After several pre-releases of SMSsync, we're happy to announce the release of SMSsync v2.8.0 on the Google Playstore. smssync_logoHere are some of the new features to expect from this release:
  • The app now allows alert phone number field to accept international dialing prefix.
  • Added styled app support API level 10 and below.
  • This version now supports Android 5.1.
  • Enabled auto deletion of pending of messages after a configured number of retry is exceeded.
  • Updated Japanese, German and Indonesian translations.
  • Refreshes Sync URL list view when a new Sync URL is added.
  • Re-activated donation button.
  • Brought back HTTP client support for devices running Android v2.2.
We've also fixed the following issues:
  • Inconsistency with Message Result API codes.
  • Issues with multi Sync URL support
  • Issues with date format being null.
  • Logs not propagating with activities.
  • Alert Debug crashing when the app receives a query code.
  • Message Result API so it starts from the settings screen when enabled.
We highly encourage you to upgrade to this version as it comes with lots of bug fixes and new features with some visual changes. If you haven't received the update on your device yet, head over to the Google play store and get updated to this version. As always, thank you to our community for your continued contributions through bug reports, feature request and code contributions. Without your help, we wouldn't have been able to make such a timely release. We welcome feedback, questions, bug reports to this release and suggestions for improvements to future releases. You can always reach out to us via our  github issues page, Forums, dev mailing list or IRC freenode.net #ushahidi. or our Google+ page.