Free42 version 1.5.7a & 1.5.8a - 1.5.8f

[Thomas Okken]

I just posted 1.5.8, in which I rolled back the vibration code, so it uses the old Vibration service again, rather than the new Haptic Feedback API, which apparently doesn't work on a lot of devices.

I also changed the target Android version to 2.2, which makes the action bar go away. I retained the three-way normal / no-title / full-screen selector.

There are still some things to be done to make the Android UI better: tapping in the top of the screen to bring up the menu on devices where it cannot otherwise be reached, because they have neither a hardware menu button nor show the "three dots" in the navigation bar. Also, I'll add an option to hide the navigation bar, for a true full-screen experience.

I had planned to have those features in 1.5.8, *and* have 1.5.8 out the door two weeks ago, but reality intervened, unfortunately. I'll probably do those remaining Android UI improvements next week; after that it'll be quiet for a while, but I have some other much-requested improvements on the way, including import and export of matrices to CSV files.

UPDATE: Whoops, the "tap in the top of the screen to bring up the menu" really should have been in this release. The fact that some Android devices have neither a menu button nor show the "three dots" in the navigation bar was precisely the reason why this whole action bar drama got started in the first place!
I just pushed out 1.5.8a, which includes this feature.