Mobile app update (coming soon)

Posted by AaronClausen

8 Feb 2023

Hi All,

A new version of the mobile app is just around the corner. This update will include:

"Suppress the location of this sighting?" option for private property sightings as per how the website works; AND
The display of categories in the quick search box when adding a sighting will now mirror that of the web site i.e. top level (Plants) first and lower level categories after that.
Minor performance improvements

We hope to have it live for both Android and iPhone within the next week.

32 comments

Mavis wrote:

9 Feb 2023

👍

danswell wrote:

10 Feb 2023

Last week I tried to upload a sound recording via the android app it crashed the app. Possible bug?

AaronClausen wrote:

10 Feb 2023

Ahh that's no good @danswell - can you successfully upload image sightings no problem via the app? Can I please bug you to try to replicate this error again and send me a screenshot of the error that you see? We will investigate ASAP.

AaronClausen wrote:

10 Feb 2023

Hi all,You can now use HTML (e.g. bullet points, bold, italics, hyperlinks etc) in your user profile.We also now display the number of followers that you have (this is when other users click the Subscribe button from your profile page to follow your future sightings).We have a few more things planned to spruce up the user profile page soon.

danswell wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Hi Aaron, yes images are fine, it was just the audio. I will try to replicate and email you

KylieWaldon wrote:

11 Feb 2023

oooo technology. bullet points AND followers. wd aaron :)

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Great work with the updates. I have always had issues with submitting sound recordings with the app. I can make the recording and play it back but the app crashes if I try to submit the sighting. Having said that I haven’t tried it in a long time. There has been quite a number of frog calls that CNM has missed out on.

AaronClausen wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Thanks Kylie and now @KylieWaldon notifications when you are mentioned in a discussion like this..

AaronClausen wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Thanks for letting me know @Steve_Bok - we will certainly look into this one and come back with an update ASAP.

Mike wrote:

11 Feb 2023

I had to give up the Android app for making audio recordings because of the warbling distortion. Voice Recorder on my phone did not have this problem but did not record location. I use FrogID for frog recordings.

AaronClausen wrote:

11 Feb 2023

We've just been able to reproduce
- Audio recordings are low quality bitrate, i.e. does sound quite distorted on my phone
- My test upload didn't go anywhere

We will get both resolved ASAP and come back guys with an update.
@Mike we want you bloody back here! :)

FrogWatch ACT will be moving/merging over into CNM fairly soon, so expect frog related activity to be significantly boosted on CNM.

danswell wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Thanks Aaron for your amazing work!

AaronClausen wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Thanks for the support @danswell !

Ok we have audio sightings definitely uploading now.

Make sure that you click on the "microphone" icon when looking at either your user profile sightings list OR the latest sightings list, so that audio sightings are displayed. Only image sightings are displayed by default in the default thumbnail view.

We are still looking at the audio sound file quality other issue. More to come...

AaronClausen wrote:

11 Feb 2023

Hi All,

The image editor (which lets you rotate and crop sightings) has been finally fixed properly and is a lot better to use now.

Cheers

Aaron.

AaronClausen wrote:

12 Feb 2023

Hi guys @Mike @danswell @Steve_Bok we've addressed the low audio quality from the mobile app now and it will be dramatically improved in version 4.2.1 which will be deployed in the next 1 to 2 weeks. I've just tested it now and it's so much better!

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

12 Feb 2023

Great work Aaron, looking forward to giving it a try.

danswell wrote:

12 Feb 2023

Thanks Aaron!

AaronClausen wrote:

13 Feb 2023

4.2.0 went live today! Please make sure you update your NatureMapr app on Android or iPhone.

4.2.1 will also arrive in a week or so which improves audio sighting recording quality.

AaronClausen wrote:

13 Feb 2023

Hi legends,

If you like the latest version of the NatureMapr app and if it's been hassle free for you, we would really appreciate if you could leave us a positive review on either the android or ios app stores! We have worked super hard to make the app top quality and reliable and rely on the reviews to help boost our ranking in the app stores! Thanks so much.

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

13 Feb 2023

Hi Aaron, I updated to the latest version of the app (4.2.0) and I’m getting issues adding sightings. I select the photos ok, select the category/species ok, and then the next page comes up blank. This is where you would usually add the details/comments etc. I tried logging out and back into the app, deleting and reinstalling the app. I have an iPhone 11. Not sure if it’s just me? Any suggestions?
Cheers Steve.

AaronClausen wrote:

13 Feb 2023

Hi @Steve_Bok thanks for the message. That is weird! I can successfully upload with 4.2.0 working really well for me.

Can you please take a screenshot and email it to me Steve, we'll look into it...

Tapirlord wrote:

14 Feb 2023

Hey @AaronClausen i’m having exactly the same issue that Steve is describing. Also using an iPhone 11

AaronClausen wrote:

14 Feb 2023

@Tapirlord ahhhh that's no good. Guys do you mind please emailing me a screenshot and we'll check it out as a priority. Thx heaps

AaronClausen wrote:

15 Feb 2023

Hi @Steve_Bok @Tapirlord - we've identified the issue with the blank screen that affects some iOS devices, it will be rolled out in a follow up 4.2.1 release very soon. We'll keep you posted on progress. Cheers Aaron.

Tapirlord wrote:

16 Feb 2023

Thanks Aaron and team! I'm sorry that I didn't get around to emailing those screen shots, it's been a hectic couple of days.

AaronClausen wrote:

16 Feb 2023

All good @Tapirlord - we hugely appreciate all the contributions you make mate. I gave you a pump up on ABC radio yesterday!

AaronClausen wrote:

16 Feb 2023

@Tapirlord @Steve_Bok we need to strike a deal here. Once this latest update is rolled out (including the new high quality audio improvememt), I need both of you guys to help me out and leave a positive review on the app store :) Pretty super please!

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

16 Feb 2023

I’ll leave a positive review for sure, make sure you harass me about it if I forget to.

AaronClausen wrote:

16 Feb 2023

Legend @Steve_Bok thanks so much! Ok will do..

Tapirlord wrote:

17 Feb 2023

Sounds good to me @AaronClausen, will go and do that now.

AaronClausen wrote:

17 Feb 2023

Legend @Tapirlord - thank you so much from Gaelian, Pat and myself (3 developers who look after the platform).

AaronClausen wrote:

21 Feb 2023

Hi All,

There is a known issue with the latest version of the app 4.2.0 on some iOS/iPhone devices preventing users from being able to upload. We are onto it and an update which resolves this issue is on the way.

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