Version 1.8.0-103-dev - "work in progress", not in Google Play

[Kostya Vasilyev]

https://www.aqua-mail.com/download/AquaMail-market-1.8.0-103-dev-366ae06906ba.apk

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+ Happy New Year's (almost)!

+ Android 5+: all visual themes now use Material Design. Settings -> look and feel.

Lost: "icons along the bottom" in message list, account list, on Android 5.0+.

Gained: consistent, more modern; the "accent color" setting now available in all themes.

Compromise: with "pull to refresh", "pull to select", and "floating action bar for message actions", the loss of "icons along the bottom" seems like an acceptable compromise.

+ Android 5+: by default, more modern and elegant "thin" fonts. Settings -> look and feel.

+ Android 6+: permissions (Contacts, Calendar, Storage) are requested when needed, not at install time.

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+ С Новым Годом (ну почти)!

+ Андроид 5+: все темы переведены на Материальный Дизайн. Настройки - интерфейс.

Потеряли: "иконки в строку внизу экрана" в режимах "список учётных записей" и "список сообщений" на Андроиде 5.0+.

Обрели: едино-образный, более современный дизайн; настройка "цветовой акцент" стала доступна во всех темах.

Компромисс: т.к. в программе есть "потянуть чтобы обновить", "потянуть чтобы выбрать", и "плавающее окно с действиями над сообщениями", потеря "иконок в строку внизу экрана" кажется приемлемым компромиссом.

+ Андроид 5+: по умолчанию используются более современные и элегантные тонкие шрифты. Настройки - интерфейс.

+ Андроид 6+: разрешения (Контакты, Календарь, Память) запрашиваются при необходимости а не при установке.

[pyler]

Android 6+: permissions - well done!

Next: nougat launcher shortcut maybe also?

[ksuuk]

Hi,

Made a clean install and wanted to restore settings > Backup & Restore > Folder (as I'm using custom backup folder path) AquaMail crashes, screenshots added.

[miksmith]

Great look and feel. Modern slickness to it and no problems so far.

My preference would be to retain the check all accounts button (although I realise I can pull down) on the main screen as I frequently use it

Great stuff

Mike

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Made a clean install and wanted to restore settings > Backup & Restore > Folder (as I'm using custom backup folder path) AquaMail crashes, screenshots added.

Android version?

Were you prompted to grant the storage permission? Did you?

Please post the crash log (log-AquaMail-crash.txt, if it got created) or email to support / at / aqua-mail / dot com.

My preference would be to retain the check all accounts button (although I realise I can pull down) on the main screen as I frequently use it

My preference too.

Unfortunately:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77632

"this is not part of Material Design".

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: Next: nougat launcher shortcut maybe also?

This one is in the task tracker, but no ETA yet.

[qwerty1q]

I can't add attachments with X plore.  Can anyone else pls? I can select them,  then OK but there are not in the email. Cld someone test it?  I am on Nougat. So it's either Nougat, or X-plore or Aqua error.

Sent from my HUAWEI NXT-L29 using Tapatalk

[Kostya Vasilyev]

What exactly is X-Plore?

File manager? Not seeing any trouble with ES Explorer, Solid Explorer or File Commander?

Does Aqua Mail have Storage permission?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: X-Plore

Must be this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore

I can check but need to know:

- Aqua Mail version (the one here? 1.8-103-dev?)

- Android version

- If 6.0 +, whether Aqua Mail has the "storage" permission

- From where you're picking the attachment in X-Plore (the camera directory, the downloads directory, some other directory that has no special meaning)

- What file type it is (image file, video, sound, text, pdf, etc).

At this point I don't know which, if any, of the above things may matter, so just in case.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: X-Plore

It's a shortcoming of X-Plore:

When you pick a file, it sends it "over" into Aqua Mail as a file:// URL.

This will only work if the receiving app (Aqua Mail) already has the Storage permission, which it may not have (yet).

And this will break on Android 7 (if the app is marked as "designed for Android 7, targetSdkVersion=24") because file:// URLs are blocked as a security policy.

Workaround:

Grant Aqua Mail the Storage permission.

Proper fix:

X-Plore to "send over" a content:// URL instead, this is what other file managers do (ES, Solid, File Commander).

Possible "fix":

Aqua Mail would ask the user to grant the Storage permission when he/she taps "Attach".

Not sure if this is the right thing to do.

May be looked down by certain users (e.g. Gmail doesn't do this, it assumes a properly implemented file manager on the other side).

[stevealb]

It looks nice, but on bigger screens it was much easier to have the action buttons at the bottom of the editing screen to send emails. Now I have to reach up to the top with more than my thumb to send email.

Any chance to put the action buttons back at the bottom of the message editing screen?

[mikeone]

Any chance to put the action buttons back at the bottom of the message editing screen?

As for as I know: no.

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Unfortunately:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77632

"this is not part of Material Design."

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Android 5.0+ only supports this if the app uses the old Holo themes.

And that's exactly how Aqua Mail has been prior to now - the non-default themes were based on Holo.

But at this point, more than half of all Android phones run 5.0 and newer, and users wanted "dark material", so it was time to move on. There were other reasons too.

With pull tor refresh and all that, it's not that bad, IMO.

And on the compose screen it seems moot -- quite often people type something in their messages before sending, and doing that with one hand seems difficult anyway.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: When the message is displayed, the (good) icon is very briefly displayed, then a (bad) icon with a letter replaces the good one.

Confirmed. Thank you.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: When the message is displayed, the (good) icon is very briefly displayed, then a (bad) icon with a letter replaces the good one.

Confirmed. Thank you.

Fixed. Will post an update tonight.