Changelog for the 9.x series

Note: New releases mentioned here might take a few days to be available to everyone in the Play Store.

SkEye 9.5.3

July 2024

fix: when choosing 12:xx PM, the time didn't update in time machine
fix: all links to point to our new site (https://skeye.rocks/)
fix: jitter and crash in About dialog when not connected to the Internet
tweak: zoom speed when pinch-zooming the map

SkEye 9.5.2

June 2024

fix: time display was not being updated after changing it through time mgr dialog
fix: weird rotations when instal-aligning without gyro assist

SkEye 9.5.1

June 2024

fix for FOV labels being incorrect in landscape mode

SkEye 9.5.0

May 2024

Support for older Android devices going back to Android 7.1, Yay!
Night mode improvements: Auto-Hide Navigation bar, and darken the status bar.
Selected color theme is applied to more parts of the UI now.
Minor UI tweaks such as zoom buttons becoming less obstructive now
FOV now remains stable when device is rotated

SkEye 9.4.0

May 2024

[Fix] Fixed the accuracy of FOV circles on Map view. There was a small error in the calculation of FOV for wide views (greater than 60°).
[Fix] When text size was set to very large in Android Settings, the Map screen UI was getting corrupted

SkEye 9.3.3

March 2024

Updated comet data. Watch out for comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

SkEye 9.3.2

Jan 2024

Fix: The Zoom by volume-keys setting was not being respected.
Minor tweaks to label sizes (on the sky map)

SkEye 9.3.0

Nov 2023

New sort type: "In catalog order". When selected, the objects appear in the same order as the object catalog. Especially useful when the list in "Custom catalogs" has a specific order that you would like to maintain.
GyroAssist icon tweaked to be more clear

SkEye 9.2.0

Aug 2023

Newer implementation of pinz-zoom gestures. This is a work in progress; will be fine-tuned later.
Support for "Material You" Icons for Android 13+

SkEye 9.0.5

Feb 2023

Improvements to the Telrad (Cross-hair) labels. They are now more opaque (brighter) than the circles, and the font size has been increased too.
The Diameter sign (⌀) is now shown beside the angle shown on the Telrad circles. This is to avoid confusion between radius and diameter of the circles.
Fixed UI height in landscape screen orientation
Fixed display of RA co-ordinate when TimeMachine is active in Manual scrolling mode

SkEye 9.0.4

Jan 2023

Fix Calendar View's week display. Sometimes the Sunday column, which is supposed to be the first column, was shifted to a different column.

Introducing a new feature called GyroAssist. When enabled, SkEye will use the gyroscope to calculate the real time pointing in aligned mode. The IMU is only used for initial bootstrapping of the alignment. The feature is enabled by default whenever the gyroscope is available. It can be turned off with a simple toggle button.

The Gyroscope is more accurate than other IMU sensors over a short period of time (ranging from a minute to twenty minutes).