New Features and Enhancements in V9 Service Pack 4 (2021.12)

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

  

Micro Apps Enhancements

Update the Order of Micro Applications in a Project

Quantum Visualizer has added support to update the priority order of Micro Apps in a Composite app. The priority order of Micro Apps helps users set the order of precedence for the resources present in the Composite app.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Import and Export a Project with Micro Apps

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to import and export projects that contain Micro Apps along with the associated Quantum Fabric Services.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Create Test Suites and Test Plans for Micro App Projects

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to create test suites and test plans that contain test cases from the dependent Micro Apps present in a Composite app.

For more information on creating Test Suites, click here.

For more information on creating Test Plans, click here.

Component Enhancements

Create a New View for a Component

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to create and configure multiple views for a component (with contract) based on the business requirements.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Create and Extend a Business Controller for a Component

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to create a business controller for a component with a contract. The business controller contains the business logic of the component.

In addition, support to create an extension for the business controller of the component has also been added in Quantum Visualizer.

Users can only create one BusinessController for a component, and create only one extension for the BusinessController.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Specify the Build Format for Apps

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to specify the build format for Android and iOS apps. The supported build formats for Android apps are .apk (Android Package) and .aab (Android App Bundle). The supported build formats for iOS apps are .ipa (iOS App Store Package) and .kar (Kony Archive).

For more information on this feature, click here.

Support to access KSLint from the Help Menu

From the V9 Service Pack 4 release, users can access the configurations for KSLint from the Help menu of Quantum Visualizer.

For more information on this feature, click here.

iOS Enhancements

Support for the iOS 15 plugins has been added in Quantum Visualizer.

Android Enhancements

Support to Enable Huawei Mobile Services in Android Apps

As Huawei has deprecated support for the Google Play Services, the Map widget and Location APIs are not supported in Huawei devices. To use the Map widget and the Location APIs in these Huawei devices, Quantum Visualizer has introduced support for the useHuaweiMapAndLocationServices property to enable Huawei Mobile services.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Local Authentication API Enhancements

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support for the kony.localAuthentication.requestBiometricsEnroll API that directs users to the device settings page, where they can enroll for biometrics.

In addition, support for the kony.localAuthentication APIs has been enhanced by adding support for the authenticators parameter.

Responsive Web Enhancements

Support to highlight the Active Widget

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support for the following widget-level properties and events to display focus on the active widget:

Support to embed Local Videos in Web Apps

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to embed videos present in the device's local storage into Responsive Web apps. However, you cannot view the local video while using the Live Preview option.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Widget Enhancements

Support to Block Pop-Ups in the Browser widget

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to block pop-ups from appearing in the Browser widget by using the isPopUpBlockEnabled property.

Support to Automatically Resize the TextArea widget

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to dynamically resize the TextArea widget based on the number of lines of text entered. If the text exceeds the maximum limit, a scroll bar appears in the TextArea widget.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Support to Provide String values for the autoComplete property of the TextBox widget

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to provide string values for the autoComplete property of the TextBox widget.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Accessibility Enhancement

Quantum Visualizer has enhanced support for the tagName attribute of the accessibilityConfig property by providing the role of a button for the Segment widget.

For more information on this feature, click here.

Productivity Enhancement

The Data Panel and Action Editor now support the listing of the fields for Custom XML mappings in a Quantum Fabric Object Service.