GeneXus X Evolution 3 RC (codename: Tilo)

Main Features

• Improvements to Offline Native Mobile Applications:
  • Connectivity Support property in procedures, data providers and business components.
  • Data can be automatically received on launch or after elapsed time: Data Receive Criteria property
  • Synchronization Receive now processes the JSON as it arrives (instead of waiting and then loading everything in memory)
  • Synchronization mechanism supports sending multimedia to the server
  • Multimedia files are stored in the file system insteado of in SQLite
  • Standard functions and methods support completed (i.e. File data type: Text file handling, Directory data type, Encrypt64 function, etc.)
• Many improvements related to Modules , some under the hood and other more visible like intellitips, import and export, team development and others.
• Web is Smoother than ever
  • Web Notifications in java are now based on JSR 356, Java API for WebSocket, so any Java EE 7–compliant application server can run web notifications feature.
  • New Theme Class for configuring the settings of grid columns : Column Class property in Grid and Tabular Grid
  • New look & feel for Progress Indicator: now it uses Bootstrap classes.
• New approach to Responsive Web Design in GeneXus

Smart Devices (Android & iOS)

• Application bar properties Class and Visible can be set in design and runtime
• Tab Item properties Class and Visible can be set in design and runtime
• Dashboard Tab properties Text Color, Background Color and Highlighted Color can be set in Theme classes for Selected and Unselected tab items
• Dashboard Tab properties Text Size, Line Color and Padding can be set in Theme classes
• New DragCanceled event
• Refresh Keep command support added
• 9 Patch Images Support. gx-content-mode property Scalable Image Property
• CallOptions - Popup, Enter and Exit effect, Target, Target Width and height, etc - can be set in Events
• Support for Action bars, action sheets and contextual menus
• New Back event, to change Back button behaviour
• Push Notifications can target actions on SD Panels too.
• New runtime configuration options for Push notifications (certificate, password, server, etc): NotificationsConfiguration External Object
• Improvements to Interop external object: Interop.CanOpen method and Interop.Open method added
• New classes to customize page controller of Paged Grid
• HowTo: Use a Matrix Grid Control - grid with 2 dynamic dimensions
• New SD Chronometer Control
• Proximity Alerts support added
• Conditions & order & search can be defined per grid. More information at Multiple Grids with navigation on Smart Devices.
• ClientStart event support added
• Slide|Split|Flip|Cascade|Tabs.Start Event support added
• Actions are replaced by Events, keeping all their properties in buttons properties.
• More flexibility on User Events. More information Flexibility added to Syntax of Smart Devices User Events

Android specific

• SDWheel, SDMultiWheel and SDPhysicalMeasure have now a different look (Before, After).
• Multiuser support in Android 4.2 (local data is related to user profile)
• HTML Control takes Font Familiy and Font Size of the theme class

iOS specific

• Changes made in the procedure of building an offline application with preloaded database.Check out the HowTo: Create offline mobile applications with a preloaded database to see the new steps.

Team Development

• Property Revisions - Versions, Environments, Generators, and Data Stores

Specifier / Navigation improvements

• Multiple base TRNs can be specified as a For Each clause, for determining the base table of a For Each (or Data Provider). See Multiple Base Transactions in a For Each command for more information.
• New clause in For Each command and Data Providers: Unique Clause
• Multiple grids with a base table associated can be created on a SDPanel or WWSD without the need of using SDTs. See Multiple Grids with navigation on Smart Devices for more information.
• Aggregation may depend on another aggregation: PersonMinimumWeightLastYear = min( WeightValue, WeightDate.AddDays(360) >= max(WeightDate))

Other

• .Net apps with many concurrent users (500 to 800 per second) used to have performance problems related to CPU utilization, which are solved in this build.
• Ruby Generator support for File data type: Text file handling.
• New Error List tool window that shows the errors and warnings happened in specifications that were not fixed yet
• New RemoveDiacritics method
• New New Environment dialog, and an icon for "New Object" added to the toolbar
• Java 8 support added

GAM

• For security reasons, Integrated Security Level property is considered for web components for URL access property = False.
• New methods are introduced in GAM API for copying the information of a role or security policy into a new one. The methods are GAMRole.SaveAs(GAMRole,GAMErrors) and GAMSecurityPolicy.SaveAs(GAMSecurityPolicy,GAMErrors). 
• New methods for handling multivalued attributes of GAM User object. For more information see HowTo: GAM User table extensibility - multivalued attributes.
• Now you can retrieve the user´s email when he logs in to Facebook using GAM. See HowTo: Get the email address of a Facebook user.

GXflow

• GXflow - Support for calling native Smart Device applications. Smart Devices objects can be associated to Interactive Tasks and let you build a completeley native GXflow inbox.
• GXflow's SD Inbox has a search box now.
• GXflow Standard Client Customization. A Backend in the Navigator provides customization options for Menus, Components and Actions.
• GXflow Support for Independent Data Store. GXflow engine can have it's own data store - named 'gxflow' - and schema.

Compatibility

• Integrated Security Level property is not available for non main procedures because it does not take effect in this kind of procedures, unless they are exposed as web services.
• Integrated Security Level property for WebComponents with URL access property = False changes its default value to None. 
• Java package name property needs to have a value different than null for KBs which use Modules. That's why new KBs are created with a default value for this property.