Makeroid Andromeda 🌌

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Makeroid has been officially relaunched and it will be online forever!
We will provide a minimum 99.9% uptime on our online builder 24/7! :desktop_computer:

This release has been named under Makeroid Andromeda, or Makeroid Reborn if you prefer :smile:

Builder Version: 1.0.0 Makeroid Andromeda :star2:

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Release Notes

We have added a :exclamation: to the most important changes :wink:

Major Changes

  • :exclamation: Upgraded Minimum API from 14 (Android 4.0) to 16 (Android 4.1)

  • :exclamation: Added Copy Screen feature

    • Added Import Screen (.AIS) and Export Screen (.AIS)
    • Thanks to Punya Framework!
  • Added British English :uk: and Portuguese :portugal: languages

  • Added a nice Welcome Email :email: for new users

  • Upgraded Google Login system

    • Say bye to that ugly Google Login, and say hello to OAuth2 :wave:
  • :exclamation: Implemented Email & Password login system

    • Welcome China :cn: users! You can now use Makeroid without a VPN
  • :exclamation: Implemented Runtime Permission system

  • :exclamation: Upgraded Target SDK to API 27 (Android 8.1)

    • This warning will NOT appear again:
    • Makeroid is the first builder on implementing a real Target SDK 27, as it’s required to have runtime permissions as we use now
  • Improved server perfomance

    • See “Servers” section
  • Added fancy error pages when 5xx error appears

  • Changed Default Package Name

    • Changed from com.makeroid.email.app to io.makeroid.email.app
    • This only applies to new apps. Old created apps will still have the old format
  • :exclamation: Removed 10MB app limit

    • Testing showed that now the limit is on 20MB
  • :exclamation: Removed black SplashScreen

    • You can now even set your own image!
  • Added new blocks

    • “Break” block will allow you to stop loops
    • “Wait for milliseconds” block will allow you to stop the execution of your code X milliseconds
  • You can now delete a single block/group of blocks from the Backpack :school_satchel:

  • Added abilty to move blocks with arrow keys on Blocks Editor

  • General Data Protection Regulation:

    • Added to AdMob components new dialog asking for consent for EU :eu: users to show customized ads
    • Added warning when dropping AdMob components to phone

Servers

  • AppEngine instance uses now better servers so lag should have been reduced

  • :exclamation: Three compilers will now be processing app builds:

    • Dedicated VPS Cloud servers with 2 CPUs up to 3.1GHz, 4GB of RAM and 100MB/s of
      minimum bandwidth
    • In front of all of them there is a dedicated load balancer in ArubaCloud redirecting requests to reduce their loads
      • This allows us to create new compilers without having to stop our service or build requests
      • It will also automatically stop forwarding traffic to compilers that are down until they are fixed
  • Thanks to our partner ArubaCloud :arubacloud:, Makeroid Servers are much powerful now

Companion

  • Changed Companion design

    • Now it’s much more simple, clean and useful :blush:
  • :exclamation: Changed Companion Package Name to io.makeroid.companion

    • Previously com.makeroid.companion
  • Companion is now only compatible with Android 5.0 or higher :lollipop:

  • Implemented some translations on Companion

UI Changes

  • Mock-Phone Preview: This means that these settings, when changed, will be now updated on the phone preview

    • Show/Hide Navigation Bar
    • Show/Hide Status Bar
    • Show/Hide Title Bar
    • Show/Hide 3 Dots
    • Color of Navigation Bar
    • Color of TitleBar Text
    • Text of TitleBar Subtitle
    • Properties of Radio Button
    • Clickable property of any Layout
  • :exclamation: COMPLETLY REDESIGNED MAKEROID UI :paintbrush:

    • Makeroid wants to be unique, so our amazing designer @Vishwas implemented the official Material Design into Makeroid Builder
    • Now it is much clean and simple:
      • Added a SearchBox in Palette :mag:
      • Moved properties to hidden panel, so if you want to show them just click on the name of a Component
      • Added categories to properties for a better sorting
    • And, yeah, you are right. All SneakPeeks were “fake” :sweat_smile:
      We’ve used the old design in the SneakPeeks because we didn’t want to leak anything releated with it :wink:
  • Redesigned Building Project dialog

    • Added Hide Dialog button
  • Non-Visible components names are now visible below Mock-Phone

  • Increased SplashScreen height

  • Added country flags next to their respective languages on Language Selector

  • Fixed Dark Theme

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixed Layouts issues

    • Layouts were always clickable
    • Extensions that were depending on Layouts weren’t working properly
  • Fixed TitleBar Tabs issue which made them to have the previous color when TitleBar Color was changed

  • Fixed ListView NullPointerException on some devices

  • Fixed Show/Hide Navigation Bar not working in some devices

  • Fixed “reset” Screen bug on Orientation Change

  • :exclamation: Fixed Logout issue which was logging out from ALL Google Accounts

  • Fixed Color for StatusBar and TitleBar issue

  • Fixed TopBar buttons issue which was overriding the created tab

  • Fixed blocks getting stacked on top of eachother

  • :exclamation: Fixed Blockly Translations issue

  • :exclamation: Fixed Custom Package Name

  • Fixed Tablet-Mode bug causing strange behaiours on refreshing

 

New Components

  • :exclamation: Added new Bottom Sheet component to User Interface category

  • Added new Circular Progress component to User Interface category

  • :exclamation: Added new Linear Progress component to User Interface category

  • :exclamation: Added new Snack Bar component to User Interface category

  • Added new View Flipper component to User Interface category

  • :exclamation: Added new Card View component to Layout category

  • Added new ExoPlayer component to Media category

  • Added new Maps components to new Maps category

    • Thanks to MIT App Inventor Team :appinventor:
  • :exclamation: Added new Dynamic Button component to new Dynamic category

  • :exclamation: Added new Dynamic Label component to new Dynamic category

  • :exclamation: Added new Dynamic TextBox component to new Dynamic category

  • :exclamation: Added new Amazon Ads components to Monetization category

    • Thanks to AppyBuilder Team :appybuilder:
      • Amazon Banner
      • Amazon Interstitial
  • :exclamation: Added new Facebook Ads components to Monetization category

    • Facebook Banner
    • Facebook Interstitial
  • Added new Shell component to Experimental category

  • Renamed Google Map to Google Maps

  • Moved Surface View to Layout Category

App Features Stuff that is on the “Screen” Designer or Blocks Editor

  • :exclamation: Side Menu
    This new feature allows you to create professional side menus from blocks. You will just need to design inside a Vertical Layout what you want, and then call it from blocks
    Download this APK for a demo, or read this tutorial to see how to create one

    • Functions:
      • SideMenu - Creates a Side Menu with the give Layout
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      • Side Menu Open - Opens the Side Menu
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      • Side Menu Close - Closes the Side Menu
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    • Properties:
      • Is Side Menu Open - Returns true if the Side Menu is open
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    • Events:
      • Side Menu Opened - Triggered when the Side Menu is opened
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      • Side Menu Closed - Triggered when the Side Menu is closed
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    • :warning: This feature is not fully compatible with the Companion and it can make it to crash :warning:
  • :exclamation: Splash Screen
    Based from this suggestion, Makeroid has removed the black screen that appeard when app is loading
    Also, we have added some options for it if users wants to customize it more

    • Splash Enabled: If selected, the app will remove the black screen
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    • Splash Image (Available when Splash Enabled checked): If set, the app will show this image instead of the black image
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  • New Functions:

    • Add Menu Item with Icon: Adds an item to the menu but with an image
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  • New Properties:

    • About Screen Background Color: Sets the background color of the About Screen
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    • Accent Color: Sets the Accent Color of the App
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    • Primary Color / Title Bar Color: Sets the Primary Color of the App, which is the Title Bar Color if not set
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    • Primary Color Dark / Status Bar Color: Sets the Primary Dark Color of the app, which is the Status Bar Color if not set
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    • Screen Orientation: Added Behind, Full Sensor, No Sensor, Reverse, Landscape, Reverse Portrait, Sensor Landscape and Sensor Portrait
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    • :exclamation: Theme: Sets the theme for the app between Default, Light Theme or Dark Theme
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New Events

  • Notifier component

    • Custom Dialog Selection: triggered after selecting a Custom Dialog
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  • Web Viewer component

    • Web View String Change: triggered after the WebViewerString changes
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  • File component

    • After Zip: triggered after successful Zip
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    • After Unzip: triggered after successful Unzip
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    • On Zip Failure: triggered when an error occurrs in Zip or Unzip
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New Functions

  • Button component

    • Set Shadow: sets a shadow for the Button
      Thanks to AppyBuilder :appybuilder: Team
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  • Checkbox component

    • Set Shadow: sets a shadow for the Checkbox
      Thanks to AppyBuilder :appybuilder: Team
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  • Image component

    • Clear Image Tint Color: cleans the Tint Color set for the Image
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  • Notifier component

    • :exclamation: Create Custom Dialog: creates a Custom Dialog from the given component (removes it from the Screen and places in the Custom Dialog)
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    • Show Custom Dialog: shows a Custom Dialog
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  • Textbox component

    • Set Shadow: sets a shadow for the Textbox
      Thanks to AppyBuilder :appybuilder: Team
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  • Canvas component

    • DrawArc: generates an Arc with the given params
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    • DrawShape: generates a Shape with the given points from a list
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  • File component

    • Zip: zips a given folder in the given path, with an optional password
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    • Unzip: unzips a given file in the given folder, with an optioanl password if set
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  • Device Tools component

    • Copy: copies the given text to the clipboard
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    • Parse: parsers the given string with between a start and an end
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    • Paste: pastes the copied text
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  • Web component

    • URI Decode: decodes the given URI Encoded text
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  • WiFi component

    • Mac Address: returns the MAC Address of the device
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New Properties

  • Button component

    • Rotation Angle
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  • Image component

    • Clickable
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    • Image Tint Color Customizable from Blocks
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  • ListPicker component

    • Title Visible
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  • Notifier component

    • Dim Amount
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    • Use Background Color
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  • Slider component

    • Rotation Angle
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  • TextBox component

    • Rotation Angle
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  • Layout components

    • Clickable
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    • Use Round Card
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  • OCR component

    • Language
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  • EmailPicker component

    • Cursor Color
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    • Line Color
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  • FusionTables component

    • Loading Dialog Message
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    • Show Loading Dialog
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  • TinyDB component

    • Namespace
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  • Screenshot component

    • Dim Amount
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    • Notification Share Button
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    • are Permissions Granted Available at Blocks
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    • is Read Permission Granted Available at Blocks
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    • is Write Permission Granted Available at Blocks
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  • Download component

    • Requires Charging Customizable from Blocks
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    • Requires Device Idle Customizable from Blocks
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We have placed all our love :heart: and efforts :muscle: bringing this powerful Makeroid back :blush:
Lots of very demanded functions have been implemented, and we are the first builder having professional features such us the Side Menu or the custom Splash Screen

We want all users to have a great time Makeroid’ing, bringing your ideas into reality with our completly FREE and POWERFUL Builder :smile:
Give your thoughts, suggestions and bugs about the biggest Makeroid Builder update on this topic :wink:

Happy :makeroid:'ing :wave:

@Makeroid Staff

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Important

Version 1.0.1 is now live with some critical bugs fixed :wink:


Changes

  • Fixed download app scannign QR Code (missing GPlay update, probably tomorrow it will be live)
  • Fixed “Create” block from “FAB” was crashing companion if there was no image added
  • Fixed ListViews
  • Fixed random crashes using some components
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Version 1.0.2

We release this update with some important bugs fixed, and unfortunately we had to hide some features which were causing the bugs :disappointed:


Changes

  • Added RemoveSideMenu block
  • Temporarily removed Import / Export screen feature
  • Removed “wait for milliseconds” block
  • Fixed: Server error that sometimes happened when copying screens
  • Fixed: Copied screens couldn’t be opened
  • Fixed: Errors with extensions
  • Fixed: Some issues with Leadbolt component
  • Fixed: Sizing issues with CardView component
  • Fixed: TitleBar Subtitle not updating on the companion when subtitle removed
  • Fixed: Some issues with ListViewImageText
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Version 1.0.3


Changes

  • UI Changes

    • Added “Import Project” button on Projects Panel
    • Added “Loading Project” dialog
    • Imported Turkish Translation to Blockly
    • Fixed some Descriptions for some components which had a larger font
    • Made ScrollBar of Palette thicker
  • Companion

    • Added missing “:” to IP Address Label
  • New Features

    • Added “Show Ad” block for Facebook Interstitial Ad component
    • CloudDB component now handles images
  • Bugs Fixed

    • NullPointer Exception on some Alerts
    • NullPointer Exception on GetUserId of PushNotifications
    • Button Size wasn’t affected if Shape was set
    • Facebook Interstitial Ad should be working now
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Version 1.0.4


Changes

  • UI Changes

    • Fixed “Loading Project” dialog shown even when project loaded
    • Fixed “Blockly Panel” as it was overlapping with Components Scrollbar
    • Increased Scrollbar Width on Components panel
    • Added confirmation dialog when removing Screen
    • Added confirmation dialog when removing Project
    • Redesigned how “Component Help” is shown
  • Improvements

    • Improved “Search Component” speed
    • Minimized CSS files to improve load time
    • Improved Blocks Editor performance
  • Bugs Fixed

    • Facebook Ads were not declared on Manifest
    • Sharing Component was not working
    • Removed some unused libraries (APKs should be a little bit lighter now)

:warning: NOTE: We will fix the loadtime on projects in the next update (we have caught the bug, but we haven’t had time to fix it yet) :sweat:

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Version 1.0.5


Changes

  • UI Changes

    • Brought back AppInventor Color Picker
    • Added clickable links to “Learn more at” in components info
  • Improvements

    • Improved Loading Project time
    • Added warning when using Builder over HTTPS
    • Removed some unused libraries from APKs
    • Integrated Fabric into Makeroid Apps
      • Now we will get detailed crash info thanks to Crashlitics, which will help us to fix bugs
      • You can check the bugs that are being tracked in this repository
  • Bugs Fixed

    • Fixed AdMob Rewarded Video (Sometimes ad weren’t showing)
    • Fixed Assets Manager (Internal Error appeard sometimes)
    • Fixed OCR Component (NoPeer Certificate when making request)
    • Fixed AdMob Consent (Title was shown instead of Message)
    • Fixed Search Components (Search was performed using Component Class instead of Component Name)
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