Simple Prayer 1.7.1

1.7.1 fixes three things found while testing 1.7.0, so it carries everything new in 1.7.0 too.

Fixed

• Urdu on Android: some labels lost their last word. Android counted how far the last letter's
  tail reaches; the label's measured width did not. They now show in full.
• Adhan sound on Android, for people who already had the app: Android keeps a reminder
  channel's sound from the day it was made, so the adhan channels are made again, this time with
  the recordings in them.
• The version without Google started as a development build and looked for a computer to load
  from. It now starts on its own.

New in 1.7.0

Added

• Open source: the app's code is now open source under the MIT licence. The name
  "Simple Prayer" and its icon are not part of that licence (see TRADEMARKS.md).
• Urdu: the app, its widgets and watches, and the website now come in Urdu. In the app and on
  the website Urdu is set in Nastaliq; widgets and watches use Naskh, which fits their small
  spaces. The Urdu was written with AI help and has not yet been checked by a native speaker.
  Corrections are welcome.
• A version without Google. An Android build from the open source code with no Google
  services, crash reports or tip jar, for people who want one. It is on GitHub, and is coming to
  F-Droid. Buddies' prayers arrive when you open the app, and its adhan recordings are freely
  licensed ones.

Removed

• Travel mode. It did little beyond one label, so it is gone for now. If you had it on, the
  app simply stops showing it. Your prayer log is not changed.

Changed

• Asr follows your country. The new default, Auto, uses the Hanafi Asr in Pakistan, India,
  Bangladesh and Afghanistan, and the majority Asr everywhere else. If you never changed the Asr
  setting, it is now Auto. If you chose Hanafi, nothing changes. You can still choose Shafi or
  Hanafi in Settings › Prayer times.

• Marking prayers: tapping seals one after another no longer stutters. The seals open and
  close faster, press in like a button and spring back, and a mark gives one crisp click instead
  of a soft buzz.

• Now widget: the quiet countdown to the next prayer (after you mark the current one, and
  after sunrise) now shows hours and minutes only. The countdown of time left to pray keeps its
  seconds.

Fixed

• Adhan sound on Android. Reminders set to an adhan played the phone's default sound instead,
  because the release build removed the recordings as unused. They now play the adhan.
• Welcome screen. It no longer says "nothing leaves your phone", which stopped being true once
  crash reports and prayer buddies arrived.
• Website: the website build runs again (adhan 4.4.6).

Android app file

The Google Play version is not offered as a file yet: Google Play adds a licence check to the APKs it builds, so a downloaded copy only opens the Play Store. Install it from Google Play.

• simple-prayer-foss.apk: built from this code with no Google services, no crash reports and no tip jar (FOSS_BUILD=1). Buddies' prayers arrive when you open the app, there is no Wear OS app, and the adhan recordings are freely licensed ones. It is signed with our own key (SHA-256 57:2D:CE:EA:F6:81:C6:AA:FC:97:52:77:EB:99:F7:55:59:53:24:4D:3C:0C:77:11:68:3D:2D:D6:B0:98:1E:AF), so it cannot update the Google Play version or be updated by it. Switching means uninstalling, which deletes the prayer log on the phone: export it first in Settings.

Most people should install from Google Play or the App Store instead, which keep the app up to date.

Simple Prayer 1.7.0

Superseded by 1.7.1, which fixes three issues found while testing this build. Download 1.7.1 instead.