Utterleaf Android 0.1.0-alpha19

Utterleaf Android 0.1.0-alpha19

This preview fixes Backspace interactions and improves keyboard navigation and Settings discovery.

What changed

• Hold Emoji to open full Settings directly; tap still opens Emoji. A visible
  Tools button opens Compose, accents and quick options, even with Extra keys off.

• Settings search finds controls such as Backspace, vibration, height and theme.
  Backspace repeat and repeat guard now live under Holds & gestures.

• Redrawn Cut scissors and corrected the light-theme Dictate button contrast.

• Holding Backspace keeps deleting after automatic capitalization or ordinary
  letter-case Shift. Capitalization no longer turns Backspace into a single
  modified delete or changes its backward direction.

• You can start holding Backspace and then slide left to select more text.
  Repeat stops before selection begins. Release deletes the highlighted range
  once; sliding back shrinks it. Text already removed by the hold stays removed.

• Cancelling, reversing to the origin or an editor refusing the swipe does not
  restart repeat or produce an extra Backspace tap. Password/raw fields and
  Extra keys retain their restrictions; explicit modifier behavior is preserved.

Held repeat remains controlled by Hold Backspace or Delete to repeat and
Ignore repeated taps on the same key within 250 ms. Swipe selection depends on the editor confirming native
selection movement. It is refused in password/raw fields and with Extra keys open.

Alpha18's typing/suggestion stability fixes and staged Settings remain included.
No new permissions, dependencies, recording, text history or network access.

Install and updates

Use Utterleaf-Android-0.1.0-alpha19.apk, version code 19. The package remains
org.utterleaf.voice with the persistent alpha03-and-later signing identity.
Update a signed alpha18 or earlier preview in place; do not uninstall first.
Alpha01/02 used different debug signers and require a one-time reinstall that
removes their app data. The experimental foundation package is a separate channel.

The release includes SHA-256 checksums, signing-certificate information and version
metadata. Use the signed APK, not an unsigned or CI debug build.

Verification and limits

Android 8+ ARM64/x86_64 development preview. Exact-candidate Android CI and the
protected signing/install/upgrade checks are required before publication. Regression
coverage includes sustained hold, late swipe, cancellation/refusal/reversal,
capitalization, editor-confirmed deletion, modifiers and repeat preferences.

Pixel 8 Pro/GrapheneOS confirmation of the reported gesture remains open, as do
broader editor, TalkBack/Switch Access, phone layout/latency and real Obtainium
acceptance. Emulator success does not establish physical-phone comfort.

No automatic correction, next-word prediction, swipe typing or language expansion
is added. Typing needs no model or microphone permission. Dictation remains explicit
and unavailable in password fields. Screenshot protection remains enabled.