Pocket CowCard Update - March 2026
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android version v2603111528 (2 0 36 32 rc) build date march 11, 2026 release date march 24, 2026 for android version v2603111528 (2 0 36 32 rc) includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes expand the sections below to learn more enhancements fixed the worklist error message in the last release, sometimes displayed an inaccurate error message if you opened and closed a hospital or vet list without selecting any animals now, only displays the message if animals are actually queued on the hospital or vet list if you receive the error message, review the queued animals, complete the treatment, and mark them as done ( 1859) improved backup file handling you can now save a backup file directly on your device, so you can easily share the files with support for troubleshooting simply go to home and select make folder backup for support to save the backup to your downloads folder additionally, backup files now store data for 21 days instead of 45 days to make it easier to transfer files ( 1272, 1846) new reminder to reboot device if a device has been running for seven days without restarting, will now remind you to reboot restarting regularly helps make sure data is saved correctly and runs at its peak performance level ( 1804) better pairing on zebra devices zebra devices should now connect more smoothly, without repeatedly asking for location permissions during pairing ( 1714) invalid pen warning if you try to enter a pen that does not exist in dairycomp during cowcard or simple batch entry, now displays an "invalid pen" warning ( 1833, 1837) hospital list updates clear out queued animals faster if you end up with a long list of animals you no longer need in the hospital queue, you can now clear them all at once using a trash can button in the upper right corner ( 1812) complete events for animals that aren't on the hospital list yet now, you can enter an event and mark an animal as done if it's in the hospital pen, but not on the hospital list this helps if sick animals are moved overnight and added to the list in the morning so its original pen can be recorded to enable this, you must go to administration > settings and check the boxes next to show hospital form and add done entries to the done panel use caution if you enable this if any ondone commands are applied to the hospital list ( 1801) multi site treatment protocols must be applied to hospital pens if you use a multi site treatment protocol, you must now select a hospital pen, which makes it harder to send an animal to the wrong pen ( 1791) hospital list settings are now listed together updated the settings page, so you can access all the hospital list features in one convenient location without scrolling back and forth ( 1801) fixed permissions behavior resolved an android 13 (or higher) permissions issue by removing a deprecated library and consolidating permissions to restore normal notification behavior ( 1505) analytics now measure feature performance added google analytics to track the performance of the breeding grid ( 1771) bugs pin refresh fix fixed an issue that could prevent transactions from sending if a pin code was missing or changed between refreshes ( 1372) improved app performance resolved several crash or memory limitation issues to improve app stability ( 1472, 1810, 1778, 1800) dollar display fix corrected spacing when displaying dollar values for item type #42 (cval4) ( 1723) large herd data transaction fix we fixed a problem that caused the app to freeze when sending large amounts of herd data if a data set is too large, now sends the data in smaller increments ( 1856, 1847) improved hospital list performance implemented numerous hospital list fixes to improve its reliability ( 1516) fresh event date entry fix we fixed the backdating of fresh event dates, so you can set a different date than today's date ( 1852)