Immersive Reader JavaScript SDK Release Notes

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Version 1.1.0

This release contains new features, security vulnerability fixes, bug fixes, updates to code samples, and configuration options.

New Features

  • Enable saving and loading user preferences across different browsers and devices
  • Enable configuring default display options
  • Add option to set the translation language, enable word translation, and enable document translation when launching Immersive Reader
  • Add support for configuring Read Aloud via options
  • Add ability to disable first run experience
  • Add ImmersiveReaderView for UWP

Improvements

  • Update the Android code sample HTML to work with the latest SDK
  • Update launch response to return the number of characters processed
  • Update code samples to use v1.1.0
  • Do not allow launchAsync to be called when already loading
  • Check for invalid content by ignoring messages where the data is not a string
  • Wrap call to window in an if clause to check browser support of Promise

Fixes

  • Fix dependabot by removing yarn.lock from gitignore
  • Fix security vulnerability by upgrading pug to v3.0.0 in quickstart-nodejs code sample
  • Fix multiple security vulnerabilities by upgrading Jest and TypeScript packages
  • Fix a security vulnerability by upgrading Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory to v5.2.0

Version 1.0.0

This release contains breaking changes, new features, code sample improvements, and bug fixes.

Breaking Changes

  • Require Azure AD token and subdomain, and deprecates tokens used in previous versions.
  • Set CookiePolicy to disabled. Retention of user preferences is disabled by default. The Reader launches with default settings every time, unless the CookiePolicy is set to enabled.

New Features

  • Add support to enable or disable cookies
  • Add Android Kotlin quick start code sample
  • Add Android Java quick start code sample
  • Add Node.js quick start code sample

Improvements

  • Update Node.js advanced README.md
  • Change Python code sample from advanced to quick start
  • Move iOS Swift code sample into js/samples
  • Update code samples to use v1.0.0

Fixes

  • Fix for Node.js advanced code sample
  • Add missing files for advanced-csharp-multiple-resources
  • Remove en-us from hyperlinks

Version 0.0.3

This release contains new features, improvements to code samples, security vulnerability fixes, and bug fixes.

New Features

  • Add iOS Swift code sample
  • Add C# advanced code sample demonstrating use of multiple resources
  • Add support to disable the full screen toggle feature
  • Add support to hide the Immersive Reader application exit button
  • Add a callback function that may be used by the host application upon exiting the Immersive Reader
  • Update code samples to use Azure Active Directory Authentication

Improvements

  • Update C# advanced code sample to include Word document
  • Update code samples to use v0.0.3

Fixes

  • Upgrade lodash to version 4.17.14 to fix security vulnerability
  • Update C# MSAL library to fix security vulnerability
  • Upgrade mixin-deep to version 1.3.2 to fix security vulnerability
  • Upgrade jest, webpack and webpack-cli which were using vulnerable versions of set-value and mixin-deep to fix security vulnerability

Version 0.0.2

This release contains new features, improvements to code samples, security vulnerability fixes, and bug fixes.

New Features

  • Add Python advanced code sample
  • Add Java quick start code sample
  • Add simple code sample

Improvements

  • Rename resourceName to cogSvcsSubdomain
  • Move secrets out of code and use environment variables
  • Update code samples to use v0.0.2

Fixes

  • Fix Immersive Reader button accessibility bugs
  • Fix broken scrolling
  • Upgrade handlebars package to version 4.1.2 to fix security vulnerability
  • Fixes bugs in SDK unit tests
  • Fixes JavaScript Internet Explorer 11 compatibility bugs
  • Updates SDK urls

Version 0.0.1

The initial release of the Immersive Reader JavaScript SDK.

  • Add Immersive Reader JavaScript SDK
  • Add support to specify the UI language
  • Add a timeout to determine when the launchAsync function should fail with a timeout error
  • Add support to specify the z-index of the Immersive Reader iframe
  • Add support to use a webview tag instead of an iframe, for compatibility with Chrome Apps
  • Add SDK unit tests
  • Add Node.js advanced code sample
  • Add C# advanced code sample
  • Add C# quick start code sample
  • Add package configuration, Yarn and other build files
  • Add git configuration files
  • Add README.md files to code samples and SDK
  • Add MIT License
  • Add Contributor instructions
  • Add static icon button SVG assets

Next steps

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