Automatically download the latest set of forms

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It would be helpful if ODK Collect could automatically download the available 
set of forms on a regular basis. This would keep the local cache of forms up to 
date, and would also make sense for enumerators who had less than ideal data 
connections.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.1.4 on Android 1.5 and 1.6

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 21 Jan 2011 at 10:19

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Original comment by [email protected] on 7 Jun 2011 at 11:42

• Added labels: Collect, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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This would be an awesome feature especially with multiple devices in the field. 
would be tough to manage manual updates of each device.

Original comment by [email protected] on 8 Oct 2012 at 3:44

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This would save me so many problems!  One of my biggest problems is getting 
users to update to the latest versions of forms.

I'm hoping ODK could automatically check for new versions of forms rather than 
download on a predefined schedule or even if I could "push" new versions.  Any 
way we could automatically update without user intervention would help though.

Original comment by [email protected] on 4 Jul 2013 at 4:04

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yes! we update forms often and the enumerators have remember to: click on get 
blank form / say yes to username and password / then they don't know which are 
updated so they have to press toggle all / press get selected / press OK / go 
to delete saved form and work out which is older / click the right one / press 
delete selected / confirm. Fiddly and error-prone!

Original comment by [email protected] on 17 Apr 2015 at 11:21

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Totally agree that this is important and matters for usability.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Apr 2015 at 2:00

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This is the biggest Snag in ODK; Otherwise its perfect. if we get this 
enhancement -it becomes the perfect survey tool

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Jul 2015 at 2:53