From 80a5d68d4c5568f789c27c35940b83aca3b797b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seb3thehacker Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 13:10:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 0.4.0-alpha: release notes --- .github/release-notes.md | 37 +++++++++++++++---- .../app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/Changelog.kt | 13 +++++++ 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/.github/release-notes.md b/.github/release-notes.md index 73b3b12..6966d50 100644 --- a/.github/release-notes.md +++ b/.github/release-notes.md @@ -1,13 +1,36 @@ -Gearslip 0.3.40 is a test build for a few cars that still don't connect. +Gearslip 0.4.0 brings a web browser with ad blocking, a map behind place lists, any music app or messenger in the car, and a cleaner player beside the map. -If your car works on 0.3.39, you don't need this one. If you're following #18, #39 or #57, please try it and attach a log to your issue: open Gearslip, tap Logs, then Share log. +## New +- The car's web browser opens on a start page with bookmark tiles, the search engine you choose, and ad blocking with EasyList and EasyPrivacy (#85). Manage bookmarks in the car or on the phone. +- Add any installed app to the car as a music app or a messenger, under Car > Apps > Add an app (#84). +- Apps that list places, such as RF Sentinel, show them on a map, as Android Auto does. +- Download a certificate from a link, as a .p12 file or as PEM or DER, and fetch it again later from Settings (#15). +- Car display density takes any value from 60 to 480 DPI, under Screen > Custom (#82). +- Hide the nav bar's mic button. The car's voice key still works. +- Phone in the car opens on recent calls, with missed calls marked. +- Today's weather card shows the next few hours. + +## Player and navigation +- With the player beside the map, like, shuffle, repeat, and lyrics sit in the nav bar, and the dock button there closes the player. +- The player's buttons fit narrow screens, and the song's times show beside the map and in larger type on the media screen. +- The trip's time, arrival, and distance have their own card at the bottom again. +- The cover stays steady instead of dimming every few seconds. +- Waze's Go button counts down and starts the drive by itself. ## Fixed -- A car that holds back its screen is asked for it again with the detail older cars expect. This is for the 2017 Pilot (#57) and other cars on the oldest Android Auto version. -- Music no longer carries on from the phone's speaker after you turn the car off. An app that started playing again by itself is paused a second time (#39). -- A liked song lights up the whole like button, as shuffle and repeat do. Before, only the heart filled in for apps such as Metrolist. +- Map apps keep their GPS fix with the phone locked (#99). Gearslip asks for location "Allow all the time" while a car is connected, and uses it only then. +- Gearslip tells Honda cars which phone it is, so they hand over their screen, and sends sound in bigger chunks to cars that take it slowly (#86, #87). Thanks to @davideresigotti. +- A car that hangs up during setup gets a shorter request the next time (#91). +- The car screen follows the language you pick for Gearslip (#80). +- The music browser handles apps that list the same song twice (#90). +- Screen sharing stops when the car leaves (#88). +- Apps known not to work show a red X and start unticked, in the car and in the phone's app list. Patched copies that work, such as Waze through Morphe, show none. -## Testing -- GM cars open two more channels, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi projection, and log what the car sends on them. This is to find out why the 2021 Bolt hangs up about 20 seconds in (#18). If you drive a GM car, type your phone's Bluetooth address under Settings > Connection > Phone's Bluetooth address. You'll find it in Android's Settings under About phone. +## Changed +- The car audio choice moved to Settings > Connection. With Through Gearslip, map apps' spoken directions play on the phone. +- Connecting wirelessly with Wi-Fi off now asks you to turn it on (#102). Thanks to @grmasa. + +## Privacy +Gearslip now has a [privacy policy](https://github.com/twinksoftware/gearslip/blob/main/PRIVACY.md). It lists every service Gearslip contacts and what each one receives. Help translate Gearslip on [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/gearslip/). diff --git a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/Changelog.kt b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/Changelog.kt index 7be9775..56457bd 100644 --- a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/Changelog.kt +++ b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/Changelog.kt @@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ object Changelog { class Release(val versionCode: Int, val versionName: String, val changes: List) val releases = listOf( + Release( + 4001, "0.4.0-alpha", + listOf( + "The web browser opens on your bookmarks, with the search engine you choose and ads blocked.", + "Add any app to the car as a music app or a messenger, under Apps on the phone.", + "Apps that list places show them on a map.", + "Like, shuffle, repeat, and lyrics sit in the nav bar while the player is beside the map.", + "Map apps keep their GPS with the phone locked once location is allowed all the time.", + "Apps that don't work show a red X and start unticked.", + "Download a certificate from a link, under Certificate in Settings.", + "Car audio moved to Settings > Connection.", + ), + ), Release( 15, "0.3.40-alpha", listOf(