2.15.5
2023-05-27
Features:
• Dynamic Background Color. (Labs)
• New Machine-Learning-based Panels View detector. (Labs)
• New Panels Labs screen including Panels 3 feature preview.
Improvements:
• Tables UI revamp to match modern iOS design patterns.
• Library tab behavior on iPhone is nos customizable. Second tap can take you to the root of the Library or the navigation.
• Embedded web server port can be customized.
• Removing a library, now removes its indices and caches. (clean up)
• Panels View: Better UI feedback when calculating panels. (Labs)
• Panels View: Pre-calculate adjacent pages' panels. (Labs)
• Panels View: Continues from the visible panel after moving the scroll. (Labs)
Fixes:
• OPDS navigation sometimes can't be restored correctly.
• Many bugs in Panels View have been fixed.
• Crash in Geometry Analyzer after modifying a comic file.
• Substack comics now get their cover locally generated if the Substack API fails to return a valid image.
• Cancelling drag to close crashes the app.
2.15.4
2023-04-20
Fixes:
• OPDS requests cache not working.
2.15.3
2023-04-18
Improvements:
• The content browser now allows collapsing sections.
• Import services can be hidden from the content browser.
• Libraries associated with external services (like OPDS) can now be deleted and configured from the library row.
• Better confirmation view when deleting content. Pluralized copy, and different copy when deleting downloaded titles from OPDS.
Fixes:
• Crashes calculating pages geometry.
• App crashes when there are two or more instances of the same external server configured.
• Added Logs to track a bug where Favorites don't work.
• Codex (OPDS) folder images stopped showing up.
• App crashes when opening Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive configuration screens.
2.15.2
2023-04-13
Fixes:
• Rotating the device while reading on single page readers, break the layout.
• Closing the FillScreen and Adjust to Orientation readers using the drag gesture, does not save the reading session.
2.15.1
2023-04-12
Features:
• We have a new Continue Reading which does not show a modal screen when you finish a comic. Now simply pull the last page and jump right to the next comic. It's available in most of the reading modes (not Panels View). Continue Reading is now a free feature. You don't need to purchase or subscribe to use it.
• When organizing the library, if you select multiple comics and try to create a new collection from the selection, Panels now suggests a collection name based on the longest common string of the files names.
• External Libraries (OPDS) now have a Pull-to-refresh control that allows reloading the content from the server.
Improvements:
• Reading Now uses higher resolution images now. Streamed comics and comics that are not on your device will begin to show better quality images. (It requires reading, they don't get improved retroactively).
• Panels now show thumbnails for Komga and Kavita collections and readlists.
• Now that drag-to-close gesture is optional, we are bringing it back to Adjust to Orientation and Fill Screen, so those who want can use it.
Fixes:
• Showing iOS Control Center o the lock screen by dragging down from the top edge, while reading comics with the drag-to-close feature enabled, breaks the reader. The transition gets interrupted and the reader appears floating on top of the library/reading now.
• Sometimes the app crashes while calculating comic geometry for the first time.
• The delete button in the toolbar doesn't do anything when the library is remote (OPDS), preventing from deleting downloaded comics.
• After renaming a collection, it still gets sorted by its old name.
• Zoom Lock is broken after the latest changes in the readers.
• Some CBR files crash the app.
• Sometimes, the wrong page was rendered after presenting the thumbnails menu.
• Thumbnails might not load correctly in some cases. In some cases it might affect the widget, making it show a weird placeholder.
• Some users are unable to restore their purchases.
2.15.0
2023-04-12
Features:
• We have a new Continue Reading which does not show a modal screen when you finish a comic. Now simply pull the last page and jump right to the next comic. It's available in most of the reading modes (not Panels View). Continue Reading is now a free feature. You don't need to purchase or subscribe to use it.
• When organizing the library, if you select multiple comics and try to create a new collection from the selection, Panels now suggests a collection name based on the longest common string of the files names.
• External Libraries (OPDS) now have a Pull-to-refresh control that allows reloading the content from the server.
Improvements:
• Reading Now uses higher resolution images now. Streamed comics and comics that are not on your device will begin to show better quality images. (It requires reading, they don't get improved retroactively).
• Panels now show thumbnails for Komga and Kavita collections and readlists.
• Now that drag-to-close gesture is optional, we are bringing it back to Adjust to Orientation and Fill Screen, so those who want can use it.
Fixes:
• Showing iOS Control Center o the lock screen by dragging down from the top edge, while reading comics with the drag-to-close feature enabled, breaks the reader. The transition gets interrupted and the reader appears floating on top of the library/reading now.
• Sometimes the app crashes while calculating comic geometry for the first time.
• The delete button in the toolbar doesn't do anything when the library is remote (OPDS), preventing from deleting downloaded comics.
• After renaming a collection, it still gets sorted by its old name.
• Zoom Lock is broken after the latest changes in the readers.
• Some CBR files crash the app.
• Sometimes, the wrong page was rendered after presenting the thumbnails menu.
• Thumbnails might not load correctly in some cases. In some cases it might affect the widget, making it show a weird placeholder.
2.14.3
2023-03-13
Features:
• Library can now show a "completed" badge con read comics. (opt-in feature in settings)
Improvements:
• Reading Session created from multiple sources (OPDS download, OPDS Streaming, local,...) are now better detected as duplicated and reconciled.
Fixes:
• OPDS Servers configured with IP addresses, not including the http scheme, won't sync reading sessions correctly.
• 1-finger zoom broke and zooms off-center.
• Document files are included in iCloud Backups but they shouldn't.
2.14.2
2023-03-09
Features:
• OPDS Libraries now show reading progress when enabled.
• You can now mark as read/unread from the library. (Komga sync compatible)
• Drag-to-close readers can now be disabled from the readers' settings.
• Adds support for OPDS-PSE 1.2.
Improvements:
• Better support for streaming comics in the widgets.
• Reading Now show the streaming badge on streamed comics.
• Reading Now reacts to connectivity and visually disables streaming comics when internet is not available.
• We have improved the logic to determine the best source to get the cover from to show on Reading Now. If the comic is streamable but it's already downloaded, Panels will use the local thumbnail instead of the one provided by the remote server.
• Adds Codex as known OPDS server.
• Adds LANraragi as known OPDS server.
• If OPDS-PSE (1.2) lastReadDate is newer than the local reading session, it gets automatically updated to keep it in-sync with the server.
Fixes:
• OPDS-PSE "lastRead" locally overrides the progress from API.
• Panels ignore Komga's reading progress when dates include time zones.
• OPDS reading session break when you were reading a streamed comic and then cache locally.
• Reading Now does not show the comic cover when the streaming starts on another device.
• Can't open OPDS cached comics from Reading Now.
• Panels does not fetch the progress from Komga correctly.
• "Group from this page on" does not work as expected on RTL reading mode.
• Adjust to orientation and Fill Screen readers page layout break after rotation when the page is zoomed in.
• iPhone can be rotated landscape but the app is not designed to do so.
• Comic packs (compressed group of comics) doesn't open anymore.
• Komga reading session sync doesn't work correctly when the baseURL path is not empty.
2.14.1
2023-02-03
Fixes:
• Can't select products in the Panels+ purchase screen on iOS 14 and 15
2.14.0
2023-02-01
New:
• Panels Premium is now Panels+. To celebrate, we'd like to introduce a new lifetime purchase, which includes all Panels 2 updates, yours to keep forever.
Fixes:
• OPDS credentials couldn't be restored in some cases causing the Komga Streaming not to work.
• Continue reading on RTL takes you to the last page instead of the first.
2.13.13
2023-01-24
Features:
• Streamed OPDS comics from Komga servers now sync their reading progress. (downloaded comics and other services will be supported in the future.)
Improvements:
• Double-page reader doesn't show a blocking alert while calculating the pages geometry anymore. Pages will be grouped correctly after the geometry calculation is done, but in the meantime, users can continue reading normally. When the calculation is done, pages might shift position, but at least one of the two current pages should remain visible. Reading position shouldn't jump to a random position.
• Better performance in the vertical reader. Pages load much faster.
• We have improved the hash calculations and reduced the use of locks. It should translate into reducing chances for the app to block threads for too long and get killed by the OS.
Fixes:
• Vertical reader breaks when the device is rotated.
• Downloaded comics from OPDS servers without streaming support wouldn't open.
• Some OPDS servers don't provide download progress.
• Failed OPDS downloads due to 403 Forbidden errors appear as succeeded.
• Symbolic links don't work and always show a "Broken Link" alert on open.
• Streaming from OPDS consumes too much memory and the app can crash in some cases.
• File checksum calculations can create deadlocks that can freeze the app or block background tasks indefinitely.
2.13.12
2023-01-03
Fixes:
• Vertical reader fix for big files. The latest versions of Panels would take a long time (and even crash) when trying to open a comic with many pages. This version fixes that problem.
• Fixed Reader's navigation bar showing as white in iOS 14
2.13.11
2022-12-19
Improvements:
• More efficient page extraction from compressed files.
Fixes:
• Some CBR files show duplicated pages.
• Continue reading does not carry on the reading direction which lead to spoilers when reading RTL.
• Double-Page Reader does not recalculate pages correctly after finishing calculating geometry. Which can cause to crashes in some cases.
2.13.10
2022-12-15
Fixes:
• Reading sessions of streamed comics wouldn't resume correctly from Reading Now.
• Some crashes in iOS 14
2.13.9
2022-12-13
Features:
• ProMotion support
• Import folders. Now you can select a folder and import its content recursively.
• We have listened to your feedback and brought the old widget back. Now you can choose between two widgets. Add the new widget if you prefer to see the full cover.
• Library transitions are now interactive.
• (iPad Only) Drag gesture to the right on the right edge of the device, takes you back to the previous collection.
Improvements:
• Library optimizations to handle large numbers of comics (above thousands) contained in a single folder.
• Some improvements in widget synchronization.
• Show password prompt when Face/TouchID unlock fails, instead of crashing.
• Better support for iPad using external keyboard.
• Better pages geometry calculation for the double page reader. An alert is now shown to explain the geometry calculation in the double-page reader RTL.
• Improvements on OPDS library makes it much more responsive when it has many pages (like "Latest books" in Komga).
• Preload the current page and adjacent for a smoother opening transition.
• Pages and thumbnails in the readers now have a placeholder when they are loading.
• Geometry metadata and thumbnails are now moved when a file is moved using Panels. This reduces the need for regenerating them later on.
Fixes:
• Some CBZ files won't open as before. (iOS 16 regression)
• "Rebuild thumbnails" doesn't work.
• OPDS importer shows content alphabetically, not as the server defines.
• Horizontal drag to dismiss in Vertical Reader works incorrectly.
• Dragging up closes the readers.
• Library open/close collection animations don't work correctly.
• The app crashes when deleting an external service.
• Reading sessions of streamed comics wouldn't resume correctly from Reading Now.
2.13.8
2022-10-28
New in this build
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Enhancements:
• Reduces the sensibility of the drag-to-close gesture.
Fixes:
• Importing comics from a collection does not suggest that collection as the destination.
• Some folders wouldn't show any thumbnails.
• Blank screen at launch on iPad.
2.13.7
2022-10-25
New in this build
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Features:
• The debug information now includes more data about the file system structure.
Enhancements:
• Improved the drag to close gesture in vertical reader.
• Improved separators in vertical reader.
Fixes:
• A bug that would cause comics not to appear in the widget.
2.13.6
2022-10-19
New in this build
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Features:
• 7-zip (.7z) comics support.
• Support for comic packs. Import a zip/rar file containing other cbr/cbz/7z/pdf comics and Panels will extract it for you.
• We have moved the Settings/Account section to its own tab.
• Long pressing "Contact Us" will open the email composer attaching debug information.
Improvements:
• Makes Reading Now lighter by not preloading all the reading sessions information. Improves performance and fixes a crash when dealing with huge amounts of reading sessions.
• The same way you can drag-down to close, in the Vertical Scroll reader you can now drag-horizontally to close.
• If library is configured to show the reading progress, now it stays visible when selecting items.
Fixes:
• Fixed a bug related to the drag-to-close gesture.
• A crash that might appear in the Reading Now section.
• Deleting downloaded files from OPDS servers works again.
• Fixes the small gap between pages in the Vertical reader when reading PDF comics while page separator is set to none.
2.13.5
2022-10-09
New in this build
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Features:
• New iOS 16 widgets!
• Multi-select items in the library by dragging fingers.
• You can now hide unknown format files from the Library.
Improvements:
• Existing widgets redesign.
• Comics' progress on the Library now has a new design (matching Reading Now).
• The transition from the readers' to the Library when dragging down to close is now more polished.
• Panels can now keep the display always on when the embedded web server is running.
• Streaming pages from OPDS now retries up to 3 times before failing.
• OPDS Streaming cache life has been extended.
Fixes:
• Avatar update and syncing now works as expected.
• Pages' miniatures should show up correctly. Fixes a bug that would cause pages to never show up.
• Fixes a bug that would prevent the app to cache images from firebase.
• Sorting the library by Date uses the date that the item was added to the containing folder, not when it was indexed.
• Duplicate files in the same folder now appear in the library.
• Drag to close the reader now works with the double-paged reader in landscape.
• Unknown files are not taken into account to calculate the covers of a collection so they don't break them visually.
Platform:
• We have upgraded Google Drive SDK to the latest version 2.0.1
2.13.4
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Fixes:
• We have fixed a memory leak that caused the library to degrade performance after a period of time navigating through folders.
• Fixes the library UI and the content to getting out of sync. This causes bugs like opening the wrong file or incorrect reorder/move operations.
2.13.3
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Fixes:
• Fixes a crash presenting the new copy-paste interface on iPad
2.13.2
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Improvements:
• We have polished the copy-paste workflows. Now you can paste from the clipboard notification.
• Paste actions appear at the top of the library menu for easier access.
• Panels now opens any known format even if the file extension doesn't match the file type.
2.13.4
2022-09-20
New in this build
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Fixes:
• We have fixed a memory leak that caused the library to degrade performance after a period of time navigating through folders.
• Fixes the library UI and the content to getting out of sync. This causes bugs like opening the wrong file or incorrect reorder/move operations.
2.13.3
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Fixes:
• Fixes a crash presenting the new copy-paste interface on iPad
2.13.2
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Improvements:
• We have polished the copy-paste workflows. Now you can paste from the clipboard notification.
• Paste actions appear at the top of the library menu for easier access.
• Panels now opens any known format even if the file extension doesn't match the file type.
2.13.0
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Features:
• Re-index content progressively.
• Optimize reindex to avoid redundant jobs.
• New format-specific renderers. PDFs are now rendered natively using PDFKit, not as images.
• Better thumbnails load.
Improvements:
• New folders cells.
• Increase thumbnails cache up to 150.
Fixes:
• Fixes a bug pre-loading adjacent pages in right-to-left reading mode. Amongst other issues, it was causing pages not being paired correctly in the double-page reader.
• Fixes another bug pre-loading adjacent pages in double-page reader when the page was single.
2.13.3
2022-08-10
New in this build
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Fixes:
• Fixes a crash presenting the new copy-paste interface on iPad
2.13.2
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Improvements:
• We have polished the copy-paste workflows. Now you can paste from the clipboard notification.
• Paste actions appear at the top of the library menu for easier access.
• Panels now opens any known format even if the file extension doesn't match the file type.
2.13.0
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Features:
• Re-index content progressively.
• Optimize reindex to avoid redundant jobs.
• New format-specific renderers. PDFs are now rendered natively using PDFKit, not as images.
• Better thumbnails load.
Improvements:
• New folders cells.
• Increase thumbnails cache up to 150.
Fixes:
• Fixes a bug pre-loading adjacent pages in right-to-left reading mode. Amongst other issues, it was causing pages not being paired correctly in the double-page reader.
• Fixes another bug pre-loading adjacent pages in double-page reader when the page was single.
2.13.2
2022-08-09
New in this build
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Improvements:
• We have polished the copy-paste workflows. Now you can paste from the clipboard notification.
• Paste actions appear at the top of the library menu for easier access.
• Panels now opens any known format even if the file extension doesn't match the file type.
2.13.0
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Features:
• Re-index content progressively.
• Optimize reindex to avoid redundant jobs.
• New format-specific renderers. PDFs are now rendered natively using PDFKit, not as images.
• Better thumbnails load.
Improvements:
• New folders cells.
• Increase thumbnails cache up to 150.
Fixes:
• Fixes a bug pre-loading adjacent pages in right-to-left reading mode. Amongst other issues, it was causing pages not being paired correctly in the double-page reader.
• Fixes another bug pre-loading adjacent pages in double-page reader when the page was single.
2.13.1
2022-08-04
New in this build
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Features:
• Re-index content progressively.
• Optimize reindex to avoid redundant jobs.
• New format-specific renderers. PDFs are now rendered natively using PDFKit, not as images.
• Better thumbnails load.
Improvements:
• New folders cells.
• Increase thumbnails cache up to 150.
Fixes:
• Fixes a bug pre-loading adjacent pages in right-to-left reading mode. Amongst other issues, it was causing pages not being paired correctly in the double-page reader.
• Fixes another bug pre-loading adjacent pages in double-page reader when the page was single.
2.13.0
2022-08-03
New in this build
=================
Features:
• Re-index content progressively.
• Optimize reindex to avoid redundant jobs.
• New format-specific renderers. PDFs are now rendered natively using PDFKit, not as images.
• Better thumbnails load.
Improvements:
• New folders cells.
• Increase thumbnails cache up to 150.
Fixes:
• Fixes a bug pre-loading adjacent pages in right-to-left reading mode. Amongst other issues, it was causing pages not being paired correctly in the double-page reader.
• Fixes another bug pre-loading adjacent pages in double-page reader when the page was single.
2.12.14
2022-07-19
New in this build
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Fixes:
• Fixed a bug that caused crashes on launch due to duplicate keys in the Reading Session database.
• Fixed a crash when deleting content that was already deleted in the file system.
• Fixed aspect ratio of the profile avatar.
2.12.13
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Fixes:
• Bug fixes
2.12.12
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Fixes:
• Handles corrupted Reading Sessions instead of crashing. Now the user is informed and prompted to delete the session.
We have also tracked this error so we can keep investigating it and understand what is causing it.
• Fixes other crashes opening some CBR/RAR files
2.12.11
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Improvements:
• Allows CBR/RAR files even when with CRC mismatches
Fixes:
• Fixes invalid Favorites
• Fixes some crashes opening CBR/RAR files
2.12.10
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Improvements:
• Adds a new "Move" option in the library to make the organizing process easier to understand.
• A new activity indicator shows when the library is indexing or loading content
• You can now select the Double-Page reader grouping start from the Pages Preview.
• Pages Preview now also preview how the pages are grouped in the Double-Page reader.
• Collections with nested collections now show the correct thumbnails.
Fixes:
• Changes on the double page reader aiming to add more stability.
• Fixes the Recently Imported filters.
• Brings the destination picker back into Recently Imported.
• The library now uses newer APIs to improve stability.
• Better support for symlinks.
• Many fixes in the Double Page reader.
• Fixes the RTL (manga) Double Page reader. Now the pages are grouped correctly and the current page is always fixed to the right.
• Fixes pages previews not loading some pages.
• Fixes a stutter in the double page reader when dragging the pages and the metadata gets updated.
• Fixes flashing in Panel-by-panel navigation
• Fixes tap to dismiss pages menu on iPhone landscape
• Limit page previews size on iPhone landscape
• Fixes reordering when the manual sorting is not enabled. This was causing some weird behaviors when dragging content around.
• A couple of cosmetic fixes in Recently Imported.
• Fixes a crash on launch on iOS 14
2.12.8
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Improvements:
• Adds better support for the COPS media server through OPDS integration.
Fixes:
• Fixes a crash in the vertical reader.
• Fixes the remote thumbnails load in the reading now section.
2.12.7
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Fixes:
• Adjust to orientation reading mode now works as expected.
• More work aiming to fix a crash when using the double page reading mode.