Release Notes - Mobile App
In order to provide you with more detailed information on our updates we have broken the Release Notes down by module.
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Current Apple Version
5.6.7
Current Android Version
6.7.8
New Features
Feature for iOS
- What: The ability for the phone user to have more control of the address window.
- Why: Due to limited screen real estate, it is beneficial for the user to be able to control how much of the screen is occupied with the address window.
- How: Slide the top bar of the address window to a 1/3 screen, half screen or full screen position.
- Use Case: If the user wants to see more of the map and less of the address window or more of the address window and less of the map.
Feature Enhancements
Enhancement
- What: Offline Mode now extends to data sharing clients.
- Why: Historically, a department that has Online Mode enabled was only able to access the occupancies, preplan items and hydrants from within their shape file in the event of a loss of connection. This enhancement now includes the occupancies, preplan items and hydrants from clients that the department shares data with also.
- How: No changes necessary on the user or admin side.
- Use Case: When the user loses connectivity and is running a mutual aid call outside of their jurisdiction, now the user has the ability to see and interact with the occupancies, preplan items and hydrants from that outside area.
- For more information, see this related article: Mobile Response: Offline Mode.
Enhancement
- What: Ability to enlarge text within certain parts of the Mobile App.
- Why: Users wanted a way to make the text for readable in the Mobile App.
- How: When accessing the Preplan Dashboard or any of the outside modules in the Mobile App through the app Menu, a magnifying glass with a "+" to enlarge text, a magnifying glass with a "-" to reduce text and an arrow circle to reset the text to the default size will populate in the upper right of the app window.
- Use Case: If the user should have difficulty reading the text in an applicable area of the mobile app, they can simply enlarge it using the new functionality.
Enhancement
- What: Ability for the app to always produce an audio alert regardless if the app is open or not.
- Why: Historically the app has only produced an audio alert if the app is in the background or closed.
- How: There is a new toggle in Menu > App Settings entitled "Always Play Sound". When this toggle is active, the system will sound an alert whether the app is in the background or closed.
- Use Case: If the user would like to always hear an alert for dispatches, this feature solves that issue.
Fixes
- What: When a user status' "To Station" in the incident, the banner that appears now has the address of the Station they have chosen instead of the dispatched location.
- How: No changes necessary on the user or admin side.
- Use Case: After the user status' "To Station", they will now see the Station address populate in the Header Bar.
- For more information, see this related article: Mobile Response: Firefighter/Unit Statusing
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