An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• improves reliability of location updates (#884); adds "fused" location provider (api31+).
• fixes bug where "data patterns display nothing at higher latitudes" (#874).
• fixes bug where "in metric mode elevation is still in feet" (#885).
• fixes "app crash when showing graphs with data sources that lacks support".
• fixes "app crash (null pointer exception)" (#882).
• fixes inaccurate default places coordinates (8 places updated).
• adds "solar midnight" checkbox to the welcome activity.
• adds location update information to settings; available providers and recent location age.
• changes defaults; "location maxAge" increased from 5 to 15 minutes (#884).
• updates translation to Polish and Esperanto (eo, pl) (#883 by Verdulo).

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• adds labels for "Polar Night", "Midnight Sun", "Midnight Twilight", and "White Night" (#875) to sun dialog.
• adds label for "daylight of the same length" to the main card.
• adds world places; ~79 places; European cities.
• fixes app crash when using custom events with offsets (#879).
• fixes app crash in sun dialog when using rise/set buttons on days those events don't occur.
• fixes bug where "lightmap sun icon is cropped at solar midnight" (#877).
• fixes bug in sunlight graph where "days that experience polar night are drawn incorrectly" (#878).
• fixes bug where "%eT@sn displays the wrong time (sunset instead of noon)" (#874).
• increments CalculatorProviderContract version 7 -> 8; adds column for solar midnight.

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• fixes app crash when twilight alarms have an attached note (#872).
• improves searching places when names contain special characters.
• adds world places; ~120 places; South American capitals and other major cities.
• adds "check all" button to the world places dialog; fixes bug where dialog allows all items unchecked.
• adds an indicator to the moon dialog when the displayed time is adjusted by DST (#870).
• adds an additional "clear alarms" preference to alarm settings.

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• adds option for "solar midnight" (#835).
• adds world places: ~110 places; North American capitals, major cities, and others.
• adds an indicator to sun dialog when the displayed time is adjusted by DST.
• fixes bug where "sun position grid does not re-align when DST changes" (#867).
• fixes bug where "sun position graph labels are always displayed using 12h time".
• improves UI when configuring time offsets for custom events, alarm, and bedtime settings.
• increases maximum "auto-dismiss after" notification value from 5 minutes to 12 hours (#726).
• enhances %e data patterns to work with all widget types (no longer limited to sun widgets).
• adds data patterns: %es, %eS, %h, and %H; shadow length, and observer height.
• adds data patterns: %ea, %ez, %ed, and %er; altitude, azimuth, declination, right-ascension.

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• adds an option to the moon dialog, solstice dialog, and solstice widget to only show the number of days remaining (#846, #847).
• adds "gradually increase volume (curve)" to alarm options; defaults to cubic. The volume increases gradually in the beginning, rapidly increasing toward the end.
• enhances the alarm dismiss activity to display the current time using the alarm's time zone (#849).
• enhances the "custom event" alarm selector to display a time preview.
• fixes app crash when using menu actions while refreshing location (#862).
• fixes app crash when toggling wallpaper from the theme configuration activity.
• fixes bug where "warnings only show the first message when multiple warnings are queued".
• fixes bug where "gradually increase volume" is only applied to the left channel.
• fixes bug where "flippable widget fails to change views" (#855).
• fixes bug where the moon dialog opens with today's information instead of the selected day (#858).
• fixes bug where the color collection activity loses the current selection; fixes bug where the share action is disabled for default colors.
• fixes bug where alarm edit screen layout is cropped in landscape mode; input chips may now flow to use space more efficiently.
• fixes bug where the "location dialog shows the wrong icon when 'use app location' is checked".
• changes defaults; "bright alarms" are now enabled by default.
• changes defaults; "gradually increase brightness" changed from 60 to 30 seconds.
• changes defaults; "gradually increase volume" changed from 10 to 30 seconds.

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• fixes bug "boot completed hangs after phone restart" (#842).
• fixes bug "FGS not allowed to start from BOOT_COMPLETED!" (Android 15).
• fixes bug where "moon dialog displays the wrong phase label" (#843).
• fixes bug where custom color labels are invisible when ellipsized (missing text).
• fixes bug where text is cropped in moon day widget (#845).
• fixes bugs in widget previews; missing padding, missing map foreground.
• adds "preview" action to the "bright alarm colors" selector.
• adds AFTER_BOOT_COMPLETED; changes BOOT_COMPLETED so that it defers scheduling alarms until a few moments later (#842).
• adds time-out when querying various content providers to avoid potential ANRs if a provider fails to respond.
• updates build; replaces jitpack.io artifacts, adds git submodule.
• updates translation to Polish and Esperanto (eo, pl) (#841 by Verdulo).

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• enhances the quick settings tiles to support displaying their dialogs over the lock screen.
• improves the appearance of the quick settings tile dialogs (replaces default AlertDialog).
• fixes app crash when configuring quick settings tiles.
• fixes bug where quick settings tiles use the wrong default values.
• adds a "restore defaults" action to the widget configuration activity.
• enhances "bedtime mode" to support Direct Boot; responds to LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED to restore bedtime state after a reboot.
• adds "DND rules" option to "bedtime mode"; this advanced option allows choosing between using automatic DND rules, or overriding DND directly (#818).
• fixes the bedtime notification tap action; tapping the notification opens the bedtime activity.
• revises the notification text displayed when the alarm foreground service does periodic work.
• fixes bug where battery optimization warning is displayed on devices without power management (Android TV).
• fixes miscellaneous bugs in the color picker; cropped text on smaller screens; state lost when changing orientation; edit/delete buttons mistakenly enabled for default items; empty/invisible list items.
• drops support for overriding the app theme using widget themes (this functionality is replaced by the "custom colors" UI).
• updates translations to Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) and Traditional Chinese (zh_TW) (#839 by James Liu).

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• adds "bright alarm colors"; allows customization of fullscreen alarm colors (#741).
• adds "do-not-disturb" preference that indicates the state of the required permission (#818).
• adds "app restricted" warning; "Alarms may fail to work reliably" when the app is in the rare or restricted app-standby-bucket.
• fixes crash in sunlight widget (#735).
• fixes missing "bright alarm" setting on Android 14 (#741).
• fixes bug where bedtime do-not-disturb fails to activate (#818).
• fixes bug where bedtime notifications are hidden due to low priority (adds a separate bedtime notification channel).
• fixes bug where the alarm foreground service fails to stop after triggering notifications.
• fixes missing notification text when the alarm foreground service does periodic work.
• fixes text contrast/readability issues when modifying custom colors (support for "color roles").
• enhances custom colors to allow for user-defined labels.
• fixes bug where color dialog fails to show the alpha slider, and other miscellaneous improvements.
• fixes bug where the "tap action" preference click area is misaligned.
• fixes bug where welcome activity is cropped in landscape orientation (Android TV).
• fixes the "back" gesture so that it dismisses visible warnings first (Android TV).
• fixes inaccurate default place coordinates; Bangui, Conakry.
• updates build; removes jcenter; updates com.jraska:falcon to 2.2.0 (#825).
• updates translation to Norwegian (nb) (#832 by FTno).
• updates translation to Polish and Esperanto (eo, pl) (#833 by Verdulo).
• updates translations to Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) and Traditional Chinese (zh_TW) (#836 by James Liu).

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• fixes bug "widget does not update automatically" (#806).
• adds "material palette", text color preview, and other miscellaneous color picker improvements.
• adds "cross-hair" option to sunlight graph; adds "share bitmap" action.
• fixes sunlight graph so that it shows jump/skip in time zone dst (#735).
• fixes bug where "sunlight dialog axis labels don't follow user settings (always 12 hour time)" (#824).
• fixes bug where the lightmap widget is rendered incorrectly (#812).
• fixes inconsistent text/point sizes between graph views.
• enhances alarm warnings; show a warning when alarm notifications are disabled on the lock screen (#332).
• enhances alarm warnings; show warnings when alarm channel is muted, or notifications are temporarily paused/suspended.
• fixes broken "full-screen notifications" preference click listener; the UI now reports the current state of the required permission (#802).
• fixes bug where the alarm dialog fails to switch to the correct tab when scheduling events.
• fixes bug where dialog updates continue running after the dialog is closed.
• fixes bugs in color dialog related to FragmentPagerAdapter; fixes crash in color dialog on rotation.
• fixes bug where color sheet fails to retain state on rotation.
• updates translations to Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) and Traditional Chinese (zh_TW) (#813 by James Liu).
• updates translation to Norwegian (nb) (#817 by FTno).
• updates translation to Brazilian Portuguese (pt-br) (#819 by naoliv).
• updates translation to Polish and Esperanto (eo, pl) (#824 by Verdulo).

An android app that displays sunlight and moonlight times.

This release:

• adds "sidebar navigation", and an option to change the "launcher activity" (#505).
• adds support for custom events based on "shadow length" (#331).
• adds support for customizing the app color scheme; customize map, graph, and highlight colors.
• adds graph of sunlight over the year (#735), time of earliest/latest sunrise/sunset (#753), and a 3x2 sunlight graph widget.
• adds "use app location" option to alarms; reschedules alarms automatically when the location is changed (#768, #808).
• adds "bedtime mode" to alarms; helps schedule do-not-disturb during sleep hours (#425).
• adds "high brightness" option (#741) and swipeable buttons (#738) to the alarm screen.
• adds "next alarm" quick settings tile, and 2x2 and 3x2 "next alarm" widgets (#766).
• adds support for notification channels (api26+).
• adds permission USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT (needed for alarms over the lock screen) [PERMISSION]; fixes bug "alarms fail to display over lock screen" (#802).
• adds permission FOREGROUND_SERVICE (needed for alarms and notifications) [PERMISSION].
• adds permission ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY (needed to enable do-not-disturb at bedtime) [PERMISSION].
• changes cross-quarter days to use "culturally neutral cross quarter day names" (#804).
• updates default app and widget themes, and adds additional default widget actions.
• updates Time4A dependency from 4.4.2-2019c to 4.8-2021a.
• updates constraint-layout dependency from 1.0.2 to 2.0.4.
• updates targetSdkVersion (25 -> 26 -> 28) (#725), and build tools to 28.0.3.
• increments minSdkVersion (10 -> 14) (#122); building for api10 remains possible for now by reverting changes in build.gradle.