NW Scheduler/Publisher - Updates, Support, and Suggestions

[Cruzer]

4 hours ago, Indapipe said:

My NWP actually just updated to 4.0.10.

 

It appears the NWP update is not available for Apple users yet.

[Tortuga]

4 hours ago, Indapipe said:

My NWP actually just updated to 4.0.10.

Apparently 409 didn't clean things up as well as expected...

[More4me2do]

I updated from 4.0.8 to the latest update for me on Android is 4.0.11 and I am not sure what is happening to the QC of releasing the NWP app. This has never happened before. Upon starting I get the message that there was an error in loading the app. It appeared that everything was successfully loaded except the local data.

 

After a warning for deleting the local data I went through with it. The app now started but everything related to me, like assignments, duties, submitted FS reports and things coming up soon was no longer there. The error log was lengthy. To get the local data back I had to refresh the data under Settings/About and again with a warning.

 

If this happens to other publishers in the congregation, we will be busy. Just my observation but this has never happened in the years we used NWS & NWP. The only explanation I have for this is that there is something rotten in the state of Quality Control before releasing updates.

Edited 4 hours ago by More4me2do

[computerwiz]

An alternative app is starting to look nicer and nicer....  

 

We can't keep having MAJOR hiccups with every MAJOR update.  

[foghorn]

1 hour ago, More4me2do said:

Upon starting I get the message that there was an error in loading the app.

Same here. Kinda unusual: 4.0.10 seemed like it worked fine. Now this... the constant instability is making this app pretty useless right now.

 

MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS: Here's an idea: once you get everything working again, how about DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING for another 6 months or so! Maybe we have enough advanced clever features... maybe we can just let everyone in the congregation learn to use what is there RIGHT NOW. If this prolonged error phase continues, some congregations will likely pull the plug - we would rather spend hours in the ministry than hours fighting this app!

[More4me2do]

To resolve this problem with 4.0.11 you have to delete the entry in red in the error message that pops up. It warns you but press yes. Upon restarting the app all the entries for your Assignments, Duties, Reports and Upcoming are gone. Open settings then About and click on Refresh Data, ignore any warning.

 

It will repopulate the app with your personal data.

Edited 2 hours ago by More4me2do