Release summary
This topic covers the list of new features, enhancements, and security fixes available with the minor releases of the Persistent Mobile Foundation.
Release 10.0
This section contains following-release specific details.
Important: The documentation for this release is marked with the following tag across the 10.x documentation:
Release 10.0
New features and enhancements
Following are the new features and enhancements for this release.
Server-side
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OpenSearch
OpenSearch Version 3.1 has replaced Elasticsearch as the main search and analytics suite used by PMF Analytics. So, before you run PMF Analytics, you need to set up a standalone OpenSearch cluster. For more information, see OpenSearch.
For sizing recommendations for your OpenSearch cluster, use the Hardware sizing calculator Microsoft™ Excel spreadsheet.
To migrate the tenant-specific data from an Elasticsearch instance to an OpenSearch instance, use the Analytics Data Migration tool. For more information, see Migrating Elasticsearch data to OpenSearch.
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Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform (ROCP)
PMF now supports Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform Version 4.19.
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Open Liberty™
The Persistent Mobile Foundation now supports Open Liberty 25.0.0.6 with MySQL Version 8.0.43. For more information, see System requirements - Application servers.
Software Development Kits (SDKs)
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PMF Flutter SDK
The Persistent Mobile Foundation now supports Flutter SDK Version 3.19.0. For more information, see Flutter end-to-end demonstration.
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Google 16 KB memory page size support
Android SDKs now support the Google 16 KB memory page size architecture to ensure compatibility with the latest Android devices that ship with 16 KB memory page size support. To implement this enhancement, PMF upgraded the Android Native code that also impacts PMF Base and PMF JSONStore SDK. For more information, see JSONStore - Key features.
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Android Native SDK - HTTP PATCH method
The Persistent Mobile Foundation now supports Android Native SDK with the HTTP PATCH method. For more information, see WLResourceRequest.
Note: All PMF 10.0 SDKs are backward compatible with PMF 9.1 and PMF 9.2.
Security fixes
PMF 10.0 release has 7 Critical, 60 High, 47 Medium, and 5 Low vulnerabilities fixed. For the detailed CVE list, log in to the Persistent Support portal.
Migrating and upgrading
Following are the possible migration and upgradation scenarios.
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Migrating
You can migrate from the IBM® Mobile First Platform Version 8.0 to the Persistent Mobile Foundation Version 10.0. For more information, see Migrating from the IBM Mobile First Platform.
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Upgrading
You can upgrade from an earlier the Persistent Mobile Foundation version to the latest the Persistent Mobile Foundation Version 10.0. For more information, see Upgrading from an earlier Persistent Mobile Foundation version.
System requirements
For detailed list of minimum supported system requirements for the PMF 10.0 release, see System requirements.
Deprecated support
Release 10.0
- PMF Xamarin SDK on iOS.