Release Notes Wikitude SDK Professional Edition
Wikitude SDK 9.6.0
Release Date: 2020-02-23
New
- Support Android scoped storage from SDK 29
Improved
- On some Android devices camera access is improved when Camera2 API is not available
Fixed
- Fixed back navigation if invalid URL is entered in the custom URL
Wikitude SDK 9.5.0
Release Date: 2020-12-01
New
- Compatibility with Android 11
- Support for ARCore 1.19.0
- Method to ask if the internal WebView can navigate back
Improved
- Faster initial recognition of Object Targets
- Faster overall tracking of Object Targets
- More accurate tracking of Object Targets in difficult situations
- Better alignment of augmentations for Image Targets
- The camera is no longer zoomed in on iOS devices with a 4:3 aspect ratio
Removed
- The samples in the JavaScript API don't contain any jQuery anymore, making it easier to work with them.
Wikitude SDK 9.4.0
Release Date: 2020-10-21
Improved
- Universal access from file URLs now enabled by default in the iOS ArchitectView.
- Object Trackers initialize with fewer wrong poses
- Added support for Cordova 10.0.0
Wikitude SDK 9.3.1
Release Date: 2020-09-17
New
- Compatibility with iOS 14
Known Issues
- When using Xcode 12 check out the additional manual steps to move the script files.
Wikitude SDK 9.3
Release Date: 2020-08-25
Removed
- Support for iOS 11. iOS 12 is now the new minimum supported version
- Support for Android 5.0. Android 5.1 is now the new minimum supported version
Wikitude SDK 9.2
Release Date: 2020-07-09
Improved
- Image Tracking now behaves more stable against short, fast movements
- Data communication with the Cloud Recognition version 2 service adapted, so that recognition accuracy is significantly improved (e.g. greater distance)
- Update OpenSSL to version 1.1.1
Fixed
- Fixed Cloud Recognition issue where accuracy was worse when HD or FullHD resolutions being were used
Wikitude SDK 9.1.0
Release Date: 2020-05-19
Improved
- Tracking is not lost when zooming camera
- Improvements to accuracy for Object Recognition
- Improved handling of first recognition for objects
- Improved alignment of augmentations for image tracking when rotating target
Wikitude SDK 9.0.0
Release Date: 2020-03-31
New
- Improved image tracking performance and stability
Wikitude SDK 8.10.0
Release Date: 2019-12-10
Wikitude SDK 8.9.1
Release Date: 2019-09-30
Wikitude SDK 8.9
Release Date: 2019-09-24
New
- Implemented support for iOS 13
- Implemented support for Android 10
Improved
- WebKit is now enabled by default, replaced all internal use of
UIWebView
withWKWebView
.
Removed
- Removed internal use of the deprecated
UIWebView
. - Removed all
UIWebView
related properties from theWTArchitectView
API. - Removed
shouldUseWebKit
from theWTArchitectView
API, since we only use WebKit now.
Wikitude SDK 8.7
Release Date: 2019-08-13
Improved
- Camera frame handling is now faster for all platforms.
- Range for detecting an image target using an ImageTracker has been significantly improved.
Wikitude SDK 8.6
Release Date: 2019-07-11
Improved
- Changed plugin lifecycle behaviour. A call to pause is now always preceded by a call to resume
Removed
- Support for
wto 7.0
file format for Object Targets
Wikitude SDK 8.5
Release Date: 2019-05-23
New
- Image Recognition engine now can work with jpg, png and zip files as Target Collection resource
- Image Recognition engine accepts png's with alpha channel as target images and respects transparent areas
Improved
- Image Recognition engine detects images from a larger distance
- Image Recognition engine detects duplicate targets more reliably
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where the
extended range
option was ignored for Image Trackers, resulting in shorter recognition distance - Fixed an issue where the property
physicalTargetHeight
was not set when using cloud recognition. - Fixed an issue where the application could crash in case image, object or instant tracking were used with no valid license key set.
- Fixed an issue that caused model animations to sometimes not be restarted properly when calling
start
. - Fixed an issue that caused some videos to be rendered incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where the application could crash when setting distance, rotation or translation change thresholds at runtime.
- Fixed an issue where the
AR.ObjectTracker.onError
callback was called with an invalid argument, resulting in a JavaScript error. - Fixed an issue where
AR.ImageTracker
callbacks might have been called although they were not set, resulting in a JavaScript error.
Wikitude SDK 8.4
Release Date: 2019-04-09
Improved
- Initial recognition for Object Targets is more accurate and stable
- Improved recognition for image targets in difficult backgrounds
Fixed
- Fixed an issue that prevented extended object tracking from working
- Fixed an issue where 3D models were flickering when using Snap To Screen
- Fixed an issue that caused landscape image targets to have incorrect augmentation scaling
- Fixed an issue that caused errors in the JavaScript layer when using cloud recognition in combination with the
onImageLost
event of theAR.ImageTrackable
- Fixed an issue that caused camera to stop after pause/resume using Plugins API
Removed
- Support for iPhone 4, iPhone 4s and iPhone 5: Minimum requirement is now iPhone 5s - see blog post for details
- Support for Titanium development framework - see blog post for details
Wikitude SDK 8.3.2
Release Date: 2019-03-11
Fixed
- Fixes an instant tracking issue where augmentations did not render correctly after the device orientation changed
Wikitude SDK 8.3.0
Release Date: 2019-02-26
New
- Release of Native API for UWP platform
- Support for Vuzix M300 for JavaScript API
- General upgrade of computer vision engine increasing reliability and speed for Image, Object and Instant Trackers
Fixed
- Fixes potential crash caused by ongoing network connections while destroying the SDK
- Fixes an issue that caused instant tracking plane clicks to be registered incorrectly while not tracking
- Fixes an issue that caused
onRotationChanged
callbacks to not obey the threshold correctly (missing invocations for values close to 180°) - Fixes rare crash when extended object tracking is frequently stopped and restarted
Wikitude SDK 8.2.0
Release Date: 2018-11-10
New
- Beta Release of Native API for UWP platform
Improved
- Adds new parameters to ImageTrackable and ObjectTrackable
onDrag{Began,Changed,Ended}
callbacks that are hit tested against the tracking plane so that gestures can be implemented according to orientation of target
Fixed
- Fixes issue that caused model animations to not be resumed correctly upon losing and re-recognizing a target
- Fixes an issue in the custom camera sample that caused a black frame to be rendered when certain 3D model were in the scene
- Fixes an occasional crash for certain image targets when energy efficient tracking was enabled
Wikitude SDK 8.1.0
Release Date: 2018-09-11
New
- Support and compatibility for iOS 12
- Support and compatibility for Android 9.0
- API to explicitly set efficiency mode for trackers for fast processing
- Mandatory Group ID parameter for cloud recognition
Improved
- Increased stability when tracking objects and scenes
- Increased recognition accuracy for multiple objects in object target collection
- Increased stability for Instant Tracking for rotational movements
- General improvements to Instant Tracking for more accurate tracking and representation
Fixed
- Fixes issue where recognising an image was not possible when the device was close to the image
- Fixes instability(flickering augmentations) of continuous cloud recognition
- Fixes ADE issues with Object Tracking and Occluders
Wikitude SDK 8.0.0
Release Date: 05.07.2018
New
- Ability to save Instant Tracking session as Instant Targets
- Ability to load Instant Targets
- Major update to the engine powering Object Tracker resulting in better recognition accuracy and better tracking stability
- Introduction of new
wto
format version - New method to generate Object Targets using images instead of videos
- New camera APIs to control exposure setting and focus area
Wikitude SDK 7.2.1
Release Date: 21.02.2018
Fixed
- Fixes a bug where trial license did not allow to use Instant Tracking
- Fixes a potential deadlock for cloud recognition that occurred in rare cases
- Fixes a deadlock related to
AR.HtmlDrawables
Wikitude SDK 7.2.0
Release Date: 05.02.2018
New
- SMART - Wikitude's integration of ARKit and ARCore
Improved
- Added support for Cordova Android 7.x
Fixed
- Fixes an issue that occurred when AR.Model objects were assigned as instant tracking initialization drawables
Wikitude SDK 7.1.0
Release Date: 19.09.2017
Improved
- Improved OpenGL ES resource handling
Fixed
- Fixes an object tracker issue where the
onTargetsLoaded
callback was called before all object targets were extracted - Fixes an issue where
Plugin::pause
was not called in case it was unregistered from the SDK - Fixes an issue where the SDK could crash in case a new tracker was created while another one was already tracking
- Fixes an issue where loading .wto files could have happened on the main thread
- Fixes an issue where the SDK could have crashed in case a target collection resource was released
- Fixes an issue where the SDK could have crashed in case a cloud recognition service was released
- Fixes an issue where cloud recognition could crash after a new target was detected
- Fixes an issue where the SDK could crash in case the camera was disabled at runtime and a tracker was tracking
- Fixes an issue in the Wikitude 3D Encoder where a crash could happen in case a 3D Model had all model animation keyframe timestamps below 1
- Fixes an issue where certain
AR.Model
animations are not rendered correctly - Fixes an issue where instant tracking initialisation drawables would not be rendered
- Fixes an issue with
AR.Model
where pausing quickly after creation would break the rendering completely - Fixes an issue with
AR.Model
on some devices (i.e. Samsung Tab 4) where the rendering could be broken completely or initial scaling could be incorrect - Fixes an issue with
AR.context.destroyAll
where some objects might not have been destroyed
Wikitude SDK 7.0.0
Release Date: 13.07.2017
New
- Object Recognition and Tracking
- Support for multiple Image Targets
- New hit-testing API for SLAM engine
- Option for Extended Range for Image Recognition
- Option for InstantTracker to choose initial plane orientation
- New AR.Occluder that acts as occlusion model
- New option to forward logs from AR.logger to AndroidStudio or Xcode
Improved
- Updated SLAM engine improves performance and accuracy for InstantTracker and Extended Tracking
- Plugins access to currently tracked target
- Plugins provide more details about image, object and instant targets
- Improved calibration accuracy
Fixed
- Return appropriate return values in the gesture event callbacks
- Issue where setting AR.Drawable.rotate was not resulting in a correct rotation
Wikitude SDK JavaScript API 6.1.0-3.4.2
Release Date: 28.03.2017
New
- Includes Wikitude SDK 6.1.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS
- New parameter in the Wikitude Cordova example app creation script to choose between the
cordova
orphonegap
command set
Fixed
- Fixes an iOS plugin lifecycle issue that prevented the SDK to resume when the
hide()
function was used
Wikitude SDK JavaScript API 6.0.1-3.4.1
Release Date: 15.02.2017
New
Fixed
- Fixed warnings generated by the Wikitude Cordova iOS plugin
Wikitude SDK JavaScript API 6.0.0-3.4.0
Release Date: 25.01.2017
New
Cordova Plugin 5.3.1-3.3.1
Release Date: 24.11.2016
New
Fixed
- Fixes an issue for Android where the keyboard was not showing up again after entering and returning from an ARView
Cordova Plugin 5.3.0-3.3.1
Release Date: 13.09.2016
New
Fixed
- Missing Android permission check in demo sample app
Cordova Plugin 5.2.0-3.3.1
Release Date: 22.07.2016
Fixed
- Corrected version number in
plugin.xml
file - Updated way how to handle files for Cordova Dev app
Cordova Plugin 5.2.0-3.3.0
Release Date: 08.07.2016
New
- You can now use the
cordova.file
API when loading Architect Worlds - Android only: New
backButtonCallback
that is called when the Wikitude Plugin is closed because of a press on the back button - Includes Wikitude SDK 5.2.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS
Cordova Plugin 5.1.4-3.2.1
Release Date: 15.03.2016
Cordova Plugin 5.1.3-3.2.1
Release Date: 08.03.2016
Cordova Plugin 5.1.1-3.2.0
Release Date: 15.01.2016
Fixed:
- Missing textures on certain 3D models
Improved
- Wikitude Sample App now implements Android Runtime Permissions (applies to Android 6.0 - API level 23)
Wikitude SDK 5.1.0
New
- Support for Android switched camera on Nexus 5X
- Support multiple regional co-located cloud recognition services
- 3D model import: account for pivot node transformations
Fixed
- 3D model import:
- Animation grouping
- Account for animation stack (numbering of animations if more than one animation tracks are on the FBX animation stack)
- Accept the first texture of a multi-textured 3d model
- Accept 3d models with more than one mesh skins per node
Cordova Plugin 5.0.0-3.1.0
Release Date: 06.05.15
New:
- This release includes the Wikitude SDK 5.0.0.
Cordova Plugin 4.1.0-3.1.0
Release Date: 06.05.15
New:
- Compatibility for Cordova 5.0.0 and especially Android 4.0.0
- Updates Setup Guide to reflect new StartupConfiguration
Cordova Plugin 4.1.0-3.0.1
Release Date: 01.04.15
Fixes
- Fixes a potential problem when camera access is denied and no error handler is set in the JS host application.
- Fixes a problem with device supported check where 2dtracking - only experiences still would require compass to be supported
Cordova Plugin 4.1.0-3.0.0
Release Date: 09.03.15
New
- Integrates Wikitude SDK 4.1.0 for Android and iOS (see detailed release notes for Android and iOS)
- Updated API (see Migration Guide for details)
PhoneGap Plugin 4.0.0-2.1.0
Release Date: 29.07.14
New
- Integrates Wikitude SDK 4.0.0 for Android and iOS (see detailed release notes for Android and iOS)
- Compatible with PhoneGap 3.5
PhoneGap Plugin 3.3.1-2.0.1
Release Date 24.04.2014
New
- Wikitude SDK 3.3.1 for Android and iOS
IRandGeo
mode available instead ofBoth
in plugin
PhoneGap Plugin 3.3.0-2.0.0
Release Date 01.04.2014
New
- Wikitude SDK 3.3.0 for Android and iOS
- Support for PhoneGap 3.4.0
Fixed
- Back-button behavior for Android 4.4
- Focus issue on Android
Improved
- Extended set-up guide