We are pleased to announce the release of Xibo for Android v4 R403. This release will connect to a v4 content management system. It will connect to an earlier CMS in legacy mode. If you are upgrading your network from v1/v2/v3 we recommend upgrading your CMS first.
Fixes and Features
This release is a bug release which contains 10 resolved issues.
- Android TV support
- HLS: Fix for HLS widget going to a black screen and not expiring
- Interactive: Swap webhook handling for extend/set duration, which were the wrong way around
- Interactive: widget gets suck when the expire web hook is used on a layout with only 1 widget
- Logging: Fix for ACRA not sending crash reports back to the CMS
- PPDS: Fix PPDS crash after 30 seconds due to gps provider
- Sony: Add Sony Bravia support
- SSP: Fix SSP connector sometimes leaving the final ad on screen when used as a Widget
- SSP: a faulting creative repeatedly calls the error URL until the ad expires
Sony
Support has been added for Sony Bravia signage models running Android TV. Please see the guide for details: Sony Bravia SoC Installation Guide
Download
Use the link to Download Xibo for Android v4 R403.
Visit our Downloads page for all the latest releases.
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.
Further guidance on updating your white label player can be found here
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