v2.5.5

New features

• Visible reconnection feedback on Connection preferences page (#2156)

Bug fixes

• "Request Location" button on contact now sends the command message to the right topic in MQTT mode (#2101)
• Fixed MQTT not automatically reconnecting after network loss by preventing reconnect tasks from being cancelled prematurely (#2132)
• Fixed crash when location provider returns null location on Android 16 (#2110)
• Significantly reduced memory usage in logging infrastructure by reducing in-memory log buffer from 10,000 to 500 entries and eliminating redundant SimpleDateFormat instances (~98% memory reduction)
• Improved side navigation drawer layout handling for better compatibility with system bars (#2102)

v2.5.5-beta1

New features

• Visible reconnection feedback on Connection preferences page (#2156)

Bug fixes

• "Request Location" button on contact now sends the command message to the right topic in MQTT mode (#2101)
• Fixed MQTT not automatically reconnecting after network loss by preventing reconnect tasks from being cancelled prematurely (#2132)
• Fixed crash when location provider returns null location on Android 16 (#2110)
• Significantly reduced memory usage in logging infrastructure by reducing in-memory log buffer from 10,000 to 500 entries and eliminating redundant SimpleDateFormat instances (~98% memory reduction)
• Improved side navigation drawer layout handling for better compatibility with system bars (#2102)

v2.5.4

New features

• Galician Translation (thanks to Miguel Anxo Bouzada)
• Hebrew Translation (thanks to Ahiel and Natan)
• Dutch Translation (thanks to all contributors)
• Setting a preference that doesn't actually change the value won't have any effects (such as MQTT reconnecting) (#1875)
• Status messages contain the app version and flavour
• There's now an option to send a remote command "request location" to selected contacts from the map view
• New experimental preference discardNetworkLocationThresholdSeconds that allows OT to discard locations from inaccurate providers (e.g. network) if there's been a recent location from an accurate provider (e.g. gps/fused). (#2053)

Bug fixes

• Try to not block the main thread when generating an Status Message, which causes an ANR
• Messages that fail to send because the endpoint isn't ready now retry every 10 seconds, not every second
• Import config screen displays JSON config LTR under RTL locales
• setting / importing configuration options that are enums are now case-insensitive
• Fix regression where setting the locatorPriority preference using a number wasn't working (#1874)
• Slightly less noisey and more useful logging at the info level
• Persistent notification updates its "when" displayed time to be that of the last update (#1954)

v2.5.3

New features

• OSM map is a little easier to zoom without accidentally rotating (#1825)

Bug fixes

• Use AGP-provided version of R8 rather than version from Google so that F-Droid can build it (#1852)

v2.5.2

Changelog

Version 2.5.2

New features

• Added cog field to location messages showing current bearing (#1777)
• Added status remote command to retrieve system configuration status (#1618)
• On crash, details written to file and then printed at the top of the log next time OT starts

Bug fixes

• Fix crash where changing the theme via setting the preferences remotely causes the theme change to not happen on the main thread
• Fix crash where trying to close the MQTT connection whilst it's connecting thows an unhandled exception
• Only latest stop reason should be printed to logs on startup
• Fix bug where geofencing client wasn't initialized properly, leading to very unreliable region transition detection (#1764)
• Fix bug where some settings (pubQos, mqttProtocolLevel etc.) couldn't be set via the config editor (#1801)
• Fix crash when trying to decode an invalid face image on an info card
• Fix MQTT disconnect when receiving an encrypted message that can't be decrypted (#1831)
• Fix HTTP client certs not working properly with Nginx (#1793)
• Fix ability to handle trigger="v" and "C" locations generated from iOS (#1768)

v2.5.0

Changelog

Version 2.5.0

Breaking changes

• OwnTracks will no longer manage your TLS CAs or client certs. For custom CA certs, you will need to add your CA to your device's CA store, and OwnTracks will use that store as a trusted reference for verifying TLS endpoints. Similarly, for client certificates, you'll need to add that certificate to the device's certificate store There should be a notification when OwnTracks starts after upgrade. (#736, #1061)
• TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 are deprecated. Supported TLS versions are 1.2 and 1.3.

New features

• Now translated into Indonesian, Italian, and British English(!)
• Minimum device version is now SDK v24 (Android 7.0 Nougat)
• When displayed, LatLngs now are limited to 4 decimal places, because more precision than that is a bit silly (#1278, #1279)
• The config editor text is now selectable
• No need to restart the app once loading in a config any more!
• Add an option for a location message to be republished on reconnection to MQTT (#1273, #1178)
• MyLocation button now differentiates between no location, location available and following
• Added korean translation
• Shortcuts to preferences and logs on the launcher icon
• Waypoints can be imported on the config import screen (#1284)
• MQTT connection now reacts to changes in the device's default network, explicitly doing a reconnect (#642)
• Waypoint delete UX made a little easier. Explicit button in the waypoint activity, rather than a long-press
• Notification permissions are requested sensibly on Android 13+
• Google Play Store build numbers will now just increment from 40800000, rather than reflect the version string
• Background location permission! (Hurray!)
• Prompt for location & notification permissions in the welcome screen
• An exported log file also contains the threadname for each logentry
• Removed the undocumented REREQUEST_LOCATION_UPDATES intent
• Added clearWaypoints remote command (#1022)
• Contact direction arrow now moves with device to point in the actual direction of the contact
• Share button added to contact sheet (#1465)
• Changing the connection details will now clear the contacts and the location message backlog (#1598)
• Messages now include a random _id (String) field which can be used by any consumer to correlate and distinguish send/return messages
• pubExtendedData preference renamed to extendedData (#1654)
• reportLocation command is now supported in HTTP mode

Bug fixes

• Labels on the contact sheet should all be the same size as each other (#1277)
• Clicking on a contact marker in the contacts activity doesn't always center the map on the marker (#1349, #1280)
• Don't show an error message on non-error conditions exporting config (#1280)
• Both cloud and local backup should work now
• Config export actually exports to a local file now, rather than just a somewhat useless "share"
• conn value correctly filled out as o (offline) when there's no network connection (#1442)
• batt is ommitted from locations if extended data is disabled (#741)
• Don't import waypoints from config if they're not valid (#1597)
• Fix the list of MQTT topics that we listen to, so that we only listen to the cmd topic for our device
• Publish new waypoints on the correct /waypoint topic
• Fix issue where notificiation permission banner was shown on devices where the notifications were actually just disabled
• Incoming messages that can't be parsed are now correctly handled as MessageUnknown
• Map blue dot should show the location accuracy circle properly
• Fix crash on importing config URIs that weren't valid
• Fix bug when sharing logs via GMail (#1600)
• Default the locater fastest interval to 1-second to address changes in Android 14 that was fixing fastest interval to interval seconds.

refs/tags/v2.5.0-beta3

Changelog

Version 2.5.0

Breaking changes

• OwnTracks will no longer manage your TLS CAs or client certs. For custom CA certs, you will need to add your CA to your device's CA store, and OwnTracks will use that store as a trusted reference for verifying TLS endpoints. Similarly, for client certificates, you'll need to add that certificate to the device's certificate store There should be a notification when OwnTracks starts after upgrade. (#736, #1061)
• TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 are deprecated. Supported TLS versions are 1.2 and 1.3.

New features

• Now translated into Indonesian, Italian, and British English(!)
• Minimum device version is now SDK v24 (Android 7.0 Nougat)
• When displayed, LatLngs now are limited to 4 decimal places, because more precision than that is a bit silly (#1278, #1279)
• The config editor text is now selectable
• No need to restart the app once loading in a config any more!
• Add an option for a location message to be republished on reconnection to MQTT (#1273, #1178)
• MyLocation button now differentiates between no location, location available and following
• Added korean translation
• Shortcuts to preferences and logs on the launcher icon
• Waypoints can be imported on the config import screen (#1284)
• MQTT connection now reacts to changes in the device's default network, explicitly doing a reconnect (#642)
• Waypoint delete UX made a little easier. Explicit button in the waypoint activity, rather than a long-press
• Notification permissions are requested sensibly on Android 13+
• Google Play Store build numbers will now just increment from 40800000, rather than reflect the version string
• Background location permission! (Hurray!)
• Prompt for location & notification permissions in the welcome screen
• An exported log file also contains the threadname for each logentry
• Removed the undocumented REREQUEST_LOCATION_UPDATES intent
• Added clearWaypoints remote command (#1022)
• Contact direction arrow now moves with device to point in the actual direction of the contact
• Share button added to contact sheet (#1465)
• Changing the connection details will now clear the contacts and the location message backlog (#1598)
• Messages now include a random _id (String) field which can be used by any consumer to correlate and distinguish send/return messages
• pubExtendedData preference renamed to extendedData (#1654)
• reportLocation command is now supported in HTTP mode

Bug fixes

• Labels on the contact sheet should all be the same size as each other (#1277)
• Clicking on a contact marker in the contacts activity doesn't always center the map on the marker (#1349, #1280)
• Don't show an error message on non-error conditions exporting config (#1280)
• Both cloud and local backup should work now
• Config export actually exports to a local file now, rather than just a somewhat useless "share"
• conn value correctly filled out as o (offline) when there's no network connection (#1442)
• batt is ommitted from locations if extended data is disabled (#741)
• Don't import waypoints from config if they're not valid (#1597)
• Fix the list of MQTT topics that we listen to, so that we only listen to the cmd topic for our device
• Publish new waypoints on the correct /waypoint topic
• Fix issue where notificiation permission banner was shown on devices where the notifications were actually just disabled
• Incoming messages that can't be parsed are now correctly handled as MessageUnknown
• Map blue dot should show the location accuracy circle properly
• Fix crash on importing config URIs that weren't valid
• Fix bug when sharing logs via GMail (#1600)
• Default the locater fastest interval to 1-second to address changes in Android 14 that was fixing fastest interval to interval seconds.

refs/tags/v2.5.0-beta2

Changelog

Version 2.5.0

Breaking changes

• OwnTracks will no longer manage your TLS CAs or client certs. For custom CA certs, you will need to add your CA to your device's CA store, and OwnTracks will use that store as a trusted reference for verifying TLS endpoints. Similarly, for client certificates, you'll need to add that certificate to the device's certificate store There should be a notification when OwnTracks starts after upgrade. (#736, #1061)
• TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 are deprecated. Supported TLS versions are 1.2 and 1.3.

New features

• Now translated into Indonesian, and British English(!)
• Minimum device version is now SDK v24 (Android 7.0 Nougat)
• When displayed, LatLngs now are limited to 4 decimal places, because more precision than that is a bit silly (#1278, #1279)
• The config editor text is now selectable
• No need to restart the app once loading in a config any more!
• Add an option for a location message to be republished on reconnection to MQTT (#1273, #1178)
• MyLocation button now differentiates between no location, location available and following
• Added korean translation
• Shortcuts to preferences and logs on the launcher icon
• Waypoints can be imported on the config import screen (#1284)
• MQTT connection now reacts to changes in the device's default network, explicitly doing a reconnect (#642)
• Waypoint delete UX made a little easier. Explicit button in the waypoint activity, rather than a long-press
• Notification permissions are requested sensibly on Android 13+
• Google Play Store build numbers will now just increment from 40800000, rather than reflect the version string
• Background location permission! (Hurray!)
• Prompt for location & notification permissions in the welcome screen
• An exported log file also contains the threadname for each logentry
• Removed the undocumented REREQUEST_LOCATION_UPDATES intent
• Added clearWaypoints remote command (#1022)
• Contact direction arrow now moves with device to point in the actual direction of the contact
• Share button added to contact sheet (#1465)
• Changing the connection details will now clear the contacts and the location message backlog (#1598)
• Messages now include a random _id (String) field which can be used by any consumer to correlate and distinguish send/return messages
• pubExtendedData preference renamed to extendedData (#1654)

Bug fixes

• Labels on the contact sheet should all be the same size as each other (#1277)
• Clicking on a contact marker in the contacts activity doesn't always center the map on the marker (#1349, #1280)
• Don't show an error message on non-error conditions exporting config (#1280)
• Both cloud and local backup should work now
• Config export actually exports to a local file now, rather than just a somewhat useless "share"
• conn value correctly filled out as o (offline) when there's no network connection (#1442)
• batt is ommitted from locations if extended data is disabled (#741)
• Don't import waypoints from config if they're not valid (#1597)
• Fix the list of MQTT topics that we listen to, so that we only listen to the cmd topic for our device
• Publish new waypoints on the correct /waypoint topic
• Fix issue where notificiation permission banner was shown on devices where the notifications were actually just disabled
• Incoming messages that can't be parsed are now correctly handled as MessageUnknown
• Map blue dot should show the location accuracy circle properly
• Fix crash on importing config URIs that weren't valid
• Fix bug when sharing logs via GMail (#1600)

refs/tags/v2.5.0-beta1

Changelog

Version 2.5.0

Breaking changes

• OwnTracks will no longer manage your TLS CAs or client certs. For custom CA certs, you will need to add your CA to your device's CA store, and OwnTracks will use that store as a trusted reference for verifying TLS endpoints. Similarly, for client certificates, you'll need to add that certificate to the device's certificate store There should be a notification when OwnTracks starts after upgrade. (#736, #1061)
• TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 are deprecated. Supported TLS versions are 1.2 and 1.3.

New features

• Now translated into Indonesian, and British English(!)
• Minimum device version is now SDK v24 (Android 7.0 Nougat)
• When displayed, LatLngs now are limited to 4 decimal places, because more precision than that is a bit silly (#1278, #1279)
• The config editor text is now selectable
• No need to restart the app once loading in a config any more!
• Add an option for a location message to be republished on reconnection to MQTT (#1273, #1178)
• MyLocation button now differentiates between no location, location available and following
• Added korean translation
• Shortcuts to preferences and logs on the launcher icon
• Waypoints can be imported on the config import screen (#1284)
• MQTT connection now reacts to changes in the device's default network, explicitly doing a reconnect (#642)
• Waypoint delete UX made a little easier. Explicit button in the waypoint activity, rather than a long-press
• Notification permissions are requested sensibly on Android 13+
• Google Play Store build numbers will now just increment from 40800000, rather than reflect the version string
• Background location permission! (Hurray!)
• Prompt for location & notification permissions in the welcome screen
• An exported log file also contains the threadname for each logentry
• Removed the undocumented REREQUEST_LOCATION_UPDATES intent
• Added clearWaypoints remote command (#1022)
• Contact direction arrow now moves with device to point in the actual direction of the contact
• Share button added to contact sheet (#1465)
• Changing the connection details will now clear the contacts and the location message backlog (#1598)
• Messages now include a random _id (String) field which can be used by any consumer to correlate and distinguish send/return messages
• pubExtendedData preference renamed to extendedData (#1654)

Bug fixes

• Labels on the contact sheet should all be the same size as each other (#1277)
• Clicking on a contact marker in the contacts activity doesn't always center the map on the marker (#1349, #1280)
• Don't show an error message on non-error conditions exporting config (#1280)
• Both cloud and local backup should work now
• Config export actually exports to a local file now, rather than just a somewhat useless "share"
• conn value correctly filled out as o (offline) when there's no network connection (#1442)
• batt is ommitted from locations if extended data is disabled (#741)
• Don't import waypoints from config if they're not valid (#1597)
• Fix the list of MQTT topics that we listen to, so that we only listen to the cmd topic for our device
• Publish new waypoints on the correct /waypoint topic
• Fix issue where notificiation permission banner was shown on devices where the notifications were actually just disabled
• Incoming messages that can't be parsed are now correctly handled as MessageUnknown
• Map blue dot should show the location accuracy circle properly
• Fix crash on importing config URIs that weren't valid
• Fix bug when sharing logs via GMail (#1600)

v2.4.12

• Fixed Google Maps layers not showing (#1460)
• Added new APK signing key to the docs (#1461)
• Added specific notification permission request (#1462)

Signing key changes

The signing key has changed.

From (sha256): 94:E6:71:59:57:85:0C:F5:EC:5E:78:B6:85:87:EE:71:28:BA:45:E7:32:3B:A7:98:C0:26:9B:4D:8C:69:5A:99
To: 1F:C4:DE:52:D0:DA:A3:3A:9C:0E:3D:67:21:7A:77:C8:95:B4:62:66:EF:02:0F:AD:0D:48:21:6A:6A:D6:CB:70

I've attached apks signed with the old key to this release, as well as the apks with the new key.