This section describes major new features and improvements in this release.
Portal
An ability to enable or disable Backend Services features to reduce clutter in the UI
Other minor UI improvements
Push Notifications
You can now install and use the Telerik Push Notifications Cordova plug-in that provides numerous new features
An ability to check if the notifications are enabled on this device has been added
An ability to display multiple notifications on Android instead of replacing the previous has been added
Support for interactive push notifications in iOS 8+
Device registration in JavaScript SDK is now done using a single method: push.register
The maximum allowed payload size on iOS has been increased to 2KB
An ability to set the Category field on iOS 8+ has been added
An ability to set badge increments/decrements on iOS has been added
The Push Browser now displays more columns with extended information about each sent message
The Details view for a push notification shows separate counts for targeted and failed devices as well as the reason for failure
Cloud Data
You can now select a "Display field" when creating or editing a content type using the portal; the portal uses this field to make it easier for you to identify items when choosing items for relation fields
Ability to select a single or multiple items for relation fields when editing a content type item in the portal
NativeScript support for the JavaScript SDK
Documentation: New Getting Started section containing hands-on articles that introduce you to the basics of various Backend Services features
FIXED
Resolved Defects
This section lists the major resolved defects in this release.
The rename cloud function pop-up's Cancel button is not working properly
A recently renamed function cannot be renamed again in some cases
Missing message for disabled Cloud Code log
When the item details screen in the Cloud Code log is maximized it appears broken
Object fields are not visualized properly in Cloud Code logs
Push notifications to a segment created through the REST API are shown as sent to everyone in details
Push grid is not opening if a notification is created with additional fields through the REST API
Email should not be a required field when adding new user through the portal
Expire On is not prefilled and throws an error if Send On = Now in push notifications
Search performed even if a query string hasn't been entered
"Not set" is saved for a Yes/No value instead of No when adding an item to a content type from the portal
Dates are incorrectly displayed in UTC when creating a new content type item from the portal
PowerFields do not work with Data Connectors content types
Cloud Data: The permission type is missing in Granular Permissions
Portal: User role cannot be changed in the portal when the assigned role was deleted
Portal: Cannot search by role in the Users grid
Portal: Role names should be case-insensitive to prevent creating roles with similar names
Cannot open the Permissions screen in duplicated project
IE10: The Code Navigator page is very slow/unresponsive
Duplicated project contains no services
Cloud Code: Do not show types from Data Connectors if Data Connectors service is disabled
HTTPS requests from AppBuilder are failing for accounts without an HTTPS quota
Cloud Files: Permissions in a duplicated project are not correctly displayed
Cloud Code: When using Everlive.Response.setErrorResult() or Everlive.Request.cancel() for the Users content type, the error is not properly propagated to the HTTP response
Links from Appbuilder to Cloud Code should also add the Cloud Data service
Targeted Devices value is not changed if a pending push notification is modified
When editing a scheduled notification, you cannot remove a platform that was previously selected for sending
CHANGED
Changes
This section lists important changes that apply to this release.
REST API: It is now possible to set "IsVerified" to true when making a PUT request to update the user with MasterKey authorization
In newly created apps the Files content type has its permissions set to Public by default
Related items are now opened in the same window/tab instead of opening a new one