0.18.1-beta

This release introduces significant improvements to the application's share features, enhancing the workflow for readers. Users are now able to select a word much more quickly from an imported sentence and many changes have been made to accelerate use of the app alongside a reader application.

Developer Note: My first proposition for this kind of update was that I would fork the application into an EPUB reader, and I tried a great number of things to try and make one with Flutter. There were many SDK roadblocks that slowed me down, with no proper selectable text support for EPUB to HTML widgets, no out-of-the-box way to implement vertical text for Japanese without heavy modification of dependencies, no in-line furigana and so on.

I have decided to go with this route instead, greatly enhancing and making the share workflow much more straightforward and succinct. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I have decided that this application should complement the many readers that users may choose with the unique features that my application has, instead of attempting to replicate what already exists elsewhere.

Template Updates: There are significant changes to the default creator Anki template. In particular, these include putting the sentence in the front of the card and doing away with the word in the front. This encourages the default template for use by both manga and novel readers straight out of the box. The full template with instructions on how to edit the template can be reviewed here.

System Requirements: This application has been tested by myself and other users to work on a variety of real-world devices and emulators running Android 7 and above. If the installation fails, try clearing enough storage space.

0.18-beta

• (New Feature) Process Text Action - Users may now select jidoujisho system-wide from selected text in order to import a sentence from any reader application, the share option remains the same (Scrapped in 0.18.1: Too high maintenance and has varying compatibility for different apps and devices, share text action is more compatible for the same functionality)
• (New Feature) Creator Sentence Segmentation - A new option is available under Sentence in the Creator, allowing users to quickly select a word from an imported sentence
• When sharing text into the app, if the shared text is a word, it will go to the word field, otherwise it will now go to the sentence field
• Changed the behavior of the hardware and in-app back button to minimize the application when sharing into the app
• The app will now minimize after card export after sharing and exporting with the app
• The bottom navigation bar and upper-right menu actions are now hidden when using the Creator, giving focus and space to other widgets
• Changed the icon of the image search option and the positioning of the fields in the Creator
• Fixed an issue where after sharing reopening the app would result to the Creator showing again
• Fixed an issue where cards would sometimes not export when the word field was left blank
• Fixed an issue where using the back button from the main menu would result to the application being closed, the app will now be minimized

0.18.1-beta

• Removed the system-wide Process Text Action in favor and promotion of the more stable and simpler Share Text Action (Thanks to coredump for a quick report).

A release for motivated readers

Developer Note: Slowly, I'm getting faster and faster when reading manga, and lately I've started and picked up novels. It's becoming more and more apparent to me just how much I gain from pleasure reading. It's an amazing way to learn new vocabulary, seeing words that stump you in the beginning show up in later chapters completely leaves spaced repetition systems in the dust. I wish the obvious was branded onto my brain from the very beginning -- the only way to improve reading skill is to read. This update is not only for me, but for my fellow users who are eager to keep learning Japanese through pleasure reading. Read, read, read.

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