What to Test?

• AOD Wallpaper
  • AOD black threshold controls
  • Custom AOD wallpaper
  • Media album art on AOD
  • Skip media playing apps
• Essential search (Opens from Pixel searchbar replacement widget)
  • Apps
  • Contacts
  • System settings
  • Essentials settings
  • Shortcuts
  • Web search with bubbles or installed apps
• Improved web preview (in link actions & essential search)
  • Toolbar UI for navigation
  • Toggle status bar padding in full screen
  • Link actions integration
• Ability to re-order favorite features
• More fixes to avoid search crash
• Ability to import ObtainX exported app list to update tracking
• Silent mode trigger without DND (Shizuku)
• Update Shizuku permission URL to GitHub
• Shut up now reverts previous accessibility shortcuts
• Fix app lock settings being broken
• Apply settings on boot
  • Power saving (Threshold ...)
  • SIM card names
• Improved keyboard typing and hit boxes
• Justify keyboard bottom row
• Ability to zoom release note images
• Some UI updates and refinements
• Some settings UI re-ordering
• Shit ton of bug fixes

I'ma take a little break as you guys can test the new beta features... Time for some Netflix and chill after a couple of busy weekends. And to give some focus to other projects.... But who knows, I might be back tomorrow XD

• Develop - AOD luminance filter, custom AOD wallpaper, Essential search and improved web previews by @sameerasw in #906
• Community translations by @ChadRat by @github-actions[bot] in #891
• Community translations by @feuersternX by @github-actions[bot] in #892
• Community translations by @thealonealex by @github-actions[bot] in #893
• Community translations by @OrdinaryPerson0 by @github-actions[bot] in #894
• Community translations by @wazeerc by @github-actions[bot] in #898
• Community translations by @productbyPHT by @github-actions[bot] in #899
• Community translations by @Kawaharu869 by @github-actions[bot] in #901
• Community translations by @gluetheknot2 by @github-actions[bot] in #902
• Community translations by @makarena2938 by @github-actions[bot] in #905
• Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #907
• Develop - aod wallpaper black threshold, media playback on AOD, re-order fav features, avoid search crash, obtainX support, sound mode trigger with shizuku, fix shizuku url, shut up returns accessibility shortcuts, fix app lock view, apply settings on boot and more by @sameerasw in #911

Full Changelog: v17.4-beta.1...v18.0-beta.1

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