5.0 - 5.7 Android/Kindle Reviewer Release Notes Archive

Released 9/1/2015

• No changes specific to the Reviewer. See Mag+ Android/Kindle Fire App Release Notes for changes to the Android apps.

Released 7/7/2015

• No changes specific to the Reviewer. See Mag+ Android/Kindle Fire App Release Notes for changes to the Android apps.

Released 6/2/2015

• No changes specific to the Reviewer. See Mag+ Android/Kindle Fire App Release Notes for changes to the Android apps.

Released: 5/05/2015

Changes:

• Added Appboy Feedback and Newsfeed to reviewer.
• All possible push addresses will now show in reviewer.

Released: 4/7/2015

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a bug where audio in an HTML frame would stop playing if the device was rotated. [ZD #17229]
• Fixes a problem in Enhanced Slideshows where slides that were offset from each other would be realigned to the top-left corner upon export.

Released: 3/9/2015

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a problem where a Kindle Fire app would continue playing a video in the background even when the device went to sleep. [ZD #18677]
• Fixes a problem where the same video would be triggered (unintentionally) by different Hotspots.
• Fixes a problem introduced in version 5.2.6 where Pinch/Zoom elements woud display blank. [ZD# 19177]
• Fixes a bug where the side navigation bar did not close before displaying a pushed MIB.

Changes:

• Enhanced Slideshows are now supported. This allows Popups, Web & Jump Links, and Videos to be embedded in a slideshow. For more information, please read the article "Creating Slideshows in InDesign."

Released: 1/8/2015

Bug Fixes:

• Enables Bonjour (mDNS) discovery on devices running Android KitKat (4.4) and up.

Released: 12/3/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Reviewer would crash when a device is rotated with Zoom applied to a Popup. [ZD# 17740]
• Fixes a bug where a Popup with Zoom applied would not display correctly. [ZD# 17739]
• Fixes a bug where MIB-level orientation applied in the Mag+ Production Tool would not be respected over the Mag+ InDesign Plugin setting. [ZD# 17730]

Released: 11/4/2014

Changes:

• Now supports tel: and sms: links.
• Supports parsing block-level slideshows.

Released: 10/14/2014

Bug Fixes:

• External web links now work properly after a third hotspot is tapped. [ZD #17483]

Released: 9/2/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Play button in a playlist did not start the first song when it was tapped.
• Fixes a bug where Verticals would not load when swiping through an Issue and going back to the previous Vertical. [ZD #16530]
• Fixes a bug where an auto-play, full-screen slideshow would not allow the user to proceed to the next Vertical by swiping. [ZD #16566]
• Fixes an issue where the top of a Table of Contents was clipping when in landscape mode. [ZD #16768]
• Fixes an issue where a Pan & Zoom image would not respect the initial position set in InDesign. [ZD #16665]
• Jump Links now work properly when using a Dual Layout in a landscape orientation. [ZD #16847]
• Custom "emailto:" links now work in an embedded web view. [ZD #15885]
• Fixes a crash that could occur when canceling a download.

Changes:

• The Default action and Toggle action syntax now works properly for Media/Video objects.
• Supports the change in Mag+ Publish where iPhone MIBs are now served to Android smartphones if no specific Android smartphone MIB is available.
• Internal Jump Links now work for all shortcuts.

Released: 8/7/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes an issue where the A- layer continuously snapped to the last object displayed after rotating from the initial orientation.   [ZD# 16613]

Released: 8/5/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a bug where "emailto" links did not work for embedded HTML. [ZD# 15885]
• Fixes a crash when using the "openwindow" prefix in HTML. [ZD# 16342]
• Fixes a bug where the A-layer jumped to the top of page on device rotation. [ZD# 16478]
• Fixes a problem where audio in a Playlist continued playing after a MIB was deleted.
• Popup video now stops playing when the device screen is turned off.
• Fixes a bug where a device orientation change caused a bigger space to appear between Banners and Issues.
• Fixes a crash that occurred when there was an error in playing video.
• Fixes a situation where Free Issues would display a non-responsive Buy button.
• Fixes a bug where Featured Content descriptions were cut off in landscape mode.
• Fixes a bug where Featured Content was not showing on smartphones.
• Fixes the decompression progress bar disappearing on a device orientation change.
• Fixes a bug where "Panning" only allowed left and right swiping, not up or down. [ZD# 16378]

Changes:

• External HTML is now zoomed out by default.

Released: 7/1/2014

Changes:

• Navigation drawer has been changed to a native implementation.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes an issue in touch handling on a slideshow when more than three slides were present. [ZD #15777]
• Fixes a bug where A-Layer content was not snapping properly in the landscape orientation. [ZD #15052]

Released: 6/13/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a bug with Pan & Zoom

Released: 6/3/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes a bug where transparent HTML objects were displayed as white on the Amazon Kindle. [ZD #15347]
• Fixes a bug where Pan & Zoom objects would disable scrolling touch events, leaving the user unable to scroll. [ZD #15427]
• Fixes a bug where the long-press-only setting was not read properly. [ZD #15503]

Changes:

• Improves performance when rotating the device.
• Improves performance with the image bitmap memory cache.

Released: 5/6/2014

• MIBs now render correctly when an Overlay is missing an A-layer.
• A problem where Panning and Zooming were not working properly when swiping between Verticals has been fixed. [ZD #14515]
• Miscellaneous fixes.

Released: 4/8/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes an issue where content would not display properly if an Overlay document was missing a B-layer.

Released: 4/3/2014

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes an issue where Android download stats were incorrect (ZD #14564)
• Fixes an issue where a user could get a "connecting" message upon launch and would have to quit and re-launch to access the Library space

Released: 4/1/2014

Changes:

• Now respects Pinning content to edges
• Improves rendering and memory management for long Verticals

Released: 3/6/2014

Changes:

• Banners now resize properly. Android banners should be in jpeg format be the following dimensionsions:
  • Req width: 1600px
  • Max height: 700px
  • 1600 x 700 is considered landscape and will resize depending on the screen size of the device. When changed to a portrait orientation, the banner image will be cropped from the right.
• The "Remove Issues" button no longer appears upon device rotation if there are no issues on the device.
• Images are now sized correctly for slideshows pinned to something other than the top left.
• A black background is now applied to Verticals to avoid artifacts.
• Support for internal://toc/open and internal://bookmarks/open link URLs has been added.
• Online HTML blocks now work properly.
• Stability fixes have been added for Crashlytics.
• Issue Previews are now always centered on the device.
• OpenWindow link URLs now work in HTML.

Released: 2/7/2014

Changes:

• Fixes multiple videos issues. [ZD #13949]
• Banner in Issues screen scales according to device

Released: 2/3/2014

Changes:

• Fixes a number of video issues.
• Fixes a problem with online media blocks.
• Fixes a problem regarding cropped verticals in compact verticals.
• Fixes a number of crashes.

Released: 1/29/2014

Mag+ 5.0 is one the biggest releases we've had in more than a year, with upgrades to every component of the system.

As with all new versions, you can upgrade on your own schedule. You can use the new tools and still output a 4.X MIB until your app is updated.

Here's what's new in this release:

• Completely rewritten app: Not a single line of code in common with 4.4 or below.
• Featured content: A promotional space between the banners and the issue list where a specific product can be showcased. Options are: latest issue, specific issue or specific subscription. More info.
• Search functionality replaced by new filter options.
• Support for AppBoy.
• Support for Google Subscriptions.
• Support for Google Push Notifications (Google Cloud Messaging).
• Support for single-issue app builds where the issue is embedded.
• Completely new Reviewer, which now includes a Push Library.
• New menu system in both the Reviewer and white-label apps.
• Customizable app colors and icons.
• Banners available in combined store/library. More info.
• "No-Store Builds" now available: Enable you to publish apps in countries that do not support Google In-App Billing.
• Simultaneous Download supported.
• Completely new reading experience with support for all iOS creative features, including:
  • Slideshow
  • Pan & Zoom blocks
  • Popup Groups
  • Dual Layout
  • Overlay
  • Compact Verticals