New release of B4x

[imbault]

It's been a long time since @Erel announced a new release for B4J, B4A and B4I

A nice surprise is waiting for us soon????

Patrick

 

[Sandman]

It has? I feel like they're coming in a never ending high-speed stream.

 

[mcqueccu]

These are the last release dates. It's not too long though but you may be right, Erel is always cooking something nice under the hood for B4X

B4A v11.2 - December 14, 2021
B4J v9.30 - November 2, 2021
B4I v7.80 - October 27, 2021
B4R v3.90 - August 12, 2021

 

[jahswant]

A nice surprise is waiting for us soon????

I feel you !

 

[Erel]

The next version of B4A is hopefully not far away. It will include several new toolchain components. I hope that it will be mostly transparent for the developers, but it is important for supporting new Android libraries.

 

[Pendrush]

Uncaught translation error: com.android.dx.cf.code.SimException: invalid opcode ba (invokedynamic requires --min-sdk-version >= 26)

Will new version resolve this problem?

 

[Erel]

That's the purpose of this change.

 

[AnandGupta]

include several new toolchain components

I may be under the rock, but what is "toolchain" ?

 

[jahswant]

I may be under the rock, but what is "toolchain" ?

What is a Software Toolchain?

This definition explains software toolchains and the programs they contain.

searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com

 

[AnandGupta]

What is a Software Toolchain?

This definition explains software toolchains and the programs they contain.

searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com

Oh ! That already we are having in say, XBase++ : Parser->Compiler_>Linker.
And also in B4X : Parser (in ide) -> library extract -> java code -> compile etc., as seen in ide compile window.

So what will be new ?

 

[Erel]

So what will be new ?

The dexer step which is the step where the Java byte code is converted to Android byte code is replaced. It is a complex step and in most cases the slowest one.

 

[Johan Hormaza]

And what news will come for B4i (iOS)?

 

[DonManfred]

but what is "toolchain" ?

Toolchain - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[AnandGupta]

Toolchain - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thanks, already got info from jahswant and replied above.