Release AAE 0.5.1 · aaron-gh/accessible-android-emulator

Keyboard

Keyboard layouts for 52 languages, each Android's own with AAE's PC keys (Meta, Escape, Home and End as keys). The apps use the layout for the computer's keyboard and switch when it changes. On a Mac, keys typed without Command, Control or Option are sent as the characters the Mac typed, so Mac layouts that differ from PC ones, such as British, type the right characters. aae keyboard <device> [layout|auto] chooses one; --list lists them. aae attach follows the terminal's language.

Cold Boot, in the Device menu, AAE Remote, aae start --cold and MCP: starts Android without the saved state, and deletes it. Stops the device first if it's running.
Foldable devices: a Foldable size, and Fold and Unfold in the Device menu, AAE Remote, aae fold, aae unfold and MCP.
A device whose Android shut down on an empty battery is cold booted with the battery charged, instead of never finishing starting.
A device with a screen lock that was cold booted is reported as locked, and AAE's helper now works at the lock screen.

W also gives the touch point's pixel position, as aae gesture --at takes it.
D reads every property of the element at the touch point. aae inspect <device> --at X,Y prints the same.

Touch point mode: a long press of volume up in gesture mode switches to it and back. Two-finger swipes move between elements, one-finger swipes move a step, touch and hold then drag moves the point, taps act at the point, and two-finger taps say where it is, read its properties, or go back to the middle.
Tablets and unfolded phones show two screens side by side.
Related buttons in rows on the device screen and Testing Tools; the accessibility inspector starts with its sections collapsed.
Settings are kept in device-protected storage.

Windows: saving Settings crashed the app.
Where the emulator can't use the graphics adapter, AAE switches to software rendering at once, instead of after minutes.
Package, permission and component names with shell characters are refused; an MCP agent could otherwise run commands on the device.
Diagnostic reports no longer include the emulator's access token.
The inspector no longer says "-1 items" for lists, or "not checked" twice.

Mac: AAE-0.5.1.dmg, or Check for Updates in the AAE menu. First open: System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway.
Windows: AAE-0.5.1-windows-x64-setup.exe, or Help, Check for Updates. SmartScreen: More info, Run anyway.
Android: AAE-Remote-0.5.1.apk, or Check for Updates in AAE Remote. Play Protect: More details, Install anyway.