Changelog

What's New

• Location prompt handling: If you receive a control-room prompt to share location, the app checks your grant state and triggers the idle location heartbeat path so GPS updates resume in line with your permissions.

Improvements

• Faster recovery: Reduces cases where the map looks stale because background location needed a nudge after a notification.

What's New

• Startup errors: If the app can’t reach the server during sign-in, you see a plain-language explanation, what to try (network, signal, switching networks), and a Try again action instead of a silent failure.
• Font loading: If bundled fonts fail to load, you get guidance and Try again (or close and reopen the app) instead of a blank or crashed screen.
• Release: App version 1.1.0 (package and store metadata).

Reliability

• Session check distinguishes connectivity problems from an invalid or expired session, so offline users aren’t left guessing.

What's New

• Field-access gates: Stats-oriented home, scope copy, and Sonar-friendly UI refinements on top of the new grant model (d1c2f55).
• Idle heartbeat: Idle GPS heartbeat and GrantCapabilitiesPayload alignment so the client advertises and receives grant capability state consistently with the API (d1d8723).

Bug Fixes

• Tabs enforcement: Routes and sites tabs now enforce field access so users without the right grant cannot reach configuration surfaces (e7ef414).

Engineering reference

• Commits on master: d1c2f55, e7ef414, d1d8723 (2026-03-25).
• Full diff artifact: internal/git-audits/2026-03-22-to-03-25/wolf-patrol-app-full.diff (cumulative from 78529d0^..origin/master).

Follow-up (route creation and maps)

• Route create: After a successful create, success haptics, navigation to /route/{id}?created=1, and a route detail banner confirming the saved name.
• MapViewSafe / web: Namespace import for MapLibre (non-deprecated default export), MapMarkerVariant including dot, readonly marker props, replaceAll for stable marker ids, and MapMarkerVariant type alias on web.
• Schedules API: CreatePatrolScheduleInput extended with optional useTimeRange, startTime, endTime for device schedule creation.
• Dependencies: react-native-svg added as the required peer for Lucide icons so the native build and Expo Doctor checks stay healthy on custom dev clients.

Follow-up (patrol assignments and realtime resilience)

• Assignments tab: Browse, search, and filter patrol assignments; open an assignment to edit details, pause or resume, or remove assignments you manage from the app.
• Create patrol: Wizard split into clearer steps, with priority and description so new assignments match how your team works.
• Access prompts: When your permissions need a refresh, the app surfaces that clearly instead of leaving you stuck.
• Realtime: Patrol-related live updates reconnect more reliably after network blips or long backgrounding.

Engineering reference (patrol assignments ship)

• Commit on master: ca96e96 (assignments tab, edit flow, patrol API client, socket tuning).

Follow-up (four-tab navigation and access hardening)

• Simpler navigation: Home, Places (routes and sites in one place), Patrol (assignments and schedules together), and More (field access and account) replace a long row of separate tabs.
• Stricter lock when you lack access: The app keeps you in field access and More until you are approved, with a full-screen prompt so you are not browsing sensitive lists without permission.
• Smoother errors and refresh: Clearer error messages when something fails, and more reliable pull-to-refresh behaviour on field access and lists.

Engineering reference (patrol nav and lock ship)

• Branch: feat/patrol-tabs-security-nav — includes tab restructure, grant overlay ordering, pathname guard, hidden legacy assignments redirect, and follow-up Sonar cleanups.

What's New

• Mobile UX (PR #1 — feature/patrol-field-mobile-ux): Faster map GPS, location prompt behaviour on tabs, dashboard split, Expo / tsconfig ergonomics, and related mobile tab work merged to master (78529d0, c6c5f29).
• UX clarity (PR #2 — feat/patrol-field-ux-clarity): Documentation clarifying direct site/route writes versus the optional proposal queue; browse sites and routes, push registration, and assignments (525af68, 442fd5f).
• Field access: Capabilities API surface, grant version headers, schedules and access tabs; field-access gate, Routes tab, site/route editing, GPS and API client updates (5f68aee).
• Home and reliability: Upcoming patrol home emphasis, grant lockout messaging, offline UX, and push entrypoint wiring (0e09a3b).

Improvements

• API clients: Expanded patrol-event, route, site, schedules, staff, and capabilities modules align the app with server grant and field-access APIs.

Engineering reference

• Repository: Community-Wolf-Limited/patrol-helper — default branch master (not main).
• Merge commits: 78529d0 (PR #1), 525af68 (PR #2), 442fd5f (merge UX branch to master).
• Full diff artifact: internal/git-audits/2026-03-22-to-03-25/wolf-patrol-app-full.diff (range 78529d0^..origin/master — from parent of PR #1 merge through tip).

What's New

• Open mapping: Android uses an open map layer so map startup doesn’t depend on vendor keys; the map stack moves to MapLibre with community tile sources—no paid map API keys required for the default setup.
• Device support: Minimum Android version raised so the current JavaScript engine and maps run reliably on supported hardware.

Improvements

• Builds: Preview and production build settings aligned with hosted environment variables; CI runs Android and iOS with separate steps for clearer logs when something fails.
• API routing: Backend base URL is normalized for packaged builds so client calls reach the correct API surface.
• Branding: Home-screen icon padding adjusted so the mark fits cleanly on iOS and Android launchers.

Bug Fixes

• Maps: Restored a stable map provider path on Android where the previous choice could crash on startup.
• GPS & forms: Location permission and accuracy failures surface clearer messages when creating sites and routes.

What's New

• Wolf Patrol: First drop of the mobile app for field patrols—sites, routes, and checkpoints in one place.
• Offline-ready: Queue and sync behaviour so spotty connectivity doesn’t block a shift.
• Maps & location: Map zoom and tighter GPS handling for clearer positioning on patrol.
• Ship pipeline: Automated builds for Android and iOS so releases stay repeatable.

Improvements

• Experience: Updated visuals—icons, motion, and layout—for quicker reading outdoors and in vehicles.