Roadmap

Because we recognize that you depend on Xojo for your development, we are making a product roadmap available to you.

Below is a highly summarized version of the big feature items on our roadmap. The order below is the order in which we currently believe we will deliver these features. Features are often developed concurrently by the Xojo team. Thus an individual release will sometimes ship with multiple features from this list. This roadmap only includes large features that we are ready to discuss publicly.

Warning

WARNING: This roadmap is subject to change. It will be reviewed monthly and revised if necessary. The order in which we expect features to ship may change as features get closer to completion. Do NOT make concrete plans based upon this roadmap. An upcoming feature's suitability for a project cannot be judged until a feature can be tested.

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Upcoming

These items are planned for upcoming releases of Xojo:

Order

Item

Description

1

Popover control

A dialog-like layout that can pop up over the existing layout.

2

DatabaseConnection class

DatabaseConnection class that can represent the connection to both development and production servers.

3

Xojo Libraries

Portions of protected Xojo code that are easily shared between projects and developers.

4

Grid control

A flexible Desktop grid control with row/column styling and more.

5

Updated Toolbar control

Use an updated modern toolbar in Desktop apps.

6

Control Locking for iOS

Making iOS controls lock the way all other project types do.

7

Sidebar control

Use sidebar controls in Desktop and Web apps.

8

Modern UI for Windows 10/11

Use the latest modern UI controls in your apps that run on Windows 10/11.

Delivered

The roadmap items below have already been implemented in versions of Xojo that have shipped in the last two years. For more details about a specific release, see the release notes.

Release

Item

Description

2023r3

Zip

The ability to zip and unzip files.

2023r2

Android (Beta)

The ability to build native apps that run on Android devices.

2023r2

Dark Mode for Web

Web apps automatically switch to dark mode when the browser does.

2022r4

ARM64 for Linux

The ability to build ARM64 apps for Linux.

2022r2

ARM64 for Windows

The ability to build ARM64 apps for Windows.

2022r1

New documentation system

Documentation available in an updated, modern format.

2022r1

iOS on-device debugging

The ability to debug iOS apps on device from macOS.

2021r3

New Desktop controls with API 2 events

Availability of desktop controls with improved consistency. Not required to use, just made available.

2021r3

Windows dark mode support

The ability to build apps and use Xojo with support for automatic changing colors/controls in Windows dark mode.

2021r3

Build macOS apps from Windows and Linux

The ability to build and remote debug macOS apps from Windows and Linux

2021r2

PDF support on iOS

The ability to render PDFs in iOS apps.

2021r2

iOS Notifications service for Xojo Cloud

The ability to easily setup iOS notifications from your Xojo Cloud server.

2021r1

Xojo is Universal

Xojo itself is now a Universal binary for macOS and runs natively on Apple Silicon.

2020r2

API 2.0 for iOS

A new set of APIs that are API 2.0-compliant making it easy to share code with your desktop, web and Android projects.

2020r2

New Desktop controls

Built-in Date/Time picker and Search controls for Desktop apps.

2020r2

Plugins for iOS

The ability to build and use plugins based on an updated PluginSDK for iOS.

2020r2

Multicore

An easy way to utilize multiple cores (via Worker) in your Desktop applications.

2020r2

Native Apple Silicon builds

Compile native Apple Silicon/Universal versions of your apps.

2020r1

Web Framework 2.0

A from-the-ground-up rewrite of the Xojo web framework providing more robust web applications, a modern user interface, many new controls, better style management and more. The APIs in this version are API 2.0-compliant.

2020r1

PDF Support

Create PDFs using familiar Graphics class routines for Desktop, Web, and Console.