Nuvola 4.5

Nuvola 4.5 was released on June 24th, 2017.

Note that Nuvola versioning has changed after Nuvola 3.1.3 and version 3.1.x became 4.x (3 + 1 = 4).

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New Features

• Nuvola Apps Runtime supports the integration of a progress bar and volume management. Web app scripts which use this feature can not only provide track length & position and current volume but also allow a user to change that remotely, e.g. from Media Player GNOME Shell extension. At present, only Deezer and Google Play Music scripts use these features, but others will follow. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#22 Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#155
• If Nuvola Apps Runtime detects a Nvidia graphics card, it checks whether the flatpak extension with corresponding graphics driver is installed. If it isn't, e.g. because of a bug in GNOME Software, an error message is shown to provide the user with installation instructions. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#342
• After a lot of effort, a workaround for the instability of Flash plugin was found out and is used until WebKitGTK developers find a proper fix. However, it is applied only in flatpak builds because it may have a negative impact on other WebKitGTK applications otherwise. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#354

Bug fixes

• A wrong command in desktop launcher was fixed. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#348
• Fix wscript for non-git builds. Issue: tiliado/diorite#16

News for Script Maintainers

• Nuvola.VERSION_MICRO contains micro version of Nuvola Runtime.
• Nuvola.API_VERSION_MAJOR and Nuvola.API_VERSION_MINOR are now deprecated aliases of Nuvola.VERSION_MAJOR and Nuvola.VERSION_MINOR.
• The tutorial was updated to use Nuvola ADK 4.4.
• Added documentation of web app requirement flags.
• Added documentation of user agent quirks.
• New API for progress bar integration.
• New API for volume management integration.
• New utility functions Nuvola.encodeVersion and Nuvola.checkVersion.
• Nuvola.triggerMouseEvent and clickOnElement support relative x & y coordinates, which is useful for clicking on a progress bar or a volume bar.

Under the Hood

• New dependencies: libdrm >= 2.2 and libdri2 >= 1.0
• Nuvola checks whether VDPAU and VA-API drivers are installed and prints debugging information to console. It will show error dialog in the future though, so make sure the drivers are installed. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#280
• Internal icon loading code was refactored. Legacy icon.png and nuvolaplayer3_XXX icons are no longer supported. eu.tiliado.NuvolaAppXxx is used everywhere. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#353

Nuvola SDK 4.5

• new-project, convert-project: An user is asked for a git name and a git email if they are not set.
• Happy Songs demo was updated to include a progress bar and a volume level.
• genmakefile: A wrong dbus launcher command in a desktop file was fixed. Issue: tiliado/nuvolaruntime#348
• genmakefile: Legacy nuvolaplayer3_xxx icon symlinks are created only in Nuvola 3.0.x compat mode. Issue: tiliado/nuvolasdk#3
• Fixed compatibility with Nuvola 4.5.0.

Diorite 4.5

• Fix wscript for non-git builds. Issue: tiliado/diorite#16
• Dioritedb has been refactored significantly.
• Bundled glib.vapi is no longer used.
• Various utility functions were added, see git log for details.