November 27, 2020

• BLE
  • Add addressType to Client and Connection constructor dictionaries
  • Add getter for appearance on advertising data
  • Implement support for bonding on HID devices (mouse and keyboard)
• Added Resource Iterator as optional patch to Resource module (original request by @wilberforce in #429). To use it, add $(MODDABLE)/modules/files/resourceiterator/manifest.json to include section of your project manifest, then Resource may be used as an iterator. If a mod (archive) is installed, its resources are also returned by the iterator.

import Resource from "Resource"

for (let name of Resource)
	trace(name + "\n");

• Poco JavaScript API now has close method to release resources immediately, rather than waiting for garbage collector
• Piu uses an iterative algorithm when marking fonts during garbage collection to reduce worst-case depth of native stack.
• Wi-Fi scanner on ESP32 has option for passive scan (set active to false in dictionary passed to constructor)
• Experimental ESP32 support for networking when both station and access point interfaces are active. Clients and servers work as well as mDNS.
• Fix time calculations in RTC module #498 (reported by @stc1988, fixed by @wilberforce)
• Add global require function to REPL to allow synchronous import of modules. (requested by @cmidgley)
• Examples
  • Fixes to webConfigWifi example to eliminate simultaneous connection attempts
  • Wi-Fi continuous scan module example updated to latest API (target parameter removed from callbacks)
• Tools and build
  • Set baud rate of xsbug connection for mcrun so it works with M5 products that don't use the default baud rate. (from @wilberforce)
  • mcconfig and mcrun manifests now allow multiple path levels in directory targets (requested by @ariznaf)
  • Moddable SDK builds on Raspberry Pi without any patches (thanks to @jins-tkomoda and @diogoviannaaraujo)
  • Moddable SDK on macOS Big Sur works with ESP32 and ESP8266. Getting Started documentation updated.
  • xsbug and mcsim now set the Retina flag for better rendering quality on high resolution displays (suggested by @tbdr)
  • Improved bezel image for 240x240 screens in simulator (from @sveniv)
• modClock Project
  • Fix build problems
  • Reconnect after disconnect
  • Rework logic for entering and exiting access point mode
  • Static probe method added to RTC modules to eliminate exceptions on start-up when scanning for RTC
  • Sort Wi-Fi access point list
  • Set character encoding of HTML pages to UTF-8 so access points with non-ASCII characters display correctly