* remove APP_SHORT_COMMANDS setting (#17722)
some developers report it will cause error on Windows though i can not reproduce it. It is strange, the setting is used to resolve command length limitation on Windows.
* Particle font size should be a const value (#17676)
* Particle font size should be a const value
* Minor fix: CCStencilStateManager.hpp -> CCStencilStateManager.h in xcode project.
* JSB SocketIO.connect supports to pass a CA cert file (#17736)
* JSB SocketIO.connect supports to pass a CA cert file
* The second parameter of SocketIO.connect function is probably a `option` object. JSB just ignores it.
* The optimization for huawei. (#17832)
* The optimization for huawei.
* setAnimationInterval fix for all platforms.
* disable debug
* include fix.
* Uses better configuration for huawei optimization (#17838)
* Uses better configuration for huawei optimization
* Updates jar file and uncomment fps controlling code
* [ci skip][AUTO]: updating luabinding & jsbinding & cocos_file.json automatically (#17840)
* update release not and version (#17845)
* [android] Removes an unused variable sRegistered in Cocos2dxActvity.java. (#17861)
* Updates jar to resolve warning while packaging APK file. (#17863)
* update release date (#17870)
* fix compiling error
* Add EventDispatcher#hasEventListener (sync from creator)
* Fix function wrapper using js object during its gc
* Support more system languages
* Direct log/error for better understanding problems & add sys.now
* Synchronize Editbox APIs
* Synchronize Scheduler.PRIORITY_NON_SYSTEM const
* Upgrade web engine
* Upgrade test cases
* Manually bind EventDispatcher::addCustomEventListener to avoid memory issue
* Manual bind EventListeners’ create to avoid memory issue
* Fix compilation issue when COCOS_DEBUG = 2
* Unify function name of Texture2D::releaseTexture
* Fix compilation issues and update web & bindings-generator
* Fix lua compilation issue
* Use %ld instead of %zd
* Separate FinalizeHook for ref objects and non ref objects
* Fix spine TrackEntry recursive conversion issue by using getter
* Fix crash during Wrappers deallocation (possible to have leak)
* Increase default JS heap to 32 mb
* Update engine version
* Add change log of web engine
* Improve cc.formatStr
* Fix chipmunk crash issues when using setDefaultCollisionHandler
* Add change log for JSB and update web engine ref
* Update js auto binding settings with new ndk version
* Remove unnecessary property from Ref
* Merge part of Cocos2d-x-lite :
1. Improve network bindings
2. Use nullptr instead of NULL
3. Remove usage of some deprecated APIs
4. Add some defensive code and cleanup
* Fix spine track entry circle referencing issue
* cocos2d/cocos2d-x#16327: Fix global object leak issue in JSB
* Improve ScriptingCore::evalString, old implementation have been deprecated in Spidermonkey
* Update JS versions
* Add docs for web v3.13
* Improve ScriptingCore
* Manual merge cocos2d/cocos2d-x#16383 by DavidDeSimone
* Fix auto bindings configurations
* Update web ref
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