- P0: fetchStatus() now runs on Dispatchers.IO - the previous
synchronous URLConnection on the main thread threw
NetworkOnMainThreadException and showed "load failed" on every open
- P1: refresh button rotates a vector icon (ic_refresh) instead of the
"↻" text glyph, whose off-center font metrics made the spinner
orbit around a shifted pivot
- P2: error state gains a Retry button (4 locales); amsat_refresh
string added (5 locales)
- versionCode 456 (bump for reinstalling over 455), versionName stays 4.5.5
- Replace HTML parsing with the official AMSAT Satellite Status API v1
(catalog.php + reports.php, JSON): AmSatApiClient (pure JVM, hand
rolled ISO-8601/epoch parsing for minSdk 24) + rewritten
AmSatRepository (satellite list from catalog, reports slotted into
6 days x 12 two-hour slots, status colors per report value)
- Fix edge-to-edge: status bar / navigation bar insets on the status
page (refresh button and update time were unreachable)
- Version 4.5.5 (455), What's new in all 5 locales
All Chinese comments (//, /* */, KDoc) across core/app/feature/build-
logic translated to English (550 lines, 73 files after FT8 rollback).
Code logic untouched - comment text only. Verified: all modules
compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
User reported the app installed as "FT8CN" with the FT8CN icon and
FT8 not opening. Root causes (verified by aapt badging on the release
APK):
1. module values/strings.xml carried <string name="app_name">FT8CN
which won the resource merge -> application-label became FT8CN.
Removed it; dialogs that referenced R.string.app_name now use a
module-local ft8cn_app_name (HelpDialog/ClearCacheDataDialog).
2. module shipped its own mipmap ic_launcher* (8 files) which
overrode our launcher icon -> deleted all of them.
3. MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity but the module's
<application> lost android:theme when the conflicting attributes
were stripped -> startup crash. Re-added android:theme=Theme.Ft8CN
(MaterialComponents) on the module application element.
Verified: processReleaseManifest/Resources + ft8 javac + app kotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL. Plan: .hermes/plans/2026-08-05_150000-v455-fix-plan.md
feature/ft8 module manifest carried an application element from the
FT8CN standalone app (allowBackup/icon/label/usesCleartextTraffic),
clashing with the main app manifest at merge (allowBackup false vs
true, icon, label). Removed the tag - components (activities, service,
permissions) remain and merge cleanly. Verified: processRelease-
MainManifest + mergeReleaseResources BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
feature/ft8 module manifest carried an application element from the
FT8CN standalone app (allowBackup/icon/label/usesCleartextTraffic),
clashing with the main app manifest at merge (allowBackup false vs
true, icon, label). Removed the tag - components (activities, service,
permissions) remain and merge cleanly. Verified: processRelease-
MainManifest + mergeReleaseResources BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
User-prioritized WaveLog fixes (4.5.5, commit-only per instruction):
- QRZ 对方网格爬虫: QrzGridClient (domain, pure JVM) fetches
https://www.qrz.com/db/{call} with user-supplied cookies (parses
EditThisCookie JSON or raw "k=v; k=v"), extracts Grid Square from
the Detail table. Cookies NEVER built in - entered in settings.
- Settings: WaveLog card top-right gear opens QRZ cookie dialog with
test query button (detects logged-in callsign from cookie, looks up
its grid, shows result or failure in the dialog).
- LogTab: on Enter, async lookup of the other station's grid ->
queue.updateGridsquare -> uploaded with QSO (postQso gridsquare).
- LoTW satellite list: 112 names embedded (lotw.arrl.org config.tq6),
normalizeSatName maps Celestrak TLE names to LoTW names (SAUDISAT-1C
-> SO-50, FUNCUBE-1 -> AO-73, DIWATA-2B -> PO-101, ZARYA/ARISS ->
ARISS); "Update sats" button in WaveLog card downloads the live list
(LotwSatellitesRepo, SharedPreferences persisted, never in build).
- RST: rst_sent/rst_rcvd = 59/59 in both v1 ADIF and v2 JSON.
- Grid mismatch dialog kept (cloud station grid vs station QTH);
QSO gridsquare no longer uses station grid.
- New strings in 5 locales; check_strings 9 files OK.
Verified: core:domain/data + feature:settings/radar + app
compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
FT8CN 0.93 shipped malformed strings that old AGP tolerated but AGP9
rejects: 148 unclosed tags (</string>>), unclosed XML comments,
trailing garbage after tags, and non-positional multi-placeholder
formats. Fixed across all 8 locale files: closed tags/comments,
removed trailing garbage, numbered placeholders in argument order
(%1$s %2$d %.3$1f style). aapt2 compile of every values-* dir now
passes 0 errors; :feature:ft8 + :app compileDebugKotlin SUCCESSFUL.
CI build failed at :app:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses: local
osmdroid-android-6.1.14.aar (copied from FT8CN) clashed with the
project's osmdroid 6.1.20 (feature/map remote dependency). Switched
feature/ft8 to libs.other.osmdroid (6.1.20), removed the local aar.
Verified: compileDebugJavaWithJavac + :app:compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
User spot-check found FT8 missing from the settings screens list
(SettingsScreen.kt:703) - page order drag/hide UI could not show or
reorder it. Added "nav_ft8 to FT8" after AMSAT (name must match
Screen.screenId). Verified: :feature:settings + :app compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
User testing round 3 (4.5.4): no success feedback on upload, aprs.fi
shows nothing, passcode calculator OK, notification present.
- Manual report now works even when service not running: ACTION_REPORT_NOW
starts the service first (Toast "not configured" if missing callsign)
- Upload result feedback guaranteed: Toast always shows (short OK /
long fail+reason), last result persisted (time/ok/detail) and shown
in the settings card "Last report: HH:mm:ss OK/failed - detail"
- Position source: station position from settingsRepo (user decision)
with live GPS last-known as fallback
- sendPacket reads the server confirmation line (short 3s timeout);
server error text (Invalid/error) surfaces in Toast + card
- Strings EN/ZH/TR/IN/ID +4 keys
Verified: compileDebugKotlin all modules BUILD SUCCESSFUL,
check_strings 9 files OK.
User feedback round 2 (4.5.4): no notification shown, report not
sending, no error visibility on crash. Diagnosis: APRS-IS port 14580
reachable (verified with real login test), 24580 SSL refused; login
format OK. Fixes:
- Settings dialog: "Compute passcode" button - fills passcode from
callsign via the ported 0x73E2 algorithm (user can see the result)
- Global crash handler in MainApplication: stack trace appended to
files/crash_log.txt so crashes are diagnosable (user: no crash logs
were available before)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS runtime permission requested when enabling APRS
(Android 13+ otherwise silently hides the service notification)
- AprsIsClient: read the login response (aprsc "# logresp ...
unverified"/"Invalid") and surface the server message as the error
- AprsForegroundService: Toast on manual report result (OK / failure
with server reason)
- Strings EN/ZH/TR/IN/ID +3 keys
Verified: compileDebugKotlin all modules BUILD SUCCESSFUL,
check_strings 9 files OK.
Root cause: user reported crash on enabling APRS with a callsign set
(empty callsign worked because the service stops early and never
reaches startForeground). Android 14+ requires the service to declare
foregroundServiceType when startForeground passes a type; the service
had none -> process died on toggle.
- Manifest: add android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync"
- AprsCard: use startForegroundService() for start/report actions
(Android 8+ standard for foreground services)
- AprsForegroundService: try-catch around startForeground, fallback
stopSelf instead of killing the process
- AprsReporter: passcode "-1" (APRSdroid "no auth" convention) also
auto-computes from callsign
- Merged upstream 418a05e3 (zh wording fix, no conflicts)
Verified: compileDebugKotlin all modules BUILD SUCCESSFUL,
check_strings 9 files OK.
- prefs_aprs_summary uses %2$d but AprsCard passed port.toString()
(String) -> String.format threw IllegalFormatConversionException
on every Settings screen open (crash). Pass Int now.
- Manifest service name was ".AprsForegroundService" (resolves under
applicationId) but the class lives in com.rtbishop.look4sat.app ->
ClassNotFoundException when toggling. Use full class name.
Verified: :feature:settings:compileDebugKotlin + :app:compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
User feedback: on narrow screens long names (e.g. AO-123_[FM]) were
truncated before the mode tag. Scaled the 6 day cells down
proportionally (weight 1f -> 0.8f, height 26dp -> 24dp) and widened
the name column (weight 1.4f -> 2f) in both header and rows.
Verified: :feature:status:compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
aapt2 treats in/b+in as the same locale config as id -> Duplicate
resources build failure. in and id are equivalent in Android's
resource matcher (both normalize to id), so values-in + values-id
is sufficient coverage for Indonesian devices.
mckero
Arty Bishop