Moodle Mobile 3.7.0 release notes

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Moodle Mobile release notes > Moodle Mobile 3.7.0 release notes

Release date: 7th June 2019

Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 3.7.0.

New features and improvements

Various UX improvements
Support for forum improvements in Moodle 3.7
Support for group messaging improvements in Moodle 3.7 (including Push notifications for group messaging and mute conversations)
Improved storage management (user can manage storage within any course)
Big performance improvements (especially when connecting to a site running Moodle 3.7 onwards)
Offline support for Nextcloud
Vimeo embedding improvements

For developers:

Improved custom URL scheme API allowing SSO from other apps

Complete list of issues

Bug

MOBILE-2840 - SCORM module is not being launched automatically in some cases
MOBILE-2842 - Database: Only one offline action is stored for each entry
MOBILE-2882 - Restore browser SSO in Mac apps
MOBILE-2901 - Support Nextcloud offline files
MOBILE-2927 - Desktop: Adapt push notifications simulation to the new behaviour
MOBILE-2928 - Content links and push clicks doesn't use the openCourse function
MOBILE-2940 - <core-icon> label attribute does not work on Ionic icons
MOBILE-2948 - Assign: Prefetching not working for teachers
MOBILE-2949 - Database: Content jumps when navigating entries individually
MOBILE-2952 - Matching question dropdowns are not properly aligned
MOBILE-2969 - Quiz: Student can always review an attempt if he's reviewed it in the past
MOBILE-2980 - Phonegap Build auto-generated activity name causes problem for apps with non-latin names
MOBILE-2981 - ion-select arrow is black by default
MOBILE-2982 - Site plugins not loaded in Moodlecloud sites
MOBILE-2983 - Set a new reminder button is confussing
MOBILE-2993 - Grade report - null is not an object (evaluating 'src[1]')
MOBILE-2996 - Logout + SSO: User is able to override the stored site
MOBILE-2998 - ddimageortext and ddmarker are broken in Moodle 3.7
MOBILE-2999 - Travis is failing with Node 12 because of node-sass
MOBILE-3003 - Feedback: Numeric answer show the the range
MOBILE-3005 - Docker images are failing
MOBILE-3008 - Course format site plugin: "Invalid parameter value detected"
MOBILE-3017 - Default time for calendar events is not visible in some languages
MOBILE-3033 - Some site plugins can use the same name to store the data
MOBILE-3049 - Site home activities are not displayed in new sites
MOBILE-3050 - Essay lesson questions don't work in offline in Moodle 3.7

Epic

MOBILE-2942 - Forum facelift for Mobile app
MOBILE-2943 - Group messaging improvements for 3.7

New Feature

MOBILE-2905 - Allow user to manage storage within course
MOBILE-2945 - Display custom course fields in the app
MOBILE-2962 - Support self conversations in the app
MOBILE-2978 - Forum: Implement a "Private Reply" option
MOBILE-2988 - Forum: Add the ability to lock discussions manually
MOBILE-2989 - Forum: Add ability to star and pin discussions

Improvement

MOBILE-2817 - Lesson UX improvements for multiple attemps
MOBILE-2835 - Sites saved even if reinstalled Moodle Desktop
MOBILE-2838 - Use tool_mobile_call_external_functions when available
MOBILE-2851 - Display / use last course access where necessary
MOBILE-2856 - Database: Offline entries cannot be viewd, edited, deleted and approved
MOBILE-2860 - Allow conversations to be muted/unmuted
MOBILE-2873 - Improve activity synchronisation
MOBILE-2894 - Assignment requiring groups - App shows "Not a member of any group" instead of "Member of more than one group"
MOBILE-2895 - Download icon should change to a different icon, not disappear
MOBILE-2898 - User is not able to know course is downloaded
MOBILE-2900 - Exclude enrolledusercount from enrol_get_users_courses web service call
MOBILE-2903 - Show menu items depending on device width and show on a side when on tablet
MOBILE-2906 - Create course menu delegate so addons can add menu items
MOBILE-2907 - Obtain the resource file mimetype and other required information from the course_get_contents WS
MOBILE-2914 - The "star" switch for adding to Contacts is completely confusing, can't tell between ON and OFF modes
MOBILE-2921 - Improve handling push notification clicks
MOBILE-2935 - Support site plugins for blocks on dashboard page
MOBILE-2937 - Smooth show/hide top tabs on scroll
MOBILE-2938 - Allow site plugins to specify it own URLs for the app and handle the contexturl field
MOBILE-2939 - Improve download size warnings
MOBILE-2944 - Hide completion bar and completion menu option for teachers (or any non-tracked user)
MOBILE-2947 - Push notifications icons should support colors when displayed in the notifications center
MOBILE-2951 - Make it easier to see what web services requests are made
MOBILE-2953 - Use the new customdata sent by push notifications
MOBILE-2954 - Ensure Firebase analytics are disabled
MOBILE-2955 - Quiz entry page should be refreshed when a download finishes
MOBILE-2956 - Improve the notifications page
MOBILE-2957 - Support Firebase analytics
MOBILE-2959 - Custom status bar color in Android
MOBILE-2960 - Improve Vimeo embedding for 3.7 onwards
MOBILE-2961 - Support push notification images, pictures and messages grouped
MOBILE-2963 - Apply UI changes in messaging for 3.7
MOBILE-2964 - Allow teachers to delete messages for all users within their conversations in the app
MOBILE-2966 - Quiz: Allow clearing answer choice in multiple choice in the app
MOBILE-2974 - Assignment: Improve submission statement to cover all possible settings, support for the app
MOBILE-2975 - Support new features indicated in 3.7 to be disabled
MOBILE-2977 - Post-release process
MOBILE-2979 - Align the download icons on the course page
MOBILE-2984 - Allow changing the title of dashboard page using a config.json variable
MOBILE-2985 - Forum: Simplified form when adding discussions and replies
MOBILE-2986 - Allow enabling developer tools in the desktop version
MOBILE-2992 - Sort forum discussions
MOBILE-2994 - File support for Lesson Essay
MOBILE-3001 - Retrieving the course users details has a big impact on performance
MOBILE-3004 - Add the hability to personalize status bar background color
MOBILE-3010 - Support bootstrap tooltips
MOBILE-3013 - Allow to SSO from external apps via the Custom URL Scheme API
MOBILE-3016 - Local notifications icon in Android should be a calendar icon
MOBILE-3018 - Support the "Post a copy to all groups" option when a teacher is creating a new discussion
MOBILE-3019 - Support the new forum due dates in the app
MOBILE-3031 - Create a gulp command to combine all SCSS files
MOBILE-3034 - Improve module restrictions styles
MOBILE-3035 - Delete cache when cleaning storage of a site
MOBILE-3036 - Define different cache expiration times
MOBILE-3037 - Execute gulp before running ionic serve
MOBILE-3038 - Link Course competencies to learning plans
MOBILE-3045 - Change splash screen to white

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