ProtoPie Changelog

What's new in ProtoPie 7.10.0

Dec 20, 2023
  • Features
  • Option to flatten layer(s) from Figma
  • Shortcut to make layers editable
  • Bug Fixes
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to save a local Pie to ProtoPie Cloud in specific cases
  • Fixed the issue of changed values not being applied when re-exporting after changing interaction target frames in Figma
  • Fixed the issue of importing into a scene incorrectly from Figma when the system status bar is enabled
  • Fixed the issue of vector layers being incorrectly positioned when importing from Figma
  • Fixed the issue of images being cropped incorrectly whenever there’s an image fill in a container when importing from Figma
  • Fixed the issue of drawing a shape in a nested group leading to creating a incorrectly large sized shape
  • Fixed the issue of some text layers being displayed incorrectly on the canvas
  • Fixed the issue of the fill disappearing when editing a text layer with fill
  • Fixed the issue of the Reset response not working for Lottie layers
  • Fixed the issue of public libraries not showing for ProtoPie Enterprise users
  • Fixed the issue of reordering interactions not working in component edit mode
  • Fixed the issue of swapped component instances losing their changes when updating a library
  • Fixed the issue of paging container not being visually positioned correctly after editing a component
  • Fixed the issue of component thumbnails appearing blank not reflecting what’s on the canvas
  • Fixed the issue of scene thumbnails not updating properly when there are multiple video layers using self-hosted media
  • Fixed the issue of a formula not referencing the right layer when there are multiple layers with the same name
  • Fixed the issue of masking not working when undoing a group of layers
  • Fixed the issue of blur not working when a container has a radius above 0

New in ProtoPie 7.9.2 (Nov 20, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of variable values getting cut off in the preview window in debugging mode
  • Fixed the issue of a formula input field showing a syntax error incorrectly when using nested date & time functions
  • Fixed the issue of date function epochToDate() returning incorrect results
  • Fixed the issue of the Reset response not working after a Media response
  • Fixed the issue of the volume property being able to exceed 100 and be below 0
  • Fixed the issue of the system status bar background color exceeding the selected device in the preview window
  • Fixed the issue of manual proxy configuration not working when using a password for proxy authentication

New in ProtoPie 7.9.1 (Oct 25, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to check for new ProtoPie updates
  • Fixed the issue of ignoring the density when inserting an image onto the canvas
  • Fixed the issue of Smart Jump not working
  • Fixed the issue of auto width not working properly when using custom fonts in a text layer

New in ProtoPie 7.8.1 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Custom fonts for ProtoPie Enterprise
  • Custom easing presets
  • Audio recording in preview window
  • Barcode scanner
  • Predefined variables $barcodeX, $barcodeY, $barcodeWidth, $barcodeHeight, $barcodeValue
  • Improvements:
  • Revamped Learn tab
  • Handoff in ProtoPie Studio
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to import from Sketch if there is a layer with at least one unsupported property

New in ProtoPie 7.8.0 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Custom fonts for ProtoPie Enterprise
  • Custom easing presets
  • Audio recording in preview window
  • Barcode scanner
  • Predefined variables $barcodeX, $barcodeY, $barcodeWidth, $barcodeHeight, $barcodeValue
  • Improvements:
  • Revamped Learn tab
  • Handoff in ProtoPie Studio
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to import from Sketch if there is a layer with at least one unsupported property

New in ProtoPie 7.6.2 (Apr 5, 2023)

  • Fixed the issue of interactions with touch triggers not working properly in ProtoPie Cloud

New in ProtoPie 7.6.1 (Mar 28, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to record the preview window
  • Fixed the issue of the cursor disappearing in the preview window

New in ProtoPie 7.6.0 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Features:
  • QR code scanner
  • Predefined variables $qrX, $qrY, $qrWidth, $qrHeight, $qrValue
  • Functions regexextract(), regexreplace(), parseJson()
  • Improvements:
  • Custom device size of 9999 x 9999
  • Bold & italic text shortcuts
  • Backspace as a key property in the Press trigger
  • General performance: switching between tabs, Pies, scenes, and component edit mode & scenes
  • Performance for big Pie files: zooming in & out, highlighting layers on canvas by hovering, and loading the preview window
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of text displaying incorrectly in the What’s New modal after updating ProtoPie Studio
  • Fixed the issue of the progress modal not disappearing in particular cases when importing from Figma completed successfully
  • Fixed the issue of the lists of triggers & responses being hidden behind the property panel
  • Fixed the issue of some languages & voices in the Speak response not working
  • Fixed the issue of not displaying the correct totalTime value when used in a variable
  • Fixed the issue of the recording time displaying incorrectly when recording the preview window longer than 1 minute

New in ProtoPie 7.5.0 (Jan 31, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • ProtoPie Labs
  • Detach component instances
  • Rulers & guides
  • Predefined variables $deviceHeight & $deviceWidth
  • Layer property totalTime for audio, video & Lottie files
  • Improvements:
  • Icon indicating the variable scope appears when typing out a variable name in the formula input field
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to save a Pie if media files used in a Pie were missing locally
  • Fixed the issue of not greying out the option to rename layers inside component instances in the context & application menus

New in ProtoPie 7.4.0 (Dec 19, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • New device frames, e.g., iPhone 14
  • Improvements:
  • Update layer references in formulas automatically after renaming a layer
  • Update variable references in formulas automatically after renaming a variable
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of the shortcut to show original trigger & response names not working
  • Fixed the issue of an input layer’s text property not working in the formula input field when an input layer has the same name as its component or container
  • Fixed the issue of incorrectly showing scene variable values in the preview window in debugging mode when editing components
  • Fixed the issue of component thumbnails not showing in the Update Library modal when a new version of a library has been published

New in ProtoPie 7.3.3 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of variable values flickering in the preview window in debugging mode when scrolling.
  • Fixed the issue of hotspot hints appearing misplaced when resizing the preview window.

New in ProtoPie 7.3.2 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • No 9999 limit for the X & Y values in a Move response under a Chain trigger
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of the file name defaulting incorrectly when saving a Pie
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to change or move the timeline bars
  • Fixed the issue of cursor positioning incorrectly in the formula input field
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to set a custom device size
  • Fixed the issue of the Publish & Cloud icons overlapping when editing an interaction library

New in ProtoPie 7.3.1 (Oct 13, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of a Pie file not opening when your computer username contains space(s).

New in ProtoPie 7.2.1 (Aug 29, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to save locally in drives & folders that are not on the primary drive

New in ProtoPie 7.2.0 (Aug 25, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Bitmap masks
  • Improvements:
  • Overwrite a Pie in ProtoPie Cloud with a local Pie
  • Recent Pie list in the dashboard showing both Pies in ProtoPie Cloud and local Pies
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of image fill not showing properly in the canvas after adding an image layer
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to save a Pie to your personal space when your role changed from editor to viewer
  • Fixed the issue of the banners in the Support tab not being clickable
  • Fixed the issue of the cloud panel not showing anymore while preparing to save a Pie to ProtoPie Cloud
  • Fixed the issue of the interaction not working when clicking on Copy after saving all changes to ProtoPie Cloud
  • Fixed the issue of Cloud Pies in the list of recent Pies when using the application menu
  • Fixed the issue of showing a warning incorrectly when trying to a saving a Pie of less than 500 MB to ProtoPie Cloud

New in ProtoPie 7.1.0 (Jul 5, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Create new projects in ProtoPie Cloud from within ProtoPie Studio
  • Show/hide preview window by default when opening ProtoPie
  • Local Pie file name matching the name of the existing Pie in ProtoPie Cloud
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of a Pie file not opening in specific cases related to temporary files
  • Fixed the issue of the progress bar disappearing and not showing again when saving to ProtoPie Cloud
  • Fixed the issue of Pies in ProtoPie Cloud getting the wrong thumbnail when saving multiple Pies right after each other
  • Fixed the issue of showing local Pies only in the list of recent files from the app menu

New in ProtoPie 7.0.2 (Jun 20, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue of team libraries button being active for users on the Free plan
  • Fixed the issue of recent Pie list in the dashboard not showing more than 30 Pies
  • Improvements:
  • Recent Pie list in the dashboard

New in ProtoPie 5.3.1 (Mar 24, 2021)

  • Hotfix:
  • Fixed the issue of UI elements showing distortedly when moving the ProtoPie Studio window across multiple monitors with different display aspect ratios
  • Fixed the issue of developer menu options appearing on Windows
  • Fixed the issue of layers on top of an iOS Background Blur layer disappearing when zooming in on the canvas
  • Fixed the issue of overrides not showing in the preview window after swapping a nested component instance
  • Fixed the issue of a Pie file not opening containing some Google Fonts

New in ProtoPie 5.3.0 (Feb 18, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • ProtoPie plugin for Adobe XD
  • Cut command
  • Landscape orientation
  • New device frames, e.g., iPhone 12 & Google Pixel 5

New in ProtoPie 5.2.0 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • ProtoPie plugin for Figma
  • Single sign-on (SSO) for ProtoPie Enterprise
  • Auto line height
  • Duplicate with same distance
  • Improvements:
  • App icon for macOS Big Sur
  • Trigger & response names for voice prototyping

New in ProtoPie 5.1.3 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Export to interaction library
  • Hotfix:
  • Fixed the issue of an error occurring when enabling speech recognition in specific cases
  • Fixed the issue of an error occurring when copy-pasting nested components in specific cases
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to use public libraries
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to edit a team library after becoming a library member

New in ProtoPie 4.3.2 (Apr 8, 2020)

  • Fixed the issue of a Pie file not opening when changing the device size before saving it

New in ProtoPie 4.2.0 (Dec 9, 2019)

  • New features:
  • SVG support allowing adding SVG files into scenes and converting them into shape layers
  • Showing distance between layers
  • Improvements:
  • Formula support in duration and delay properties
  • Option to hide/unhide outline borders in containers
  • Custom paging width in paging containers
  • Timeline snapping
  • Share Pie links with custom display options (Cloud)

New in ProtoPie 4.1.3 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • Fixed the issue of ProtoPie not running when the installation path contains special characters
  • Fixed the issue of a Pie opening in a non-empty window
  • Fixed the issue of having inconsistent behavior for responsive constraints
  • Fixed the issue of the Detect trigger not working properly for some properties in the first component only

New in ProtoPie 4.1.1 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • Fixed the issue of the preview window freezing
  • Fixed the issue of infinite loading time when importing artboards that have text layers with blank names from Adobe XD
  • Fixed the issue of the interaction panel instructions showing up unexpectedly

New in ProtoPie 4.1.0 (Oct 18, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Support for Lottie
  • ProtoPie for Teams integration
  • Grouping triggers
  • Conditions for all triggers
  • Full-screen preview window
  • Visual Cubic Bezier easing curve editor
  • Improvements:
  • Resizable trigger and response names
  • Letter spacing

New in ProtoPie 4.0.5 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • Fixed the issue of not being able to open Pies in older versions of ProtoPie Studio
  • Fixed the issue related to duplicated scene IDs

New in ProtoPie 4.0.4 (Sep 24, 2019)

  • Fixed the issue of not being able to open a Pie when there is a layer with width 0 in a component
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to re-import artboards when the overwrite positions of layers option is disabled
  • Fixed the issue of some layers and interactions missing after duplicating a scene
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to copy and paste components between Pies in Fixed the issue of having black lines in the preview window recording
  • Fixed the issue of the aspect ratio lock not appearing as read-only in layers inside an instance of a component

New in ProtoPie 4.0.3 (Sep 24, 2019)

  • Fixed the issue of not being able to open a Pie when there are duplicated variable names
  • Fixed the issue not not being able to upload a Pie to the cloud if there are no file changes
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to paste a component in a different Pie in specific cases
  • Fixed other minor bugs

New in ProtoPie 4.0.2 (Aug 9, 2019)

  • Hotfix:
  • Fixed the issue of custom trigger names being reset to default names upon opening a Pie.

New in ProtoPie 4.0.1 (Aug 9, 2019)

  • Fixed the issue of ProtoPie Studio not running due to the existence of invalid fonts
  • Fixed the issue of not being to delete Conditions in the context menu
  • Fixed the issue of not being able to re-import artboards when grouped layers have been altered

New in ProtoPie 4.0.0 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Rebranding: a fresh look and feel
  • Reusable interaction components
  • Constraints for responsive resizing
  • Introduced new user onboarding
  • Context menu
  • Seamless update process
  • Support for self-signed SSL certificates
  • Improvements:
  • Revamped scene panel
  • Control opacity value with a numerical keypad
  • Improved the canvas zoom

New in ProtoPie 3.11.2 (May 21, 2019)

  • Fix the issue of not being able to import artboards that contain symbols from Sketch.
  • Fix the issue of videos being truncated after recording the preview window.

New in ProtoPie 3.11.1 (May 8, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Keep text layers from Sketch, Adobe XD, and Figma as text layers
  • Camera layer
  • Reset response
  • Send response and Receive trigger in one scene
  • Haptic feedback in the Vibrate response
  • Improvements:
  • New image replace icon
  • Autoscroll in the layer panel after selecting a layer in the canvas
  • Improve warning indicators in the interaction panel

New in ProtoPie 3.10.1 (May 8, 2019)

  • Hotfix:
  • Fix the performance issues regarding large Pie files
  • Fix some issues regarding rendering in the preview window
  • Support for importing designs from Figma Organization

New in ProtoPie 3.10.0 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Import and re-import designs from Figma on both macOS and Windows (beta)
  • Border and shadow properties
  • Border and Shadow responses
  • A new response called Link to open websites or apps through URL schemes
  • Copy & paste layers and their interactions
  • Audio layers
  • Interactions across devices support variables and formulas
  • New device frames, e.g. iPhone XR
  • More formula functions
  • Improvements:
  • Better performance (about 3 times faster in terms of run time)
  • Improved timeline
  • Revamped color picker
  • New shortcuts