GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade 4

Status: Released on 12/06/2013

Download Setup and Release Notes here

GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade 4 adds support to iOS 7, drag & drop, improvements in maps and more power and flexibility to design outstanding smart devices applications. These and security enhancements in web are the most important features this upgrade adds. 

New Software Requirements

As of Preview #2, in order to build iOS apps, XCode 5 is required

New Features

• Android specific
  • Image can be selected from Picasa
  • Baidu and AutoNavi Maps support added (Baidu Maps API and AutoNavi Maps API values in Android Maps API property)
  • Google Maps API Version 2 support added
  • Slide Navigation Style
  • Embedded videos use the latest Youtube API for Android
• Android & iOS
  • Developing Drag and Drop in Panels
  • Maps support Satellite, Standard and Hybrid views
  • Initial Zoom can be specified in Maps
  • Auto Grow in Grids for Native Mobile Applications
  • Invisible Mode property (Collapse or not when Invisible)
  • ControlValueChanged event
    • HowTo: Use ControlValueChanged event
  • PageChanged event
  • Registration Handler property
  • Pixel alignment in retina displays (now 0.5 dip is allowed)
  • ApplicationBars Theme Class
• iOS
  • iOS 7 Overview Support
    • iOS 7 New features
    • iOS 7
  • Zoom in Image Map
  • Callaction in PushNotifications
• Web
  • Query Viewer:
    • Timeline chart allows comparing with previous periods
    • New chart type: Funnel.
    • New JS Pivot table: Two new properties allows to choose if we want display the Pivots or Charts in its JavaScript version o Flash version. See those properties here: Preferred Renderer For QueryViewer Charts property and Preferred Renderer For QueryViewer Pivots and Tables property. Choosing Javascript as the preferred renderer improves performance and allows executing the queries in iOS too (SAC 34565)
    • Highcharts updated to 3.0.1 version.
• Java
  • SAC 27648 JAX-WS web services generation support added
  • SAC 34378 Support for the NoWait clause when using PostgreSQL
• Web & Smart Devices
  • Data Source From property to load Dynamic Combo Boxes with data from Data Providers or other sources
  • Referential integrity control message improved
  • Server paging, generated selects by DBMS for DB2
• IDE and Team Development Usability
  • Form and layout comparer
  • GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade 4 Usability Improvements
• Security
  • SAC 34831 - Fixes that improve security in Web and Smart Devices applications
  • Authorization can be delegated to external third-party classes: GAM - External Authorization
• Extensibility
  • Properties of Smart Devices User Controls can be set in runtime 

Showcases

Built with this version in its Previews stage

• Tienda Inglesa
• Pesobook 3.1 iOS app

Disclaimer: Tienda Inglesa app uses some external components not provided built-in with GeneXus yet.

Compatibility 

Compatibility Notes for X Evolution 2 Upgrade 3 or prior users

• Breaking Changes
• • SAC 24422 - ClientInformation.OSVersion now returns Android Version and not SDK Version. 
  • SAC 34871 - Autogrow Property in iOS: Changed the behavior of the controls with the Autogrow property set to False. Controls will grow a minimum height necessary for that control to be shown correctly on the UI, even though the autogrow property is set to false. 
  • SAC 34665 - Fix related to Calendar.Schedule() and timezones in iOS
  • GAM Rest services require the header Genexus-Agent:"SmartDevice Application". This has to be taken into account when calling them from external programs.
• Since GXflow Engine's database schema changed, workflow tables need to be deployed again. To do so in the production environment: create a business process deploy file from your Knowledge Base, install GXflow X Evolution 2 Upgrade 4 Setup for Production Environment and deploy the workflow tables using the Business Process Deployer. The Production Environment for GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade 4 can be downloaded from http://www2.gxtechnical.com/portal/hgxpp001.aspx?15,8,77,O,S,0,,4342;
• The algorithm for encrypting parameters in web applicactions has changed. If you are encrypting the parameters by code, you need to consider that changes have been made in the algorithm. SAC 16510.
• New warning spc0204 is introduced for security checking. SAC 34907.
• Android: Android Maps API property default value changed to Version 2. Maps (i.e. Maps Control Type and SD GeoLocation Picker Control) may stop working if not reconfigured properly according to this new Google Maps API
• iOS: KBN does a stronger consistency verification when loading the metadata.
  • "Action Descriptor not found" may appear when the action in the Application Bar has no Event associated

Compatibility Notes for X Evolution 2 Upgrade 2 or prior users

• You need to upgrade your licence pack in order to activate this version. Please follow the instructions stated here: GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade #3 Protection
• More at: GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade 3

More Features & Fixes

Please check for more details in the Release Notes here