Simpletask v11.0.2-fork.2

Maintenance release. No new features or UI changes. Install over v11.0.2-fork.1; your login and settings are kept.

Security

• Other apps could read Simpletask's private files, including the stored Dropbox login. This is fixed. The bug is also in the original app (11.0.1), so anyone still on it should update.
• Files you share from Simpletask can now be read only by the app you share them with.

Data safety

• Saves, reloads and backups now run one at a time, so an older save can no longer overwrite a newer one.
• Editing a task while a sync lands no longer creates a duplicate (from scaprisecca's fork).
• Sharing a very large list now always sends the current list instead of an old copy.

Fixes

• Add Task: the button bars stay above the keyboard on Android 15+.
• The status bar is dark again, with readable icons, on Add Task, Settings, Help, History and other screens. On Help, History, Debug info and the Lua editor the top of the screen is no longer hidden behind the title bar.
• Tapping a task in the home-screen widget keeps the widget's filter.
• The daily refresh at midnight no longer gets cancelled by the 15-minute background reload.
• A crash in the list/tag dialog is fixed (from the original author's unreleased work).
• A failed share no longer leaves an invisible screen that blocks touches. The grey title bar flash when sharing is gone (from willemw12's fork).
• Blank Russian, Polish and Portuguese text is fixed.
• Dropbox SDK 8.0.2. The app now needs Android 8 or later.

Every change was reviewed and tested before release. Full list of commits: v11.0.2-fork.1...v11.0.2-fork.2

Simpletask v11.0.2-fork.1

First release of the maintained fork of Simpletask, the todo.txt task manager. The original project was archived in 2023; this release gets it installing and syncing again on current Android. No new features and no UI changes.

Which APK?

• simpletask-dropbox-…apk: syncs your todo.txt with Dropbox. Log in with Full Dropbox access (the App folder option isn't set up in these builds).
• simpletask-cloudless-…apk: keeps todo.txt on the phone. Use a separate sync app such as Syncthing-Fork. Asks for "All files access" so it can read the file wherever your sync app puts it.

Both install alongside the original app (new package ID ca.delahousse.simpletask…), so you'll set it up once: log in and pick your todo file via ⋮ → Open todo file. The Dropbox version looks for /todo/todo.txt by default.

What's fixed

• Installs on Android 15–17. Targets Android 17, so the system no longer blocks it as an app "built for an older version of Android".
• Dropbox login works again. The bundled Dropbox library only offered encryption settings Dropbox's servers now refuse; updated to Dropbox SDK 7.0.0.
• No more endless sync spinner when the todo file doesn't exist in Dropbox. The app now shows "Loading of todo file failed" instead.
• Layout fixed for Android 15+ edge-to-edge (nothing hidden behind the status or navigation bars).
• Asks for notification permission (Android 13+) when you pin a task to the notification bar.
• Crash fix when adding a task with trailing spaces (from @willemw12's fork).

Under the hood

Dead build dependencies replaced, build tools updated (Gradle 9.5, AGP 9, Kotlin 2.2), and automated builds on GitHub Actions. Maintenance fixes from @chadvoegele's and @willemw12's forks were reused with credit. Full history: commits on maintenance/modernize.

Tested on a Pixel 7 running Android 17. Licensed GPL-3.0, like the original; all credit for the app goes to Mark Janssen.