Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Version 0.9.1 release

Version 0.9.1 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. 



Bug fix
  • Fixed the malfunction cursor.

Tips
  • If you experience extreme lag after updating, try uninstalling and re-installing the keyboard again.
  • After changing theme, try to restart the keyboard or rotate the device with the keyboard active, to make the new theme effective.
  • If you experience touch difficulty, try to set the Touch sensitivity settings as High and Neutral.
  • If you experience missing candidates, try enabling the 'Rarely used characters' option of 'Chinese candidates' setting.
  • Simplified Chinese candidates are disabled by default. Enable it at the 'Character type' option of 'Chinese candidates' setting if required.

Known issues
  • Keyboard closes itself on Contact's phone number text box of Samsung devices with Android 4.x. Will fix once we get a Samsung device on hand to check.
  • Keyboard plays sound on press on LG devices, even sound is disabled in settings. Will fix once we get a LG device on hand to check.
  • Candidates selection bar jumps when the height is set to S. Fix in the pipeline.
  • Key size too large for tablets. Fix in the pipeline.

Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.9.0 apply.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Version 0.9.0 release

Version 0.9.0 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. 


New Features
  • New 'More Candidate History' button.
  • Option to disable English candidate history.
  • No longer expire.

Tips
  • If you experience extreme lag after updating, try uninstalling and re-installing the keyboard again.
  • After changing theme, try to restart the keyboard or rotate the device with the keyboard active, to make the new theme effective.
  • If you experience touch difficulty, try to set the Touch sensitivity settings as High and Neutral.
  • If you experience missing candidates, try enabling the 'Rarely used characters' option of 'Chinese candidates' setting.
  • Simplified Chinese candidates are disabled by default. Enable it at the 'Character type' option of 'Chinese candidates' setting if required.

Known issues
  • Keyboard closes itself on Contact's phone number text box of Samsung devices with Android 4.x. Will fix once we get a Samsung device on hand to check.
  • Keyboard plays sound on press on LG devices, even sound is disabled in settings. Will fix once we get a LG device on hand to check.
  • Candidates selection bar jumps when the height is set to S. Fix in the pipeline.
  • Key size too large for tablets. Fix in the pipeline.

Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.8.3 apply.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Version 0.8.3 release

Version 0.8.3 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. This is a testing version and will expire on 1 September 2013.


Bug fixes
  • Fixed a layout defect of missing the default selection key for tablets in landscape.
  • Fixed the failing to start on devices with permanent hardware keys.
  • Fixed the wrongly saved candidate history that was triggered by long pressing hardkey shortcuts.

Tips:
  • If you experience extreme lag after updating, try uninstalling and re-installing the keyboard again.
  • After changing theme, try to restart the keyboard or rotate the device with the keyboard active, to make the new theme effective.
  • If you experience touch difficulty, try to set the Touch sensitivity settings as High and Neutral.


Known issues:
  • Keyboard closes itself on Contact's phone number text box of Samsung devices with Android 4.x. Will fix once we get a Samsung device on hand to check.
  • Keyboard plays sound on press on LG devices, even sound is disabled in settings. Will fix once we get a LG device on hand to check.
  • Candidates selection bar jumps when the height is set to S. Fix in the pipeline.
  • Key size too large for tablets. Fix in the pipeline.

Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.8.2 apply.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Version 0.8.2 release

Version 0.8.2 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. This is a testing version and will expire on 1 August 2013.


Bug fix
  • Fixed the key size too large for tablets.

Tips:
  • If you experience extreme lag after updating, try uninstalling and re-installing the keyboard again.
  • After changing theme, try to restart the keyboard or rotate the device with the keyboard active, to make the new theme effective.
  • If you experience touch difficulty, try to set the Touch sensitivity settings as High and Neutral.


Known issues:
  • Keyboard closes itself on Contact's phone number text box of Samsung devices with Android 4.x. Will fix once we get a Samsung device on hand to check.
  • Keyboard plays sound on press on LG devices, even sound is disabled in settings. Will fix once we get a LG device on hand to check.
  • Candidates selection bar jumps when the height is set to S. Fix in the pipeline.
  • Key size too large for tablets. Fix in the pipeline.

Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.8.1 apply.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Version 0.8.1 release

Version 0.8.1 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. This is a testing version and will expire on 1 August 2013.


Bug fixes
  • Fine tuned some parameters of touch sensitivity.
  • Fixed some missed punctuations and HK chars.
  • Disable Eng. suggestions auto completion for email & password text boxes on web pages.

Tips:
  • If you experience extreme lag after updating, try uninstalling and re-installing the keyboard again.
  • After changing theme, try to restart the keyboard or rotate the device with the keyboard active, to make the new theme effective.
  • If you experience touch difficulty, try to set the Touch sensitivity settings as High and Neutral.


Known issues:
  • Keyboard closes itself on Contact's phone number text box of Samsung devices with Android 4.x. Will fix once we get a Samsung device on hand to check.
  • Keyboard plays sound on press on LG devices, even sound is disabled in settings. Will fix once we get a LG device on hand to check.
  • Candidates selection bar jumps when the height is set to S. Fix in the pipeline.
  • Key size too large for tablets. Fix in the pipeline.

Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.8.0 apply.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Version 0.8.0 release

Version 0.8.0 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. This is a testing version and will expire on 1 August 2013.


New Features
  • English suggestions auto completion.
  • Options to fine tuning the touch sensitivity.
  • Sorting candidate history by selecting time or count.
  • 8 new themes.
  • Updated the holo theme.

Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.7.2 apply.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Version 0.7.2 release

Version 0.7.2 of the English-Chinese dictionary keyboard for Android is available for download on the Google Play Tools category for free. This is a testing version and will expire on 15 May 2013.




Bug fixes
  • Fixed the missing candidates selection bar for the search field of app Hanping Chinese Dictionary.
  • Fixed the sticking key code, when an candidate was selected by number hot keys of hardware keyboard.
  • Regenerated the candidates database.


Installation
  • Installation from Goole Play is recommended.
  • Or download the APK and install manually, if Google Play is not available on your device.

Inheritance
  • All features, terms and conditions of the previous version 0.7.1 apply.