Release 1.71 Reducing confusion

There was some confusion about the contacts integration. The 'Add to Contacts' button is only available in the member details view and not in the family view. The app was unnecessarily confusing when viewing single members because it would present the family view with only one member. It was not clear that you had to click on the first name to see the member details and the 'Add to Contacts' button.

This update eliminates the family view for single members. It provided no useful function. When clicking on a single member from the 'Membership Directory', the app will now display the member details view..

Release 1.7 Integration with Phone Contacts

Release 1.7 of Stake Central is now available in the Android Market. 


This release includes the following features:

• Integration with Android Phone Contacts. The member screen includes a button to add the member's information to the contacts database. A second button to view an existing contact is available when the member's information can be found in the contacts database.
• You will be reminded to update lds.org data every two weeks. The interval can be configured in the application settings.
• Family and Member information can be copied to the clipboard. Press and hold (long press) on a data field like email address and it will be copied to the clipboard. The member screen also includes a menu item allowing you to copy all member information to the clipboard.
• Lds.org member retrieval is 30-50% faster.
• Reorganized the home screen to position your ward at the top of the list.

The following issues were resolved or improved:

• Progress dialog continues to spin after retrieval is complete.
• Information fails to download especially with large stakes. 

Version 1.6 Release

Version 1.6 adds support for Android 1.5 phones like the Samsung Moment and Motorola CLIQ. 

It fixes a force close issue in the search widget.

It also addresses some inconsistencies in the member view. Leadership positions are now displayed when navigating to the member view through the family view.  Spouse's name and link are now visibe on the member view.

Version 1.5 Released

Last night I released version 1.5 of Stake Central, Ward Central Premium and Ward Central Free


New Features:

• Bug fixes for several stability problems including a crash that occurred when changing the screen orientation during lds.org download.
• Ward Leadership information is available from the unit home screen in Premium and Stake versions
• Enabled fast scrolling through the membership lists with alphabetical headers.
• Better error reporting when data retrieval fails.
• Better contrast in the UI for easier reading.
• Improved performance of data retrieval. (Although there is more data now read so it may take longer than in the previous version).
• The Data Retrieval can be cancelled

For the CLIQ users, I made an attempt to make this available for Android 1.5. Unfortunately, I had pull that back this morning after a report of crashing on the CLIQ. 


I will be working on updating the stakecentral.com website. Until then, you can see screen shots at this link.