Bug fixes and Performance Improvements

- Introducing Aura AI: your neighborhood intelligence companion to discover local needs and borrowable assets - Brand new CivicNet AI Neural Core emblem and sleek Liquid Glass interface - Performance improvements and UI contrast enhancements

Celebrate Together! We're bringing regional celebrations straight to CivicNet. - Holiday Greetings: Enjoy custom seasonal banners and festive push notifications for major regional holidays, starting with Independence Day! - Choose Your Region: Select your country in your Profile settings to customize which local celebrations and updates you receive. - Performance Improvements: Enjoy minor bug fixes and optimizations to keep your neighborhood feed running smoothly.

- Faster, smoother messaging — sends appear right away - Long chat messages show correctly again - Requester names back on help requests - Cleaner Home screen with compact category filters - Polished search and update experience

- Align export compliance with App Store Connect no-docs result. - Stronger privacy for your chats - Fix App Store build lookup to use build_number filter.

What's New in Version 1.1.8 Messaging & Notifications Improvements - Fixed Silent Notifications: Resolved an issue where chat notifications were silent on some devices. Alerts now correctly play sounds on both iOS and Android. - Smart Deep-Linking: Tapping a chat notification now takes you directly into the conversation, with messages loading instantly without needing a manual refresh. - Real-Time Fixes: Fixed a bug where sent messages occasionally wouldn't appear immediately on physical devices. - General performance optimizations and various crash fixes for a more reliable experience.

What's New in Version 1.1.6? Advanced Account Security & Active Sessions Take absolute control over your privacy! We’ve introduced a brand-new Active Sessions dashboard in your settings, allowing you to see exactly where and when your account was accessed. Highlights in this update: * Precision Device Tracking: No more guessing. CivicNet now accurately identifies the exact phone or tablet model (like "iPhone 15 Pro" or "iPad mini") connected to your account. * Remote Revocation: Spot a device you don't recognize? You can now instantly boot unverified devices out of your account with a single tap. * Log Out All: Secure your account everywhere at once with the new "Log Out All Other Devices" panic button. * Instant Security Enforcement: Rest assured knowing that if a session gets revoked, the targeted device is immediately blocked from the system and sent straight back to the login screen. *As always, we’ve included a few under-the-hood polishing tweaks to keep CivicNet running smoother than ever!

In version 1.1.5, we’ve focused on making CivicNet feel faster, more stable, and more premium. Here is the summary of what’s new: * Smoother Community Feed: Enjoy a more fluid browsing experience. * Premium Visual Loading: Say goodbye to spinning circles. The Request Detail page now uses elegant, shimmer-based skeletons that provide a modern, high-end feel while content is loading. * General Stability: We’ve unified loading states across the app to eliminate layout jumps and ensure a consistent, professional experience every time you open the app.

In this version (1.1.3+45), focus has been directed toward enhancing location accuracy for community safety: VPN Awareness * Smart Detection: The app now detects if an active VPN is running on your device. * Accuracy Warning: An orange notice appears on the Home screen to inform you that a VPN may interfere with finding accurate help requests in your immediate neighborhood. * Better Matching: This helps ensure that the help you offer or receive is always relevant to your actual physical location.

CivicNet 1.1.3: The "Legal & Layout" Update • NEW: Privacy & Legal Hub – Access our Privacy Policy and new Terms of Service directly from your Settings for full transparency and community safety. • IMPROVED: Home Screen Performance – We’ve completely re-engineered our home screen layout behind the scenes to make it faster, smoother, and more responsive. • IMPROVED: Premium AI Aura UI – Subtle design refinements to headers and footers for a more professional, "glassmorphic" aesthetic.

CivicNet is now fully optimized for iPad! This update brings a native, large-screen experience and several UI refinements: • Designed for iPad: Enjoy a handcrafted, expansive layout specifically optimized for the iPad display. • Fluid Responsive UI: From asset grids to popups, every element now scales beautifully across all your iOS and iPadOS devices. • Multitasking Support: Stay productive by using CivicNet alongside your other favorite apps with full Split View and Slide Over support. • Performance Enhancements: Under-the-hood optimizations for a smoother, more responsive experience.

A Stunning New Look We've completely redesigned the 'My Activity' and 'Event Details' screens. Enjoy a premium, glass-like aesthetic that brings your neighborhood events and activities to life! Smarter Directions Getting to exact event locations is easier than ever. Tapping an event's location on the detail screen will now intelligently launch Apple Maps on your iOS device or Google Maps on Android. Track Your Volunteering Your 'My Activity' dashboard now features beautiful, glowing status badges so you can instantly track the status of your accepted and pending volunteer requests. Smoother Experience We've significantly upgraded the visual transitions, polished the event creation process, and squashed a few pesky bugs (including location permission errors) to ensure a flawless experience from the moment you open the app.