What’s New¶

Back in the version 5.3, we introduced a way for members to customize their profile by uploading a background image.

Later, in the version 7.3, we added the possibility to edit some of the personal profile data; and naturally, some members have asked for the possibility to update their photo as well. But for all these years, this feature was not implemented as the councils of governors of the various Multiple Districts using LionsBase were preferring to ensure that the photos of their members were consistent and of good quality.

Since end of 2024, Multiple District 110 (The Netherlands) has joined the LionsBase community and has expressed the wish to allow their members to update their photo directly in the application, just as they were used to do in their previous system.

As a result, we have implemented this feature similarly to the update of the background image, and made it available through the profile page by tapping on the camera icon:

Once the photo has been chosen, it is uploaded to the server. Technically, the photo is resized to a maximum of 1920 × 1920 pixels and stored along with other assets in the directory of the corresponding member’s club. If not already present, the directory photos/ is created automatically. The former photo will be removed from the server, if and only if it is not used by any other record in TYPO3 (e.g., a news, a block of content, etc.).

Hint

In order for members to be able to edit their photo, their DLBM should first enable that feature by editing the club record and toggling the corresponding switch:

Selectable Text¶

Apple users could select part of the additional information of an event since the version 7.4, but we never could find a way to make this work on Android.

Thanks to a new library we needed to integrate as part of the migration to .NET MAUI, we can now allow you to select and copy/translate and share that content as well:

Save and Share PDF¶

In the version 12.0.0, we allowed you to show PDF files directly in the application. This feature has been improved to let you save the PDF file to your device or share it with other devices:

Choosing to share the PDF will open the native sharing dialog of your device. You now have a similar user experience as iPhone and iPad users.

Other Changes¶

In addition, a few bugs have been squashed and minor enhancements integrated:

• the rendering of the key properties of a member could be cropped on some devices and/or languages such as German; this has been fixed;

• if a PDF file was attached to an event, a fairly unobtrusive entry was displayed with a small text saying “Open attachment”; this entry has been enhanced to display the title of the corresponding document so you know what you’re about to open (paving the way for possible support for more than one attachment in the future);

• the camera icon in the member/club profile pages has been slightly enlarged and changed to be both more consistent with the rest of the application and more visible;

• similarly to what we did for grouping awards in the version 11.0, we have grouped the various certifications of a member in single entry, with all the years of validity displayed in a single line;

• the radio buttons for multiple choice questions are now properly styled;

• the badge showing the number of unanswered events in the menu is now properly visible;

• the border showing your status in the list of upcoming events is not black anymore, but the same color as the status itself;

• the LionsBase “banner” on a black background (when not authenticated) has been replaced by a similar version with a gradient background based on the blue colors of the Lions Clubs International branding;

• we were pointed out that members with a very small screen could not properly show their Lions Business Card because the QR code was too large; its size has now been constrained to fit the screen;

• we switched the barcode scanning library to another one that is based on the native platform APIs (Google ML Kit) as it is more reliable, faster and better maintained;

• sending a message does not make the application crash anymore;

• various internal libraries have been upgraded.