Plugin SDK v1.3.0.0 Release Notes

This release focuses on changes to JUI and Devices as well as making sure all members of the Devices namespace have documentation now. A new project PluginSdkTests has been included to hold unit tests as they are added. This release also includes preview changes for HS4.2.

• Add new HomeSeer.Jui.Views
  • Add TimeSpanView (PSDK-1) (GitHub Issue 147) (GitHub Issue 72)
  • Add GridView (PSDK-57)
  • Add TextAreaView (PSDK-151) (GitHub Issue 197)
• Add IHsController.SendControlForFeatureByString() (PSDK-91)
• Add IPlugin.SupportsConfigFeature property to allow plugins to display a config page unique to a feature instead of always going to the owning device's config page (PSDK-152) (GitHub Issue 86)
• Add methods to DeviceFactory and FeatureFactory
  • Add DeviceFactory.WithAddress() (PSDK-156)
  • Add DeviceFactory.WithoutMiscFlags() (PSDK-157)
  • Add FeatureFactory.AddGraphic(StatusGraphic) (PSDK-164)
• Move Devices.EEnergyFeatureSubType to Devices.Identification.EEnergyFeatureSubType. Active references to Devices.EEnergyFeatureSubType in compiled code have been tested and will work without any problems (PSDK-163)
• Fix some bugs
  • Fix issue preventing values for InputViews from being retrieved from INI (PSDK-155)
  • Add exception to ValueRange constructor when min is greater than max to avoid creating a bad object (PSDK-170)
  • Change precision of floating point number comparisons from 1E-20 to 1E-15 because Doubles lose precision at 1E-16 (PSDK-171) (GitHub Issue 198)
  • Remove AbstractStatus because it isn't being used (PSDK-169)
• Update documentation (PSDK-158)
  • All Devices namespace members have documentation
  • Applied warnings to the use of EControlType.StatusOnly and EControlType.ButtonScript to properly indicate that they are read only at this time.
  • Applied a warning to the use of EControlType.Values to indicate that its exact use is being worked on and to expect changes in future releases
  • Applied a warning to the use of EControlType.ValueRangeDropDown to indicate that it is currently inoperable
  • All device related methods in IHsController have documentation
• Add HS4.2 preview code providing more granular control of the display of features on a device (PSDK-118) (GitHub Issue 153)
  • Add EFeatureDisplayType
  • Add HsDevice.FeatureDisplayPriority
  • Add HsDevice.GetFeaturesInDisplayOrder()
  • Add HsFeature.DisplayPriority
  • Add HsFeature.DisplayType
  • Add EProperty.FeatureDisplayPriority and EProperty.FeatureDisplayType
  • Add FeatureFactory.WithDisplayType()