Genero Mobile 1.2 new features

This topic lists features added for the 1.2 release of Genero Mobile

Important: This page covers only those new features introduced with the Genero Mobile version specified in the page title. Check prior new features pages if you migrate from an earlier version. Make sure to also read the upgrade guide corresponding to this version.
Note: For a complete picture of new features, read also the What's new pages in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide and the Genero Studio User Guide.

Corresponding upgrade guide: Upgrade Guides for Genero Mobile

Table 1. What's new in Genero Mobile, version 1.2
Overview Reference
Starting remote applications from a mobile device with the runOnServer front call. Using the runOnServer front call is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.

See also Types of Genero Mobile apps.
Extended feInfo front call options for mobile devices (deviceModel, deviceId, freeStorageSpace, iccid, imei, ppi, windowSize, and so on). Using a stack-based layout is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
New materialFABType and materialFABActionList style attributes for Window class, to control the FAB button on devices following material design guidelines. Using style attributes for the Floating Action Button (FAB) is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Front call to display a box controlling debug settings on GMA. Using front calls is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Push notification APIs for Google Cloud Messaging (GMA) and Apple® Push Notification Service (GMI), with new predefined actions (notificationpushed). A complete tutorial with code snippets is provided in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Command line tools to build mobile apps. These command line tools are also used by Genero Studio. Using command line tools to create and deploy .ipa and .apk packages is covered in Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Automatic FGLAPPDIR environment variable (defining the path to the appdir), and automatic FGLDIR environment variable, when executing on mobile devices. Using a stack-based layout is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Front calls to take or choose videos on mobile devices. Using front calls is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Front calls to take or choose videos on mobile devices. Using front calls is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Stack-based layout now provided as an explicit layout for native phone forms.
Important: This feature is experimental.
Using a stack-based layout is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
Genero Mobile for iOS now fully supports the GRID item type. Using a GRID item type and grid-based layout is covered in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
You can debug an application deployed to a mobile device. With this new feature, the application is running on the mobile device and the Graphical Debugger is able to attach to the process. Debugging a mobile application deployed to a mobile device is covered in the Genero Studio User Guide.
The DBAPP_MOBILE environment variable provides warning messages regarding features not supported by mobile devices during the compilation of applications generated by the Business Application Modeler. Using the DBAPP_MOBILE environment variable is covered in the Genero Studio User Guide.