don’t know which block used with this formidable extension
BarrakAllahu Fikum

[Imre_Erdelyi1 (Imre Erdelyi)]

In the “for each to” should be a number not a textbox which is probably empty when screen initialize.

[Abdoulaye_OUBALE]

Okay
but it does not multiply the components that are in the CardView…it just outputs three other non-customized CardViews