iOS Release Notes - 2023

Dec 21 - New Feature 🆕

• Add a prompt to get user consent to use personal data to serve personalized Ads when using AdMob

Dec 12 - Maintenance 🛠️

• Add dataRegion appConfig field for iterable plugin
• Add an appConfig field injectMedianJS: boolean which can be used to disable in-app injection of Javascript bridge in favor of NPM package for React/Angular/Etc apps
• When closing the appbrowser window median_appbrowser_closed callback will be called.

Dec 11 - Bugfix 🐛

• Fixed an issue where iOS alert dialogs would clear webview controller settings including status bar styling

Nov 28 - New Feature 🆕

• Introducing In-App browser. You can now define link handling rules so that links open in a separate Safari window within the app. This helps improve the end-user experience and increases session time.

Nov 16 - Maintenance 🛠️

• arm64 simulators are now supported on M-series Macs
• Activity indicator now always has white color regardless of color theme (dark/light)

Nov 9 - Bugfix 🐛

• Fixed: Back button is not always labelled 'Back' on nav level 1 and up.

Oct 30 - New Feature 🆕

• Added 'state' parameter to Social Login plugin

Sep 29 - Maintenance 🛠️

• Javascript alert and prompt dialogs now have button order which is consistent with other browser apps.

Sep 28 - Bugfix 🐛

• Push notification auto-prompt for permission now works with ATT auto-consent-prompt

Sep 25 - New Feature 🆕

• Added ability to remove keyboard accessory view using general.iosShowKeyboardAccessoryView key

Sep 11 - New Feature 🆕

• Added Dynamic Type support

Aug 17 - New Feature 🆕

• Added delay to splash screen animation. Splash screen is now visible until the first page load is complete.
• Improvements to how Content-Disposition header is used to guess the filename when downloading files.

Aug 5 - New Feature 🆕

• Use filename suggested in Content-Disposition header in file downloads

Aug 3 - New Feature 🆕

• Custom headers for backward and forward navigation

Jul 31 - New Feature 🆕

• Added new JavaScript Bridge function to monitor keyboard state.

Jul 21 - New Feature 🆕

• Added new window.open and window.close methods.
• Check MIME type for main window only and not trigger downloads for iframes.

Jun 20 - New Feature 🆕

• Add new method in JavaScript to silence foreground notifications for OneSignal. Docs

Jun 20 - New Feature 🆕

• Added new JavaScript Bridge param to set maxWindow.autoClose Docs

May 17 - New Feature 🆕

• Default assets can now be changed on iOS.

May 12 - Bugfix 🐛

• Fixed media player widget not showing correctly on lock screen.
• Fixed app crash when calling setTabs and selectTabs via JS Bridge

Apr 28 - New Feature 🆕

• Added keepScreenOn bridge methods.
• Added new median_app_resumed callback which is called when app is resumed from background. Documentation
• Allowed optional text when sharing a url using the bridge method.
• Fixed statusBarStyle not following system settings when set to auto.

Apr 20 - New Feature 🆕

• Auto-closes windows when approaching the maximum number of open windows allowed.

Mar 29 - Bugfix 🐛

• Native file download requests now use the proper User-Agent string.
• Fixed navigation items overwriting back button title in new windows.

Mar 2 - New Feature 🆕

• Allow refresh and search functions in navigation bar.

Feb 22 - Bugfix 🐛

• Fixed pinch to zoom not working in some apps.

Feb 15 - Bugfix 🐛

• Fix for native search not working in some cases in new navigation bar.

Jan 26 - New Feature 🆕

• Added support for webConsoleLogs to show website Javascript logs in Appetize device logs.