Public Changelog & Release Notes

Clean Extensionless URLs & Portal

• Clean Extensionless Routing: Stripped .php extensions across all links, forms, and navigation routes.
• Automated 301 Canonicalization: Added Apache mod_rewrite rules to automatically redirect legacy .php requests to clean URLs.
• Public Changelog: Published dedicated public release notes and version history at /changelog.

Android 15 & 17 Modernization

• Edge-to-Edge Architecture: Integrated androidx.activity.EdgeToEdge.enable() for seamless, modern window displays across all Android versions.
• Deprecated API Migration: Completely eliminated deprecated android.view.Window.setStatusBarColor and setNavigationBarColor APIs and parameters.
• Advanced Insets Handling: Window insets dynamically pad status bars, display cutouts (camera notches), and soft keyboard input (WindowInsetsCompat.Type.ime()) with zero content clipping.
• Automated Theme Contrast: Status bar and navigation bar icon colors automatically toggle crisp dark and light styles based on active day/night theme.

DEX Code Optimization & Security

• R8 Full Mode Optimization: Activated android.enableR8.fullMode=true with aggressive class merging, inlining, and dead-code elimination.
• Obfuscation Score ~90%: Repackaged classes under o.* and tightened ProGuard keep rules, shrinking DEX size to 1.58 MB.
• Library Footprint Cleaned: Upgraded Google Material Components to 1.14.0 and removed unused MaterialDatePicker code paths.
• 16 KB Memory Page Size Support: Configured jniLibs.useLegacyPackaging = false to ensure 16 KB page-aligned native library compatibility for modern Android 15+ silicon architectures.
• Minimum SDK Elevated to 24: Raised baseline from API 21 to API 24 (Android 7.0 Nougat) for improved execution speed and cryptographic standards.

Universal App Icon Overhaul

• Vector Adaptive Foreground: Migrated ic_launcher_foreground.xml to a pure Android VectorDrawable, scaled within the 66dp safe zone circle.
• Mask-Safe on Any Device: Completely eliminated square box border distortions on Pixel circle, Samsung One UI squircle, and Xiaomi HyperOS masks.
• Material You Themed Icons: Integrated safe-zone monochrome vector silhouette (ic_brand_monochrome.xml) for Android 13+ dynamic wallpaper theming.
• Anti-Aliased Legacy Mipmaps: Generated crisp mdpi through xxxhdpi PNGs with 100% transparent corners for older Android launchers.

SEO, Crawlers & Open Web Standards

• W3C XML Sitemap: Published standardized /sitemap.xml with image extension schema for Google Search Console indexing.
• Robots Directives: Configured /robots.txt with explicit public route allows, admin/api restrictions, and sitemap linkage.
• Developer Attribution (humans.txt): Published standardized /humans.txt defining developer, system stack, and contact links.
• Schema.org JSON-LD Structured Data: Implemented render_developer_schema() across all public entry points for international bot recognition (Person, Organization, WebApplication, WebSite).
• UI & Dropdown Polish: Fixed Cox's Bazar entity encoding across all filters and centered Home Hub cards.

Low-Memory Device Optimization

• DOM & Animation Reduction: Reduced initial DOM nodes and complex animations to ensure blazing-fast performance on budget devices.
• Donor Data Protection: Applied obfuscated client-side rendering protection to prevent bulk scraping and automated harvesting of medical student donor records.
• Offline Directory Persistence: Upgraded Service Worker cache strategy to ensure offline accessibility in hospital wards and basements.

Initial Play Store Release

• Play Integrity Verification: Integrated Google Play Integrity API to ensure untampered app binary and Google Cloud attestation.
• FCM Emergency Alerts: Real-time push notifications for urgent blood requests matched by blood group and student batch.
• Custom Native Bridge: Secure JavaScript bridge (DMCBridge) for seamless communication between native app shell and web portal.