The next major version of NativeScript (version 6) will be switching from the android.support packages to the new androidx namespace. This will be a hard break; as you can only use the support api's or androidx api's; but not both. This is something Google has been implementing for a while; and NativeScript is getting on… Continue reading NativeScript AndroidX support and Plugins
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NativeScript 5.30 Released
NativeScript 5.3 only offers a smaller number of fixes and features than usual; but is still well worth upgrading to. The most interesting update (for me) is actually the Android V8 engine has been upgraded yet again, but this time to a version that offers some nice performance benefits. It is always nice when an… Continue reading NativeScript 5.30 Released
Mobile Application Security
Security is never perfect, the minute the device is under the control of an attacker; you have issues. So the primary goal of security is to raise the bar so high; that it becomes much more profitable to attack your competitors app then your app. Don't make your app the easy target. So, recently I… Continue reading Mobile Application Security
NativeScript 5.2.0 Released
NativeScript 5.2 offers a wide number of fixes, and is well worth upgrading to. Checkout what has now been fixed and/or enhanced in this awesome release from the NativeScript team. One of the more interesting things for iOS is the In App Podfile and Src code support. Drop your any src code into the /App_resources/ios/src… Continue reading NativeScript 5.2.0 Released
NativeScript-SQLite Multi-Threading!
The first release of NativeScript-SQLite was April 19th, 2015 on GitHub, and April 26th to NPM. I am happy to say this plugin is now almost 4 years old, and it was one of the first plugins available to NativeScript. I believe there was two or three others released before, like NativeScript-Flashlight. By June of… Continue reading NativeScript-SQLite Multi-Threading!
NativeScript 5.1.0 Released
For those who upgraded to 5.0.0 last month, it was a bit of a rough ride. A lot of cool features but a lot of weird corner case broken items. Fortunately since that point, they have released a several 5.0.x point releases which fixed several of the larger flaws. 5.1.0 actually fixes several of the… Continue reading NativeScript 5.1.0 Released
The "tns preview" Feature
The all new "tns preview" feature in NativeScript 5.0 is very useful for testing small local projects and/or for new developers who want to try out NativeScript without installing all the build tools. However, the preview app has some limitations, some of them can be worked around. The first is that you must have working… Continue reading The "tns preview" Feature
NativeScript 5.0 Released
It has been a long road getting to this point; but I'm happy to see that the NativeScript team released The final piece of the 5.0. The CLI tool which was the final piece was finally released on Nov 2nd; the rest of the pieces have been released for a couple days. 5.0 adds a… Continue reading NativeScript 5.0 Released
NativeScript 4.2 Released
The new version of NativeScript just dropped today! As usual the update is worth getting for several features that are shipping in it. Major Features LiveSync now uses Sockets on Android iOS and Android now support the `discardUncaughtJsExceptions` flags. Simpler Templates (less NPM dependencies) Android now support HTTP Gzip'd packets Debugging Webpacked apps Minor Features… Continue reading NativeScript 4.2 Released
NativeScript application wide runtime settings (updated 5.2)
On thing most people are probably not aware of is that the Android runtimes has a large number of knobs and switches to customize certain behavior of the engine. I will try and list out all the current switches and knobs that you can use. iOS now has one switch. First of all the settings… Continue reading NativeScript application wide runtime settings (updated 5.2)