This is a components release, which means that a new companion app is required to leverage some of the new functionality. The companion version for ai2-test is 2.60t1u and can be installed by scanning the QR code presented under the Help > Companion Information dialog on ai2-test.appinventor.mit.edu. This release contains the following changes:
- Features
- Add a copyright overlay to the Map component
- Add a read-only flag for the gallery
- Load block translations in parallel to improve load time performance
- Make the designer reflect the status of ShowStatusBar (thanks @Himani)
- Add HTTP PATCH support to the Web component (thanks @Blueknight10001)
- Implement Android App Bundles (thanks @Diego)
- Add dropdown blocks to the blocks editor (thanks @BeksOmega)
- Bug Fixes
- Fix WebViewer crash on old Android versions
- "Move to Trash" becomes "Delete from Trash" when in the trash view (thanks @beinganonymous)
- Fix the "set key path" dictionary block in typeblocking (thanks @semicolon3253)
- Reserve some Scheme keywords to prevent invalid projects (thanks @Conor)
- Fix CSV parsing issues in the presence of a trailing comma
- Fix typing of InstantInTime in the blocks editor (thanks @BeksOmega)
- Internal Changes
- Update the library list for proguarding extensions (thanks @mishra-kunal)
- Add the ability to include license files in extensions (thanks @vishwas)
Note that this is a subset of functionality going into this release. Over the coming weeks we will be updating the test version further. Please use this as an opportunity to give us early feedback on new features.
Cheers,
Evan W. Patton, Ph.D.
Lead Software Engineer, MIT App Inventor
On behalf of the MIT App Inventor Team