Mobile Forms Android 7.7 Beta Release Notes

Overview

Our release notes offer brief descriptions of the bug fixes and product enhancements included in the 7.7 Beta release of our Mobile Forms Android App.

Please contact our Support Team with any questions or feedback about any of these updates.

Made the 7.7.0.0 Build Externally Available on 4/23/2026

Released in the 7.7.0.0 Build - Available on 4/21/2026

Bug Fixes

Update the Enterprise (Prod) Build to Take the User to the Activation ID Screen after a Device Is Deadened in the Android App (MFA-175)

Updated the Android App Enterprise (Prod) Build to take the User to the Activation ID Screen instead of the App Store Login Screen after a disable command has been received and the local App space has been successfully cleared.

Investigate and Fix Issues with the Activation Prompt Erroneously Re-Appearing if the User Has Saved Drafts after Logging Out and Back In in the Android 7.7.0 Release Candidate App (MFA-177)

Fixed issues with the Activation Prompt erroneously re-appearing if the User has previously Saved Drafts and logs out and then logs back into the 7.7.0 Release Candidate build of the Android App.

Made the 7.7.0.0 Build Externally Available on 4/14/2026

Released in the 7.7.0.0 Build - Available on 4/9/2026

Changed the Version Label to 7.7 (7.7.0.0) for Release

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix Issues with Activating a Device after the Device Has Been Removed in the Portal in the Android App (MFA-174)

Fixed an issue to properly reset the local App space in the Android App to allow re-activation after a Device has been removed in the Portal (i.e. marked as Inactive) and received the disable command from the server.

Made the 7.6.57.0 Build Externally Available on 3/23/2026

Released in the 7.6.57.0 Build - Available on 3/18/2026

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix the Create Demo Account Process Failing in the Android 7.6.5x App (MFA-173)

Fixed issues with creating free Demo Accounts in the Android 7.6.5x App.

Made the 7.6.56.0 Build Externally Available on 3/5/2026

Released in the 7.6.56.0 Build - Available on 2/26/2026

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix Crashes Occurring when Selecting the Timestamp (Oldest) Sort Option in the My Work Section in the Android App (MFA-170)

Fixed an issue that was causing a crash whenever the "Timestamp (Oldest)" option was select in the Sort By pop-up window in the My Work section of the Android 7.6.55 App.

Fix First Name Entry when Saving Recipients to the Address Book on the Optional Recipients Screen for the Phone Layout in the Android App (MFA-171)

Fixed an issue with being unable to enter the First Name when adding a Recipient to the local Address Book from the Optional Recipients screen in the Android 7.6.55 App.

Made the 7.6.55.0 Build Externally Available on 2/20/2026

Released in the 7.6.55.0 Build - Available on 2/17/2026

Product Enhancements

Update the Set Default Camera for Photo Capture Config to Apply to Video Regions in the Android App (MFA-162)

Updated the Set Default Camera for Photo Capture Configuration (Config Name: PhotoCameraFacing) to apply to Video Regions in the Android App.

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix the Sort By List Options Not Displaying the Currently Selected Option in the Android App (MFA-160)

Fixed an issue with the Sort By pop-up windows list not displaying the currently selected Sort option in the Main Menu sections of the Android App.

Fix the Cancel and Save Button's Colors when Saving Recipients in the Address Book from the Optional Recipient Screen in the Android App (MFA-161)

Fixed the Cancel and Save buttons when saving a manually added Recipient to the local Address Book on the Optional Recipients Screen when sending Forms in the Android App.

Investigate and Fix the Set Default Camera for Photo Capture Configuration in the Android App (MFA-164)

Fixed an issue with the Set Default Camera for Photo Capture Configuration not working correctly in the Android App.

Investigate and Fix Form Scripting Not Running in the Android 7.6.54 App (MFA-166)

Fixed an issue with the configuration for the JavaScript Engine's third-party library in the Android App that prevented the usage of some available built-in JavaScript functions (i.e. let and const). For further details, please contact a F2B Customer Success Team member.

Investigate and Fix Region.getDatasourceList() Not Returning Results in an Array in the Android 7.6.5x App (MFA-169)

Fixed an issue and rolled back changes made in MFA-137 to return arrays for the Region.getDatasourceList() Script call in the Android App. This fix was required due to restrictions related to array conversions in the Android code base. For Forms Designers wanting to use this Script call, it will need to be converted from an Array object before setting the list for a Datasource Region.

Made the 7.6.54.0 Build Externally Available on 2/5/2026

Released in the 7.6.54.0 Build - Available on 2/4/2026

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix the Draft Section to Display Correctly after Rotating the Orientation in the Android 7.6.51 App (MFA-142)

Fixed an issue with the Draft Section not displaying correctly after rotating the Device's orientation in the Android 7.6.51 App.

Investigate and Fix Font Properties Not Changing when Region Value Changed Events Occur in the Android App (MFA-154)

Fixed an issue with Font Property Script calls not being properly applied in Value Changed Events when the Region Value was not changed in the Android App.

Fix Various UI Issues in the Android 7.6.5x App (MFA-155)

Fixed various UI issues with buttons, icons, and labels not being the correct color when in Dark Mode or when using either Light or Dark Mode in the Android App. Additionally, fixed a crash that was occurring when canceling out of the Payment Processor Screen for the Phone layout in the Android App.

Investigate and Fix Button Text Always Being in Upper Case when Filling Out Forms in the Android 7.6.53 App (MFA-159)

Fixed an issue with the Button text always being in upper case regardless of the Form Template's design when filling out Forms in the Android 7.6.53 App.

Made the 7.6.53.0 Build Externally Available on 1/27/2026

Released in the 7.6.53.0 Build - Available on 1/16/2026 and 1/26/2026

Product Enhancements

Add Language and Date/Time Settings to the Diagnostics Generated in the Android App (MFA-36)

Added the Device's current Language Setting, the Region Setting, the Automated Date and Time Setting, the Automatic Time Zone Setting, and the Use 24 Hour Format Setting provided by the Android Operating System to Diagnostics generated in the Android App.

Add the Ability to Check if a Form Draft Has Attachments using Scripting in the Android App (MFA-41)

Implemented the ability to see what Attachments are in a Form Draft using the Field2Base.getAttachments() script call in the Android App.

Update the Enterprise Build to Use the Original Username and Password Login Screen in the Android App (MFA-147)

Updated the Enterprise (Prod) Build to use the original Username and Password Login Screen instead of the Welcome Screen in the Android App due to the fact that some Customers using the Enterprise Build may be using Usernames different than the User's E-Mail Addresses.

Update the Operating System Top UI to Be Visible after Recent Overlay Changes in the Android 7.6.52 App (MFA-148)

Updated the Phone and Tablet layouts to make sure the Operating System UI at the top and bottom of the screen are visible when running the Android App.

Add Back Buttons for Navigation to the Screen Headers in the Phone Layout for the Android App (MFA-149)

Added Back buttons for navigation to the Screen headers in the Phone layout in the Form Drafter Viewer, Sent Form Viewer, Optional Recipients, Address Book, About, and Settings Screens of the Android App due to the recent Android OS changes for Phones that removed the virtual Back button that was previously present.

Bug Fixes

Fix the Sent Form Viewer Screen to Not Display Double Menu Bars in the Android App (MFA-150)

Fixed a display issue that rendered an extra context menu drop-down in the Sent Form Viewer Screen in the Android App.

Released in the 7.6.52.0 Build - Available on 1/6/2026

Product Enhancements

Update the Android App to Target Android 15 (API level 35) (MFA-103)

Updated the Android App to target Android 15 (API level 35) per Google Play Store requirements. Minimum version remains Android 8.1.

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix the Operating System UI Overlaying the Top and Bottom UI of the Android 7.6.51 App (MFA-135)

Fixed an issue with the Operating System's top and bottom menus overlaying the screens that started appearing in 7.6.51 build in the Android App.

Fix the Visual Indicator for Uploading Sent Forms to Display Correctly in the Android 7.6.51 App (MFA-78)

Fixed an issue causing crashes when the Field2Base.send() script call is made in a Pen Region's Done Inking Event in the iOS App.

Released in the 7.6.51 Build - Available on 12/3/2025

Product Enhancements

Add the Ability to Get the Company ID for a User using Scripting in the Android App (MFA-12)

Implemented the new companyID property to the Field2Base.getUser() script call that returns the Company ID as an integer and implemented the new Field2Base.getCompany() script call that returns an object that contains the Company ID and Company Name to the Scripting Engine in the Android App.

Add the Ability to Focus a Region using Scripting in the Android App (MFA-14)

Implemented the new script call View.focusRegion(string) where the string is in the format of "PageX@RegionY" that will automatically take the User to a particular Region in the Script Engine in the Android App.

Add Visual Indicators for Uploading Sent Forms in the Main Menu of the Android App (MFA-19)

Added visual indicators for uploading Sent Forms (red bubble when there are pending Sent Forms and green checkmark when Sent Forms are uploaded successfully) in the Main Menu of the Android App.

Add the Ability to Include Attachments when Filling Out Forms in the Android App (MFA-21)

Added a new Attach Files action to the Actions drop-down list when filling out Forms in the Android App when the Attachments Product Feature is enabled. Additionally, a new Attachment Management window appears once at least one Attachment has been added to the Form Draft.

Add the Ability to View Attachments in the Sent Forms Section in the Android App (MFA-23)

Implemented the ability to view Attachments when viewing a Sent Form using the View Attached Files option when Attachments are added in the Sent Forms section the Android App.

Add the Ability to Change a Region's Font Properties using Scripting in the Android App (MFA-29)

Implemented the ability to get and dynamically set a Region's Font Properties which include the Font's Color, Font Name, Font Size, and Font Styles (Bold, Italic, and Underline) to the Scripting Engine in the Android App. The new script calls are as follows: Font Color - Region.getFontColor() and Region.setFontColor(string), Font Name - Region.getFontName() and Region.setFontName(string), Font Size - Region.getFontSize() and Region.setFontSize(integer), Font Style Bold - Region.getFontBold() and Region.setFontBold(boolean), Font Style Italic - Region.getFontItalic() and Region.setFontItalic(boolean), Font Style Underline - Region.getFontUnderline() and Region.setFontUnderline(boolean)

Add the Ability to Determine if a GPS Region Has Coordinates using Scripting in the Android App (MFA-32)

Implemented the new Region.hasCoordinates() script call that returns a Boolean of whether or not a GPS Region currently has coordinates as its value to the Scripting Engine in the Android App.

Add Product Feature Tracking to the Database for Enabling Attachments in the Android App (MFA-35)

Added a new Product Feature tracking table to the local database for enabling Attachments (and potentially future Products) in the Android App that gets updated when Product Features are enabled or disabled in the Portal.

Add the Ability to Open the Attachments Menu or the Attach File Pop-Up Window using Scripting in the Android App (MFA-43)

Implemented a new Field2Base.openAttachmentsMenu() script call that opens the Attachments Management pop-up window and implemented a new Field2Base.attachFile() script call that opens the Attach Files pop-up window to the Scripting Engine in the Android App.

Add a New Form_Reloaded Event to the Scripting Engine in the Android App (MFA-45)

Implemented the new Form_Reloaded() Script Event to the Script Engine in the Android App that gets triggered whenever an existing Draft is loaded into the Form Viewer for filling out.

Implement the App Default Start Screen on Startup Config in the Android App (MFA-46)

Implemented the App Default Screen on Startup Configuration to determine which Main Menu section should be shown when the User first launches the Android App.

Update the Bubble Alert Notifications to Use a Standardized Color in the Phone Layout in the Android App (MFA-50)

Update the Phone layouts to use the aqua blue color and shading for the bubble Alert notifications in the Main Menu in the Android App.

Research and Update the JavaScript Engine to the Most Recent Stable Version in the Android App (MFA-66)

Updated the JavaScript third-party library used by the Script Engine to the latest generally available version in the Android App.

Add the Ability to Print Pages using Scripting when Filling Out Drafts in the Android App (MFA-67)

Implemented the new script call Field2Base.print(string) where the string is the User Page Numbers that need to be printed (i.e. "1", "1-5", "2,5", etc.) to the Script Engine in the Android App.

Update the Pen Region Full Screen Window to Automatically Re-Size after the Device's Orientation Has Changed in the Android App (MFA-105)

Confirmed the Full Screen window for Pen Regions automatically re-sized after the Device's orientation has changed (i.e. Portrait > Landscape or Landscape > Portrait) in the Android App.

Bug Fixes

Investigate and Fix Validation Error Incorrectly Displaying when Values are Present in the Android 7.6 App (MFA-119)

Fixed an issue with Validation Log errors still appearing after a Region originally failed validation but was then filled out in the Android App. This issue was only triggered if the User tapped outside of the Validation Log pop-up window instead of selecting a Region in the list.

Investigate and Fix Sync'ing No Longer Working after Upgrading from the Android 7.6 App (MFA-134)

Fixed sync'ing issues that occurred after upgrading from the 7.6.0 version due to the SQLite encryption process not writing updates to the database correctly in the Android App.

Investigate and Fix Get Script Functions Not Returning Arrays Correctly in the Android App (MFA-137)

Fixed issues with the Region.getDatasourceList() and Field2Base.getLocations() Script calls not properly returning arrays when being called in the Android App.