Whats new in 1.7

##Changes from 1.5 to 1.7

Major refactors/improvements

• Font/glyph caching
• new drawing pipeline
• SDF support
• Async image loading
• Keycodes
• removed Chipmunk
• underlay tables
• LOD
• MOAIPinTransform
• MOAIProp -> MOAIGraphicsProp

Lua API Changes

MOAIAction

• Added MOAIAction.EVENT_START
• Added optional defer parameter to MOAIAction.attach, MOAIAction.addChild, MOAIAction.start and a method MOAIAction.defer() which defers an actions update until the next time the action tree is processed
• Added MOAIAction.getChildren(), MOAIAction.isPaused(), MOAIAction.setAutoStop
• Added MOAIActionTree class
• Removed MOAIActionMgr

MOAIAnimCurve

• added MOAIAnimCurve.getValueRange method

MOAIAppAndroid

• added MOAIAppAndroid.getSystemUptime

MOAIBillingAndroid

• added MOAIBillingAndroid.purchaseProductFortumo

MOAIBox2D

• added MOAIBox2DArbiter.getContactPoints
• added MOAIBox2DBody.getContactList
• added MOAIBox2DWeldJoint.getDampingRatio,MOAIBox2DWeldJoint.setDampingRatio
• added MOAIBox2DWeldJoint.getFrequency,MOAIBox2DWeldJoint.setFrequency
• added collideConnected to all MOAIBox2DWorld.add* methods

MOAIUtil

• added MOAIByteStream which implements a stream with fixed-size internal buffer

MOAICamera

• added MOAICamera.getFloorMove, MOAICamera.getViewVector, MOAICamera.lookAt, MOAICamera.moveFieldOfView,MOAICamera.seekFieldOfView,MOAICamera.setType

MOAICoroutine

• added MOAICoroutine.SetDefaultParent which makes the coroutine the parent for any actions launched from this coroutine

MOAIChipmunk

• Removed!

MOAIDataBuffer

• added MOAIDataBuffer.clear

MOAIDebugLines

• added MOAIDebugLines.COLLISION_ACTIVE_PROP_BOUNDS, MOAIDebugLines.COLLISION_ACTIVE_OVERLAP_PROP_BOUNDS,MOAIDebugLines.COLLISION_ACTIVE_TOUCHED_PROP_BOUNDS, MOAIDebugLines.COLLISION_OVERLAP_PROP_BOUNDS

MOAIDeck

• bit of a refactor into MOAIDeck and MOAIStandardDeck with textures and shaders being merged into a Material Batch @patrick please help here

MOAIDraw

• Added MOAIDraw.drawBezierCurve
• Added MOAIDraw.drawElements for rendering a vertex buffer
• Added MOAIDraw.setBlendMode

MOAIGlyphCache

• Changes around dynamic glyph cache. @patrick please help here

MOAIEaseType

• Ease types added:
  • MOAIEaseType.EXTRA_SHARP_EASE_IN
  • MOAIEaseType.EXTRA_SHARP_EASE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.EXTRA_SHARP_SMOOTH
  • MOAIEaseType.EXTRA_SHARP_SMOOTH_EASE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.SOFT_SMOOTH_EASE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.SINE_EASE_IN
  • MOAIEaseType.SINE_EASE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.SINE_SMOOTH
  • MOAIEaseType.CIRC_EASE_IN
  • MOAIEaseType.CIRC_EASE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.CIRC_SMOOTH
  • MOAIEaseType.BOUNCE_IN
  • MOAIEaseType.BOUNCE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.BOUNCE_SMOOTH
  • MOAIEaseType.ELASTIC_IN
  • MOAIEaseType.ELASTIC_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.ELASTIC_SMOOTH
  • MOAIEaseType.BACK_EASE_IN
  • MOAIEaseType.BACK_EASE_OUT
  • MOAIEaseType.BACK_SMOOTH

MOAIEnvironment

• added iosIFA and iosIFV to MOAIEnvironment

MOAIFileSystem

• added optional base parameter to getRelativePath
• added MOAIFileSystem.getVirtualPathInfo
• added MOAIFileSystem.loadFile to quickly load entire file into string
• added MOAIFileSystem.saveFile
• added MOAIFileSystem.stripPKZipTimestamps

MOAIFont

• added MOAIFont.getCache
• added MOAIFont.getReader
• added MOAIFont.setCache
• added MOAIFont.setFilter
• added MOAIFont.setShader

MOAIGeometryWriter

• New class MOAIGeometryWriter: Interface for writing and manipulating procedural geometry.

MOAIGfxDevice

• removed MOAIGfxDevice.isProgrammable
• removed MOAIGfxDevice.setPointSize
• added MOAIGfxDevice.getMaxTextureSize

MOAIGfxQuadDeck2D

• added MOAIGfxQuadDeck2D.getQuad, MOAIGfxQuadDeck2D.getRect, MOAIGfxQuadDeck2D.getUVQuad,MOAIGfxQuadDeck2D.getUVRect
• added MOAIGfxQuadDeck2D.setMaterialID

MOAIGfxResource

• renamed MOAIGfxResource.softRelease to MOAIGfxResource.purge
• added MOAIGfxResource.setReloader

MOAIGfxState

• REMOVED!

MOAIGlyphCache

• This is now the base class, see MOAIDynamicGlyphCache

MOAIGlyphCacheBase

• REMOVED!, base is now MOAIGlyphCache

MOAIProp

• some functionality lifted to MOAIGraphicsProp and MOAIGraphicsProp2D

MOAIHashWriter

• added MOAIHashWriter.setHMACKey
• added MOAIHashWriter.getHashBase64
• added MOAIHashWriter.getHashHex
• added MOAIHashWriter.getHash
• added MOAIHashWriter.getChecksum

MOAIHashWriterCrypto

• like hashwriter but inside and using moai-crypto

MOAIHttpTaskBase

• added MOAIHttpTaskBase.setSSLOptions

MOAIImage

• added MOAIImage.COLOR_FMT_A_1,MOAIImage.COLOR_FMT_A_4, MOAIImage.COLOR_FMT_LA_8
• added MOAIImage.average,MOAIImage.blur
• renamed MOAIImage.convertColors to MOAIImage.convert
• replaced MOAIImage.convertToGrayScale to MOAIImage.desaturate
• added srcFactor,dstFactor,equation to copyRect for alpha blending
• added MOAIImage.fillEllipse
• added MOAIImage.gammaCorrection
• added MOAIImage.generateOutlineFromSDF
• added MOAIImage.generateSDF
• added MOAIImage.generateSDFAA
• added MOAIImage.generateSDFDeadReckoning
• added MOAIImage.loadAsync
• added MOAIImage.mix - Transforms each color by a 4x4 matrix.
• added MOAIImage.simpleThreshold - This is a 'naive' threshold implementation that forces image color channels to 0 or 1 based on a per-channel threshold value.
• replaced MOAIImage.writePNG with generic MOAIImage.write that takes a format parameter

MOAIImageTexture

• renamed MOAIImageTexture.invalidate to MOAIImageTexture.updateRegion

MOAIIndexBuffer

• added MOAIIndexBuffer.copyFromStream
• added MOAIIndexBuffer.countElements
• added MOAIIndexBuffer.printIndicies
• added MOAIIndexBuffer.setIndexSize

MOAIInputDevice

• added MOAIInputDevice.getHardwareInfo gets any hardware metadata string specified by host

MOAIKeyCode

• added MOAIKeyCode constants that define keys in a code readable way eg MOAIKeyCode.LEFT and MOAIKeyCode.RIGHT

MOAIKeyboardSensor

• changed MOAIKeyboardSensor.keyUp,MOAIKeyboardSensor.keyIsUp, MOAIKeyboardSensor.keyDown, MOAIKeyboardSensor.keyIsDown to take a string or ... of MOAIKeyCodes
• renamed MOAIKeyboardSensor.setCallback to MOAIKeyboardSensor.setKeyCallback
• added MOAIKeyboardSensor.setCharCallback
• added MOAIKeyboardSensor.setEditCallback

MOAILayer

• added MOAILayer.wndToWorldRay Project a point from window space into world space and return vector suitable for 3d picking
• added sortInViewSpace optional parameter to MOAILayer.setSortMode
• added MOAILayer.getCamera
• added MOAILayer.getViewport
• added MOAILayer.getFitting3d
• replaced MOAILayer.setBox2DWorld with MOAILayer.setUnderlayTable

MOAILogMgr

• added MOAILogMgr.LOG_DEBUG
• added MOAILogMgr.log that takes a level and a message
• added MOAILogMgr.log that takes a level, a token, and a message

MOAIParticleEmitter

• added MOAIParticleEmitter.setState - sets initial state index for new particles

MOAIParticleScript

• added MOAIParticleScript.randInt - loads a random integer from a range
• renamed MOAIParticleScript.setReg to MOAIParticleScript.setLiveReg

MOAIPartcileSystem

• added optional state parameter to MOAIPartcileSystem.pushPartcile

MOAIPartition

• added interfaceMask and queryMask as optional parameters to the end​ of propForRay , propList, propListForPoint, propListForRay,propListForRect
• changed propForPoint to have interfaceMask and queryMask as first optional parameters

MOAIPinTransform

• added MOAIPinTransform - 2D transform for connecting transforms across layers. Useful for HUD overlay items and map pins.

MOAIProp

• most functionality was pushed up to MOAIGraphicsProp

MOAISerializer

• replaced MOAISerializer.exportToFile with MOAISerializer.serializeToFile
• replaced MOAISerializer.exportToString with MOAISerializer.serializeToString

MOAIShader

• replaced with MOAIShaderProgram

MOAIShaderMgr

• added DECK2D_SNAPPING_SHADER, FONT_SNAPPING_SHADER, FONT_EFFECTS_SHADER, LINE_SHADER_3D
• renamed MOAIShaderMgr.getShader to MOAIShaderMgr.getProgram

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