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Hello to all,

I am not yet tested, but, according to this entry in the Apache Cordova blog, the new Cordova Android 8.1.0, provide support for app bundles. :-)

Hello Ryan,

Then, in your case, I will try the date input, even when I already implement in certain app (Android too, but also iOS), the usage of different selects with good results. So maybe I just confuse you with my firstly words... yes... the date input can have some kind of problems like the related ones, however, in your specific case, probably is the best control to use, from the user point of view (it's difficult to not insists that the different selects can be good also).

Go ahead, Ryan, try with the date input, try to validate as you wanted, and, if you find some specific problem, post it here and we will try to help you... or... as you wanted... use the different selects inputs... just as you wanted. Try both things... and see what can be better for you: I already told you how to deal with the date input value: pass to the "NewDate" action, so you get a date variable ready to be used in other date related actions, like "ValidDate".

Hello Ryan,

The use of separated select or inputs can be good to avoid the date input, however, note what I mention in my latest post: if you avoid Internet Explorer 11 (and other "older" browsers), and probably you can avoid it at all... you can probably use the date input, because what I mention: the browsers don't allow the user to put other thing than a date, so, we can always have a date... and with the help of the "NewDate" (see my above posts around the DateInput sample app, you must try this) and the other related date actions like "DateValid", we can probably validate the date as we wanted.

Just made some tests, Ryan, and, if you have any further question about, don't hesitate to post it here.

Hello again,

Note something, Ryan: If you try the DateInput sample in the internal debugger browser, you can change the value of the input to "aaaaa", for example, however, if you use the input value with the "NewDate", and then you use the "DateValid" action, you can see that the date continue to be valid... why? This is one of the particularities of this control: the browser show one value "aaaaa", but, since is not valid, don't change the real value of the input, which continue to be the previous date.

But you can't reproduce that behaviour in Mozilla Firefox and other modern browsers, because these browsers don't allow to the user to put something like "aaaaa" in an input control. Probably the date input can be good here in these browsers (and also in platforms like Android) because the date is always valid: because the browsers don't allow the user to put anything than a date in the input, so, may we can then validate if the input is "before" or "after" some date, but, not if is a valid date variable, because always is a valid date variable. So take this in consideration to continue your research.

Hello again,

I forget something important:

Hello Ryan,

There are various things to be considered. First of all, maybe, is that the "date" input is very attractive, but, the differences between browsers' implentation can be tricky. Mozilla itself recommend to use two or three Select or Text or Number inputs instead, as you can see, for example, in the sample app Datetime.

Since we can get the separated day, month and year, can be probably better to be validated. Anyway, I am not sure about the variables that you are using. Let me to explain. To use the "DateValid" action, for example, we need to pass a "Date variable" to the action, not the input's value, but a date variable created with "NewDate".

So step by step. Take a look at the DateInput sample app. You can see how we deal with a date input. First of all, what we do is to use the date input value with the NewDate action. So we can then validate that date, increment that date, etc. Probably this can be the way if you finally decide to use the date input: just follow the sample, get a Date variable from the input, and then validate that Date variable with the "DateValid" action.

The date input has no time capabilies, there is a "time" input, not already implemented in AB, probably because their "no very well proved capabilities": differences between browsers, etc. Probably here is algo better to use a couple inputs: one for the hour and other for the minutes. Try with I mention in this post, and we can go ahead if needed, since, of course, we can use also some possible additional Javascript code.

Hello to all,

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

Hello to all,

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

Read the entire product's history

Hello John,

Just for your information: the next AB release Web Extension sample app works as expected, and, the jQuery library is also available to be used. Stay tuned, I want to publish this new release as quickly as possible. :-)

You're welcome! ;-)

Hello Ryan,

Glad to know that you got it. Remember that you can use the "ArrayClear" action to clear an Array variable.

Hello Ryan,

Maybe it's a typo? That is, maybe you are using an invalid identifier: "selectContract", maybe is "SelectContract", remember that Javascript is case sensitive. If I place in an app view a Select control like "Select1", there is no problem to push a new item into their Items property:

However, if by mistake a write "select1" instead, the below code produces exactly the same error that you get.

Hello to all,

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

Hello to all,

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