URL Change in WaveMaker Android WebView

January 10, 2022

In WaveMaker 10.10, Cordova-android is upgraded to 10.1.0. With that change, it is observed that third-party cookies are not getting stored on the WebView. Cookies are required for WaveMaker authentication. So, a plugin wm-cordova-plugin-advanced-http was used to make ajax calls instead of browser XHR. Following are the drawbacks of using the plugin.

All network calls are logged into the console of chrome dev tools instead of the network tab.
There are gaps between plugin API and XmlHttpRequest. Some of these gaps are addressed in the WaveMaker platform to make it work in WaveMaker without any changes in the existing code.

In WaveMaker 10.11, another method is implemented to solve the cookie problem.

Announcement about Angular 11 Update

December 17, 2021

Swetha Kundaram

WaveMaker generates code for applications based on Angular. As part of the continuous improvement efforts, we upgrade WaveMaker to the next major Angular version, 11, in the release 10.11, scheduled for the second week of January 2022.

Current version	Updating to
Angular 10.2.5	11.2.14

To learn more, see Angular Version 11 - what's in the release.

Mitigating Log4J 2 Vulnerability CVE 2021 44228

December 13, 2021

Uday Shankar

important

WMO (WaveMaker Online) Users

Updated on 23-Dec-2021

WMO (WaveMaker Online) has released 10.10.3 on 23 Dec 2021, updating Log4j2 dependency, which mitigates against the vulnerability CVE-2021-45105. For more information about the release, see WaveMaker 10.10.3.

Log4j2 upgraded to 2.17.0

Updated on 16-Dec-2021

WMO (WaveMaker Online) has released 10.10.2 on 16 Dec 2021, updating Spring and Log4j2 dependencies, which mitigates against vulnerabilities CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-22096. For more information about the release, see WaveMaker 10.10.2.

Log4j2 upgraded to 2.16.0
Spring Framework upgraded to 5.3.13

Action items

If you are a WaveMaker Online (WMO) user and have already mitigated risk by adding Log4j2 dependencies to 2.15.0 or 2.16.0 or 2.17.0, you need to undo those changes from the <dependencies> section in pom.xml.
Also, there is no need to add the System property or Environment variable in the deployment section if you redeploy with the latest project build.

caution

WME (WaveMaker Enterprise) Users

WaveMaker Enterprise users should continue to follow the risk mitigation provided in this blog.

A zero-day vulnerability is an unintentional software security flaw identified in the application, poses a zero-day threat.

A new zero-day vulnerability was reported in the Log4j2 library on 9th Dec 2021, affecting the library versions >=2.0-beta9 and <=2.14. It has the potential to allow an attacker to execute the code remotely. Log4j has provided the fix by releasing the 2.15.0 version on the same day. Plus, Log4j has released a newer 2.17.0 version, which is available for production now. For more information, see LOG4J changes report.

Ending Support of WaveMaker 9 Projects

December 8, 2021

Swetha Kundaram

The End of Support (EOS) stage marks the official withdrawal of support for WaveMaker 9.x projects.

WaveMaker app development generates Angular code, as Angular marks the official withdrawal of the previous Angular versions, including AngularJS and Angular 1.x. Therefore, WaveMaker will be ending the support of WaveMaker 9.x projects that use AngularJS and Angular 1.x by 31 Jan 2022, as Angular announced. The update is primarily focused on improving performance, security, and bug fixes.

We have covered some essential FAQs to help you understand how you can migrate to the latest version of WaveMaker Studio.

Git Branching Strategy

September 17, 2021

Tarun Dubey

Project branching allows developers to checkout code from the existing git branch and isolates their work from others. If you are a member of WaveMaker Teams, read further to understand best practices for managing branches in WaveMaker.

Important Announcement about Angular 10 Update

September 1, 2021

Swetha Kundaram

WaveMaker currently generates code based on Angular 9 for applications. With the announcement on ending support of Angular 9, we are upgrading to the next Angular version, 10.2.5.

Consequently, we have developed a roadmap to update the platform with the Release 10.9 scheduled for the 13th of September 2021, which includes the Angular 10 update. If you are a WaveMaker application developer who uses your own infrastructure to build and deploy the application, you need to read further.

This update requires you to take action, i.e., updating the Node and NPM versions. To avoid breaking changes, we have recommended the following steps described in this blog post.

Accessibility Support in WaveMaker

August 23, 2021

Lovin Ahmed

Accessibility is essential for individuals and organizations that want to create high-quality websites and applications. It enables people with disabilities to use different Assistive Technologies (AT) and Adaptive Strategies for the business benefits of Web Accessibility. WaveMaker also focuses on enabling their product with international standards for Web Accessibility from World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), including Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) as the first step in applying them.

Generating .aab files using wm-cordova-cli or AppChef

July 19, 2021

Srinivasa Rao Boyina

Android App Bundle (aab) is a new and an alternate to Android application package (apk). Google introduced this format mainly to reduce the size of installer for end users. Please check this post from Google to learn about aab. Starting from @wavemaker/wm-cordova-cli@2.0.0, generation of aab files from WaveMaker mobile projects is supported.

WaveMaker Studio enables faster database imports

June 24, 2021

Sanjana Raheja

WaveMaker platform offers the feature for applications to integrate with external databases like MySQL, SQLServer, Oracle, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA.

These database import flows have now been optimised to enable faster database imports in the application. Let's have a look ahead on how this was done and how would this affect the app developers.

Integrate SAP HANA Database with WaveMaker

June 18, 2021

Praveen Chandra

With constantly changing business needs, WaveMaker puts forward a seamless integration with the SAP HANA database. Develop personalized, intelligent solutions and customer experiences end to end by enabling CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations across WaveMaker applications.