BuildBook Product Updates

This week we did a bunch of housecleaning to make features like Budget and Selections smoother.

• "Share with Client" checkbox is now available on the “New Task” modal. Sharing a Task with the client was previously only available as an option on an existing Task.
• Resolved a bug where text that was copied and pasted into supermodals throughout the app wasn’t auto-saving.
• Fixed a bug where uploading an image to Files from mobile caused the image to be duplicated a dozen or so times and attached to various logs.
• Line breaks and formatting weren’t appearing within the text of Daily Logs - which is now fixed so that formatting is preserved.
• Fixed a bug where PDFs weren’t uploading on mobile
• Returning to the dashboard after viewing the read-only client dashboard caused some areas of the app to function as read-only, which is now resolved.

Fixed a handful of bugs related to Budget and Selections:

• There was an issue editing the name of an existing Selection Category from the Budget tab where users were taken out of the text box after a letter was typed and needed to click back into the name text box to continue typing the name.
• Selection descriptions in projects created from an existing template took multiple attempts to remove in the new project, which is now fixed.
• When creating a new project from an existing project template, unchecking Budget and checking Selections resulted in the existing Selections to not carry over due to certain aspects of these two features being tied together. Now if Selections are chosen to carry over without the existing Budget, the Selection amounts will appear in the budget.
• Editing costs on Selection Items weren’t saving correctly or weren’t saving at all, which was resolved.
• Now existing due dates in Selection Categories can be removed.
  

• Fixed some bugs in the client dashboard where the new photo viewer (carousel and pinch to zoom) weren’t showing on the Daily Logs, and the file upload button wasn’t working within Files.
• When multiple images are in a Daily Log, the images in the right column were cutting off the menu to download or delete.
• Improvements to the Activity Feed including removing the file name in photos and files, and for projects created from a template, we simplified what appears in the new project feed by removing the individual detailed entries.
• Images in "photos only" view of Daily Logs are now clickable/tappable. 
• New Daily Logs are generating the correct notifications but weren’t showing in the bell dropdown - this has been fixed.
  

New‍ 

• Mobile carousel - Improved the way users can look through multiple images in the mobile app so that you can scroll through them in one window vs. clicking in and out of each image individually.

• Added pinch and zoom to make it easier to get a closer look at pics when you need to.
  

Fixes and Improvements

• We recently launched our new native photo picker, but images uploaded to Selections were still using the old photo picker. This has been fixed.
• Fixed a bug in the iOS mobile app where the app got hung up on the “uploading” modal when trying to upload a video.
  

New‍ 

• Added the ability to completely delete a project. You can archive projects so that you could reference them later if need be, but there wasn’t previously an option to delete a project.

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• Created new unique default avatars. If a user hadn’t uploaded a profile pic, there was a blank portrait image. We created unique avatars with the first and last letter of the user’s name so you can see more clearly who is on each project! (the new avatars won’t appear until the user has logged into their account)
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Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed a bug in Selections that was causing a date to populate even if the date field was left blank. Now new Selection categories can be created without a date.
• Added hover tooltips to explain the icons in Tasks.

• There was a bug throughout the app where certain areas weren’t refreshing on their own when changes were made. We noticed this specifically where a refresh was required in the Up Next list when an item was deleted directly from that section, and on mobile in the Budget tab where a deleted Budget item didn’t immediately disappear. This is now fixed.
• Increased the resolution of our thumbnail images so they don’t appear as grainy.
• On Android there was a bug in Comments causing the keyboard to overlap with the message box - this is fixed in version 1.3.2.
• The User Settings option was missing for clients - now when a client is logged in and clicks their avatar there is a “Settings” link for them to add a profile pic, change their name or email, or reset their password
  

New‍ 

• Notification preferences now include the option to control which email digests you receive.
  

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Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed an issue where occasionally the mobile app would not fully load and leave a blank screen, which required the app to be restarted.
• Fixed an issue with Android in Chat where there were several bugs related to the chat box and the keyboard conflicting - making it so you either couldn’t see the message or couldn’t see what you were typing. Yuck. Now the text box is anchored to the top of the keyboard, and the message thread is scrollable. Whew!
• Files that were moved to the trash still appeared in the project activity feed until they were permanently deleted. We changed this so that moving a file to the trash removes it from the activity feed and restoring the file will also restore it in the feed.
• Chat notifications for clients were sending them to the Updates tab. This bug has been fixed so that clicking or tapping the notification sends them to the Chat.
• Fixed a bug on mobile where downloading attachments caused the navigation to disappear
  

New‍ 

• All new native photo picker and uploader - we built a new native photo picker and uploader for a more fluid upload experience on iOS and Android to enable users to:
  - Select multiple photos at once
  - Show upload progress, so you know that the photo is uploading
  - Grab photos from your photo album

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• Now it’s easier to send Chat messages on mobile - previously, tapping the Return key on your mobile keyboard would send the message. We changed this to function like texting, where tapping the Return key enters a new line, and tapping the blue Send icon will send your message.
• Add a new Task directly from the Schedule - now project setup is even more efficient with the ability to create a Task the same way you create a Phase, right from the Schedule.
  

• Daily Logs now show up in notifications - if your notification settings are notifying you of Important Events or All Events, you’ll now get a notification when a new daily log has been created. 
  

Fixes and Improvements

• You can now delete uploaded videos. The ••• menu wasn’t appearing when hovering on the thumbnail of videos. We improved the look of the ••• menu on both videos and images and includes the option to delete a video.
  

• When editing an existing Daily Log and adding a photo, the photo didn’t appear in the index without refreshing the page. Log index now shows newly added photos without refresh.
• Comment meta-information lines weren’t wrapping consistently on mobile, causing the commenter’s name and date stamp to wrap on individual lines. We adjusted comment meta wrapping on mobile to wrap together on a single line globally.
• Fixed a bug where clients couldn’t be @mentioned in the comments of a Daily Log.
• When editing a log that has no attachments, the UI didn’t show the “Add Photo or Doc” link without clicking the attachment icon. Now “Add Photo or Doc” link is visible.
• Fixed an issue where the Chat box to type a message was covering up the Chat thread as it auto-expanded, so users couldn’t scroll to read previous messages in Chat.
• On Android, Task editing had a limited editable view. We changed this so that when the keyboard is visible, the viewable area is larger
  

New

• Mobile push notifications and notification preferences - with the latest version (v1.2.2) of the BuildBook iOS or Android app installed, push notifications on phones and tablets are live.
  
  Now you can choose what events you want to be notified about (@mentions in chat or comments, when you’re assigned a task, when a Daily Log is posted, or when you’re added to a project) along with specific client activities (when a client sends a chat message or leaves comments).
  
  You can also decide how you want to receive notifications (email and/or mobile)
  

• More content in notification badges - you have more insight into what’s going on throughout all projects - including the avatar of the person who created the notification, project name, time, task names, and more chat details.

New

• ‍Sample Project for new users - see what a fully-finished project looks like and copy it as your own with a Sample Project.‍
• Inline video playback - watch uploaded videos inline with a video player instead of having to download the video.

Improvements and fixes

• Lots of bug fixes in the Budget where adding and editing certain items wasn’t autosaving
• Selection items that are deleted weren’t updating - this has been fixed
• Base Costs description in Budget now auto-expands to fit text
• Resolved error on Android when downloading a PDF or image
• Resolved an issue in Chat where typing @ and then hitting enter would send the message instead of inserting the person’s name. This has been fixed so that if the @mention menu is open, pressing enter will select the person, not send the message.

Improvements and fixes

• Project Activity Feed - the auto-generated Project Activity Feed now shows all activity in the project back to day one. ‍
• Chat - BuildBook chat now allows you to delete messages. Just click the three dots next to the time on any message and click Delete.‍‍ After sending a message, the keyboard now stays up so that another message can be sent right away. Also, the bottom project nav now reappears after sending a message.‍
• Page titles - Added page titles for the main pages within a project so you can easily see and bookmark pages.‍
• Improved Photos Only view in Logs - Photos view in your Daily Logs got a big upgrade with two columns and a cleaner look. 

• ‍Improved Project List Sorting - sort your project list in alphabetical ascending or descending order by Name, Type, and Last Updated.‍
• Default Sorting - the default sort has been updated to alphanumeric for everything except Tasks, which still sort by date created.
• ‍File names on mobile - fixed an issue where long file names weren't wrapping properly on mobile
• Bug fix - edited names of certain selection items weren't saving
• Mobile PDF multi page preview - updated file previewer on mobile to allow multi-page view of files with more than one page.
  

New

• ‍Project Templates! This has been by far the number one feature request and we are so thrilled to get it into your hands. Now you can create new projects from templates, saving hours and ensuring consistency from project to project. Even better - any existing project can serve as the basis for a template, so the work you’ve already put in will be well worth it.

Improvements and fixes‍

• Chat - chat box wasn't auto-expanding with longer text. This is now fixed
• Chat - keyboard stays visible after sending messages on mobile
• Bug fix - selection Item and Selection Category names weren't saving in some instances
• Comments - text box now auto-expands with longer text. Added a dedicated "send" button that appears when the field is focused. Hitting enter will insert a line break.
• Image thumbnails - created compressed image variants to optimize download time