Release Notes
Description — Couchbase Lite on Swift
Abstract — This content describes the key features and changes implemented by release 2.8 of Couchbase Lite on Swift
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2.8.4 — March 2021
Version 2.8.4 of Couchbase Lite for Swift delivers a number of enhancements and bug fixes.
Enhancements
Enhancement highlights include the ability to vary the replicator heartbeat, which keeps continuous replication connections alive when idle — see: Remote Sync Gateway — Set heartbeat
Couchbase Lite for Swift will now support Apple Silicon (M1) and Mac Catalyst .
2.8.1 — November 2020
Version 2.8.1 of Couchbase Lite for Swift comprises a number of fixes. It supersedes version 2.8.0 released earlier this year.
If you have already upgraded to 2.8.0 we strongly recommend that you upgrade to version 2.8.1 at the earliest opportunity.
Issues and Resolutions
Fixed Issues
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CBL-1423 — Fixes Carthage build failure [ENTERPRISE EDITION]
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CBL-1403 — Compiling an app archive for distribution with the
Rebuild from Bitcode
option enabled will result in compiler errors.
2.8.0 — October 2020
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New Features
Peer-to-Peer Synchronization
Using Couchbase Lite’s Peer-to-Peer Synchronization solution, you can build offline-first applications on edge devices that directly collaborate in secure bi-directional database synchronization without depending on centralized cloud-based control.
The solution provides an out-of-the-box implementation of a websocket based listener for use in peer-to-peer applications communicating over in IP-based networks.
Read More . . . Landing P2Psync
Improvements
API Changes
The API has been enhanced with the following changes:
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The Database.close() method now automatically handles stopping open replicators, closing peer-to-peer websocket listener and removing observers for live queries.
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The Database.delete() method now automatically handles stopping open replicators, closing peer-to-peer websocket listener and removing observers for live queries.
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The Replicator.isDocumentPending() method checks whether or not the document with the given ID has any pending revisions to push
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The Replicator.pendingDocumentIds() method gets the Ids of all documents currently pending push
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Meta.revisionID property is now available as a metadata property, which can be accessed directly in queries
Issues and Resolutions
Known Issues
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CBL-1403 — Compiling an app archive for distribution with the
Rebuild from Bitcode
option enabled will result in compiler errors. Disablebitcode
to allow your compilation to proceed -
CBL-1362 — Harmless unused property in ReplicatorConfiguration
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CBL-216 — Ordering null values inconsistent with N1QL expectations
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CBL-95 — Pending conflicts could be resolved by a wrong replicator
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CBL-49 — Need a way to distinguish boolean types
Fixed Issues
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CBL-1141 — Android cannot use unlinked files
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CBL-1107 — Properties beginning with dollar sign not handled correctly
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CBL-1045 — Data race in log rollover
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CBL-978 — Math errors with float → int implicit fleece conversion
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CBL-977 — Full text search with Left Outer Join causes fields to be null
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CBL-859 — ChangeEncryptionKey() and save document after creating a brand new Database throws CouchbaseLiteException (SQLiteDomain / 21): bad parameter or other API misuse.
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CBL-789 — Crash when accessing
connection→name()
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CBL-745 — Save fails when NSDate inserted with [CBLMutableDocument setData]
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CBL-707 — Compaction is ineffective (auto_vacuum not enabled)
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CBL-624 — Revision flags get cleared while saving resolved document in iOS
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CBL-614 — Closing a read only database causes errors
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CBL-609 — Fleece thinks a boolean is a Long
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CBL-594 — Local to Local replication duplicates remote ID
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CBL-590 — Investigate handling of BLIP 500 errors
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CBL-578 — Receive rev#1 after rev#2 is saved to DB
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CBL-565 — Crashes apparently caused by attempting to log after failure
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CBL-564 — Property alias not working under certain cases
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CBL-530 — Certain keys in a query can cause segmentation faults
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CBL-529 — Cannot create an offset query without limit
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CBL-384 — Platform WebSocket code should manage HTTP cookies
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CBL-358 — xsockets doesn’t account for POSIX variations
Support Notices
This section documents any support-related notes, constraints and changes
Deprecation Notices
Items (features and-or functionality) are marked as deprecated when a more current, and usually enhanced, alternative is available.
Whilst the deprecated item will remain usable, it is no longer supported, and will be removed in a future release. You should plan to move to an alternative, supported, solution as soon as practical.
This Release
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CBL-1010 — The
resetCheckpoint()
API is deprecated at version 2.8. UseReplicator.start(reset)
, where reset is a boolean value. -
The Database.compact() method is deprecated at 2.8 — instead use Database.performMaintenance().