2.0.2

2.0.2:

• Automated crash reports
  • ACRA has been integrated to the app in order to submit stacktraces when
    ApkTrack crashes (no data is sent without user consent).
  • New settings were created to control whether bug reports should be sent.
  • A privacy policy was written to describe how bug data and user data is
    handled in general.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed a bug introduced in 2.0.1 triggered when trying to resize
    non-square icons.
  • Fixed a bug causing a crash with VectorDrawables for devices without
    Lollipop.
  • Fixed a bug where trying to determine the network type (WiFi / data) would
    cause a crash.

2.0.1:

• Miscellaneous bugfixes
  • Oversized icons no longer break the UI.
  • Download URLs for Xposed apps are now obtained correctly.
  • App uninstallations now also delete stored icons in the database.

2.0.0:

• Ignoring irrelevant apps
  • When detecting apps present on the device, disabled apps are ignored by
    default.
  • Apps can be swiped to indicate that they should stop being displayed in
    the UI and be ignored in subsequent update checks.
  • An option was added in the settings to reset ignored apps.
• Detecting installed apps
  • The full app detection is only done once, during the first launch. All
    subsequent updates (packages added and/or removed from the system) are
    now detected through Intents sent by the system.
  • ApkTrack and its background services now communicate with the help of an
    Event Bus, which allows complex information to be passed reliably. Model
    modifications trigger notifications on this event bus, which tell the
    applist which information should be refreshed. Thanks to this, there are
    no more loadings when the model is updated.
  • It shouldn't be possible for ApkTrack to miss apps that are installed,
    removed or updated with this new design. So I'm removing the "Redetect
    installed apps" button which wasn't very elegant nor user-friendly.
• Database overhaul
  • ApkTrack now uses Sugar ORM to perform its database operations (branch
    1.x contained a lot of manual SQL queries). The codebase is much cleaner
    and easier to maintain now.
  • Icons have been moved to a separate table, which allows ApkTrack to read
    all the application info without eating up the device's RAM. From now on,
    Icons are only loaded when they need to be displayed.
• Update sources
  • ApkTrack can guess the default update source for some predetermined apps
    based on their digital signature or their package name.
  • The structure of sources.json has been changed. It is more complex now,
    but it allows contributors to specify per-package regular expressions in
    case the information for multiple apps is hosted on a single webpage.
    Formerly, it would have been necessary to create an update source per
    package in some cases.
  • It is also possible to specify a regular expression to locate an APK
    download link on the page. This will allow more direct downloads to be
    provided.
  • F-Droid, Mirakel, Xposed Stable / Beta now all provide direct APK
    downloads.
• Misc
  • Build system switched to Gradle to make third-party builds easier.
  • ApkTrack will now remember across reboots whether you want to display
    system apps or not.
  • Searches are more flexible, and any part of the name or package name
    can now be matched (not just the beginning as it was the case).
  • Apps with vector icons are now displayed correctly on devices with an API
    level >= 21.
  • Manual changes to the update source are immediately reflected in the UI.
  • The spinning icon which indicates that an app is currently being checked
    isn't lost anymore when the app list is refreshed, sorted or updated.
  • Notifications will not be displayed more than once for each updated app
    (ApkTrack 1.1 would keep display notifications until the app was
    upgraded).