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Android | iOS 2.6.10

Release Date: Mon, 22 June, 2020
Customer-facing documentation:

Tip

  1. After updating to a newer version, mobile users must log out and log in again to the application.

  2. For a task that requires media (photo or video) to be uploaded, mobile users must allow the app to access their camera.

What’s New

File Upload Component

With this new component, users can upload any file type except .exe and dmg, from their mobile device.

Once uploaded, the file can be previewed within Zinier App, if it is a pdf, obj, stl, dae, rest of the other file types can be downloaded or shared through third-party applications.

Implementation details: File Upload - Configuration

File Download Component

This is an enhancement to the existing Document component, users can now download or share the files.

Previewing within Zinier Application is supported only for pdf, obj, stl, dae. Other file types (.doc, .docx, xls, .xlsx,) can be downloaded, but viewing them can be only through any third-party apps.

Implementation details: File Download - Configuration

Access Mobile Workflows on Tablet

Tablet users have the flexibility to access both “mobile” and “tablet” projects. Any mobile workflow shall be rendered in tablet over a single column layout.

Rendering of tablet workflows on mobile devices is not available now.

This feature has to be enabled manually by adding the entity config mentioned in the below link, after platform release 20.6, this will be enabled by default to any newly created org.

Implementation details: Render Mobile workflows on Tablet - Configuration

Mobile

Tablet

Live Location Tracking - iOS

The feature is already available in Android.

Location tracking frequency must be diligently defined, as it will directly affect the battery life.

Web Admins can now track the real-time location of mobile users on the field. When mobile users are logged into the application and this configuration is enabled, the app sends the live location of the users to the web users.

The application gets the user’s location when it is in the foreground while performing location tracking in the background.

This feature may be affected by low power mode, low battery and of constraints from device resources and OS.

Implementation details: Live Tracking - Configuration

Task Sync Status - Android

Already available in iOS from 2.6.8

Users can now track the sync status of their submitted task’s results and media files in the Unsynced screen. On this screen, users can view if the task is ready to sync, syncing, or has been synced.

Sync Status: Task Results and Media Files.

Task Results

Media Files

Task Results (Ready to Sync) 

Media Files (Ready to Sync)

Syncing Tasks Results...

 

Syncing Media Files (no. of synced files/total files)

Task Results Synced

 

Media Files Synced

Example of Unsynced Status view 

 

Improvements

KMZ Component - Android

The progress of points completion., ie Points Completed/ Total Points, can be seen within the component.

Users can view all the points in a List View by tapping on the List Icon. This will provide better visibility on locations, which has more than one segment point.

Bug Fixes

  1. Photo and Photo comment - Android (Internal)

    • User unable to add more comments

    • User unable to select the Photo Icon

  2. Invalid image URL - Android (Internal)

    • Handled cases of image deletion from mobile, before they are uploaded.

  3. Users unable to scroll, when the keypad is open - Android (Internal)

  4. Footer navigation buttons are not visible - Android (Internal)

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