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Hello to all,

Here is a new DecSoft App Builder with the below changes, fixes and enhancements:

No problem, Peter, please, don't hesitate to post any further questions.

Hello Peter,

Yes; The intention is to add more methods to the "app", for example, the methods that you refer to deal with the app local storage. However, the important point is that with the new DecSoft App Builder we are always talking about Javascript code, so, take a look at the below Javascript code:

As you can see, deal with the app local storage is already more or less easy. So, more methods can be expected in the "app", but, remember that we are now deal always with Javascript, so, can use the right Javascript, instead of "actions" that then must be translated to the right Javascript, etc.

I understand this can be a bit harder for a newbie (since more or less Javascript knowledge is required), but, the intention is that AB users go ahead, and, learn Javascript, since, that not only can be used in the new DecSoft App Builder, but in other possible environments, of course.

About VueJS, since it's the framework used in the new AB, yes, can be good to learn about it. For example, learn about the VueJS "template sintax", that we can use inside the Html property of the HTML control, for example.

Hola Juan,

Gracias por sus amables palabras. Respecto de su pregunta, en efecto, un "IFrame" podría mostrar un determinado archivo "index.html", situado en un servidor, o bien incluido en la app mediante el gestor de archivos (note que es posible incluir directorios completos, podría ser particularmente útil en este caso).

Lo dicho arriba tendría las posibles limitaciones de que el contenido se mostrase en un IFrame, pero, al fin y al cabo dependerá también de lo que se vaya a mostrar, por ejemplo, supongamos un catálogo de productos o manual de usuario: problemente funcionaría como se espera.

Otra posible opción, acaso algo más complicada, sería usar un control HTML para situar el HTML que fuese menester, y, después el gestor de archivos de la app para incluir el CSS y Javascript necesarios. Sin embargo, esto habría que probarlo... dependería de lo que quisiéramos mostrar, podría costar más o menos, incluso ser o no posible, acaso, puesto que no funcionaría exactamente igual que usando un IFrame.

Hello Ryan,

Apparently Gradle (which is a build tool) is missing... I can't remember right now if Gradle is provided by Android Studio, but, maybe you can try to install Gradle by yourself: https://gradle.org/

P.S. Gradle is a requisite to be ready with Apache Cordova Android.

Hello Ryan,

Yes; here that must be explained: the Android SDK is needed, and, certainly installing Android Studio means the SDK is also installed. So in principle Android Studio is not required, but the Android SDK, however, probably installing Android Studio can be fine, since not only provide the Android SDK, but other tools like emulators.

Hello Ryan,

The error is more or less clear this time: "cordova" is not recognized, probably because is not well installed (since your PC crashes... probably Apache Cordova must be installed again). Take a look here, for example.

Hello Ryan,

Nope. AB is completely standalone, and, the installation provide all what is needed in order to start to work with the IDE, except the Apache Cordova stuff, any other thing must be available after the installation. So please, try to remove the "_Compiled" and "_Cache" directories of the app that you are trying, even uninstall AB, and then install it again, to see what happen.

Hello Ryan,

You are right. Please, try it again: I fix the issue: before the Releases tab are only available for customers with outdated licenses, but not it's available for all customers.

Hello Ryan,

You can download it from your DecSoft customer area: take a look at the "Releases" tab, then see in the "/App Builder/Current Release/" folder. Also, for your information, the program updater continue working as before.

Hello Ryan,

I am not sure if the creation of the "userArrayRow" with "NewObject" is really required, since you get that object just when calling "ArrayGetItem". But yes; basically the Select control is based in the items index, so, we must use that index in the "original array" in order to get more information in addition to that index.

Hello Michael,

There are various sample apps that deal with HTTP calls, and, one of them, the Database sample, even when appear quite simple, it's a complete CRUD app, which allows to Create, Read, Update and Delete data from a server database. Basically the app made HTTP calls and deal with the server's response. So I think you must try to be a bit more specific, around the possible problem that you get.

You talk about HTML tags, Javascript, Ajax... and yes... we can use these stuff in AB, since we are talking about HTML, CSS and Javascript apps. But I am not quite sure that this is your problem. You mention this URL: "https://cherithwells.com/tester.php", and, certainly that URL offers certain JSON response, however, in fact is a wrong response, which can cause problems to be processed:

As you can see above, the response is a JSON object, but, just at the end, the "worker!" string appear... well... that string in that JSON response probably cause problems to be processed. On the other hand, process the "{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}" response can't be more easy. Since the response is a JSON object, we can directly access to that object properties, for example:

I hope the above can help you in some manner, but, please, go ahead if you have any further question.

Hello Ryan,

No problem. I also post in the forum, so don't worry! :-)

Hello Ryan,

Yes; it's not the best that variables can interfere here, but, the fact is like that. So, we need to be sure that we don't use existing variable names / identifiers for the HTTP keys. Since the HTTP keys probably cannot be changed (that is, the server can expect some specific key names), it's better to change the variables names / identifiers.

P.S. If you take a look at the generated Javascript code, it's possible to see if what we are talking about is what really happend, since we can see the Javascript code and how the keys are established before the HTTP call is made.