DPS build 28

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Het is weer tijd voor een update van de DPS tools! We gaan naar versie 28. Belangrijk is dat met deze versie ondersteuning van iOS5 komt te vervallen! Je kunt dan bij build 27 blijven - maar niemand weet hoe lang dat nog goed zal gaan natuurlijk...

Deze nieuwe build is vooral gericht op iOS7 en de daaraan aangepaste ikoontjes en dergelijke.

Info over deze build vind je hier.



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The following features are available for the v28 release. For a compilation of release notes, see History of new feature release notes. For a list of bug fixes, see DPS Bug Fix Release Notes.

Text-based push notifications (iOS, Professional/Enterprise)

Using a third-party push notification service is no longer required to send text notifications to your customers. By sending custom text messages, you can encourage repeat readers and subscribers on iOS devices by alerting readers of new content. Text notifications work with any viewer version. In addition, you can use SiteCatalyst analytics to measure customer reaction to push notifications, including the number of readers who opt-in to receiving push alerts. For more information, see the Push notifications article or watch this video about push notifications in DPS.

Sending a custom text notification.

Baseline analytics improvements (beta version, English only)

The DPS Dashboard includes a new beta version of baseline analytics reports. With the new baseline analytics, you can view Standard Audience Accumulation metrics for digital readership that comply with the MPA Tablet Metrics guidelines. Newly available reports display data such as total readers, total sessions, total time spent per reader, average sessions per reader, devices, and operating system.

While analyzing data, you can change accumulation settings across standard metrics. With the redesigned interface, you can gain access to analytics and export report data to view in a spreadsheet. For more information, see the DPS analytics article or watch this video about standard audience metrics.

New baseline analytics (beta)

Support for iOS 7

v28 apps include support for iOS 7. Note that on iOS 7 devices, any viewer created with v24 or earlier may perform poorly. In particular, folios with landscape orientation either fail to display or display poorly. For best results, update all DPS apps to v27 or v28.

Drop of support for iOS 5

Adobe DPS is dropping support for iOS 5. With this change, v28 apps will not run on iOS5, and by extension, on iPad 1 devices. If you want to continue supporting iPad 1 devices, make sure that you create folios that are compatible with the viewer version of the existing app (v27 or earlier). For more information, see Adobe DPS Apps: Impact of iOS5 End of Life.

iOS 7 requirements for DPS apps

With DPS App Builder, you can build v28 apps that comply with Apple iOS 7 design guidelines, including new light-colored user interface design themes. Consider the following iOS 7 requirements when designing and building your apps:

iOS 7 requires the system bar to be displayed in apps. When you build a v28 app, the 20- or 40-pixel system status bar now appears above the top navigation bar in all views, including folio view. When users tap to display the navigation bars, more of your design area is covered. Make necessary adjustments to your article layouts.

With iOS 7, the custom icons in the bottom Navigation toolbar (Enterprise only) work differently. When you build a v28 app with custom toolbar icons, you no longer provide three separate icons for Up, Down, and Disabled states. Instead, you provide a single PNG file with a transparent background, and iOS 7 changes the color of the display state automatically. (These files are 30x30 and 60x60 pixels.) You no longer need to embed the text label in the navigation icon. Instead, specify text in the Icon Label field in DPS App Builder, which appears below the custom icons. If your app supports multiple languages, you can localize this text. These new icons appear in the Navigation bar only if the icon is actionable. For example, the “Viewer” button does not appear until a folio is downloaded. If enabled, the Navigation toolbar is a few pixels taller than the Navigation toolbar in previous apps (12 pixels on SD iPads, 24 pixels on HD iPads). Again, make the necessary adjustments to your layouts. For more information about these icons, see Creating DPS apps for the iPad and iPhone.

For iOS 7, additional app icon sizes are required: 152x152 (iPad HD), 76x76 (iPad SD), and 120x120 (iPhone). These new icon files are required when you build either a v27 or v28 app in DPS App Builder.

DPS viewers include several UI changes for iOS 7. For example, the library background is much lighter than in previous versions, so check your cover images for appropriate contrast. If your app includes an article that describes how to use the app, you’ll likely want to update this help content.

For more information about creating apps that take advantage of iOS 7 features, see the iOS 7 Support in v28 DPS Viewer article or watch this video about DPS and iOS 7.

Important: There are known problems with v24 and earlier apps working on iOS 7 devices. For best results, update existing apps to v27 or later.

TOC display in v28 app on iOS 7 device.

AirDrop Support for iOS 7

With v28 apps on iOS 7 devices, you can share articles with people near you using AirDrop. When recipients receive shared article links via AirDrop on an iPad, they can take advantage of the new v28 Mobile Safari Web Viewer feature. For more information, see Using social sharing.

Mobile Safari Web Viewer (iPad only)

When an iPad user taps a link to an unprotected shared article, the shared article opens directly in the Mobile Safari Web Viewer. This feature lets share recipients view a web viewer version of the article with a single tap on the iPad rather than having to download the app. The Mobile Safari Web Viewer (also called “article viewer”) provides links to download the app or view the article if it's already downloaded on the iPad. In this initial release, some features such as certain overlay types are not yet supported. For more information, see Using social sharing.

Shared article displayed in Mobile Safari Web Viewer on an iPad

Schedule Folio Availability Date

Define a specific date and time to make folio content available on the Distribution Service to app users, eliminating the need for production staff to manually push new content live. See Publishing folios to the Distribution Service.

Folio scheduled to be published at a specific date and time

You can also set Schedule Folio Availability Date information programmatically using the Folio Producer API (Enterprise only).

New default viewer version for folios

The default viewer version for folios is now v26 instead of v20. When you create a new folio, you can still target v20 through v28 viewer versions.

Camera API support

Use the device camera to allow users to take photographs from within your app, and either feature photos within your content or store them in the camera roll. For example, you can specify a frame image and allow users to take a picture (or specify an image from their Photos app) that appears within that frame. For more information, see Getting started with the camera API.

Content on Android devices scaled up

In previous releases, smaller renditions in Android apps were not scaled up, causing both letterboxing and pillarboxing. With v28 AIR-based Android apps, smaller renditions are now scaled up proportionally.

Lock orientation option

DPS App Builder includes a new settings that lets you lock the orientation of your app so that the library and folio view are displayed in only one orientation. See Creating a custom viewer for the iPad and iPhone.

SiteCatalyst analytics improvements

New SiteCatalyst reports are available for author metadata, which is useful for tracking specific authors or advertisers. Additional custom eVar tracking is also available. See the related analytics articles in the DPS Developer Center for details.

Web Viewer localized

The Content Viewer for the Web (web viewer) now includes support for 20 different languages.

Distribution Service performance improvements

Folios uploaded to the Adobe Distribution Service are now stored on faster and more reliable Amazon Web Service servers. You should notice significant improvements in publishing, updating, and downloading folios.