News Modules – iOS Release Notes

(Covering versions: 3.24.01.4 → 3.24.02.8 and Generic Release 2025)

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where the standard YouTube player stopped working on iOS.
Improved VoiceOver accessibility in Article View 2.0 — the Play button is now zoomable.
Fixed articles triggering multiple tracking events in certain situations.
Corrected crashes when loading Spread and Article View multiple times in a row.
Fixed an issue where audio could start the wrong article when using the Article View play button.
Added a missing isProtected property to RSS HTML items.
Corrected incorrect tracking source identifiers in LiveFeed.
Universal links now properly dismiss an already-open publication.
Fixed deep link behavior when launching the app from a closed (cold start) state.

Improvements & Updates

Updated Google MobileAds SDK to the latest supported version.
Added support for HTML tags in the GDPR3 consent dialog.
Articles now sort by refid when opened in Article View 2.0.
Updated Fastlane to version 2.226.0.
Added compatibility with iOS 18.

New Features

Major News Modules update to ensure full compliance and compatibility with iOS 18 platform changes.

Localization

Added missing German VoiceOver translations for Article View options.
Updated Danish translations for the fact box component.

Patches after 3.23.01

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Fixed old kiosk blocking opening of provisionals
Fixed crash caused by podcast missing author or summary + made it possible to have multiple URLscemes + added missing return in handleURL
Allow changing label color and font of VLModulePublications
Fixed vl tool overrides settings for DFP module on upgrade of app + Fixed app freeze when Buttons are clicked in specific order in Spread View + Added the option to delay when pull messages are displayed
External keyboard can now again be used to navigate in spread view
ModuleContainer would set kioskContainer title instead of navigationbarTitle
Add displayPullMessagesAfterDelay to default settings to avoid error when pushing serverside changes
White page Article view 2.0 Information
Support for audio articles without images + Handle both page and article parameter in universal links + Fixed MobileEdition updating tabbar item with wrong text + Fixed podcast description not showing quotes
Fixes GA4 missing parameter values
Added new properties for sorting of podcast module (include, exclude and limit)
Removed subarticles as standalone articles in articleview 2 as they are already included
In “More” tab icons are reloaded with a delay to fix blinking icons
Fixed images in article view 2 when offline
Fixed app able to open several articleviews on top of each other
Fixed crash caused by canceling a podcast login
Fixed margin on livefeed module + fixed articles without images or audio getting incorrect fallback image
Fixed problem where podcasts would stay in temporary directory
Fixed “close” button not working for login view

Release: iOS 3.23.01

Improvements

Added support for iOS 16
Added support for Xcode 14

Patches after 3.22.04

Make it possible to set a fixed region on a newest issue module and added simple layout for newest issue module
Updated Greenlandic translations
Changed tracking parameters so double naming start with big letters and fixed vl_value_app_id not sending any values
Update show all button translations for article teaser module
Added app-switch example for developers in vlqa
Fixed the articleteaser show-all button to properly show all articles
Added a new property to the article module which allows for hiding the showall/playall button
Fixed Google Ads always update module ad when returning from reading publication
Added option to change background and text color on mobile edition module
Updated App rater to use new iOS 14+ method for showing app store review prompt
Fixed problem with tracking when “targeting” option is hidden
Added property to adjust animation duration for clickable ads
Added support for change the background color and text color on mobile edition cell item
Fixed duplicate publication when using fixedRegion
Fixed podcast module title left margin and fixed same “show all” translation being used for different things
Fixed not able to scroll to bottom of sections view when showRelated is enabled
Removed warning from xcode when no UA-id on GA4, as it is not needed
GoogleAnalyticsKey is no longer a requirement in GA4
Fixed error in narrated articles where item could be added to download queue twice
Added refresh of podcast load (if getting stuck on bad network)
Fixed translation of support mail
Select button not translated in archive and search module
Fixed a Danish translation
GDPR button are now all in same color and added access to GDPR setting to the bottom bar
Fixed podcast module title not being left aligned on iPad
Fixed module label color always being black or white
Fixed region picker background always being green
Added limit property to publication module
Added support for linking directly to the appstore in deeplinks using appstore parameter or having itms-apps as urlscheme for the link
Fixed GDPR dialog having wrong size on phone when displaying the description/information page
Fixed GDPR being displayed from the tabbars first 5 items on ipad would cause a crash
Moved the removal of consentedGroups to happen right before they are saved, and now only allow the option of user tracking in GDPR 3 if ATT as been approved by the enduser
Fixed Universal Links not working as expected when app was force closed
Updated GDPR3 help texts
Updated GDPR3 help text German translation
Changed pre-caching of ads from Hub to when a publication is opened instead of pre-loading all ads for all papers. This improves load times for apps with many ads booked through Hub.
Onboarding screen image now uses full screen when there is no text
Onboarding screen buttons weren’t clickable on device with small screen
Fixed onboarding screen showing on every new app version even though the setting to reset wasn’t enabled
Fixed crash in the publication module
Fixed problem with autodownload showing double notification
Fixed a case where you couldn’t play a podcast that was queued from the more tab
Fixed scenario where it wasn’t possible to open a publication
Added error message if to support button if email hasn’t been setup on device
Fixed podcast would not display the login if the podcasts were behind a paywall
Fixed a problem where the screenshot tool didn’t always dismiss the login view properly
Screenshot tool improvements
Fixed articleview not showing quotes and factboxes
Fixed GDPR3 box not remembering settings after app update

Release: iOS 3.22.04

Release date: October 2022

This release is focused on maintenance

Improvements

Improved load order of app elements
Adjusted the "see more" be "play all" if all elements are Narrated Articles
Improved archive: Added an "ok" and a "cancel" button
Improved archive: Added an icon next to the date to make it clear that it's clickable
Locked the audio player to portrait mode on phone
Added same styling options for titles in the audio page, as exist for the front page module titles
Hold down shift + left/right arrow to swipe between pages when using keyboard (just arrows worked previously, but Apple have started to require a modifier since iOS 15)
Added support for deeplinks in DFP interstitials
Updated the generic help screens and text
Added date on RSS items older than the current days date
Added support for new language - Greenlandic

Bug Fixes

Fixed load icon continuously spinning for live feed in some scenarios
Fixed minutes field getting cut off in podcast module
Fixed push test data being stored in the database
Fixed podcast icon "+" not immediately updating to a "-" on slow networks
Fixed problem with audio jumping back and forth for narrated articles

Release: iOS 3.22.03

Release date: 6. May 2022

This release is focused on tracking improvements and fixes.

New Features

Module tracking (read more here)
Source tracking expansion (read more here)
Page duration expansion (read more here)

Improvements

'Article View' included as a source parameter for the Article event
Duration improvements for Podcast event
Duration improvement for Article event -Timer stops after 120 sec if screen is not touched
TTS and Narrated event have been combined to one new event called Audio Articles
Podcast Channel name been changed to take the naming in the App
Default value changed from ‘NA’ to ‘Other’ on Source parameter for the Podcast event
When you click on a podcast item, but not the play icon, you now open the podcast list

Bug Fixes

Fixed Publication title and publication date for old archive downloads that reported NA
Fixed "play now" being displayed to high in dialog on phone
Fixed scenario where button disappear from bottom bar
Fixed some apps not swiping smoothly

Release: iOS 3.22.02

Release date: April 2022

New Features

New Article View

Improvements

Improved load of serverside settings
Added info text on download page when no publications exist

Bug Fixes

Fixed Web View error on iOS 15
Removed "-" when no author in podcast
Fixed "play all" button with long text
Fixed auto download not updating page overview thumbnails
Fixed that when removing podcast episodes from playlist they could disappear instead of go to history
Fixed FAB appearing in top left corner on iOS 12
Fixed long headlines in modules not cutting off
Fixed help page having dark text in dark mode

Release: iOS 3.22.01

Release date: 7. February 2022

New Features

Support for Onboarding Screen
Support for Expose External Buy

Improvements

GDPR adjustments to show GDPR before ATT and then only show ATT in some cases. The different cases are as follows:
- GDPR1 = Always show ATT
- GDPR2 = If tracking is on, then show ATT afterwards. If it's off, then don't show ATT
- GDPR3 = We have three tracking categories: Necessary, Performance/Statistics and Reader Insights. If Reader Insights is off, then don't show ATT (regardless of Performance/Statistics selection). In all other cases, show ATT
Added better crash detection
Improvements to image loading
Improvements to podcast loading

Bug Fixes

Added scrollbar to GDPR dialog where not all buttons were visible on small phone screens
Fixed issue with some publications having wrong size in publication module
Fixed issue with splash duration being hardcoded to 2 seconds in some cases
Fixed a problem with not all cached images in feed items being displayed when offline
Fixed issue with text being cut off in TTS dialog
Fixed HTML tags being included in mail sharing
Fixed audio information not being displayed correctly in locked screen audio player
Fixed some missing translations for bookmarks

Release: iOS 3.21.04

Release date: 9. December 2021

New Features

Added support for Social Sharing 2.0. Read more about it here
Added complete support for iOS 15 - Apples iOS 15 info
Changed minimum version to iOS 12. Read more in our announcement here
Added support for XCode 13

Improvements

Adjusted GDPR3 text translations. Will not affect custom translations. You can see all standard translations here
Added an option to hide "targeting" toggle in GDPR3
Added option to link from frontpage module to tabs
Added option to link directly to app settings in iOS settings through a button in the bottom bar
Added option to link directly to a specific podcast series through a button in the bottom bar
Added icons in larger scale factor for smoother look in new devices with higher resolution
Added a "show password" button for login
Added option for a "support button" in the bottom bar. This will create an email to a specific receiver with necessary app information prefilled

Bug Fixes

Fixed tracking issue with user id 000000-0000-000000-0000-000000
Fixed an issue with wrong load of titles in Youtube module when scrolling
Fixed deleted Youtube videos showing up in feed
Fixed an issue where search engine returned [null]
Fixed incorrect GDPR2 translations
Fixed title in module being to limited in character length
Fixed GDPR3 labels not resizing properly when text is very long
Fixed ATT popup not showing in iOS 15
Fixed issue with user tracking on old GDPR1
Fixed article teaser and livefeed modules displaying incorrect cell sizing
Fixed rare crash in article module

Release: iOS 3.21.03

Release date: 31. August 2021

New Features

Added option show latest publications in the top module, next to todays publication. Can also include publication title.
Added support for French language
Added support for multiple bylines by default

Improvements

Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 12
Added option in the publication module to display the latest publications from the currently selected region (previously it wasn't dynamic)
Added on/off text to GDPR dialog buttons to show current state for the colorblind
Added section name to tracking info (previously only had section number)
Added option for a shortcut to audio playlist in bottom bar
Added option to have labels under publications module. Date, title, edition
Adjusted cell sizes of podcast items on phone to show more text

Bug Fixes

Fixed a problem with App Tracking Transparancy not working in all cases
Fixed an issue with clickable ads blink not being visible
Fixed an issue with restore subscription button not working on iOS 9
Removed option to zoom on interstitials. It was never intended
Fixed icons in podcast being invisible in darktheme
Fixed being stuck after opening an image in articleview and longpressing
Fixed thumbnail in pagebar not updating
Fixed list of titles to push, to not being cleared after an update
Fixed article teaser module headline being slightly off position
Fixed article teaser module headline being cut off too early with long text
Fixes spelling error in English
Fixed Finnish text not fitting in the GDPR text box
Fixed clickable ads not working correctly with interstitials

Release: iOS 3.21.02

Release date: 26. May 2021

New Features

Added new GDPR version - Q&A for our new GDPR

Improvements

Implemented support for a catalog where not all pages are the same size
Added French to possible languages

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue with same podcast episode showing twice in the same module
Fixed grey overlay missing in search when using quotes
Fixed a styling issue on info page, when a long privacy policy URL went out of the page
Fixed bug with Youtube not loading content, if the app only have a Youtube tab and not a module

Release: iOS 3.21.01

Release date: 25. March 2021

New Features

Merged featured articles and narrated articles into same module. We had a problem with same articles being shown in the Featured Articles and Narrated Articles modules. Now they share the same module, but with a slightly different visual layout. You can see example below.

Old Narrated Articles

New Narrated Articles, including Featured Articles

Improvements

Added functionality to allow for custom consent apps to toggle non-personalized ads
Now shows more than 1 Youtube item on phone
Minor performance improvements
Improved autodownload to only display message when issue have been downloaded

Bug Fixes

Fixed wrong Podcast Channel name in tracking
Fixed DFP tracking issue
Fixed missing images for audio when app reopens after a long time
Fixed "more" button in podcast
Fixed missing translation
Adjusted cell size on phone to make more content visible
Fixed issue with many clicks on podcast download button
Fixed podcast items missing background color

Release: iOS 3.20.08

Release date: 9 December 2020

Improvements

Added new required App Tracking Transparency popup. See details here
Added support for LinkPulse
Added support for XCode 12
Better image loading in archive if scrolling fast
Added better support for region specific live feed articles
Added setting to disable tracking of specific elements

Bug Fixes

Fixed an iOS 9 bug that would cause the app to crash in article view or feed view
Fixed german translation

Release: iOS 3.20.07

Release date: 12 November 2020

Podcast improvements

Added dialog to podcast for play now or add to queue
Added support for change text color
Now uses series name instead of publisher on frontpage
Visual changes to play button on frontpage
Visual improvements to the audio player
Added description to items in series overview (only tablet)
Added support for grouping of series (technically done with fields "group name" and "group priority" on each channel)
Visual adjustments to podcast overview
Visual adjustments to playlist
Icon changes
Removed HTML tags in podcast titles
Added extra parameters when validating podcasts
Changes to download
- Downloaded items are no longer directly deleted automatically
- Any items skipped / finished playing / removed from playlist = put in history
- Items in history are deleted automatically after 24 hours or when pushed out due to limit
- Max 15 items in history

Other improvements

Improved the way we load images
Added option to change text color for buttons in alerts
Added support for Swift programming language

Bug fixes

Fixed iOS14 bug with black pages, when image would cover both sides of a page
Fixed issue with articles sometimes being misplaced resulting in words getting cut off
Fixed case where blurb area was hidden unnecessarily
Fixed crash on page overview with newly downloaded papers
Fixed publications with large text exceeding their boundaries in "My Downloads"
Fixed DFP interstitials causing crash when tracking is disabled
Fixed crash when downloading a large amount of bookmarks
Fixed podcast not playing correctly on iOS14.2
Fixed issues with deeplink to podcast
Fixed reopen of podcast in app after long time causing a crash
Fixed double impressions from hotspots

Release: iOS 3.20.06

Release date: 24 July 2020

Improvement

Added support for different background images pr. region
Added app ID as a parameter for tracking
Performance improvements to podcast
Increased max zoom level

Bug Fixes

Fixed container titles not being centered after rotating the device
Fixed audio player not available on the locked screen when playing audio
Fixed GDPR being showed twice in some cases

Release: iOS 3.20.05

Release date: 16 June 2020

Improvement

Performance optimizations
Minor improvements to Voice Over
Improvements to search in spread view

Bug Fixes

Fixed blank pages when flipping from vertical to horizontal
Fixed text boxes to better fit some long translations
Fixed minor issues with DFP
Fixed missing translations

Release: iOS 3.20.04

Release date: 29 May 2020

New Features

Top module background can now be customized even more (pictures, size, etc).

Improvement

Now disable play next button when there are no items left in the audio queue
Updated WebView code with a new system
Many minor Audio improvements
Added play now / play next buttons to podcasts
Improvements to live news pictures when offline
Maximum and minimum fontsize is now adjustable when building an app
Updated all versions of submodules such as DFP, Firebase, Google Analytics, etc. (should have no effect for users)
Updated app purchase to use new Appstore receipt (should have no effect for users)

Bug Fixes

Singlepage mode now allows for scrolling without being forced to the top or bottom of the page
Fixed issue on iOS 13.4.1 where it wasn't possible to mark text
Fixed issue with downloaded podcasts when offline
Fixed podcasts and narrated articles not playing sometimes
Fixed issue with archive teaser module when publication is missing
Minor corrections to date format in different languages
Fixed case with bookmarks loading slowly or not at all
Fixed interstitials being swipeable up/down

Release: iOS 3.20.03

Release date: 27. April 2020

New Features

Added Podcast Universe (click to download info PDF)

Improvements

Minor tracking adjustments
Minor download improvements

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash when trying to rate app in offline mode
Fixed issue with swipe on login box

Release: iOS 3.20.02

Release date: 16. March 2020

New Features

Added a setting to enable bypass article overview and going directly to an article when clicking article teasers on the frontpage
Added support for changing background colors on various objects

Improvements

XCode 11 support
New setting for DFP that enables ads from ad networks (i.e. AdSense) and programmatic ads

Bug Fixes

Fixed cut off of frontpage modules
Fixed blank page on bookmarked article after idle
Fixed page overview jumping during download
Fixed HTML tags being included in tracking data for some events
Fixed searchbar results also being affected when changing font size
Fixed infinite interstitial error
Fixed a search icon not being used
Fixed frontpage not returning to top after each login
Fixed an issue with bookmarks after flipping between landscape and portrait mode
The message to apply an update or not, is now displayed
Fixed section dropdown list sometimes being the wrong size

Release: iOS 3.20.01

Release date: 24. February 2020

New Features

Improvements to GDPR

Improvements

Added support for region specific live feed

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash in archive search

Release: iOS 3.19.06

Release date: 15. January 2020

Improvements

Added support for custom override of text-to-speech language
Added Voiceover accessibility through Spread View

Bug Fixes

Fixed crash when jumping between audio elements in queue
Fixed issue with blank pages in Article View
Fixed several issues related to VoiceOver

Release: iOS 3.19.05

Release date: 25. November 2019

Improvements

General performance improvements
Added support for changing background color on modules
Added new audio icons in Article View
Now remembers zoom level when going back to Authentic View from Article View
Now properly truncate author in audio player
Modules with empty RSS feeds will now collapse as expected
Added support for alternative to uiwebview for embedded browser

Bug Fixes

Fixed other audio apps stop playing when ours open
Fixed audio not playing correctly using the scroll bar
Fixed Universal Links to related content
Fixed audio player not being displayed in some cases
Fixed audio queue not playing in expected order
Fixed crash when trying to open 2 different publications at the same time from archive

Release: iOS 3.19.04

Release date: 26. August 2019

New Features

Download & Replace – Makes it possible to have an early edition replaced by a new edition, including XML.
Singlepage View – A feature that gives users the option to read the spread view as a single page experience, both when in landscape and portrait mode.

Improvements

Voiceover Accessibility changed, so now each paragraph is a separate element you can swipe between. Also added 4 finger touch to top/bottom of screen to select first/last element.
We now wait with giving a download estimate until we are more confident in the numbers
Smoothed experience of Narrated Articles with first play
Download optimization
Improved download queue for pictures

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue where module doesn’t reload when network reappears
Fixed issue with blank area after swiping
Fixed issue with images not shown in articles when in flight mode
Fixed a rare bug when loading newest issue
Fixed crash when playing Podcast
Fixed offline articles changing position
Fixed issue with podcast starting itself
Fixed DFP crash when opening links in external browser

Release: iOS 3.19.03

Release date: 26. June 2019

New Features

Support for Firebase tracking

Improvements

Now able to zoom in Visiolink Interstitials

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue being unable to play podcast outside the app
Fixed crash caused by missing object
Fixed issue with Universal Links not working every time

Release: iOS 3.19.02

Release date: 14. June 2019

New Features

Audio Anywhere: Podcast - FAQ

Improvements

Added setting to allow portrait images in the article teaser
Added dialog box for Rate This App
Clarified the text on purchase screen that for Automatic Renew

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue with module height ratio on iPhone
Fixed Universal Links working not working with Clickable Ads
Fixed Sections and Related Content not having correct size on first launch
Fixed issue with custom colors being black first time.
Fixed text in Livefeed sometimes cutting the bottom of the letters off
Fixed minor spelling error in Norwegian
Fixed a loading issue for iPhone 5

Release: iOS 3.19.01

Release date: 03. April 2019

New Features

Audio Anywhere: Narrated Articles & Text to Speech - FAQ

Improvements

Added feed tracking
Added support for App review inside the app when on iOS 10.3+
Improved tracking of frontpage ads (now properly refreshes)
Social Sharing can now be limited to X characters

Bug Fixes

Fixed long titles overflowing cards on live news
Push messages are now displayed when the splash is dismissed
Fixed issues with region and delete icons on phone
Article image is now properly shown when offline if downloaded and available
Fixed some wrong translations
Fixed Live Feed not loading first time after app install
Fixed issue with Live Feed when half size
Fixed issue with pagebar overlapping spread
Fixed issue where size of newspaper image and title was off
Fixed issue with different cell height on some modules
Fixed crash in articlelist when in landscape mode
Fixed issue with spam clicking publications
Fixed crash related to publication grid
Fixed issue where sharing, and font size buttons were missing in article view
Fixed crash in articlelist when searching for non-existent article
Fixed app freezing if clicking page overview while search is active
Fixed issue with latest article in bookmarks not being highlighted or showing text

Release: iOS 3.18.04

Release date: 30. November 2018

New Features

Voice Over support for all core functionality

Improvements

Much improved article list performance
The app now remembers how far in the article you’ve read
Improvements and fixes to Engagement Event
Improved how Live News updates the app
Improved support for notched displays
General improvements to how the app loads content
Better handling of unstable internet
Reduced load caused by many bookmarks on initial login
WebP and enhanced resolution support enabled for most devices

Bug Fixes

Fixed minor visual issue at login page
Fixed issue where Early Release publications wouldn’t load on initial app launch
Fixed issue where Article View didn’t load images from cache
Fixed alignment issues in Article View on iPhone 4S
Fixed crash in Archive Search on iOS 9
Fixed rare crash on iOS 9
Fixed visual inconsistencies

Release: iOS 3.18.03

Release date: 19. June 2018

New Features

Added new article ad support. Can now show ads from the physical paper in the article view (if images are delivered)
Added support for Engagement Studio
Added support for Segmented Push

Improvements

Now possible to enrich URLs in push messages with user data for automatic login
Improved Youtube module on mobile
Added DFP module to News Modules
Added option to sort titles after name, ID or date
Added option to show supplements instead of sections in the top module of News Modules

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue with images not cashing as intended
Fixed issue where user was unable to access purchase screen
Fixed issue where it wasn’t possible to open another issue after login was aborted
Fixed rare crash when opening horizontal page overview
Fixed back text on dark theme article overview
Fixed several minor bugs related to supplements
Fixed several translation issues
Fixed issue with Live Feed images not being shown properly if they have the same name

Release: iOS 3.18.02

Release date: 23. March 2018

New Features

Added support for Universal Links
Added option to use old article list
Added option for simplified article list

Improvements

Added option to show publisher name rather than publication name, in the supplements tab
Increased number of teasers in the archive module as standard (amount is configurable)
Added option to show spread view after closing an article
Added option to set a limit in supplements module

Bug Fixes

Fixed top of pages being cut off on iPhone X

Release: iOS 3.18.01

Release date: 20. February 2018

Improvements

Improved visuals of successful login to be more obvious
Added hint text to new search module
Added highlight when selecting article tabs
Supplements can now be shown after last page of main paper
Added Privacy Policy data

Bug Fixes

Fixed images disappearing from Youtube module if swiping while offline
Fixed zoom issue in bookmarks
Disabled picture in picture playback for Youtube module
Fixed Chosen article in Article View not being remembered after opening a picture
Fixed title disappearing in rare cases
Fixed some Finnish translations

Release: iOS 3.17.11

Release date: 28. November 2017

New Features

GDPR support

Improvements

The app now knows when a webview is visible
Updated help screen to include new navigation
Added User-ID tagging as a Custom Dimension to Google Analytics
Regionpicker button is now an icon on phones
Minor improvements to the layout for Bookmarks
Article Teaser module now supports half width
Added configuration for header, body and subscript font size
Minor improvements to accessibility with voiceover
Improved performance when loading the app
It’s now possible to configure a content tab to show content related to the region

Bug Fixes

Fixed keyboard covering the password field on login screen
Fixed online search results appearing as archive search
Fixed search results not loading after scrolling
Fixed Region picker appearing after update of app (it should only appear after a clean install)
Fixed issue with bookmark opening the wrong publication
Fixed issue with blank page on archive search
Fixed back button on article view not returning you to where you came from
Fixed issue where you were not able to swipe between content
Fixed several translation errors
Fixed issue with tint blur
Fixed tab with related content scrolling to the top after load
Fixed error on purchase screen, when pressing outside of the dialog box.
Fixed issue with text on article teaser module disappearing when swiping back and forth
Fixed tracking issue on newly installed apps
Fixed issue with half modules next to each other and device rotating

Release: iOS 3.17.11

Release date: 28. November 2017

New Features

GDPR support

Improvements

The app now knows when a webview is visible
Updated help screen to include new navigation
Added User-ID tagging as a Custom Dimension to Google Analytics
Regionpicker button is now an icon on phones
Minor improvements to the layout for Bookmarks
Article Teaser module now supports half width
Added configuration for header, body and subscript font size
Minor improvements to accessibility with voiceover
Improved performance when loading the app
It’s now possible to configure a content tab to show content related to the region

Bug Fixes

Fixed keyboard covering the password field on login screen
Fixed online search results appearing as archive search
Fixed search results not loading after scrolling
Fixed Region picker appearing after update of app (it should only appear after a clean install)
Fixed issue with bookmark opening the wrong publication
Fixed issue with blank page on archive search
Fixed back button on article view not returning you to where you came from
Fixed issue where you were not able to swipe between content
Fixed several translation errors
Fixed issue with tint blur
Fixed tab with related content scrolling to the top after load
Fixed error on purchase screen, when pressing outside of the dialog box.
Fixed issue with text on article teaser module disappearing when swiping back and forth
Fixed tracking issue on newly installed apps
Fixed issue with half modules next to each other and device rotating

Release: iOS 3.17.10

Release date: 23. October 2017

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Release: iOS 2.17.05

Release date: 31. May 2017

Improvements

Added keyboard shortcuts left/right arrow to navigate between spreads/articles on iPad
Improved performance of pages with many clickable ads (now blinks entire page if more than 15 hitzones)
Improved the visual effect of how clickable ads fade in and out

Bug Fixes

Fixed pages with many clickable ads ruins tracking (note: Only the first 15 clickable ads on a page will be tracked now - More info here)
Fixed archive search only returning a subset of results when it has more
Fixed navigationbar title not updating after changing region
Fixed dynamic splash not being scaled
Fixed a rare case with search not searching through all relevant text
Fixed German translation on help page
Fixed issues with font size not getting saved properly

Release: iOS 2.17.03

Release date: 5. April 2017

New Features

Added option to use custom autodelete intervals
Added arrows on the right and left edges of the screen when zoomed all the way out
Added setting to disable mobile network download warning
Added crosswords support

Improvements

Improved help text for archive search
Improved how page overview is updated while the publication is still downloading
Improved how the app handles removed regions
Improved app started statistic events to include context info

Bug Fixes

Fixed graphic bug when deleting an issue from library
Fixed priority of interstitial image to best suit the device when images with different sizes are added (aspect ratio is first priority, image size is tiebreaker)
Fixed wrong email header when sharing an article through email
Fixed not displaying the 'No results found' message when searching in downloads
Fixed not saving credentials after a failed login
Fixed a missing Finnish translation
Fixed various German translations

Release: iOS 2.17.01

Release date: 17. March 2017

Improvements & Changes

Added support to enable/disable images in article list
Added support to open links through Safari instead of inside the app, for increased security (this is now default behavior)
Added support to disable tap-to-close on article view for new apps
Added support to upload a login logo separate from the standard logo to differentiate between the two
Added support for image/logo instead of name of a region
Slightly improved the process of updating a publication

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue with blank article in article view

Release: iOS 2.16.11

Release date: 8. December 2016

Improvements & Changes

Optimized disk usage to reduce app size
Implemented support for Apple Transport Security
Added 15 min screen timeout (in addition to the default screen timeout)
Improved the font size in article view to scale better on phone (also affect Android)
Now uses native toolbars for better performance and integration in the platform (also affect Android)
Added more styling options to fact boxes (also affect Android)

Bug Fixes

Fixed a visual issue in Life Feed where text was shown with a line through it
Fixed an issue where you previously couldn’t remove a selection after selecting text in Article View
Fixed sorting of sub-articles and fact boxes so they no longer appear in random order
Fixed Splash Screen not displaying properly if uploaded through Publishing Hub
Fixed a crash in Archive
Fixed issue with picture disappearing from an article when the device is rotated (also affect Android)
Fixed issue with fact-boxes disappearing from an article, after double rotation in article view (also affect Android)
Fixed issue with text sizes switching between landscape and portrait mode on phone (also affect Android)
Fixed issue with headline and date overlapping (also affect Android)

Release: iOS 2.16.09

Released on: 13.10.2016

Improvements & Changes

Demo tab is no longer shown after login
Push messages can now target individual titles in apps containing multiple titles (Guide)
App openings triggered by autodownloads are no longer counted in TNS Gallup Norway. Norwegian apps with both autodownload and TNS tracking will get a more precise number of app opening events.

Bug Fixes

Fixed not showing an error message if offline
Fixed that the “More list” was displaying wrong color when the app was in dark theme

iOS 10 related fixes

Fixed not being able to enlarge or reduce text size in article view and live feed
Fixed displaying the wrong article when returning from article view or pictures in full screen
Fixed not being able to open pictures in article view
Fixed the live news section on the front page being to transparent
Fixed search in article view to now include the active article

Release: iOS 2.16.06

Released on: 26.07.2016

Improvements & Changes

Search results appearing when searching in My Newspapers are now sorted with newest date first
The dimmed search highlight overlay now fades out proportionally to zoom level making it easy to at the same time seeing the highlight box and reading the text on the page
We have added 3D touch shortcuts making it easy for the reader to open the newest issue or go to the My Newspapers view directly from their home screen. Works for devices with 3D touch
Performing a search in the archive right after having displayed a result of a previous search would leave the old search result visible when performing the new search. The search result view is now cleared when performing a new search
Page numbers added to page overview
Minor improvements of accessibility labeling
The TNS Gallup library (DK) has been updated to version 1.8.10
We have added an option making it possible to carry user information through when the reader accesses a Web View in the app. This can be used for differentiating/targeting content shown in the web view
In the article view the category (politics, foreign, local, football) of each individual article is now displayed instead of the general category of the page if present in the XML

Bug Fixes

The "Deselect all" button in My Newspapers is no longer active when no issues are selected
In rare cases buttons in the spread view could disappear
Fixed a localisation issue in search mode, where not all buttons translated correctly
Bookmarks: Search icon is now greyed out when there are no bookmarked articles

Release: iOS 2.16.06

Released on: 11.07.2016

Improvements & Changes

We have added a generic help screen to use in the app for assisting the reader figuring out basic navigation
We have added an option to show publication title in the list of search results when making an archive search
It is now possible to enlarge pictures by pinch zooming in the image gallery in article view
We have removed the "jiggling" icons option that would make publications jiggle making it possible to delete them in My Newspapers
Subarticles/fact boxes attached to a mainarticle would appear as separate articles in the article list. This is now changed so they can be read in the right context
Search queries of less than three characters are prevented when searching in archive or in a single issue. This is done because all one or two letter words are not present in the search index
If no words are highlighted on a page actually containing search results, we now remove the dimmed search overlay. Please see THIS ARTICLE for full documentation of how archive search works
When device is offline, the network dependent solr search is disabled
When searching in a single issue, the reader now searches in the Solr index and not in the XML. This gives a bigger search base for potentially higher hitrate
We have added adaptive white capabilities for True Tone displays. This means that the app will adjust brightness according to the level of light in the surroundings on devices with True Tone technology. Read more about it in THIS ARTICLE
In some cases it was a disadvantage to automatically fetch product information from iTunes Connect and display it on buy buttons in the app (improvement introduced in iOS 2.16.05). Option now added to disable automatic duration naming on buy buttons

Bug Fixes

The section overview on the start screen could some times overlap the coverflow
When download of a publication was timed out due to lost internet connection, the download sometimes did not resume correctly
Login popup box could appear in the top left corner
When opening the article view by tapping an article in the spread would display a short glimpse of the previously displayed article before showing the right article
Push messages did not appear in the app after there where opened from the notification center. As the messages might be shortened in the notification center, the reader risked not seeing the full message

Release: iOS 2.16.05
Released on: 06.06.2016

Improvements & Changes

We have added a warning if more than 14 publication are downloaded to "My newspapers". The reader will from the dialog box be led to the settings menu for Autodelete. This is done to help readers, who are unaware that downloaded publications take up space on their device.
We now fetch all product information dynamically so that price or duration changes of in-app subscriptions made in iTunes Connect are directly visible in the app. It is also possible to add a new subscription or product in iTunes Connect and make it available in the app without resubmitting the app.

Bug Fixes

In some cases a push message could be shown twice.
The keyboard covered the login button on some iPhones. Now all elements on the login screen are moved up when the keyboard is active.

Release: iOS 2.16.04
Released on: 13.05.2016

Improvements & Changes

We have improved swiping between publication articles in the article view and news feed articles for a smoother and easier navigation. Furthermore, we have improved swiping between pages of the publication leaving the reader with much more control of the navigation.
An opportunity to show the reader a message if an autodownloaded publication finishes downloading while the app is open has been added. The reader can dismiss the message or the reader can open the new issue directly.
New Feature: Interstitials booking through Doubleclick for Publishers by Google. The Visiolink implementation of the DFP system allows for both interactive and static image interstitials.
A major work-through of 7 main events in Google Analytics in order to completely align metrics on all platforms has been performed. This will impact metrics in your Google Analytics account by an increased number of Publication Openings. Read more here.
Easier implementation of New Banner when a publication has been updated. This feature is suited for you if you regularly publish updated versions of the same issue and you want to make the reader aware that a new version is available.
It is now possible to book the same interstitial to multiple titles or regions from the Visiolink Publishing Hub.
It is now possible to add some information about an article when sharing it on email. In the subject, the header and the footer of the email, you can add headline of the article, date of the publication, title of the publication and name of the app.
A setting allowing you to display the three most recently selected regions in top of the Region Picker is now available. The three most recently selected regions will be displayed separately in the top of the Region Picker - they will of course still be available from the usual list below the recently selected regions.
One and three days added to the Autodelete menu as options for the interval of deleting downloaded publications.
Text size in the Live News article list increased to match the article view list.
A more general network error message is now displayed. Instead of "No internet connection" it now states "A network error occurred". This way it is not implied that the error is due to the reader's device.

Bug Fixes

The download bar did not always show correctly.
The message displayed when bookmarking an article was often cut off. Now we make sure to show the whole message.
The app now checks for internet connection when reader enters a web view tab. This way the reader doesn't access online material when offline, optimizing the user experience.

Release: iOS 2.16.02
Released on: 31.03.2016

Improvements & Changes

iOS 8 is now minimum required OS-version: The most important update of this release is that we have raised the minimum required OS-version from iOS 7 to iOS 8. Find more information here
It has now been made easier to remove the keyboard while on login page on iPhone. Now the user can tap outside the keyboard in order to make it disappear.
It is now possible to force a web view element on the starting page of the app to start up in full screen when tapped. This is useful if a video should be played in full screen instead of in the small web view window when the user taps it.
Several texts and checkmarks in Search and Autodelete are now always black instead of the app key color, as they are always shown on a white background.
TNS Gallup library for Danish apps updated to version 1.8.8

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug which could cause the Article Content feature on the Enriched Starting page to be blank if a publication with no article XML was shown in the coverflow.
A publication that has been downloaded automatically could be displayed with no frontpage or with page two as a frontpage in the My Newspapers section of the app. This is now fixed making the Autodownload feature much more stable.
Fixes concerning disappearing publications and non-visible buttons in the Semantic Zoom feature. As a consequence, we have removed the possibility to pinch zoom through timelines.

Release: iOS 2.16.01
Released on: 29.01.2016

Improvements & Changes

Semantic Zoom for Archives: The until now experimental feature Semantic Zoom is now available for daily newspaper archives. By adding the feature, the reader can navigate the archive by zooming through decades, years, months and days of frontpages of archive newspapers.
We have added the option to enable or disable teaser text in article list, so you can display the headline of the article only or headline plus two lines of article text.
We have made it possible to only select years in Archive Date Picker, which is very usable for e.g. monthly magazines.
Several texts and checkmarks in Search and Autodelete are now always black instead of the app key color, as they are always shown on a white background.
Downloaded publications under "My Newspapers" now have two lines of text above them, making room for the new option of adding region (edition) name to the publication title.
A popup message notifying the user about a new issue being available is now shown if an issue is ready for Autodownload whilst the app is open (previously nothing happened).
Breakfast mode: The screen is now kept awake while an issue is open (either spread or article). This way, the reader can leave the paper open while getting a cup of coffee without having to log in to the device again to continue reading.
The list of features in the "more" section now looks better: more space between features, removed separator lines.
When Web View navigation buttons are enabled, a "home" button is now visible. The home button browses back to the starting page for the view.

Bug Fixes

Interstitial count now resets when a new interstitial is booked. If an interstitial was booked for a period and on the same page (or both with a frequency) as an already active interstitial, the new interstitial would be shown to the reader until it was shown as many times as the previous. When the count was leveled, they would then start to show by turn.
Receiving a push message on iOS 7 while the app is open no longer causes a crash.
Search icon was missing from the bookmark list on phones, if the bookmark feature was embedded in the "more" section.
The buttons in the pop over containing Date Picker were hard to hit on iPads. This is now easier.
Subarticles relating to a main article - such as an info box - are now part of the main article and do not have separate entries anymore.
Download Bar now disappears if the download completes while the publication is not open.
Fixed a bug where "search" text could appear white on a white background on phones.

Release: iOS 2.15.11
Released on: 15.12.2015

Improvements & Changes

Text now gets sharp while user pans around on the page. Until now, the text didn't get sharp before user let go of the screen.
Implemented a Forgotten Password-feature linking to the customer's site for reset of password.
You can now link out of the app from a button in the bottom tabbar. This is useful if would like to link to e.g. another app.
It is now possible to link from a push message into a page or an article in a publication or to a website.
The Adtech module now contains key values for folder and date. This means that it is possible to book interstitials in specific issues by date.
Updated to newest versions of TNS Gallup Library and Adtech SDK.

Bug Fixes

DYNAMIC: DYNAMIC toggle button was not shown after the app was forced closed
DYNAMIC: Nothing happened when selecting a search result
User was not redirected to login page when opening a validated Live Feed tab without being logged in
The iPad Pro used a big amount of memory to draw the text on the publication pages. This could cause the app to work slowly
If more coverflows were available in the same app, the app could get confused and mix publications from the two coverflows up
Adtech: Banner with key value 'orientation = landscape' could show up in portrait
No video was highlighted in the video list and no video was ready in the video player on first opening
Videos would play on in the background when switching tab away from the video view
Synchronization of bookmarks across devices and platforms now works flawlessly
On iPhone the keyboard could show up in the wrong orientation when logging in
Facebook and mail share dialog showed white buttons on a white background if the key color in the app is white
In the Article View weekday names containing special characters could be displayed wrong
When performing a search on iPhone, the user had to press first "Cancel" and then "Close" in order to leave the search dialog.
When performing a search in the archive, the number of search total results was not shown before additional results (40 results are loaded at the time) were loaded
When selecting a page in the page overview, the view could shift to next section if the user pressed on the edge of a page thumb. This would cause a page from the next or previous section to be selected
Some picture galleries in the Article View were not possible to swipe through
German date format above the coverflow was wrong
In the overview of search results, the 's' in the word 'Seite' was not capitalized in German apps

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News Modules – iOS Release Notes

(Covering versions: 3.24.01.4 → 3.24.02.8 and Generic Release 2025)

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Release: iOS 3.23.01

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Release: iOS 3.22.04

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Release: iOS 3.22.03

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Release: iOS 3.22.02

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Release: iOS 3.22.01

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Release: iOS 3.21.04

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Release: iOS 3.21.03

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Release: iOS 3.21.02

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Release: iOS 3.21.01

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Release: iOS 3.20.08

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Release: iOS 3.20.07

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