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.
Users can now change the bottom navigation order (previously fixed):
- New "Page order" section under the Settings toggle in the UI
Settings card: vertical list of all 7 pages, each with a drag
handle (new ic_drag drawable, Material drag_indicator glyph) on
the right.
- Drag a handle up/down: the item follows the finger with live
swap + animateItem() placement animation; on release the order is
persisted (OtherSettings.screenOrder, comma-separated in prefs so
order survives; StringSet would not).
- "Reset order" button restores the default order
(Satellites/Passes/Radar/Mutual/Roaming/Map/Settings).
- MainScreen now sorts navItems by screenOrder (empty = default,
stable sort keeps the canonical order); hiddenScreens filtering
unchanged; Settings entry always visible.
- New strings prefs_ui_order_title / prefs_ui_order_reset in
en/zh/tr; What's-new updated in all three locales.
Version stays 4.4.9 (覆盖 per user). Verified: core:data tests
pass, settings + app compile.
Two changes per user request:
1. Data source toggles default OFF with legacy-URL migration
(continuation of the 4.4.8 fix, now also in the dialog): old
example.com placeholder URLs are replaced by the real defaults and
the custom toggles stay off, so the online update never points at a
dead source after upgrading.
2. New "UI Settings" card between Other Settings and Credits:
one switch per bottom-navigation page (卫星/过境/雷达/匹配/漫游/地图/设置
in fixed order). Turning a page off removes it from the nav bar and
the remaining items close up automatically; order is never
rearranged. The Settings entry is always visible (switch disabled)
so the user can never lose access to settings. Persisted via
OtherSettings.hiddenScreens (StringSet of Screen.screenId; screenId
added to the Screen sealed class - simpleName is unsafe under R8).
Version bump per fork convention: 4.4.8 -> 4.4.9, versionCode 449.
What's-new updated in en/zh/tr.
Verified: core:data + core:domain tests pass, all modules compile.
The "Custom URL" dialog's two URL fields now control the default
source used by the online update, per the user's intent (one-time
setup, no extra steps per update):
- Defaults are real URLs now: TLE = Celestrak "All" (active group
CSV), transceivers = SatNOGS API. The example.com placeholders are
gone.
- updateFromRemote(): the "All" TLE entry and the "SatNOGS" entry are
replaced by the user's URLs when the corresponding custom toggle is
ON and the URL is non-blank; otherwise the real defaults are used.
The old "Other" appended-source logic is removed - the toggle now
means "use my URL for this source" instead of "download an extra
source". Each source (TLE / transceivers) is independent.
- Each URL field gained a reset (loop) icon button on the right that
restores the default URL text (new ic_reset drawable, Autorenew
vector). Strings added in en/zh/tr.
Test updated: custom TLE URL data now lands under the "All" type
instead of "Other". Verified: core:data tests pass, settings + app
compile. Version stays 4.4.8 (覆盖 per user).
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.
A bare apostrophe in "QTH定位器 2.0'dan" broke aapt resource
compilation (Invalid unicode escape sequence) and failed the release
build. Escape it as \' per Android string resource rules.
Three detail fixes plus branding, per user review:
1. Night mode visibility (roaming page): hardcoded reference blues
(#01DDFF/#0BACF1) collapse to black under the red ColorMatrix
filter (R channel only), making the page unreadable. Replace ALL
colors with MaterialTheme.colorScheme (background/surface/
surfaceVariant/onSurface/onSurfaceVariant/primary/error). GPS
status dots become themed circles (primary/error) so they survive
the red filter; red marker keeps the original pnt drawable.
2. Settings cards unclamped:
- OtherCard: fixed height(268.dp) squeezed the last toggle row
(spacing 42/42/42/15px on device); drop the fixed height.
- CardCredits: same 268dp + SpaceBetween overflowed, gluing the
last thanks entry to the warranty line; drop fixed height, use
spacedBy(8.dp) and insert 24dp before the warranty text.
3. Branding:
- Settings top title: "Look4Sat v%s" -> "Look4Sat Pro v%s" (en/tr);
title Text no longer marquees and wraps instead (heightIn(min=48)).
- APK asset name: look4sat-<ver>.apk -> Look4Sat-Pro-<ver>.apk.
- What's-new dialog (pass_whatsnew_message) rewritten in all three
locales (en/zh/tr) with this release's changes; zh gets its own
localized title "Look4Sat Pro 更新内容".
Verified: roaming/settings/passes/app compile, 11 unit tests pass.
Reverts the auto-update machinery after review — the page now simply mirrors the station position (站位) from the shared settingsRepo.stationPosition StateFlow, exactly what the Settings page shows:
- RoamingScreen: removed the LocationManager listeners, the 30s re-request loop, the provider filter and the location-disabled hint. No polling, no auto-updates; coordinates are whatever the station GPS says.
- Settings: removed the '漫游位置实时更新' toggle (stateOfRoamingLive, key, action, strings en/zh/tr) that caused the 'Other' card to overflow — the sixth unlabeled switch clipped past the card's rounded bottom edge was that row overflowing a fixed-height card. Card height back to 268.dp, five rows fit again.
Verified: core:domain tests, roaming/settings/app compile clean; zero references to RoamingLive remain.
Rework the Roaming page after user review. It is now a faithful port of the QTH定位器 location panel, not a loose re-skin:
UI (matching the reference layout):
- GPS status dot (real: green when a fresh fix exists, outline when stale/missing) + date + time header
- Lat/Lon rows with DMS and 5-decimal display, big 8-char locator centered below
- 3x3 grid of neighboring 4-char squares with the reference proportions: center column ~2.6x wider (21.4% : 56.2% : 21.4%) and center row the tallest (31.5% : 35.9% : 31.7%); red position marker now placed at the fractional position of the fix inside the center cell (was fixed center)
- No oversized GPS button: live updating is now a Settings toggle '漫游位置实时更新' (stateOfRoamingLive, default on) that drives periodic location refresh
Style & night-mode safety:
- All colors come from MaterialTheme.colorScheme (surfaceVariant/secondaryContainer/error) — no hardcoded cyan/blue from the original app. The red night filter (ColorMatrix keeping only the R channel) blanked the old hardcoded palette; theme colors survive it.
- Chinese nav label '漫游' added to values-zh (was missing, showing English 'Roaming')
Settings:
- OtherSettings.stateOfRoamingLive persisted (default true), toggle row in Other card, height adjusted
Verified: feature:roaming, feature:settings, app compile clean.
The settings outro title now reads 'BG7NTA & the original author would like to thank' (en) / 'BG7NTA 与原作者感谢' (zh) / 'BG7NTA ve orijinal yazar teşekkür eder' (tr), alongside the BA7OPF/BG7NTA entries added to the credits list.
Ports the QTH定位器 (com.us1pm.gridsquarelocator) location panel into Look4Sat as a new 'Roaming' page, restyled with the app's own look.
UI (top to bottom):
- Info header: GPS status dot, big 8-char locator, Lat/Lon rows with DMS + 5-decimal display, and a GPS 定位 button
- 3x3 grid panel: the current 4-char Maidenhead square (e.g. OL42) centered, surrounded by its 8 neighbors (OL33..OL51), with a red position marker in the center cell
Logic:
- QthConverter gains qthNeighbors(square) building the 3x3 grid with field/square carry at boundaries (AA00 wraps to RR99, IO91 crosses into J field), and qthToSquare(locator) extracting the 4-char square
- Verified against the decompiled app algorithm and the reference screenshot (OL42 grid matches exactly); 9 unit tests cover normal, boundary and field-wrap cases
Navigation:
- New bottom-nav item 'Roaming' between Match and Settings, with a crosshair icon
- New feature:roaming module (ViewModel + Compose screen) registered in the app
Build config:
- Lowered Gradle JVM heap from -Xmx6g to 768m: the 2GB build server froze on the old value; heavy release builds stay on GitHub Actions
With 5-decimal coordinates the Lat/Lon/Qth row overflowed, pushing the QTH value to a wrapped line. Split into two rows: Lat + Lon on the first line, Qth on the second.
Also append BA7OPF (pass matching feature) and BG7NTA to the credits list in en/zh/tr string resources.
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.
Port satlover.de dual-station pass matching feature:
- New feature/mutual module with mutual pass data model
- MutualViewModel: compute overlapping passes for two stations
- ElevationCurveChart: Canvas-based dual elevation curve with drag
- MutualScreen: input form + results with expandable cards
- Navigation: add Mutual tab to bottom navigation bar
- i18n: add Chinese/English strings for new feature
Use MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary for satellite name
text in all three lists (Components, SatellitesScreen,
PassesScreen), matching the color that was previously
used for the catalog number.
Remove the NORAD catalog number (e.g. '44444 - ') prefix
from satellite names in three places:
- Pass list items (Components.kt)
- Satellite selection list (SatellitesScreen.kt)
- Pass detail view (PassesScreen.kt)
The number is still accessible via satellite details if needed.
- Add CwDsp with FIR bandpass filter, envelope detection, Goertzel tone detector
- Add CwDecoder with real-time Morse timing analysis and character lookup
- Add CW state/actions to RadarState, wire into RadarViewModel
- Add collapsible CW decoder panel to transceivers page
- 19 unit tests covering DSP, Morse table, and decoder state
- Shares IAudioCapture with SSTV, auto-stops SSTV when CW starts
- Add DopplerFrequencyCalculator utility with passband mapping + Doppler correction
- Add MHz input UI with real-time 1Hz refresh during pass
- Add kHz offset for downlink frequency correction
- TX/RX fields on same row for compact layout
- 40 unit tests covering linear/FM/inverted transponders