4.0
Breaking changes
If you wish to update your previously installed devices to v4.0, first you have to consider the following:
- If you have 2.x version, you have to update to version 2.21.06.x first
- If you already have a 3.x version you can update from any subversion of 3.x to 4.0
- Alternatively you can update the device from any version manually through the Install application function, or with USB storage!
Version 4.0.106
Oct 10, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the device state was not synchronized correctly
Version 4.0.105
Oct 7, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when a preview picture was created after every content page change in some cases
- Fixed an issue when the target tags were not handled properly with the UDP message send feature
- Fixed an issue when on some devices the rooted property was not set correctly
- Fixed an issue when the latest Nexmosphere sensors were not recognized by the application
- Fixed an issue when the Never update version limit did not work correctly
Improvements
- Added support for MQTTS (Secure) brokers in the MQTT client
New features
- Added the device state sync feature to keep the server up-to-date on the device settings changes
Version 4.0.95
July 24, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the device went to sleep when All day was selected on some days in the Working hours
- Fixed an issue when on devices with Android 11 or higher OS versions not all applications were listed in the Recovery menu
Improvements
- Changed the logo in the Recovery menu to be dynamic by downloading the logo itself from the connected server
- Improved the application startup
New features
- Added support for Allsee devices
- Added support for Hisense devices
Version 4.0.87
July 3, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the System WebView replace did not work on Giada devices
- Fixed an issue when an invalid sensor event coming from the Displayer could crash the application
Improvements
- The Built-in HTTP server now accepts JSON bodies
- Changed the whitelabelled splash logo the a progress bar
New features
- Added support for the ProDvx API
- Added the Mqtt client feature
Version 4.0.74
June 5, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when an error page was cached instead of a resource in some cases
- Fixed an issue when the device did not created previews after some time
Version 4.0.72
May 28, 2024
Improvements
- Improved preview creation to make it more consistent and reliable
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug when the 2 preview pictures or no preview pictures were created after a content load
- Fixed an issue when a meeting could not be deleted in the Meeting room content while it was running on a device
Version 4.0.67
April 9, 2024
New features
- A new Advanced configuration has been added to disable the Preview picture creation and upload
- A new Advanced configuration has been added to disable the Device metric and the Proof of display collection and upload
Improvements
- Added HardwareId property to Screen Info which contains a generated hardware ID from the device
- Added support for moving a device to an other server without assigning to a customer
- Added support for the Video wall license
- Added multiscreen support for the Giada D77
- Added support for the Sharp Device API
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the WebSocket did not reconnect on Vestel devices
- Fixed an issue when the 4 digit code was not displayed after a Move to server
Version 4.0.63
March 22, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the devices could not download resources on an edge server
Version 4.0.62
March 21, 2024
Improvements
- Added file size check before download to prevent a large file to fill up a the devices storage
- Added more file validation to make sure the device's cache is always up to date with valid resources
- Added support for the Video wall license
- Added the option to downgrade any application for the Install application
- Added the option to install any WebView versions on Giada devices
Version 4.0.57
February 6, 2024
Improvements
- Removed the rootGranted property from the Screen info
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the Wifi SSID in the Screen info had unnecessary " characters
Version 4.0.55
January 18, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when the metric database got corrupted and was not recreated
Version 4.0.54
January 18, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when on the Qbic TD-1050 Pro tablets with Android 8 crashed when the leds were turned off
Version 4.0.53
January 4, 2024
New features
- A new metric has been added which shows the changes in the device's internet connectivity
- A new application settings backup has been added to prevent the loss of application configuration after certain events
- A new property was added to the Screen info to indicate on which storage partition the application is installed on
Improvements
- The device metric uploading was improved to put less strain on the server
- Improved the Wifi signal and battery metrics to show more consistent values with other platforms
- Added Sensor target property to sensor events coming from the displayer to help directly target messages to certain connected sensors
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when on Sony devices the register process could not execute because the Sony Simple IP protocol was not enabled
- Fixed an issue when the application could freeze when it found a not properly setup USB port on a device
- Fixed a bug when the logs in the uploaded log zip were not indexed properly
Version 4.0.48
November 22, 2023
Improvements
- Application log uploading has been reworked to keep more logs than before
- The Cache resource validation has been improved to detect broken files
- Added Wifi and Battery metrics, and WifiSSID to the Screen Info
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when in some scenarios the device did not reconnect to the server after losing network connection
- Fixed an issue when the application could run out of memory when starting without network connection
Version 4.0.43
November 14, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where device could get into an online state despite having Working Hours enabled
- Fixed an issue when large video files were not played by the application
Version 4.0.41
November 08, 2023
Improvements
- The Clear Cache page's design have been updated
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug when the activation code was deleted on a freshly installed device after a restart
Version 4.0.39
October 25, 2023
New features
- Implemented new device application update management
- Added the working hours feature for Philips devices
Improvements
- Added led control for more signage tablets
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the assigned content's URL was not saved on the device after registering on the server
- Fixed an issue where settings changed in offline state were not saved on the device
- Fixed an issue where on newer Philips devices the application did not recognize the device as Philips
Version 4.0.33
August 31, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Lock feature got the device into a restart loop
Version 4.0.32
August 16, 2023
New features
- Added a Network watcher that will watch out for invalid network disconnects that could happen on some devices
- Implemented the new V2 Preview API
Improvements
- Added support for sending out sensor messages to sensors as bytes
- Added more consistent network type mapping in the Screen info
- Added a restart after the device wakes up from Working hours. This will help the device release memory which was invalidly held by the WebView
- Added logs to sensor messages where the sender of the message was not clear
- Improvements were made to the cache rotate logic
- The Clear cache feature was improved with a page navigation to avoid problems caused by the current content being loaded in the WebView
- Unsupported Android versions now will be reported in the Screen info
- Added new metrics to the device statistics that will show how many times did the application crash on the device
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the updating was not working correctly on Philips devices
- Fixed an issue where videos from bound folders were not cached correctly
- Fixed an issue where a corrupted temporary metric cache file could cause the metric uploading to not work properly
Version 4.0.23
June 27, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where registering the device with a chosen content assigned to it only loaded the content after a content refresh command
Version 4.0.22
June 23, 2023
Improvements
- Crash handling was improved:
- Now the application will restart the device after 3 Android OS or WebView crashes
- It will also dump the system logs before device restart to help in identifying issues
- Improved log uploading with System log and System report options
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where missing content resources were always rechecked on the server
- Fixed an issue when in some cases the application could not navigate to the assigned content
- Fixed an issue where the supported features of the device was not reported correctly towards the server on Philips devices
Version 4.0.20
June 06, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the application's user-agent suffix got multiplied when the WebView crashed
Version 4.0.19
May 30, 2023
Improvements
- Added check for more crash message types to the application's crash watcher.
- Removed the old and unused firmware update URL on Qbic devices.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where Working Hours was not working on Saturdays.
- Fixed an issue where on certain devices the application could not load the content and was not reacting to the Refresh content command.
Version 4.0.16
May 17, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the application could not send out generic sensor messages.
Version 4.0.15
May 15, 2023
New features
- UDP server, and the ability to send custom UDP messages, was added to the application.
Improvements
- Added a 15-minute timeout before restarting the application to the application process watcher to give the user enough time to change settings in the Settings application.
- Improved the device analytics metric collection algorithm to provide more accurate measurements.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the application was not refreshing the resource validity in the cache.
Version 4.0.13
May 08, 2023
Improvements
- From now on, when the WebView process crashes, the application UI process will restart instead of the device.
Version 4.0.12
May 04, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Working hours mode, if not set, caused a crash.
- Fixed an issue where the Advanced configuration default values were not handled properly.
- Fixed an issue where the debug mode could not be immediately turned off.
- Fixed an issue where forcing a device API could cause a crash.
Version 4.0.10
May 03, 2023
New features
- Added the Advanced configuration feature.
- Added Screen mode for the Working hours.
Improvements
- Improved system error handling.
Version 4.0.6
March 20, 2023
New features
- Reworked sensor management.
- Added a new sensor configuration format.
- Added support for using more than one sensor at once.
- Added more configuration options for Keyboard emulator sensors (Barcode reader, RFID reader, NFC reader, IR remote).
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue when Rapid preview mode was selected on the device but preview pictures were not created on content page change.
- Fixed a bug where invalid encoding was used on font resources loaded from the cache.