Release 1.88

[jMarcS]

(Note: there was no GitHub issue for v01.87. See Bintray Release Notes.
Change since v01.87:

Enhancements:

• Add Preference option to enable hardware accelerated graphics
• Add Preference option for empty console color
• Reorganize Preference screen
• Editor: Preference items to put menu items on the Action Bar
• Editor: Change "Save and Run" so it has no Save dialog
• Add functions ENCODE$() and DECODE$()
• Add KB.SHOW, KB.SHOWING, OnKbChange:, and KB.RESUME
• KB.TOGGLE really toggles
• Improve soft keyboard management with BACK key
• STT.LISTEN: Add "prompt" parameter; can change default prompt in APK
• STT.RESULTS can reuse list.
• GR.GET.VALUE can get values of multiple parameters
• Add GR.BITMAP.FILL command
• Return bitmap pointer -1 on bitmap creation errors
• UNDIM of string array releases strings
• AUDIO.LOAD/PLAY: improve error handling and reporting
• Add DEBUG.? alias for DEBUG.PRINT
• Add minimum splash screen duration for users of standalone APK
• Performance enhancement: group commands in loops
• Don't restart BASIC! except from Editor, and save Editor state for such a restart

Fixes:

• Formatter: Fix indentation of ELSEIF
• Formatter: Allow "ELSE IF" and "END IF"
• Formatter: Capitalize compound keywords after THEN and ELSE
• Formatter: Keywords in comments must not affect indent
• Preprocessor: Allow 0 or more spaces around . and ~ in LIST.ADD and ARRAY.LOAD continuation
• Do not allow recursive INCLUDE
• OnMenuKey now reports each MENU keystroke only once
• NOTIFY: clear notification on program termination
• TGET: Fix Menu -> Stop bug
• TTS: Replace Yield() loop with LOCK block to reduce CPU usage
• GR_COLLISION() and GR.BOUNDED.TEXT work if left coordinate > right or top > bottom
• GR.GET.PARAMS crash (since v01.86)
• DEBUG: reliability issue, crash displaying function info, reduced power usage

Infrastructure:

• Set compiler compliance to 1.6
• Inter-Activity EventList
• Moved a batch of variables to Background, now renamed Interpreter
• Use NumVar and StrVar instead of generic Var
• Add Interrupt class
• BACK key strategy changes
• Use ProgramLine object shortcuts for group subcommands

[jMarcS]

Released August 16, 2015