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.
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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.
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