New features and enhancements summary

This section provides summaries of new features and enhancements available in this release.

Email+ app features and enhancements

This release includes the following new app features and enhancements.

  • Support for Show and View attachments in Calendar appointments: Ability to show and view attachments in Calendar appointments is supported. When Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) 16 is enabled and Calendar events have attachments, the attachments are displayed and can be downloaded in Email+. The admin should enable EAS16 and upgrade to Email+ 4.0.0. Editing an event with attachments, displays the Edit not allowed on the included attachments message.

  • New value allow_shortcuts added to create shortcuts: A new "Shortcuts on home" section added to the General settings starting from Android 8.0 for Android Enterprise. Use the launcher shortcuts, to directly open Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, or Notes screen in the Email+ app.

  • The word Draft is now localized: The word (Draft) that is prefixed to a message is now localized in the language supported on the device (it is the default language that is set on the device, example Swedish). It is displayed in message list view for draft messages.

  • Support for Android M deprecated: The support for Android M version 6 is now deprecated.

  • Email+4.x version: The Email+ 3.10.0 version is last release for Email+ for Android 3.x series. The new release series for Email+ for Android is 4.0.0. The app in the Google Play is listed as MobileIron Email+.

  • Tab bar moved from navigation menu: The tab bar is moved from the navigation menu to the bottom bar.

Email+ administrator features and enhancements

This release includes the following new administrator features and enhancements.

  • New key-value pair added: New key-value pair show_week_number and restriction Show week number is added to enable week numbers in the week and month view for Calendar. For more information, see the Key-value pairs for Email+ (Android AppConnect) and Android Enterprise Restrictions section in the Email+ for Android Guide.

  • New value added: New value allow_shortcuts added for Optional Features restriction to create shortcuts to launch Calendar, Contact, Notes, and Tasks.

Key-value pairs are configured in the Email+ configuration on the unified endpoint management (UEM) platform. The UEM platform is either Core or Cloud. See the “Key-value pairs for customizing Email+ for Android” section in the Email+ for Android Guide.