[ANN] Release 9.6.5 RC-1

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Sep 23 13:00:26 EDT 2021


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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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On September 23, 2021 10:32:12 AM panagiotis merakos via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.6.5 RC-1.
>
>
> Getting the Release
> ===================
> You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ or via
> the automatic updater.
>
>
> Release Contents
> ================
> LiveCode 9.6.5 RC-1 comes with several changes, including:
>
> New Features
>  - Android standalones can now be deployed as app bundles
>  - The Android engine is now built using version 30 of the Android API
>  - In-app purchases for Google Play Store now use v4 of the Google Billing
> Library
>
> Bug Fixes:
>  - Fix browser widget on iOS not sending load events in response to user
> navigation
>  - Fix library conflicts between maps and barcode widgets on Android
>  - Improve speed of appending to large strings and encoding large arrays
> on Windows
>  - Fix long engine exit time when many loaded fonts and objects/paragraphs
> are still in memory
>
>
> For the full list of all fixes, updates and enhancements please see the
> release notes:
> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_6_5/LiveCodeNotes-9_6_5_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 10.15.4: Xcode 12.4.x - LiveCode builds iOS apps using the iOS
> 14.4 SDK
>  - macOS 11.x.  : Xcode 12.5.x - LiveCode builds iOS apps using the iOS
> 14.5 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 start of April 2021, Apple is only accepting apps built
> using iOS14.x SDKs. This means that, if you wish to submit apps to the
> AppStore you will have to be running at least macOS 10.15 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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