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Major changes
- Dropped support for Android 4.x. App now requires Android 5+
- App section navigation moved from sidebar to bottom navigation bar for quicker access (and easier for Android 10+ gesture users)
- Users must have WebView installed/enabled on their device to use the app (required for fetching content)
Moved features
- Edit categories moved to More > Settings > Library
- Open in browser now in WebView menu
New features
Themes
- Splash screen (follows system light/dark theme)
- Automatic system dark theme (Android 9+)
- Pure white light theme
Library
- Select all/inverse options
- Sort by latest chapter option ("Last updated" renamed to "Last checked")
- Long hold two items to do a range selection in library and chapters lists
- Search by artist, genre, or source
- Tapping genre tags does a library search or source search, depending on how you opened the manga details
- Bookmarking options in chapter selection menu
- Downloaded only mode to force downloaded filter for all chapter lists in your library (in More)
Reader
- Translucent toolbars (Android 8+)
- Option for showing reader content in cutout area (e.g. notches or cameras cutouts)
- Webtoon side padding option
- New continuous vertical reader (i.e. webtoon with gaps between pages)
- Bookmarking option from toolbar
- Option to hide transition page when possible (i.e. next chapter is already loaded)
- Option to skip filtered chapters while reading
Tracking
- Start/end dates for MyAnimeList
Sources (formerly called Catalogues)
- App icons in sources list
- Long press sources to pin or hide them
- Prioritize pinned sources when doing global search
- Option to only include pinned sources when doing global search
- Link in menu to local manga guide
- JSON metadata for local manga (see guide)
Extensions
- Extensions no longer available from the official extensions repo are marked as "Obsolete"
- Filter extensions by language
- Extension update notifications
Download queue
- Reorder items
- Cancel individual items
Settings
- Date format
- Confirm before exit
- Security options (biometrics lock, secure screen, hide notification content)
- Shortcut to disable battery optimization (More > Settings > Advanced)
Enhancements
Under the hood
- Targeting Android 10
- Migrate background jobs to WorkManager, which should be more reliable
- Lots of other code migrations/cleanup
- Auto update enabled by default
- Increased chapter cache size
- Increased default request timeout from 10 seconds to 30 seconds
- Downloading will copy from chapter cache if available
Reader
- Next chapter begins preloading earlier
- Zoom out in webtoon and continuous vertical readers
- EPUB support improvements
- Double tapping in pager viewer zooms where you tapped instead of the center
Trackers
- Better logout flow for trackers
- Option to remove tracking from track search dialog
- Label email address login field properly for Kitsu
Source migration
- Include chapter bookmarks
- Include chapters list filter/sort/display settings
- Include viewer setting
Backup/restore
- Progress shown in notifications
- Progress no longer lost when restore is stopped
WebView
- Improved WebView navigation menu
- Prompt user to update WebView if version is too old
Other UI/UX
- Moved long press menu options to bottom for more consistent and quicker usability
- Nicer chapter update notifications
- More pitch black-ness in AMOLED theme
- Sticky date section headers in history list
- Fast scroller in library, sources, and extensions
- Better error message when downloading to an invalid location
- Pressing history item goes to the chapter list
Bug fixes
- Various reader bugs
- Tracking for single page chapters
- Search bar focus/menu bugs
- Reader closing if opening app from launcher
- Ignore temporary directories for download badges
- Sort chapters properly in updates
- Show reader toolbars on top of color filter
- Filename length when saving pages
- Allow selecting "Default" category for auto library updates
- Allow selecting "Default" category for auto download
Removals
- Sort library by source (you can now search by source)
- Manga homescreen shortcuts