B4A (Android)

Powerful rapid application development (RAD) tool for developing Android applications.

Published by Anywhere Software
Distributed by ComponentSource since 2013

Version: v10.5 Updated: Jan 4, 2021 4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review (4)

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Please note: As of February 5th, 2020, B4A is now free and is no longer available for sale.

B4A (Android) v10.x

Released: Jul 15, 2020

Updates in v10.x

v10.5

Updated Jan 04, 2021

  • New libraries tab.
  • Find all references feature was rewritten. Previously it couldn't handle more complex cases, where a sub or field are called indirectly.
  • Various IDE notifications also appear in the logs.
  • #CustomBuildAction - direct support for jar files, including Java 11+ UI jars.
  • Default manifest updated. This allows resetting the manifest by removing the manifest text and saving.
  • Dexer optimization can be disabled through the ini file.
  • Updated or new internal libraries: XUI, XUI Views, B4XDrawer, BCTextEngine, OkHttpUtils2, GooglePlayBilling, KeyValueStore, B4XPages template, GooglePlayBIlling and FileProvider.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements. This includes a long-standing bug where the wrong context was used after a resumed sleep in some edge cases (fix is relevant to B4XPages).

v10.2

Updated Sep 14, 2020

  • B4ASdkManager updated to support latest version of Android SDK command line tools.
  • Firebase libraries updated to support latest version of Firebase SDK.
  • OkHttp updated based on OkHttp 3.12.12.
  • Support for latest version of Crashlytics. Previous version will stop tracking crashes on November 2020.
  • B4X version of KeyValueStore added as an internal library.
  • Internal libraries updated: B4XPages, B4XDrawer, B4XCollections, XUI Views and BCTextEngine.
  • Deprecated libraries removed: CustomListView (replaced with xCustomListView), Http and HttpUtils2 (replaced with OkHttp and OkHttpUtils2).
  • B4XPages template updated.
  • IDE performance improvements related to projects which use many b4xlibs.
  • New indicators to help understand the code flow with resumable subs.

v10.0

Updated Jul 15, 2020

  • Adds new Project templates for B4x - The new templates feature will make it simpler for new developer to get started with B4X, and will also make it simpler to use B4XPages and other frameworks.
  • Comment links - Code comments can include clickable links.
  • New project dialog -Note that when the IDE is opened it starts with no editor, until you load or create a new project.
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