Other B4A v8.30 has been released

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  1. Erel

    Erel Administrator Staff Member Licensed User

    I'm happy to release B4A v8.30. This update includes many improvements to the debugger, an important change to the way the starter service behaves on Android 8+ as well as other improvements.

    New features and improvements:
    • Resumable subs in debug mode are optimized in the same way other subs are optimized. You can see the difference in this video:

      (direct link: https://vimeo.com/266683414)

    • Starter service is never destroyed until the process is killed - if you carefully read the automatic foreground notifications tutorial then you should be aware to a significant behavioral change in Android 8+. The OS kills services while the app is in the background. In previous versions the OS never killed specific services (only the complete process). This change made it much more difficult to work with the starter service as you could no longer assume that the starter service is running.
      Starting from B4A v8.3 the starter service will never be paused until the process is killed. Internally it switches from the service context to the application context.
    • Several other important debugger optimizations.
    • Bit.ArrayCopy method. Same as ByteConverter.ArrayCopy.
    • New File methods: CopyAsync, Copy2Async, ReadBytes, WriteBytes and ListFilesAsync.
    • Support for Java 8 jars and AARs.
    • Ctrl + Click on class types and custom types.
    • Autocomplete improvements.
    • Autocomplete in CallSub methods:

      [​IMG]

    • B4A Sdk Manager v3.27 - Supports Java 10.
    • Files can be added to groups directly.
    • For loops optimization (in release mode).
    • BitmapCreator v3.60 is included as an internal library.
    • xCustomListView v1.63 is included as an internal library.
    • XUI v1.70 is included as an internal library. This is a large update to XUI library with support for text measurements and other features.

      [​IMG]
    • Phone.ShellAsync - Asynchronous version of Phone.Shell.
    • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
    Developers who are eligible for a free upgrade will receive an email with upgrade instructions.
    Other developers will receive an email with a renewal offer.
     
    Last edited: Jun 12, 2018
    Erel, Jun 12, 2018
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  2. Peter Simpson

    Peter Simpson Expert Licensed User

    Thank you Erel, I've just downloaded it :cool:
     
    Peter Simpson, Jun 12, 2018
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  3. makis_best

    makis_best Member Licensed User

    Thank you
     
    makis_best, Jun 12, 2018
    #3
  4. Colin Evans

    Colin Evans Active Member Licensed User

    Cheer Erel, just finished my first (full) program and been amazed how easy, with help of yourself and others explaining things along the way, its been to develop my Sea Fishing App. Thanks again.
     
    Colin Evans, Jun 12, 2018
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  5. netsistemas

    netsistemas Member Licensed User

    For f = 1 to 1
    great!
    f = f -1
    next


    and, what is the best way to send you ideas for new features?
     
    netsistemas, Jun 12, 2018
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  6. Cebuvi

    Cebuvi Active Member Licensed User

    Thank you, muchas gracias, Erel.
     
    Cebuvi, Jun 12, 2018
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  7. PassionDEV

    PassionDEV Active Member Licensed User

    Thank you Erel great work
     
    PassionDEV, Jun 12, 2018
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  8. SnowyDog

    SnowyDog Member Licensed User

    Thank you Erel, exciting new release as always!
     
    SnowyDog, Jun 12, 2018
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  9. Erel

    Erel Administrator Staff Member Licensed User

    Thank you all :)
     
    Erel, Jun 12, 2018
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  10. mcqueccu

    mcqueccu Active Member Licensed User

    mcqueccu, Jun 12, 2018
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  11. Levit

    Levit Member Licensed User

    Thank you Erel.
    Nice improvements!
     
    Levit, Jun 12, 2018
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  12. arastoo

    arastoo Active Member Licensed User

    Thank you Erel.
     
    arastoo, Jun 12, 2018
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  13. soyVB6

    soyVB6 Active Member Licensed User

    Amo b4a
    Amo b4j

    Amo Anywhere Software, GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS
     
    soyVB6, Jun 12, 2018
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  14. microbox

    microbox Active Member Licensed User

    Thank you Erel for a great product and awesome community!:)
     
    microbox, Jun 12, 2018
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  15. ocalle

    ocalle Active Member Licensed User

    Downloaded, work fine! Many Thanks!
    :)
     
    ocalle, Jun 12, 2018
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  16. MarcoRome

    MarcoRome Expert Licensed User

    Big THANKS :D:D
     
    MarcoRome, Jun 12, 2018
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  17. Eme Fibonacci

    Eme Fibonacci Well-Known Member Licensed User

    Thank you Erel. A great work as usual.
     
    Eme Fibonacci, Jun 12, 2018
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  18. afields

    afields Member Licensed User

    The versions...
    As usually it's great to work once again.
    Thank you Erel
     
    afields, Jun 12, 2018
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  19. pazzokli

    pazzokli Member Licensed User

    Hi Erel, with this release my apps crash


    *** Service (starter) Create ***
    ** Service (starter) Start **
    ** Activity (main) Create, isFirst = true **
    ** Activity (main) Resume **
    *** Service (firebasemessaging) Create ***
    ** Service (firebasemessaging) Start **
    firebasemessaging_subscribetotopics (java line: 267)
    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method subscribeToTopic(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/google/android/gms/tasks/Task; in class Lcom/google/firebase/messaging/FirebaseMessaging; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.firebase.messaging.FirebaseMessaging' appears in /data/app/com.domos.client-1/base.apk)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.FirebaseNotificationsService$FirebaseMessageWrapper.SubscribeToTopic(FirebaseNotificationsService.java:130)
    at com.domos.client.firebasemessaging._subscribetotopics(firebasemessaging.java:267)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:191)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common$11.run(Common.java:1154)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6682)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1520)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1410)
    --------- beginning of crash
    *** Service (httputils2service) Create ***
    ** Service (httputils2service) Start **
    *** Service (starter) Create ***
    ** Service (starter) Start **
    ** Activity (main) Create, isFirst = true **
    ** Activity (main) Resume **
    *** Service (firebasemessaging) Create ***
    ** Service (firebasemessaging) Start **
    firebasemessaging_subscribetotopics (java line: 267)
    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method subscribeToTopic(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/google/android/gms/tasks/Task; in class Lcom/google/firebase/messaging/FirebaseMessaging; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.firebase.messaging.FirebaseMessaging' appears in /data/app/com.domos.client-1/base.apk)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.FirebaseNotificationsService$FirebaseMessageWrapper.SubscribeToTopic(FirebaseNotificationsService.java:130)
    at com.domos.client.firebasemessaging._subscribetotopics(firebasemessaging.java:267)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:191)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common$11.run(Common.java:1154)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6682)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1520)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1410)
    *** Service (starter) Create ***
    ** Service (starter) Start **
    ** Activity (main) Create, isFirst = true **
    ** Activity (main) Resume **
    *** Service (firebasemessaging) Create ***
    ** Service (firebasemessaging) Start **
    firebasemessaging_subscribetotopics (java line: 267)
    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method subscribeToTopic(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/google/android/gms/tasks/Task; in class Lcom/google/firebase/messaging/FirebaseMessaging; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.firebase.messaging.FirebaseMessaging' appears in /data/app/com.domos.client-1/base.apk)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.FirebaseNotificationsService$FirebaseMessageWrapper.SubscribeToTopic(FirebaseNotificationsService.java:130)
    at com.domos.client.firebasemessaging._subscribetotopics(firebasemessaging.java:267)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:191)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common$11.run(Common.java:1154)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6682)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1520)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1410)
     
    pazzokli, Jun 12, 2018
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  20. Erel

    Erel Administrator Staff Member Licensed User

    You need to update firebase-messaging. Open B4A Sdk Manager and update all recommended items.
    Note that there is an issue with the latest version of firebase-auth. For now it is better not to update firebase-auth if you are using FirebaseAuth.
     
    Erel, Jun 13, 2018
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