v57.0

Real-Time Voice Input and Bugfixes

The highlights of this release are: real-time transcription and automatic capitalization when using Voice Input, the possibility to add words with digits to the custom dictionary (e.g., "mp3"), real-time preview when adjusting the appearance settings, and a fix for the occasional overlap between the navigation bar and the bottom keys on Android 15 and 16.

What's Changed

• Bugs
  • Fixed a crash when loading a dictionary for the first time
  • Fixed a startup crash due to trying to use the LanguageCollection before it is initialized
  • Fixed the dropdown for changing the on-screen layout, which was not working sometimes
  • Fixed incorrect icon colors on disabled buttons
  • Fixed the UI not showing up sometimes in Firefox on Android 16 (#920)
  • Finally fixed the navigation bar overlapping with the bottom of the keyboard on Android 15 and 16
  • Fixed incorrect Fn key height when the layout is V-shape, and some Fn keys are hidden
  • Fixed the cursor jumping back to the beginning of search fields when searching for languages or words in the Settings (v56.0 regression)
• Features
  • Added real-time transcription and proper capitalization to voice input by @shmu1i in #914
  • Added real-time preview when adjusting the appearance settings
  • It is now possible to add words with digits, except with "0" (e.g., "mp3", but not "mp0") (#925)
  • Added a Bottom Spacing in Portrait setting (#892)
• Technical
  • Code cleanup and various optimizations
  • Updated the FAQ section in the Help document
  • 12th attempt to fix the Privileged options crash: added an initialization crash handler
  • upgraded com.android.application 8.13.0 -> 8.13.1

Full Changelog: v56.0...v57.0

New Contributors

Thanks to @shmu1i for single-handedly adding real-time voice input transcription!