DAVx⁵ 2.5 Release Notes

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Version 2.5

• update ical4j: now allows UTC properties to have non-UTC values for compatibility
• Account activity completely reworked
  • use tabs for CalDAV/CardDAV/Webcal
  • use RecyclerView, PagedList adapter and Room observeable queries for best performance even with huge lists
  • progress bars now also show pending syncs (semi-transparent bar without animation)
• DavService: don’t delete all homesets/collections on refresh, but update only changed rows
• vCard: use groupX. instead of davdroidX. for property grouping (so that there is no “davdroid” in the property name)
• use Conscrypt to bring modern TLS versions/ciphers to all supported Android versions
• use AndroidX Room for database access
• many small improvements and bug fixes

Version 2.5.1

• Webcal subscriptions: handle webcal(s):// URLs and treat them as http(s)://
• don’t use HTTP/2 with client certificates
• minor bug fixes and improvements; new translations

OSE/standard build only (i.e. not the ones for Google Play):

• show unhandled exceptions with DebugInfoActivity¹

¹ automatically handled by Google Play

Version 2.5.2

• debug info: show details of UnknownHostExceptions instead of an empty string
• CalDAV:
  • fix problems with events with VTIMEZONE with DAYLIGHT, but without STANDARD definition (events were always stored at 23:00 of previous day)
  • fix (potential) threading problem

Version 2.5.3

• re-enable HTTP/2 again (was disabled in 2.5.1 by mistake)
• create collections:
  • show display name of home sets
  • honor bind privilege: show only writeable home sets
  • enable sync of created collections by default
• minor library updates

Version 2.5.4

• workaround for a Meizu problem which causes DAVx⁵ UI crashes

Version 2.5.4.1

• add ProGuard line to avoid AppCompat crash on older devices (Android 4.4)

Version 2.5.5

• enable Autofill (password managers) for Login screen
• tasks: support CATEGORIES (although they’re currently not shown in the UI of OpenTasks)
• update many libraries and dependencies, including okhttp and Conscrypt