v1.5.1-rc - X4 Pro Support

[uxjulia]

Tip

You can flash stable and pre-release builds using Crossink's web companion app, Inky

This release brings compatibility to the X4 Pro. I have plans for additional features and UI updates, but for now this is a working version for those waiting for Crossink support.

I'd appreciate help verifying the following:

• All UI components are touch-friendly on X4 Pro/Sticky devices
• All Quick Action items launch as expected
• X3/X4 devices do not display any touch-only related UI elements or settings

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New

• Full touch support for Xteink X4 Pro
• New Quick Actions menu where you can set 5 shortcuts accessible via any of the shortcut buttons. Set it from Settings > Controls > Quick Actions

Changed

• Fonts now display their installed point sizes next to their name (addresses Same font in multiple sizes does not work intuitively #491)
• The boot-up splash screen has been removed. You will now wake directly to your last screen
• Mark as Finished and Controls have been moved to the third tab (settings gear icon) in the reader menu

Fixed

• Flashing when accessing Wi-fi related activities (fixes [FIXED - FIRMWARE ATTACHED] - Screen flash when access Wifi network  #495)
• Landscape dictionary navigation (fixes orientation aware does not work within look up #493)
• Enables touch on end-of-book suggestions (The menu in the next book doesn’t work on the touchscreen. #496)
• Improve loading of custom dictionary font (fixes Dictionary font falls back to book font #501)
• XTC table of contents getting cut off (fixes TOC only showing 128 pages in every .xtc manga #494)
• Inaccurate clipping/highlights after font/font-size changes (fixes Clippings are wrongly rendered after font size change or font change #492)
• "Change Font" shortcut not working on front buttons (fixes Assigning "Change font" to a front button long press doesn't work #507)
• Overlapping pages in XTC (fixes Overlaping pages in XTC, strange ghosting #485)
• Improved table rendering for large, complicated tables (fixes Tables in some books do not render. #506)
• Some data missing after lightweight network restarts (fixes Same defect as #421 in RECENT_BOOKS and KOREADER_STORE — and reproducible on hardware #512)
• Battery drain on Seeed Sticky (fixes Battery drain on Seeed Sticky #516)
• Empty crash report after flashing due to false watchdog error

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Tip

If you experience any problems, please clear your caches before opening an issue. Start with the least invasive and work your way down to the most invasive if problems persist after each step.

1. Delete book cache (File Browser > Long-press the book > Delete book cache)
2. From your SD card: Delete the individual .crosspoint/epub_<hash> folder for the book giving you issues
3. Delete all reading cache (Settings > System > Files & Cache > Clear Reading Cache)
4. From your SD card: Delete ALL .crosspoint/epub_<hash> folders and recent.json and state.json
5. Back up your global_stats.bin and then delete the entire .crosspoint/ folder

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This discussion was created from the release v1.5.1-rc - X4 Pro Support .

[PiperKev]

Wow, you're almost doing as many assets per release now as you were when you had the different font ranges! :-D

[uxjulia]

Yeah It's a good thing I decided to consolidate down when I did!

[zaz0ub0y]

Hello,
Thanks for this new pre-release.
Happy to help refining it for the X3 at least.
I see you already created and assigned yourself an issue (#525).
That makes one I do not have to create. 😉
#445 is back with this release. 😔
Otherwise, loving the new quick actions and the quicker wake up!
Nicely done, thanks again for your hard work!

[ytsejam1138]

Will you be adding the RoundedRaff theme back into the firmware in the future?

[uxjulia]

No, I purposely removed it and Classic from this release. I'm hoping future Crosspoint SD card themes will allow users to load it up if they want, but RoundedRaff uses different metrics from all of the other themes and designing and testing special cases for it is just taking time away from fixing other things, so I removed those two.