This update packs a punch, bringing significant upgrades to our Mobile App and Next-Generation Web experience, alongside essential platform refinements, cloud efficiency gains, and key developer fixes.

Whether you are building cross-platform enterprise apps or fine-tuning existing layouts, version 6.6.601 delivers a smoother, faster, and more customizable developer journey.

Here is a breakdown of everything new in VisionX 6.6.601

Mobile App: Advanced Security, Richer UI & Better Customization

The VisionX Mobile experience gets a huge leap forward with security features, expanded UI components, and flexible styling tools.

• On-Device Data Encryption

  Local data is now automatically encrypted prior to storage on the device.

• Biometric & PIN Security (Optional)

  Enable Face ID, Fingerprint, or PIN protection for secure app access.

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

  Native support for MFA workflows straight out of the box.

• Encrypted Data Export (HTML Safe)

  Export encrypted device data directly on the device in a secure format.

• UI Styling

  Extended styling customization across menus, buttons, tables, and form components.

• Brand-new Button Group control
• Brand-new Password strength control
• Foldable group panels
• Modern Tabset component
• Direct access to all FontAwesome and Material Design Icons
• Optional Copy-to-Clipboard button inside text editors
• Optional Show-password button inside password editors
• Image manipulation for image editors
• Contextual visual indicators/markings for empty menus and empty tables
• Display small arrows if more records are available within table views
• Configure image quality and size in settings

Web (Next Generation): Speed, Precision & Smooth Workflows

Our Next-Gen Web platform gets performance enhancements and UI improvements designed for high-data volume applications.

• Sticky Table Headers

  Table headers now stay fixed at the top while scrolling through long rows of data.

• Redesigned Signature Pad

  Rebuilt from the ground up for reliable, smooth digital signature capture across devices.

• Improved Lazy Loading
• Image Choice Editor Fixes

  Resolved display and rendering glitches for images inside image choice editor.

Core Platform & Developer Experience

We have introduced handy quality-of-life enhancements and platform optimizations to speed up daily design workflows.

• Finer Spacing Controls

  Granular horizontal and vertical layout control between labels, editors, and panels.

• Security Protocol (AddOn)

  A dedicated Security protocol is now available as an AddOn for audit-heavy environments.

• Directory Switching

  Switch application directories directly within VisionX without leaving the tool.

• Cloud Footprint Reduction

  Memory optimization reducing RAM consumption for cloud-hosted deployments.

• Localized Module Setup

  Module installations now seamlessly respect system translation tables.

• Streamlined Documentation

  Module documentation is automatically provided directly in the /doc directory.

• External File Change Alerts

  The Action Editor now alerts you immediately if files have been modified externally.

• Mobile Engine Support

  Native support aligned with the latest mobile app builds.

Key Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements

This update addresses critical feedback from our developer community!

• Anchor Positions

  Fixed input issues with anchor positions in the Designer.

• Multi-Module Integration

  Resolved a bug where only one module was integrated in the Designer instead of all selected modules.

• Application Import

  application.xml settings are now properly preserved when importing applications.

• Combobox Column Renaming

  Resolved an issue where Combobox table columns could not be renamed.

• Live Preview Accuracy

  Live Preview now instantly reflects newly created reports and newly added tables in existing screens.

Ready to Upgrade?

VisionX 6.6.601 is available in the download area!

Download the update to take advantage of the new web & mobile components and performance enhancements.

Our mobile app will be available in the stores within the next few weeks!

The version contains our latest libraries and bugfixes, especially react UI and flutter UI features. Both UIs are included in VisionX 6.6.521.

Our (native) app has many new customization features for your individual app experience.

! It's now built with Flutter 3.44.2 !

UI Customizing
No records available
General styling
Style the menu
Tabset
Menu options
Flutter 3.44 support

Our reactUI is based on latest standards and security fixes.

We don't have any known vulnerabilities. Especially the signature pad is important because we rewrote it from scratch.
The table got a small but nice update: The header is now sticky and doesn't scroll with records.

We offer a new WAR modification tool

WAR modification

We have new AddOns

Authentication AddOns
Security Protocol AddOn
Entra ID Integration for VisionX

An EA version is not intended for production use, but is great for development.

The release of VisionX 6.6 is planned for July

Have fun!

Security protocol Add-On

This AddOn adds an additional layer to your application and makes it possible to see login failures, successful logins and logouts, with additional information:

Protocol screen

It's a must-have

Simply get in contact with us!

• Entra ID authentication (with user and group sync)

  The Entra ID authentication uses Azure AD/Entra ID for authentication and synchronizes user and group information from Azure to your application.

  This AddOn supports SLO with your browser.

• AD authentication (with user and group sync)

  The AD authentication uses Kerberos to authenticate against your active directory like Samba or Microsoft AD (Windows Server) and synchronizes user and group information to your application.

  This AddOn supports SSO with your browser.

  This AddOn is a more powerful version of our current AD authentication AddOn which doesn't synchronize user and group information.

• LDAP authentication (with user and group sync)

  This AddOn simply allows manual authentication against your LDAP server. It synchronizes user and group information from LDAP to your application.

All Add-Ons are available separately and can be purchased.
These are not free add-ons.

Simply get in contact with us.

The AddOn integrates seamlessly into your application, giving you the flexibility to choose your preferred login method. The authentication type is determined by the URL you access, for example:

• http://myapp.visionx.cloud/AzureADAuth/ (without Entra ID login)
• http://myapp.visionx.cloud/AzureADAuth/azauth (with Entra ID login)

If Entra ID login is selected, the Entra ID login mask will appear before the application loads:

EntraID login

After a successful login, you will be redirected straight to the application and signed in automatically. All available screens will be visible immediately, based on your specific permissions. During the login process, we automatically sync app roles and user groups from Entra ID to your application.

We support the following web technologies:

• vaadin UI
• react UI
• flutter UI (mobile mode)

On mobile devices, the login process works similarly to the browser, but the login mask is displayed directly within the app:

Entra ID (mobile)

In addition to signing in, you can also change your password or perform a secure logout from Entra ID.

All you need to get started is our Entra ID AddOn.

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

Also available: VisionX Previewer App 3.3.2 in the app stores.

Next stop: VisionX 6.6.

Until then, enjoy the muscle and polish of VisionX 6.5.157
Available now in the customer download area.

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!

Badge animated

The badge will appear animated if you change the value. The API is simple, because we use our style system, e.g.:

You have many options to customize the badge, e.g. color, border, position:

Another example:

Badges

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.

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.

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!