App Suspension, Kaomoji, Language picker, Accented Characters in keyboard, Custom DNS, Low Power Mode Automations and more in Essentials v12.3

What's New?

• App suspension #245
• Kaomoji in keyboard
• In-app language picker
• Accented characters in keyboard #251
• Low power mode automation #250
• Custom DNS records #262
• Time based scheduling in DIY #250
• Improved device info search and caching specs #266
• Built-in user feedback

I'm back! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Fixes

• fix: ESSENTIALS-9 missing bluetooth permission
• fix: ESSENTIALS-N foreground service crash
• fix: ESSENTIALS-14 Security exception for media controls
• fix: ESSENTIALS-3H thread loop on Native SIGSEGV in AmbientDreamService (Android 9/MediaTek)
• fix: ESSENTIALS-29 absent path method crash on Android 10
• fix: ESSENTIALS-16 ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException on Android 14
• fix: ESSENTIALS-K IllegalArgumentException screensaver clock crash after ending
• fix: ESSENTIALS-P CameraAccessException for flashlight
• fix: ESSENTIALS-2E in widget provider null pointer crash
• fix: Remove unnecessary night light logs and checks
• fix: ESSENTIALS-H security exception on capturing bt name
• fix: ESSENTIALS-X Google maps app not found crash
• fix: ESSENTIALS-4B Vol long press runtime exception with permissions
• fix: ESSENTIALS-2K modifyign system props not allowed for statusbar on some OEMs

• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #276
• Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #290
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #291
• Develop - App suspension, Improved device model matchign and caching, accented keyboard characters, low power and time based schedules in DIY, Custom DNS records by @sameerasw in #292
• Develop - kaomoji, in-app lang picker, user feedback, and a lot of bug fixes. by @sameerasw in #294
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #293
• Develop - translations and fixes by @sameerasw in #295
• fix: kaomoji loading in optimized builds by @sameerasw in #297

Full Changelog: v12.2...v12.3

Onboarding, Crash reporting, Full translation and more in v12.2

What's New?

• New app onboarding
  • Acknowledgement
  • Preferences
  • Help and how to
  • A little Easter egg :)
• App crash reporting (Sentry)
• Full translation
  • ar cs si af fi ko uka nd re ro hu pl pt no el ach da sr sv vi and more
  • These full translations were done from word-to-word translations so some might not be accurate
  • If you find any that doesn't represent the meaning well, please contribute and update the translations
  • https://crowdin.com/project/essentials-android
• Avoid progressive blur on unsupported devices
• Avoid progressive blur on power saving
• Auto freeze app list text color fix #264
• Fix bottom toolbar in certain languages
• Fix app theming inconsistencies
• More fixes and improvements

• Develop - Your android minor improvements by @sameerasw in #258
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #257
• Develop - translations by @sameerasw in #259
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #265
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #269
• Develop - Full translations, fix blur, onboarding, a lot more fixes by @sameerasw in #274
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #270
• Develop - tr and version by @sameerasw in #275

Full Changelog: v12.1...v12.2

Your Android, Expressive UI with blur, More root improvements and fixes in v12.1

What's New?

• Your Android
• New expressive UI
• Progressive blur in the UI (Android 13+, Can be turned off)
• Use Shizuku for Pixel charging optimization QS tile
• Generalize using Root alternative for all Shizuku use cases
• Fixed occasional crashes in release builds with the new charging QS tile
• A lot more fixes and changes

Samsung devices (Android 15) seem to have broken the progressive blur implementation of Android so it's disabled for those devices.

• Develop - Charging optimization with shizuku, UI redesign, Your android by @sameerasw in #253
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #249
• Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #254
• Develop - Generalize root for shizuku, Blur toggle and more fixes by @sameerasw in #255

Full Changelog: v12.0...v12.1

Dynamic AOD, Charging Qs Tile and more stuff in v12.0

What's new?

• Dynamic AOD: Automate AOD based on notifications
• Charging optimization QS tile (Pixel)
• Keyboard: Delete clipboard entries
• Developer options QS tile directly opens in settings
• Developer option: Auto grant accessibility
• App lock light theme support
• More fixes, improvements

• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #240
• Develop - Charging optimization, Delete clipboard history, Dynamic AOD, Auto grant accessibilit, Light theme app lock and more by @sameerasw in #246
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #244
• Develop - Developer options directly open when qs tile long pressed, splash with branding and translations by @sameerasw in #247
• fix: Themed icon in app drawer by @sameerasw in #248

Full Changelog: v11.6...v12.0

Freeze fix, Optimized debug build, Frozen app export and more in v11.6

What's Changed

Hotfix for Freezing app crash

• Develop - Freeze fix, Optimized debug build, Drozen app export and more by @sameerasw in #242

Full Changelog: v11.5...v11.6

UI updates, Eye dropper (A17+) and more stuff in v11.5

What's New

• UI updates
  • Removed swipe navigation for performance and smoothness
  • Better scaling and normalizing the UI
  • Expanded bottom toolbar
  • Improved navigation
• Eye dropper (Color picker) Android 17 BETA 2+
• Fixed battery notification permissions
• Minified builds with smaller APK
• More fixes and improvements

• Develop - Generalize styling, Eye dropper QS by @sameerasw in #235
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #226
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #236
• Upstream by @sameerasw in #237
• Develop - Version update by @sameerasw in #238
• Develop - Color picker API impl by @sameerasw in #239

Full Changelog: v11.4...v11.5

Critical bug fix for Batteries notification with no devices in v11.4

What's Changed

• Fixed a critical bug that caused the app to crash upon opening if the batteries notification was enabled while no devices are connected to be displayed.

- If you are experiencing constant crashes of the app, please update immediately to this version

What happened?

• I have missed to test the app without any devices connected.
• Since the app does not start the battery service unless a device is connected due to efficiency reasons, that causes a crash when the notification tried to query the current battery data without the service running.
• A temporarily workaround would have been connecting any device to show up which should stop preventing the app to launch.
• Sorry about that (T＿T)

• Develop - Critical bug fix with batteries notification by @sameerasw in #227

Full Changelog: v11.3...v11.4

Private DNS, Battery notification, Scale and Visuals and more in Essentials v11.3

What's New?

• Private DNS picker (Long press the tile)
• App updater data import and export
• Sound mode DIY automation (Ability to silence while screen on)
• Battery notification
• Scale and visuals settings
• Long press backspace on keyboard to delete
• And more fixes and improvements

• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #209
• Translations by @sameerasw in #218
• Develop - Private DNS improvements, App updater export, Sound mode automation, Battery notifications, Scale and visuals settings and more by @sameerasw in #220
• version: Update by @sameerasw in #221
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #219
• Translations by @sameerasw in #222

Full Changelog: v11.2...v11.3

Happy keyboards! Valentine upgrades! in Essentials v11.2

What's New?

Keyboard improvements

• Emoji keyboard
  • Swipe up for emoji keyboard
• Collapsible suggestions
  • Emoji suggestions
• More symbols
• Long press for symbols
• Learn and improve suggestions
  • This is off by default, Turn on in settings
  • All the learning and suggestion data stays local, I don't need your data :)
  • You can remove learned words one by one or all from settings
  • Learned words will be suggested with a different accent color
• Improved key accuracy
• Slide space + Shift to select text
• Slide space + symbols key to jump words
• Improved undo
• Restore to keyboard when re-opening

Note: The keyboard actually isn't a feature that I wanted to prioritize because it's so complicated. But with the feedback I got, thought to add at least the bare minimum features with some personal touches. I am still not sure about language support as that has to be done manually for each.

• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #197
• Code optimization and refactor by @sameerasw in #200
• Develop - Keyboard improvements by @sameerasw in #204
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #202
• Develop - translations by @sameerasw in #206

Full Changelog: v11.1...v11.2

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What's this feature? Themed icon, freezing improvements and more in v11.1

What's New?

• What's this? Long press any feature or QS tile inside the app to know what it does.
• Finally! Proper themed icon!
• Freezing improvements: Skip freezing running/ active apps
• Settings in Frozen apps tab now opens freezing settings
• Fix missing permissions for QS tiles. Check the "Quick settings tiles" page in the app.
• Developer mode QS tile
• A lot of more fixes and translations.

• Develop - feature info, themed icon and more improvements by @sameerasw in #193
• New Crowdin updates by @sameerasw in #183
• Translations by @sameerasw in #196

Full Changelog: v11.0...v11.1