[ANN] Release 9.6.1 RC-1

[Pi Digital]

Yay

HTML5 fixes. I’ll be testing this to the max tonight. :D

Sean Cole
Pi Digital Productions Ltd


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> On 29 Jul 2020, at 17:54, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.6.1 RC-1.
> 
> 
> Getting the Release
> ===================
> You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ or via
> the automatic updater.
> 
> 
> Release Contents
> ================
> LiveCode 9.6.1 RC-1 comes with more than 50 changes, including:
> 
> New Features
>  - Support for building against API 29 on Android - which is now (starting
> from the 3rd of August 2020) a requirement for new apps submitted to the
> Play Store
>  - Support for building with Xcode 11.5, using the iOS 13.5 SDK
>  - New tsNet and mergExt builds, built with the iOS 13.5 SDK
>  - Improved security, by using a New OpenSSL version (1.1.0g)
> 
> Bug Fixes:
>  - Several improvements and bug fixes in HTML5
>  - Faster auto-updater
>  - Improvements in the barcode scanner widget
>  - Several crashes have now been addressed
> 
> 
> For the full list of all fixes, updates and enhancements please see the
> release notes:
> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_6_1/LiveCodeNotes-9_6_1_rc_1.pdf
> 
> 
> Known issues
> ============
> - The Browser widget's native layer is not shown in some Linux distros with
> Cinnamon window manager.
> - The use of the Browser widget is not supported on Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit LTS
> yet.
> 
> 
> Required Software
> =================
> To build iOS apps with LiveCode you must have the appropriate versions of
> Xcode as follows:
> 
>  - macOS 10.13.4: Xcode 10.1 - LiveCode builds iOS apps using the iOS 12.1
> SDK
>  - macOS 10.14.4: Xcode 11.3.x - LiveCode builds iOS apps using the iOS
> 13.2 SDK
>  - macOS 10.15.2: Xcode 11.5.x - LiveCode builds iOS apps using the iOS
> 13.5 SDK
> 
> There is a full list of working LiveCode/macOS/Xcode combinations here:
> https://livecode.com/docs/9-5-0/faq/faq/
> 
> Note: Whilst we endeavour to release updated versions of LiveCode
> supporting the latest Xcode/iOS SDKs as quickly as possible; we strongly
> recommend disabling automatic update of Xcode or downloading the specific
> version of Xcode required directly from the Apple developer portal and
> installing it separately.
> 
> Important: From the end of June 2020, Apple is only accepting apps built
> using iOS13 SDKs. This means that, if you wish to submit apps to the
> AppStore you will have to be running at least macOS 10.14 in order to be
> able to install the necessary version of Xcode.
> 
> 
> Feedback
> ========
> Please report any bugs encountered on our quality center at
> http://quality.livecode.com/
> 
> We have a forum available for discussing LiveCode Builder at
> http://forums.livecode.com/viewforum.php?f=93
> 
> 
> Have fun!
> The LiveCode Team
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