Last updated on July 06, 2017

1.17 Release Notes


This release note describes the new major build for Appspace App v1.17.


Highlights

  • Support for LG devices.
  • Support for UWP external installer.
  • Support for network command events in interactive mode for Android devices.
  • Added new Device Tasks:
    • Close Appspace App on Android devices.
    • Turn On/Off display for Chromebox devices (power management).
  • Support concurrent downloads on Chromebox, and MediaVue devices.
  • Includes various bug fixes.

Supported Hardware

Operating Environment Device Reference Models Minimum Firmware / OS Version Minimum Appspace Version
Chrome OS Chromebox

Dell Chromebox 3010

AOPEN Chromebox

ASUS Chromebox

Chrome OS 46 Appspace 6.0
BrightSign

BrightSign 4K Series 2

BrightSign XD Series 2

4K1142

XD1132

v 6.1.76 Appspace 6.0

BrightSign XT Series 3

.

BrightSign XD Series 3

.

XT1143

XT243

XD1033

XD233

v 6.2.63 Appspace 6.0

BrightSign HD Series 3

.

BrightSign LS Series 3

HD1023

HD223

LS423

v 6.2.94 Appspace 6.1
Samsung Smart Signage Platform (SSSP) 3.0 DBE/DME/DHE/UDE-P/DME-BR series

DM32E

DM40E

1026.6 Appspace 6.0
MediaVue MediaVue SureVue

SureVue D1

SureVue D2

SureVue D4

SureVue D6

v 1.2.4 Appspace 6.0
Cisco IEC Cisco IEC 4600 Series IEC-4650 v 2.3.4b (build 5.354.406) Appspace 6.0
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

UWP Tablets

Desktop PC/Laptops

Microsoft Surface Pro

Desktop PC

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Appspace 6.1
Android Android Devices

Samsung Tab 4

Samsung Galaxy Tab S

Android 4.4.2 KitKat

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Appspace 6.1
iOS iOS Devices

iPad

iPad Mini

iOS 9

iOS 10

Appspace 6.1
LG SM5KC series 32SM5KC

webOS 3.0

Firmware v 4.30.40

Appspace 6.2

New Features and Enhancements

General

  • Log Appender support for HTTP, IndexDB, and Console:

    • Convert IndexDB into an appender.
    • Device task to configure HTTP log appender.
    • Device task to enable/disable any log appender.

  • Added support for content download via CDN, by enabling cross-origin resource sharing. However, user must add the ‘player.cdn.pingfile’ player property for this to work.

Android

  • Support for network command events to emulate a remote control in interactive mode.

    • To enable this function, set the ‘Remote.Enable’ player property to True, and execute the network command ‘?remote=[action]’, where actions represent the following:

      • up = Up
      • down = Down
      • left = Left
      • right = Right
      • system = Device Menu
      • select = Select
      • back = Back

    • Execute the ‘?channel=[action]&[searchby]=[value after URI encode]’ network command to perform the following actions:

      • Load channel
        • By ID: ?channel=loadchannel&channelid=52654
        • By name: ?channel=loadchannel&channelname=channel & name

      • Load channel group
        • By ID: ?channel=loadchannelgroup&channelgroupid=52654
        • By name: ?channel=loadchannelgroup&channelgroupname=channel group name

      • Load live channel
        • By ID: ?channel=loadlivechannel&livechannelid=0001
        • By name: ?channel=loadlivechannel&livechannelname=live channel name

      • Open Search page
        • ?channel=search&query=abc

      • Load EPG
        • ?channel=loadepg

      • Load Recently Added page
        • ?channel=loadrecent

      • Load Home page
        • ?channel=loadhome

      Note

      You must URI encode text strings that contain unicode and non-latin characters before executing the commands.

    • Support for executing system commands within interactive mode, as follows:

      • ?system=restart
      • ?system=resync
      • ?system=reset-content
      • ?system=unregister

      Note

      Executing system commands results in the Appspace App restarting, thus requiring the port to be open again on the following restart. This however does not apply when unregistering Appspace App.

  • Added device task to close the Appspace App. For non-kiosk mode, App is closed and redirected to the device home screen, and for kiosk mode, the App is restarted after the task is deployed.

Chrome OS

  • Support for switching display on and off via device tasks.
  • Support for concurrent downloads to increase Appspace App performance, allowing multiple files to be downloaded to the device at the same time. By default, 4 concurrent download streams are set, but will be readjusted to the devices maximum slots. Users can specify the number of concurrent downloads to use via the existing player property, ‘cdnagent.contentmaxconcurrentdownloads’.

LG webOS

  • Support for user mode and device mode.
  • Support for Cards.
  • Support for Interactive Mode and Signs.
  • Support for the following device tasks:
    • Change default log level
    • Configure HTTP Log Appender
    • Display Management
    • Enable/Disable Log Appenders
    • Get fonts
    • Install font
    • LG WebOS App Updater
    • Reboot Device
    • Redownload content from Appspace
    • Restart App
    • Resync script from Appspace
    • Retrieve Date and Time
    • Retrieve Device Info
    • Retrieve Logs

iOS

  • The “Authentication Required” pop-up is hidden during playback of an authenticated web content.

MediaVue

  • Support for concurrent downloads to increase Appspace App performance, allowing multiple files to be downloaded to the device at the same time. By default, 4 concurrent download streams are set, but will be readjusted to the devices maximum slots. Users can specify the number of concurrent downloads to use via the existing player property, ‘cdnagent.contentmaxconcurrentdownloads’.

Universal Windows Platform

  • The Appspace App for UWP external installer can be downloaded from the Download page, and installed by executing the Windows PowerShell script.

Resolved Escalations

  • AE-3222 - RSS viewer widget does not display correctly on BrightSign devices.
  • AE-3243 - A large sign with multiple videos does not sync on an AOpen Chromebox device.

Patch Updates

1.17.1

Resolved Bugs

  • APC-3822 - Unable to load Appspace App in User mode for iOS and Android devices.

Known Issues

General

  • Appspace App displays a blank screen when ‘CTRL + ALT + R’ is pressed on Signs.

Chrome OS

  • Loading certain custom fonts on Signs via player properties, does not load in interactive mode.

iOS

  • Appspace App on iOS does not support the Remote Control event.

LG webOS

  • Multicast streams unable to load on LG devices.
  • Enabling certain layout transitions affects playback performance.
  • The virtual keyboard is disabled by default, thus users are unable to enter in any input on web page content. However, a custom keyboard is displayed during the registration process.