# January News - Android uninstall, list devices, fix for Android 15; query texture RGBA color from Pascal; IFC and web progress; set default platform; fix for bundled FPC + VS Code
**URL:** https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/january-news-android-uninstall-list-devices-fix-for-android-15-query-texture-rgba-color-from-pascal-ifc-and-web-progress-set-default-platform-fix-for-bundled-fpc-vs-code/1515
**Category:** News
**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/january-news-android-uninstall-list-devices-fix-for-android-15-query-texture-rgba-color-from-pascal-ifc-and-web-progress-set-default-platform-fix-for-bundled-fpc-vs-code/1515 "2025-01-31T13:08:37Z")
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### Author:  [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/january-news-android-uninstall-list-devices-fix-for-android-15-query-texture-rgba-color-from-pascal-ifc-and-web-progress-set-default-platform-fix-for-bundled-fpc-vs-code/1515/1 "2025-01-31T13:08:37Z")
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/castle-model-viewer-mobile-feature.png "Castle Model Viewer Mobile - Dungeon in Examine Mode") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1_cge_ifc.png "Castle Game Engine displaying IFC model with walls and windows") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2_freecad_ifc.png "FreeCAD displaying the same IFC model with walls and windows") |
1. Use the new [editor](https://castle-engine.io/editor) menu items in _“Run -\> Android -\> …”_.
2. Fix for Android 15 (on some devices).
3. Updated Android applications, like [Castle Model Viewer for Mobile](https://castle-engine.io/castle-model-viewer-mobile), will be available soon.
4. We introduced `TAbstractTextureNode.Color` to query texture contents from Pascal code. This is useful e.g. to perform ray-casts that go through transparent texture pixels, see [this forum thread](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/transformundermouse-with-alpha-pixels-check-for-quad-based-transforms/1494/7).
5. We are working intensively on [IFC support](https://castle-engine.io/ifc) in our engine. January improvements include:
6. Work on the [web target](https://castle-engine.io/web) also continues.
7. [You can override the default project platform of the project](https://castle-engine.io/web#platform_default). While the documentation is now part of the _“web target”_, it’s a general feature unrelated to web. You can make any target (like web, or Android, or anything else) the default for all the engine commands.
8. FPC has solved an [issue of unnecessary warnings/notes when using Generics.Collections](https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/issues/40222). Not [everything is perfect](https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/issues/41102) but it’s a great step forward, addressing the issue in most common cases.
9. A small new feature is `TCircle2DNode.RadiusY` which allows to make ellipses (not necessarily proper circle) using the X3D node `TCircle2DNode`. Test X3D file is [here](https://github.com/castle-engine/demo-models/blob/master/2d/2d_geometry_nodes.x3dv).
10. We have just pushed an important fix to how our _“bundled FPC”_ (distributed with CGE [downloads](https://castle-engine.io/download), so that you don’t need to install FPC) cooperates with the [build tool](https://castle-engine.io/build_tool). We had a bug previously, that in particular affected usage from our [VS Code extension](https://castle-engine.io/vscode) – you could experience errors like `Generics.Collections not found`.
Finally, we’d like to thank everyone who supports us! Your support on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/c/castleengine) and [other places](https://castle-engine.io/donate) matters and it allows us to develop all the features you see above. Thank you and have fun!
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### Author:  [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/january-news-android-uninstall-list-devices-fix-for-android-15-query-texture-rgba-color-from-pascal-ifc-and-web-progress-set-default-platform-fix-for-bundled-fpc-vs-code/1515/2 "2025-01-31T13:12:14Z")