- Replaced
.tnsprojectwithpackage.jsonto let you use npm and work with custom plugins in your project.
The first time you run any NativeScript command on an existing project, your.tnsprojectfile will be automatically transformed into apackage.jsonfile describing your project configuration and data. After this, make sure to commit and push your changes if you are using version control.
After the transformation is complete, you can install and use custom NativeScript plugins inside your project.
- Implemented #510: You can work with custom NativeScript plugins in your project. You can add a plugin from an npm package, a local folder, a URL or a
.tar.gzfile. For more information, run$ tns help plugin - Implemented #362: You can use npm as package manager for your NativeScript projects.
- Updated #358: Multiple improvements and bug fixes for iOS debugging.
- Fixed #446: Autocompletion might continue to work after disabling becauce
tns autocomplete disabledoes not update.profilefiles. - Fixed #391: The default 9-patch image for Android projects is malformed and causes error messages in the build log.
- Fixed #324: When you run commands for the
iosplatform, the NativeScript CLI might showUnable to find adb in PATH. Default one from %s resources will be used. the following unrelated adb warning:Unable to find adb in PATH. Default one from %s resources will be used. - Fixed #309: You cannot open the device log for streaming with the
tns device logcommand.
- Fixed #498: On some Linux and OS X systems, when the USER or SUDO_USER environment variables are missing, you cannot run NativeScript CLI commands. The following error appears when you attempt to run
nativescriptortnscommands:TypeError: Arguments to path.join must be strings.
- Fixed #459: You cannot add a third-party iOS native library to your project, if the path to the library contains spaces.
- Fixed #458: If you have installed Xcode 6.2 or earlier on your system, you cannot debug in the iOS Simulator.
- Fixed #413: If your project name contains a hyphen, the NativeScript CLI sets your application identifier inconsistently across the project.
- Implemented #447:
tns run ios,tns run androidandtns emulate androidprint the output of the running application in the console. - Implemented #441: Improved command-line completion.
- Implemented #416: Improved installation.
- Implemented #358: Improved
tns debug ios.
- Fixed #446:
tns autocomplete disablemight not disable command-line completion properly. - Fixed #445: For some commands, HTML help is shown instead of the console help.
- Fixed #444: When you attempt to install the
nativescriptnpm module usingsudo, errors might be shown. - Fixed #443: When you attempt to configure command-line completion during installation,
ENOENTerror might be shown. - Fixed #442: The console does not show links properly.
- Fixed #394: On OS X or Linux systems, the NativeScript CLI does not resolve symlinks and you cannot build your apps.
- Fixed #391: The Android splash screen image in the template is malformed and causes errors in the build log.
- Fixed #324: If the Android SDK is not properly configured, when you run
tns build ios,run ios,tns deploy iosortns emulate ios, the NativeScript CLI prints an irrelevant adb-related warning. - Fixed #309: You cannot open the device log for streaming with
tns device log. - Fixed #276: On bash consoles, command-line completion does not work.
- Introduced new project structure. To migrate to the new structure, complete the following steps.
- Manually move all files and folders from the inner
appfolder one level up inside the outerappfolder. - Remove the now empty inner
appfolder. - Verify that your project structure reflects the structure described here.
- Manually move all files and folders from the inner
- Implemented #388: Improved the
--log traceglobal option. - Implemented #387: Improved installation.
- Implemented #350: Improved command-line completion.
- Implemented #175: You can run your app in Android virtual devices, created from the Google APIs images from the Android SDK.
- Implemented #88, #291: Introduced context-aware console help which you can access by running
tns <Command> -hand extended HTML help which you access by runningtns help <Command>.
- Fixed #380: When you run
tns build android,tns run android,tns deploy androidortns emulate android, the NativeScript CLI builds your project twice. - Fixed #371: On Android 5.x devices, NativeScript apps load very slowly on first run.
- Fixed #260: On bash consoles, the
opencommand might stop working. - Fixed #257: On bash consoles, you cannot pass arguments with spaces, even if escaped.
- Fixed #251: On OS X systems, the command validation might not work properly.
- Fixed #248: On OS X systems, the
tns deploycommand might not release the console. - Fixed #169: The native Xcode project is created with an incorrect name.
- Fixed #348:
tns platform add iosdownloads the latest experimental version of the ios runtime instead of the latest stable version.
- Fixed #312:
tns platform add iosdoes not preserve your app ID, if not default.
- Implemented #305, #322: You can quickly add or update your platform runtime to a specific version by running
tns platform update platform@version
For example:tns platform update [email protected]
The NativeScript team will publish experimental support for the latest versions of iOS and Android.
To list all available versions for android, run $ npm view tns-android versions
To list only experimental versions for android, run $ npm view tns-android dist-tags To list all available versions for ios, run $ npm view tns-ios versions
To list only experimental versions for ios, run $ npm view tns-ios dist-tags - Implemented #302: You can configure proxy settings for the NativeScript CLI.
- Fixed #299: You cannot build the default
Hello Worldapp for Android on OS X systems. - Fixed #297: You cannot install the NativeScript CLI.