Panels - Comic Reader 4+

Features:

• iOS 18.2+ users can use Image Playgrounds to generate avatars using Apple Intelligence.


Improvements:

• Custom folder libraries are now included in the free tier.


Fixes:

• Library layout is broken when a row only contains folders.

• App Locker does not work correctly and leave the app stuck behind a blur veil but allows interaction.

• One Drive importer can crash the app.

• The user avatar fades in every time it appears on screen.

• Accessing an local network OPDS server like Calibre fails.

• Side Taps in vertical scroll reader does not work as expected.

• Sometimes the app gets stuck in a Loading state.

• Library List mode layout is broken.

• The Reading Now section sometimes crashes the app.

• The Library sometimes crash.

• Link to illustrator is incorrect.

• The reader sometimes rests to the first page.

• After the onboarding, the library shown is not the one selected.

• Favorites are broken.

• Sometimes entire folders disappear an reappear. Forcing a new index and, in some cases, losing manual sorting.

• Pages flicker in the reader with certain configurations.

• Comic Packs (compressed files containing comic files) are not handled correctly.

• When restoring purchases fail, it shows the incorrect error message.

• One-finger zoom can now be enabled tapping anywhere on the page.

• Substack deeplinks don't work.


3.6.3
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New app onboarding for new Panels users.

Fixes:

• Avatar no longer shows squished with a white background


3.6.2
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Improvements

• Now the library index information screen shows how long the last index job took.

• UI performance improvements navigating iCloud libraries.


Fixes:

• Comics don't show number of pages.

• One Drive auth crashes the app.

• SMB cannot download multiple files.

• Opening an invalid comic can leave the "loading" hud visible forever, blocking the app.


3.6.1
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Fixes:

• Panels can send duplicate query params to OPDS servers when the base URL contains one (like an auth token).

• Disconnected SMB servers can crash the app.

• Presenting the file picker from the library causes an incorrect presentation which can lead to crashing the app.

• Importing files from Files.app can lead to a synchronization problem where permissions to access files are already invalidated when the app tries to copy the file.

• Local Authenticator (PIN/Password lock) can crash the app.

• Presenting the app on an external display can crash the app.

• App gets stuck with a Loading hud on launch.

• Tabbar text is too long in french.


Issues under investigation:

• Added telemetry logs to investigate file picker crashes further.


3.6.0
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Features:

• 2024 year recap.

• New splash screen + icon.

• Support for multiple windows and scenes in preparation for the future MacOS port.

• New library activity view with improved library indexing and metadata extraction.

• Use new illustrations for blank states.

• Support for comics using ppm, pgm, and pbm images.


Improvements:

• Modernize code with Swift 6 and new structured concurrency.

• Adds a new option to show folders in files.

• New option to reconnect disconnected libraries.

• Panels now send OPDS servers a list of supported images when streaming comics (Accept header).

• New custom icon selection with dark/light mode support.


Fixes:

• Fix blurry images when choosing a custom collection cover

• Fix the widget showing black or not opening the comic correctly

• OPDS downloads don't work as expected. They don't appear in downloaded content nor can they be used offline.

• Search does not show content from multiple accounts connected to an OPDS server, only from one of them.

• Page Curl double page shows pages incorrectly aligned.