BuildFire Q2 Release Notes – 2021

Here’s a closer look at what our product development team and software engineers have been working on during the second quarter of the year.

Plugin Enhancements and Updates

Community Wall

• Enhanced the ability for admins to ban users
• Enhanced the way that users report posts to the admin 
• Allow the Admin to enable or disable automatic subscription to Community Wall push notifications

Media Center Manual

• Added deep linking support so admins can navigate users to specific media (audio and video) from an action item or push notification
• Added support for updated Dropbox links
• Facelifted Media Center Manual’s BuildFire control panel settings
• Added a “Play all” button to auto-play next functionality for audio files
• Fixed the share button
• Allow admins to sort items alphabetically
• Automatically save the last listening position even after closing the app
• Added a language tab for increased wording customizability 

User Directory

• Added the ability for admins to show or hide email and phone number of users
• Updated the integration between User Directory and Community Wall 

Places 2.0

• Added the ability for the admin to change units from imperial to metric (kilometers vs. miles) for global support
• Enhanced deep linking to allow admins to quickly and easily deep link into specific location detail pages from action items and push notifications

Free Text Questionnaire and Free Text Questionnaire – Geolocation

• Allow admin to toggle on or off required login (users can now answer questions without logging in)
• New Language tab for increased configurability
• Added a new question type: Location. Users can provide a location as an answer to a question by typing an address, providing their current location, or dragging-and-dropping a pin on a map

Dynamic List

• Allow admin to sort items alphabetically 
• Updated the integration with Community Wall 

Coupons and Deals

• Enhanced deep linking to allow admins to quickly and easily deep link into specific coupon detail pages from action items and push notifications

People

• Enhanced deep linking to allow admins to quickly and easily deep link into specific people detail pages from action items and push notifications

Weight Tracker

• Added a language tab for increased configurability

Other Product Updates and Enhancements

• Enhanced Android APK delivery automation 
• Added app icon transparency for Android
• Added new splash screen design with loading screen previewer to show different devices
• Updated iBeacon Google Play Permission Declaration
• Updated declared permissions and in-app disclosures for Google Play policy
• Enhanced show/hide password icon visibility
• Created a new reports page for white label users (view canceled apps, pending requests, and revoked cancellation apps)
• Added a customizable access code placeholder 
• Fixed compatibilities with release of iPhone 12
• Added support to handle apps with two signing passwords during the publishing process
• Enhanced the UX/UI of the marketplace
• Reduced several friction points for building an app
• Improved ability to search for features by name or feature type
• Enhanced change password feature

Updates For Developers

• Updated the BuildFire SDK which can be found at https://sdk.buildfire.com/
• Created a new feature diagnostic tool enabled when dev mode is turned on (used for diagnosing features, checking what’s enabled, diagnosing native plugins, retrieving plugin versions, running tests, viewing logs, and more)
• Updated in-app dialogs
• New drawer component
• Facelift, bug fixes, and enhancements to rating component

Updated Marketplace Icons

• Community wall
• Media Center Manual
• Contact Us
• Media Center RSS Feed
• On Demand
• Share App
• Events Feed
• On The Go Push
• Home Page Grid Layout
• Places 2.0

Updated Knowledge Base Articles Linked to Marketplace Plugins

• Free Text Questionnaire
• Free Text Questionnaire – Geolocation
• Action Items Folder
• Weather
• Shopify 2.0
• Menu Order System
• Container Folder
• WebView
• User Directory
• Catalog and Promote Folder
• Digital Member ID
• QR Scanner
• File Manage
• Flashcards
• Purchase Order System
• Dynamic List
• Document Manager Lite
• Drip Notification
• Document Manager Stats
• Customer Feedback
• Weight Tracker
• Up Vote
• On Demand
• Card Manager
• User Profile Action Folder