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@github-actions github-actions released this 16 Aug 11:08
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The dashboard is now yours to lay out: both cards are configurable, they can host
real Android widgets, and upright screens get a layout of their own.

Lay out your own dashboard

  • Settings → Customize home screen is a live editor. It renders the actual
    dashboard, so what you drag is what you get.
  • Drag the bar between the two cards to resize them, or swap their order.
  • Either card can be the media player, the phone shortcut, a row of your own
    app shortcuts, or app widgets.

Real Android widgets

  • Host up to three home-screen widgets side by side on either card — the same
    widgets you'd put on a phone's home screen.
  • Add, change and remove them from the Customize screen, or by long-pressing the
    card itself.
  • Widgets with a setup step get one, and are told their real size so they choose
    the right layout.

Android asks you to approve each widget the first time it's added; that prompt
comes from the system, not from Dashline.

Portrait units

  • A stacked layout for upright screens, instead of the landscape one squeezed.
  • The app drawer sits on the home screen, filling the space under the cards.
    It doesn't scroll — it fits as many rows as the screen allows and pages the
    rest. Swipe across the icons or tap a dot to change page.

Clock and tabs

  • Three clock faces: digital, analog or minimal.
  • An optional stopwatch under the clock.
  • Reorder the bottom tabs, and hide any your unit doesn't need. Apps and
    Settings always stay — they're the only way back into the launcher's screens.
  • Android Auto and CarPlay shortcuts under the weather, for the link apps
    these units ship with (ZLink, EasyConnected, AutoKit and friends).

Media card

  • Volume slider alongside the transport controls.
  • As the card gets smaller, controls are dropped one at a time rather than
    squashed: seek bar first, then volume, then the transport row.

Fixes

  • Settings changes now take effect as soon as you return to the dashboard.
  • The stopwatch's hundredths actually move while it's running.
  • Colour themes now recolour icons too, instead of leaving them the stock blue.
  • Dark mode repaints the dashboard rather than only the other screens.
  • The date follows the language you picked, not the system one.
  • Resizing the cards is smooth; it no longer stutters or sticks mid-drag.
  • Widgets no longer crash the launcher, and can actually be added — the previous
    build always fell back to the phone card.

Upgrading

Your existing settings carry over — the second card's mode, its widget and its
shortcuts are migrated, not reset.

Install

adb install -r dashline-v0.2.0.apk

Or copy the APK to a USB stick and open it with the unit's file manager. Then
press Home and choose Dashline.

Runs on Android 4.4 and up. The media panel needs Android 5.0+; on KitKat it acts
as a launch button instead.

Full changelog: v0.1.4...v0.2.0