News: Android

The second July update fixes a few rare but annoying issues:

• The detection of LCPL file type works fine even if the file has no '.lcpl' extension.
• A possible crash on Android 5.x that appeared in version 3.7.3 has been fixed.
• The reader's behaviour during screen rotation is now clearer.

The July update of the stable track is ready to install. This version brings several improvements and fixes:

• The library displays covers for LCP-protected books, even if these covers are encrypted.
• We've fixed issues with multi-book archives.
• We've introduced an optional feature for collecting usage statistics to help us improve the app. A consent dialogue will appear, allowing you to opt in or out.
• Radaee PDF library has been updated to version 3.65.28, fixing minor issues in the PDF support.
• Minor tweaks have been made to the user interface, making the horizontal mode look cleaner.

The release includes new packages for the main app as well as for the format plugins.

The first minor update in the 3.7 series is now being rolled out to users.

This version adds Slovenian localisation, including interface translation and hyphenation patterns.

Another change is reducing the network connection timeout (the time it takes to make an initial connection to a server) to two seconds. This makes the application more responsive but might cause false connection errors.

The catalogue of popular scientific books in Russian has been removed since the ВсеНаука project is permanently down.

We fixed several vendor-specific issues, such as crashes during app startup on Honor devices.

This release starts a new stable series. The main feature is Readium LCP adoption. For many years, FBReader was for unprotected books only. Today, that’s changed. Users can open DRM-protected content as well.

Other improvements include a fully updated Ukrainian interface translation and many minor fixes.

The maintenance release

• Shows notifications for any background activity, as required by Google Play
• Improves the app stability, including the library scanning