Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Read Chan (4chan Browser) since it was posted on our website on 2020-07-14.
The latest version is 2.0.115 and it was updated on soft112.com on 22 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 2.0.115
posted on 2021-05-22
Added support for board flags.
Removed the "Alternative Sports & Wrestling" board as it is replaced by the "Professional Wrestling" board.
Removed unused assets to reduce app size.
version 2.0.114
posted on 2021-05-13
Added separate video play and audio settings for videos saved on device.
Optimized video player to improve performance by a bit.
Fixed bug that would sometime cause the video player to continue playing audio after scroll away.
Fixed a bug where the image of the video still shows up in gallery after it was deleted.
Updated bottom information bar to better match the colour theme.
Changed save indicator background colour to be a little darker.
Changed status bar colour to match the top action bar.
version 2.0.113
posted on 2021-05-09
Fixed the bug with video player failing to play videos after using the app for a while.
version 2.0.112
posted on 2021-05-04
Minor UI changes
version 2.0.109
posted on 2021-03-10
Changed the video viewer page to use only a single video player. This is to reduce memory usage, computation cost, and fix issues where the video player stops working after viewing several videos
version 2.0.108
posted on 2021-02-20
Added feature to pin threads to the top of the threads feed.
version 2.0.107
posted on 2021-02-07
Added feature to bold the comment id reference of focus in the comment text.
version 2.0.107
posted on 2021-01-31
Added feature to underline the comment id reference of focus in the comment text.
version 2.0.106
posted on 2021-01-09
Fixed bug with the video player not managing resources properly. The video player should fail less often now.
Fixed bug where the app was not tracking your last position in the comment feed.
Fixed bug where the reply count text was not highlighted in the Posts & Replies page.
version 2.0.105
posted on 2021-01-05
Released a paid version of the app for collecting donations only. There is no difference between the free and paid version of the app and this is only for supporting my efforts.
Added the option to turn off the feature for saving the threads that you viewed into the history page. You can find the option in Settings -> Feed.
Fixed bug that caused a scrolling issues for the app on devices that run on Android version 5.0.
version 2.0.101
posted on 2020-12-01
Added ability to pause a gif in the image viewer by tapping on it.
version 2.0.100
posted on 2020-11-17
The boards page will no longer hide boards that are on the home page.
Added option to go back to the home tab instead of existing the app when pressing the back button on the home page. Option can be changed in the boards management page.
version 2.0.99
posted on 2020-11-13
Changed the names of custom boards.
version 2.0.98
posted on 2020-11-03
Fixed bug with the full image viewer not working for Android 11 or above.
version 2.0.97
posted on 2020-10-26
Added options to set the maximum lines of comment that thread cards will show in a list view. Settings can be changed in Settings-> Feed.
Added option to open and copy thread page links.
version 2.0.96
posted on 2020-10-17
Minor UI updates
version 2.0.95
posted on 2020-10-06
Added ability to save files in subdirectories based on its file type.
version 2.0.94
posted on 2020-10-01
Added ability to sync card feed with the image viewer. Feature is disabled by default and can be turned on by going to Settings -> Images and Videos. When you exist the image viewer, the comment feed will automatically scroll to the position of the last image that you viewed.
Fixed bug with gallery viewer not sorting the images properly on Android 11 and above.
version 2.0.93
posted on 2020-09-15
Changed volume icon for the video player to be more consistent with other video players.
Changed the visible/filtered icon for the gallery page.
For Android 11 or above, changed the default save location name from "ReadChan" to "readchan" to fix a problem with some devices running on Android 11.
version 2.0.92
posted on 2020-09-07
Added support for blue and green accent colour.
Added option to try to clear image cache when existing the app. Option is set to off by default and can be changed by going to Settings -> Storage.
Enlarged the click area for viewing the replies on a comment option so it is easier to click on it.
Fixed bug where image cache was sometime not cleared when requested.
Fixed bug where the opacity settings was not applied to the thumbnails in the image viewer carousel.
version 2.0.91
posted on 2020-08-27
Added support for the /vm/ board.
Changed HTTP client configuration to fix a caching issue.
Fixed bug that would cause the file to be saved twice in two different locations.
version 2.0.89
posted on 2020-08-09
Updated page title styling.
Updated dependencies.
version 2.0.84
posted on 2020-07-24
Added supports for thumbnail image and reply counts to the post entries on the post page.
Fixed bug where sometime submitting content would show a failed message even though the content were submitted successfully.
Fixed bug where sometime two new comment pages are opened instead of one.
version 2.0.82
posted on 2020-07-14
Fixed bug with the history page and bookmark page not showing any new cards after the feed was cleared.
