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NativeScript v6.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-06-28 // almost 5 years ago

  • 🐛 Bug Fixes

    • bundle: support for file qualifiers with webpack (#7386) (9fcc1dd)
    • bundle: code-only typescript custom components with webpack (#7321) (9fcc1dd)
    • bundle: component builder support for codeFile / cssFile / import with webpack (#7324) (9fcc1dd)
    • bundle: different event order (NativeScript/nativescript-cli#4633) (8851835)
    • ⏪ restore TextField.textChange and Switch.checkedChange event syntax in xml (#7403) (76b5089)
    • android: ignore gzip content-encoding for status code 204 (#7417) (4437cd6)
    • android-transition: exit transition not executed after app suspend resume (#7402) (f08b491)
    • css-state: _appliedSelectorsVersion assignment (#7405) (9ecf07f)
    • observable-array: splice to notify correct amount of added items (#7426) (5e14de6)
    • cancel contradictory gesture events (#7296) (b8a82f2)
    • 👍 allow span descendants in FormattedString (#7369) (01c4b8c)

    🔋 Features

    • bundle: bundle workflow support (#7320) (ecd9fc3)
    • android: androidX support (#7039) (c5db112)
    • BETA/EXPERIMENTAL: bottom navigation and tabs components (#6967) (0c2c1cc)
    • ➕ add support for :focus pseudo class in TextField / TextView (#7396) (0bfddab)
    • animation: support animating width/height properties (#5147) (e7c575)

    💥 BREAKING CHANGES

    • 🚚 AndroidApplication.currentContext in tns-core-modules/application module is now removed.

    👉 Use AndroidApplication.startActivity, AndroidApplication.foregroundActivity, or AndroidApplication.context properties instead.

    • 🚚 start(...) method in tns-core-modules/application module is now removed.

    📄 Use application.run(...) method instead. Check the "Flexible Frame Composition" section in this document that explains the full migration path from application.start(...) to application.run(...) and the implications from this change

    • 🏗 loadPage(...) method in tns-core-modules/ui/builder module is now removed.

    🏗 Use createViewFromEntry(entry: NavigationEntry) method in tns-core-modules/ui/builder module instead.

    • 🚚 tns-core-modules/ui/core/dependency-observable module is now removed.

    💻 Use tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties module instead.

    • 🚚 ViewBase.showModal(), ViewBase.showModal(moduleName: string, context: any, closeCallback: Function, fullscreen?: boolean, animated?: boolean, stretched?: boolean): ViewBase, and ViewBase.showModal(view: ViewBase, context: any, closeCallback: Function, fullscreen?: boolean, animated?: boolean, stretched?: boolean): ViewBase method overloads are now removed.

    👉 Use ViewBase.showModal(moduleName: string, modalOptions: ShowModalOptions): ViewBase or ViewBase.showModal(view: ViewBase, modalOptions: ShowModalOptions): ViewBase instead.

    • 🚚 Frame.androidOptionSelectedEvent and AndroidOptionEventData interfrace in tns-core-modules/ui/frame module are now removed.

    Event not raised by NativeScript core framework anymore.

    • 🚚 AndroidFrame.cachePagesOnNavigate in tns-core-modules/ui/frame module is now removed.

    Not used internally in NativeScript core framework anymore.

    • 🚚 stack() method in tns-core-modules/ui/frame module is now removed.

    👉 Use getFrameById(...) method if you want to retrieve a frame different than the topmost one instead.

    • 🚚 AndroidActivityCallbacks.onCreate(activity: any, savedInstanceState: any, superFunc: Function) method overload in tns-core-modules/ui/frame module is now removed.

    👉 Use AndroidActivityCallbacks.onCreate(activity: any, savedInstanceState: any, intent: any, superFunc: Function) instead.

    • 🚚 WebView.url property in tns-core-modules/ui/web-view module is now removed.

    👉 Use WebView.src property instead.

    • 🚚 ios.getter(...) function in tns-core-modules/utils module is now removed.

    👉 Use the respective native property directly instead.

    • 🚚 View.observe(...) method in tns-core-modules/ui/core/view module is now removed.

    👉 Use View.on(...) method instead.

    • The addedCount variable from ObservableArray.splice(...) change event is always the amount of added items.

    Migration steps: 🚚 The old addedCount can be obtained by const addedCount = event.addedCount - event.removed.length

    • 🛠 Fix to cancel contradictory gesture events (e.g. tap and double tap) introduces the following behavior breaking change

    Before:

    • iOS / Android:
      • double tap: child tap -> parent tap -> child double tap -> parent double tap
      • tap: child tap -> parent tap

    After:

    • iOS:
      • double tap: child double tap
      • tap: child tap
    • Android:
      • double tap: child double tap -> parent double tap
      • tap: child tap -> parent tap

    Migration steps: 🚚 Move event handlers accordingly.