webOS OSE 2.22.0 Release Notes

Release date: June 21, 2023

This version corresponds to the GitHub releases from build #588 to build #608.

New and Changed Features

Core Applications

System

• Enact Browser
  • Added geolocation feature

Application Framework

SDK

• Added webOS-specific data in sdkagent

Web

• Enact
  • Upgraded Enact CLI from v5.1.2 to v6.0.0
  • Upgraded the Sandstone library from v2.6.2 to v2.7.0
  • Upgraded the Enact framework from v4.5.1 to v4.7.0
  • Upgraded the Moonstone library from v4.5.0 to v4.5.3

Managers & Services

App

• WAM
  • Unified error codes for several methods in com.webos.service.webappmanager
  • Replace getCloseAppId with getManagerEvent
• Changed access permissions of the following services to non-root:
  • com.webos.service.activitymanager

Media

• audiod
  • Add a new method: com.webos.service.audio/getAudioEffectsStatus
• Changed access permissions of the following services to non-root:
  • com.webos.service.mediacontroller
  • com.webos.service.mediaindexer
  • com.webos.service.umediaserver

Intelligence

• TTS Service
  • Fixed an issue where the previous TTS request still plays on the current TTS request

Base Components

Display

• Qt
  • Upgraded Qt to v6.5.1

Media

• g-media-pipeline
  • Fixed an issue where YouTube videos are not playing in g-media-pipeline
• g-camera-pipeline
  • Fixed an issue where audio & video doesn’t play properly on the emulator

Boot

• systemd
  • Changes the permission for /media (from 770 to 775)

Web Engine

• Blink
  • Fixed an issue where the list scrolls even after the button is released

BSP

• Changes rootfs mount option not to load journal of ext4 file system

Known Issues

• The launchpad disappears after an app is added to the app bar.