We've just shipped an absolutely fantastic new feature that many of you will love. Starting now, you can store values fully encrypted in your backend/database - transparently, securely, and without ever exposing plaintext on the server. All you need is a client-side token that lives exclusively in secure storage on the device. The backend and the database only ever see encrypted bytes. When the data is read, it's automatically decrypted on the client. In other words: your app never has to persist unencrypted data again.
This is a highly specialized capability, but incredibly powerful. If you're building something like a password manager that syncs credentials across devices, this feature is a game-changer. Passwords never appear in plaintext on the server - even if someone were to gain direct database access due to a security flaw, they'd only see encrypted blobs.
How does it work?
You simply mark the columns you want encrypted:
book.getRowDefinition().addColumnDefinition( new ColumnDefinition("PASSWORD", new EncodedBinaryDataType()) );
The corresponding database column must use a binary data type (not text).
That's literally all the setup required.
When the user opens the screen in your app, they'll be prompted for a token. This token is stored securely on the device, never displayed, and used solely for encryption and decryption. Each application can use its own token. You can also delete the token to force re-entry whenever needed.
We were never truly satisfied with our code scanner in the VisionX app, so we took the opportunity to redesign it. The result of our efforts can be seen here:
Old UI
New UI
New UI (multi-scan)
The changes are already integrated in our Open Source project and will also be available in the stores with the next app update.
We've been waiting for this moment, and now it's here: VisionX 6.5.157 is officially out!. It's been a while since 6.0, but the wait was worth it.
This release isn't just an update. It's a massive refresh: nearly every library has been upgraded (some because of patched vulnerabilities), and new features unlocked. Even though VisionX apps weren't at risk, we wanted you to have the latest, safest, and most feature-packed version possible.
Bottom line: VisionX 6.5 is stronger, faster, and fresher than ever.
Highlights you will love
Mobile App (VisionX Previewer)
Speed boost: faster than ever
Customizable comboboxes: style them your way (see article)
Deep link and push notifications: build modern apps without worrying about the tech details (read more...)
Badges for elements and menu: because every great app deserves flair (read here and here)
Next-Gen Web App (React UI)
Upgraded: React 19 and PrimeReact 10.9
Compatibility: full dependency refresh
Keyboard navigation: Tab and Enter work seamlessly in tables, date pickers, and comboboxes
Performance: tables handle thousands of rows reliably
Style Designer: revamped to make custom theming effortless
Classic Web App (Vaadin UI)
Future-proof: compatible with upcoming browser changes (Chrome and beyond)
Stability: behind-the-scenes work to keep VisionX rock-solid
VisionX Features
Live preview: VisionX now supports direct preview for the classic and next-gen web app, and remembers your last choice
Connection pooling: designed for high-traffic apps to reduce database load and boost performance, simple enough for citizen developers
Morph between 1-tab tabsheet and Group panel seamless
We tried to improve our picklist = combobox = linked cell editor visually. And the result is so cool.
We played around with different styles like bottom sheet and popup. A bottom sheet is very common on iOS but not on Android devices. A popup is a usual method.
Our current implementation is a popup but it looks like a dialog. It's not bad but not cool enough.
The visual difference is big but it's always the same control.
Some impressions
Every video first shows the good old linked cell editor = combobox = picklist and then a new variant of the same editor.
This could be the new default
implementation, because the
animation is not too pushy.
The bottom sheet variant.
As popup below the editor with
pushy animation.
As popup below the editor with
fade-in animation.
As popup below the editor with
menu animation.
The best of all is that we support all shown variants. It's possible to mix modes, just define the style like:
We're happy to announce that our native JVx' flutter client 3.3.0 is stable and available.
It's now flutter 3.35 compatible, supports Android' 16KB Page size and is ready for Android SDK 36.
We’ve invested a lot of time in improving stability and performance. Layout rendering should now operate somewhat faster than before. Additionally, we’ve implemented push and deep links in a way that allows the application to update its display using pure parameters. For example, it’s now possible to update individual fields or open entire screens and select specific data records within them.
How it works?
Deep link example
The app runs on a real device. It has a simple screen with a button which will send an email with two links in it. The first will open the app and sets an application parameter. This parameter will be shown as text of a text field. The second link will open a specific screen and scrolls to a specific record.
Our implementation of native push:
Native push
The app receives a push message while running and shows a local notification. If you tap the notification, the app will be opened as well. In this demo, we don't tap the notification.
Short Status Update for the Upcoming VisionX Release
We’re currently in the final stages of testing. All our libraries are up to date and free of security issues. We've made extensive updates to our React UI, and our native mobile client has received numerous refinements, including full support for push notifications and deep linking. Background APIs have also been successfully tested with both Apple and Android devices. The native mobile client has been upgraded to the latest versions as well.
At the moment, we're addressing a few visual issues that surfaced during our pre-release testing. These are purely cosmetic and do not affect functionality.
The new VisionX version will include an updated React UI, an enhanced React UI Designer, and the latest native mobile client.
Although the release took longer than expected, it was well worth the effort!
We’ll notify you here once the release is officially available. Thanks for your patience!
We already support badges for standard components. So the next logical step is to support badges in the menu. And that's exactly what we've implemented. See for yourselves:
Menu badges
The badge will appear animated if you change the text.
Pretty awesome, right? You don’t have to worry about the technical issues, just focus on building your app. We’ll take care of the technical details for you.
The app is not available in the app stores because it's still under development, but the feature is already available in our repository.
Also, the app is ready for latest flutter version: 3.35.0
Use all features of latest flutter and dart to create your custom application without limits.
It's truly incredible how quickly you can build database apps using our generic application. The unrestricted native access is unmatched, and the standard components with all included features already enable the creation of outstanding apps.
We're happy to announce that our application monitoring is now available for our VisionX cloud applications.
With next VisionX release, it will be possible to include the optional application monitoring in your applications. It's not necessary to install the Monitoring AddOn. We'll add everything to your cloud installation.
Here's how it looks like:
Application
Monitoring
With application monitoring it's super easy to detect performance problems or to get an overview of used features. If you want to know how many users are using your application, no problem with application monitoring.
The application monitoring is an extra option for your existing VisionX cloud subscription. Please talk to our sales team to get more information.
We have summer 2025 and VisionX 6 was the last release in December 2024. Usually we release a VisionX update in the middle of the year, but this year it will be a little bit later.
The reason is: Security.
Our next update release of VisionX will be a big security update because of found security vulnerabilities from used libraries. We take the time to update to secure versions of used libraries and this is not a simple task. Also in the last month many used tools have changed like Maven central or Browsers. We try to hide technology problems from our customers because things should just work. It should be easy for our customers to work with latest technologies but it's not so easy for us to achieve this big goal.
We had to take care of changes and did updates of some tools in our development chain as well.
As a big extra, we now officially support IBM DB2 iSeries (AS400) with VisionX. We don't support every feature because such systems are always maintained by professional software developers. It's not a system for citizen developers. Anyway, a citizen developer is now able to create professional and modern applications with VisionX for IBM DB2 iSeries. If you're interested in details, just send us a message.
What's next?
You know that we play around with AI since 2023 and we still use AI in our product development process. Currently, every low code tool has some support for AI, but we think different and wait until it's not just nice to have it integrated. So AI is on our roadmap, but we still research. We're always open for feedback in this area
Why we think different is also because VisionX is different. It's completely Java based and you have full control about the Source Code - no vendor lock-in. So you can use any AI to integrate any feature in your VisionX application. If you know the prompt, just use copilot or chat GPT. If you ask for Java Source Code, you'll get it out and just use this in your VisionX application. We made so many tests with this approach and it was really helpful and easy - also without a custom AI integration in VisionX.
We also have a new option for your cloud applications. Our Monitoring Tool will be available for cloud installations. You will be able to get detailed information about your installed application if you want or need.
Also on our roadmap for 2025 is an update of our VisionX Previewer app. Because Google and Apple have changed the requirements for apps, we will also make improvements here. It's also planned to update the integrated push mechanism.
You can look forward to it — we'll keep you posted!
Development, News | rjahn | 23/02/2026 | 
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