Dawning of a more open and exciting future
2020 ushers in a number of exciting possibilities for the framework. Making v8 the official iOS runtime to align both Android and iOS runtimes is a top priority, improvements to the management of all open source surrounding NativeScript providing easier ways to contribute as well as speed up publishing fixes/features to the community. This also brings opportunity to address a wide number of community desires and hopes.
- v8 iOS runtime will be made official summer 2020
- More remote cloud building options especially for Windows users to build for iOS
- Minor point releases more frequently when bugs are fixed (sometimes even daily)
- Improving the open source management of all the repo’s via monorepo - more efficiently test and build changes against integrated stacks against core modules and runtimes - ultimately bring fixes/features to releases faster
- Officially scoping all published packages under @nativescript (even runtimes) [Better consistency and visibility]
- Canvas 2d and WebGL support
- CLI Improvements for greater control and flexibility in project configuration via nativescript.config.js
- Revamped and improved Angular integration
- Complete rewrite for Vue 3 support
- Docs improvements
- Making accessibility features first class
- Broadening the use cases in which NativeScript can be used
- Simplification and enhancements to the versatility/flexibility of the css/scss core theme by utilizing community standards
- Submitting NativeScript to OpenJS Foundation
