Xibo Signage are pleased to announce Xibo for Android v2 R217. This release works with Xibo CMS version 2.x and has legacy mode for versions 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8.
We have addressed 4 issues in this release:
- Black screen: fixed an issue where the player occasionally stopped at a black screen
- Storage: fixed an issue accessing external storage on Android 8+
- Philips system on chip: fixed an issue using the upgrade from CMS functionality on newer versions of Android.
- Text: fixed an issue where text with effects stuttered from R207 onward
Download
Download Xibo for Android v2 R217.
Download Xibo for Android v2 R217 for DSDevices J18 and J19.
Install / Upgrade
Installation instructions can be found here.
Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found here.
If you have a white label build of the application, the upgrade is available in your account.
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