It’s been a while but thank you for being patient with us despite your concerns!
To see what’s planned, visit the official SAP Build Apps roadmap. For released items, please see our changelog.
Performance of the design time
Why are we working on this?
- Performance is important and especially with heavy composite component use, Composer performance will slow down
Development status:
- First round of fixes was released and this improved performance significantly
- Added recovery for unsaved changes
- Working on further changes that will improve performance
3rd party plugins support
Why are we working on this?
- With plugins, you can utilize custom code in your app, by encapsulating a React library or React Native plugin into new native view components and flow functions
Development status:
- Currently on hold due to other critical requirements taking priority, planned to finish by Q4/2023
Integrations AKA Data section revamp
Why are we working on this?
- Instead of each data resource being configured in isolation, the concept of an integration allows things like base URL and common headers to be configured only once per system/API being integrated to.
- OData and REST API endpoints will be easier to manage (alongside SAP BTP Destinations in the BTP Edition)
Development status:
- UI is released in SAP Build Apps (coming to community edition later)
- Integrations for SAP BTP destinations and SAP Build Apps Visual Cloud Functions are released in Enterprise edition
- Development is ongoing for other SAP integrations
- Development is ongoing for simplifying the configuration of other integrations
App templates (SAP Build Apps to begin with)
Why are we working on this?
- To reduce the time of initial development and to improve first-time user experience
- App templates will allow you to start your project from a template or look at examples that showcase functionality
Development status:
- Working on making templates available on SAP Lobby store for SAP Build Apps
Marketplace UI improvements
Why are we working on this?
- We are rolling out a new version of marketplace UI, which will take the whole screen and have better usability
- The new UI will allow you to discover the latest additions to marketplace more easily
Development status:
- Done and released
Build Service UI re-work
Why are we working on this?
- The current Build Service UI does not have good UX
Development status:
- Design ongoing
New components
iFrame primitive (for “WebView support for web”)
- Published and available
Charts primitives
- Area, bar, line chart are going out soon, pie chart coming with next runtime release
Custom navigation components
- Responsive web navigation components that show menu items or a hamburger menu depending on the screen size
- Development done, waiting for new styling
Visual Cloud Functions (SAP Build Apps only)
Why are we working on this?
- We want to provide a comprehensive no-code backend solution
- https://blogs.sap.com/2022/06/06/introducing-the-full-stack-no-code-experience-with-visual-cloud-functions-for-sap-appgyver/?source=email-global-notification-bp-new-in-tag-followed
Development status
- First version released and available
Continuous improvements being worked on:
General SAP AppGyver Preview app and runtime improvements
Released fixes
- Navigating back has been improved for “Preview PDF” and Video Player flow functions
- Data variables refresh when application is in background
- Initial render index for Recycler View was fixed
- Application crash fixes for Android
Upcoming
- Composite component internal property change events not firing fixed
- Android safe area with notch problem fixed
- Binding problems with checkboxes and input fields in nested repeats fixed
Note that we can’t give out specific timelines on any upcoming features!
I’ll be aiming for the next community update for end of April or early May.