iViewer JavaScript API change history

This page lists changes and additions to the iViewer JavaScript API itself.

iViewer 4.0.xxx

• Added support for showPreloadStatus boolean in CF.loadGUI.
• Added new CF.networkType property.
• Added new CF.networkSSID property.

iViewer 4.0.242

• Added new CF.device.displayDensity property to allow detection of Retina displays
• Added new CF.loadGUI() API
• CF.watch() now logs meaningful information when incorrect parameters are used.
• Current JS context for gesture JavaScript now includes join, tokens, list and listindex local variables to identify the object that is configured with the gesture.

iViewer 4.0.218

• Added new sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer) support.
• Added new CF.device.hasSensors information about sensors that are supported
• Added new CF.guiURL variable holding the original download URL of the GUI being run.

iViewer v4.0.210

• Added new CF.ListWillStartScrollingEvent event.
• Added new CF.ListDidScrollEvent event.
• Added new CF.ListDidEndScrollingEvent event.
• Added new CF.DevicePropertyChangedEvent event.
• Added new CF.setDeviceProperty() API.
• Added new CF.device.screenBrightness property to CF.device.
• Added new CF.device.soundOutputVolume property to CF.device.
• Added new CF.device.batteryLevel property to CF.device.
• Added new CF.device.batteryChargeStatus property to CF.device.

iViewer v4.0.6

• Added new enabled field in each system's description in the CF.systems global variable
• Added new CF.setSystemProperties() API to allow stopping, starting and changing network address and ports of systems defined in the GUI.
• Added support for controlling GUI objects rotations in 3D. The new xrotation, yrotation and zrotation properties are returned by CF.getProperties() and can be modified and animated using CF.setProperties().
• CF.setJoins() can now modify a join's GUI object properties.
• Added support for using any subpage as a list item's representation in CF.listAdd() by setting an item's subpage property to the name of the subpage to use. CF.listContents() has also been updated to return this information.
• Added support for customizing the properties of GUI elements in list items through support for passing a properties object in the data for CF.listAdd().
• Added new position specification CF.VisiblePosition to CF.listScroll().
• Added new CF.PreloadingCompleteEvent, CF.KeyboardUpEvent and CF.KeyboardDownEvent events.
• Fixed issues in the JavaScript API where in some cases, strings containing international characters or 0xFF byte would not be correctly transmitted through CF.send().
• CF.setJoin() and CF.setJoins() now always update the main control system when a join value changes.
• CF.GUISuspendedEvent will now be correctly received at the time the application goes to background. Any CF call made by this callback will be executed immediately.

iViewer v4.0 (public release v4.0.5)

Initial availability of the iViewer JavaScript API.