Castro Progress Report: October 2019
Tuesday, Oct 1, 2019 · 3 min read · 522 words
The new update brings many improvements in the information set, localization and design, new tool - “Speed test” and many new, shiny, features! Let’s start!
Information
Much attention was paid to improving the current set of information. In previous versions, many errors were made, which are now fixed. The biggest correction was made in the “System” module - the field “Uptime” was fixed and supplemented with a new data set. It is now divided into three fields - “Full”, “Idle” and “Deep Sleep” and the calculation algorithm was improved too.
New Uptime fields
New batterie’s status added in the “Battery” module - “Unknown failure” and if the battery discharges the “Charge rate” field will be changed to the “Discharge rate”.
Detection of both MEID fields improved for CDMA devices in the “Identifiers” module.
And the last major improvement is new devices in database - Xiaomi (Black Shark 2 Pro, Mi MIX 3 5G), Nokia (5.1 Plus, 6.1 Plus, 8.1, 8.1 Plus), Samsung (Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+, Galaxy Note 10 5G, Galaxy Note 10+ 5G, Galaxy A20E, Galaxy A20S, Galaxy A70, Galaxy A80), Motorola (Moto E6, Moto E6 Plus, Moto One Zoom), Sony Xperia 5, One Plus (One Plus 7, One Plus 7T), Google (Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL) and Asus ROG Phone II.
Design
The set of themes for customization was updated with three new themes (“Jungle”, “Ocean” and “Pepper”) and the “Dark (Blue)” theme was removed in favor of the “Dark” theme. The overhauled design of that screen was also updated with titles for all themes. And as always, all themes, except “White” and “Dark” available only for Premium users.
Themes
I have also added new margins in the “About” screen and categories in the “Tools” screen.
Tools
Features
The biggest change in this release is the new tool - “Network speed test”. This tool is designed to test the bandwidth of your connection. But I want to warn you that the tool can be unstable, so if you have any problems with it or ideas for improvement, then write to me at pavlo.rekun.development@gmail.com. At the moment it allows you to check the speed of loading and unloading. Ping verification will be added later.
Network speed test
Two new options were added to the “Settings” screen. The first one is “Double-tap to exit”, which allows you to disable double-tap on back button action in the “Main” screen to exit the application. And the second one is the ability to disable all notification (promotional or from tools). Both of these settings were often requested by you and are now finally added. Also, the “Double-tap to exit” hint now adjusts for selected navigation system - “Buttons” or “Gestures”.
Fixes
- Fixed: Flickering of theme|color after changing it.
- Fixed: Wi-Fi interface displayed even if Wi-Fi is not connected.
- Fixed: White navigation bar messed up with white navigation buttons.
- Fixed: Click listeners for “Premium” badge in the “Themes” screen.
- Fixed: Work of foreground updating service in the “Live monitor” screen.
- Fixed: Work of foreground updating service in “Home-screen” widget.
- Fixed: Detection of external storage in the “Memory” module.