OMD Mobile for Android

Improvement

GO-1806 QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES issue.

Removed the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission to comply with Developer Program Policies. Updated the app to declare specific MIME types through intent filters within the Document Hub activity to maintain necessary file handling capabilities.

Bug

GO-1670 Exception during startup when configurationId is null.

Resolved startup issue in OMD Mobile by handling null configuration ID values during preference retrieval.

GO-1673 Avoid multiple popups for media access.

Reduced multiple occurrences of media access popup in OMD Mobile.

GO-1673 Avoid multiple popups for media access.

Reduced multiple occurrences of media access popup in OMD Mobile.

GO-1698 Never commit binaries to git.

Removed release folder with binaries from commits to optimize repository size.

GO-1712 Not possible to download PDF files.

Fixed issue in Document Hub where downloading PDF files resulted in ‘no app available’ error message despite having multiple PDF readers installed.

GO-1713 Download single files does not work.

Fixed issue with download functionality in Document Hub for individual files.

Improvement

GO-549 Camera widget for MobileUIs.

Introduced image capture functionality widget in MobileUIs.

GO-1047 Reduce frequency of privacy statement prompt in OMD Mobile app.

Optimized privacy statement popup frequency in OMD Mobile.

GO-1172 Pick up tasks/Order picking in OMD Mobile.

Added order picking feature in OMD Mobile for technicians to select and schedule tasks by territory, with filters and customizable scheduling options, alongside preferences for visibility and access control.

GO-1649 Personal Name of Ressource (mobile App) should be available as default value for MobileUI widgets.

Enhanced OMD Mobile to include personal name from app settings in XML for prefilled default values in MobileUI widgets.

Bug

GO-1661 OMD Mobile has issues in Play Console.

Addressing the mandatory FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TYPE requirement for Android API 14.

Bug

GO-1555 ANRs on current production app.

Resolved critical crashes in OMD Mobile related to permissions issues on Android 13 and 14.

GO-1601 Grant SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM at runtime for Android 14.

Implemented runtime SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM permission request for Android 14, ensuring timely and accurate alarm functionality.

Improvement

GO-1492 Implement the Document List for Resources.

Displays documents related to the current resource.

GO-1580 Increase Copyright message in Android details to 2024.

Update the copyright message in Android details to reflect the year 2024.

GO-1585 Extend Document Hub with Territory and Configuration layer.

Enable the display of the territory and configuration section on the “My Documents” screen.

Bug

GO-1605 agendaLayoutTemplate does not show data from Tasks Extra Field.

Improper retrieval of the ‘remarks’ field was causing layout errors in the agenda view.

Bug

GO-1577 App crashes on Android 14.

SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM, the permission introduced in Android 12 for apps to schedule exact alarms, is no longer being pre-granted to most newly installed apps targeting Android 13 and higher.

GO-1578 Xzing Barcode scanner does not work with Android 14.

Unable to download Xzing Barcode Scanner app on Android 14. Opted for the embedded version.

GO-1584 PR tasks are shown in agenda.

Removing project tasks from the agenda.

Improvement

GO-1374 Group Planning: Sub-task should retrieve data like remarks and extra from the PR task.

The sub-tasks within the project replicate additional fields from the parent project task, such as remarks and extra fields.

Bug

GO-1536 Data not synchronized anymore.

Reverting parser and adding runtime request for POST_NOTIFICATIONS preference on API >= 33.

Bug

GO-1532 WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE causes issues with Android 33.

Eliminating the need to request the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission for API levels 33 and above.

Improvement

GO-1372 Find a way to avoid large initial load.

Introducing XML stream processing as a means to enhance the efficiency of the initial load duration.

Bug

GO-1353 Critical breakage on your app(s) due to background start restrictions.

Including WorkManager API to avoid ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException while the app tries to start a foreground service while it is in the background, reproducible with API level 31 or higher.

GO-1358 Prompt not completely visible when too long.

GO-1381 Flickering effect when opening the daily summary.

GO-1394 Non editable widgets can be edited.

Improvement

GO-1227 Sign by Mail.

Additional feature on Signature activity to collect a list of mail addresses. Instead of getting the customers signature in the standard way, a mail will be sent to the recipients the user created in the form. The signature attachment will be created once the mail has been confirmed by one of the receivers.

Bug

GO-1317 Remote widget does not store a manual given value.

GO-1324 Notification for new task today doesn’t work.

Bug

GO-1217 Material will be removed (set quantity=0) when enter and leave an item.

Improvement

GO-1116 Better visability/usage of widgets (value fields) in mobile App.

Improved visability for those fields where the driver has to enter values, that were previously hard to find, especially when no default value was set.

GO-1121 Additional parameter for Team Reporting.

Added new ‘content’ query parameter in order to gathering inputs from teammates with the OMD Team Reporting Remote API.

GO-1159 Drop down text in DetailFilter chopped off.

Improved readability in drop down for details filter.

GO-1174 Preference to define task types that does not support MULTI ITEM EDIT

Introduced new preference ‘multiItemEditTaskTypes’ to grant the splitted line functionality to only a configurable set of task types. The preference contains a comma-separated list of task types for which the functionality ‘Multi-Item-edit’ is available.

Bug

GO-481 Visibility Rules of widgets on subUIs do not work in OMD Mobile

Improvement

GO-821 Splitted Lines usage in mobile

Introduced multi item edit in TaskInfo- and TaskAcceptActivity, if flow preference allowMultiItemEdit=true. Flow preference showTotalsIcon=true adds a button for the new AttachmentTotalsActivity. Flow preference attachmentTotalsTemplate defines an XSL-template to transform Task and -Attachment data to HTML, which is shown in the AttachmentTotalsActivity.

GO-940 Add exceptions to collectionCriterion

The new flow preference collectionCriterionExclude can contain a comma-separated list of taskTypes, which make the app exclude tasks from a collection. Tasks before and after an excluded task will be included though.

Task

GO-820 Allow a floating value for the quantity of a material usage

The slider widget now supports floating values.

Bug

GO-622 Widget Prompt not shown properly

The base of a multi-line prompt is aligned, so the lower edge of the text isn’t cut off.

Improvement

GO-810 Reasons for Disruption only for Planners

A new check box allows to limit visibility of a reason for disruption to planners only.

GO-786 Extend rule expressions mechanism

Introduces xsl-templates as as rule expression. The template must be stored in a flow-preference, and the rule-expression must consist of “xsl:” plus the name of the flow-preference. The template is applied on the XML of the localExtra, aka the extra of the designated itemsDelivered. If the result of the template contains the text “true”, the rule is active and additional confirmation by the user is required.

GO-351 OMD Mobile: Open picture URL from material widget

The app can show a web-resource from a product’s imageUrl. The new flow preference showImageUrlPopUp (default true) controls whether the resource would be shown in an internal pop-up or in the default application.