Release Notes
Release Notes for the BFE Keyboard Application
Release 2.2.16
Released February 2024
Highlights
Fixed an issue where the percent sign key could not be pressed.
Release 2.2.15
Released January 2024
Highlights
Updated the SDK version to allow for uploading to PlayStore.
Details
Updated SDK version from 28 to 33 and Gradle version from 3.4.1 to 7.4.2.
Release 2.2.14
Released March 2023
Highlights
Various fixes.
Details
Fixed the issue where wrong keyboard is shown if the first/only form field is numeric.
Restyled the keys to remove key borders.
Added the use of gray background.
Increased vertical key padding for ease of use.
Fixed a crash when preview is enabled.
Release 2.2.12
Released January 2023
Highlights
Various fixes and implementation of shift key press to change caps lock.
Details
Fixed shift key to reset shift state upon selecting another key.
Enabled the caps lock feature if shift is double clicked or long pressed.
Updated the customkeyboard to track caps state.
Updated the shift key and caps images.
Added logic to ignore a held key if a different key is detected performing down / up.
Fixed space bar issue by relying on key code check instead of string comparison.
Fixed the keyboard logic to properly set the shift state within the keyboard check of caps state.
Fixed to not have shift state retained when switching text fields.
Fixed the array to list issue by indexing for the first element instead.
Dismissed the popup if a pressed key cannot be found upon calling showPopup.
Release 2.2.6
Released December 2022
Highlights
Fixed issue that caused multiple clicks on same key to be 'ignored' when using the Key Preview feature. The changes included moving the preview key higher and changing the style of the preview key.
Release 2.2.5
Released September 2022
Highlights
Resolved a null pointer exception during device boot.
Details
Added a check for null value within view object.
Release 2.2.4
Released July 2021
Highlights
Added ability to toggle different keyboard layouts. Feature is controlled by Launcher configuration setting.
Details
Added supportToolLib to allow for using timber logging.
Started the logic for the toggle keyboard feature.
Updated Keyboard Toggle feature to use configuration values from Launcher.
Fixed numeric layout to have "1,2,3" be at the top row to match with default keyboard layouts. Reflected similar changes to reverse numeric layout to have "7,8,9" at the top row instead.
Release 2.1.8
Released November 2020
Highlights
Adjustments for font sizes and key previews.
Details
Started German translations.
Made adjustments to keyPreview display for API level 28.
Adjusted the font size and key previews for landscape keyboard.
Removed empty layouts.
Various bug fixes.
Release 2.1.8
Released November 2020
Highlights
Adjustments for Font Sizes and Key Previews.
Details
Started german translations
Make adjustments to keyPreview display for API level 28
Adjust font size and key previews for landscape keyboard
Removed empty layouts
Various bug fixes
Release 2.1.3
Released September 29, 2020
Highlights
Various UI changes.
Details
Modularize onKey method from KeyboardInputMethodService
Update big button layout
Rename package
Release 2.0.2
Released March 2, 2020
Highlights
Redesign of the keyboard.
Details
Redesign keyboard layouts to include standard, alphanumeric, big button, numeric and reverse numeric layouts
Add input field type detection
Driven by configuration file
Add different user feedback options
Add option for key previews while typing
Release 1.1.4
Released December 16, 2019
Highlights
Initial release of the keyboard.
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