New Features

• User Verified Badge

  • Introduced a verified badge system to distinguish authentic creators and trusted users across the platform. This visual indicator enhances trust and credibility within the community.

• Dynamic CTA on Feed

  • Integrated dynamic call-to-action (CTA) capabilities, enabling personalised and context-aware user call to actions. This allows for more engaging and adaptive in-app user journeys.

  Unified Feed Across Multiple Entry Points

  • Launched a unified content feed architecture that provides consistent discovery and consumption experience across different touch-points. Whether users enter via Carousels or Home page, they now access a seamlessly synchronised feed.

Improvements

Technical Upgrades

• WebView Enhancements
  • Enabled javaScriptEnabled and customUserAgent flags in WebView to support a broader range of URLs and improve embedded web compatibility.

Bug Fixes

• Platform Stability & Navigation
  • Fixed incorrect redirection to user profile instead of Home screen after moving a video to Drafts and selecting "Return to Home".
  • Updated notification timestamp format to include complete date (day, month, year)
• UI/UX & Input
  • Fixed truncation of usernames at character limit on the profile page.
  • Resolved issue where caption text auto-capitalized after typing a few characters.
  • Corrected orientation bug causing gallery videos to post in landscape mode.
• Drafts & Posting Flow
  • Fixed issue preventing videos in Drafts from publishing due to missing URLs.
  • Blocked upload of gallery videos shorter than 6 seconds.
• Reporting & Interactions
  • Fixed Report options sequence when attempting to report a post or comment.

New Features

Micro Community - Text & Card Content Support on Camera Tool

• Users can now create and share text-based and card-based content directly from the camera tool within the micro-community feature.

Unified Feed & Sub Feed

• Introduced a unified feed experience, enabling seamless navigation between the main feed and sub-feeds for better content discovery.

Shimmer Effect for Improved Loading Experience

• Implemented a shimmer loading effect on the feed, providing a more polished and visually appealing experience while content loads.

Verified User Badge

Added a Verified Badge for distinguished users, helping identify authentic and notable accounts within the platform.

Improved User Journey Across Entry Points

Improvements

• Card Build Change content type in upload api to support micro community feature
• Card & Vertical Design improvements in case of Arabic UI
• Remove thumbnail from Player screen and Show loader when there video is getting loaded
• Synced Card based UI as per approved designs
• Added meta keys & profile picture field in User Auto SignIn mechanism
• Implemented custom popover in place of FTPPopover
• Refactored Post draft UI
• Improved silent SDK initizlise mechanism
• Expose the method Public methods and entry points for the creator and create LaunchSDK methods for All entry points
• Handling of dynamic Terms & Condition visibility based on console settings

Bug Fixes

• Hide repost based on creator enable from console
• Implement External Browser for Shoppable URL Instead of Internal WebView Controller
• Pod file script removed which was added for Xcode 16
• Remove strong reference from API
• Handle the case where Creator can not repost his own video
• Fix video status on player view and timeline screen
• Implemented pagination in hashtag and challenge detail page
• Remove # on button during scroll on detail page
• Fixed draft auto fill issue in post screen
• Keep segment index on profile screen even after change the screen
• Fixed like click and CTA product click issue
• Show no data found on AddFriend Screen and fixed issue related to audio
• Update minimum trim duration time issue on trim screen
• Update comment limit message text and text limit added for edit comment
• Fixed auto play video issue on edit comment screen
• Fixed Post success screen design
• Remove mrp and currency Symbol validation from product tagging

• Enhancements in Micro Community Feature
  • Introduction of Rules in Leaderboard
  • Filter implementation in Leaderboard
• Bug fixes & improvements

• Implementation of Micro Community Feature
  The Micro Community feature of the GluedIn SDK can be plugged-in into any page within an existing business application. It facilitates users to create & upload content related to a particular offering. The system also incentivises user participation through a reward mechanism and encourages healthy competition with a leaderboard highlighting the top contributors. The goal is to enhance user engagement and drive business growth. Refer the link for detailed integration steps.

• Profile Revert for Vertical build
• Added “onProductCTAClicked“ public method method

	public func onProductCTAClicked(
        assetId: String,
        productId: String,
        feedModel: FeedModel?,
        success: @escaping (EventActionModel) -> (),
        failure: @escaping (String, Int) -> ()
    ) -> () 

• Added Conversion request for customer to notify conversion from CTA click.

 public func requestForConversion(
        assetId: String,
        eventRefId: Int,
        success: @escaping (EventActionModel) -> (),
        failure: @escaping (String, Int) -> ()
    ) -> ()

• Fix profile back navigation issue
• Bug fixers

• Enhanced player analytics events
• Enhanced GluedIn Keys in Project Info.plist file

	GluedInConfiguration
	
		API_KEY
		Api keys 
		SECRET_KEY
		Sec Key
		SERVER_URL
		Server URL
		VERTICAL_FEED
		Vertical feed setting(0/1)
		BACK_ENABLE
		Setting to enable back button
		IS_AUTH_SKIP
		Setting to enable Auth module
		IS_BOTTOM_BAR_ENABLE
		Setting to enable GluedIn bottom bar
		IS_DEBUG_MODE
		
		PARENT_APP_ENABLE
		Setting to tell SDK launch from?
		DISABLE_DEFAULT_SHARE
		
		IS_FOLLOW_ENABLE_ONFEED
		
		MINIMUM_VIEW_DURATION
		3
		TIME_TO_REFRESH_BANDWIDTH
		60
		APP_STORE_ID
		Universal link setting
		ASSOCIATED_DOMAIN
		associeted domain link for universal link
		CLIENT_ID
		Firebase client id for universal link
		ANDROID_PRODUCT_PACKAGE
		Andorid package for Universal link
	

• Bug fixers

• Offline feed support in Vertical Format
• Profile and detail screen new layout
• Font size and placement to be updated for the product linked to the videos
• Bug fixes

• Follow on feed is optional
• Added new configuration for share event with call back “didSelectShare“ function
• Enable Player events for guest user
• Fix Audio play issue during bluetooth speaker device is connected to it.
• Bug Fixes

• Added Duration in player analytics events
• Bug fixers

• Added GIF Support for Multi type feed
• Guest user can Share the content into his social network
• Guest user can view the comment list for any content
• Added feature to track the below user activity while he/she watching the content:
  • SDK will track the watched time on any content on skip/scroll the content
  • SDK will track the watched time on any content while content finish playing
• Feed and detail screen user action option can be enable/disable from the content. list of action are provided below:
  • On Feed
    • Like
    • Share
    • Download
    • Comment
  • On Detail
    • Comment change
    • Post new comment will be as per new configuration
    • Report and Reply comment as per configuration
    • Share option on detail page
• Bug fixes

• Added Auto Sign-in & SDK Auto Validation feature via custom user defined values. Use the launchWithAutoAuthentication method of the GluedIn shared singalton class.

  
  // uservalidation: user validation are the data model which need to set with real time user auth data.
  // userinfo: userinfo data model set can be set with user information data.
  // From this method we will receive a call UIController call back whcih can be further use as per user requirement.
  
  let autoAuth = AutoAuthenticate(uservalidation: uservalidation, userinfo: userInfo)
          GluedIn.shared.launchWithAutoAuthentication(
              isLoggedIn: true,
              auth: autoAuth,
              delegate: self
          ) { [weak self] controller in
              guard let weakSelf = self else { return }
              weakSelf.navigationController?.pushViewController(controller ?? UIViewController(), animated: true)
          } failure: { error in
              print(error)
          }
          
  let userInfo = Userinfo(
        userId: "gluedIn_user_id",
        fullName: "User full name",
        userName: "user name",
        email: "name@mailinator.com",
        profileImageUrl: "https://assets.gluedin.io/Profile.png",
        creator: true)
       
      let uservalidation = Uservalidation(
        closedCommunity: false,
        privacyPolicy: "",
        aboutUs: "",
        termsAndConditions: "",
        userAccessToken: "user_access_token",
        guestRefreshToken: "guest_refresh_token",
        userRefreshToken: "user_refresh_token",
        guestAccessToken: "guest_access_token",
        clientId: "client_id"
      )
  

• Apply pagination on my and other user profile
• Bug fixes

• Separated Hashtag Details and hashtag videos
• Client ID add in request header for the api request

• Post-navigation issue fix
• Parent App icon can be added/enabled from SDK configuration
• Post-navigation issue fix
• Download Url Check due to initialize loader
• Hashtag and Discover Result Hashtag issue

• Public discover widget fixes for sample app
• Bottom bar customisation improvement
• DM Socket URL fix
• Bug fixes

• Bottom bar customisation ( Bottom bar icon and bottom bar tab name can be changed using SDK configuration file)
• Parent App icon can be added/enabled from SDK configuration
• Updated Creator UI
• Video Auto fill/Fit as per video resolution for vertical feed
• Bug fixes