One of the most popular features we added to the CLZ Movies app in the past few years is the Pre-fill screen. You know, the screen that pops up when adding new movies from Core and lets you “pre-fill” some fields for the new additions, right there and then. Without having to go back and edit the entries afterwards. A big time-saver for most users.

The set of fields that is available on the Pre-fill screen has always been fixed, limited to Location, Owner, Purchase Date/Store/Price, Quantity and Tags.

However, after the release of this feature, we instantly started getting requests for more fields to be added to the Pre-fill screen. Which makes sense, I mean, if you always fill in a field that is not on the Pre-fill screen, you would have to “edit after adding” anyway, rendering the entire Pre-fill screen useless…

So today we are taking the Pre-fill feature to the next level by making the screen completely user-configurable. That is, to allow you to choose your own Pre-fill fields!

And while we were at it, we made some other related improvements. Here’s what’s new in version 7.1:

  • User-configurable Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields
  • Pre-fill: new for personal Date fields: Use “Today”
  • The Pre-fill screen is now also used to set field defaults
  • New sorting and folder options
  • Several fixes.

User-configurable Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields

Out of the box, the new Pre-fill screen will start with the fields that have always been on the screen: Location, Owner, Purchase Date/Store/Price, Quantity and Tags.
But now, you can remove and add fields to fit *your* needs!

To get started: In the Pre-fill screen, on the bottom right, tap the little “gears” icon. This will open a screen called “Select Pre-fill Fields”. There, tap the heart or star icons to select and unselect fields.

TIP: use the drag icons to change the order of the Current fields! Some fields take half the screen width, other fields are full width. So you may want to play around with the order of fields to get the most “compact” layout.

Pre-fill: new for personal Date fields: Use “Today”

New, in the Pre-fill screen: “Set Today” toggles for the Purchase Date and Viewing Date.
If you add one of these fields to your Pre-fill screen, they will automatically show an extra “Set Today” toggle on the right of the input box, which will always automatically set the date to today’s date. Super useful if you are always adding your new movies on the same day you purchase them!

The Pre-fill screen is now also used to set field defaults

The functionality of the Field Defaults screen and the Pre-fill screen has always been comparable, so we figured it was the time to merge the two. The old Field Default screen has now been ditched and you can now set your field defaults with the Pre-fill screen, through the new menu option “Pre-fill Settings”.
The main advantage: you can now set field defaults for any field you want 🙂

NOTE: if you disable the Pre-fill screen, so that it does not show when adding, then you can use the “Pre-fill fields even when screen not shown setting to use the chosen values as field defaults.

New sorting and folder options

By popular request you can now sort in two new ways so you can quickly your last added or modified albums. Also new, group all albums by the year you added them to your collection:

  • “Order of Entry” sort option is now called “Date Added”
  • New sort option: Date Modified
  • New folder option: Added Year

Fixed:

iOS:

  • Folders: Edition Release Year wasn’t working
  • List: More than x formats didn’t fit and caused layout issues

Android:

  • Add Movies: The Add button sometimes didn’t work
  • Update from Core: The device could go to sleep, canceling the update
  • A crash could occur when syncing on a device with a foldable screen

Recent changes

v9.7.8: Fixed an issue in the Edit Movie screen Sep 02, 2025 Sneak preview: new data fields for CLZ Movies Aug 30, 2025 v9.7.2: Various fixes and improvements Aug 29, 2025 v9.7.7: Sync: More robust image downloading and some fixes Aug 26, 2025 v9.7.6: Updated to the new Play Store API Jul 28, 2025 v9.7.x Tapping Seen It “eye” icon now also sets Viewing Date to today Jul 03, 2025 v9.7.4: Fixed a crash in Pre-fill Settings Mar 24, 2025 v9.7.3: Fixed a couple of crashes Mar 07, 2025 v9.7.2: Optimized startup process and faster syncing Mar 06, 2025 v9.7: Security update Mar 03, 2025 v9.6.2: Edge-to-edge support and bug fixes Feb 03, 2025 v9.6.2: Maintenance build Jan 28, 2025 v9.6: Better barcode scanning Jan 09, 2025 [Android] v9.5.5: Recommended update with stability fixes Nov 04, 2024 [Android] v9.5.4: Viewing dates for episodes weren’t loaded correctly Oct 31, 2024 [iOS] v9.5.2: Updated app icon / Fixed some crashes Oct 29, 2024 [Android] v9.5.3: Fixed a problem in the Edit Screen Oct 28, 2024 [Android] v9.5.2: Various fixes / a tweak to the app icon Oct 24, 2024 v9.5: New app icon to fit our new company name and logo Oct 12, 2024 v9.4: Several improvements and fixes Sep 27, 2024 v9.3.6: Fixed a crop-bug in the Edit screen Sep 03, 2024 v9.3.3: Better indication of “Subscription Expired” Aug 14, 2024 v9.3.4: Better indication of “Subscription Expired” and some fixes Aug 12, 2024 v9.3.2 New “search for…” suggestions when adding movies by title Aug 07, 2024 v9.3: “Free 7-day trial” is back Jul 26, 2024

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