Clock 2.32

[BlackyHawky]

Fixes

• Fix the display of the "Start" button in the timer creation view (Timer start button sometimes fails to appear #672);
• Fix the hiding of the "Vibration" category in the timer settings for devices without vibrator;
• Fix the hiding of the "Dismiss" button in alarm cards;
• Fix the toolbar title hiding issue (The toolbar title appears every time the app is opened, even if the setting is disabled #646);
• Fix buttons that cannot be selected with TalkBack (some button can't be selected by talkback #655);
• Fix vibration preview on modern Android devices (Vibration preview of alarms are not executed #695);
• Fix the color of the stopwatch laps when added from the notification;
• Fix the alarm position when sorting is set to "By next alarm time" (Bug with alarm sorting set to "By next alarm time" #701);
• Fix UI delay when dismissing a snoozed alarm from the notification;

Improvements

General

• Add a "Save" button to the alarm and timer editing panels;
• Remove the "Apply a blur effect to the background image" setting:
  • This is now handled by the slider;
• Disable rapid clicks on the main FAB, except for the stopwatch tab:
  • This prevents, for example, the creation of multiple timers;
• Optimize dialog window margins (Certain keyboard layouts overlap input modals #664):
  • For phones in portrait mode, the window automatically resizes (e.g., when the keyboard appears) so that the buttons remain visible;
• Add the ability to hide the next alarm ([Feature Request] Add setting to toggle off active alarm label under the clock tab, next to the current date. #670):
  • The next alarm can now be hidden in the Clock tab and in the screensaver;
  • If the next alarm is hidden or there are no scheduled alarms, the date will be displayed in a long format. This applies to the Clock tab, the screensaver, and the Digital Clock widget;
• Improve notifications (Different icon for each alarm notification type #691):
  • Fix the timestamp display for alarm group notifications;
  • Use different icon for each alarm notification type;
  • Use a fixed color for the icons;
• Disable touch for full screen alert when proximity sensor is covered (Disable touch for full screen alert when proximity sensor is covered #687);
• Improve the editing panels:
  • Add information icons to the alarm editing panel to explain why some features are disabled;
• Add Swedish, Laotian and Persian languages to the app language setting;
• Big changes have been made to the code in order to improve the overall performance and fluidity of the application;
• Update translations;

Alarm

• Add the ability to dismiss/snooze alarms by solving math problems (Alarm missions #374):
  • 3 difficulty levels: easy, normal, and hard;
  • Note: when this feature is enabled, the auto-silence duration is at least 10 minutes. To preserve the battery, the alarm stops automatically after this time;
• Add the ability to dismiss/snooze alarms with the headphones Play/Pause button (Add option to dismiss expired timers with Bluetooth/headset media buttons #642):
  • This is only possible if the settings "Use advanced audio playback" and "Enable automatic routing of ringtones to external audio devices" are enabled;
  • Only works on the lock screen;
• Add the ability to display the alarm title across multiple lines (Alarm labels: wrap across multiple lines and preserve line breaks #635);
• Add the ability to use a custom background image for each alarm (FR: Use a custom background image for each alarm #634):
  • The background image is no longer tinted; therefore, it is no longer necessary to choose a transparent background color;
• Add the ability to blur the background image for each alarm;
• Add a "Preview" button to the alarm editing panel;
• Improve the visual style of the days of the week buttons;
• Use the dynamic theme background color for alarms by default;
• Improve the swipe action to delete alarms (Swipe to delete alarm sometimes doesnt activate #673);
• Ability to set a custom color for the "Dismiss" and "Snooze" button text ([Feature Request] Add setting to set custom color and size for dismiss and snooze button text. #671);
• Handle simultaneous alarms sequentially (Alarm conflict behavior #697):
  • When two alarms are scheduled at the exact same time, they will no longer conflict. The second alarm will now wait in a queue and ring immediately after the first one is dismissed or snoozed, instead of being skipped;
• Add action to mute the alarm (Add action to mute the alarm  #702);

Clock

• Search for cities in English regardless of the app's language (Searching for cities in English show results when set other locale #640);

Timer

• Display an editing panel to edit the timers. This allows you to:
  • Enable vibrations per timer;
  • Set the vibration pattern per timer (Allow timers to use the same custom vibration patterns as alarms #643);
  • Set the auto silence duration per timer;
  • Set the volume crescendo duration per timer;
  • Set the ringtone per timer;
  • Turn on the flash when a timer expires;
  • Turn off media when a timer expires (useful when media player apps do not have this feature built-in) (Add “Stop media playback” as a timer-end option #630);
  • Delete the timer once expired (Option: timers one-time-only as default #612);
  • Duplicate a timer;
• Hide the "+1: 00" button when timer is reset;
• Hide the timer label if not set;
• Remove the "Edit" button as it's no longer necessary;
• Rename the setting title "Display the active timers in compact mode" to "Display the timers in compact mode" (Remove the word "active" from the setting "Display the active timers in compact mode" #629);
• Add the ability to reset expired timers with the headphones Play/Pause button:
  • This is only possible if the settings "Use advanced audio playback" and "Enable automatic routing of ringtones to external audio devices" are enabled under "Alarms";
  • Only works on the lock screen;

Stopwatch

• Add the ability to hide the stopwatch milliseconds ([Feature Request] Please add setting to disable stopwatch milliseconds to prevent potential defects on AMOLED displays. #668);

Notes

- Please make a new backup after updating the app and delete the old one.

Checksums

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This discussion was created from the release Clock 2.32.

[GGGomer]

I've been using your app for well over 2 years I feel, but where it used to be 2 clicks to add a timer, name it and time it, it is now well over 6-8.

Also, quickly renaming a timer since the last update is 4 clicks instead of 1.

Please stop complicating a simple tool 🤙❤️

[BlackyHawky]

I'm sorry to have disappointed you—and surely others as well—despite all the improvements and fixes made to this version. 🤙❤️

[20excal07]

your update definitely broke something. my alarm didn't go off where it used to consistently do. there's also the one time where somehow i got rid of the alarm screen when it did go off, but the alarm kept going with no way to dismiss it until i force-stopped it.

I'm sorry, I'm going back to the previous version until you thorougly test it again and fix whatever you might've broken.

[BlackyHawky]

@20excal07
Hi,

After reviewing the changes made to the code related to alarms, the problem seemed to originate from this line of code called in a background thread.

On some devices, where deep sleep mode is more aggressive, this could prevent the alarm from triggering.

This has been fixed in the nightly build I’ve provided below.

You can install this version alongside version 2.31 and let me know how it goes, if you wish.

Clock_2.33-nightly-23-fe8af03.apk.zip

[20excal07]

i'll be testing this. give me about 3 days and i'll let you know if the issue still crops up in that time. :p

[20excal07]

okay, i think this has fixed the issue. i didn't miss my alarms like before. nice work.

[BlackyHawky]

Good news. New version 2.33 published here.