July Release Notes — 2021

Here are the latest updates from our software engineers and product development team:

Plugin Enhancements and Updates

Free Text Questionnaire and Free Text Questionnaire Geolocation

• Allow users to provide a numerical value as an answer to questions
• Admins can set up equations to calculate results and outputs based on numerical answers provided by users (example: mortgage calculator)
  • Enhanced the WYSIWYG answer template to resolve Javascript expressions
• Admins can allow users to see their results in a popup after completing a questionnaire

Seminar and Lecture Notes

• Added support for deep linking
• Allow users to share notes with settings to turn off for security
• Added language settings so the app owner can configure text strings within the plugin
• UI fixes and enhancements
• Added an empty state to the main screen

Weight Tracker

• Added language settings so the app owner can configure text strings within the plugin
• Added support for international date formats (date will automatically display based on user’s location)

User Directory

• Added option to navigate to user profiles

Loyalty

• Added support for deep linking to allow app owners to quickly and easily deep link within this plugin – can be used with action items, push notifications, and much more!

Share App

• Added support for deep linking to allow app owners to quickly and easily deep link within this plugin – can be used with action items, push notifications, and much more!

Document Manager Stats

• Admin can turn show/ hide all stats
• Admin can toggle an on/off setting that allows the first answer of a Free Text Questionnaire to be included in a submission preview

Outline Folder

• Facelift
• Allow users to switch back to tree mode (reset outline)
• Auto generate action items for leaf items
• Facelift for the control UI
  • Added more design options
  • Added background image
  • Added background color
  • Added layout
  • Added advanced mode to customize the layout
• Reset outline feature
• Hid custom title bar in the design tab
• Clone row feature
• Minor bug fixes

Premium Social Wall Inbox

• Added language settings so the app owner can configure text strings within the plugin

Journal

• Added configurable mood slider
• Added configurable activity list

Places 2.0

• Added support for metric units conversion

Other Product Updates and Enhancements

• Users can add offers with a coupon code
• Added the “App Marketer” role for the Control Panel. The app marketer role can only access marketed-related info like push notifications, app marketing, etc. The purpose is to avoid accidental app changes, and it can be added/changed from the CP or from the WL/user management.
• App permission enhancements for admins — users can customize the permissions request from their Control Panel. Permissions sections will depend on the features added to your app. This is required for iOS and optional for Android
• User login design enhancements are now available on the settings page
• All BuildFire WYSIWYG now follows the app theme (background color from the control panel’s branding) 
• Show geo permission in BLE plugin for Android

Updates For Developers

• Enabled offline support for apps
• Added support for Stripe authorization
• Added the ability to capture the automatic (full amount) or manual capture from the PaymentIntent, which must be less than or equal to the original amount. Any additional amount will automatically be refunded. Here’s the Stripe documentation for developers.

Image API Updates

• Better image performance
• Upgraded to the latest Image CDN API
• Up to 3x faster rendering
• Up to ~70% size reduction
• Better support and maintenance with new image API
• Fixed home plugin titlebar showing when using custom breadcrumbs

Full Screen Mode Updates

• Added callbacks to appearance title bar show and hide
• Added ability to show/hide the app side menu
• Added ability to show/hide the app nav bar
• Added ability to open/close the side menu programmatically
• Added fullscreen mode that hides/shows navbar, side menu, and title bar, making the plugin take the full space within the app
• Full Screen Mode documentation for developers