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AI Autopilot: set up an Avni app from a field-workflow specification

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Avni Autopilot panel with a drop zone to upload the scoping/modelling specification document
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From specification to working app

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Upload a specification document and Autopilot builds the app configuration for you — entities (subject types, programs, encounter types), forms, visit-schedule rules, form-element rules from the values in the document, and all form-level rules from the specification or via chat.

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Conversational follow-ups fill in the gaps — and Autopilot is now your single assistant for everything, answering general questions about Avni that the older chat assistant used to handle.

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→ View technical details

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Configurable visibility for the auto-populated Visit Date

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Settings screen with the Hide Visit Date toggle turned on
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Hide or lock the Visit Date

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The Visit Date field, auto-populated on encounters, can now be configured per Encounter Type in App Designer — hideVisitDate to hide it from the form, and visitDateNonEditable to keep it read-only. In both cases, the date is still captured and saved in the background.

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→ View technical details

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Minor enhancements

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Group member selection respects form element rules

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\"Display all group members\" now respects the form element rule when selecting many subjects at once, on both the mobile app and the Data Entry App. (avni-client#2003)

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Target Android 16

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The app now targets Android 16 (API level 36), meeting the Play Store's target API level mandate. (avni-client#2017)

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Flash forced on during photo capture

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Photo capture now forces the flash on, blocking capture if the flash is unavailable or fails.

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Performance improvements

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Bulk location uploads no longer stall the job queue

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A locations bulk upload could wedge the shared background job worker for hours, stalling every queued CSV import, bundle upload, and export behind it. A 200-empty-column file that previously took 79 seconds now completes in 2.1 seconds. (avni-product#1897)

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