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Backend Services v2.4

June 12, 2015

Release Notes

NEW

What's New

This section describes major new features and improvements in this release.

  • The JavaScript SDK now has an Offline Mode that allows your app to continue working even without an Internet connection
  • The Data Connectors' DataLink Server has been replaced with a new, Java-based version (Windows-only, Linux support to come later)
  • When creating a push notifications through the portal, new tooltips provide help information about the form fields
  • You can now enter multiline values in text fields When creating or updating content type items through the portal
  • Performance improvements
FIXED

Resolved Defects

This section lists the major resolved defects in this release.

  • The latest Cloud Code log entries are not displayed
  • Push notifications that target Windows Phone devices cannot be send with only the Message field set
  • The Cloud Function execution dialog box cannot be closed if the output is too long
  • Cannot register a device for push notifications if the user's Display Name contains non-ASCII characters
  • Non-password-protected iOS push certificate cannot be uploaded
  • Long function names deform the Cloud Function execution window
  • The Cloud Code autocomplete does not match the documentation
  • Data requests to a new content type fail if its name was queried recently before the content type creation
  • PasswordResetCode is not returned when reading a user account using master key authentication
  • When registering a user using a GUID of an unexisting role, "Not Set" is displayed in the grid for the user
  • Incorrect message may be displayed on user bearer token expiration
  • iOS Certificate validation returns status code 500 instead of 400
  • X-Everlive-Fields header does not work correctly for Files
  • Incorrect Uri value returned if X-Everlive-Fields header is used
  • Portal: Editing and saving the Users structure redirects to Data > Types
  • The portal is storing some geopoints values incorrectly
CHANGED

Changes

This section lists important changes that apply to this release.

  • Expand expressions can work without an existing relation between content types by specifying the TargetTypeName expand expression field
  • Deleting a role is no longer possible if it currently assigned to at least one user
  • Updating a user account with a nonexistent role ID now returns HTTP status code 400 instead of 200