Sorry, back to back posts. I'm sure we've said this before, but if you want to beta test the app, we would be happy to have you!
Also, if you previously were beta testing the iOS app, you probably got dropped and we'll need to add you again. Last year we transferred "ownership" of the iOS app from Scott to Ryan, and that process forced us to remove all beta testers.
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Android: https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4700455646264984119
iOS: https://testflight.apple.com/join/SQ6dBqIg
We were hoping to have a new release out last Friday, but it's been delayed. This next one will be cool, though. Here's is the pending changelog:
Majorly adjusted how the map display locations. There are no longer results "off the screen" to the left and right. So the "List" more accurately shows what is on the map. This saves resources and allows us to:
Tweak the "max zoom" limits. You can zoom further out now. These limits differ depending on if you are filtering results, and what you are filtering.
Added ability to select more than one filter item in Recent Activity.
Added a Stern Insider Connected flag on eligible machines. If a machine has IC, no need to comment saying so - just tag it!
Removed PT Sans font in favor of more Nunito weights. And tweaked some colors and other design things.
Bug fixes!
Those first two items are what caused the additional delay. There is a current bug in the iOS app where if you're viewing an area that has tons of locations, some of the dots on the map do not show up (and sometimes the "infowindow" renders incorrectly). This issue is even more obvious in this upcoming release because we optimized the endpoints to be more efficient, and thus not devour the server when loading locations, and thus you can now zoom further out and see a lot more at a time. Here's an example:
In that image we have no "filters" applied. But if you, say, filter by locations that have a particular machine, or by places that have 10+ machines, then you can zoom much further out. (We also made it so that if you are filtering by Operator or by your Saved locations, you can basically zoom out and see the entire world.)
The difficulty is that while this is a-ok over the UK, if you have this same higher zoom level over Portland, Oregon, then it renders too many of these custom dots and that bug rears its head. This latest update has been a lot of work, and it's been exhausting, and as eager as we are to release it we don't want it with some dumb map bugs (note that this bug is largely due to the react-native-maps package that we use, which has problems that you often have to find creative workarounds for - for ex. we can't even use these custom map dots on Android because it slows the devices to a crawl (need to figure that out!!)).
When this release is out, I think we'll make a little video showing the new stuff in it.
In other news, we've been releasing lots of updates on the website. Mostly optimization types of things. It never ends. You may notice some things on the site being faster. Still more to do!