Roadmap & Release Notes

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