Notable changes in version 53:
- set correct preview aspect ratio to properly limit focus zone
- avoid initialization races, resource leaks and UI stalls in the video player
- don't request audio focus for playing video without audio
- support playing videos in lockscreen mode
- don't launch location settings page from lockscreen mode
- add exported activity for launching QR scanner for use with the Android 13 QR scan tile
- add support for custom URIs to QR scanner
- stop recording video when activity stops instead of having it cut off and corrupted
- improve code quality
- update CameraX library to 1.2.0-rc01 providing various improvements which are partially documented in their release notes
- update Material library to 1.7.0
A full list of changes from the previous release (version 52) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.
This app is available through the Play Store with the app.grapheneos.camera.play app id. Play Store releases go through review and it usually takes around 1 to 3 days before the Play Store pushes out the update to users. Play Store releases use Play Signing, so we use a separate app id from the releases we publish ourselves to avoid conflicts and to distinguish between them.
Releases of the app signed by GrapheneOS with the app.grapheneos.camera app id are published in the GrapheneOS app repository and on GitHub. You can use the GrapheneOS app repository client on Android 12 or later for automatic updates.
Releases are initially pushed out through the Beta channel for both the Play Store and our app repository and then get moved to the Stable channel.