Kodular Eagle 🦅

[KodeBot (Kodular Bot)]

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As you know, Kodular has recently faced with its biggest problem so far. But we were able to overcome it, and thanks to your patiente we have prepared one of our biggest releases so far.
It not only includes new advertising components, which have native commission systems, but also adds a property to the other ones which allow you to pick which ad network would you like us to use for the commission. So, you can pick the one you prefer to display, as some kind of mediation.
And if that is not enough, we added several new features to already existing components, like polyline for Google Maps, Google Play Games component and much much more!

This release has been named as Kodular Eagle
Even though Eagle is not a constellation, it is the modern name for the Aquila constellation

Creator Version : 1.4.0 Kodular Eagle

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Release Notes

We have added a to the most important changes

Major Changes

• New Ads Commission system
  No more fixed commissions; you will now pay for what you use: few components means lower commission

• Web View can now upload files
  You will now be able to upload files within a web viewer

• Export and import blocks via PNG files
  You can now right-click on any block and pick “Download Blocks as PNG”. And you can just drop that PNG file into the workspace, and the blocks will appear

• Added Android Support Libraries for SDK 28
  It provides optimized compiled apps for Android 9

• Now Projects can be renamed
  Just click on the projects name at the top left corner, type the new name and hit Enter

• Loading projects now use a new JIT (just-in-time) system, removing the old AOT (ahead-of-time)
  This makes loading projects from 5 to 10 times faster

• Deleting screens/projects now involves a secondary confirmation
  You have to type the project/screen name before deleting it

• Bumped Minimum SDK from 16 to 19
  We needed to add more features, and it could only be possible increasing the Min SDK to Android 4.4

• New default app icon when none is set for new projects
  We replaced our logo icon with a fancier one

• You can now copy/cut and paste components in the same screen, and from one screen to another, and even between projects!
  Check the UI Changes, Point 3, for more information

• Added two new languages: Greek and Japanese
  Their translation progress were enough to be implemented

UI Changes

• Kodular Creator has been fully redesigned
  Now the platform sports a brand new design, adapted for the modern times. It is based on Material Design 2

  • You can now collapse panels to provide a better experience
    You can now display only the Viewer and the Components Tree in demos, for example
  • Selected theme will now be saved across sessions
  • Added My Account button at Account dropdown
  • Moved Language dropdown and Theme switcher to new Settings button in Account dropdown
    It will open a new Creator Settings dialog
  • Palette now supports nested categories to better organize components
    Check below where components have been moved
  • Added fancy illustrations to dialogs
  • Visibility of components can now be toggled from a button in the Viewer header
    It depreactes the display hidden components button at the bottom
  • Added new phone’s and tablet’s mocks to Viewer
    It deprecates the tablet preview button at the bottom
  • Components Tree and Properties have been splitted
    We took back the App Inventor interface, with the ability to hide any of those
  • Removed Non-Visible Components panel below phone’s mock
    This has been deprecated in favour of the next feature
  • You can now click on All Components to switch to Visible Components or to Non-Visible Components
  • New Colour Picker
    It has a bunch of default colors plus a HSV color selector
  • Added Project Colours
    These are the colours which are being used in your project, so that you can easily select them across properties and screens
  • Height and Width selectors now sport a new layout
    The dialog has been removed in favour of a textbox where you type a number and “px” or “%”, plus two buttons to easily switch between Automatic and Fill Parent
  • Assets selectors now support previewing files
    You can now preview the selected file in your Property
  • Redesigned all dialogs
    Brand new “Create Project”, “Baking your app” dialogs, and many more
  • File uploader now accepts only legal types
    You won’t be able to upload/select a not-supported format
  • Added more properties preview to designer
    You will be able to preview more properties like Checked Switches, Sliders or so in the mock; and current ones have been updated

• You can now use shortcuts to work on the Creator
  Check a complete list in the dialog available at the “Help” dropdown

• Added new right-click context menu in Designer
  You can now copy, cut and paste components in your project, just by right-clicking on them; and much more like Paste Properties…
  This feature will be migrated into MIT App Inventor soon

• Added new Settings Dialog under My Account dropdown
  It will trigger themes, switch to compact layout, display experimental properties, change preferences, show keystore hashes…

Companion

• Companion will show a dialog when an update is available
  It makes usage of the In-App Updates component, and it will prevent errors for having an outdated version

• Added new Dark Theme mode to Companion
  Code during nights in both Creator and Companion without harming your eyes; just press the button in the top bar

 

New Components

• Added new JSON component to Utilities category
  Useful to work with Web APIs, for example
  

• Added new Keyguard Manager component to Utilities category
  Require the app to be unlocked using phone’s security lock
  

• Added new Dynamic Card View component to Dynamic Components category
  Generate dynamically beautiful cards to place more dynamic components
  

• Added new Dynamic Image component to Dynamic Components category
  Create more images in your apps execution
  

• Added new Dynamic Space component to Dynamic Components category
  Use this component to increase the separation between components
  

• Added new Google Play Games component to Google category
  One of the most requested components will allow you to create awesome games integrated with Play
  

• Added new Kodular Donations component to Monetization>General category
  A new way to donate to Kodular: this component will make commission go to 100%, so all ads will be rewarded to our account
  

• Added new AdColony Interstitial component to Monetization>Advertising category
  Insert AdColony ads in your apps
  

• Added new AppLovin component to Monetization>Advertising category
  Display AppLovin interstitials in your app
  

• Added new Facebook Rewarded Video component to Monetization>Advertising category
  The missing Facebook Ads component allows you to reward your users by watching ads
  

• Added new StartApp Interstitial component to Monetization>Advertising category
  Improving StartApp integration, this component allows you to display StartApp interstitial
  

• Added new In-App Update component to Experimental category
  Requires Android 5.0 or higher
  Most people will find this component really useful, as it will automatically prompt users with a dialog when an update is available on Play Store
  

Moved Components

• Moved Push Notifications component to Social category
  We think it was time to move it away from Experimental

• Moved Shell component to Utilities category
  This component has been working properly for months, so we placed it in its appropiate category

• Moved List View component to new Layout>Listviews category

• Moved List View Image and Text component to new Layout>Listviews category

• Moved Bottom Sheet component to new Layout>Views category

• Moved Chat View component to new Layout>Views category

• Moved View Flipper component to new Layout>Views category

• Moved Surface View component to new Layout>Views category

• Moved Web Viewer component to new Layout>Views category

• Moved Bottom Navigation component to new Layout>Navigation category

• Moved Side Menu Layout component to new Layout>Navigation category

• Moved Tab Layout component to new Layout>Navigation category

• Moved View Pager component to new Layout>Navigation category

• Splitted Lego Mindstorms category into Lego Mindstorms>Lego EV3 and Lego Mindstorms>Levo NXT

• Splitted Monetization category into Monetization>General and Monetization>Advertising

New Events

Screen

• Got Received Shared: triggered when shared content is received
  

User Interface

• Checkbox component

  • Click: triggered only when an user interacts with a checkbox
    

• Slider component

  • Touch Down: triggered when an user touches the slider
    
     
  • Touch Up: triggered when an user releases the slider
    

Media

• ExoPlayer component
  • Completed: triggered when the track finishes reaches the end
    

Social

• Push Notifications component
  • Send Message Done: triggered when the message has been successfully sent
    

Connectivity

• Download component
  • On Download Progress Changed: triggered when the progress of a download changes
    

Google

• Firebase Authentication component

  • Got Id Token: triggered when Firebase gets the ID Token
    
     
  • Reset Password Email Done: raised once the email to reset password has been sent
    

• YouTube Player component

  • Initialized: triggered when the component has been loaded and it’s ready
    

New Methods

User Interface

• Snackbar component
  • Is Shown: returns true when the snackbar is on the Screen
    

Layout>Navigation

• View Pager component
  • Remove All Tabs: deletes all created tabs
    

Social

• Push Notifications component
  • Send Message: sends a push notification to the subscribed users
    

Utilities

• Device Tools component
  • Is Adb Debugging Enabled: returns true when the ADB debugging mode is active
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    
     
  • Is Emulator: returns true when the app is running in an emulator
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    
     
  • Is Installed From Play Store: returns true when the app was installed from Google Play Store
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    
     
  • Has Dangerous Apk Installed: returns true when the user has apps like Lucky Pather or Xposed Installer
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    

Dynamic Components

• Dynamic Button component

  • Delete Button: deletes the given generated button
    

• Dynamic Label component

  • Delete Label: deletes the given generated label
    

• Dynamic Textbox component

  • Delete Textbox: deletes the given generated textbox
    

Google

• Firebase Authentication component

  • Get Id Token: retreives from Firebase the id for the current user
    
     
  • Phone Number Sign In: authenticates the user using the given phone number sending an OTP code
    
     
  • Send Reset Password Email: sends an email to the user to change the password
    
     
  • Update Phone Number: changes the user’s phone number
    
     
  • Verify Email: sends a confirmation email to verify user’s email address
    
     
  • Verify Phone Code: checks if the given OTP code is valid
    

• Firebase Remote Config component

  • Get Boolean: returns a boolean value from Firebase
    

• Google Maps component

  • Add Polyline: inserts a polyline in the map and returns its id
    
     
  • Get All Polyline Ids: returns all available polyline ids on the map
    
     
  • Get Points From Json: returns an object containing all points in a JSON string, which can be used in polylines
    
     
  • Remove Polyline: deletes the given polyline from the map and returns true if it has been removed properly
    
     
  • Update Polyline: updates the given parameter (property Name) to the given value (points) in a polyline, such as points, width and color
    

Experimental

• Shell component
  • Is System User: returns true when phone has enabled system user permissions
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    
     
  • Has Super User Apk Installed: returns true when phone has installed super user apps, even if it is not rooted
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    

New Properties

Screen

• Drawer Arrow Icon Color: sets the color of the drawer’s arrow
  

• Navigation Icon Color: sets the color of the drawer’s icon
  

• Options Menu Icon Color: sets the color of the option’s menu icon
  

• Receive Shared Files: allow receiving a type of files
  Enabling this feature, your app will appear in the “Share To” menu when sharing this kind of content
  

User Interface

• Floating Action Button component
  • Call Fab Click Event When Label Clicked: enables triggering the click event when clicking on the message
    
     
  • Call Fab Click Event When Label Long Clicked: enables triggering the click event when long-clicking on the message
    
     
  • Hide Label When Clicked: enables hidding the message when clicking on it
    
     
  • Hide Label When Long Clicked: enables hidding the message when long-clicking on it
    
     
  • Show Label On Left Side: shows the text message to the left of the FAB
    
     
  • Label Background Color: sets the background color of the text message
    
     
  • Label Corner Radius: sets the corner radius of the text message
    
     
  • Label Text: enables and sets the text of the FAB’s text message
    
     
  • Label Text Color: sets the text color of the text message
    

Layout>General

• Card View component
  • Stroke Color: changes the stroke’s color of the card
    
     
  • Stroke Width: changes the stroke’s width of the card
    

Utilities

• Device Tools component
  • Get Device Id: returns the Android ID of the device
    Thanks to @cian for this block
    

Monetization

• Admob Interstitial component

  • Interstitial Commission: specifies which ad network will be used to take the commission
    

• Amazon Interstitial component

  • Interstitial Commission: specifies which ad network will be used to take the commission
    

• Facebook Interstitial component

  • Interstitial Commission: specifies which ad network will be used to take the commission
    

• Leadbolt component

  • Interstitial Commission: specifies which ad network will be used to take the commission
    
     
  • Rewarded Video Commission: specifies which ad network will be used to take the commission
    

Deprecated Blocks

Monetization>General

• In App Billing component
  • Initialize: with the new library, it is no longer needed
    
     
  • Update Subscription: with the new library, there is no function associated to it
    

 

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed security issue with extensions
  Some malicious extensions were found by some users. These extensions were distributed as “remove commission from Kodular”, when they actually took 100% to the extension’s developer. Apps containing this kind of extensions will fail to build.

• Reduced by 0.2MB the APK Size

• Only Companion should ask for write permission on start

• Improved Crashlytics performance

 

• Updated Play Services libraries

• Updated Cloudinary library

• Updated OneSignal library

• Updated Facebook Ads libraries
  Currently using latest version (5.4.1)

• Updated StartApp library

 

• Fixed Navigation Bar show/hide visibility bug

• Fixed In App Billing component; it was not working

• Fixed Notifer component which had some Null Pointer Exceptions

• ExoPlayer component supports now loading sources from external card

• ExoPlayer component supports now loading sources from internal app data folder
  /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME/cache/YOURFILE

• Fixed ExoPlayer when playing something from Audio Picker selection

• Fixed ExoPlayer component which crashed with Loop

• Fixed ExoPlayer issue related to sound on start

• Fixed Image component which was not asking for Read Storage permissions

• Fixed YouTube Player issue which was not able to play videos instantly after loading them

• Removed not needed libraries for Google Account Picker component

• Lots of minor bugs have been fixed, improving performance

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As you can see, this release is bigger than Andromeda one. We added lots of new components, lots of new features and new security measures. We worked with passion in this new release, as we have migrated our headquarters from the Netherlands to the United States!
But what makes this release special is the new design. Now Kodular Creator looks more modern, brining a more intuitive design for a better usability.

More new things will come in the future, and we are not talking about new components or blocks.
Enjoy the new platform, and suggest any kind of improvement!

Happy Koding
@Kodular Staff

[KodeBot (Kodular Bot)]

Version 1.4.1

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Major Changes

• Commissions have been lowered down a lot for a better earning rate
  Use this app to check your current commission

• Reduced APK size when using ad networks without native commissions
  We now use Unity Ads by default, so lots of libraries have been removed

New Methods

• Dynamic Button component

  • Get Button By Id: returns the view containing the generated dynamic button
    

• Dynamic Card View component

  • Get Card View By Id: returns the view containing the generated dynamic cardview
    

• Dynamic Image component

  • Get Image By Id: returns the view containing the generated dynamic image
    

• Dynamic Label component

  • Get Label By Id: returns the view containing the generated dynamic label
    

• Dynamic Space component

  • Get Space By Id: returns the view containing the generated dynamic space
    

• Dynamic Text Box component

  • Get Text Box By Id: returns the view containing the generated dynamic textbox
    

Bugs Fixed

• Card View stroke has been set to 0 by default

• Share-to-own-app should only appear once on share menu

• ArchTaskExecutor not found error has been solved

• Facebook Rewarded Video reports getCommission on a null object reference is now fixed

• Unity Interstitial commission was wrongly set to a higher value than real one

• Bug in the new Commission System has been solved

• Bug in Admob Banner which prevented them from loading is now solved

• ExoPlayer problems with Status Changed event and status methods have been mitigated

• Apps crashing randomly due to java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo is now resolved

• Surface View error related with face recognition reporting wrong results is fixed

• ExoPlayer ask for permission bug has been solved

• Player does not need permission to read internal files, so we removed it

• WebView (and YouTube, as it’s a webview) did not work properly on Android 9
  Fix from MIT App Inventor Team

• Solved issue which prevented doing right-click in inputs to copy/paste text

• File uploads were working incorrectly in Firefox

• The import template option has been temporarily removed
  You will hear more about this soon

• Hungarian language did not have translated blocks, even though they were translated

• The Device Id block in Device Utilities component was not returning any value

[KodeBot (Kodular Bot)]

Version 1.4.2

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Major Changes

• Improved Blockly performance
  We’ve tweaked the way Blockly compiles, so your blocks will now load and run faster

• Treated com.appybuilder.email.app_name as default package for commission
  This doesn’t increase commission when using the equivalent AppyBuilder package name

New Blocks

• Added not-equal to compare texts block
  

New Events

• Added Got Value event to Push Notifications
  

New Methods

• Added Get Value method to Push Notifications
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed broken help URLs in the Blocks Editor

• Fixed Facebook Ads components (currently using audience-network-5.5.0)

• Fixed issue with Billing events which were not being triggered

• Push Notifications component was crashing in some projects

  • Fixed GetAvailableTags & GotAvaliableTags in Push Notifications
     
  • Updated OneSignal library

• Fixed Bluetooth Admin bug which had previously broken the component

• Fixed empty dropdown

• Add internationalization to component block tooltips in Blocks Editor

• Fix REPL bug when switching to freshly opened projects

• Fix missing tooltips in extension blocks

[KodeBot (Kodular Bot)]

Version 1.4B.0

Major Changes

• New authentication system – Kodular Auth.
  https://support.kodular.io/help/en-us/3-my-account/25-how-to-login-into-kodular

• New account/projects management system – My Kodular.
  my.kodular.io

• Thunkable package names are now handled the same as Kodular default package names.
  Projects with package name com.thunkable.<email>.<app_name> will no longer incur extra commission for being custom package names.

• Mentioning a project’s ID in the hash of the Creator’s URL will open it when the page loads.

• Added new upgraded compilers
  We now have 5 high-end compilers, which will build and export your fast much faster!

• Commission levied on advertisement components can now be removed via purchase.
  Commission Removal - Kodular Support

• Kodular branding in the “About” section of projects can now be removed via purchase.
  Branding Removal - Kodular Support

• Support for Adaptive Icons has been added.
  Add adaptive icons (#1888) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@653d8d2 · GitHub

UI Changes

• New Performance Mode.
  This mode enhances Kodular’s performance on devices with weak specifications. Tested to have improved performance by ~80% when working with very large projects. Enable it from the Settings Dialog > Appearance.

• Product placement has been made more prominent.
  The Creator is now titled “Creator” instead of “Kodular”.

• Closing the search palette will now also clear the textbox content.

• Blocks can now be expanded/collapsed on double click.
  Make blocks collapse/expand on double click (#1809) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@ad97f10 · GitHub

• Deprecated blocks are now hidden in the toolbox.
  Hide deprecated blocks · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@bbf9c58 · GitHub

Companion Changes

• Companion now occasionally shows ads which can be removed via purchase.
  Removal is a one-time purchase which can be made from within the app.

• Companion now displays its full version.
  The full version is now shown as opposed to only the first two digits being previously displayed.

• Support for disabling events in the Companion has been added.
  Support disabling events in the REPL (#1849) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@43a74f9 · GitHub

New Components

Palette components

• New Custom Progress component in User Interface.
  

• New Grid View component in Layout > General.
  

• New Gallery View component in Layout > Views.
  

• New Hygrometer component in Sensors.
  Add environment sensors · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@f2554cf · GitHub

  

• New Battery Utilities component in Utilities.
  

• New Decoration component in Utilities.
  

• New Firebase Storage component in Google.
  

Parity components

Parity components will not be available in the Palette and are meant only to support projects imported from AppyBuilder.

• Spacer component.

• Network Manager component.

• Google Spreadsheet component.

• Memory Info component.

New Events

User Interface

Web Viewer

• New parameter “value” in the Web View String Change event of the Web Viewer component.
  This parameter returns the new WebViewString value, a change of which originally invoked the event.

  

New Methods

User Interface

Button

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Date Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Label

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

List Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Textbox

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Time Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Media

Audio Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Image Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Video Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Drawing and Animation

Canvas

• New Draw Polygon method.
  Draws an n-sided polygon in the canvas.

  

Social

Contact Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Email Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Phone Number Picker

• New Set Animation Style method.
  Inserts an animated image inside the component.

  

Connectivity

Network

• New Is Wifi Connection method.
  Returns true if the device is currently connected to WiFi, false otherwise.

  

• New Is Mobile Connection method.
  Returns true if the device is connected to a mobile network, false otherwise.

  

• New Is Fast Connection method.
  Returns true if the current connection speed is greater than 400kb/s.

  

• New Is Roaming method.
  Returns true if using roaming; false otherwise.

  

New Properties

User Interface

Notifier

• New Linkify property.
  Allows disabling auto-hyperlinking of URLs and phone numbers.

  
  

Drawing and Animation

Ball

• New Origin At Center property.
  Add OriginAtCenter property to Ball · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@d2083ab · GitHub

  

Canvas

• New Extend Moves Outside Canvas property.
  Ignore any canvas move events that are outside of the canvas borders · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@4e7df34 · GitHub

  
  

Maps

Circle

• New Fill Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

• New Stroke Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

Line String

• New Fill Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  

• New Stroke Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

Marker

• New Fill Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

• New Stroke Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

Polygon

• New Fill Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

• New Stroke Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

Rectangle

• New Fill Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

• New Stroke Opacity property.
  Support fill-opacity/stroke-opacity for map features (#1859) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fca2c24 · GitHub

  
  
  

Connectivity

Web

• New Timeout property.
  Add Timeout property to Web component · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@28e898d · GitHub

  
  
  

Monetization > Advertising

Unity Ads Interstitial

• New Placement ID property
  Allows for Rewarded Videos to be placed in Unity Ads.

  

Sensors

Pedometer

• Deprecated Pause method.
  Remove Redundant Pedometer Resume and Pause methods (#1907) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fbd7536 · GitHub

• Deprecated Resume method.
  Remove Redundant Pedometer Resume and Pause methods (#1907) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@fbd7536 · GitHub

Bugs Fixed

• Issue with Status and Navigation Bar dark icons.
  Status Bar dark icons and Navigation Bar dark icons can now be set simultaneously.

• Inability to enter negative and decimal numbers.
  The TextBox and Notifier components now accept negative and decimal numeric inputs.

• Issue with Background Color of Card Views.
  Updates to backgrounds of Card View components now reflect correctly in the display.

• Issue with File Upload Cancel event in the Web Viewer component.
  Apps no longer crash when this event is invoked.

• Lottie animations do not load.
  The Lottie library has been updated and animations now load as expected.

• Issue with AES 128 and AES 256 algorithms in the Cryptography component.
  The algorithms now return the correct encodings regardless of the length of keys used.

• Issue with MD5 algorithm in the Cryptography component.
  The MD5 algorithm has been updated and now reports the correct encoding.

• Issue with Arduino icon in Knight and Bliss themes.
  The icon has been updated and now better reflects the original Arduino logo.

• Failure to invoke the Download Progress event in the Download component.
  The Download component now correctly reports the progress of the download.

• AdColony library version.
  The component’s library has been updated to its latest version.

• Issue with Facebook ads and Monetization approval.
  All apps using Facebook ads now require approval before they can be monetized.

• Issue with exposed API keys.
  The exposed API keys concerned have been removed, and the Google Play Store should no longer show API key warnings on apps made with Kodular.

• Fabric deprecation.
  Fabric libraries have been removed from Kodular apps. Kodular apps are now smaller in size.

• MIT Security vulnerability.
  A security hole in the MIT App Inventor system has been patched up; more details will be published soon.

• Issue with Android Oreo Web Viewer layout size.
  The Web Viewer now loads with the correct sizing even after the first refresh.

[KodeBot (Kodular Bot)]

Version 1.4B.1

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Major Changes

• Changed some links pointing to old Kodular Account
  They now point to My Kodular

Companion Changes

• Added new launcher icon
  It now sports a fancier icon in your mobile desktop

• Fixed ads removal purchase which were not flagged as one-time
  We have refunded all purchases; you can buy them again

New Events

• Firebase Storage component
  • Upload Success: added new download Url parameter

New Methods

• Cryptography component
  • Generate AES 128 Key: creates a random secure key to use with AES-128
     
  • Generate AES 256 Key: creates a random secure key to use with AES-256

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed naming components on their creation

• Fixed issue with Performance mode and Blocks editor

• Fixed adaptative icons crashing using the Task Description block

• Fixed animation issue in Button-based components and Progress Bar component

• Fixed NullPointerException in Card View component

• Fixed In-App Purchases component which was not making one-time purchases

[KodeBot (Kodular Bot)]

Version 1.4C.0

Major Changes

• Added new Dictionary data type.
  Implement dictionaries for the blocks language · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@f1e1863

Companion Changes

• Added new Refresh companion menu item.
  Add refresh companion item to connect menu · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@ae9e02d

New Components

• New Pollfish component in Monetization.
  Read more here
  

New Methods

Storage

SQLite Component

• New Display Tables method.
  Retrieves the list of tables’ names in the database.

  

• New Drop Table method.
  Removes the given table from the database.

  

• New SQL Query method.
  Executes the given raw SQL query and returns result synchronously (same block).

  

New Properties

Storage

SQLite Component

• New Rows Affected property.
  Returns the number of rows affected by the most recent operation.

  

Bugs Fixed

• Added missing clearCanvas parameter to Draw Polygon method in Canvas.

• Only .aia files should be allowed when importing a project.

• Fixed Help URLs in components description.

• Fixed Notifier properties not working properly when using multiple Notifier components.

• Fixed shrinking issue of Custom Progress.

• Add missing CubeGrid animation message to Custom Progress.

• Fixed dynamic switching of animation of Custom Progress.

• Fixed Gallery Viewer Height issue.

• Fixed Package component permission bug.

• Performance and stability improvements to WebRTC (the companion connection mechanism). Companion connection should be faster and more reliable now.
  mit-cml/appinventor-sources@6740799, mit-cml/appinventor-sources@42112f1, mit-cml/appinventor-sources@f0a4c72

• Fixed Camera failure on Android 10
  Fix camera failure on Android 10 (#1957) · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@cb5e005

• Improved app sizing on Chromebooks
  Improve app resizing on Chromebooks · mit-cml/appinventor-sources@4da346e

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Version 1.4C.1

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Bugs Fixed

• Fixed Image picture loading issue related with a delay of some seconds

• Fixed Dynamic Image picture loading issue related with a delay of some seconds

• Fixed Camera component causing some errors

• Fixed Pollfish test mode in Companion

• Fixed Firebase Auth login problem

• Fixed Sound Recorder path option

• Fixed some issues related to custom package names

• Updated AdColony library to latest version

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Version 1.4C.2

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Bugs Fixed

• Added Font Awesome 5 to all Font Typeface properties

• Renamed in Dynamic Textbox GetButtonById method to GetTextBoxById

• Updated Facebook Audience Network library to version 5.9.0

• Updated OneSignal library to version 3.13.2

• Updated Play Core SDK library to version 1.7.2

• Updated Play Billing library to version 2.2.0

• Fixed issue with Activity Starter when using a custom package name

• Fixed issue with Sound Recorder in pause events

• Fixed missing permission in Wifi Admin component

• Fixed issue with Card Viewer in long-click events

• Fixed problem with Package component in permission-related blocks

• Fixed bug in View Pager that made page start from 0

• Fixed issue in Notifier when switching screens

• Fixed missing permissions in File component

• Fixed issue with SurveyReceived event block in Pollfish component

• Fix number block displaying non-number values

• Add ability to provide an Extra value which is a list

• Fix accelerometer crashing emulator if UseLegacy is off

• Fix empty project export by non-admin users

• Fix dictionary to list coercion

• Add automatic conversion for other number bases

• Handle special cases of trigonometric functions

• Make collapsed dictionary constructor look like JSON

• Fix recursive procedures breaking on mutation

• Fix not being able to modify collapsed blocks

• Reorg context menu opts. Add yail opt to events

• Fix collapse event not being fired

• Init polygon title/Description to that in Designer

• Fix new blocks getting added to backpack on click

• Make WebRTC Connections more robust

• Another fix for WebRTC

• Fix disabled blocks not working with backpack

• Fix blockly context menu not hiding itself

• Fix focusing on collapsed warnings/errors

• Fix blockly comment text color

• Fix project loading with bad text-number connections

• Add Reverse Text Block

• Add radix number block

• Implement a Replace All Mappings block

• Add text bumping when number is replaced w/ text

• Remove duplicate code in bump

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Version 1.4C.3

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Bugs fixed

• Upgrade Pollfish library

• Moved JSON Utils to Internal category

• Fixed some Blockly issues

• Fixed Card View component

• Fixed extension import dialog bugs with Knight theme

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Version 1.4C.4

Introducing apps.new!

Hi Koders! Today we proudly announce to you a brand new feature, apps.new! [apps.new] With this new domain, you will be able to create a blank, new Kodular project from scratch without having to set it up yourself. Want to test or debug a component you are still learning to use? Want to experiment with the new extension you found for your project? Simply type “apps.new” in your browser and a blank project will automatically open for you! The .new domain extensi…

Make sure you clear cache if you are accessing from apps.new and you have used Kodular before.

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Version 1.4C.5

Companion update will be available through Google Play Store in the upcoming hours.

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Major Changes

• Added Target SDK 29 Android 10

• Updated QR Scanner layout

New Components

• Added Unity Ads Banner component

New Methods

• New Get Entries method to TinyDB
  

Bugs fixed

• Fixed some minor bugs

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Version 1.4D.0

Companion Update

• Update will be available through Google Play Store in the upcoming hours
• Download it here

Major Changes

• Introducing Android App Bundles.
  You can now export your Kodular projects as AAB files to distribute them through Play Store.

• Introducing kodular.app links.
  When you export an app, you will get a kodular.app/ABC-XYZ link which you can use to download your built project.

• Added App Center integration.
  We have integrated the App Center library that collects fully anonymized analytics to better understand apps usage. It will also collect crashes to report them into our system, so we can fix them.
  You don’t need to add any extra section to your privacy policy. It fully complies with GDPR by not collecting any personal data.

New Components

• New Navigation component in Maps.
  

Bugs Fixed

• Improved extensions security.
  We have implemented a system to protect your apps from malicious extensions.

• Fixed Admob App ID security bug.

• Accept only valid custom package names.

• Make and/or blocks mutable.

• Fix components not being accepted as keys.

• Allow and/or blocks to have 0 or 1 inputs.

• Fix ghost dropdown when switching logic blocks to external inputs.

• Fix flyout interaction breaking edits on mobile.

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Version 1.4D.1

Companion Update

• Update will be available through Google Play Store in the upcoming hours
• :appcenter: Download it here

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed package name validator, causing some packages to be flagged as invalid

• Fixed some extensions to cause build failures

• Some other minor bugs addressed