Simple-Gallery/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

Version 3.7.0 (2018-04-10)

• Rewrote media file fetching for better performance and new item discovering
• Make un/hiding folders quicker
• Make automatic fullscreen toggling animation smoother by delaying it
• Many other smaller performance and UX improvements

Version 3.6.3 (2018-03-30)

• Couple file scanning and thumbnail displaying updates
• Show a dialog about the new Simple Clock app to some users

Version 3.6.2 (2018-03-23)

• Fixing some crashes related to file scanning
• Do not scan Download folder file by file, it can contain many items

Version 3.6.1 (2018-03-22)

• Set proper file mimetype after editing or other file operation
• Try scanning Screenshots and Download folders more thoroughly
• Couple stability improvements

Version 3.6.0 (2018-03-15)

• Fix duplicate files at renaming or hiding
• Improve some third party handling
• Optimize rotated image saving to avoid Out of memory errors
• Optimize new item discoveries or folder refreshing
• Many other smaller performance and UX improvements

Version 3.5.3 (2018-03-03)

• Properly keep last-modified at file copy/move if set so
• Misc other smaller glitch and translation improvements

Version 3.5.2 (2018-02-25)

• Fixed third party intent uri generation
• Properly handle files with colon in filename
• Fix copying whole folders

Version 3.5.1 (2018-02-25)

• Added a toggle for disabling pull-to-refresh
• Added a toggle for permanent Delete confirmation dialog skipping
• Fixed saving image after editing

Version 3.5.0 (2018-02-20)

• Added copy/move progress notification
• Fixed some glitches a round rotating media by aspect ratio
• Added FAQ
• Make explicit folder inclusion recursive
• Added initial OTG device support
• Rewrote third party intent handling and file handling, fixed some bugs along the way
• Probably added some new bugs

Version 3.4.1 (2018-02-09)

• Fix some glitches around swiping fullscreen media with instant media switch or gesture brightness change enabled
• Make changing image brightness with gestures disabled by default
• Allow skipping forward/backward videos by pressing max/current time
• Fix some cases of editing third party images
• Couple other stability improvements

Version 3.4.0 (2018-02-05)

• Allow changing the brightness by vertical gestures on images (by trubitsyn)
• Properly fetch all media files from recognized folders
• Make thumbnail info on the main screen a bit easier to read
• Fix seeing blank thumbnail after deleting files in some cases
• Reset zoom level on orientation change at fullscreen media
• Add an optional extra check to avoid showing invalid files
• Add a toggle to prevent showing What's new on startup
• Many other stability and performance improvements

Version 3.3.1 (2018-01-29)

• Added a toggle for replacing deep zoomable images with better quality ones
• Added a toggle for hiding Extended details when the statusbar is hidden
• Added a toggle for switching media files by clicking on screen sides
• Disable "Temporarily show hidden" after 10 minutes of backgrounding
• Split Settings in separate sections

Version 3.3.0 (2018-01-23)

• Added optional one-finger drag zoom at fullscreen media (by gh123man)
• Allow opening the app even without any media files (by gh123man)
• Refresh media files in the background when Simple Camera creates a new photo/video
• Improve fullscreen media rotation by "Device Rotation"

Version 3.2.4 (2018-01-17)

• An F-droid build only, trying to add screenshots there

Version 3.2.3 (2018-01-14)

• An F-droid build only, fixing a compile error

Version 3.2.2 (2018-01-09)

• Some scrolling issues fixed
• Improve new media file discovery

Version 3.2.1 (2018-01-08)

• Adding a crashfix
• Couple scrollbar glitch fixes

Version 3.2.0 (2018-01-07)

• Rewrote scrolling to improve the performance
• Disable "Delete empty folders" by default
• Added initial Search to media thumbnails screen
• Apply the hidden folder password protection to "Manage hidden folders"
• Replace Move with Copy/Delete on Android 7+
• Improve SD card file support

Version 3.1.2 (2017-12-30)

• Fixed some video related crashes

Version 3.1.1 (2017-12-29)

• Added a new setting item for managing folders hidden with .nomedia
• Speed up image loading
• Use copy/delete instead of move on Android 8.x
• Improved double-tap zoom ratios

Version 3.1.0 (2017-12-25)

• Fixed some issues around picking contact images
• Misc other improvements

Version 3.0.3 (2017-12-20)

• Added a new Black & White theme with special handling
• Fixed opening MMS attachments
• Fixed viewing properties/sharing etc at fullscreen media
• Apply "Dark background at fullscreen media" to the status bar too
• Misc performance/stability improvements

Version 3.0.2 (2017-12-17)

• Properly display email attachments
• Some crashfixes

Version 3.0.1 (2017-12-06)

• Fix missing launcher icon on some devices
• Added an info bubble at scrolling by dragging
• Allow zooming gifs
• Display raw .dng files

Version 3.0.0 (2017-12-04)

• Improved primary color customization
• Allow setting home and lock screen wallpapers separately on Android 7+
• Many smaller performance and stability improvements

Version 2.19.0 (2017-11-23)

• Rolled back to displaying images in RGB_565 quality for proper zoom and performance
• Load directory thumbnails faster if a new medium has been discovered
• Couple performance and stability improvements

Version 2.18.1 (2017-11-16)

• Fixed some double-tap zoom issues
• Misc smaller fixes and improvements here and there

Version 2.18.0 (2017-11-09)

• Added an option to use english language on non-english devices
• Added an option to password protect the whole app
• Added an option to lock screen orientation at fullscreen view
• Split the Rotate button to 3 buttons per degrees
• Changed the way fullscreen images are loaded for better quality
• Fixed many memory leaks and smaller issues

Version 2.17.4 (2017-11-06)

• Fixed some third party intent handling
• Increased max columns count to 20
• Allow rotating JPGs in a lossless way (by ltGuillaume)

Version 2.17.3 (2017-11-02)

• Fixed some corrupt gif file related crashes
• Rotate jpgs on the internal storage by exif
• Fixed some invisible SD card content

Version 2.17.2 (2017-10-29)

• Couple more minor fixes

Version 2.17.1 (2017-10-29)

• Show "Set As" and "Edit" menu buttons at videos and gifs too
• Couple other smaller issues fixed

Version 2.17.0 (2017-10-28)

• Added a toggle for keeping last-modified field at file copy/move/rename
• Improved GIF animation speed
• Implemented fileprovider support to third party intents
• Make rotation by "Device rotation" less sensitive
• Automatically append "_1" to filename after saving through the Editor
• Added support for Adaptive icons for Android 8 (by fiepi)
• Added Dutch translation (by ltGuillaume)
• Many other smaller improvements

Version 2.16.1 (2017-10-24)

• Added a toggle for hiding folder media count on the main screen
• Fixed SD card folders not being visible on some devices
• Fixed videos not playing properly in some cases
• Do not modify last_modified at copy/move/rename
• Added support for 3gpp videos

Version 2.16.0 (2017-10-19)

• Added sorting by path
• Added an option to show customizable extended details over fullscreen media
• Allow selecting Album cover photos from any folders
• Added a checkbox for skipping Delete confirmation dialog

Version 2.15.2 (2017-10-06)

• Properly display SD card content to Android 4 users
• Fix displaying some third party media, like Bluemail attachments
• Fix media picking intents if "Show all folders content" is enabled

Version 2.15.1 (2017-10-01)

• Updated commons library with minor fixes

Version 2.15.0 (2017-10-01)

• Added fingerprint to hidden item protection
• Added a new List view type
• Fixed an issue with some hidden items being shown at "Show all folders content"
• Fixed typing in color hex codes manually with some keyboards
• Do not autosave rotated images in any case
• Tons of other performance, stability and UX improvements

Version 2.14.4 (2017-09-18)

• Revert to the old way of loading fullscreen images to avoid issues on Android 7+

Version 2.14.3 (2017-09-17)

• Removed some error toast messages after delete, or if image loading failed
• Fixed some visual glitches at horizontal scrolling
• Disable pull-to-refresh at horizontal scrolling
• Many other smaller bugfixes and improvements

Version 2.14.2 (2017-09-11)

• Fixing some glitches with fullscreen images
• Add an extra check to avoid displaying non-existing media
• Fix opening media from third party intents

Version 2.14.1 (2017-09-07)

• Fixing some glitches around fullscreen view

Version 2.14.0 (2017-09-05)

• Simplified the way of creating new folders
• Added a loop option to slideshows, slowed down the swipe animation
• Added an option to filter out gifs from slideshows
• Improved the quality of fullscreen images
• Properly allow excluding the root folder

Version 2.13.4 (2017-09-01)

• Improved the image loading performance
• Added a switch for disabling video gestures
• Added a switch for deleting empty folders after deleting content
• Show excluded folder content at third party intent if needed

Version 2.13.3 (2017-08-29)

• Fixing copy/move actions on some devices

Version 2.13.2 (2017-08-28)

• Moved media type filter from Settings to the Action menu
• Allow filtering GIFs out
• Make sure we always show manually included folders
• Properly show hidden files, when open from some File Manager

Version 2.13.1 (2017-08-16)

• Show a folder if its both excluded and included
• Many translation improvements

Version 2.13.0 (2017-08-07)

• Allow changing the screen brightness and volume at videos by vertically dragging the screen sides
• Fixed sorting of numbers in filenames
• Fixed a glitch with hidden files sometimes temporarily visible
• Unified thumbnail corner icon sizes and style

Version 2.12.6 (2017-08-05)

• Added slideshow at the fullscreen view
• Replaced the foreground color of selected items with a check
• Made copy/move to SD card a lot faster

Version 2.12.5 (2017-08-03)

• Updating file operation on SD card

Version 2.12.4 (2017-08-03)

• Fixed SD card file operations

Version 2.12.3 (2017-08-02)

• Added pattern/pin protection for showing hidden items
• Hopefully fixed unintentional SD card file deleting

Version 2.12.2 (2017-07-09)

• Added a toggle for replacing Share with Rotate at fullscreen media
• Some crashfixes and translation updates

Version 2.12.1 (2017-07-02)

• Couple crashfixes

Version 2.12.0 (2017-07-01)

• Added a button for disabling "Temporarily show hidden"
• Updated Glide (library used for loading images) to 4.0.0
• Made playing gifs smooth

Version 2.11.5 (2017-06-29)

• Added an indicator of folders located on SD cards
• Improved the way of rotating jpg images on the internal storage by modifying the exif tags + added autosave

Version 2.11.4 (2017-06-26)

• Added an option for automatically hiding the system UI at entering fullscreen mode
• Fix deleting SD card files on some devices
• Couple crashfixes

Version 2.11.3 (2017-06-24)

• Added optional horizontal scrolling

Version 2.11.1 (2017-06-19)

• Fixed a crash at starting video

Version 2.11.0 (2017-06-18)

• Store column count separately for portrait and landscape modes
• Improve zooming at double taping fullscreen images
• Allow opening a third party editor from our Editor screen
• Many crashfixes and smaller improvements

Version 2.10.10 (2017-06-07)

• Some crashfixes

Version 2.10.9 (2017-06-06)

• Allow setting custom folder covers
• Properly handle manually included folders
• Improve the performance at opening fullscreen media

Version 2.10.8 (2017-06-02)

• Always properly show hidden files from third party intents
• Properly handle Crop intent used for example at selecting contact photos
• Couple smaller fixes and crashfixes

Version 2.10.7 (2017-05-29)

• Show hidden folders when they should be shown
• Add an overwrite confirmation dialog when replacing the original image with edited
• Reuse the list of media at fullscreen view from thumbnails, increasing performance
• Some crashfixes

Version 2.10.6 (2017-05-26)

• Properly show hidden media when appropriate
• Some crashfixes

Version 2.10.5 (2017-05-25)

• Check new files or folders periodically
• Try zooming in just to fit the screen on doubleclick
• Do not show excluded and hidden files at All Folders Content view

Version 2.10.4 (2017-05-21)

• Hide subfolders of folders with .nomedia too

Version 2.10.3 (2017-05-21)

• Really hide hidden folders when appropriate

Version 2.10.2 (2017-05-21)

• Properly hide .nomedia folders when appropriate

Version 2.10.1 (2017-05-21)

• Catch exceptions thrown during media obtaining

Version 2.10.0 (2017-05-20)

• Rewrite the way of fetching media, should improve performance
• Fix sorting by Date Taken

Version 2.9.1 (2017-05-14)

• Allow selecting multiple items by finger dragging
• Added an option to always use black background at fullscreen media
• Rewrite selecting thumbnails to make it more reliable
• Not sure what else, nobody reads this anyway

Version 2.9.0 (2017-04-26)

• Allow hiding individual files by prepending filenames with a dot
• Fix setting wallpaper on some devices
• Preload 2 images per side in fullscreen mode
• Fixed many memory leaks
• Try fetching directories right after app install, before first launch
• Many other bugfixes and improvements

Version 2.8.6 (2017-04-17)

• Fixing a crash at getting the sd card path

Version 2.8.5 (2017-04-17)

• Added horizontal and vertical image flipping in the image editor
• Fixed an issue with fullscreen image often not appearing
• Fixed deleting files from SD cards on some devices
• Fixed some memory leaks and other smaller issues

Version 2.8.4 (2017-04-13)

• Allow setting portrait wallpapers
• Added more fields in photo Properties dialog
• Try fixing the issue with not appearing fullscreen images to some people
• Couple crashfixes

Version 2.8.3 (2017-04-04)

• Fix displaying folder thumbnails

Version 2.8.2 (2017-04-03)

• Fix folder sorting

Version 2.8.1 (2017-04-03)

• Allow more indepth zoom at fullscreen images
• Improved thumbnail caching to make sure its up to date
• Couple other smaller improvements

Version 2.8.0 (2017-04-01)

• Improved fullscreen image zooming
• Added more settings related to screen autorotating
• Split copy and move functions for ease of use
• Fixed gif sharing

Version 2.7.4 (2017-03-25)

• Added an option to temporarily show hidden folders
• Added a setting for preventing thumbnail croping to square
• Added a setting for auto-rotating the screen depending on photo aspect ratio

Version 2.7.3 (2017-03-18)

• Improved the fullscreen images loading
• Updated the launcher icon

Version 2.7.2 (2017-03-18)

• Added an option to use max brightness at viewing fullscreen media
• Added an option to manually include folders which contain media, but were not recognized by the app
• Many improvements around SD card detecting and file operations
• Replaced Glide with Picasso at loading most thumbnails and fullscreen images
• Many other optimizations and improvements

Version 2.7.1 (2017-03-18)

• Added an option to use max brightness at viewing fullscreen media
• Added an option to manually include folders which contain media, but were not recognized by the app
• Many improvements around SD card detecting and file operations
• Replaced Glide with Picasso at loading most thumbnails and fullscreen images
• Many other optimizations and improvements

Version 2.7.0 (2017-03-18)

• Added an option to use max brightness at viewing fullscreen media
• Added an option to manually include folders which contain media, but were not recognized by the app
• Many improvements around SD card detecting and file operations
• Replaced Glide with Picasso at loading most thumbnails and fullscreen images
• Many other optimizations and improvements

Version 2.6.6 (2017-03-09)

• Fixed some editor and sharing issues

Version 2.6.5 (2017-03-07)

• Fix some file uri issues below android 7

Version 2.6.4 (2017-03-06)

• Some folder exclusion and Android 7 related fixes

Version 2.6.3 (2017-03-06)

• Adding one more crashfix

Version 2.6.2 (2017-03-05)

• Fixing some issues, mostly related to Android 7

Version 2.6.1 (2017-03-05)

• Fix a video playing crash at Android Nougat

Version 2.6.0 (2017-03-04)

• Exclude the subfolders of excluded folders too
• Added an easy way of excluding parent folders from the exclude confirmation dialog
• Added draggable scrollbars
• Allow setting a third party video player as the default
• Many other bugfixes and improvements

Version 2.5.3 (2017-03-01)

• Added an option to toggle autoplaying gifs at thumbnails

Version 2.5.2 (2017-02-28)

• Allow setting different sorting per folder
• Couple changes to make the copy/move progress easier
• Misc smaller fixes

Version 2.5.1 (2017-02-27)

• Couple performance improvements and bugfixes

Version 2.5.0 (2017-02-26)

• Rethink the way of obtaining images/videos
• Use the proper way of hiding folders, by using .nomedia
• Add a section in Settings for managing excluded folders

Version 2.4.0 (2017-02-20)

• Improve the performance of loading the images, deleting and renaming
• Couple other bug and crashfixes

Version 2.3.9 (2017-02-17)

• Add a rotate option at fullscreen view
• Attempt to fix delete issues from some devices with SD cards

Version 2.3.8 (2017-02-10)

• Allow easily changing the column count
• Misc performance improvements and bugfixes

Version 2.3.7 (2017-02-09)

• Fixed some issues with inability to delete files from SD card
• Some crashfixes

Version 2.3.6 (2017-02-07)

• Some crashfixes

Version 2.3.5 (2017-01-23)

• Allow selecting colors by hex codes
• Added a button for restoring default colors

Version 2.3.4 (2017-01-22)

• Allow showing photos and videos on the map, if coords are available
• Some crashfixes

Version 2.3.3 (2017-01-16)

• Fix a rare bug which could remove unwanted folders from SD card
• Remove the Source field from copy dialog to make it simpler

Version 2.3.2 (2017-01-15)

• Remember 40 photos per folder for instant loading
• Remember the scroll position when opening fullscreen photo
• Make the launcher icon a bit smaller

Version 2.3.1 (2017-01-14)

• Properly display some third party photos, like K9 mail attachments
• Cache 30 photos per folder for instant loading
• Add some additional Exif data to photo properties
• Change the app launcher icon

Version 2.3.0 (2017-01-13)

• Rework the way of obtaining images

Version 2.2.3 (2017-01-10)

• Revert to the previous way of obtaining images and videos
• Use the updated colorpicker dialog

Version 2.2.2 (2017-01-08)

• Fix deleting folders on sd card
• Some threading fixes related to delete

Version 2.2.1 (2017-01-07)

• Allow zooming pngs and gifs
• Allow creating new folders at Copy/Move or Save as dialog destinations
• Update the way the app is obtaining images, so it will show more of them
• Couple smaller improvements

Version 2.2.0 (2017-01-06)

• Refactor the way fullscreen images are displayed, should improve quality
• Display images in .nomedia folders when "Show hidden folders" is checked

Version 2.1.3 (2017-01-04)

• Store displayed directories and display them instantly on next app open
• Some crashfixes

Version 2.1.2 (2016-12-29)

• Try using another library for loading images, if one fails

Version 2.1.1 (2016-12-28)

• Add an option to loop videos
• Do not display the Whats new dialog to new users
• Use the text color for dialog buttons

Version 2.1 (2016-12-27)

• Improve the performance by removing file validity check

Version 2.0 (2016-12-27)

• Added color customization
• Added a Select all button to folders
• Added a Whats new dialog
• Misc bug and crashfixes
• Massive rewrites under the hood

Version 1.51 (2016-12-11)

• Allow changing the column count by pinching

Version 1.50 (2016-12-10)

• Allow displaying images or videos only
• Misc updates

Version 1.49 (2016-12-08)

• More fixes related to copy/move/delete
• Add a Select All button at selecting media
• Some visual swag

Version 1.48 (2016-12-07)

• Couple fixes related to file operations

Version 1.47 (2016-12-06)

• Add image resizing to the editor
• Allow displaying all photos and videos together
• Many small improvements

Version 1.46 (2016-12-05)

• Allow pinning folders at the top
• Add a new sorting option, by Date Taken
• Fix a couple issues related to copy/move/delete
• Misc bugfixes
• Misc new bugs

Version 1.45 (2016-12-04)

• Display pngs in higher quality
• Allow swiping between images when app is open from another app
• Allow changing the save path in the editor
• Remove the Undo function when deleting from the fullscreen viewpager
• Hugely improved the performance of loading albums and images
• Many small bugfixes and improvements

Version 1.44 (2016-12-01)

• Added an extra check to avoid unintentional folder deleting from SD cads
• Fix some crashes at sorting albums on the main screen

Version 1.43 (2016-11-30)

• Added Russian translation, updated some others
• Attempt to fix deleting images in some cases
• Do not initially hide the system UI at opening fullscreen photo/video

Version 1.42 (2016-11-22)

• Fully hide the navigation bar in fullscreen mode
• Fix marking selected items on Android 5
• Misc smaller improvements

Version 1.41 (2016-11-21)

• Cache thumbnails for better performance
• Some crashfixes

Version 1.40 (2016-11-20)

• Minor bugfixes

Version 1.39 (2016-11-20)

• Fixing some licenses

Version 1.38 (2016-11-19)

• Added a confirmation dialog before deleting anything
• Allow deleting only photos and videos with the app
• Added more responsive directory/photo column counts
• Some performance improvements and bugfixes

Version 1.37 (2016-11-17)

• Fix copying folders on SD card

Version 1.36 (2016-11-17)

• Do not be so strict at limiting characters at file names
• Fix setting folders as un/hidden
• A lot more smaller fixes

Version 1.35 (2016-11-15)

• Some stability and performance fixes

Version 1.34 (2016-11-14)

• Improve the wallpaper quality in some cases

Version 1.33 (2016-11-13)

• Misc small improvements

Version 1.32 (2016-11-13)

• Added Chinese translation
• Couple small bugfixes

Version 1.31 (2016-11-12)

• Add a Move function
• Many small improvements, mostly related to Copy/Move

Version 1.30 (2016-11-10)

• Some improvements to the Copy function
• Allow displaying filenames at the thumbnail view
• Changing the bottom shadow to gradient

Version 1.29 (2016-11-09)

• Adding an initial implementation of the Copy feature
• Sort items by date_modified instead of date_taken
• Make "Save as" the only saving option in the editor
• Autoplay videos only if selected so

Version 1.28 (2016-11-07)

• Couple file operation fixes on devices without SD card
• Set the default folder sorting by Date, descending
• Couple Spanish string corrections

Version 1.27 (2016-11-06)

• Add a "Save as" option to the editor
• Fix file operations on SD card
• Do not delete folders recursively, just the direct children
• Many other small improvements

Version 1.26 (2016-11-03)

• Add a menu item for Properties

Version 1.25 (2016-10-25)

• Change the light themes window backgrounds to white
• Change the default theme to dark
• Add an option for autoplaying videos
• Misc performance improvements

Version 1.24 (2016-10-09)

• Ignore folders containing a .nomedia file
• Allow hiding folders
• Misc bugfixes

Version 1.23 (2016-10-08)

• Add a Crop / rotate function to images
• Allow opening images and videos with third party apps
• Allow setting images as Wallpaper directly from the app
• Improve the support of Right to Left layouts

Version 1.22 (2016-10-03)

• Fix some glitches at video playback at orientation change
• Added portuguese translation

Version 1.21 (2016-09-25)

• Prevent screen turning off at playing video
• Fix marking selected items on Android 5
• Fill the inside of Play button with transparent grey for bettervisibility

Version 1.20 (2016-09-07)

• Added German translation

Version 1.19 (2016-08-26)

• Add an Invite friends button
• Allow different sorting for images and albums
• Allow using the app at attachment picker at email clients
• Rescan all files in current folder at Pull to refresh
• Update app icon and launcher name

Version 1.18 (2016-07-26)

• Make the dark theme really dark

Version 1.17 (2016-07-24)

• Allow sorting the items
• Make the fullscreen photos properly zoomable

Version 1.16 (2016-07-20)

• Added a dark theme
• Allow sharing multiple items at once
• Implement Pull to refresh
• Added Swedish translation

Version 1.15 (2016-07-15)

• Use the proper action at clicking the Camera
• Remove a bug with duplicate listing of the app at opening images
• Add Italian and Japanese translations
• Properly highlight the selected items at delete

Version 1.14 (2016-07-13)

• Correct some interactions with third party apps

Version 1.13 (2016-07-09)

• Add a Camera button to the main screen
• Offer the app at opening photos from some more third party apps

Version 1.12 (2016-07-07)

• Improve GIF support

Version 1.11 (2016-07-05)

• Use the new Google Plus logo

Version 1.9 (2016-07-01)

• Adjust everything properly if used on a tablet
• Show a Rate us button to returning users

Version 1.8 (2016-06-27)

• Allow setting Wallpaper with the app
• Add Google Plus link in About section

Version 1.7 (2016-06-23)

• Increased the video seekbar height for easier interaction
• Made loading of images in detail screen faster
• Added file/directory path at the Edit dialog

Version 1.6 (2016-06-19)

• Add a Facebook page link to the About section

Version 1.5 (2016-06-18)

• Sort the items only by timestamp, not by type

Version 1.4 (2016-06-15)

• Allow using the app as an image/video chooser

Version 1.3 (2016-06-14)

• Offer opening any device photos and videos with the app

Version 1.2 (2016-06-13)

• Properly handle Marshmallow+ Storage permission

Version 1.1 (2016-06-09)

• New: added support for videos

Version 1.0 (2016-06-05)

• Initial release