Important notice!

• Next major release will drop support for GPI.
• Branch “0.1” (with GPI) will receive fixes only.

Major features currently in development:

• New low-level graphics API (GfxDevice), OpenGL backend for linux, android and iOS.
• New low-level input API (InputSystem).

New features:

• Added GfxDevice partial implementation for Windows.
• Added Callback entry to Thread.
• Added set implementation using internal map.
• PropertyContainer properties now are stored in intrusive_map.
• Changed a bit PropertyContainer item search.
• Changed intrusive_list to use options instead of bool.
• Added visual studio visualizer for some joy types (more to come later).
• Added RunAsyncTask to scheduler.
• Changed Scheduler to use Callback.
• Moved Thread name and affinity to be set on creation.
• Renamed NPI to Net.
• Added atomic_pod_priority_queue.
• Renamed Signal to Fence.
• Changed naming for functions in Semaphore, Mutex and CriticalSection.
• Changed wait time to nanoseconds.
• Added a few more flags for GfxSurface customization.
• Added GenericApp.
• Added GfxFence.

Issues fixed:

• Fixed UI_List not scrolling.
• Fixed incorrect exception for setting windows thread name.
• Fixed intrusive_map remove.
• Fixed Thread invalid Id.
• Fixed possible non atomic read in Scheduler.

Major features currently in development:

• New low-level graphics API (GfxDevice), OpenGL backend.

New features:

• Added File permission set/get.
• Modified SafePool to use mutex when allocating packs.
• Added template parameter to queue_mpsc.
• Added vec*_t types.
• Modified PropertyContainer to use hash_map.
• Added get_hash for string_ref.
• Refactored Stream, using 64bit and return error codes
• Added ReadWriteLock.
• Merged atomic and thread into multithread.
• Fixed intrusive_map and map clear after swap.
• Removed decl_class and decl_member.
• Refactored UTF function.
• Renamed atomic_counter_t.

Issues fixed:

• Fixed particle direction.
• Fixed SafePool.
• Fixed broken default certificate.
• Fixed intrusive_hash_map broken resize.

Development process from the last update was kinda slow, so there are no major changes yet.
Some general changes worth noting:
– Project now has proper versioning instead of simple revision numbers.
– Internally moved from Bazaar version control to Mercurial.
– Unified build system to use cmake for everything.

Major features currently in development:

• New low-level graphics API (GfxDevice). Currently implementing OpenGL backend.

New features:

• Added enum_type class to save memory for small enums or use custom storage.
• Added reverse iterator to string_ref.
• Added make_full_path.
• Added str_find_backward.
• Added inline GetFilePath to Stream.
• Added SHA1 generation.
• Added POST file uploading to HTTPClient.
• Added CompressIn Stream.
• Added HTTPClient chuncked upload.
• Added TLS connections and certificates handling.
• Added HTTPS support to HTTPClient.
• Added MetaType to PropertyContainer.
• Added different request types for HTTPClient.
• Added WaitIdle to ThreadQueue.
• Added EncryptStream.
• Replaced Resource class releaseHook with onResourceRelease.
• Added intrusive_hash_map.
• Added hash_map.
• Added functors support for Callback.
• Added partial System implementation.
• Modified ManagedFont to support multi fonts.
• Added str_format.
• Added Process.
• Added RSA encryption.
• Added more formats to Image declaration.
• Added new atomic functions.
• Added Image custom allocation support.
• Added MakeCallback.
• Modified AsyncTask to use Callback instead of plain function.
• Added layers range to UI_System.Draw.
• Replaced math_ functions with no-prefix version.
• Added particle reset for Emitter.Stop.
• Added DDS save.
• Added more options for UI loaders.
• Added copy/move functions to File/Folder.
• Added predefined TLS certificates.
• Added intrusive_map.
• Added SafePool.
• Moved Scheduler out of async namespace.
• Added Joy_Expect.
• Added atomic_queue.
• Modified Callback to have thread-safe functor data.
• Added aligned alloc/free.
• Added atomic_counter.
• Renamed Resource to camel case.
• Added RegExp class and str_match functions.
• Added string_view.
• Added string split function.
• Renamed Folder functions to be shorter.
• Moved cmake build scripts to public SDK.

Issues fixed:

• A lot of minor issues.
• Fixed incorrect va_arg usage in log.
• Fixed uint64 for some platforms.
• Fixed issue with etc1 compression crash.
• Fixed FontManager incorrect clear.
• Fixed Signal memory leak.

New features:

• Added builtin functions for ParserGLSL.
• Added LeakTracker.
• Added swap to pool.
• Added UI_LineConnection.
• Added CalmulRom with parameterization.
• Renamed Animation to AnimationBase and created actual Animation.
• Added shadow for UI_Label.
• Added Callback for UI_Scrollbar.
• Added AsyncTask.
• Refactored Thread.
• Added list nodes base structures.
• Added “enum_type” class.
• Refactored joy.core.h to remove macros.
• Added reverse iterator to string_ref.
• Added make_full_path.
• Added str_find_backward.
• Added inline GetFilePath to Stream.
• Added SHA1.
• Added POST file uploading to HTTPClient.
• Added CompressIn Stream.
• Added HTTPClient chuncked upload.
• Using mbedtls for TLS connections.
• HTTPClient with https support.
• Added MetaType to PropertyContainer.
• Using rapidjson for JSON parsing now.
• Added different request types for HTTPClient.
• Added WaitIdle to ThreadQueue.
• Added EncryptStream.
• Replaced releaseHook with onResourceRelease for Resource class.
• Added draft implementation of intrusive_hash_map.
• Added list_node_iterator.
• Added Functors support for Callback.
• Merged type_modifiers and traits into one and cleared a bit.
• Added partial System implementation.
• Refactoring Lexer to support parsing pause/resume.
• Added str_format.
• Added Process.
• Added RSA encryption.
• Added GoogleDriveClient to SDK.

Issues fixed:

• Fixed invalid property update for small values in PropertyContainer.
• Fixed atomic_indexed_stack.
• Fixed HTTPClient POST sending
• Fixed incorrect va_arg usage in log.
• Fixed uint64 for some platforms.

New features:

• Refactored Network API to support IPv6 and be more user friendly
• Added UI_OpacityAnimation

Issues fixed:

• Fixed utf global functions naming conflicting with Qt names
• Fixed some ThreadStorage issues
• Fixed UI_Manager incorrect behavior with relative paths