2018 Apps Release Notes

December 2018

December 12, 2018

Improvements

• We improved the performance of the My Apps page for users who are a member of a large number of teams.
• We updated the look and feel of the My Company's Apps page to be more in line with the My Apps page.
• We improved the look and feel of the emails that are being sent by the Developer Portal.

Fixes

• We fixed the broken deep link to the Stories page of your apps.

December 1, 2018

Fixes

• We fixed an issue that sometimes caused the team member with the Technical Contact role to be hidden on the Node Permissions tab of the Security pages. (Tickets 69085, 69150, 69419, 69440, 69458, 69585, 69592, 69783, 69884,70131,70228, 70285, 76152)

November 2018

November 1, 2018

Improvements

• We made improvements in the communication between the Web Modeler and the Developer Portal.

October 2018

October 17, 2018

Fixes

• We fixed a memory leak problem that caused Developer Portal to have longer response times.
• We addressed and fixed an issue that caused some Developer Portal users to see empty dialog boxes instead of error message content. (Tickets 67626, 69363)

October 16, 2018

Fixes

• It is now possible to go to a Mendix community member's new Mendix Profile directly from the Buzz and People pages. (Ticket 69702)

October 11, 2018

Improvements

• Several UX updates were made to Developer Portal pages:
  • The My Apps page has been redesigned, and you can now toggle your app list views.
  • The App > General page has been redesigned.

October 1, 2018

Web Modeler Improvements

The Web Modeler can now be enabled for all types of apps. You can do this on the Settings > General page of your app. If you have a licensed app, you will also need to choose your deployment environment.

Fixes

• For a while, the Show activity for filter buttons on the company Buzz page were broken and displayed nothing. They now work again.

September 2018

September 10, 2018

Improvements

• An application created through our APIs now has the Web Modeler enabled if the template on which the app is based is suitable for use in the Web Modeler.

Fixes

• We have loosened an unnecessarily strict constraint on email domains during signup. You can now sign up with email domains with single-character sub-domains. (Tickets 68210, 68386)

June 2018

June 26, 2018

Improvement

• We implemented the new Mendix header.

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Improvements

• Company Admins can now export three reports to Excel: active users, app permissions of active users, and apps. This enables managing users and their permissions at scale.

Fixes

• The Revisions tab on the Story Details page now shows the avatar of the committer instead of the app's avatar.

May 8, 2018

Improvements

• You can now assign colors to your labels on the Stories page: Mendix Blue, Firetruck Red, Goldfish Orange, and Tulip Green.
• The Story Details page now has a new tab that shows the revisions related to the story.

Fixes

• On the Feedback Details page, the Move to app drop-down menu is visible again.
• Special characters like & are now displayed correctly in the subject of Buzz notification emails.
• The green call-to-action button in Buzz notification emails will now also work in Outlook for Windows. (Ticket 63452)
• If there is a lot of activity in a Buzz thread, each notification email now displays the correct thread history, instead of each email containing the same comments.
• We fixed two documentation links.

April 2018

April 9, 2018

Fixes

• It is now possible to assign an empty value for application constants that have string as the data type.
• The loading pop-up window text shown while retrieving branches is now fixed.
• The bug that prevented some users from viewing the list of running requests of their applications is now fixed.
• The bug that prevented users from deactivating their projects is now fixed.

March 2018

March 16, 2018

Improvements

• We changed the browser title from "Mendix App Platform" to Mendix Platform to be consistent with our messaging and documentation.
• Hybrid mobile improvements: you can now generate icons and splash screens, add custom loader and error images, and add custom HTML and CSS. We also added a new theming section for minor color tweaks.

Fixes

• The Deploy and Operate deep links were not available in the Security menu for user groups without monitoring access. This has been fixed.

February 2018

February 15, 2018

Improvements

• We introduced a beautiful new design for the notification emails you receive when someone replies to your Buzz posts.

Fixes

• We addressed an issue that prevented the Daily Digest email from being sent.

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Improvement

• It is now possible for you to change the Technical Contact of your applications by yourself.