Last Modified: October 19, 2024
More new form features are being developed.
Facebook Native Sign-in: Enables native Sign-in with Facebook feature in the app so that users can choose their device's account to login with.
Customisation to different views in Dark Mode have been added.
Status Bar in Dark Mode: Allows to change the status bar color when the device is in Dark mode.
Circle Loader Screen in Dark Mode: Allows to customize the circle loader screen when the device is in Dark mode.
Error Screen in Dark Mode: Allows to customize the error display screen when the device is in Dark mode.
Navigation Drawer in Dark Mode: Allows to have different customisation for the Navigation Drawer when the device is in Dark mode.
Bottom Navigation Bar in Dark Mode: Allows to have different customisation for the Bottom Navigation Bar when the device is in Dark mode.
Bunch of integration modules have been added with more functionality to existing modules.
Native Google Sign-in: Enables native Sign-in with Google feature in the app so that users can choose their device's account to login with.
Floating Action Button: Shows a simple floating action button in the bottom of the app to provide users a quick navigation to specific URL.
Floating Speed Dial: Shows a advanced floating action button in the bottom of the app to provide users a quick navigation to different URLs.
Admob Interstitial Ads: allows to add admob interstitial ad unit to display full screen ads in the app to generate more revenue.
Dropdown Menu in Navigation Drawer: allows to group multiple menu items under a menu. By adding two caret symbol (^^) before the Menu Title will be considered as the menu sub menu of the parent menu. Read this Knowledge-base to know in details.
Navigation Drawer Open Action: Using appilix-drawer://open in Bottom Navigation's item action or in the website as <a href="appilix-drawer://open">Open Drawer</a>, the navigation drawer can be opened.
Content Appearance from Top (iOS): For iOS App, this customization setting will allow to show content from the top most side of the screen so that app can appear below the notch.
New improvements have been made in existing technologies.
Folder Selection in In-App File Download: will allow app users to choose in which folder the file to be saved before downloading a file.
Download progress notification in In-App File Download: will show a download progress notification when file is being downloaded in the notification tray.
Unexpected always loader showing issue solved: In some websites, during some events, the loader screen was being displayed forever. This issue has been fixed.
Going back navigation action: Using appilix-navigation://backward in Navigation drawer or Bottom Navigation's item action can be used as a back button to go previous page.
Going forward navigation action: Using appilix-navigation://forward in Navigation drawer or Bottom Navigation's item action can be used as a forward button to go forward page from which back button was pressed.
Reloading navigation action: Using appilix-navigation://reload in Navigation drawer or Bottom Navigation's item action can be used as a reload button to reload the current page.
URL Launcher navigation action: Using appilix-launch://example.com in Navigation drawer or Bottom Navigation's item action can be used to open a specific URL in default browser or app. i.e. a "Rate Us" menu where URL will be your Play Store or App Store Page URL.
New tool has been developed for WordPress owners.
Push Notification Automation WordPress Plugin: has been developed so that WordPress owners can send Push Notification automatically on different types of post published or WooCommerce order status changes. Download the Plugin to install in your WordPress site.
New customization settings have been added and app SDK (for Android) has been updated.
GIF Background in Splash Screen: allows to display Animations (GIF) as Background Image in the Splash Screen.
Target SDK 35 (Android App): From this update, all Android app will get Target SDK 35.
New customization settings have been added.
Show or Hide Splash Screen Logo: allows to hide or show the logo in Splash Screen.
Home Indicator Area Appearance (iOS App): allows to show the iOS home indicator area above the app screen or to the bottom of the app screen.
New customization settings have been added.
Customizable Error Message Color: allows to change the text color of the error message.
Customizable Error Screen Try Again Button Text Color: allows to change the text color of the error screen's Try Again button.
Customizable Error Screen Try Again Button Background Color: allows to change the background color of the error screen's Try Again button.
New functionality has been added in specific module.
Include/Exclude Admob Banner Ad in Specific Pages: allows to hide/show the Admob Banner Ad in specific web pages.
New customization settings are added and minor bugs have been fixed.
Customizable Loader Screen Background Color: allows to change the background color of the loader screen. It's possible to add alpha color codes too, i.e. #00000000 for transparent background.
Customizable Error Screen Background Color: allows to change the background color of the default error screen.
Base64 File Download Issue Fixed: Previously there was issue to download base64 file. It has been fixed now.
New controlling functionalities have been added in several modules.
Include/Exclude Navigation Drawer in Specific Pages: allows to hide/show the Navigation Drawer in specific web pages.
Include/Exclude Bottom Navigation Bar in Specific Pages: allows to hide/show the Bottom Navigation Bar in specific web pages.
Added some new orientation settings in the customization settings.
App Orientation Customization: Now the app can be forced to remain in Landscape Mode.
Fixed Notification Declines Issue: If an app user declines the notification request, still the device will be recognized by Appilix from now. As soon as the Notification request is allowed, the user will start receiving the notification.
Fixed Space Issue in Text Sharing: Texts shared by the appilix-share:// protocol may now contain spaces and other elements. i.e. previously spaces iin text were replaced by %20, and now it's solved.
Unlocked some existing feature for iOS app to provide same experience in Android & iOS apps.
Open Specific URL as Notification Action in iOS App: Set a custom webpage URL to be displayed on opening the app from clicking on the Notification from Notification Tray. This feature was already available in Android apps, now it's unlocked for iOS apps also. Existing iOS Apps need to be rebuilt to have this feature working.
New integration module has been developed for both Android and iOS Apps.
Deep Link: Automatically open the app when your website is being browsed or the website URL being clicked on other apps.
Minor issues has been fixed and SDK has been updated.
Issue on Notification Clicked Redirection URL: Previously, sometimes, the Custom URL that should be displayed on notification clicked, was not working or working with a delay. This issue has been fixed.
iOS SDK updated in App Builder: As from April 29, 2024, all iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 17 SDK or later, all of our iOS App Builders have been updated with latest SDK.
Additional customization settings have been developed.
Status Bar Design in Splash Screen: Now a different status bar design can be added in the Splash Screen separately.
Existing features has been updated to fix several issues.
Fixed Status Bar design in iOS App: Issue on changing status bar background color and icon color in iOS App has been fixed.
Fixed Unexpected Error Display in iOS App: Issue on showing error page sometimes unexpectedly in iOS App has been fixed.
Replaced File Download Notification: File download notification does not work in all devices, specially in iOS. So the feature has been updated with showing popup notification inside the app when download is started or finished.
Custom Link or Text Share Feature Introduced: Feature to share a link or text from website or navigation menu item has been introduced. Any URL with the custom scheme appilix-share:// will open share popup. i.e. <a href="appilix-share://link_or_text_to_share">Share Link</a> will open OS share popup to share the link or text with other apps.
New customization functionalities have been added in several modules.
Customization in Navigation Drawer: Now the background color of the drawer can be changed. Also drawer menu items text color & icon color can be customized.
Customization in App Bar: Font size of the App Bar's title text can be modified now.
New functionality has been added to enter into the next level in notification sending.
Push Notification API: allows to send notification directly from your website to users on dynamic events.
Few issues raised from some of our users have been fixed and introduced new feature for endless possibilities.
Push Notification Issue in iOS: Issue in receiving Push Notification in iOS app when the app is terminated by OS or User has been fixed.
Push Notification to Specific User: Now Push Notifications can be sent to all app users or specific app user at a time.
Few issues raised from some of our users have been fixed to make the Android or iOS app more compatible.
Responsiveness Issue in some websites: Websites those use caching technology and have elements depending on screen size, faced issues to render sometime. This issue has been fixed.
One Notification Display Issue: In Push Notification, when a new notification is received, the previous one was getting removed. It has been solved and now all the notification will be in the Notification Tray until they are cleared or actioned.
New advanced settings have been added to provide backend level modification to iOS App.
Camera Usage Description: Message in Info.plist file to display to the user when the app asks for permission to access the camera.
Microphone Usage Description: Message in Info.plist file to display to the user when the app asks for permission to access the microphone.
Location Usage Description: Message in Info.plist file to display to the user when the app asks for permission to access the location.
New customization setting has been developed in the Firebase Push Notification module.
Custom Notification Icon: Functionality to choose custom one-colored notification icon that will be displayed in the Android status bar on notification received.
Improvement has been made in the app builder to have latest app building techniques.
Adaptive App Logo: Android App Logo will be automatically squared or circled according to device theme's criteria using Adaptive icon technology. All latest builds from now will have this feature included. Rebuilding old apps will also get this feature.
New functionalities have been introduced to provide best web to app conversion.
Allow Opening Popup Window: Enable to allow the app to open popup window. This is necessary for some sites having popup related functionality.
App Specific Password to upload IPA in App Store: If the IPA is not uploaded automatically due to restriction or security in your Apple Developer Account, you can now change the upload method to "App Specific Password" and Appilix will make sure to upload the IPA to App Store.
iOS subscription plan is live now! Now not only Android, you can convert your website into an iOS app using Appilix and publish the app to App Store. This is the new beginning of a journey to convert website into app for multiple platforms.
New integration modules and customization settings have been added to provide more native app functionality in the app.
App Bar: Display an customizable App Bar or Toolbar at the top of your app to give complete flavor of real app.
Navigation Drawer: Display a navigation drawer with quick access menu in your app to give complete flavor of real app.
Exit App Confirmation on Double Back Press: Enable double back press to exit app confirmation popup in the app to provide easy exit feature to users.
New integration module system has been added to show customized website content in app.
Custom CSS & JS: Add custom CSS style or Javascript codes that will only work in the app to bring extra customization.
Some issues have been fixed and improved. More customization settings have been introduced.
Blob File Download: Issue on downloading files those were in blob format has been fixed.
Improved In-App File Download Technique: New and advanced tools has been integrated to handle in-app file downloading.
Banner Ad Appearance: Setting to display Admob banner ad over the website content or below has been developed.
Error Screen Button Text: Setting to change the default Try Again button text has been introduced.
New integration module system has been added to make the app look way more better.
Bottom Navigation: allows display a quick navigation menu on the bottom of the app to improve user experience.
New features have been developed and new integration module system has been introduced.
Allow Text Selection: allows to enable or disable text selection and copying texts of the site in the app.
Allow Screenshot or Screen recording: allows to enable or disable taking screenshot or record the screen when the app is opened.
Integration Modules: system to easily control advanced functionality like Splash Screen, Push Notification, Admob or other upcoming features to be used in the app.
Several existing issues has been fixed and new functionalities have been added to make the app more efficient.
Disallowed sites from opening inside app has been added to easily open facebook, whatsapp or other links in their default app or device's default browser.
Issues on file downloading on some apps where download requires users to be logged-in has been fixed.
Mixed content mode has been added to fix loading sites those have https:// protocol but some resources have http:// protocol.
Hybrid composition has been enabled to make the app usages more smooth.
Whole Appilix system has been updated with bunch of new features and improved performance.
Fast App Loading: Now apps won't be slow anymore and will be as fast as the website is. For this, now app building waiting time has been increased to 10 minutes.
Latest SDK and Libraries: Complete app has been re-developed with all latest and up-to-dates libraries.
Splash Screen Background Image: Set background image on your Splash Screen to make it look more attractive.
App Orientation: Force your app to be used in portrait or landscape mode.
Fullscreen App: enable to run the app in fullscreen mode, no status bar will be visible then.
Content Zooming: enable to allow app users to zoom the content of the App.
In-app File Downloading: allows to download file directly inside the app without transferring them to browser.
New features has been added to make you reach more to your users and also earn revenue from ads.
Firebase Push Notification: Integrate Firebase to send Push Notifications to all app users without any limitations.
Admob Banner Ads: Display own Admob Banner Ads in the app to generate revenue when app users click on them.
In this update, Appilix changed it's vision and not only targeting WordPress sites, it covered all public website to be converted into Android App. Anyne can simply enter their website address, choose app name, upload app logo and build the app to publish into Google Play Store.
This is the initial release of Appilix. In this release, Appilix started it's journey with the moto to convert any WordPress Blog into an Android App. This release Drag & Drop Powerful App Builder with simple app functionality.