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📅 Moved on 3 June 2023.

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Forkyz Changelog

Version 42

• New Forkyz Scanner app submitted to FDroid (scans photos, images, PDF).
• Add show errors for completed clues option.
• Add edit clue hint feature from clue list view menu.
• Fix Hamburger Abendblatt download.
• Hide show errors and reveal options when puzzle has no stored solution.
• Brighten standard theme grey a little.
• Simplify help/release notes screens with better theme support.
• Use Material text inputs in places.
• Close after external import to avoid launcher weirdness.
• Open shared files and application/json.
• Native keyboard improvements should work on more devices.

Version 41

• Support background shapes in IPuz spec (both IPuz and JPZ import).
• Jump to random clue via shake (interaction settings) or voice (“jump”).
• Remove Notre Temps Geant Force 2 downloader (not a regular puzzle).

Version 40

• Add “ask Chat GPT for help” (configure in interaction settings).
• Welcome users to new versions, with link to release notes.
• For cells not attached to clues, toggle between selecting the cell and all detached cells.
• Add Nathan Curtis and Luckystreak XWords to online sources page.

Version 39

• Improved accessibility: clue/box announcements via TalkBack or text-to-speech.
• Support more puzzle styling (colours, dots/dashes, blocks).
• Support more IPuz style features (plus some relaxations like HTML colours).
• Support JPZ “clue” cells, move citations to completion message.
• Support dashed bars in RCI Jeux imports, plus more French puzzles (thanks slock83).
• Fix cleanup bug for completed puzzles.
• Display intro on first run, add completion data to puzzle info.
• Changelog in release notes in help.

Version 38

• New De Telegraaf and De Standaard downloaders.
• New play screen for acrostic puzzles.
• Streamline board rendering (please report bugs).
• Wrap long board views in clue list and notes.
• New Keesing XML parser.
• Additional features BrainsOnly: circled boxes, rebus square, puzzle info.
• Additional features IPuz: clue labels, any crossword kind, acrostic, “smart” cell indexing (default 0-based now).
• Additional features JPZ: support Alex Boisvert’s acrostic extensions.
• Group cells with no attached clue for easier entering.
• Remake app icon with Android 13 themed icon support.
• Fix scratch mode in main board view and other bugs.

Version 37

• Add voice commands to puzzle activities.
• Downloaders setup now aware of expected availability time of puzzle sources.
• Target Android 13.
• Minor UI tweaks.

Version 36

• Fix King Digital downloaders.

Version 35

• Warn if no connection when downloading.
• Add legacy-like theme option.
• Allow auto/background downloaders to be a sub-selection of enabled downloaders.

Version 34

• Support USA Today Sunday downloads (thx th0mcat).

Version 33

• “Pinned” solution word in Hamburger Abendblatt puzzles.
• Move “show all words” clue list option to clue list menu.

Version 32

• Switch to Material 3 Theme.
• Enable dynamic (Material You) colours in settings.
• Revamp settings screen into sub-screens.

Version 31

Remove “failed” notification when downloading an existing puzzle.

Version 30

Optional PuzzleMe mobile-style clues list showing all words

Version 29

• Daily downloads from WSJ
• Washington Post Sunday download (from Martin Herbach)

Version 28

• Fix crash in landscape mode.

Version 27

• Slightly finer-grained control of notifications in settings.
• Notify about failed downloads.

Version 26

• Add configurable timeout to puzzle download.
• Parallelise downloads.
• Support rebus cells in AcrossLite (.puz) files.
• Support puzzle intro messages (in “info”) and completion messages (on complete dialog).

Version 25

Bugfix release.

Version 24

• New daily download: Hamburger Abendblatt (German).
• New daily download: Le Parisien (French).
• New scraper: Przekroj Magazine (Polish), with pictures!
• Attempt to handle native keyboard properly (can now input diacritics and emojis).
• Allow custom download source in any supported format, not just .puz.
• New supported import formats: Raetselzentrale Schwedenratsel JSON, RCI Jeux Mots Fleches JSON, Guardian HTML, Przekroj HTML and JSON.
• Refresh online puzzle sources list.
• Correct charset for Across Lite (.puz) version 2.0 and up.
• Add share URL. Visible when sharing clues, and can be opened from share menu.

Version 23

• Add share clue/board feature.
• Support notes on all clues, cells with numbers in different positions, and entering multiple characters into a single cell.
• Enable automatic clue text size scaling for older devices, remove clue text size menu option.

Version 22

• Experimental sources are now scrapers, visible in download dialog.
• Add Private Eye as downloadable source.
• Support split clues in Guardian puzzles.
• Add insert special characters feature.
• Refresh online sources list.
• Remove Washington Post source: AmuseLabs now obfuscate their data, i assume to prevent third-party downloads.

Version 21

• Allow customisation of automatic downloads, and support older devices.
• Bring back the native keyboard (your mileage may vary).
• Restore wrap to next list behaviour for next clue movement strategy.

Version 20

• Move to puzzle “zones” instead of only across/down clues, and allow non-standard clue numbers. Supports e.g. spirals and rows gardens in IPuz and JPZ.
• Haptic feedback option on keyboard.

Version 19

• Support coloured cells in JPZ and IPuz
• Support bars in JPZ as well as IPuz
• Support HTML in clue/title/etc text
• Player notes for whole puzzle as well as just clue
• Limited support for additional clue lists (not just across/down)
• Allow cells that would typically be numbered to not be numbered

Version 18

• Remove LA Times and Washington Post Classic downloads.
• Allow import of multiple files simultaneously.

Version 17

• Fix crashes when first box is blank, and when crossword directories have been deleted.

Version 16

• Initial support for bar puzzles in IPuz format (tested on Square Chase puzzles only).
• Add “flag clue” feature.
• Add hide button option for keyboard (good for gesture navigation).
• Display word count in clue list when option set.
• Recode parallel movement strategy.

Version 15

• Repair download for Android 12
• Notes page: long press board while anagram source selected now copies board to anagram solution.
• Corrected snap-to-clue behaviour
• Fixed oddities in clue tabs

Version 14

• Bug fixes and library updates.

Version 13

• Support for QWERTZ, Colemak and Dvorak keyboard layouts.
• Custom daily .puz source added to downloads.

Version 12

• Fix Newsday downloads.

Version 11

• Add change clue and direction buttons to keyboard.
• Show puzzle author on browse screen.

Version 10

• Updated list of online puzzle sources.
• Add show errors under cursor option.
• Amuse Labs and King Digital downloads supported: circled boxes now work for LA Times puzzles, bring back Washington Post, LAT Sundays, Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier crossword downloaders.
• Circled boxes re-enabled in JPZ puzzles.
• Improved error highlighting in night colors.

Version 9

• Bug fix: set source and support URL properly for Guardian downloads.

Version 8

• Import of IPuz files
• Use IPuz as backend file format instead of Across Lite
• Remove HTTP/download system actions in favour of “open with”
• Prevent multiple simultaneous browse activities
• Avoid reloading puzzle list in browse activity on delete/move, and losing scroll position
• Friendlier import file names

Version 7

• Import files from storage.
• Updated help pages, including notes help.
• List of external sources where puzzles can be downloaded.
• New default keyboard mode only hides with back button.
• Adjustment of zoom/snap behaviour on play board.

Version 6

• Cache meta data to speed up browsing (after first view).
• Clean up zoom/scroll behaviour.
• Add menu option link to support puzzle sources.
• Improve arrow key navigation (inc. bug fixes).
• Fix crash in browsing when last puzzle was deleted.

Version 5

• Compatible with Android 11.
• Updated downloadable puzzles.
• Theme and UI adjustments.
• Notes/anagram solving screen.
• Remove Google integration.
• Remove Crashlytics.