SVMP 1.5.0 Released

New in SVMP 1.5.0 is the long awaited single-app mode for the Android client app. Other major additions include an all-new more flexible build system for the Android VM image, and an early preview of a new HTML5-based client application.

Detailed Change Log

Android Client

Single-app mode. Now individual remote applications can be mapped to shortcuts on the client’s homescreen instead of having a whole 2nd “desktop” to manage.
New icons and graphics
Sends current default timezone to the VM
New connections now default to SSL encrypted

Web-based Client

Early preview of HTML5-based client application (requires a WebRTC-enabled browser, such as Chrome or Firefox)

SVMP Server

Supports in-client password changes
Pinned all the NPM dependency versions. No more random breakage due to unexpected module changes.
npm install -g will now create executable links for the server and configuration tool

All new build system with lots of new features
- Menu-based configuration
- New targets for multiple virtual disk and VM platforms types
- OVF/OVA appliance building for VirtualBox and VMware
- Disk sizes configurable from BoardConfig.mk (including /data)
- New “all-in-one” build target combining /system and /data into a single disk image
Now bootable on hypervisors using pygrub and pvgrub (e.g., Xen PV-mode)
Kernel updates
- Updated kernel to linux-stable 3.4.98
- Revamped the default configuration to add more hypervisor support (i.e. Xen) and remove unnecessary features
svmpd can now handle multiple connections without blocking (prior connections are kicked)
VM timezone settable by client
Fixed notification forwarding again
Moved /cache partition to the system disk. The contents of /cache are tied more closely to the ROM version and should not be persisted long-term like /data.