Moodle Mobile 3.2.1 release notes

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Moodle Mobile release notes > Moodle Mobile 3.2.1 release notes

Release date: 28th February 2017

Complete list of issues for Moodle Mobile Moodle Mobile 3.2.1.

New features

Please note that new features require Moodle 3.2 or where indicated with an asterisk(*) the Moodle Mobile additional features plugin.

Glossary: Users can add glossary entries with attachments.
Unread messages and notifications count are displayed in the app icon (iOS) and in the app main menu.
Mobile features can be configured from the Moodle site administration - custom menu items, custom language strings, disabled features and an option enabling users to log out completely from the app (requires the latest version of the "Moodle Mobile additional features plugin" and will be included in Moodle 3.3)*.
The site home displays the same options as via the web - search courses, browse course categories etc*.

Add glossary entries menu
Add glossary entries
Notifications counter
Site home
Profile
Nested forum
View password
Filter events by course
Labels expanded

Improvements

Course pages display labels (without needing to tap them) and activity descriptions when set.
Messaging is faster and smoother.
Video posters are downloaded.
Forum: Tracking, nested discussions and forum post attachments are supported.
The text editor adapts to the screen height.
Text messages can be copied.
Audio continues playing even when the screen is locked.
The image viewer supports zoom.
The media and file picker opens in the same page.
Calendar events can be filtered by course.
Users can set a default time for notifications.
New option to view password when entering it.
The site policy can be viewed and accepted via the app.
Choice results display as graphs.
Several UX and design improvements including a new Participants page and Grades page.

Fixes

Some bugs affecting old Samsung devices have been fixed.

Developers

Please refer to https://github.com/moodlehq/moodlemobile2/blob/master/upgrade.txt

Complete list of issues

Bug

MOBILE-1201 - Error reported via the app: Uncaught TypeError: Object #<IDBFactory> has no method 'deleteDatabase'
MOBILE-1475 - Send button hides keyboard in messages
MOBILE-1666 - "Error getting SCORM data" when opening SCORM in online in some devices
MOBILE-1708 - PTR for resources is not working as expected
MOBILE-1828 - Infinite Scrolling not working as expected on Calendar Events
MOBILE-1849 - Header jumps around when switching fields
MOBILE-1875 - Gulp tasks not running with Ionic-cli v2 on ionic serve
MOBILE-1902 - Wiki: Cannot create or edit page if no subwiki
MOBILE-1919 - Automatic reloading of the conversation screen makes videos stop working
MOBILE-1922 - Strange effect when deleting a site in iOS (tested in iPhone)
MOBILE-1932 - Support media capture plugin for iOS 10 (NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription error when compiling)
MOBILE-1940 - Keyboard not working correctly in messages
MOBILE-1941 - PTR on Search Results resets status
MOBILE-1948 - The course site should not be displayed when displaying the list of courses
MOBILE-1949 - Missing lang string in quizzes
MOBILE-1967 - Remote addons cannot register stores
MOBILE-1969 - Cannot reply post if going to a discussion via notifications
MOBILE-1970 - Push notifications not working in iOS 10.2
MOBILE-1972 - Don't download SCORM file if the data is outdated but the file isn't
MOBILE-1977 - "Back" is not internationalized
MOBILE-1978 - Default LTI launch button does not use Mobile browser
MOBILE-1980 - Deleting a site should update the badge notificaitons counter
MOBILE-1981 - Context menu is not shown when needed
MOBILE-1982 - Camera roll does not allow to upload videos to assignments
MOBILE-1983 - Calls to core_message_mark_message_read are not backwards compatible
MOBILE-1985 - Errors when using system emoji
MOBILE-1986 - Option "all participants" not show in forum
MOBILE-1995 - Show more cannot be read if device does not support css gradients
MOBILE-2008 - Available courses in Site Home are being displayed in a different order in the app
MOBILE-2018 - Forum shows error message in old Moodle versions
MOBILE-2025 - Pages containing URLs with "%" cannot be loaded

New Feature

MOBILE-1632 - Support attachments in the forum
MOBILE-1634 - Support forum tracking
MOBILE-1766 - Create glossary entries
MOBILE-1956 - Support log-out when is configured in the site
MOBILE-1957 - Support custom strings (via Moodle Mobile settings)
MOBILE-1958 - Disable functionalities based on Moodle Mobile settings
MOBILE-1959 - Support additional menu items based on Moodle Mobile settings
MOBILE-2019 - Add privacy policy information link in the app About
MOBILE-1966 - Support glossary attachments when creating entries

Task

MOBILE-1997 - Backport to local_mobile the new Mobile features settings
MOBILE-2001 - Backport core_course_get_courses_by_field

Improvement

MOBILE-1387 - Allow changing the default time for calendar event notifications
MOBILE-1463 - Download video posters
MOBILE-1471 - Filter calendar events by courses
MOBILE-1479 - Press and hold to copy message does not work
MOBILE-1512 - Add prefetch info and actions like Time modified and Size to module context menu
MOBILE-1651 - Audio Stops With Screen Lock
MOBILE-1706 - The text editor should have a configurable height
MOBILE-1713 - Improve choice results in the app
MOBILE-1756 - Support nested order on forum discussions
MOBILE-1786 - Display the count of unread messages
MOBILE-1787 - Display the count of unread notifications
MOBILE-1790 - Long messages disappear off the screen as the user is typing them.
MOBILE-1791 - Update dinamically messages in the Message Discussions page
MOBILE-1811 - Display site home according the frontpage settings
MOBILE-1812 - Accept the site policy in the app
MOBILE-1836 - Sort site list on sites page
MOBILE-1845 - Do not display the username and password fields when using SSO
MOBILE-1846 - Do not display the confirmation modal when log in to a use using SSO via inApp Browser
MOBILE-1847 - Allow loading previous messages in a discussion
MOBILE-1903 - Add option to show the password in the Log in screen
MOBILE-1917 - Move grade addon to core
MOBILE-1920 - Improve how labels are displayed
MOBILE-1924 - Badges must follow links with hash
MOBILE-1925 - When submitting an assignment with only online-text the "upload size" warning should not be displayed
MOBILE-1929 - Improve the user profile page
MOBILE-1930 - Open a file automatically when its description is empty
MOBILE-1931 - Show activities description in the section/s page when the "Show description" setting is selected
MOBILE-1934 - Modify the shortener from format text directive to show always HTML
MOBILE-1935 - Labels content area shouldn't be clickable
MOBILE-1936 - Large URLs are not correctly displayed in the Site address field
MOBILE-1944 - Show badge number on application icon
MOBILE-1945 - Improve grade templates
MOBILE-1946 - Decrease network requests in section view
MOBILE-1953 - Disable autocapitalize and autocorrect when showing a password
MOBILE-1955 - Increase padding of some buttons like show password and search courses
MOBILE-1960 - Enable zooming on image viewer
MOBILE-1961 - Add outside border on grading tables
MOBILE-1962 - Don't prefetch after sync if data hasn't been sent
MOBILE-1964 - Use action sheet and modals in file picker instead of new states
MOBILE-1965 - Show more of format text is no calculating the height correctly.
MOBILE-1984 - Treat the fdk extension or avoid extension renaming for unknown types
MOBILE-1988 - The textarea plain text editor should have a configurable and adjustable height
MOBILE-1989 - Add margin between post boxes in nested view
MOBILE-1990 - Execute gulp tasks before generating packages
MOBILE-2000 - Capture links to categories
MOBILE-2026 - Fix language file builds ordering
MOBILE-2027 - File manager (action sheet) should be hidden when a file upload starts
MOBILE-2029 - Improve forum discussion options

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