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Version 2.4 (Android)

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Version 2.4.3

New features

  • Context Sensitive Action Bar - The context sensitive action bar was cleaned up (e.g. removed scan buttons).
  • Aggregated Context Action Button - An aggregated Geo Actions button was added to the context action bar.
  • Altitude Offset Setting - A new setting AltitudeOffset for adjusting the altitude of the device's location was added to the Demo app.
  • Expandable Navigation Drawer Submenu - An expandable submenu for scanning actions was added to the Demo app's Navigation Drawer.
  • Navigation Drawer in POI View - The navigation drawer is now also available in the POI view.
  • Map & POI View - Geo objects no longer have to be in the infrastructure list to be shown as POIs.
  • Location Freeze Button - In the POI view, the location freeze button is now also available when entering in LLA_ONLY mode.
  • Hierarchy Bar - In the hierarchy navigation bar on the bottom of the content browser, for all entries an object's name is now used instead of the description.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where the positioning service didn't use the altitude of positions.
  • An issue where the RAG start screen wasn't configured correctly by default was fixed.
  • A bug where the redlining button showed up even for non-document objects (if the object was classified respectively) was fixed.

Version 2.4.2

New features

  • RFID Scanner - A feature for finding objects by scanning an RFID chip is provided (online and offline).
  • Indoor Positioning - The indoor positioning mode now uses dead reckoning, LLA and some plausibility models, but no wifi fingerprinting anymore.
  • HTTP authentication - In the settings it can now be configured to use HTTP for authentication, too.
  • Tolerant Offline Mode - Even in case of a file download error, the offline mode preparation succeeds now.
  • Visocon Support Button - The support button in the Demo app now uses Visocon instead of Skype.
  • Demo Maps - Automatic Zoom-In to Klagenfurt.

Bugfixes

  • A bug where document descriptions were formatted wrong on smartphones was fixed.

Version 2.4.1

New features

  • Better Usability of Settings - Possibility to configure settings before login
  • Better Login Diagnostics - More detailed error messages for login problems
  • Push Activation Setting - Setting for (de-)activating the Push service
  • POI View Update - LLA-Only button for switching positioning modes conveniently
  • Content Browser Update - Query results are shown immediately after pressing the "OK" button
  • Near Field Communication (NFC) - RFID-Reader prototype for scanning RFIDs and showing the ID
  • Easier Login - Possibility to remember passwords for future logins

Bugfixes

  • PreSets - Fixed a bug where the PreSets and the settings UI didn't behave correctly. Now, null-values can be saved & read with PreSets, and settings can be edited correctly before login.
  • Smartphone GUI - Fixed a bug where the name/description separator (" - ") of a content list item wasn't displayed correctly (on smartphones).

Major release

New features

  • Push Service - Pushes can be received and processed automatically.
  • Configurable Start Screen - The start screen's tabs and buttons can be configured using an XML file.
  • Lazy Loading - The memory consumption and initialization time are vastly reduced when using the new lazy loading setting.
  • New Preset Management - Stored presets are shared between all UBIK® apps and are no longer removed after uninstalling the apps.
  • Redlining Indicator - Document objects now display the numbers of their redlined copies as overlays of their thumbnails.
  • Navigation Drawer - Some buttons are moved from the action bar to a new navigation drawer for easy access.
  • New Style for Action Bar - The action bar is now made transparent to highlight the background image.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a potential issue where the app crashes when starting AR views.
  • Fixed an issue where content is not automatically updated after a crucial setting (Server Name) changes.
  • A bug where the app freezes when trying to delete objects locally was fixed.
  • A bug where updating a newly created document provoked an error notification was fixed.
  • A bug where an object couldn't be fully sent to the server but the user wasn't notified was fixed.
  • Fixed a bug where the app crashed when a custom logo couldn't be loaded.
  • A bug where files weren't synced during the offline mode preparations was fixed.
  • A bug where endless editor popups appeared when a task had a readonly property was fixed.
  • Fixed an issue where offline status led stopped working.
  • The notification when the offline mode preparations are finished now doesn't look like an error message anymore.
  • A bug where updated files weren't removed from the commit manager view was fixed.
  • Fixed an issue where the app crashes when rotating devices running post Android JellyBean versions.
  • A bug where a configured video wasn't played after clicking the texture was fixed. Also provided the possibility to stop and replay the video.
  • A bug where the POI view crashed when opening it too soon was fixed.
  • Fixed a bug where the start of activities used for optical code scanning wasn't delayed until the app is fully initialized.
  • Fixed an issue where content/property cache is cleared before being saved.
  • Fixed a bug where Map layers and Layer Items are not shown after logging in with different webservice.
  • Fixed an issue where map layers are not saved/displayed.
  • A bug where the AR Navigation crashed after changing the name of a target object was fixed and/or couldn't be reproduced.
  • A bug where the app crashed after the offline mode preparations failed and the app is restarted afterwards was fixed and/or couldn't be reproduced.
  • Fixed an issue where billboards are not repositioned in the POI view after their Geo data changes.
  • A bug where the buttons in a dialog shown in the AR view were too small was fixed.
  • Fixed a bug where the NavigationMapsButton, used in the configurable start screen feature, didn't open the Navigation Maps Activity.
  • Fixed a bug where the buttons in the AR Navigation HUD weren't the same size.
  • Fixed a bug where a document with an unknown filetype couldn't be edited even if an appropriate app was installed, because the app selection dialog wasn't even shown.
  • Fixed a bug where map markers had different sizes on different devices.
  • A bug where the sync mode menu was misplaced in a certain situation was fixed - the menu was replaced by buttons in the navigation drawer (flyout menu).
  • Fixed a bug where the push service wouldn't realize a setting change when a PreSet is loaded.
  • Empty content lists now display "Wait to update." when the update for the content lists is scheduled but not yet started.
  • Fixed a bug where name & description were confused when displaying a content in the content browser. One could say it worked as designed, but now we implemented a default behaviour that makes sense in most standard cases.
  • Fixed a bug where the map markers couldn't be clicked as a result of the above bugfix (switching of name & description).

Enhancements

  • Memory Usage Improvement - The app's memory usage was analyzed and improved.
  • Plugin Architecture - Created the technical basis for more flexible app customization and faster future developments.
  • Test Data Register - A Trac wiki page listing test environments and test data was created.

Known Issues

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  • On the Unitech TB100 tablet, the Markerless Activity crashes.
  • The POI View crashes when canceling the "Navigate To" Action.
  • In some cases, the POI view camera freezes and the billboards rotate instead of moving.
  • Sometimes, the POI view crashes when returning from a barcode reader app.
  • UBIK is not always aware of modifications to PDF documents.
  • PreSets don't work with Android 5.
  • Logout doesn't fully work with Android 5.
  • POI view crashes with Android 5.
  • Login-button at PreSet selection doesn't work with Android 5.

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