New Features and Enhancements in V9 Service Pack 6 (2022.08)

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

  

Capture Logs before App Initialization

Prior to the V9 Service Pack 6 release, the Quantum Visualizer SDKs did not capture logs from the app initialization phase in the Release and Debug Modes. From the V9 Service Pack 6 release, users can set the enableLoggerFramework flag to enable the capturing of platform-specific library logs from the app initialization phase.

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Quantum Test Automation Enhancements

Support to Compare Screenshots

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to capture a screenshot while recording the Test Cases, and then compare these screenshots with the actual screenshots that are taken while the automation is in progress.

Support for the kony.automation.takeScreenshotAndCompare API that enables the framework to capture a screenshot and send it to the Quantum Automator tool for the Native and Web channels has been added in Quantum Visualizer. The API waits for the Automator tool to compare the screenshot with the baseline image and then returns the result.

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iOS Enhancements

Support for Python 3 on MacOS

As MacOS versions 12.3 (and later) use Python 3 as the default language, Quantum Visualizer has been updated to provide support for Python 3 on Mac machines. In addition, users must ensure that they use the upgraded NFI Generation Tool that supports Python 3.

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Support for Top Padding in Segment Section Headers

Quantum Visualizer has added support for the sectionHeaderTopPadding property in a Segment widget on the iOS platform. The property enables users to specify the top padding for the sections in a Section Header.

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Android Enhancements

Android 12 Updates

With the introduction of Android 12, the following enhancements have been made in Quantum Visualizer V9 Service Pack 6 for the Android Platform:

  • Support for Android Target SDK API Level 31

    Support for the Android S (API level 31) Target SDK has been added in Quantum Visualizer.
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  • Splash Screen Enhancements

    In the Android 12 release, the Android OS has added support to configure an app launch animation. Quantum Visualizer has introduced support for the following properties to configure the app launch animation:

    In addition, support for the kony.exitNativeSplashScreen API has been added in Quantum Visualizer to stop displaying the Splash Screen that was enabled by the continueNativeSplashScreen property.

  • Toast API View Enhancement

    From the Android 12 release, the view of the Toast message has been redesigned to include two lines of text and display the app icon next to the text.
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  • Mutability of Pending Intents

    To improve app security in apps running on Android 12 (SDK API level 31), users must specify a mutability flag while creating pending intents in custom libraries or NFIs. Google recommends that users specify the FLAG_IMMUTABLE flag while creating pending intents. Use the FLAG_MUTABLE flag only when the app contains some functionality that depends on the Pending Intent being mutable.
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  • Safe Component Exports

    In the Android 12 release, Google has introduced a new restriction on exporting components to improve the safety of apps. If an activity, service, or broadcast receiver uses intent filters, users must explicitly declare if the component can be exported by specifying the android:exported flag in the androidprecompiletask.xml file.
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Enable Android APK Signature Schemes

Before a developer submits an app to the Google Play Store, they must sign (application signing) the application APK to identify themselves as the developer and to easily manage updates. The Android Framework of Quantum Visualizersupports the v1, v2, and v3 signing schemes. In the V9 Service Pack 6 release, Quantum Visualizer has introduced support to sign an Android APK with the Signature Scheme v3 by adding the enableV3Signature entry in the androidbuild.properties file of the project.

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Finalize Android Library Binaries built in Protected Mode

While building binaries of an Android library (in the .aar file format) in the Protected mode, users must finalize the binaries by using the Finalizer Utility Tool while generating the APK file. However, if the same library binary (that was built in the Protected mode) is used to build an APK in Quantum Visualizer, the app does not need to be finalized.

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Reference Architecture Extension Enhancements

Following on the Micro Apps capability that was introduced in the V9 Service Pack 3 release, Quantum Visualizer has added support to load Require modules in apps that use the Micro App Architecture. Users must append ../ before the file name of the Form Extension to generate the absolute path of the Require Module file.

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Accessibility Enhancement

Quantum Visualizer has introduced support for the a11yAttributes attribute in the accessibilityConfig property for the Label and RichText widgets.

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