Release History

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Backend Services v2.10

December 13, 2016

Release Notes

NEW

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

  • HTTPS access to the API Server has been made available to all subscription tiers.
  • TypeScript support for the Backend Services JavaScript SDK
  • Social login with Google Accounts adds the option to specify a Google app to bind your app with.
  • Push Notifications:
    • The existing GCM-based implementation for Android has been migrated to Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).
    • The existing iOS implementation has been migrated to the new HTTP/2-based provider API of Apple Push Notification Service (APNS).
  • Backend Service JS SDK: Support for SQLite as an offline storage provider.
FIXED

This section lists the major resolved defects in this release.

  • Error 500 when deleting/getting device by HardwareID.
  • Internet Explorer: Not possible to create a Data Connector.
  • Display name not populated correctly after registration through SAML.
  • Adding invalid JavaScript in the Cloud Code editor leads to browser freeze.
  • Portal: Target Relation Content Type name is missing.
  • Facebook API later than 2.4 does not return all fields for the user accounts.
  • JS SDK: CurrentDevice is not properly exported.
  • JS SDK: Building the SDK fails because of missing async dependency.
  • "Execute Cloud Code for Data for operations made through the Data Browser" is always turned on.
CHANGED

This section lists important changes that apply to this release.

  • The JavaScript SDK has gone through these version updates: 1.8.0, 1.8.1; see the JavaScript SDK GitHub page for the change log.
  • The Stored Procedure execution timeout has been increased from 3 to 5 minutes.