The new version is available. As always it includes many bug fixes and improvements.
New features include:
- Regular expressions. Can be accessed through the predefined Regex object.
- StringBuilder type - A mutable string that better supports concatenations actions.
- New Phone library. This library supports all kinds of "hardware" related features:
- Device information.
- Making phone calls.
- Sending SMS message.
- Sending emails.
- Open the browser.
- Open the media player.
- Vibrate.
- Get device orientation values.
- Get device accelerometer values.
- Prevent the device from going to sleep.
Note that some of the methods return an Intent object. This object can then be sent to the OS with StartActivity which is responsible for finding the right target.
- Is keyword. This keyword allows you to check whether an object is of a specific type. For example:
New features include:
- Regular expressions. Can be accessed through the predefined Regex object.
- StringBuilder type - A mutable string that better supports concatenations actions.
- New Phone library. This library supports all kinds of "hardware" related features:
- Device information.
- Making phone calls.
- Sending SMS message.
- Sending emails.
- Open the browser.
- Open the media player.
- Vibrate.
- Get device orientation values.
- Get device accelerometer values.
- Prevent the device from going to sleep.
Note that some of the methods return an Intent object. This object can then be sent to the OS with StartActivity which is responsible for finding the right target.
- Is keyword. This keyword allows you to check whether an object is of a specific type. For example:
B4X:
If Activity.GetView(0) Is Button Then
Dim b As Button
b = Activity.GetView(0)
...
End If