OpenHarmony 5.0 Beta1

Version Description

OpenHarmony 5.0 Beta1 continuously improves its standard system capabilities. ArkUI improves the capability of invoking components through C APIs. The application framework refines its lifecycle management and improves the application startup and redirection capabilities. DSoftBus enhances the connectivity capabilities and specifications. The media framework, video codec, and audio and video capabilities are improved. The media library enriches usage scenarios to deliver a better user experience.

OpenHarmony 5.0 Beta1 introduces the first batch of API 12 interfaces.

Application Framework

The AppStartUp framework is introduced to provide a simple and efficient method for initializing components during application startup, improving startup performance.
APIs for starting atomic services are added, and two startup modes are provided: pop-up and embedded.
Enhanced auto-fill capabilities: The TextInput component supports auto-save and auto-fill for more data types.
Enhanced widget capabilities: The monochrome mode, inverse color, gradient color collision, exquisite visual display (such as blur, shadow, and rounded corners), and natural background integration.
The Ability Assistant (AA) tool supports implicit application startup.
Deep Link and App Linking are provided to reduce usage costs for developers and improve navigation security.
Secure application restart capabilities are provided.
The system environment now includes notifications for changes in font size and weight.
The UIAbilityContext capabilities are enhanced as follows:
- Obtaining the WindowStage
- Enabling an application to proactively switch its UIAbility to the background
The following application lifecycles are added:
- OnDestroy lifecycle for the AbilityStage
- onWindowStageWillDestroy lifecycle for the UIAbility
The wait-for-debugging mode is added for applications.
During cross-device migration, an application can migrate from one ability to another ability.
During cross-device migration, an application can use asynchronous APIs to save data.
During cross-device migration, an application can be started in advance in pull scenarios by configuring the immediate startup field.

ArkUI

NDK APIs are provided for components suitable for third-party frameworks, covering component creation, attribute setting, event registration, customization, and component tree building.
The node customization capability is enhanced to provide FrameNode customization and node agents.
- Nodes can be dynamically added or deleted.
- Universal attributes and events can be set for nodes.
- The capability of traversing the node tree is supported.
- Component information can be accessed through nodes, and additional event callbacks can be registered.
- Custom node measurement, layout, and rendering are supported.
The custom extension capability is enhanced to provide a variety of modifiers.
- Modifiers of basic components are provided to support chain calls and parameter passing, and can inherit to implement custom modifiers.
- AttributeUpdater is introduced to support direct attribute updates.
- GestureModifier is introduced to support dynamic gesture settings.
- DrawModifier is introduced to extend the drawing content of native components.
- ContentModifier is introduced for certain components, supporting customization of component content styles with custom Builder methods.
The capabilities of the Navigation component are enhanced as follows:
- The onWillShow and onWillHide lifecycles are supported.
- Transition animations support interruption and resumption.
- The page content is extended to the status bar.
- Singleton redirection is supported.
- The custom animation capability is enhanced.
The advanced text capabilities are enhanced as follows:
- Text components support attribute strings.
- Images and texts can be dragged between WebView and ArkUI applications.
- RichEditor supports hint settings.

Bundle Manager

The service module (HSP/HAR) supports the router_map.json configuration, implementing dynamic route decoupling between modules.
The integrated HSP is supported. Multiple applications in a group can use the integrated HSP to share code and resources.
Uninstalling updates is supported. Preinstalled applications that have been updated from AppGallery can be restored to the preinstalled version by uninstalling the updates.
APIs are provided to install and query in-house applications, allowing for in-house application management.
Unified resource cache is provided, covering overlay and theme switching scenarios.
Decompression of GZIP files is supported.
The resfile directory is introduced, which stores various resource files. During application installation, these resources are decompressed to the application sandbox path.

DSoftBus

Transmission priority control is added for BR/BLE connections to improve the success rate of BLE discovery and broadcasting.
BR/BLE link multiplexing is supported. The multiplexing process is not interrupted by services, improving the success rate of multiplexing.
Multi-medium networking is supported to avoid repeated authentication and improve authentication efficiency.
Logical channels can be decoupled from physical links to increase the connection success rate.
The transmission module provides encryption and decryption APIs, and supports the capabilities of canceling the binding process and configuring the timeout interval.
IPC supports asynchronous message sending and provides high-performance JS interfaces for reading and writing the shared memory.
The common parts of IPC_Core and IPC_Single are decoupled, continuously optimizing the memory usage.

Distributed Data Management

Preferences support serializable JSON objects and key-based precise subscription.
relational_store supports TS synchronous APIs.
UDMF supports batch transactions, and introduces 4 common data struct definitions and 40 UTD data types.
data_share is optimized in terms of resource usage, access control, and access precision.

Distributed Hardware

Applications are able to manage trusted and untrusted device resources, and query, filter, sort, and listen for device information.
A device authentication framework is provided to support PIN code, tapping, scanning, and getting-close, supporting various authentication interaction entries.
Device networking, online/offline, and peripheral device scanning capabilities are introduced for device resource management.

Distributed DeviceProfile

System services can add, delete, modify, and query cross-device trust relationships, trusted device information, device system information, service information, and service feature information, and subscribe to data change notifications.
On-demand data synchronization and Bluetooth heartbeat broadcast synchronization across devices are supported. Data can be categorized into toggle data, static data, and dynamic data for service parties to define and operate different types of data based on their own data characteristics.

File Management

Incremental backup is provided for files and cloud space.
APIs are provided for a backup application to obtain the backup data volume details, establishing the sensing channel between the backup application and the application to be backed up. Abnormal events during backup and restore can be reported.
The SA can access the backup and restore framework.
The picker capabilities are enhanced. Audio Picker allows users to select multiple items at a time. Download Picker is introduced, complementing the download experience of browser applications.

Graphics and Window Manager

Graphics

The drawing capability is enhanced to support vector primitive drawing, bitmap drawing, style visual effect, and shadow effect for text.
The bitmap ArkTS and C APIs are enhanced to support format conversion, premultiplication of transparency, and effect processing.
The NDK capability of the text engine is enhanced to support line spacing and various wrapping policies.
The NDK capability of the surface is enhanced to provide C APIs for obtaining the YUV data location, surface ID, and buffer queue size, as well as attaching and detaching.
LTPO frame control is introduced.
The 3D component capability is enhanced to support loading and editing of 3D scenes.
OpenGL ES extensions are provided.
The performance and energy efficiency are further optimized.

Window Manager

Applications can obtain the color attribute of the status bar.
The cross-platform capability is enhanced. APIs such as loadContentByName and windowSizeChange adapt to the cross-platform capability.

Media

AVPlayer

More playback speed options (0.5x and 1.5x) are introduced.
More playback formats (such as AMR) are supported.
More audio encoding parameters (such as the bit depth) are introduced.
Low-power audio playback (offload) is supported.
Precise seeking is supported.
Users can switch the video to another window during video playback.
Header customization is introduced, allowing users to add custom information during streaming media playback.
FLV live streaming is supported.
Applications can automatically switch to a proper bit rate based on the network quality during online playback.

AVRecorder

Image rotation parameters can be dynamically configured.
Layered encoding is introduced for video recording.

AVMetadata

Identification of HDR Vivid videos is supported.

AVScreenCapture

C APIs are provided to record the system screen and sound.
Applications can obtain screen capture data in surface mode.
Applications can configure screen capture content to follow screen rotation.
Screen capture cannot be performed concurrently with cellular calls.
The microphone and system sound can be captured simultaneously.
A privacy dialog box is provided for screen capture. Screen capture can be started only after being authorized by the user.
Screen capture supports excluding the window with the specified window ID.
Screen capture supports excluding the audio of the application itself.

DRM

DRM plug-in management and DRM scheme integration are supported.
DRM certificate downloads are supported.
Online and offline authorization of DRM programs is supported.
Decryption of DRM programs in secure or non-secure mode is supported.
Secure video channels are supported.
Authorization, decryption, and playback of HLS+TS/DASH+fMP4 DRM programs are supported.
The integration of the AVPlayer and AVCodec playback framework is supported.

AVCodec

APE decoding and demuxing are supported.
MP3 encoding and muxing are supported.
Parsing of SRT subtitles is supported.
H.264/H.265 hardware encoders support the setting of long-term reference frames and reference frame encoding on a per-frame basis, depending on hardware chip capabilities.
H.264/H.265 hardware encoders support the setting of encoding QP on a per-frame basis, depending on hardware chip capabilities.
H.264/H.265 hardware codec supports low-latency frame output (one-in-one-out), depending on hardware chip capabilities.
H.264/H.265 hardware encoders support the resetting of the bit rate and frame rate, depending on hardware chip capabilities.
H.264/H.265 hardware encoders support hierarchical-P temporal scalability, depending on hardware chip capabilities.
Parsing of FMP4 files is supported.
In surface mode, surface switching is supported during hardware decoding.

Camera

Camera modes are enhanced, including Pro, Super macro, Super slow motion, and Safe.
The camera is enhanced to support moving photos, HDR Vivid capture, and deferred photo delivery.
The camera effect is enhanced to support black and white colors and portrait blurring.
Camera control is enhanced. The frame rate can be dynamically configured, and information such as the focal length and ambient brightness can be returned.

Audio

Internal audio recording allows filtering by stream type and application.
Low-power audio playback supports speed adjustment and sound effect processing.
HD audio playback is supported for both wired and Bluetooth headsets.
Spatial audio rendering is supported for external playback.
VoIP voice calls support low-latency channels.
System sound management allows applications to obtain the system tone list and customize system tones.

Image

HEIF decoding is supported.
DNG decoding is supported.
C APIs are provided for image encoding and decoding.
Image codec supports HDR effects (depending on platform capabilities).
The EXIF coverage and batch EXIF read/write capabilities are supported.
Images in HEIF and JPEG formats can be decoded into the YUV format.
GIF decoding is enhanced, allowing applications to obtain the number of playback times and frame transition mode.
The WebP format supports retrieval of the frame delay time.
JPEG codec hardware acceleration is enhanced (depending on platform capabilities).
The image editing NDK interface is open, supporting pipeline orchestration, effectors, and filter chains.

Media Library

A new deferred photo delivery process is introduced, including consumption-only, direct saving, and editing and saving after photographing.
The hdc command in developer mode can be used to read images and videos in the public storage area of the media library.
The hdc command in developer mode can be used to parse the names of images and video files encrypted by the media library.
The mediatool in root mode can be used to preset image and video resources.
Applications can identify HDR images and videos and provide HDR LCD thumbnails.
The media library is enhanced to refresh search indexes in a timely manner when images and videos are deleted.
Video tagging, natural semantics, and detection of human and pet heads are supported.
Applications can now generate OCR information for images in a timely manner.
Applications can locate images and videos in the smart album.
Applications can parse the longitude and latitude of videos.
Permission optimizations allow applications to maintain long-term read/write permissions for their own saved images and videos.
Applications are allowed to export videos to the application sandbox.
The flow control mechanism for malicious applications accessing cloud images is enhanced.
The media library now publishes change notifications when cloud images change.
Watermarks and filters for deferred photo delivery now support editing and reversibility. The mechanism for accurately identifying and reporting application access to original images and videos is optimized.
The storage space occupied by images and videos, including thumbnail space, is now accurately calculated.
Applications can use C APIs to read images and videos.
Applications can query named portrait information.
The media library allows users to take, save, and read moving photos, set the frame information of the moving photo cover, and set the moving photo effect mode.
A new ringtone library is added to support preset ringtones and custom ringtones.
Shooting mode information can now be uploaded to the cloud.
DFX capabilities are enhanced to include static user data, time-consuming behavior, deletion behavior, and application behavior statistics.

Common Event and Notification

Authorized application can customize notification ringtones.
Applications can create live notifications of the progress bar type in system proxy mode.
Different application clones can publish notifications.
A synchronous interface is provided to query the notification authorization status.
System applications can batch query authorized notifications and live window application lists and statuses.
System applications can publish emergency event notifications.
System applications can subscribe to notifications by device type for reminder coordination between mobile phones and other devices.
System applications can set badges for other applications.
In Do Not Disturb mode, an application trustlist can be configured, and applications within the trustlist are not affected by Do Not Disturb mode.
System applications can delete and re-add statically subscribed-to common events while running.

Communications

The DHCP service is optimized to support retrieval of information such as the peer name and IP address.
Security for saved hotspot password information is enhanced.
The number of threads and architecture of the WLAN service are optimized.

Location

During continuous locating, error code information that affects locating can be listened for.
APIs related to GNSS satellite status information and continuous locating are optimized.
The security compilation options of the location service are enhanced.
The location permission policy for service widgets is optimized.

Telephony Service

Applications can obtain the IMEISV and the PLMN code of the resident base station.
The telephony service process load and DFX are optimized, including independent build and deployment, improved traceability, and stability.

Network Management

The HTTP protocol stack can automatically read certificates installed by the system and users.
The HTTP proxy supports secure storage of usernames and passwords, automatic update of proxy authentication credentials, and automatic reading of proxy configurations when the previewer is used.
WebSocket supports capabilities such as obtaining header information and setting proxies, with reduced power consumption.
TLSSocket supports sending of ArrayBuffer data and use of the system default certificates.
The network management process load and DFX are optimized, including independent build and deployment, enabling FFRT to reduce the number of threads, reducing the memory overhead, improving traceability, and improving the automatic recovery capability after a crash.

Power

The DIM display status is supported. The screen is turned off after the system enters the DIM state, improving user experience.
The screen pre-display capability is supported. The screen is powered on but does not display any information.
A timeout for screen off can be set.
Temperature simulation debugging is supported.
ArkTS and C APIs related to hibernation are provided.
The power service operates independently as the powermgr process.

USB

Applications can obtain the transmission rate of USB devices and activation status of USB interfaces.
A verification system for establishing wired USB peripheral connections is introduced.
Presetting default USB ports is supported.
Multi-user concurrency scenarios are supported.
The DFX capability is enhanced to streamline the USB service restart process upon an exception.
The application's defenses against unauthorized access are fortified.

Startup

Applications can query and obtain the real ODID information.
Maintenance commands are extended to include viewing the running status of each service process, FD status in the looper, and timer information.
The appspawn module supports the bftpd command and provides the access, read, and write capabilities for directories in the specified application sandbox.
A restriction is placed on the number of processes that can be forked during application incubation.
During application incubation, environment information can be set for application processes.
During application incubation, sandbox data can be isolated per account for atomic services.
After the foundation process is restarted due to an exception, the init process can vote again to ensure that the BOOTCOMPLETE event can be initiated again.

Globalization

C APIs are provided to support internationalization capabilities of ICU4C.
The internationalization formatting capability supports screen size adaptation.
Pseudo-localization testing is fully supported.
C APIs are provided for resource file management.
String resources support tags for translatability.
Support for less common language character sets is now provided.

Security

The crypto framework supports the HKDF key derivation algorithm, provides RSA encryption and decryption capabilities, and provides JS synchronous APIs for the library.
The certificate framework provides UIs and APIs for managing system service certificate credentials.

Ability Access Control

Access Control

A one-touch toggle is introduced to the permission management settings interface to manage permission requests via dynamic dialog boxes.

DLP

Applications can check whether the current system provides the DLP feature.
DLP file control for printing is supported.
Copy and paste authorization for users in batches is supported.

SElinux

The capability of ignoring specified directories during recursive tagging is supported.
SELinux policy control rules are added, requiring fine-grained management of ioctl permissions using allowxperm.

Code Signing

The signing tool supports the signing of HQF packages in developer mode.
The signing tool supports the signing of ELF files that are not suffixed with .so in the libs directory of the application package.
The signing tool supports the signing of native package (.hnp) code in the application package.

User IAM

Cross-device password authentication is supported for user identity authentication.
Embedded identity authentication components are provided for facial recognition and fingerprint recognition.
The complexity of registered passwords can be checked.
Cross-user credential information recording, query, and authentication are supported.
Applications can set the password validity period.
The DFX capability is enhanced to support automatic authentication cancellation when the caller (application) switches to the background or ends its lifecycle.

Account

Multiple accounts can run concurrently (one account running in the foreground and the others running in the background).
The number of system accounts that can be logged in to at the same time can be configured.
Privacy accounts can be created.
APIs are provided for adding and authenticating credentials across accounts.
APIs are provided for cross-device credential authentication.
Southbound extended domain account authentication protocols are supported.
Configuration of domain server information is supported.

ArkCompiler

Frontend Compilation Toolchain

The frontend compiler provides the Ark bytecode file format and instruction set specifications.
The frontend compiler supports the loading of compiler plug-ins configured within DevEco Studio.
The frontend compiler is enhanced to eliminate unnecessary branches for constants/variables within functions and across files.
The frontend compiler is optimized to reduce compilation time.
The frontend compiler supports exception stackback and debugging of closed-source HAR packages.
The target option of the TypeScript compiler is changed from ES2017 to ES2021.

Code Obfuscation

The time performance and memory usage are optimized.
HAP file names can be obfuscated.
Some files can be configured for not being obfuscated.
Wildcard characters can be used in the trustlist.
The row and column numbers can be reserved in the nameCache file to support DevEco Studio stack parsing.

Concurrency

Sendable memory data types are supported, including the Sendable class, Sendable container (Array, Map, Set, Int8Array, Int16Array, Int32Array, Uint8Array, Uint16Array and Uint32Array), JSON parsing into Sendable objects, and asynchronous locking.
The maximum number of Worker threads is increased to 64, and a total JS memory limit for the process is 1.5 GB.
TaskPool supports task monitoring. It can listen for task distribution, execution start, successful execution, and failed execution events.
TaskPool provides APIs to determine whether a function is a concurrent function.
TaskPool supports continuous tasks.
TaskPool supports serial queues to ensure the task execution sequence.
TaskPool supports deferred task execution.
TaskPool can collect statistics on the execution duration, including the CPU duration and I/O duration.

Modularization

The HAR files of the same version are treated as a singleton. That is, when an HAP and HSP depend on the same instance, only one instance is loaded during running.

Debugging

Time Travel Debugging (TTD) is supported.
Hybrid stackback of HiPerf and Profiler is supported.
callFunctionOn is supported.
Multi-instance heap dumps are supported.
Fast cold start of ApplyChange is supported.
Smart step into is supported.

LLVM/Rust Compiler

Applications support TSan options.
The Rust community can now compile targets for OpenHarmony.

LLDB

MiniDebug is supported.

Linter

Automatic fixes for 14 ArkTS rules are added in DevEco Studio.

Musl C Library

The C library supports the locales zh_CN or zh_CN.UTF-8.
The fdsan capability is supported, and fdsan-related APIs are opened up.
The C library interface fopencookie is now accessible within the NDK.

Standard JS Engine

The sourcemap file address information can be passed during JS script compilation. If an exception occurs, the source information converted by sourcemap is provided.
Applications can check whether JS objects belong to the basic JS types.
JS loose equality (== operation) is supported.
String references can be created and persistent strings can be used.

MSDP

Drag Framework

A more exquisite drag-and-drop visual experience is provided, including effects like transparency, shadows, and rounded corners.
Multiple objects can be dragged and selected, enriching the drag-and-drop experience.
The drag-and-drop behavior can be customized, enabling actions like cut/copy based on shortcut keys.
Lightweight logging is supported to enhance the DFX capability.

Screen Hopping

The service architecture is optimized to improve stability, reliability, and performance.
The performance benchmarking tool is provided to improve the DFX capability.

Multimodal Input

Screen unlock events triggered by swiping up from the bottom can be reported.
Events from irregularly shaped windows can be reported. Mouse events in the transparent area of an irregularly shaped window are transparently transmitted, but those in the non-transparent area are blocked.
The following knuckle-based interaction events are supported: rendering paths traced by knuckle movements, animating these knuckle paths, capturing screenshots by making circular gestures with a knuckle, performing extended screen captures with an 'S' gesture, and starting screen recording through a double-tap gesture using two knuckles.
The Smart Button is provided, enhancing the existing fingerprint button capability.
Infrared capabilities are supported, providing external frequency data to the caller device.
The mouse and touchpad can adapt to window rotation. In the event distribution module, the mouse coordinates are rotated and distributed to the correct window based on the window rotation information synchronized by the window.
The capability to launch system applications by pressing combination keys is supported. When the screen is off, pressing the combination keys does not launch the screenshot application. When the screen is locked, you must long press the combination keys to launch the screenshot application. Different applications are launched when you press or long press the same key. The capability of shielding combination keys through interfaces is also supported.
The stylus can be double-tapped to start the shorthand. When the screen is off, double-tapping of the stylus can be correctly identified.
The touchpad display-control ratio curve model is adapted. Based on this model, the multimodal input data preprocessing module processes the received touchpad single-point touch data.
The stylus can be used to continuously take snippets. Users can use the stylus for input and use the touchscreen for touch interaction. The annotation window responds to the stylus input, and the application window at the bottom responds to the touchscreen operations.
The pointer position information can be displayed and dynamically enabled or disabled. The number of touch pointers, touch position, and moving speed can be displayed.
Applications can listen for events from the power button and volume button. When the call application receives an event from the volume button or power button, it mutes the ringtone of incoming calls.
The performance benchmarking tool is provided to record key service logs. The demonID is used to distinguish service logs. Fault benchmarking is supplemented or added to ensure that all faults in the domain have corresponding event benchmarks, improving the DFX capability.
KeyCode is added to support custom common events for screen reading.

Pan-Sensor

Vibrator

A set of simple and common haptic feedback effects is introduced, with adjustable intensity levels.
Query APIs and synchronous APIs used to stop vibration are introduced.

Sensor

Synchronous sensor query APIs are introduced.
Error code 14500102 is added for the sensor module, indicating that the queried sensor type is not supported by the device.
Infrared and color temperature parameters are introduced into the reported ambient light data.

Accessibility Service

Color inversion is supported, which reverses the display color to meet the needs of some visually impaired users.
High-contrast text is supported.
Audio in mono mode consolidates the audio signal from both left and right channels into a single track, meeting the needs of some hearing-impaired users.
The adjustable volume balance feature enables users to equalize the volume output between left and right ears, meeting the needs of some hearing-impaired users.
Screen touch control is enhanced to support touch duration and ignoring of repeated touches.
Touch browsing mode is supported, allowing visually impaired users to control the screen of smart devices in an interactive manner through touch browsing interactions.
The capability of recognizing multi-finger interaction gestures is added for screen reading, enhancing the interaction experience of visually impaired users in screen reading mode.
Proactive broadcast capabilities are provided, allowing for proactive announcements of changing information in some dynamically changing scenarios for applications adapted for screen reading.
Active focus capabilities are provided, enabling requests for proactive focusing on components in certain scenarios for applications adapted for screen reading.

Resource Scheduler

Agent-Powered Reminder

A query interface is added to obtain the reminder ID.
WantAgent can carry parameters.
ExcludeDate is added to specify the date when the reminder is not triggered.
The end time of a reminder can be set in ReminderRequestCalendar.

Test Framework

The DFX capability of the UiTest framework is enhanced and the efficiency is improved.
SmartPerf-Host supports micro indicator analysis.
SmartPEF devices can capture frame freezing traces, process-level memory, CPU usage, and network information.
Wukong supports pressure test settings and memory information collection.

DFX

The FFRT coroutine and HiTrace tuning capabilities in distributed scenarios are introduced.
HiProfiler memory analysis supports the JS-native hybrid stack.
The quality data, performance data, and power consumption data of Performance Analysis Kit are open.
C++ crash supports asynchronous tracing.
File access in the application sandbox is introduced for hdc debugging.
Applications support TSan detection.

Kernel

C APIs are provided for QoS scheduling based on user interaction.

Upload and Download

The notification bar for background tasks is optimized.
The directory of an upload or download task can be any location within the base directory.
If a download task fails, users can choose to restart the download task from the point of failure.
Applications can listen for responses to upload and download tasks.
Certificate pinning is supported during upload and download.
User files can be specified for upload and download tasks in frontend mode (the read and write permissions must be obtained in advance).
The number of tasks is optimized, so that more unfinished tasks can exist at the same time.

Input Method Framework

The basic mode and full experience mode of the input method are supported.
The automatic capitalization mode is supported.
The pre-display feature is supported.
The rotation experience of the input method panel when the screen rotates is optimized.
A new unified input method panel is introduced.

Time and Time Zone

The APIs for asynchronously obtaining the system time are deprecated. Synchronous APIs (getTime and getUptime) are introduced.

Pasteboard

Permission control is added to the pasteboard read interface. When using the pasteboard security components, you can directly read pasteboard data without applying for permissions. When using a custom component, you must obtain user authorization before reading the pasteboard data.
The pasteboard supports UMDF standard data types.

Web

W3C allows you to customize the cursor style.
W3C supports the <datalist> element.
The web kernel can identify HEIF images.
Interception-free injection of offline resources is supported.
Applications can define their own DNS.
Universal links are supported.
Asynchronous JSBridge is supported.
expandSafeArea is introduced.
Applications can query the avoid area.
The ANR awareness capability of JS threads is supported.
Uploading of the <input> element with the file type is supported.
Applications can customize menu options.
The network takeover feature can obtain the resource type and frame URL of an intercepted request.

Version Mapping

Table 1 Version mapping of software and tools

Software/Tool	Issue	Remarks
OpenHarmony	5.0 Beta1	NA
Public SDK	Ohos_sdk_public 5.0.0.25 (API Version 12 Beta1)	This toolkit is intended for application developers and does not contain system APIs that require system permissions.
(Optional) HUAWEI DevEco Studio	5.0 Beta1	Recommended for developing OpenHarmony applications How to obtain: Click here to go to the download page
(Optional) HUAWEI DevEco Device Tool	4.0 Release	Recommended for developing OpenHarmony smart devices How to obtain: Click here to go to the download page.

Source Code Acquisition

Prerequisites

Register your account with Gitee.
Register an SSH public key for access to Gitee.

Install the git client and git-lfs, and configure user information.

git config --global user.name "yourname"
git config --global user.email "your-email-address"
git config --global credential.helper store

Run the following commands to install the repo tool:

curl -s https://gitee.com/oschina/repo/raw/fork_flow/repo-py3 > /usr/local/bin/repo  # If you do not have the permission, download the tool to another directory and configure it as an environment variable by running the chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/repo command.
pip3 install -i https://repo.huaweicloud.com/repository/pypi/simple requests

Acquiring Source Code Using the repo Tool

Method 1 (recommended)

Use the repo tool to download the source code over SSH. (You must have an SSH public key for access to Gitee.)

Obtain the source code from the version branch. You can obtain the latest source code of the version branch, which includes the code that has been incorporated into the branch up until the time you run the following commands:
```
repo init -u git@gitee.com:openharmony/manifest.git -b OpenHarmony-5.0-Beta1 --no-repo-verify
repo sync -c
repo forall -c 'git lfs pull'
```

Obtain the source code from the version tag, which is the same as that released with the version.

repo init -u git@gitee.com:openharmony/manifest.git -b refs/tags/OpenHarmony-v5.0-Beta1 --no-repo-verify
repo sync -c
repo forall -c 'git lfs pull'

Method 2

Use the repo tool to download the source code over HTTPS.

Obtain the source code from the version branch. You can obtain the latest source code of the version branch, which includes the code that has been incorporated into the branch up until the time you run the following commands:
```
repo init -u https://gitee.com/openharmony/manifest -b OpenHarmony-5.0-Beta1 --no-repo-verify
repo sync -c
repo forall -c 'git lfs pull'
```