MAF 2.3.2 is now available. This release has a couple of really important updates that affect all customers using MAF on iOS platform so we recommend everyone to uptake this release ASAP. As always you can pick up this release from JDev update center. Key features introduced in this release are as follows:
Support for IPv6 only networks on iOS : Recently Apple announced a requirement that all Apps submitted to Apple AppStore are required to support IPV6 only networks. Starting with 2.3.2 MAF apps conform to Apple requirement and can be used in IPv6 only networks. There is no additional work needed on the developers part to get this support other than re-building the app with 2.3.2. We are seeing that Apple is actively validating support for IPv6 only networks so it’s important that customers update to this release to avoid their apps being rejected by Apple.
WKWebview Support for iOS : This feature allows developers to use WKWebView rendering engine in Features with AMX content type. Using WKWebView is expected to improve the rendering performance of your AMX pages significantly. For new applications created with MAF 2.3.2 or above, WKWebView is used by default for AMX Features. For existing applications migrated to 2.3.2, it’s an opt-in feature. Please follow the instructions in the developer guide to enable WKWebView. Given the expected performance improvements we strongly recommend customers to use WKWebView for all AMX based features in their application.
Support for generating quick start page layouts for common mobile patterns : This is an exciting feature that makes it easier than ever to create AMX pages with layouts based on popular mobile patterns. The new AMX page creation wizard has over 40 different layout patterns you can select from to get a head start in building mobile UIs. The layout patterns are based on the research from Oracle Mobile UX team.
Built-in Federated Authentication Support for Oracle Mobile Cloud Service and Other Oracle PaaS services : This feature allows MAF apps to authenticate using Federated Authentication support available in Oracle Mobile Cloud Service and other PaaS services through simple configuration and zero code. Please refer to SSO configuration in developer guide for MAF app configuration details. This feature can also be in generic federation scenarios that involve token relay service.
UI Component Enhancements :
- Inline SVG support for Button and Image components : This feature allows developers to use svgs with AMX image and commandButton components and easily style them using CSS
- Affordance to clear content in InputText
- Pagination overflow support for Filmstrip component
Data Visualization Enhancements:
- New charting design time UI provides the ability for an end user to view a dynamic chart sample while binding data to various sections of the chart
- Design time support for Picto Chart
- Support for displaying routes on Geomap with Oracle Maps
- A number of enhancements to the Chart components:
- Support for logarithmic scale axis
- Categorical label word wrap
- Regular Interval chart axis support
- Support for rectangle and star shape markers
- Ability to control border width
- Ability to disable funnel slice labels
- Support for delayed chart series highlighting
- Ability to show total count on the top of the bar in stacked bar
- Ability to specify a direction for zooming and scrolling on a Chart
