Per upstream author feedback (PR #233) and tablet UX report:
- Bottom bar keeps max 5 primary destinations: Satellites/Passes/
AMSAT/Map/Settings; Radar moves to the More menu (still reachable
from Passes via item click)
- Legacy migration: persisted orders are rewritten in memory
(main menu drops Radar + appends AMSAT; More menu drops AMSAT +
appends Radar) so existing installs get the new layout
- Wide screens / tablets (width breakpoint) now use the side
navigation rail instead of the bottom bar - fixes the wasted
bottom strip ("big chin") in landscape/tablet layouts
- New AMSAT tab icon: MDI satellite-variant (Apache 2.0,
https://pictogrammers.com)
- What's new updated in 5 locales; version 4.5.6 (457)
- 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
New feature/status module: fetches https://amsat.org/status/ and
renders a live status grid in the official site colors:
- Parser (AmSatParser): 47 satellites x 6 days x 12 two-hour slots,
official colors (blue=Active, orange=TLM/Beacon, pink=Not Heard,
deep-orange=Conflicting, gray=none); 598+ report details extracted
from inline JS tooltips (callsign/date/time/grid)
- Three-level viz: color grid -> report count -> tap day cell opens
report list dialog
- Manual refresh with spin animation + last-updated timestamp +
legend row; loading/error states
- New "AMSAT" entry in the More menu (Screen.AmSat), integrated with
page-order / hide-page settings (SettingsScreen screens list,
defaultSubMenuOrder, allNavItems, migration for existing users)
- AmSatRepository via IRemoteSource.getStatusHtml() (UA header);
shared remoteSource promoted to a lazy class property in MainContainer
Radar page Log tab: local entries now grouped by pass session with a
thick divider + satellite label between groups (matches the log page).
What's new updated in EN/ZH/TR/IN/ID. Version bumped to 4.5.3/453.
Not released (user gates all releases).
Background: satellite operators want to log QSOs during a pass while
watching live frequencies. 4.5.2 adds WaveLog (logbook server) API v2
integration: log from the radar page, upload to a self-hosted WaveLog
instance with grid-mismatch protection.
Changes:
- Radar page: new third tab "Log" between Transceivers and SSTV
- pick a transponder, watch live TX/RX Doppler-corrected frequencies
- enter callsign, Enter stores locally (UTC time + that second's
frequencies sampled together)
- local entry list shows time/frequency/callsign only (no upload
status, per user: proves the entry was saved)
- swipe-to-delete: yellow trash while swiping, turns into Undo at
75%, 5s countdown before auto-delete (custom gesture, no
SwipeToDismissBox)
- Settings: new WaveLog card (server URL / API key / station ID /
auto-upload switch / test connection / upload now buttons) matching
the user's reference screenshot layout
- Upload pipeline: POST /index.php/api/v2/qso with required fields
(station_profile_id, call, band=SAT, mode, qso_date, time_on UTC)
plus freq/freq_rx (Hz), gridsquare (from station profile via
GET /api/v2/station/{id}), sat_name; RST omitted per user
- Grid check: station gridsquare (first 4) vs user QTH (first 4);
mismatch shows a confirm dialog (ignore & upload / cancel)
- Auto upload: 10-minute in-app retry loop (only when switch on);
manual upload button; local queue capped at 500, all entries stored
locally regardless of switch
- Fixed: subMenuOrder was never persisted (4.5.1 regression)
- core/domain: compileOnly org.json (runtime uses Android's)
- Version 4.5.2 (452)
Verified: check_strings.py OK (8 files, 452/4.5.2);
:app:compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL locally.
Background: 8 bottom-nav items squeeze long English labels on narrow
screens. 4.5.1 introduces the 5+N pattern: 5 main tabs plus a fixed
6th "More" button that pops a second-level menu (spring bounce) with
the remaining pages.
Changes:
- MainScreen: nav split into main (<=5, screenOrder-driven) + more
(subMenuOrder); More button with popup panel + spring animation;
BackHandler closes the menu before navigating back
- MoreMenuPopup: bottom-end card, current page highlighted, scrim
click to dismiss
- UI Settings: page order card now has two zones (main menu, max 5,
Settings locked last with no drag handle / more menu); move buttons
between zones, drag-to-reorder within zones; new subMenuOrder pref
- Defaults: main = Satellites/Passes/Radar/Map/Settings,
more = Mutual/Roaming/CwDecode; old screenOrder migrates by
classifying pages against the default sub menu
- Hard-coded UI strings localized (Tracking/Lat/Lon/Qth/Connect/
Track/Stop/CW permission prompts) into EN/ZH/TR
- NEW Indonesian locale (values-in, 181 strings + cw module strings)
- user rule: every future release must update EN/ZH/TR/IN
- Version 4.5.1 (451)
Verified: check_strings.py OK (8 files, no bare apostrophes);
:app:compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL locally.
- versionCode 449 -> 450, versionName 4.4.9 -> 4.5.0
- pass_whatsnew_message rewritten (en/zh/tr) to describe ONLY this
release: new CW Decoder page (live Morse decoding + waterfall) and
its settings (message type, font size, 9 color themes)
Verified: check_strings.py OK (no bare apostrophes).
The previous commit message claimed the bump but the edit never
landed (script aborted on a syntax error before touching the toml);
versionName stayed 4.4.8/448. Fix the version now - the v4.4.9 tag
must carry versionName 4.4.9.
The online update always pulls every preset Celestrak/amsat URL and
the custom URL lived hidden behind the "Import" dialog's toggle. The
user wants a discoverable entry point to edit the custom source URLs.
Rename the data card button "Import" -> "Custom URL" (en: Custom URL,
zh: 自定义URL, tr: Özel URL). The existing dialog already hosts both
URL text fields (TLE + transceivers) and the file-import buttons, so
no dialog changes are needed - the import feature stays inside, as
the user requested.
Version bump per fork convention (feature change): 4.4.7 -> 4.4.8,
versionCode 447 -> 448. v4.4.7 release stays downloadable.
What's-new dialog updated in all three locales with this change.
Verified: settings + app compile, unit tests unaffected.
Next release: versionCode 445 -> 446, versionName 4.4.5 -> 4.4.6. Adds the Roaming page (QTH定位器-style 3x3 Maidenhead grid) between Match and Settings, credits BG7NTA & the original author in the thanks title, and caps local Gradle heap for the 2GB build server.
Next release: versionCode 444 -> 445, versionName 4.4.4 -> 4.4.5, following the upstream scheme without suffix. Includes the station panel layout fix, 5-decimal coordinates, and credits additions already merged on main.
App display name changed from Look4Sat to Look4Sat Pro (fork identity). Version follows upstream scheme without suffix: 4.4.3 -> 4.4.4, versionCode 443 -> 444.
The official app signs com.rtbishop.look4sat with its own certificate. A fork sharing that applicationId cannot be installed over the official build (signature mismatch) and users saw overwrite/install failures.
- Add applicationId version catalog entry; namespace stays com.rtbishop.look4sat so source imports are untouched, applicationId becomes com.rtbishop.look4sat.bg7nta.
- Update PROPERTY_SATELLITE_DATA_OPTIMIZED meta-data to the fork id.
- Document the fork-applicationId requirement in the version catalog.
mckero
Arty Bishop