SIKU Android App Releases

Version 2.6.0 (697)

Friday, November, 10th, 2023

⭐ New

• SIKU is now officially available in Inuktitut (in both Roman characters and syllabics), Kalaallisut and French!

👍 Improved

• Updated design of Time-lapse and Water Sample tools
• Bugs Fixes

Version 2.5.1 (677)

Friday, October, 6th, 2023

👍 Improved

• Fixed “No Community” displaying on the map

Version 2.5.0 (676)

Thursday, October, 5th, 2023

⭐ New

• SIKU is now localized into multiple languages. NOTE: This feature is in beta while the remaining issues are addressed.

👍 Improved

• Improved reliability of trip posts
• Improved Account creation to make it easier to tag your community
• Updated SmartBUOY post-design
• Updated Water Monitor post with new design and new measurements
• Improved search support for non-standard characters and accents
• Countless bug fixes and improvements

Version 2.4.1 (637)

Thursday, June 1, 2023

👍 Improved

• Fixed an issue where post-creation panels were missing for some species
• Fixed an issue where some wildlife post fields were missing from the post sheet
• Improved accurately of trip and survey distance calculation
• Minor changes to Facebook Login
• Fixed an issue where Actity Summary panels were not being shown
• Fixed and issue where the comment button was being blocked by the Post FAB on profile views
• Fixed issue where the post-like-count was not displaying correcting in post sheets loaded from the feed
• Improved the experience of deleting comments
• Fixed an issue where the state of Parks & Protected Areas toggle was not being saved
• Updated the name of the post sheet wildlife comment field to dynamically reflect the selected scope
• Misc bug fixes and improvements

Version 2.4.0 (625)

Friday, April 28, 2023

⭐ New

• Completely redesigned the My Posts tab
  • Activity Summary shows your total wildlife harvested per species, trip distance and number of posts by type.
  • Search your posts by type or date and filter to show them on the map.
  • Pin posts to the map to follow a previous trip or observation.
  • Favourite posts to find them quickly.
• New Post button makes it easy to create a post from almost anywhere in the app.

👍 Improved

• Dramatically improved reliability of mobile sync.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 2.3.0 (543)

Friday, November 4th, 2022

⭐ New

• Wildlife and ice profiles are now displayed in Indigenous dialects
• Eeyou Istchee Cree and Greenland Indigenous Place Names added to the map

👍 Other Improvements

• Feed items show types of photos
• New Map Layers button design
• Privacy settings icon previews
• Syllabics support for Indigenous places names on the map
• Updated Ice & Snow Post design
• Bug fixes & performance improvements

Version 2.2.3 (517)

Monday, August 29th, 2022

⭐ New

• Added multiple image support to all photo fields

👍 Improved

• Improved permission checking
• Post Bottom sheet design updates
• Fixed an issue that prevented some survey posts from uploading uploading
• Bug fixes

Version 2.2.2 (496)

Thursday, July 7, 2022

👍 Improved

• Updated Facebook Login SDK to the latest version
• Bug fixes and optimizations

Version 2.2.1(492)

Friday, July 1st, 2022

👍 Improved

• Show Eider Survey post sheet, tracks and nests on the map when opened from the saved tab
• Bug fixes and optimizations

Version 2.2.0 (487)

Friday, June 24, 2022

⭐️ New

• Added a button to change the species or type of post after you have made it and before it is uploaded to SIKU
• Redesigned the wildlife post details on the map

👍 Improved

• Videos added from the gallery are now compressed for faster and more reliable uploading
• Increased the size of all post icons and updated them with a fresh design
• Updated the Eider Survey post type to the new design
• Bug fixes and optimizations

Version 2.1.0 (468)

Friday, May 6, 2022

⭐ New

• Media shortcut buttons in post creation allow for quickly adding photos and videos to your post
• Simplified post creation to prioritize recommended text fields for each species

👍 Improvements

• Bug fixes and performance improvements

Version 2.0.1 (447)

Wednesday, March 17th, 2022

⭐ New

• Full Access to Maps and Satellite Imagery
  • SIKU Base Map combines topography and ocean charts made specifically for Indigenous communities
  • SIKU Ice Map combines ice charts, radar data and ice posts to provide a holistic view of the ice for Indigenous communities
  • High-resolution visual satellite imagery including Sentinel 2-3, Landsat 8-9 and MODIS
  • Sentinel 1 Radar Imagery 
  • Ice Watch posts are viewable on all maps
  • Easily access most-recent and historical imagery for all supported maps
• Download Maps for Offline Use On The Land
  • Automatically download the SIKU Base Map of your community’s surrounding area or chose a custom region
• New Post Creation experience
  • Streamlined icon-based visual design
  • Easily filter wildlife by taxonomic group
• New Trip Creation Experience
  • New trip drawer displays time, speed and distance directly on the map
  • Edit details while trip is ongoing
  • View trip posts on the map
  • Automatically record location using GPS or mark location on the map
  • New Post Privacy options
  • Increased Wildlife Measurement fields
• Insect Trap Tool
  • Document insect collections
• New App Icon

👍 Improvements

• Other bug fixes and improvements across the entire app

Version 1.2.16 (399)

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

⭐ New

• Document ships in nearby waters with the new Ship Observation tool

👍 Improvements

• Blocked users now sync between devices
• Finishing trips is more reliable
• Wildlife names with dashes are no longer cut off in feed items
• Removing community tags from social posts is fixed
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements

Version 1.2.15 (388)

Friday, July 9th, 2021

👍 Improvements

• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Browser Nav bar design updated
• Disable Finish trip button when trip not running
• Social post map drawer icon fix
• Disabled Mapbox tilting
• Other bug fixes and Improvements

Version 1.2.14 (384)

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

⭐ New

• Eider Nest Survey Tool
• In-app support messaging
• Support for account deletion

👍 Improvements

• Trips are more reliable
• Push notifications are more reliable
• General bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 1.2.13 (367)

Monday, April 19th, 2021

⭐  New

• Push notifications – get notified when your posts are liked or commented on
• Display and contribute to ice types and wildlife species in multiple Inuktut dialects
• Support for the SIKU + SmartICE 2021 Ice Watch  – added Ice Watch stewardship, profile, feed and map

👍  Improved

• Standardized the date/time format across the app
• Fixed multiple issues when posting comments
• Displays more communities using Inuktut name
• Addressed sort order of profiles
• Updated Goose Watch profile
• Added support for video playback in the map drawer
• Increased responsiveness of liking and commenting on posts
• Addressed an issue when connected to a cellular network with no internet
• Improved password reset experience
• Enforced name validation during account creation
• Refactored how the about tab of profiles is shown
• Adjusted headline spacing to make it easier to tap profile links
• Improved snack-bar messaging when features require online access
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 1.2.12 (349)

Friday, March 12th, 2021

👍 Improvements

• Ice measurements fixes
• Other bug fixes

Version 1.2.11 (344)

Thursday, January 6th, 2021

⭐ New

• View your project and organization membership status while offline in “Edit Profile”
• Created a new stewardship confirmation menu after saving a post to confirm project stewardship
• Support for viewing SmartQAMUTIK posts in feed with screenshots of the track
• Full support for SmartBUOY post creation, feed items and tool profile
• Posts can now be reported to SIKU administrators in feed items and map drawers
• Added setting to blocks specific user’s posts from appearing in your feed

👍 Improvements

• Addressed an issue where dangerous Ice posts appeared as ice observations
• Fixed a bug where opening a profile wouldn’t correctly load the feed
• Improve design of favourites menu
• Fixed issues with trip post-editing
• Other bug fixes

Version 1.2.10 (331)

Saturday, October 31st, 2020

👍 Improvements

• Fixed a bug where the app would sometimes crash when the device goes offline
• Improved performance for users with lots of posts in their saved tab.
• Implemented check to ensure proper email address is entered during account creation.
• Updated the alert which appears if the app crashes while recording a trip.

Version 1.2.9 (327)

Friday, October 16th, 2020

⭐ New

• Added the data source for traditional place names to the map

👍 Improvements

• Addressed an issue where some wildlife profile photos were displaying incorrectly
• Added a link to the SIKU support site in the Explore Tab
• Added new field to the Den wildlife post creation flow
• Addressed an issue where Tool Posts Unit system wasn’t being respected
• Improved support for time-lapse and water sample tools in the map drawer
• All photo can now be tapped to enter fullscreen
• Added the ability to change/remove videos added to social posts after they have been captured

Version 1.2.8 (1000322)

Friday, September 11th, 2020

⭐ New

• Added Nunavik Traditional Place Names to the map
• Added support for 3 featured photos
• Video support for social posts
• Image uploads now support captions

👍 Improvements

• Added like and locate buttons to map drawer
• Updated post uploading to be more reliable
• Added post-editing save button
• Fixed an issue where some profiles were not downloading properly
• Added missing fields during post-editing
• Added missing panels in the map drawer
• Stability and performance improvements

Version 1.2.7 (1000313)

Friday, July 31st, 2020

👍 Improvements

• Image processing and management enhancements
• Storage optimization
• Video Player UI update
• Update SQ Icon
• Compression of all images before uploading
• Bug fixes and improvements

Version 1.2.6 (1000308)

Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

👍 Improvements

• Bug Fixes

Version 1.2.5 (215)

Friday, July 3rd, 2020

👍 Improvements

• Refactored user settings sync
• Support for choosing images from the gallery in Android 10
• Bug fixes and improvements

Version 1.2.4 (213)

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

⭐ New

• Goose Watch Map
• Map nows shows users position with compass arrow indicating directions

👍 Improvements

• Other bug fixes

Version 1.2.3 (212)

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

⭐ New

• Added Goose Watch Competition Video, Information and Feed

👍 Improvements

• New passwords now require 6 characters
• Updated Terms of Use wording
• Added alerts for location services and battery saver mode
• Optimized database reduce storage space required
• Fixed an issue while editing posts where deleting a single character would cause a crash
• Other bug fixes

Version 1.2.2 (Build 211)

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

👍 Improvements

• Social Post Map drawer now uses the correct user icon
• Error messages are now more understandable
• Passwords now require a minimum of 6 characters
• Fix for Android 10 photo permissions bug
• Fix for Android 10 location permission bug
• Other bug fixes & performance enhancements

Version 1.2.1 (210)

Friday, April 24th, 2020

⭐ New

• Create Social Posts on the app
• Share posts to Facebook and Twitter

👍 Improvements

• Limited support for SmartQAMUTIK posts in feeds
• Added the about tab to most profiles
• Added checks for Airplane mode, location services, storage permissions
• Other bug fixes & performance enhancements