MoSync 2.3 Release Notes

These release notes describe what's new and what's changed in the current featured release of MoSync.

What's New

Android 1.5 Support

• Support for Android 1.5 (Cupcake)-compatible devices.

Moblin 2.x Support

• Support for Moblin 2.x-compatible devices.

Windows Mobile 6.5 Support

• Support for the screen orientation changes introduced in Windows Mobile 6.
• MoSync runtimes recompiled using the latest Windows Mobile SDKs

Symbian 5th Edition Support

• MoSync runtimes recompiled using the latest Symbian 5th ed. SDKs.
• Some minor platform bugs fixed.

Build Configurations

• Our new build configuration feature allows you to specify and save the compiler, packager, and linker settings to be applied when building a project.

Debugger

• A fully-featured GNU debugger is now integrated into MoSync's Eclipse-based IDE.

Font Wizard

• A new font wizard is available in the IDE, making it easy to convert .fnt files to .mof file.

MAP Library

• MoSync MAP is a new library that provides map classes for tile-based map servers like Open Street Map.

Documentation

• Documentation is provided at our website at www.mosync.com for all the new features in this release.

What's Changed

Device Profiles

• Approximately 100 new devices have been added to the device profiles database since MoSync 2.2.

Scanning for a Device

• The appropriate device profile must be selected by the user.
• Scan for device and send application to device now support application transfer via USB cable to Android devices.

Library

• MAUI::Stack has been deprecated.
• MAUtil::String::size has been deprecated. Use MAUtil::String::length instead.

Documentation

• We have improved our documentation in the following areas:

• IDE - Converting .fnt files to .mof files
• Building MoSync from the Windows command line
• Building MoSync from source on Linux
• Building Moblin runtimes on Linux
• Building MoSync from source on Windows
• Library - MAFS
• Library - MAUtil - Set, Map, and HashMap
• Library - MAUtil - PlaceholderPool
• Library - MAUtil - DataHandler
• Library - MAUtil - Graphics
• Library - MAUtil - Framebuffer
• Library - Framebuffer API

Major Bug Fixes since MoSync 2.2 (r341)

• Programs loaded onto a Symbian phone's memory card used to cause a panic when run. Not any more.
• Various problems with sound behaviours on a range of Symbian, Java, and Windows Mobile phones have been fixed.
• Issues with the Location API have been ironed out.
• Complete details of all fixed bugs can be seen in our issue tracker.