Notes:
Version 1.0.31 (2024.11.15)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
Support anti-aliasing
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Standard)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Home screen)
Support alarm/trend features from Saia-Burgess Control
AutomationBrowser (SBC)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen, SBC)
What's new in this version?
- Add new option in menu to delete HTML 5 cache in WebView control
- Show Chrome/<version> in the Version-Info box, if WebView package not found
Version 1.0.30 (2024.08.29)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Standard)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Home screen)
AutomationBrowser (SBC)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen, SBC)
- Select OEM file */* (for Android 13 and 14) or find it in Download folder and copy it in the app scoped folder
- Support Anti-aliasing option in AutomationBrowser (SBC) with 16 bpp
- Bug fix with Frameset, since v.1.0.27
Version 1.0.29 (2024.06.11)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Standard)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Home screen)
AutomationBrowser (SBC)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen, SBC)
- Add new option in menu to Keep Screen ON in MicroBrowser/HTML/VNC/Video view
- And do no longer Keep screen ON in station list
- Bug fix in URL jump from HTML to MicroBrowser (where station name is null)
- First version of AutomationBrowser (SBC), supporting alarm/trend features from Saia-Burgess Control
Version 1.0.28 (2024.05.27)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Standard)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Home screen)
- Bug fix with Lock/Unlock UI in menu
- VNC: Bug Fix in reconnection
- CODESYS 3: Support auto font scaling support
- CODESYS 3: Bug Fixes
- Change storage directory for Android 10, 11 and 12 (like in Android version >= 13)
/Android/data/net.spidercontrol.automb/files/automb.xml
Version 1.0.27 (2024.04.22)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Standard)
AutomationBrowser 16-bpp (Home screen)
- Bug Fix with S7-Login and support S7-Logout
- Change behaviour of PIN Code, disable buttons instead of showing Login dialog
- Return to the countdown page (with retries) when connection is lost and Auto start is defined with a delay
- Show "Loading..." on starting MicroBrowser view
- Toggle Auto start (ON/OFF) with long press
- Bug fix on saving alarm/trend log files since Android 13 (Tiramisu)
- Support Rounded icons (especially since Android 14)
- And other bug fixes and improvements
Version 1.0.26 (2024.03.11) - 16 bpp
AutomationBrowser (16 bpp)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen, 16 bpp)
- Support rescale with Anti-Aliasing option, that can be enabled and disabled in menu
- Show the Floating Button to open and close the Android keyboard in VNC, only if Android Keypad option is enabled in the menu
Version 1.0.26 (2024.03.05) - 32 bpp
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Show the Floating Button to open and close the Android keyboard in VNC, only if Android Keypad option is enabled in the menu
Version 1.0.25 (2024.02.29)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Support Floating Button to open and close the Android keyboard in VNC, a long press moves the button
- On connection lost in MicroBrowser view (http or vnc), return to the countdown page 3, 2, 1... if Auto-Start with a delay of at least 3s is enabled
- Check connectivity for VNC and RTSP in asynchrounous task (URL Jump) and show Toast message if connection failed
- Fix conflict with wrong credentials in URL and Authentication dialog
Version 1.0.24 (2024.02.07)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- CODESYS 2: Bug fix when using transparent color on JPEG images
Version 1.0.23 (2024.01.31)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- VNC: Fix connection issues and support connection retry
- VNC: Fix issue with color palette
Version 1.0.22 (2024.01.24)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Support VNC in AutomationBrowser AB1 license
- Support credentials in URL, like http://user:password@hostname/
- Hide password specified in URL (for http, rtsp and vnc), like vnc://192.168.1.23/16/*****
Version 1.0.21 (2023.12.22) -Beta-
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Support FRAMESET for WebView and/or RTSP video with 2, 3, 4 and 6 frames
Version 1.0.20 (2023.11.17) - Released
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Support new features from SpiderControl Editor 8.10 (Call Draw Functions, Pie charts, new Oscillo macros, Action loop...)
- Support downloading file with href like "data:text/json;charset=utf-8,..."
- And use default filename "file_YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss.txt" (or .csv, .xml, .json), if filename is not specified in the content disposition
- Show Android System WebView version in the Info Version box
- Bug fixes with out of screen objects
- CODESYS 3: Bug fix with font size
Version 1.0.19 (2023.10.10)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Update MicroBrowser to version 161
- Bug fix in Oscillo macro and time format
Version 1.0.18 (2023.05.24)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Show supported ABIs like [armeabi-v7a, armeabi] in the Info Version box
- Support reading setting file from public internal storage, like /Download/AutomationBrowser/automb.xml
- Support single station mode to start directly the URL specifed in app setting file, without showing station list
- MicroBrowser: Don't stop read and write while opening keypad (watchdog PPO)
- MicroBrowser: Bug fix with invalid state on URL jump, due to previous loading error
Version 1.0.17 (2023.03.29)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Fix issues by reading (and writing) files from external storage in Android 11 and 12
- Change Storage directoy depending on Android version
* Android < 13: /Download/AutomationBrowser/
* Android >= 13: /Android/data/net.spidercontrol.automb/files/
AutomationBrowser for armeabi-v7a, 16 bpp with anti-aliasing option enabled
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home app for auto start)
Version 1.0.16 (2023.03.20)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Fix issues to find OEM file in Android 11 or greater (always use Download/AutomationBrowser/)
Version 1.0.15 (2023.01.31)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Export/Import perco file (for MB_PERCO_x variables)
- Export/Import files in the standard app external storage directory since Android version 11
- Prompt user to Keep app data when de-installing the app
- Show Storage directory with Toast message when not licensed
- Default station URL is http://192.168.1.2/
Version 1.0.14 (2022.10.20)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Update MicroBrowser
Version 1.0.13 (2022.10.18)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Bug fix with Auto Start on Android 9
Version 1.0.12 (2022.09.30)
AutomationBrowser (Standard)
AutomationBrowser (Home screen)
- Support new features from SpiderControl Editor version 8.00
- Support new TLS versions (Fix SSLHandshakeException on WAGO PFC with Fw version > 19 (21))
- Support scroller in Drop Down List in SpiderControl views
- Start page in HTML 5 mode, for Saia hybrid web project using both IMasterSaia Applet tag and javascript.
- CODESYS v.2: Support webvisu from Beck IPC@CHIP
- And other bug fixes and improvements
Version 1.0.11 (2022.04.29)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.11
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.11 (Home screen)
- Tap five times in the top left corner to abort the countdown in auto-start
- Bug fix in auto start with MicroBrowser, due to check of content-length
- Add LicenseReport.pdf for the PdfViewer
- CoDeSys 2: Support the sort of alarm table with date and time or with the state
Version 1.0.10 (2022.03.14)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.10 (Home screen)>
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.10 (Home screen)
- Support Pdf viewer and image viewer
- Show SN/HW from /data/serial file and SCADA Server version if installed, in the app Version-Info box
- Save licence file in the application download folder, to be reused if the app is uninstalled, under "/Download/AutomationBrowser/licence.txt
- Support VNC URL (AB2 on demand)
Version 1.0.9.8 (2021.12.16)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.8 (Home screen)
- Bug fix in Auto-start of the Home-Screen app, restart the countdown on Home pressed
Version 1.0.9.7 (2021.11.18)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.7
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.7 (Home screen)
- Bug fix in Auto-Start, if the http scheme is missing in the URL, like "mydomain.com"
Version 1.0.9.6 (2021.11.12)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.6
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.6 (Home screen)
- Fix issues with Auto-Start and Auto-detect
- Support installation of APK file, after downloading the APK file from the WebView control (HTML 5)
- Support the connection retry (10s) if Auto-Start is enabled with a delay and the web server is not reachable
- Minor changes in layout
- Add Log messages in AutoStart Activity
- Support Log File, that can be enabled in menu
- Don't use Android Downloader Manager anymore in WebView control, to fix issues with https and invalid SSL certificates
Version 1.0.9.2 (2021.10.28)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.2
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.2 (Home screen)
- Support file download from WebView control using Android DownloadManager
- Ask to open specific app for download files like doc, xls, ppt, avi, mp3, zip, ...
- Remove Anti-Alias option, since it's not supported anymore in 24 BPP
- Show Android version and device info in Version-Info box
- Show serial number from /data/serial, in the app Version-Info box
- Update MicroBrowser to version 156.1
Version 1.0.9.0 (2021.09.27)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.0
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.9.0 (Home screen)
- Update MicroBrowser to version 1.7.0.156
- Support USB Storage that can be enabled in menu
- Support Import/Export configuration files on USB stick if enabled
- Support new Container "_KEYPAD_EN", to enable/disable the use of the keypad TEQ file or Android on screen keyboard
- Support new Container "MB_isScreenOn"
Version 1.0.8.8 (2021.05.04)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.8
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.8 (Home screen)
- Improve auto-start if auto-detect is not selected (MicroBrowser, HTML5 or Video with rtsp://xxx)
- Show "..." on startup, if the target is not immediately reachable until 60 s
- Or show boot image on statup from /sdcard/Download/bootscreen.png, if the image file exist
- Bug fix with video images frozen, for example on app switch. And don't stop video on touching the screen
- Remove the Welcome text from previous version 1.0.8.7
Version 1.0.8.7 (2021.03.23)
- Show Welcome view on first start, for 3s or 10s if the auto start URL is localhost
- CoDeSys 3: Bug fix with clipping in draw text
Version 1.0.8.6 (2021.03.18)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.6
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.6 (Home screen)
- Support two new container variables "MB_App.goBack" and "MB_App.close" to return on the station list from MicroBrowser
- CoDeSys 3: Bug fix with missing 1 pixel vertical and horizontal line
- CoDeSys 3: Bug fix with rendering issue after a change of the screen size (on rotate and on immersive change)
- CoDeSys 3: Support touch drag events
V.1.0.8.4 (2021.03.13)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.4
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.4 (Home screen)
- Support multi-touch in MicroBrowser view
- Check permission for storage on start up to read OEM file
- Support OEM file from Download/AutomationBrowser/uBrowser.oem
- Bug fix with S7-1x00 login popup and writeVal with [] in variable name
- Set VLC video network caching from 120 to 200 ms, due to dropping frames errors
- CoDeSys 3: Extend functionality of image pool to fix issue with missing image files
Version 1.0.8.2 (2021.01.28)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.2
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8.2 (Home screen)
- Better support of SVG files in MicroBrowser (especially tiny SVG in CODESYS v3)
- Bug fix with untrusted SSL certificate, "YES (Always)" didn't work after a new start with selector on "HTML 5"
- Support VideoActivity in AutomationBrowser (also in Home screen)
Version 1.0.8 (2020.12.10)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.8 (Home screen)
- Add Auto-start delay of 45s and 60s
- Update MicroBrowser to version 1.6.51.154.4
- Bug fix with SSL certificate when user pressed "YES (Always)"
- Support URL jump history in MicroBrowser with Android back button, like in HTML 5
- Support MicroBrowser Web Service on localhost with port 8085 for SpiderPLC
- Support CODESYS V.3 webvisu in MicroBrowser
- Support SVG with 32 bit-per-pixel frame buffer (ARGB_8888)
- Support draw text with alpha-blend and rotation
- Support opening PDF file (and other file types) using the installed app from HTML 5 WebView control
- Fix issues with uninitialized state after a crash
- Start immediately in WebView control if HTML 5 mode is selected
- Play sound on showing app info
Version 1.0.7.4 (2020.11.13)
- Fix issue with unknown HTTP Authentication (TwinCAT) use HTML 5 WebView Control for that.
- Support showing video stream in native code, with URL like rtsp://hostname/live0
- Update MicroBrowser to version 1.6.51.154.2
Version 1.0.7.2 (2020.09.22)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.7.2
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.7.2 (Home screen)
- Support opening URL like rtsp://hostname/live.264, for live video streaming (with external app)
- New Keypads with Height: 360 and is flat and blue
- Enable/Disable Use Wide View Port in HTML 5 with auto-scale option
- Increase size of icons in navigation bar
Version 1.0.7 (2020.07.16)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.7
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.7 (Home screen)
- Support Tooltips
- Support Oscillo Macro
- Work in background task
- Support Opening PDF files from MicroBrowser with specific Android app
- And other bug fixes and improvements
Version 1.0.6.4 (2020.05.18)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.6.4
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.6.4 (Home screen)
- Support Navigation bar for HTML 5 views
- Support Disabling Android Keyboard on WebView (HTML5) with an argument in URL, like ?NOKBONT=title+name Or if title contains a substring like ?NOKBONT=Web
Version 1.0.6 (2020.02.03)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.6
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.6 (Home screen)
- Support Auto-Start with a boot delay: 1, 3, 15, 30 or 90 seconds
- And other bug fixes and improvements
Version 1.0.5 (2019.10.24)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.5
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.5 (Home screen)
- Support PIN code to prevent any modification (Operator mode)
- Support new option to open the page: Auto detect, HTML 5 or MicroBrowser
- Show Android Settings in menu for the Home edition
- New license key for AutomationBrowser with challenge code prefix AB1-
- Use long press on back button to return directly in the station list and skip the navigation history from HTML5 WebView control
- Close app with CODESYS V2 exit action "INTERN EXITPROGRAM" and not only finish the MicroBrowser Activity when coming from WebView (App > WBM > WebVisu > Exit)
Version 1.0.4 (2019.06.28)
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.4
AutomationBrowser V.1.0.4 (Home screen)
- Supports GZIP encoding
- Supports new formatting for real numbers
- Supports reloading of images (from camera)
- Supports opening PDF files from remote and local file
- Supports URL jump from CODESYS V2 to V3
- Supports connection retries when Auto Start is enabled
- Supports SSL (URL with https://) and IPv6
- Supports Static language switch in CoDeSys v2 (*.vis)
- Improves the rendering of texts (Use Android fonts with anti-aliasing and without any limitation on font style and size)
- Improves edit mode with Android keyboard (Visu still visible)
- Bug fixes in SpiderControl and CoDeSys v2 visu
- Supports Immersive Full-Screen Mode since Android KitKat
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