Addresses @AlanCui4080's review feedback about the manual date calculation.
Uses SimpleDateFormat to eliminate the hand-written calendar math (regex +
days-from-epoch calculation). Avoids java.time since it requires desugaring
on minSdk 24, keeping dependencies minimal.
Before: 23 lines of manual day-from-epoch calculation
After: 7 lines using SimpleDateFormat
Ref: https://github.com/rt-bishop/Look4Sat/pull/233#discussion_r1868599947
WavelogQueue serialized and deserialized every field except
gridsquare: updateGridsquare() wrote it, but save() skipped
put("gridsquare") and all() never read it back, so the QRZ-backfilled
grid was always empty at upload time (GRIDSQUARE never made it into
the ADIF). Add both directions.
WaveLog's parse_frequency() (Logbook_model.php) treats integer input
as Hz but reads string suffixes ("145.852038M" -> 145852038 Hz).
The bare-integer freq/freq_rx values in the v2 JSON envelope could be
misread as MHz by older WaveLog versions, corrupting the band
derivation (145.852 MHz showed up as 160m). ADIF string (v1/v2) was
already correct; now the extra fields match the same semantics.
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
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-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.
Added to the prefs_outro_thanks list after BG7NTA in all 5 locale
files (values/zh/tr/in/id), keeping the original bullet style and the
24dp spacer before the license block (user: keep bottom spacing).
Verified: check_strings 9 files OK.
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.
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.
values-in-rID did not survive aapt2 linking (normalized away).
Switch to values-b+in (BCP-47) which compiles cleanly and keeps an
explicit "in" language config alongside values-id. Verified: aapt2
compile of values-in/values-id/values-b+in OK.
Root cause: aapt2 merges values-in into values-id (in is the legacy
alias of id), so the APK only carried the (id) config. New devices
report "id" and match; older devices report "in" and find no (in)
config -> fall back to English (friend's report: only system date
showed Indonesian).
Fixes:
- Add values-in-rID (core/presentation + feature/cw) so the APK
keeps a real "in" language config; values-in and values-id both
get translatable="false" on the 27 entries that English marks
(aapt2 rejects those with multiple %-substitutions otherwise)
- Verified: aapt2 compile of values/values-in/values-id/values-in-rID
OK; :core:presentation:mergeDebugResources + :feature:cw:mergeDebugResources
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
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).
User request: logs should be separated by satellite/pass. Each pass
session gets an ID = satellite name + AOS timestamp (the second the
elevation hits 0, from OrbitalPass.aosTime), e.g.
"ASRTU-1-20260804-2014". Log page groups entries by session:
group title (satellite - local time) + thick divider line between
groups (md --- style); legacy entries without sessionId fall into
"Ungrouped" at the end.
- WavelogQso: +sessionId (persisted in queue JSON)
- LogTab: sessionId built from satelliteName + aosTimeMs (radar page
passes currentPass.aosTime)
- WavelogLogScreen: grouped rendering + wavelog_ungrouped string (4 locales)
- sessionId UTC yyyyMMdd-HHmm; display converts to local time
Verified: check_strings OK (9 files); :app:compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL. Not released (batched).
Friend's device (system language Bahasa Indonesia) fell back to
English even though values-in exists. Modern Android devices report
the Indonesian locale as "id" (ISO-639-1 current code; "in" is the
legacy alias) and resource matching is strict. Added values-id as a
copy of values-in in core/presentation and feature/cw (both language
directories ship the same translations).
Verified: check_strings OK (9 files incl. values-id);
:app:compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL. Not released (batch with
pending fixes).
Official code issues found during review (user-reported):
1. GPS "success" was shown instantly even when no fix was obtained:
- setStationPosition() always returned true (permissions exception
swallowed, async requestLocationUpdates without waiting)
- now: suspend + LocationManagerCompat.getCurrentLocation (GPS
first, network fallback), permission check upfront, 15s timeout,
success only when onLocationChanged fires; SettingsRepo takes
Context for the permission check; ViewModel waits for the real
result and shows "Unable to get location - check permission and
GPS/network signal" on failure (4 locales)
2. Data update faked success on total failure:
- updateFromRemote now counts successful sources; 0 success throws
IOException -> timestamp NOT refreshed, Toast "Update failed -
check your network" (4 locales, new IShowToast resId overload)
- OkHttp timeouts widened: connect 15s / read 20s / write 20s
Verified: check_strings OK; all modules compile.
Release intentionally NOT triggered (user: fix everything first, then
one release).
User-test fixes (3rd overwrite, version stays 4.5.2/452):
1. Log page was invisible everywhere outside the radar tab:
- allNavItems in MainScreen.kt was missing Screen.WavelogLog ->
not in bottom nav, not in More menu
- SettingsScreen UI-order lists were missing the WavelogLog row ->
not in page order settings either
Now the Log page appears in the More menu (default sub menu tail,
migration appends it) AND in UI settings page-order lists.
2. Frequency display: formatFrequency was MHz.kHz.Hz (145.900.000);
now MHz.kHz (145.900) per request. Applies to transceiver panel
and Log page alike (shared formatter).
3. Log tab frequency: now extracts the exact numbers shown in the
transceiver panel (txBaseFrequencyHz for TX, uplinkLow/uplinkHigh
range for linear) - no re-computation, no extra decimals. Upload
uses the same tuned frequency (Hz precision kept internally).
4. Log page (More menu) table: date+time column (MM-dd HH:mm),
row separators (table lines), uploaded checkmark kept.
Verified: check_strings OK (8 files); :app:compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (includes upstream merge 1a552417).
Background: user's WaveLog server has NO v2 API (all /api/v2/* return
404; /api/qso v1 works - verified with curl). First fix only tried v2
paths, so uploads still failed with 404. Also: Log tab frequencies did
not match the Doppler panel, linear transponders showed a single
frequency instead of the passband range, and errors were toast-only
(no copy).
Changes:
- WaveLogApi: full v1 support with auto fallback
- v2 first (Bearer header + JSON fields), on 404 fall back to v1
(key inside JSON body + ADIF string) - both with and without
index.php prefix
- test connection: v2 GET api/v2/token -> v1 POST
api/get_contacts_adif (validates key + station id)
- station gridsquare is v2-only; on v1 the uploader falls back to
the user's QTH grid (grid check skipped/equal)
- v1 ADIF: call/band=SAT/mode/freq+freq_rx (MHz)/qso_date/time_on
(UTC, compact)/gridsquare(4)/sat_name/prop_mode=SAT, byte-length
field prefixes
- 409 duplicate counts as success in both versions
- Error dialog with copy: test/upload failures now open an AlertDialog
with the full error (incl. actual URL + HTTP code), Copy button
(ClipboardManager) and Cancel; uploader collects the first failure
message
- Log tab frequency sync: LogTab receives txBaseFrequencyHz from the
radar page (the tuned frequency shown in the transceiver panel);
RX is computed through the same Doppler mapping as the Doppler
panel; linear transponders show the full uplink/downlink range
(Doppler-corrected low-high) instead of a single frequency
- Restored uploadWavelogQueue (lost in an earlier patch)
Verified: check_strings.py OK (8 files, 452/4.5.2);
:app:compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
Background: user tested 4.5.2 and reported 4 issues. Same-version
overwrite per user (4.5.2 exists solely for the logbook system).
Fixes:
1. Upload 404 — root cause: user server URL ending in /index.php was
concatenated again (/index.php/index.php/api/v2/...) -> 404. Now:
- normalizeUrl strips trailing /index.php
- every request tries the index.php path first, falls back to the
rewritten path on 404
- 409 conflict (duplicate QSO) counts as success (moves out of queue)
- failure messages include the actual URL + HTTP code for debugging
2. Swipe-to-delete was dead: rowWidth was never measured (0) so the
75% threshold was 0 and the drag was clamped to 0. Now measured via
onSizeChanged + smooth spring/tween snap-back animation.
3. Transponder picker: long card list replaced with an
ExposedDropdownMenuBox dropdown (scrollable menu, pick one).
4. New Log page under the More menu: table view (time / frequency /
satellite / callsign / uploaded checkmark). WavelogQso gains
uploaded flag; uploader marks instead of removing; queue keeps
uploaded entries (500 cap). Old persisted subMenuOrder gets
WavelogLog appended (migration).
Verified: check_strings.py OK (8 files, 452/4.5.2);
:app:compileDebugKotlin BUILD SUCCESSFUL.
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.
Background: the transponder panel CW decoder (added by the upstream
fork author) used a lightweight Kotlin Bayesian engine (core/domain/cw,
kept untouched as a fallback). This change makes the panel use the
Morse Expert engine ported in 4.5.0, so both CW entry points share the
same decoder with a live waterfall.
Changes:
- New mini layout cw_panel_main.xml (waterfall 80dp + decoded text,
status line hidden but ID kept for controller lookup)
- MainActivity.onCreate overload with applyImmersive flag; panel binds
with false so the host window system bars are not touched
- CwDecoderPanel now embeds the mini layout via AndroidView and drives
the MainActivity controller: start/stop/reset map to the engine,
lifecycle follows panel expand (start) / collapse (release mic)
- radar module now depends on feature:cw (+ constraintlayout 2.2.1,
same as cw) for layout + controller reuse
- What's new rewritten in EN/TR/ZH for this release only
Verified: :feature:radar:compileDebugKotlin and :app:compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL locally; check_strings.py OK (7 files, no bare
apostrophes).
- 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).
Compose integration of the ported CW decoder engine:
- CwDecodeScreen: AndroidView embedding the ported activity_main.xml,
lifecycle delegated to the ported MainActivity controller (onCreate ->
onResume, onDispose -> onPause/onDestroy), RECORD_AUDIO runtime
permission flow (with permanent-denial -> app settings), original
options_menu actions as a top button row (pause/clear/save/record/
settings), double-back-to-exit preserved
- CwSettingsDialog: message_type (general_text/ham_radio_qso),
text_font_size (7-99), and the 9 color keys (bg_color/text_color/...)
reading/writing the same prefs keys as the original app
(getPackageName()+"_preferences"), colors sourced from I2.b tables
- Navigation: Screen.CwDecode ("CwDecode") placed between Roaming and
Map in the default order; defaultScreenOrder updated; ic_cw morse icon;
nav_cw strings (en/zh/tr); app depends on :feature:cw
Verified: :feature:cw:compileDebugKotlin + :app:compileDebugKotlin
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (first pass, no errors).
Two drag issues from user testing:
1. Only adjacent swaps worked - the drag gesture could not move an
item past multiple positions. Root cause: the pointerInput closure
kept the index captured at composition; after the live swap
(items.add(target, removeAt(index))) the closure's index was
stale, so subsequent targets were computed from the wrong origin
and the saved order got corrupted (also made previously moved
items snap back).
Fix: track the dragged item's live position via draggingIndex -
onDragStart resolves it with items.indexOf(screen), onDrag computes
the target from draggingIndex and updates it after each swap.
2. The six-dot grip icon was ugly; replaced with a single 8dp themed
dot (Box + CircleShape inside the 48dp touch area, onSurfaceVariant
color). ic_drag.xml removed.
What's-new rewritten in en/zh/tr with ONLY this release's changes
(user rule: replace, never append history). Version stays 4.4.9
(覆盖 per user). Verified: settings + app compile, check_strings.py
clean.
v4.4.9 page-order list crashed the Settings screen on scroll: the
drag-reorder LazyColumn sits inside the Settings LazyVerticalGrid
item, and a vertically scrollable child measured with infinite max
height throws IllegalStateException, killing the app before the UI
Settings card even renders.
Fix: give the LazyColumn a bounded height (itemHeight * items.size
= 7 rows × 48dp = 336dp). Drag logic, animation and persistence
unchanged.
What's-new rewritten in en/zh/tr with ONLY this fix (user rule:
replace, never append history). Version stays 4.4.9 (覆盖 per user).
Verified: settings + app compile; check_strings.py clean.
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