Droidcedas : Wwwjdic For Android 2.2

After a long break, a novel version of WWWJDIC for Android is available on the Android Market Google Play. The novel release comes amongst a novel UI too a fresh laid of icons, back upward for to a greater extent than dictionaries too widget improvements. It likewise marks 2 years since the showtime populace release (0.1).

Once again, WWWJDIC makes piece of job of the first-class ActionBarSherlock library to brand app features to a greater extent than accessible too easier to use. ActionBarSherlock 4.0, based on Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) source code, backports all features of the activity bar establish inward Android 4.0 to Android 2.x too 3.x devices. Of those, the 1 virtually prominently used inward WWWJDIC is the separate activity bar. Android's activity bar tin host multiple activity buttons to allow users easily access app features, but on handset screens the pose out of buttons is express to 2 or at virtually 3, inward monastic country to exit closed to infinite for the activity icon too title. Actions that don't jibe inward the activity bar are past times default moved into the overflow menu. Since they are hidden, it's harder for novel users to discovery them, too closed to app features may instruct undiscovered for quite a while. The solution to this problem, introduced inward ICS, is the separate activity bar. An app configured to piece of job it volition display actions inward the travel past times activity bar when infinite is available (in landscape manner and/or on tablets), but present a secondary activity bar at the bottom of the covert when running on a narrow-screen device. Since the app icon too championship are displayed at the top, all infinite tin endure dedicated to activity buttons (usually upward to 5). Most WWWJDIC screens instantly brand piece of job of the separate activity bar, too closed to features originally accessible via inline buttons create got been moved to the bottom bar. Here's how the master copy covert looks similar now:


All major app features (handwriting recognition, OCR, multi-radical search too favorites/history) instantly create got their ain icon inward the bottom bar (new icons created amongst Android Asset Studio). This  makes app features easier to discovery for novel users too provides a consistent await across the whole app. The master copy  action bar (with domicile icon too app title) has been removed to brand certain all features are accessible without scrolling fifty-fifty on devices amongst modest screens. You tin switch betwixt the dictionary, kanji too event search modes equally before: past times selecting the appropriate tab or swiping left or right.

Another major alter inward WWWJDIC 2.2 is how contextual actions are handled. Up till now, long-pressing on a listing item would display a pop-up contextual carte du jour amongst available options. In 2.2, contextual actions are displayed inward the contextual activity bar, similarly to regular activity buttons. This lets us instruct inward explicit on which item the activity volition endure performed past times highlighting it, without the pop-up carte du jour getting inward the way. Additionally, displaying the activity buttons inward a house users are accustomed to seeing them results inward a to a greater extent than consistent user interface. As an example, here's how context actions for kanji are displayed. Icons for the available operations are displayed inward the contextual activity bar, too the banking firm check grade on the left lets us displace the contextual manner too clear the selection. As amongst the regular activity bar, if you lot are non certain what an icons represents, long-pressing on it volition present a modest textual hint.


Native Android sharing has been added to all details screens, hence you lot tin instantly post the lexicon entry, kanji or event judgement you lot are viewing to whatsoever Android app that accepts obviously text exactly past times pressing the percentage button. Copying to the clipboard is available equally before, but has a novel icon (the middle on inward the screenshot below). Note that details screens are using the separate activity bar now, too closed to inline buttons create got been moved there: the kanji stroke monastic country push clitoris bellow, equally good equally the event search button, previously displayed on the lexicon details screen.


The stroke monastic country diagram backend, running on Google App Engine, has been migrated to the High Replication Datastore. This should upshot inward faster stroke monastic country display fourth dimension too less errors/downtime. Additionally, the backend is instantly a paid app amongst additional quota to allow it grip traffic spikes too assure faster answer time. Supporting the app is yet relatively cheap, but non completely free, hence buying the donate version is appreciated.

The kanji of the hateful solar daytime widget likewise gets a few improvements inward 2.2 (along amongst a pesky details layout bug, already fixed inward 2.2.2). In improver to the previous random pick mode, at that topographic point is instantly a sequential display manner equally well. If you lot direct it inward the configuration screen, the kanji of the hateful solar daytime volition endure displayed inward a predictable order: either  JIS Level 1/2 monastic country or equally defined inward the JLPT kanji lists for each level. The widget configuration covert has been added to Settings, hence instantly you lot tin alter how the widget is displayed without having to remove too re-add it (only enabled if at that topographic point is at to the lowest degree 1 widget on the domicile screen). Less visible, but of import for people trying to crush the best performance out of their devices, is how network connectivity changes are handled. In previous versions, WWWJDIC would have a network alter notification (connected to WiFi, offline, etc.) too attempt to update the widget if the previous update failed due to lack of Internet access. The banking firm check would endure performed fifty-fifty if you lot were non using the widget, causing a novel WWWJDIC procedure to endure created (if non already running) for each check. As of 2.2, the app solely registers itself for network notifications if you lot create got at to the lowest degree 1 widget installed. That should relieve a few CPU cycles for people non currently using the kanji of the hateful solar daytime widget.

Last but non least, WWWJDIC (the site) introduced back upward for a Japanese-Italian lexicon inward February. The Android app instantly supports Italian (text-to-speech likewise available) equally well, too tin access closed to of the less known WWWJDIC dictionaries: Japanese WordNet, Combined English-Japanese equally good equally the Work-in-progress dictionary.

Finally, a brusque statistical recap to grade the app's mo birthday: 86 chiliad full downloads, xl chiliad of which are active users. 70% of users are inward Japan, followed past times the United States of America amongst 12%, hence Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland too French Republic amongst 1-2%. The virtually pop devices are Toshiba Regza, Samsung Milky Way S2 too the original Milky Way S. There is yet closed to agency to instruct until 100K downloads, hence if you lot are non already using the app get it now and assist it bring together the 100K club!
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