Version 10.5.0¶
- Release Date
October, 31st 2023
- Compatibility
Android 5.1 (Lollipop), Android 6 (Marshmallow), Android 7 and 7.1 (Nougat), Android 8 and 8.1 (Oreo), Android 9.0 (Pie), Android 10.0, Android 11.0 (R), Android 12.0 (S), Android 13.0 (Tiramisu), Android 14.0 (Upside Down Cake)
This version adds support for the new legal disclaimer introduced by your Multiple District.
What’s New¶
Your Multiple District (or District) now enforces the display of a legal disclaimer when you first sign in to the mobile application or the LionsBase website. This disclaimer is displayed only once, at the beginning of a new Lions Year.
You will have to accept this disclaimer before you can continue using the mobile application or other LionsBase services.
Other Changes¶
In addition, a few bugs have been squashed and minor enhancements integrated:
the Lions Business Card now contains the URI of your photo, if any; this means that scanning the QR code with a decently modern smartphone will let the person you met have your photo in their address book; which is always handy;
we now ensure a guest invitation may be edited from within the mobile application;
you are now automatically redirected to the dashboard after manually signing in;
various internal libraries have been upgraded.
About the Large Compatibility with Versions of Android¶
As you see, we do our best to keep compatibility with rather old versions of Android (Android 5.1 - Lollipop dates back from March 2015 and this represents a gigantic jump in the past in the IT world).
If we keep such old compatibility (compared to Apple users), this is related to a very unfortunate fact that Android smartphones and tablets are usually maintained much less than Apple ones. In fact, manufacturers such as Samsung are selling their devices with (usually) the latest available version of Android at that time and provide major updates of the system for something that we estimate for about 2 years in contrast to Apple which supports its devices for as long as 6 years. We understand that LionsBase application users do not see any need to get a new device every 2 to 3 years (which is totally legit) and as such, we strive to keep compatibility as long as we can.
As problems arise due to this compatibility and as the number of people still actively using older devices decreases, we may drop support for some older versions at any time.
Note
Using iOS? Please see corresponding release notes.