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Keyman for Android

13.0 alpha

• Start version 13.0
• New Features:
  • Adding a download manager to execute downloads in background and cleanup the existing implementation (#2247, #2275, #2308)
  • Show spinner (without blocking UI), if user wants to add a language/keyboard and catalog download is in progress (#2313)
  • Improve custom package installation: Show readme.htm before starting installation process (#2286)
  • Update target Android SDK version to 29 (#2279)
  • Add linting to Debug builds and resolve lint errors (#2305)
  • Sanitize the app version to #.#.# for the API cloud query (#2319)
  • Check for keyboard updates during keyman startup (#2335)
  • Show available keyboard updates as android system notifications (#2335)
  • Add update indicator icon to inform user about updates and install updates in keyman app (#2335)

2019-10-30 12.0.4206 stable

• Bug fix:
  • Disable suggestions when system keyboard entering password field (#2255)

2019-10-25 12.0.4205 stable

• Bug fix:
  • Use lexical model package version for dataset (#2242)

2019-10-14 12.0.4204 stable

• Bug Fix:
  • FirstVoices app may crash if analytics is not present (#2204)

2019-10-10 12.0.4201 stable

• Bug Fix:
  • Use lexical model package version for lexical model version (#2195)

2019-10-07 12.0.4200 stable

• Release 12.0

2019-10-04 12.0.4096 beta

• Bug Fix:
  • Add wrappers for missing API methods (#2167)
• Add in-app help on uninstalling dictionary (#2171)

2019-10-01 12.0.4095 beta

• Splits help into multiple pages for better usability (#2139)

2019-09-26 12.0.4094 beta

• Bug Fixes:
  • Fix crash when Language picker doesn't contain keyboard catalog info (#2138)
  • Fix crashes involving dismissing keyboard and selecting the last keyboard (#2135)
  • Improve keyboard swap stability (#2136)

2019-09-26 12.0.4093 beta

• No change to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #2126)

2019-09-23 12.0.4092 beta

• Disable corrections toggle when predictions are disabled (#2119)

2019-09-20 12.0.4091 beta

• Update offline help content (#2104)

2019-09-19 12.0.4090 beta

• Use versioned help on the Info page (#2103)

2019-09-09 12.0.4086 beta

• Bug Fix:
  • Fix exception handling while parsing JSON info from cloud (#2065)
  • Fix crash involving undefined key for custom keyboard (#2066)

2019-09-06 12.0.4085 beta

• New Feature

  • Include the English (MTNT) dictionary by default for English (#2029)

• Bug Fix:

  • Fix collision of File Provider (#2053)

2019-09-04 12.0.4084 beta

• No change to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #2033, #2037)

2019-09-03 12.0.4083 beta

• No change to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #2027)

2019-09-02 12.0.4082 beta

• No change to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #2013)

2019-08-30 12.0.4081 beta

• New Feature:

  • Allow user to "Add keyboard from local device" from Settings menu (#1992)

• Bug Fix:

  • Fix keyboard and dictionary info pages (#2020)

2019-08-27 12.0.4080 beta

• Fix menu icon and text alignment (#1999)

2019-08-23 12.0.4079 beta

• Disable version and copyright text on splash screen (#1989)

2019-08-16 12.0.4078 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android

2019-08-12 12.0.4077 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android

2019-08-06 12.0.4076 beta

• Adjustments to Settings UI (#1931)

2019-08-05 12.0.4075 beta

• Fixes issue with suggestion text misalignment (#1932)

2019-07-29 12.0.4074 beta

• Initial beta release of Keyman for Android 12

• Pull Requests

• New Features:

  • Add new "Settings" menu (#1751)
  • Add predictive text support (#1641, #1653)

• Changes:

  • Minimum supported Android version is now 4.4 (KitKat) (#1905)

• Bug Fixes:

  • Improve stability of keyboard loading and app startup (#1907)

2019-06-28 11.0.2108 stable

• Changes:
  • Allow user to change keyboard from lock screen (#1709)

2019-02-27 11.0.2102 stable

• Bug fix:
  • Fix crash from language picker trying to show error dialog (#1634)

2019-02-26 11.0.2101 stable

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #1629)

2019-02-25 11.0.2100 stable

• 11.0 Stable release

2019-02-15 11.0.2062 beta

• No changes.

2019-02-07 11.0.2061 beta

• Bug fix:
  • Add notifications when keyboard or font fails to download from Keyman cloud (#1570)

2019-01-27 11.0.2060 beta

• Bug fixes:
  • Clean up styling of dialogs when downloading keyboards
  • Fix "Get Started" checkbox label to display on older Android versions

2019-01-21 11.0.2059 beta

• Bug fix:
  • Change installation of ad-hoc keyboards via .kmp packages to only add the first language for each keyboard. Additional languages can be added offline from the .kmp package. (#1550, #1554)

2019-01-18 11.0.2058 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #1537)

2019-01-17 11.0.2057 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #1539)

2019-01-15 11.0.2056 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #1540)

2019-01-14 11.0.2055 beta

• Changes:
  • Keyman for Android 11 requires a minimum version of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) (#1532)
  • When KMW doesn't process external "tab" or "enter" keys, have the Android app dispatch the keys (#1526)

2019-01-10 11.0.2054 beta

• Bug fix:
  • Fix keyboard version comparison that was causing "Unable to contact Keyman server" notifications (#1520)

2019-01-09 11.0.2053 beta

• Bug fixes:
  • Fix "Get Started" default keyboard status on engineering builds (#1515)
  • Fix crash involving certain fonts. Prioritize using .ttf font in keyboards (#1507)

2019-01-04 11.0.2052 beta

• Bug fixes:
  • Fix default handling of 102nd key found on European hardware keyboards (#1491)
  • Fixed external keyboard keys "tab" and "backspace" for embedded platforms (#1474)

2019-01-03 11.0.2051 beta

• New Feature:
  • Add option to cancel when downloading the keyboard catalog (#1470)

2019-01-02 11.0.2050 beta

• Initial beta release of Keyman for Android 11

• Pull Requests

• New Features:

  • System keyboard changes to "numeric" layer for digit/phone number text fields (#1218)
  • Device vibrates when Keyman Web calls beep -- when invalid combinations are pressed (#1227)
  • Added support for 102nd key found on European hardware keyboards (#1291)
  • Keyboard picker can now switch to next system keyboard (#1283)

• Changes:

  • Added round launcher icons (#1077)
  • Added splash screen (#1151)
  • Updated app to use Material Design theme (#681, #1378, #1303)
  • Updated to Cloud API 4.0 for downloading keyboards (#1320)
  • Removed deprecated ad-hoc distribution of keyboards via keyman:// protocol (#1109)
  • Changed default keyboard from european to sil_euro_latin (#1112, #1400)

• Bug fixes:

  • Diacritics now display more consistently on key caps (#1407)
  • Fixed globe button when pausing WebBrowser (#1213)
  • Fixed issue where file extensions are upper-case, e.g. ".TTF" (#1333)
  • Fixed various crashes (#1108, #1057)

2018-11-14 10.0.508 stable

• Fix crash that can occur when text selection ends before the starting position (#1313)

2018-10-04 10.0.507 stable

• Fix crash that can occur when displaying preview key (#1230, #1234)

2018-08-23 10.0.505 stable

• Validate keyboard ID when downloading keyboard from Keyman cloud (#1121)

2018-08-22 10.0.504 stable

• Fixes crash when installed keyboards list is invalid (#1119)

2018-08-16 10.0.503 stable

• Fixes crashes for release configurations when InputConfiguration or package name is null (#1103)

2018-07-06 10.0.502 stable

• Fixes issue for embedded Android, iOS apps where a keyboard with varying row counts in different layers could crash (#1055)

2018-06-28 10.0.500 stable

• 10.0 stable release

2018-06-27 10.0.405 beta

• Fixes issue where next layer was not correctly selected when the first longpress key pressed (#1027)
• Fixes issue where a quote character in some contexts could cause the keyboard to fail (#1028)

2018-06-26 10.0.404 beta

• Add documentation for version 10.0 (#1023)

2018-06-21 10.0.403 beta

• Fixes an issue where opening a menu could cause the keyboard to unload (#1014)

2018-06-20 10.0.402 beta

• Support script subtags for keyboard languages supplied from cloud (#1012)

2018-06-15 10.0.401 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android

2018-06-13 10.0.400 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android

2018-06-11 10.0.399 beta

• Consolidate Info view (#972)
• Platform tests (in keyboards) are now consistent across all platforms (#969)

2018-06-05 10.0.398 beta

• Fix globe button for system keyboard (#942)

2018-05-27 10.0.397 beta

• Improve intent-filter for *.kmp extensions (#902)

2018-05-22 10.0.396 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-05-22 10.0.395 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-05-18 10.0.394 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-05-17 10.0.393 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-05-11 10.0.392 beta

• Fix globe button when exiting in-app browser (#848)

2018-05-11 10.0.391 beta

• Update compile and target Android SDK version to 27 (#750)

2018-05-08 10.0.386 beta

• Fix crashes from invalid package name/version (#819)
• Clean up console log (#748)

2018-04-30 10.0.385 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #834)

2018-04-30 10.0.384 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-05-03 10.0.383 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-04-30 10.0.382 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #797)

2018-04-30 10.0.381 beta

• Fix OSK missing some keys on older Android configurations (#781)

2018-04-30 10.0.380 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-04-27 10.0.379 beta

• Fixed app crash when cancelling Keyboard download dialog (#786)

2018-04-25 10.0.378 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #772).

2018-04-25 10.0.377 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android (updated Keyman Web Engine, #773).

2018-04-24 10.0.376 beta

• Hide system OSK when resuming Keyman app. Disable text suggestions (#711)

2018-04-12 10.0.375 beta

• No changes to Keyman for Android.

2018-04-12 10.0.374 beta

• Fixes for back button in web browser (#737)

2018-03-22 10.0.373 beta

• Initial beta release of Keyman for Android 10.0

10.0 alpha

• Refactor how longpress keys on touch layout are processed in KMW engine. This prevents key text from being processed as key codes, and fixes the app crash when longpress with K_SPACE.
• Added support for L/R Alt and Ctrl and Caps Lock modifiers for keyboards if specified by a keyboard designer
• Add feature to reset keyboard to default layer when new input field focused (#288)
• Removed "Share to Facebook" feature (#156)
• Fix dual keyboards that appear when closing Keyman Browser (#220)
• Fix KMEA http:// to https:// redirects for downloading keyboard resources (#370)
• Change internal keyboard assets from languages/ and fonts/ folders to packages/
• Add feature to install ad-hoc keyboards via .kmp packages
• Add Firebase Crashlytics for generating crash reports
• Add Material Design icons
• Fix path to special OSK font for longpress of special keys (#239)

2017-08-10 2.8.300 stable

• No changes, just published latest beta as stable

2017-07-14 2.7.298 beta

• Fixed long-press popups to correctly show lower case and upper case letters
• Fixed several hardware keyboard bugs involving SPACEBAR, TAB, and ENTER keys, and correctly displaying non-English languages
• Removed license checks

2016-10-10 2.4 stable

• Keyman is now free!
• Keyman Pro renamed to Keyman
• Keyman Free retired
• Experimental support for hardware keyboards

2015-07-06 2.2 stable

• Faster load, keyboard switching and more responsive touches
• More stable, reduced memory requirements and addressed crashes
• Improved look and feel including improved long-press menus
• Smoother touch interactions and rapid touch interactions
• Handles touches just outside a key more intelligently
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

2015-01-27 2.1 stable

• New feature: Keyman browser allows use of your language online (Pro edition only)

2014-11-14 2.0 stable

• Major release: split into Pro and Free editions, retired Beta edition
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

2014-09-26 1.5 stable

• Added a new "Get Started" menu that lists key tasks such as adding a keyboard or implementing system wide keyboards
• Other bug fixes

2014-06-30 1.4 stable

• You will now see a key preview on phone devices when you touch a key
• You can now swipe to select popup keys
• Installed keyboards now have keyboard version and help available
• European Latin keyboard no longer uses desktop-based shortcuts (e.g. .c no longer outputs ċ)
• Improved lock screen compatibility
• System keyboard no longer loses context or fails to respond on switch
• Other minor bug fixes

2014-05-27 1.3 stable

• Keyboards will update automatically when bug fixes or new features are added
• Bug fix: A slightly longer press on a key would sometimes fail to input the keystroke
• Default English keyboard is now enhanced for European language diacritics
• Behind the scenes: Now uses Keyman Cloud API 3.0 for access to newest keyboard layouts
• Other minor bug fixes

2014-04-22 1.2 stable

• Install custom keyboards created with Keyman Developer 9

2014-02-27 1.1 stable

• Keyman is now available as Android system keyboard.
• Touch and hold keys crash issue solved for Android 4.0.3 - 4.0.4 devices
• Keyman can now be launched from custom link keyman:// in a web page
• Fixed bug with some keyboards loading with incorrect character set (instead of UTF-8)

2014-01-29 1.0 stable

• Keyman for Android original release