# Titanium SDK 9.0.0.GA - 18 March 2020

# About this release

Titanium SDK 9.0.0 is a major release of the SDK, addressing high-priority issues from previous releases; introducing some breaking changes; and removing a number of long-deprecated APIs.

As of this release, Titanium SDK 8.x will not be supported one calendar year (2021-03-18) from 9.0.0's release date. See Axway Appcelerator Deprecation Policy (opens new window) and Nominal Lifetimes (opens new window) documents for details.

# Community Credits

• Sergey Volkov

  • [ TIMOB-26662 (opens new window) ] - Android. TableViewRow bugs ( 19f532b (opens new window) )

  • add "repeatable" property on methods parameters (ea0da79 (opens new window))

  • fix optional parameters on "timers" methods (8a00014 (opens new window))

  • split interface and property definition for console and JSON (958a6a3 (opens new window))

  • fix Ti.UI.TableView.setData argument (70c16f7 (opens new window))

  • fix PickerColumn parent class (0a55a4b (opens new window))

  • remove duplicate events from Ti.UI.Tab (f618aeb (opens new window))

  • fix Ti.UI.iOS.ApplicationShortcuts.getDynamicShortcut (a841846 (opens new window))

  • fix Ti.Platform.openURL parameters (17f258d (opens new window))

  • fix Ti.UI.Slider.value type (2663d7d (opens new window))

  • fix Ti.Media.audioSessionCategory type (21bca1d (opens new window))

  • fix type of "services" property (410aee2 (opens new window))

  • add missing types for events properties (5b7732f (opens new window))

  • remove "optional" key from event property (b1c0967 (opens new window))

  • add missing types for events properties (76cd92a (opens new window))

  • add Ti.UI.View.id (opens new window) property (b295e63 (opens new window))

  • mark as optional property "animated" of AnimationOption (aee1bdd (opens new window))

  • remove duplicate prop "category" from "localnotificationaction" (163065a (opens new window))

• Hans Knöchel

  • add generated .cxx directory to .gitignore (37b446c (opens new window))

  • [ TIMOB-27441 (opens new window) ] - do not log Ti.App events (2c84e30 (opens new window))

• Giorgio Mandolini

  • [ TIMOB-27522 (opens new window) ] - webview onlink is now called only on link activated (aedd2aa (opens new window))

• Michael Gangolf

  • [ AC-6444 (opens new window) ] - optimize all pngs (#11321 (opens new window)) (e563e28 (opens new window))

  • [ TIMOB-13286 (opens new window) ] - add single/doubletap to scrollview (0326b7e (opens new window))

• David Bankier

  • [ TIMOB-23281 (opens new window) ] - search bar color ignored on ios 13+ (0aa9b36 (opens new window))

• Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen

  • make event argument in fireEvent optional (0250df0 (opens new window))

# Bug Fixes

# Multiple platforms

• [ TIMOB-20141 (opens new window) ] - Global scope variables can be shared with CommonJS modules

• [ TIMOB-27522 (opens new window) ] - WebView: onlink and beforeload are not consistent across platforms

• [ TIMOB-27632 (opens new window) ] - API: Review uncaughtException event property parity

# Android platform

• [ TIMOB-13286 (opens new window) ] - Android: ScrollView: SingleTap event does not get fired.

• [ TIMOB-26662 (opens new window) ] - Android. TableViewRow bugs

• [ TIMOB-27325 (opens new window) ] - Android: Adding within "tiapp.xml" file's block creates invalid entry in "AndroidManifest.xml"

• [ TIMOB-27406 (opens new window) ] - Android: Cannot select content from downloads ( c2d89d4 (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27420 (opens new window) ] - Android: ImageView.toImage() does not return the correct Ti.Blob

• [ TIMOB-27496 (opens new window) ] - do not modify original ListView proxy (e75b514 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27527 (opens new window) ] - Android: Typing into console in Chrome DevTools cause crash

• [ TIMOB-27530 (opens new window) ] - Android: UI glitches out when using 'applyProperties' with Scroll View Touch Listeners

• [ TIMOB-27602 (opens new window) ] - softRestart() must account for snapshots (62a603d (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27606 (opens new window) ] - amend load app info order (38ea44b (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27627 (opens new window) ] - Android: Prevent snapshot failure from breaking build

• [ TIMOB-27633 (opens new window) ] - Android: Additional parameters in require cause app to crash ( 612afd7 (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27684 (opens new window) ] - Android: Cold-start launch animation may occur twice ( 135e3dc (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27705 (opens new window) ] - Android: Can't set versionCode via AndroidManifest.xml as of 9.0.0

• [ TIMOB-27706 (opens new window) ] - Android: Native modules having uppercase "name" are excluded from build on case-sensitive systems ( 8a906c7 (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27720 (opens new window) ] - Android: Error building SDK if python 3 is installed

• [ TIMOB-27723 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build fails and emulator does not launch

• [ TIMOB-27739 (opens new window) ] - Android: Location permissions not auto-added when using Ti.Geolocation API as of 9.0.0

• [ TIMOB-27746 (opens new window) ] - Android: Apps built with 9.0.0 can't upload to Firebase App Distribution when including certain modules ( 476ac79 (opens new window) )

• Android: Old "ti.playservices" modules crash in 9.0.0 when calling makeGooglePlayServicesAvailable() ( c194ecf (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27750 (opens new window) ] - Android: CLI fails to recognize avd emulator is booted when it starts it

• add extension to encrypted assets (bf8a6bf (opens new window))

• avoid infinite recursion in tab/tabgroup toJSON() (7280fcc (opens new window))

• avoid recursion, properties beginning with _ in toJSON() (f5b6561 (opens new window))

• can't set versionCode in manifest as of 9.0.0 (a69f6b6 (opens new window))

• fix scroll view's layout resizing with children (5723b11 (opens new window))

• fix support for Java 8 in Kotlin (2287e83 (opens new window))

• getCurrentPosition() compatibility with some Samsung devices (fa5866a (opens new window))

• improve reliability of fused location lib detection (b8cc24a (opens new window))

• location permission not auto-added as of 9.0.0 (db56070 (opens new window))

• prevent snapshots from failing build (40bd1d9 (opens new window))

• remove deprecated contacts methods (7e0a46a (opens new window)) (7caecb8 (opens new window))

• specify default inspector context (c29960d (opens new window))

• use correct blob for toImage() (f07e012 (opens new window))

# iOS platform

• [ TIMOB-7311 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Change Ti.Network.BonjourService/BonjourBrowser to take a Ti.Network.Socket.TCP object

• [ TIMOB-27076 (opens new window) ] - iOS: App freezes after calling Ti.Network.BonjourService.publish method

• [ TIMOB-27106 (opens new window) ] - iOS: MusicLibrary compilation error in 8.0.1.GA

• [ TIMOB-27159 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Ti.UI.WebView cannot load html files from cache (dd7b319 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27350 (opens new window) ] - iOS: httpClient returning image response as undefined. (c95ddb3 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27441 (opens new window) ] - iOS: App should not log Ti.App events

• [ TIMOB-27460 (opens new window) ] - iOS: tintColor not working for TabbedBar/ButtonBar on iOS 13

• [ TIMOB-27462 (opens new window) ] - iOS - NavBar properties not working anymore after 8.2.0.GA

• [ TIMOB-27480 (opens new window) ] - setting last index of tabbedBar after initialization not work (5fbe782 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27484 (opens new window) ] - update to core-js 3 (ffa4cef (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27528 (opens new window) ] - iOS: uncaught exceptions in event listeners don't show error modal

• [ TIMOB-27630 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Use correct babel-preset-env target (c4a998a (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27647 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Cannot read property 'sort' of undefined when building using Xcode 11.3

• [ TIMOB-27648 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Cannot build a project to iOS device with latest master build

• [ TIMOB-27756 (opens new window) ] - watchOS: Including watchOS framework causing build error

• Abnormal behaviour in <=iOS 10 versions with >=8.1.0.GA SDK - behaviour of toString function of TiBlob fixed (e63b30e (opens new window))

• iOS: Abnormal behaviour in iOS 13 while playing video in fullscreen (6a5664b (opens new window))

• iOS: “don’t allow” in push notification dialog triggering success callback (e835456 (opens new window))

• added proper condition to import MediaPlayer (3943012 (opens new window))

• handle when new proxies are created with dictionary arguments (2c8e2ac (opens new window))

• handle when throwing new obj-c proxy error without subreason (3e2934b (opens new window))

• navBar properties not working properly with extendEdges set to Ti.UI.EXTEND_EDGE_TOP (d673c36 (opens new window))

• proper macro used for wrapping code (5bb63c5 (opens new window))

• remove deprecated contacts methods (207b4ab (opens new window))

• remove deprecated contacts methods (e8c4b43 (opens new window))

• remove deprecated tab blur/focus events (f5d0bbe (opens new window))

• remove deprecated tabgroup unselected/selected events (74f1134 (opens new window))

• remove deprecated TextField padding properties (337ee8f (opens new window))

• remove deprecated Ti.Media methods (e8fff19 (opens new window))

• remove deprecated Ti.Media methods (b3bd05e (opens new window))

• remove deprecated UI appearance properties (b8c1f84 (opens new window))

• remove references to Ti.Contacts methods that are removed (440e9cc (opens new window))

• tintColor not working for TabbedBar in iOS 13 (ec6fbf6 (opens new window))

• when firing events to new proxies, fill in type/source (e56abfc (opens new window))

# Features

# Multiple platforms

• [ TIMOB-27688 (opens new window) ] - TiAPI: Clean up apidocs to use common types

• [ TIMOB-27740 (opens new window) ] - TiAPI: Extend removal of deprecated get/set property methods from 9.0.0 to 10.0.0

• [ TIMOB-27631 (opens new window) ] - Optimize png files

• [ TIMOB-27639 (opens new window) ] - Documentation for events' properties

• [ TIMOB-27167 (opens new window) ] - CLI: Move Alloy optimizations into core SDK build (c21f77c (opens new window))

# Android platform

• [ TIMOB-27685 (opens new window) TIMOB-27298 (opens new window) TIMOB-27297 (opens new window) ] - update hyperloop for gradle (13f78c4 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-24517 (opens new window) ] - Android: Add APK signature scheme v2 support

• [ TIMOB-25896 (opens new window) ] - Android: Add Kotlin language support for modules

• [ TIMOB-26434 (opens new window) ] - Android: Support building "app bundles" ( 5d93fea (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27696 (opens new window) ] - Android: Add "gradle.properties" support to app builds

• [ TIMOB-19300 (opens new window) ] - Android: Change to use Gradle instead of Ant for build

• [ TIMOB-27178 (opens new window) ] - Android: Update V8 runtime to 7.8 (9006b4d (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27687 (opens new window) ] - Android: Update V8 runtime to 7.9

• [ TIMOB-27242 (opens new window) ] - Android: Remove getter and setter warnings

• [ TIMOB-27297 (opens new window) ] - Android: Allow Hyperloop to access Titanium's core Java classes

• [ TIMOB-27298 (opens new window) ] - Android: Hyperloop should allow access to a Java inner class within an inner class

• [ TIMOB-27472 (opens new window) ] - Android: Add Java 8 support (5ce5e72 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27487 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build x86_64 module libraries

• [ TIMOB-27718 (opens new window) ] - Android: Log build warnings if "res" files have invalid names (e7df669 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27724 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "ti.map" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27725 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "ti.facebook" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27726 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "ti.identity" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27727 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "appcelerator.encrypteddatabase" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27728 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "cloudpush" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27729 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "ti.playservices" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27730 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "ti.webdialog" module with gradle

• [ TIMOB-27737 (opens new window) ] - Android: Build "analytics" module with gradle

• Android: Update "titanium-verify" for SDK 9.0.0 (e812d00 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27685 (opens new window) ] - Android: Update hyperloop module to support gradle dependencies

• [ TIMOB-27686 (opens new window) ] - Android: Auto-download build system dependencies via gradle (57a6b49 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27752 (opens new window) ] - Android: Exclude x86 and x86_64 architectures in "production" builds by default

• [ TIMOB-25240 (opens new window) ] - Android: Improve incremental build times

• [ TIMOB-25726 (opens new window) ] - Android: Ensure device's installed Google Play Services is available/updated on app startup

• [ TIMOB-25889 (opens new window) ] - Android: Emulator builds should not add additional permissions

• [ TIMOB-26472 (opens new window) ] - Android: Replace support libraries with AndroidX (0558c28 (opens new window))

# iOS platform

• [ TIMOB-25847 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Accessibility support for Dynamic Type ( 8045620 (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-25032 (opens new window) ] - iOS: Resolve asset-catalog hashes back to real names, fail build when detecting duplicates

• [ TIMOB-26837 (opens new window) ] - iOS: "extendSafeArea" false should not allow status bar to overlap content on iOS 10 and older

# BREAKING CHANGES

# Multiple platforms

• [ TIMOB-27605 (opens new window) ] - Drop support for Node 8, Make Node.JS 10.13 new minimum ( f35cf0e (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27650 (opens new window) ] - Remove deprecated modules from SDK distribution (ti.touchid and ti.safaridialog)

• [ TIMOB-25578 (opens new window) ] - Remove deprecated Geolocation values, only use new ones (3d32e33 (opens new window))

# Android platform

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.Contacts requestAuthorization method (in favor of requestContactsPermissions)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.Contacts getPersonByID method (in favor of getPersonByIdentifier)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed the create, destroy, pause, restart, resume, start, and stop events on Ti.Android.Activity (use callback properties) (0221467 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27618 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.UI.WebView.onStopBlacklistedUrl event. Please use blacklisturl event instead (85b32d8 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated Ti.UI.Window.android:* events (f01055c (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated webview error event properties: errorCode and message (5144ac9 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated tcp error callback errorCode property (7e405aa (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated stream callback properties (4b48db8 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed the LINKIFY_* constants living in Android namespace (7c88912 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27758 (opens new window) ] - Android: Modules with AARs in "lib" directory should trigger a build failure in 9.0.0

# iOS platform

• [ TIMOB-27497 (opens new window) ] - Remove support of Xcode 8 (d5ede39 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27641 (opens new window) ] - Drop support for iOS 9

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.UI.TextField paddingLeft and paddingRight properties (in favor of padding.left and padding.right)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.Media requestAudioPermissions method (in favor of requestAudioRecorderPermissions)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.Media requestAuthorization and requestCameraAccess methods (in favor of requestAudioRecorderPermissions and requestCameraPermissions)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.Contacts requestAuthorization method (in favor of requestContactsPermissions)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.Contacts getGroupByID and getPersonByID methods (in favor of getGroupByIdentifier and getPersonByIdentifier)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.UI.Tab blur/focus events in favor of selected/unselected

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.UI.TabGroup selected/unselected events in favor of focus/blur

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed the BLEND_MODE_* constants on Ti.UI.iOS namespace (use constants on Ti.UI namespace) (3c2a0ec (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed Ti.UI.TextArea, Ti.UI.TextField appearance property (in favor of keyboardAppearance)

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated Ti.Media.cameraAuthorizationStatus property (cbf994e (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated ipad popover properties: height, width, leftNavButton and rightNavButton (14cd341 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated tcp error callback errorCode property (6f4814d (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] - Removed deprecated stream callback properties (f4de7a9 (opens new window))

• [ TIMOB-27619 (opens new window) ] - Remove Ti.Network.createTCPSocket, use Ti.Network.Socket.TCP in it's place. ( 9647181 (opens new window) )

• [ TIMOB-27619 (opens new window), TIMOB-27076 (opens new window) ] - Ti.Network.BonjourService methods have become asynchronous. Use optional callback arguments or event listeners to react to results.

• [ TIMOB-26201 (opens new window) ] -Removed the updateLayout(), startLayout() and finishLayout() methods on Ti.UI.View (54e2eeb (opens new window))

# Known Issues

# Android

• [ TISTUD-9204 (opens new window) ] - Android: Module packaging disabled in Studio for module created with SDK supporting gradle

  • For now, Android modules can be packaged from the command line using appc run -p android from the android folder of your module

# SDK modules versions

# Android and iOS

Module	Android version	iOS version
facebook	9.0.0	7.0.1
ti.cloudpush	7.0.0	n/a
ti.map	5.0.1	3.3.0
ti.webdialog	2.0.0	1.1.0
ti.playservices	17.1.1	n/a
ti.identity	3.0.1	1.1.0
urlSession	n/a	2.2.0
ti.coremotion	n/a	2.0.1
ti.applesignin	n/a	1.1.1

# CommonJS

Module	Version
ti.cloud	3.2.11

# Hyperloop

Module	Version
hyperloop	5.0.0