Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Version 0.12.0 release

Version 0.12.0 of the Cantonese 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 0.11.3 apply.