b4a versions

Develop Android applications of all types
May 29, 2022
9.8
Feb 12, 2020
Review
9.3
Jul 8, 2019
Editorial review
rating
8.5
Sep 17, 2018
Review
7.3
Aug 22, 2017
Review
6.8
Mar 2, 2017
Review
6.5
Dec 28, 2016
Review
5.8
Feb 17, 2016
Review
5.0
Jun 8, 2015
Review
4.3
Feb 10, 2015
Review

What's new

v9.8 [Feb 12, 2020]
- Find all references, quick search and find subs / modules tool windows were rewritten and are now syntax colored, the text is selectable and you can jump directly to the selected position.
- Subs code appears in the quick info windows.
This code is also selectable and clickable.
- Show Sub in window.
Allows showing subs in a floating windows. The text is selectable and clickable.
This can be triggered from all kinds of places including.
- Positions and layouts of all windows are preserved.
- Search results font can be configured from Tools - IDE Options - Font Picker.
- IDE shows available updates.
- Recommended targetSdkVersion is set to 28.
- Alpha value of text colors can be set in the designer.
- Fix for a crash related to B4XView.Color with Android 10 and targetSdkVersion >= 29.
- Better handling of errors in the IDE.
- Deprecation warnings for modal Msgbox.
- Animation to zero size no longer causes an exception in new versions of Android.
- Starter service subs can be accessed directly without using CallSub.
- Warning and errors do not hide other information
- Copy warnings from list of warnings.
- Generate 'Create Type' Sub.
- Copy events.
- Modules list is saved in lexicographic order to avoid unexpected changes with source control tools.
- Resources in implicitly referenced b4x libs are now accessible.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v9.3 [Jul 9, 2019]
Support for AndroidX SDK.
Jetifier tool that creates AndroidX versions of libraries. Note that this step isn't needed for most libraries.

v8.5 [Sep 17, 2018]
- Debugger performance optimizations and bug fixes.
- #CustomBuildAction: Support in all modules. Support for environment variables. New "folders ready" cross platform compilation step. Useful for updating files.
- The list of subs above the code editor was rewritten. It behaves better (doesn't miss key inputs and always jumps to the clicked sub).
- file:// links can be ctrl + clicked.
- B4A Sdk Manager v3.29 included.
- BitmapCreator v4.18
- XUI2D v0.99
- OkHttpUtils2 v2.70
- The WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission removed from the debugger.
- Code editor jumps to the error line when there are Java compilation errors.
- Bug fixes.

v6.8 [Mar 2, 2017]
- CharSequence as internal type. Allows showing rich text in many places such as: Labels, toast messages, dialogs, ListView and others.
- CSBuilder - Simplifies the creation of rich text CharSequences.
- Added support for MultiDex - With MultiDex enabled there is no limit to the number of methods or fields. This issue is important for large projects that reference many third party libraries.
- OkHttp updated and is now based on OkHttp v3.50.
- Many improvements to B4A-Bridge.
- Find all references (F7) finds references in layout files and CallSub methods.
- Typeface.FONTAWESOME / MATERIALICONS constants.
- Icon picker - Filter field and icons tool tips.
- CallSubUtils is included as a library.
- Menu click event implementation changed to avoid issues with modal dialogs.
- Release and Debug compilation symbols are supported in the manifest editor and designer script.
- Export as zip keeps the original dates.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

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