mBricks 2.8 Highlights

A new version of mBricks mobile application development platform is out, and it includes important improvements. With mBricks 2.8 we present two offerings:

* The mBricks Software Development Kit (SDK) - used by developers and designers to create the system. * The mBricks Application Management System (AMS) - used to deploy and maintain the system

Software Development Kit
The SDK consists of the mBricks client and server library. It also includes all the tools that we have
added to make development easier.
In the 2.8 version we have strived to maintain backward compatibility so that an upgrade from
earlier releases will be smooth.

New features in mBricks 2.8 are:
* Configuration wizard that allows the user to self test and set own custom values
* Possibility to set the font size for the application
* Possibility to click on focusable text with stylus
* Added setFocusOrder that supports top-down, left-right focus order
* Added scaling in List if the icon is larger than item height
* Changed icon position and size in the list item
* Do not allow setting focus when Menu or Alert is displayed
* In Alert and Menu changed to accept keys while sliding, but do nothing
* Fixed Alert not to lose focus when expanded
* Changed not to draw another scrollbar if one scrollbar is drawn, but widgets are not outside
page area

For more information, please refer to mBricks SDK sheet.

Application Management System
The AMS supports both deployment and operation of mBricks applications. After the development
phase is finished the resulting binaries can be uploaded to the AMS distribution server. This server
can be customised to handle different configurations, languages and versions, e.g. Java ME,
Symbian, Windows, BlackBerry and Android. The distribution relies on a device database to
recognize and build custom downloads for the different devices. This database is held locally in
XML and it is updated regularly from a web service hosted by mBricks.

For more information, please refer to mBricks AMS sheet.