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[Peder Andreas Nergaard <andreasn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

Below you can find a list of the new features in DHIS2 Mobile 2.16. 
Thanks to everyone who has contributed, but a special thanks to Emma 
Kassy, who has been instrumental in ironing out the usability of the 
J2ME Tracker.

For details, you can find the release presentation that we did on 
Tuesday here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AxHWdBimAw

We have primarily focused on three areas: Data use and interpretations, 
messaging, and getting the J2ME tracker up to date with all the changes 
that has happened in the server.

*Discontinu**ed features*
We have removed the Mobile Lite (browser) version of the tracker, as it 
has not been in wide use, and it has proven not to scale well on the 
current code. If you have a need for this, please get in touch, and we 
will evaluate making a new version for 2.18 (January 2015).

*Mobile Lite changes*
- Messaging to several recipients
- Reading, sharing and posting comments to interpretations

*SMS
*- Custom response messages for error situations
- Customisable completeness - never, at least one data element reported 
or all data elements reported

*J2ME Aggregate*
- Messaging and conversations
- Viewing charts
- Posting, reading and responding to interpretations

*J2ME Tracker*
- Support for any Tracked Entity
- Single event without registration
- Visit schedule and searching for upcoming visits
- Data entry for offline clients allowing completion of registration and 
first step in program
- Messaging
- SMS to registered entity on registration
- Debug logs

On all the clients we have also done several bug fixes. The J2ME clients 
will be uploaded to dhis2.org this week.

During the next three months we will focus a log on creating an SDK for 
Tracker on Android, allowing anyone to create custom apps without having 
to implement the hard parts. We are also going to work on the SMS 
feature, with addition of some Tracker use cases. And last, but not 
least, Araz will deliver a new version of the Android Aggregate 
reporting client.

Again, for more details, see the presentation linked above.

Thanks go out to the whole mobile team, who has stepped up and delivered 
things we have promised for a while. And again, if you want to influence 
what happens in the mobile team, join the calls that are announced on 
the mailing lists, or simply get in touch to tell us what you need, why 
and when. No promises, but our priority is to create what the community 
needs.

Regards,

_Andreas_

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Peder Andreas Nergaard, Mobile Coordinator
HISP/DHIS2, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo
http://www.dhis2.org/
p: +47 922 47 500 - s: peder.andreas.nergaard - e: andreasn@xxxxxxxxxx