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@itkach itkach released this 04 Oct 22:04
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New look

  • Redesigned with Material You: the app takes its colors from the system theme, in light or dark style (chosen in Settings).
  • Bottom navigation bar instead of tabs at the top.
  • New icons, dialogs and a reworked Settings screen.
  • Sharper launcher icon and splash screen.

Articles

  • Articles no longer flash in the default style before showing in the chosen one, and a dark-styled article no longer shows a bright flash while it loads.
  • With the Auto article style and the dark interface style, a dictionary's night style now applies from its very first article.
  • Text size is a slider instead of three zoom menu items.
  • Full screen is exited with a button instead of a swipe, which conflicted with pulling down notifications.
  • Articles switch to full screen automatically in landscape; this can be turned off in Settings.
  • A scroll-to-top button for long articles.
  • Smoother scrolling with the volume keys.
  • Wikipedia, Wiktionary and other MediaWiki article links shared to Aard 2 open the article.

User styles

  • User styles apply without a flash.
  • Example user styles to use or adapt — a dark version of any dictionary, grayscale, and beige for MediaWiki-based dictionaries — are linked from the README.

Dictionaries, bookmarks and history

  • Drag to reorder dictionaries.
  • Swipe to remove dictionaries, bookmarks and history entries, with Undo.
  • Dictionaries used for random articles are marked with a dice icon.
  • Turning a dictionary on or off is faster when many dictionaries are open.
  • History can be turned off.
  • Keep more bookmarks and history: up to 1000 entries each, up from 100.

Other changes

  • "Load remote content when on Wi-Fi" now means any network that isn't metered: it skips a mobile hotspot and respects networks marked as metered in system settings.
  • New interface text is translated into all existing languages except Kabyle.

Removed

  • Opening Wikipedia and Wiktionary links in Aard 2 directly from other apps. Since Android 12 it only worked after approving each domain in system settings, and it covered only a few languages. Share the link to Aard 2 instead.
  • Support for the old Samsung multi-window mode (Android 6 and earlier); split screen works through standard Android support.
  • The Clear cache setting; Android's app storage settings do the same.

Requirements

Android 6.0 or newer (previously 4.4).

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