Release notes

Release Version	Date
7.0.0	28-Jun-2024

Overview

This release focusses on the removal of hard-coded values within mobile and web applications enabling adopters to create their own frameworks and customise the features as per their requirements. Furthermore, in compliance with Google Play's regulations, the inclusion of an account deletion feature for Android users has now been mandated.

Discussion thread: https://github.com/orgs/Sunbird-Ed/discussions/669

New Features

1. Delete user functionality for Android users (LR-683)

Details

Sunbird Mobile and Web app will comply with the Google Play app's account deletion requirements. It has mandated that if the app allows users to create their account, it must also allow users to request account deletion. This will establish transparency and give users control over their data.

The User Data policy's Account Deletion Requirement means that:

1. All developers must complete new Data deletion questions in the Data safety form on the App content page (Policy > App content) in Play Console.

2. If your app enables account creation, you must:

   • provide users with an in-app path to delete their app accounts and associated data; and

   • provide a web link resource where users can request app account deletion and associated data deletion.

For more details, refer to this link.

2. Generalisation of Sunbird ED by removal of hard-coded values in Mobile and Portal (ED-1957, ED-3042)

Details

Previously, Sunbird ED supported only a single domain, i.e., Education. Now, adopters can create their framework and customise the features per their requirements.

The features have been made dynamic by removing the hard-coded values in the portal and the mobile app.

Note (only for existing adopters)

1. Portal - Update the menu bar forms.

From release-7.0.0, the hardcoding of ALL tab/global filters has been removed, and the menu bar forms have been modified within the ALL tab section inside the metadata object as globalFilterConfig

1. Mobile - Update the framework config forms.

Follow the links to configure the forms step-by-step for the portal and mobile.

Enhancements/Technical Tasks

1. Improved file upload feedback (ED-1629)

Details

Users will now see a pop-up message and an error icon if any files fail to upload when they submit or sync their projects. Users can also re-upload or remove the files with errors.

2. Enhanced task end date validation (ED-1373)

Details

Users can now only set the task end date within the project start and end dates. Users will also get confirmation pop-ups if changing the project dates affects the task end dates.

3. Enhanced content creation screen in Workspace (ED-2429)

Details

Currently, the workspace creation content is static and requires reconfiguration. To address this, the primary categories are made configurable.

A new form API that includes fields for code, category, and visibility to enable tile configuration is introduced. This will allow any adaptor to hide or modify categories without necessitating code changes in the future.

For more details, refer to CO-724.

Bug Fixes

This release had a few bug fixes. For a complete list, refer to this link.

1. Observation-led imp flow is not working as expected for the projects that have certificates (ED-3261)

2. The project is already available in the program even without importing it (ED-3280)

3. NVSK data issue (ED-3094)

Open/Known Bugs

There are a few known bugs in this release. For a complete list, refer to this link.

1. In the portal, Hawkeye reports, the newly consumed data is not getting reflected in the ED reports i.e. Course Adoption report and Live ETB QR code - ED-4453

2. Discussion Forum: After deletion of the user account, the username appears instead of the "Deleted user" tag on the discussion forum post - ED-3461

3. The user is unable to consume the resource in the mobile app - ED-4046

Build Tags

The build tags used by the below building blocks for this release to upgrade your Sunbird ED are:

Sunbird ED

Sunbird Lern

Sunbird Obsrv

Sunbird-Knowlg

Sunbird-InQuiry

Installation or Upgrade

For fresh installation 7.0.0

Upgrade Sunbird from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0

Configuration/Environment variable

This section provides a list of environment variables with their default values and descriptions required to run either the Sunbird portal or mobile service. To change the default behavior, modify the variable value based on your requirements.

Note: There are no new variables added in this release

Deprecations and Removals

This section provides the list of APIs that are deprecated or removed from this release.

Note: There are no APIs deprecated or removed in this release.

Breaking Changes

Release 7.0.0 introduces significant updates aimed at generalising the Sunbird ED platform. This involves the removal of hard-coded values within the Mobile and Portal applications. The following breaking changes are the necessary adjustments developers and users need to be aware of:

Portal: Refer ED-3042

Mobile: Refer ED-1957

Release Notes: Dependent building blocks

Sunbird-Knowlg: V 5.7.0

Sunbird-Obsrv: V5.1.0

Sunbird-Lern: V7.0.0

Sunbird-inQuiry: V7.0.0