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AppBuilder v3.0

December 1, 2015

AppBuilder v3.0

NEW

Major Features and Improvements

This release of AppBuilder introduces the following major feature across the AppBuilder clients.

  • You can now migrate to the new unified app development experience. Users of the command-line interface and the extension for Visual Studio cannot migrate to the new app format. For more information about migrating your projects, see Migrating Apps to Telerik Platform 2.0.
  • You can now use the universal desktop client (Beta) to develop Apache Cordova or NativeScript cross-platform mobile apps.
  • You can now use the following templates to create projects with enabled Views service.
    • NativeScript Blank (JavaScript)
    • Apache Cordova Kendo UI Blank
    • Apache Cordova Kendo UI Drawer
    • Apache Cordova Kendo UI TabStrip
  • Improved Android builds for Apache Cordova 3.7.0 and Apache Cordova 3.8.0.
For a complete list of features and improvements, see the AppBuilder documentation.
FIXED

Notable Resolved Issues

This release of AppBuilder introduces the following notable resolved issues.

Functional Area Notable Resolved Issues
Mobile Devices and Platforms
  • If your project contains the InAppPurchase plugin from the Telerik Verified Plugins Marketplace and targets Apache Cordova 3.7.0 or earlier, you cannot build your project for iOS.
  • If your project uses WKWebView for iOS, you cannot debug your app on device.
  • If you have not accepted the updated license agreement in iTunes Connect, you cannot publish your iOS apps to the App Store. AppBuilder shows a login error.
In-Browser Client
  • When you delete a folder, the in-browser client does not close the open files from the folder.
CHANGED

Breaking Changes

This release of AppBuilder introduces the following breaking changes.

Warning Because of the updates to the Android build system, you might not be able to build your project for Android if it targets Apache Cordova 3.7.0 or later and uses an older version of the following plugins: Telerik AppFeedback, Push Plugin, Local Notification, Bluetooth Low Energy, Barcode Scanner, Facebook. For more information about this issue, see Breaking change introduces build failure for Android.

Warning Support for mobile websites is now removed. For more information, see What’s Next for Telerik Platform and Mobile Website Projects.