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@anthonycr anthonycr released this 01 Sep 01:59
· 78 commits to master since this release
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  • Minimum SDK Version 19
  • Target Android 9.0 - API Version 28
  • Converted project to Kotlin
  • New icon
  • Fixed bugs
    • Deleting an item from history now reloads the page
    • Downloads are now ordered by the time they were downloaded
    • Typing spaces in search suggestions no longer causes problems
    • Playing a video in full screen will now default to landscape orientation
    • Adding a shortcut now works on Android O
    • Search Suggestions no longer allowed in incognito for security
    • Pasting text into the search bar no longer keeps text styling
  • Ad blocking
    • Added support for allowing/disallowing ads on per site basis via allow list mechanism
    • Added support for ad blocking on Lite version
    • Rewrote ad blocker to support new hosts file sources (only available on Plus version)
      • Default Hosts file
      • Hosts from URL, supports force reload
      • Hosts from local file
    • Improved ad blocker loading performance
  • UI Improvements
    • Improved button backgrounds and enable/disable buttons when they don't do anything
    • Improved start up performance
    • Support re-opening tabs via long press on new tab in incognito
    • History is now opened in a new tab
    • Adding a bookmark now shows a dialog prompt to allow folder selection and a toast on confirmation
    • Added ongoing incognito notification to notify you there is an incognito window open
  • Updated translations (thanks to @ali-demirtas, @pan93412, @limerainne, @iKirby, @cagatayldzz, @ma1uta, @JumpingYang001, @m4sk1n, @badener95, @eauland, @TKMankind, @lnddyl)
  • Browser now handles web search intents
  • Ignoring an SSL warning now ignores it for the duration of the session
  • Option to send 'save-data' header with requests (thanks to @SkewedZeppelin)
  • Support for Naver search engine (thanks to @limerainne)
  • Support for WebRTC (Added permissions, camera + microphone, which are asked for at runtime only when WebRTC is enabled) - disabled by default