Features
- Linux apps can now be packaged in Flatpak format. (#359)
- SDKs, tools, and other downloads needed to support app builds are now stored in an OS-native user cache directory instead of
~/.briefcase. (#374) - Windows MSI installers can now be configured to ask the user whether they want a per-user or per-machine install. (#382)
- The console output of Windows apps is now captured and displayed during
briefcase run. (#620) - Windows apps are now packaged with a stub application. This ensures that Windows apps present with the name and icon of the app, rather than the
pythonw.exename and icon. It also allows for improvements in logging and error handling. (#629) - Temporary docker containers are now cleaned up after use. The wording of Docker progress messages has also been improved. (#774)
- Users can now define a
BRIEFCASE_HOMEenvironment variable. This allows you to specify the location of the Briefcase tool cache, allowing the user to avoid issues with spaces in paths or disk space limitations. (#789) - Android emulator output is now printed to the console if it fails to start properly. (#799)
briefcase android runnow shows logs from only the current process, and includes all log tags except some particularly noisy and useless ones. It also no longer clears the Logcat buffer. (#814)
Bugfixes
- Apps now have better isolation against the current working directory. This ensures that code in the current working directory isn't inadvertently included when an app runs. (#662)
- Windows MSI installers now install in
Program Files, rather thanProgram Files (x86). (#688) - Linuxdeploy plugiuns can now be used when building Linux AppImages; this resolves many issues with GTK app deployment. (#756)
- Collision protection has been added to custom support packages that have the same name, but are served by different URLs. (#797)
- Python 3.7 and 3.8 on Windows will no longer deadlock when CTRL+C is sent during a subprocess command. (#809)