Release Notes

• Bible screen controls were redesigned with a cleaner split-pill layout for book/chapter and translation selection.
• Watch and Journal tabs were refreshed for a more consistent look and feel, including improved active tab styling.
• Check-In instructions are now accessed from a cleaner top-right info icon.
• Ad-gated experiences now show progress like Ad 1/2 and Ad 2/2,
• The Watch lesson info drawer now opens from right and buttons are clearer.

• Fixed duplicate notifications appearing in the drawer.
• Improved syncing behavior for unread notifications.
• Fixed the Remove Ads purchase issue caused by an invalid product ID lookup.
• Added native code redemption support for Remove Ads offer codes.
• Improved authenticated API request handling and token refresh behavior.
• Simplified Strapi/Firebase user bootstrap and role resolution behavior.
• Reminder creation now relies more cleanly on the authenticated user context.

• AI analysis now ignores strongholds that already exist when recommending new ones.
• Analysis endpoints now only evaluate the last 30 days of data instead of older history.

- Added Bible verse sharing with formatted references and Bible Gateway links.
- Improved Bible version abbreviation handling for shared scripture links.
- Improved Bible context loading so saved reading state and backend data recover more reliably.

- Improved Stronghold recitation syncing with backend-backed recitation records.
- Added support for Strapi document IDs when matching recitations to Stronghold declarations.
- Improved recitation progress loading so streak and completion state stays accurate across app refreshes.

- Added richer check-in analytics tracking.
- Added a release-time analytics configuration check for production builds.
- Improved check-in flow behavior and related activity updates.

- Added journal entry date support so activity timelines can use the intended journal date.
- Improved activity data merging across journals, recitations, Strongholds, and check-ins.

- Added Journal Instructions start-up screen

- Improved backend response mapping for Strongholds, recitations, journals, and Bible data.
- Improved app error reporting with more context for client-side failures.
- Updated release configuration checks and build metadata for version 1.2.1.

- Moved Bible reading to the integrated Victory backend.
- Added verse interactions, including highlights, saved scriptures, notes, and sharing.
- Improved saved scripture and note flows so Bible content stays in place when drawers and modals open.
- Improved highlighted verse readability in dark mode.

- Added Stronghold templates to help users start from preconfigured declarations.
- Added custom emoji icons for Stronghold declarations.
- Updated Stronghold creation paths so manual flows can start at the right step.

- Added a relapse post-mortem flow to help users review preoccupation, ritualization, emotions, triggers, strongholds, accountability opportunities, and encouragement after a relapse.
- Added startup journal instructions with guidance around emotions, triggers, recent situations, and building a 30-day journaling history for better analysis.
- Improved achievements so locked achievements are visible with inactive styling and unlock celebrations can appear when achievements are earned.

- Added editable first and last name fields on the Account page.
- Updated home screen name syncing after profile changes.
- Connected profile name updates through the backend so Klaviyo can stay in sync.

- Added app-wide banner ad support below the header.
- Added a Remove Ads purchase option under Account to remove banner ads and ad gates.

- Added safer app error handling, fallback UI, and backend error reporting.
- Added a test-mode error logging button on the error reporting page.
- Moved Spotify requests behind the Strapi backend so API keys do not ship in the client.
- Fixed Android reminder scheduling by replacing unsupported calendar triggers with daily and weekly notification triggers.
- Updated the app header logo and tightened the header layout.

- Added Stronghold recitation streak tracking so declaration practice can build a visible habit over time.
- Added streak reminder support to help users keep their Stronghold declaration rhythm going.
- Added a Stronghold completion experience, including a 40-day achievement celebration.

- Moved Stronghold declaration persistence toward the backend database instead of relying only on device storage.
- Improved Stronghold declaration, detail, and prayer flows so recitation progress is handled more reliably across the app.

- Connected Klaviyo so new users will go into the welcome email flow.

- Fixed several Stronghold flow issues around saving, displaying, and continuing declaration work.
- Fixed an issue with the Journal Analysis where it would log negative mentions of emotions as positive.

- the ad gate had a timeout that blocked successful completion of longer ads. Updated that timeout to give sufficient time for watching two ads

- Redesigned the manual Stronghold Builder to match the new Modal UI flow theme of the Panic Modal.
- Added a shared Stronghold Builder theme so manual and AI-assisted flows use a more consistent visual treatment in light and dark mode.
- Improved scripture entry in the manual builder with duplicate detection, scripture-reference normalization, and smoother follow-up entry for multiple scriptures.
- Improved Stronghold save handling so newly created declarations are matched back to the saved ent

- Updated the AI-assisted Stronghold Builder with clearer step instructions, more detailed help overlays, and a final review step before saving.
- Added support for launching the AI builder from analysis-generated stronghold options with prefilled effect and lie context.

- Added persistent toggles for built-in FASTER and group reminders so users can enable or disable those defaults from the Reminders screen.
- Updated notification bootstrap scheduling to respect the saved built-in reminder toggle state.

- Fixed the Step 3 Stronghod builder error that wouldn't allow you to pass after selecting three scriptures.

- Fixed Reminder Selection error on Android

- Fixed Create reminder button placement

- Fixed production and internal EAS configuration so Spotify credentials ship correctly in release builds.
- Fixed production and internal EAS configuration so Discord runtime values ship correctly for login, announcements, and group links.
- Added release-time config guards so production and internal builds fail fast if required Spotify or Discord values are missing.

- Aligned Android Firebase configuration to `com.creationawaits.victoryinchrist` and removed the old Android app block from the checked-in `google-services.json`.
- Split Firebase app IDs by platform so Android builds use the Android Firebase app ID and iOS builds keep the iOS app ID.
- Added explicit native Firebase analytics collection settings plus stronger app open and screen tracking to improve active-user reporting.

- Updated development and preview Google Sign-In configuration to use the intended Android OAuth client.
- Added the local Android debug signing OAuth client to the checked-in Android Firebase config for easier local Google Sign-In testing.

- Added a shared Stronghold detail modal so the Home and Stronghold screens now use the same viewing experience.
- Added a Recite button to Stronghold detail views so users can launch the Stronghold prayer flow directly from the declaration modal.
- Updated the home task carousel so Check-in, Journal, and Stronghold cards clearly show when today's task has already been completed.
- Improved the relapse celebration banner layout so the congratulation message and celebration emojis wrap cleanly.

- Added stronger microphone permission handling for journal dictation on both iOS and Android.
- Journal compose now requests microphone access proactively so keyboard dictation works more reliably without requiring users to restart the app.

- Fixed the Home task carousel logic so completion states are based on today's activity instead of only checking whether historical content exists.
- Fixed the Stronghold detail action flow so recitations logged from Home immediately update the Home experience.

- Updated Journal, Stronghold, and Previous Analysis view/edit modals to use a cleaner theme-aware surface

- Standardized modal action buttons

- Updated scripture cards across the affected modal flows to use the translucent teal card treatment with teal borders for stronger visual consistency.

- Improved context menu usability on mobile by increasing the touch target of the ellipsis buttons and moving the menu closer to the tapped button.

- Added Print and Delete actions to the current analysis

- Expanded printed analysis output and Previous Analysis viewing to include the fuller analysis content, including emotional dysregulation context, stronghold analysis, warning patterns, avoidance strategies, encouraging truth, and relapse reasoning.

- Improved frontend identity-lie normalization so loneliness and abandonment language maps more cleanly to identity-level lies like “I am alone.” and “I am abandoned.”

- Updated the Panic / dysregulation stronghold step to keep showing the latest declaration while also giving users a direct path to build a new stronghold when the current one does not fit the moment they are facing.

- Restored the custom trigger entry point in the Add Trigger modal during the panic flow so users can create their own trigger directly from that picker again.

- Fixed the missing custom-trigger affordance in the panic trigger picker.

- Fixed Previous Analysis modal styling so it matches the newer journal and stronghold modal presentation in both themes.

- Fixed context menu placement so menus open closer to the ellipsis button instead of appearing far from the user’s finger.

- Fixed an iOS startup issue that could cause the app to crash to the home screen on launch.

- Fixed release update configuration so production builds no longer point at the wrong update channel.

- Fixed the trigger selection modal so category taps respond correctly.

- Fixed trigger picker loading in the panic flow so trigger categories populate and display as expected.

- Dark mode fixes for Panic and Analysis UI

- Added triggers. Users can now select what triggers them

- Added the new Panic Mode dysregulation flow, including trigger analysis support when users need faster intervention guidance.

- Added in-app trigger analysis as a first-class recovery feature with routing into the relevant follow-up screens.

- Added achievement badges with a dedicated details modal to celebrate progress milestones.

- Added tablet-responsive layouts across the app to improve the large-screen experience.

- Refined Stronghold declaration screens and related UI to make prayer, editing, and review flows clearer.

- Updated the Progress experience so relapse risk reflects completed analysis results when available.

- Improved notification routing so tapping a notification opens the relevant destination more reliably.

- Reworked group signup so it no longer depends on Zapier.

- Polished check-in UI and several supporting screens for a more consistent experience.

- Fixed the Discord announcement flow issue affecting community messaging behavior.

- Fixed reminder presentation for Strongholds so existing reminders no longer appear as unset.

- Fixed analysis and panic view issues discovered during tablet and responsive layout work.

- Fixed video watch persistence so an ad watch is not lost in the session after clicking away from an unlocked video

• Added an Android-only reviewer login entry point to support app review and internal verification flows without relying on the hidden reviewer bypass path alone.

• Added a secondary Google authentication pass so the app can recover more cleanly when the first Firebase credential attempt fails due to a stale Google token.
• Improved reviewer login endpoint handling by retrying against the configured Strapi base URL when a tunnel-specific reviewer endpoint returns 404.
• Updated the account settings screen language and navigation label to use more general account terminology instead of Discord-specific wording.

• Fixed reviewer login attempts failing silently against misrouted Cloudflare tunnel paths by adding clearer endpoint fallback behavior and logging.
• Fixed the account settings screen to only show announcement preferences when the signed-in account actually has a Discord profile available.
• Removed the outdated join-server action from the account settings screen to avoid sending users through an incorrect account-management path.

• Added a shared local persistence layer for guided activity counters and stronghold recitation streaks so progress survives app restarts more reliably.
• Added a video watch test mode flag for development builds so lesson completion can be tested without the normal watch threshold.
• Google login option for Android only

• Unified stronghold recitation streak handling between Home and Stronghold Declarations so each declaration keeps its own local streak count.
• Updated the Home dashboard cards and empty activity states with centered layouts for a cleaner presentation.
• Matched the Notifications drawer and main navigation drawer dark-mode surfaces more closely for a more consistent UI.
• Added Android local Strapi host resolution so local backend development works more smoothly from the emulator.

• Fixed stronghold declaration prayers on the Stronghold screen not incrementing and persisting per-declaration streaks like the Home screen.
• Fixed guided prayer, guided breathing, stronghold recitation, and watched lesson progress resetting after app close/reopen.
• Fixed native video lessons not marking as watched because only YouTube completion events were wired into the watch flow.
• Fixed notification drawer duplicates by adding stable notification deduping across foreground, response, and reminder 

• Fixed Home relapse activity cards to use the signed-in user’s actual relapse data instead of a separate fetch path.
• Replaced the previous custom GA Measurement Protocol analytics path with native Firebase Analytics SDK integration to support proper app engagement reporting.

• Added a Send Error Report flow with device details prefilled to make bug reporting faster.
• Added app-level notification preferences, including badge count control and quick access to device notification settings.

• Refreshed the Reminders experience with a cleaner scheduling flow for daily and weekly reminders.
• Improved the Community Chat screen with clearer Discord join guidance and a stronger call to action.
• Reworked the Progress screen into a more useful recovery dashboard with streak, recent trend, and projected risk visibility.

• Fixed reminder scheduling reliability for built-in and custom reminders.
• Fixed reminder notification ownership so scheduled reminders do not leak across accounts on the same device.
• Fixed reminder resync behavior so reminder schedules can be rebuilt more safely after notification/bootstrap changes.
• Fixed push permission handling to better support full iOS alert, badge, and sound access.

• Added confirmation prompt before deleting a custom reminder.
• Added save button icon + loading state for custom reminder save flow.
• Added success and failure toast feedback for custom reminder save actions.

• Updated chat page Join Server flow to open the Discord join modal (shared guild-join experience).
• Updated chat page to refresh join state immediately after closing the guild-join modal so the banner hides right away after tapping I've Joined.
• Improved in-app notification drawer persistence to keep the latest 10 notifications across app restarts.
• Improved reminder-to-drawer behavior by adding reminder reconciliation while the app is active (checks every 30 seconds).

• Fixed custom reminder save failures
• Fixed custom reminder save auth regression 
• Fixed repeated reminder alert dedupe logic
• Fixed reminder drawer backfill so triggered reminders missed while inactive are recorded on resume.
• Fixed iOS getLastNotificationResponseAsync warning path by guarding for API availability.
• Fixed iOS build issue where SDWebImage umbrella headers imported macOS-only headers (NSButton+WebCache.h, NSImage+Compatibility.h) during iOS compilation via Podfile post-install patch.

• If iOS native notifications are unavailable at runtime, reminder scheduling now defers with pending IDs instead of failing save actions.
• True OS-level reminder delivery still requires a correctly linked iOS native build with expo-notifications.

• dded a Donate card to the Home screen with direct PayPal support.
• Added a "Latest Stronghold" card under Guided Breathing on Home.
• Includes quick pray access.
• Includes declaration actions (view, edit, reminder, bookmark, print, delete).
• Shows a recitation streak count for that stronghold (in-memory session tracking).

• Updated login screen auth button parity for Sign in with Apple and Discord (visual consistency and spacing).
• Added an ad-loading overlay during ad-gated flows to reduce confusion between rewarded ads.

• Fixed first-relapse flow on Android for users with no relapse history.
  Fixed Android relapse date selection flow for first-relapse setup 
• Fixed Stronghold AI Assist ad gate to require the configured number of rewarded ads.
• Fixed Stronghold AI declaration wizard getting stuck on step 1 in certain cases.
• Fixed Stronghold context menu layering so it appears above adjacent cards.
• Fixed Android branded splash behavior so the app launches with Victory branding instead of default system-style splash.

• Spiritual and emotional check-in tracking 
•  Stronghold Declaration builder 
• Scripture encouragement tools 
• Journaling features 
• Group engagement support 
• Reminder notifications