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Free42 version 1.5.7a & 1.5.8a - 1.5.8f
03-21-2016, 12:43 PM
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RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a
I'm getting the impression that the action bar causes as many problems as it solves; that whether the app has an old-style title bar and options menu, or a new-style action bar and overflow menu, you can never depend on all Android >= 4 devices to show the menu icon in No Title and Full Screen modes.

So, I figure I might as well go back to the old-style title bar, restore support for the four people still using Android < 3 ;-), and make tapping in the top of the display activate the menu, like in the iPhone version. That way, everyone will be able to access the menu, regardless of whether they're in Normal, No Title, or Full Screen modes. (I guess I'll get rid of Normal mode, because a title bar that doesn't do anything but show a title is a waste of space, which is why Free42 <= 1.5.6 didn't have one, either.) N.B. The top-of-the-screen tap will act as the menu activation trigger *in addition* to whatever other triggers are provided by the OS -- menu button, long-pressed on-screen button, or menu icon -- it will not replace them.

Expect a new release in one or two weeks.
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RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Graan - 03-20-2016, 08:10 AM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Howard Owen - 03-20-2016, 01:12 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Graan - 03-20-2016, 08:14 AM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Graan - 03-20-2016, 09:08 AM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Graan - 03-20-2016, 09:38 AM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Gerald H - 03-20-2016, 09:46 AM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Graan - 03-20-2016, 11:09 AM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Thomas Okken - 03-20-2016, 02:57 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Thomas Okken - 03-20-2016, 02:55 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Thomas Okken - 03-20-2016, 04:35 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Jlouis - 03-21-2016, 12:23 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - ggauny@live.fr - 03-21-2016, 12:01 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Thomas Okken - 03-21-2016 12:43 PM
RE: Free42 version 1.5.7a - Gerald H - 04-18-2016, 05:27 AM



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