ICSx⁵ 1.8 released

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Version 1.8

• use okhttp instead of Android HttpURLConnection →
  • HTTP/2 support
  • connection pooling and multiplexing (useful when there are multiple Webcals from one service)
  • transparent gzip Encoding support
• use the TLS socket factory known from DAVx⁵ →
  • enable some TLS ciphers which are by default disabled on Android 4.4
  • disable SSLv3, if it’s still enabled by default
• completely rewritten from Android Loaders and support library to Android JetPack, especially ViewModel and AndroidX
• support per-event colors
• various library updates and minor improvements
• new translations (thanks to all translators!)

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Version 1.8.1

• rework About activity
• increase read timeout to 60 seconds
• minor bug fixes and improvements

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ICSx⁵ 1.8.2

• update ical4j so that UTC properties which have an illegal TZID parameter are parsed nevertheless
• use Conscrypt to provide modern TLS versions and ciphers (even for old Android versions like 4.4, but also improves security on more recent Android versions)
• rewrite to AndroidX

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Version 1.8.3

• library updates
• minor improvements and bug fixes

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Version 1.8.4

fix problems with events with VTIMEZONE with DAYLIGHT, but without STANDARD definition (events were always stored at 23:00 of previous day)

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Version 1.8.5

• ready for Android Q
• basic support for day/night theme (dark theme when set by system)
• fix that outdated error message doesn’t disappear when entering calendar URL
• support Autofill (password managers) for credentials
• library updates
• new translations (thanks for PT-rBR)

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Version 1.8.6

• better Outlook TZID compatibility
• library updates

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Version 1.8.8

• add calendar: remember redirect only when redirect is permanent
• don’t follow redirects from https:// to http://
• theme and dependency updates (including okhttp 4.8.0 and ical4j 3.x)
• gzip/Brotli support

ICSx⁵ now requires Android 5. For older Android versions, please use the ICSx⁵ versions before 1.8.8 (or upgrade Android, if anyhow possible).

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Version 1.8.9

Save username/password per calendar (key: ID) and not per URL (key: URL). This allows to use the same URL with different credentials.

If you update from ICSx⁵ <1.4 directly to 1.8.9, saved credentials may be lost. In this case, please enter the credentials again.