What's New in Pocket CowCard?

check out the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes in the latest for android and for windows mobile releases need help updating the app? click here for installation instructions for android devices! please note that your device must be charged to at least 20% before you can download the latest version of depending on your android os version, expand the instructions below to download the latest version of onto your device android 12 (or higher) devices you must manually download the latest version of onto your device if you have android 12 (or higher) follow the steps below to continue on your device, open the changelog tab to view the release notes tap the for android download link tap download on your downloads screen, tap the downloaded file ( android apk), then tap update when the download is complete, tap open to run the latest version of android 11 (or lower) devices the in app updater automatically installs the latest version of onto your device no action is needed how do i know which version i have? tap the options button at the top right corner of the screen and then tap the about tab to check your current version the version number translates to vyymmddhhmm (two digit year, month, day, hour, minute) \<font color="#f97316">important\</font> no longer supports android 9 devices vas no longer supports for android 9 (or lower) devices for a full list of devices supported by vas, click here https //vas com/wp content/uploads/2025/03/w 8440292039 small update to pcc android table2 878x1024 png if you have any questions about your options or if you want to purchase a new compatible device, please contact your support representative ( 1488, 1520) android version v2605221208 (2 0 37 62 rc) build date may 22, 2026 release date may 26, 2026 this release includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes expand the sections below to learn more enhancements app branding update the app icon has been refreshed with an updated look you will notice “cowcard” displayed on the icon instead of “pcc” the app experience and functionality remain the same ( 1875) days in milk (dim) warning for bred events the app now displays a warning message if you attempt to breed an animal before they reach the minimum days in milk (dim) if the minimum dim is set below 40 days, the app warns you if you try to breed an animal before 50 dim the default setting for most dairies is set to less than 40 days, but you can check or update this setting in dairycomp enter setup in the command line, open the parameters tab, and edit the value for minimum dim else warning in bred ( 1893) improved quad picker screen position improved the protocols user interface, so the quad picker screen is now below the items during event entry ( 1604) google certification for side loading the app is now google certified for side loading, improving install reliability ( 1725) added support for item type #174 (et data) now supports item type #174 for embryo transfer data across all 4 operands (return y/n if animal is pregnant with et, return conception pulse embryo id, return et donor dam reg, and return et donor dam id) ( 1809, 1860) improved hospital protocol validation the green accept button is now disabled until all required protocol data is entered, helping prevent incomplete submissions ( 1819) fresh event picklist improvements we added multiple improvements for fresh event entry added validation when a cow has a future mkdat and a pen is required enabled non picklist expert commands for automated entry in forms 9 and 10 improved handling of quoted values in batch inputs ( 1820, 1851, 1879) vet list validation improvements if you create a vet lists in dairycomp, always include vc>0 in the for (conditions) to ensure that only animals that need to be checked are included in the list to learn more about creating vet lists, see generate vet lists if you see an animal that needs to be added during vet check, you can add an animal to the vet list if they do not have a vet code greater than 0 on any vet list, tap the red + button on the bottom right side to enter animal details ( 1839) expanded google analytics tracking improved tracking for add batch, nfc, text to speech, fresh event, simple batch, and expert batch workflows ( 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1887, 1888) updated translations added and updated translations for new key phrases ( 1848) updated android api level raised api level to 35 to improve install compatibility previously, newer android devices may have shown a warning that the app was unsafe to install ( 1849, 1913) grid view usability fix resolved an issue where the blue arrow blocked access to animal records when the list was not scrollable ( 1850) improved keypad behavior prevented the “cow not found” sound from playing when pressing 0 and enter in a worklist ( 1870) merged lists filter added the ability to filter by merged worklists in the breeding grid ( 1872) mobile sound file management added play and delete options in the test audio section to simplify sound file management ( 1874) technician number display update technician numbers above 255 now display correctly on the events page ( 1880) milk withdrawal (mkdat) warnings added warnings when moving animals with an active milk withdrawal into non hospital milking pens and removed warnings when moving animals between hospital pens ( 1889, 1881) bugs keyboard behavior improvement the keyboard now remains open after tapping an id to view a cowcard ( 1806) transaction review stability improved performance when reviewing large transaction lists by loading transactions individually to prevent crashes ( 1869) animal id display fix resolved an issue where ids were not visible when editing animals added to a herd from a list ( 1871) protocol day detail display fixed an issue where only one protocol day detail line displayed instead of all configured lines ( 1883) memory optimization for merged lists improved memory handling when merging multiple lists to reduce “out of memory” errors ( 1877) crash fixes from firebase reports addressed multiple crash scenarios related to list processing and expert batch workflows ( 1854, 1855, 1857) known issues and considerations 2026/02/03 include vc>0 in vet lists when creating vet lists, make sure to include the condition vc>0 this ensures that only animals with valid vet check information are included in the list if you want to use a single workflow during vet check, be sure to use the merge option for your to do lists merging keeps all tasks together in one place so you don’t have to switch between multiple lists 2026/01/09 avoid taking screenshots of pocket cowcard on your device pocket cowcard may freeze if you take screenshots while using pocket cowcard 2025/09/18 view full animal ids in grid view workaround if your animal ids are getting cut off when you view them in grid view, change the font size on your device so you can view the full id follow the steps below to update your device's font size note android settings may vary depending on the device contact us https //vas com/contact support/ if you need more help open settings on your device go to display tap font size and style , then select the smallest option return to the display screen tap screen zoom or display size , then select the smallest option close and reopen when you switch to grid view, the full animal id will now be visible 2025/07/01 only plays sounds for tasks with a wav sound file when a worklist has multiple task items, will not play any sounds if there are no wav sound files for each individual task item make sure you have a wav sound file for each task item you use if you want to hear a sound for the item to learn more about adding a sound to a task item, contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 2025/08/27 enable the navigation buttons for android devices devices that use android 14 devices (or higher) no longer show the back , home , and recents/overview buttons by default you can enable the navigation buttons on your device by opening settings > display > navigation and selecting buttons (or button navigation) 2025/08/13 close and restart installer if it freezes during download if you download the latest version of by using for android download ( https //www vas com/android https //www vas com/android ), the installer window may freeze simply exit the installer and open the app if this happens 2025/05/01 fix worklist progress percentage bar in some cases, tracks worklist progress correctly, but then it stops updating the progress percentage bar and does not correctly show the completed cows if you encounter this error, force stop and reopen it to see the correct progress percentage 2025/05/01 fix inaccurate todo counts after a rare workflow the todo counts may be inaccurate if you activate a vet list using the following steps open the cows tab, click on an animal, navigate past pen validation, exit the cowcard, click the lists tab, and activate a vet list if the todo counts do not match, close and reopen the vet list to fix the todo counts 2025/04/09 do not edit transaction log when using an expert or simple batch filtered list if you use a filtered list in expert or simple batch, do not edit the transaction log instead, write down the correction and fix it directly in dairycomp or redo the transaction for the animal we are actively investigating this issue and discovered it has affected has affected all versions since july 17, 2024 2025/04/09 deliver transactions before you switch herds if you are refreshing more than one herd on your device, you must deliver transactions to dairycomp before you switch to another herd if you do not deliver transactions before switching herds, might not send the transactions alternatively, you can use different devices for collecting data for different herds if you are unable to deliver transactions before switching herds we are actively investigating this issue and discovered it has affected all versions since july 17, 2024 2025/03/24 charge your phone before you update please note that your device must be charged to at least 20% before you can download the latest version of 2025/01/27 may not show the correct done count on the lists screen in testing, vas identified a bug where the lists view did not show the correct done count if you experience this issue, check (long press) and uncheck (long press) the worklist to correct the totals vas has not been able to recreate this issue, and we ask that you contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 if you encounter this bug 2024/10/29 needs more details from devices that fail to make transactions we have a special debug version to collect more information for certain “edge cases” where transactions are either not getting created or partially getting created please reach out to your support specialist if you have a device that is experiencing this issue vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 "edge cases" are situations where we cannot replicate the issue for various reasons these cases might be device related, os related, cowfile related, or related to a certain cadence used in the workflow videos of cadence workflow are helpful 2024/06/04 may crash if you add a record using vetlist, then delete it in the transaction log we found a rare issue where may crash if you add a new record to vetlist, delete the record from transaction log, and return to the vet list we recommend that you don't delete the transaction from the transaction log instead, move the animal from the done tab back to the todo tab if you already deleted the transaction from the transaction log, send the updates to dairycomp and refresh your device to avoid a crash tip click here for an archive of previous known issues for windows mobile version 20200806 v2 build date august 6, 2020 release date august 10, 2020 enhancements protocol remark field update – 792 the remark field now displays up to 12 characters before after updated notification – 834 the notification regarding the end user license agreement/privacy policy/terms and conditions agreement was updated in the app earlier releases pocket cowcard update march 2026 docid 4avw7wozvd6pfev1xvesu pocket cowcard update february 2026 docid\ byy 6za82lgf9op6gi9lr pocket cowcard update december 2025 docid\ k9wji2lgkwopd4vkycz7t pocket cowcard update november 2025 docid\ w9x juqql8ne529v4p5nq pocket cowcard update september 2025 docid\ rmt5covtjop02 x0phmbx pocket cowcard update july 2025 docid\ p5x24mc08taizn9 wp3y8 pocket cowcard update june 2025 docid\ yedfcbe l3rkrlcc69n4w pocket cowcard update april 2025 docid\ rsnlo8ulfddor2qzbdzzt pocket cowcard update march 2025 docid 1ls4engyuu5bez5kdo4pi pocket cowcard update february 2025 docid\ xsxntprbhf5dvmkwci6iy pocket cowcard update january 2025 docid\ umphrus7xjqy9cdmamaak pocket cowcard update 2020 2024 docid\ ofttvdu2zyxhx1pgihop8