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2024-05-12

Welcome to News from Loop and Learn

Master Your DIY Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery System

Published on 12 May 2024.

In this edition:

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Topic Recorded? Time Date
Loop and Learn: Informal Discussion no 18:00 UTC 13 June

Loop and Learn: Informal Discussion in 2024 is scheduled on the second Thursday of each month.

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Top 5 Browser Build Tips

A lot of build help has been needed lately and we have some tips for our browser builders. You will save yourself and our mentors LOTS of time and effort if you do these things:

  1. Watch the video:
  2. Read the documents:
  3. Don't start deleting secrets or repositories- or anything else
  4. Provide your GitHub username & steps already taken when posting for help
  5. Make a Secrets reference file and keep a backup

If you don’t need to build soon, great! It’s a good time to go ahead and (re)watch the video, (re)read the documents and make that Secrets reference file (new section in LoopDocs) for when you need it!

Be Courteous, Help Others

When you post for help, respond to questions from the people who volunteer their time to help you.

If you solve your issue on your own, please return to your post and indicate it is resolved and post how you fixed it. That helps others.

Updates for the LoopFollow App

Version 2.2.1 of the LoopFollow App is available. There have been several version updates recently that include these new or improved features:

✅ Manual BG Values Display: Now, manual blood glucose values entered in Loop or AppleHealth are available in LoopFollow. We've also fixed a bug where mmol/L manual BG checks from Nightscout weren't displaying correctly.

✅ URL Sanitization and Validation: We've enhanced the user experience by ensuring that URL input is sanitized—any characters not allowed in a URL are automatically removed.

✅ Speech Output Improvements: We've improved the clarity of speech outputs by replacing commas (when used as decimal separators) with periods. This makes spoken content easier to understand.

✅ Behind the scenes, we've updated the Gemfile.lock and bumped Fastlane to 2.220.0!

✅ Recommended Bolus Alert: Stay on top of your management with alerts for recommended boluses. The default sound is a catchy drum beat that visually connects with the picture in the background of this page. Customize the alert thresholds to suit your preferences.

✅ Paste URL with Token: Setting up has never been easier! You can now paste the entire URL, including the token, directly into the URL field. Just copy the URL+token from Nightscout (for example, https://my.nightscout.com/?token=demo-3eda1548fee5d314) and you’re good to go!

As usual, the new version is available as a browser build and a Mac-Xcode build. Don't forget that LoopFollow is available as three different apps for those with more than one Looper!

Dive into the new features and let us know how they work for you! Your feedback helps us keep improving!

What do Version Numbers Mean in the Loop App?

  • Versions are formatted “major.minor.patch” for the Loop app
  • The main and dev branches are discernable at the minor level
    • main is even
    • dev is odd
  • Currently, main is 3.2.3 and dev is 3.3.0
  • The next main update will either be 3.2.4 (for a small patch update) or 3.4.0 (if it’s decided to finally merge the current dev into main)

We always recommend waiting for major and minor versions to be tested by our experts before updating; they will be cleared on Facebook and on our website.

Updates at the patch level should be safe to build without the wait.