New Features and Enhancements in V9 SP1 M1

In this release, the following features have been introduced to provide an enhanced Quantum Visualizer experience.

  

Enhancements in the Project Import process

Enhancements have been made to the Project Import process that request user permission to import Quantum Fabric Services, resolve conflicts in the Services, and overwrite existing projects. Further, the ability to import a Local Project from a Folder has been added.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Post Build Actions Support for Web Apps

Added support to configure the post-build actions to be executed after the Web archive generation in the Build and Publish Web App option. You can now generate a Web app archive without having to publish the app to Quantum Fabric.

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Rules Service support in the Data and Services Panel

Added support to configure, edit, and view a Rules Service through the Data and Services Panel.

For more information on the Rules Service support, click here.

Configure Splash Screen for iOS Native Devices

As Apple has deprecated support for Splash images from April 2020, support to customize a Splash screen for the Native iOS channel has been added in Quantum Visualizer. For the Native iOS channel, you can customize the Skin, add the Image and Label widgets to the Splash screen, and also customize the properties for the widgets.

For more information on this feature, click here.

UsE Local HTML Content as Direct DOM

The existing Web Assets feature has been enhanced to improve the user experience. A developer can now embed local web assets as direct DOM using the Browser widget. The feature is only available for the Web channel.

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AI Assisted Development

Quantum Visualizer has introduced the AI Assisted Development feature to analyze applications for unused resources, skins, and widgets. AI Assisted Development also helps users check if the same font family is used throughout the application. You can also use Quantum IQ to access the AI Assisted Development window in Visualizer.

For more information about AI Assisted development, click here.

Hot Reload in Live Preview

Quantum Visualizer has introduced the Hot Reload feature in live preview that improves the live preview experience. Using the Hot Reload Feature, users can instantly view any modifications made to the Form or FormControllers in the project. This feature allows users to fix any issues with the code or the UI, by switching between Quantum Visualizer and the Live Preview window.

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Support To Add Components Within A Segment

Added support to add components (without contract) within a Segment widget or a Segment Template. Further, breakpoints can be added for a Segment widget in a Responsive Web app.

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support for the Testing Framework in Quantum IQ

Added support to access the Testing framework through Quantum IQ in Visualizer. You can now open, create, and run, test cases, test plans and test suites using Quantum IQ.

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Automation API Enhancements

Support for multiple viewTypes has been added for the CheckBoxGroup, ListBox, and RadioButtonGroup widgets, and the following APIs have been modified to enhance the Test Automation Framework:

SSL Validation for WKWebView

Quantum has introduced the sslValidationBehavior property that handles the SSL pinning and validation for the Browser widget. For a Browser widget in an iOS app that uses the WKWebView engine, all the hosts in the public_keys.json file must be pinned to load the data.

Support for Android Target SDK 29

Support for the Android Q (API level 29) Target SDK has been added.

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APIs for Android Scoped Storage Access

If the targetSDK version of an Android app is 29 or later, scoped storage is enabled for the app, by default. Support for the legacy Storage APIs (getExternalStorageDirectoryPath) is not available in these apps. Therefore, you must use scoped Storage APIs such as getExternalFilesDir and getExternalFilesDirs on devices that run on Android version 11, and later. Further, the isExternalStorageEmulated and the isExternalStorageRemovable APIs can be used to check if the primary shared or external storage media is emulated or is physically removable respectively.

autogrowMode property for TabPane widget

In earlier versions of Quantum Visualizer, the height of the TabPane widget could not be specified dynamically if it was set as Preferred. From Quantum Visualizer V9 SP1 M1, support for the autogrowMode property has been added to the TabPane widget. Using the autogrowMode property, you can specify the height of the TabPane widget dynamically.

Support to Debug an App on the Quantum App

Support to view the detailed logs of the actions executed on the child app has been added in the Quantum app. Users can also copy, download, share, and clear the logs.

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API to Close a Database Handler

Support for the kony.db.closeDatabase API has been added in the iOS Framework. The API allows users to close the database handler of a specific database version.