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Jonathan Almeida edited this page Apr 3, 2020 · 1 revision

2019 - Week 27

  • Updated to use Android Components 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Added option to switch from a custom tab to the browser.
  • Switch to using GeckoView for downloads rather than the Android download manager.

2019 - Week 26

  • Updated to use Android Components 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT builds.

2019 - Week 23

  • Reference Browser is now automatically following the GeckoView Nightly version used by Android Components - no manual update needed.
  • Add Find In Page, Desktop Mode, and prompts feature to Custom Tabs
  • Removed Open-In options from Context Menu in Custom Tabs
  • Fixed missing About Page.
  • Fixed missing snackbar when opening in a new tab.

2019 - Week 22

  • Updated to use Android Components 0.55.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Added GeckoView x86_64 ABI support.

2019 - Week 21

  • Updated to use Android Components 0.54.0-SNAPSHOT builds.

2019 - Week 20

  • Updated to use Android Components 0.53.0-SNAPSHOT builds.

2019 - Week 19

  • Enable Site permissions in Custom Tabs.

2019 - Week 18

  • Added reader view.
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.52.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Update GeckoView to 68.0.20190429095544.

2019 - Week 17

  • Added support for swipe to delete tab from the Tabs Tray.
  • Move tabs tray controls to the bottom of the screen.
  • Remove background from toolbar in Custom Tabs mode.

2019 - Week 16

  • Updated to use Android Components 0.51.0-SNAPSHOT builds
  • Updated to use Application Services 0.25.2 builds
  • Update GeckoView to 68.0.20190414095735.

2019 - Week 15

2019 - Week 14

  • Updated GeckoView to 68.0.20190331090052
  • Added FxA pairing functionality

2019 - Week 13

  • Updated GeckoView to 68.0.20190329094433
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.49.0-SNAPSHOT builds

2019 - Week 12

  • Updated GeckoView to 67.0.20190316094726
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.48.0-SNAPSHOT builds.

2019 - Week 11

  • Adding thumbnails to tabs.

2019 - Week 9

  • Updated GeckoView to 67.0.20190227104426
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.44.0-SNAPSHOT builds.

2019 - Week 8

  • Fixed menu items not working in custom tabs
  • Even darker theme
  • No more "about:blank" default sessions
  • Integrated feature-sitepermissions component

2019 - Week 7

  • Updated GeckoView to 67.0.20190212095015
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.43.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Fixed support for Downloads and Context Menus in Custom Tabs
  • Updated GeckoView to 67.0.20190206095431
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.42.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Fixed accessibility for Tabs Tray.

2019 - Week 6

  • Fixed top view missing when exiting picture-in-picture mode. 🖼️
  • Custom Tabs toolbar support.
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.41.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Replaced FxA integration with a new FxaAccountManager.
  • Added an experimental SyncManager. 🥼
  • Integrated "Find in Page" functionality using feature-findinpage component.
  • Fixed share intent to show Reference Browser from other apps. 🐧

2019 - Week 5

  • Updated GeckoView to 66.0.20190122094123.
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.40.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Re-enable telemetry via glean.
  • Added support for awesome bar suggestions from the clipboard (if it contains a URL)
  • Updated GeckoView to 66.0.20190124104034.
  • Added GeckoView version to Sentry (via geckoview tag)
  • Made browser testable with Raptor/tp6
  • Added picture-in-picture support

2019 - Week 4

  • Temporarily disabled telemetry via glean to avoid a startup crash on devices with accessibility services installed.
  • Updated GeckoView to 66.0.20190119095933.

2019 - Week 3

  • Enabled to ship ARM64 nightly builds.
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.39.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Updated GeckoView to 66.0.20190111093148.
  • Enabled tracking protection by default and added new Privacy settings to enable/disable based on browsing mode.

2019 - Week 2

  • Updated GeckoView to 66.0.20190107093040.
  • Integrated Glean telemetry library.
  • Updated to use Android Components 0.38.0-SNAPSHOT builds.
  • Updated to Android Components 0.37.0
  • Fixed an issue causing the crash reporter dialog to not show up (and no crash reports getting sent)
  • Fixed an issue causing some third-party apps using custom tabs to crash on startup (only affects users that have the reference browser setup as default browser).

2019 - Week 1

  • Added about:version page (also linked from settings)
  • Added first-run notification linking to data policy
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