Beta B4A v12.8 BETA is available for download

[Erel]

I'm happy to release a new beta version of B4A.
This update brings the integrated code snippets feature to B4A:

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-code-snippets.152450/

It also includes important fixes for two issues, one in OkHttpUtils2 that caused requests to fail in some cases and the second related to a behavioral change in Android 14 that could cause the starter service to misbehave.

Updated internal libraries:
Core v12.8, OkHttpUtils2 v3.04, XUI Views v2.58, XUI v2.32, Network v1.54, NB6 v1.05, SimpleMediaManager v1.14, B4XPages v1.12

Download link: https://www.b4x.com/android/files/beta.exe

 

[Jmu5667]

thanks for the update Erel

 

[ilan]

thanks Erel for this update. Is it safe to compile the app and upload to the store with the beta version or is it better to wait until the released version is available?

 

[Alessandro71]

behavioral change in Android 14 that could cause the starter service to misbehave.

do we have a description of what are the conditions under which such misbehavior occur?
just to understand if it is necessary to recompile and release an update to all published apps or not.
is it related to the manifest target SDK or happens regardless of that?

 

[marcick]

do we have a description of what are the conditions under which such misbehavior occur?
just to understand if it is necessary to recompile and release an update to all published apps or not.
is it related to the manifest target SDK or happens regardless of that?

If you terminate the app and start again you will see a blank screen. A reboot is needed. You can test it with the default project on the emulator also.

 

[Spavlyuk]

one in OkHttpUtils2 that caused requests to fail in some cases

Does this mean we no longer need to call StartHttpUtils2Service?

 

[ilan]

If you terminate the app and start again you will see a blank screen. A reboot is needed. You can test it with the default project on the emulator also.

correct, and it is discussed here:

Android 14 App not launching

Hello, i got some emails from users complaining that my apps won't start on there phones. after some checks i can confirm that my app does not ALWAYS launch the same on Android 14. in the logs i can see that the Starter Service is started but app not. the problem is that it is not always...

www.b4x.com

 

[Sandman]

Updated internal libraries:
[...], B4XPages v1.12

Since B4XPages is such a central pillar for B4X, I got curious what had changed in version 1.12. So I compared to the B4A 12.5 version using Meld.

To my surprise I can only see that the version number in the manifest got bumped from 1.11 to 1.12, and no other changes anywhere. It feels like perhaps something is missing, if you meant to update the library.

 

[Erel]

Is it safe to compile the app and upload to the store with the beta version or is it better to wait until the released version is available?

Make some tests and then upload it.

 

[Erel]

Since B4XPages is such a central pillar for B4X, I got curious what had changed in version 1.12. So I compared to the B4A 12.5 version using Meld.

Looks like you are correct. The version was incremented with the last B4J update: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4j-change-log-version-history.37448/#content
Probably a change that was reverted.

The correct version is included.

 

[ema01]

Thanks erel for the update!
And what about StringUtil's MeasureMultilineTextHeight hanging when you set a bigger system font?
>>> https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...-ui-6-0-samsung-android-14.157493/post-967575
did you get any chance to look at it?

 

[Erel]

(I never read threads with more than a single page)

Try it. It is probably solved by the same fix. Start a new thread if not and I will check it.

 

[ilan]

(I never read threads with more than a single page)

really?

 

[Erel]

Never is a hard word. I should wrote: I rarely read threads with more than a single page.
This is based on 15+ years of experience with forum Q & A.

 

[ema01]

Fair enough
MeasureMultilineTextHeight problem is still present, I will try to prepare a small project to test if i have time (which is very little)
I had problems with the starter service as well, and it seems they have been solved

 

[DonManfred]

Does this mean we no longer need to call StartHttpUtils2Service?

we never were in the need to do it with okhttputils2

I do not have any such call in all my Apps. And all of them are using httpjob´s

 

[Spavlyuk]

we never were in the need to do it with okhttputils2

I do not have any such call in all my Apps. And all of them are using httpjob´s

There's one issue that I also encountered: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...time-depending-on-devices.149846/#post-949813

 

[Erel]

You are correct. This call is no longer needed. A similar call is implemented inside the library.

 

[ema01]

@Erel I finally took some time to look into the StringUtils bug, turns out it isn't

Android 14, Label.TextSize doesn't play well with font scaling

Since the update to Android 14 we had some customer complaining that our applications wouldn't launch. The condition to trigger this error is that the system font would be changed to be bigger than the default size. For my test i just set it at the biggest This was ultimately tracked down to a...

www.b4x.com

but it's a PITA nonetheless

 

[Erel]

I will check it however it isn't related to the starter service issue.