This is the blog section. It has two categories: News and Releases.
Files in these directories will be listed in reverse chronological order.
News
Released to production
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Almost four weeks after the first alpha testing phase Athena was finally approved as production ready.
Athena v1.1.0 contains a major UI rework and other notable changes.
Approaching public release
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The google play closed alpha testing stage soon comes to an end. As of today, 7 days are left until I can apply for production and thus release the app to the public.
Since the core functionality is already working well and there’s still a bit of time left, the first public version will be v1.1.x.
v1.1.x contains a major redesign of the UI and other, smaller changes.
Releases
v2.1.0
v2.1.0 version is now available for android. This update fixes some smaller issues and provides some minor improvements
Document scanner import limit
In previous versions, the advanced document scanner was only able to scan 10 image at once when creating a new document. This limit has been removed.
Issues when changing the password
When closing the app while a password/biometrics change was in progress, the authentication no longer worked as the saved credentials were corrupted. This is now fixed.
Crash when downloading new OCR languages
If the network was interrupted while downloading new OCR languages, the app might crash. This only hap
Folders are no longer cached
Athena used to cache the contents of folders once visited. For example, when navigating to the parent of a certain folder, the content of that subpage was still loaded into memory. If you then went back to the subpage, the documents and folders did not have to be retrieved from the database. While this improved the performance, it also introduced more complexity: Folders and documents must be kept in sync (e.g. after deleting a tag).
After some investigation, it turned out that the performance gain by caching the contents of folders does not outweight or justify the added complexity. Thus, to keep things simple and more maintanable, the caching is now removed.
This might be noticeable by a short loading sequence when navigating through folders.
v2.0.3
The new v2.0.3 version is now available for android.
Primary authentication issue
A crash could occur if invalid biometric data was provided to the primary authentication. This could happen when e.g. using the wrong finger for the fingerprint authentication. This is now fixed.
v2.0.2
v2.0.2 contains a small bugfix
Authentication issues with android 10
Devices with Android 10 could run into issues when using the biometric authentication. These issues are now fixed, the login works as expected.
v2.0.1
The new v2.0.1 is now available for android. It’s holiday season, so this update only includes some small bugfixes.
Correct password was treated as incorrect
We received some feedback that in some cases a valid password was rejected as incorrect. This happened when first entering an incorrect password and then providing the correct one. A smiliar, related issue was also fixed: When reloading the app (e.g. due to changing the language or restoring a backup), an incorrect password was treated as a correct one. The data was still encrypted in this case.
Tag overview improvements
If no tags are available, the tag overview now displays an “empty tags” view. This makes the overall UI more consistent. Additionally, it is no longer possible to save or create tags with an empty name.
v2.0.0
v2.0.0 version is now available for android. This update includes major security improvements, scanner updates and a new backup system.
Security improvements
In previous versions, the data stored on the device was not secured or encrypted in any way. Anyone with access to the phone could extract the data. With v2.0.0, this has changed!
The data is now encrypted, either via biometrics or a password. The password is also available as a fallback, in case biometric authentication no longer works (sensor broke, …). With this change, data is protected against unauthorized access. And because we encrypt the data itself and not only restrict access to the app via a normal login, your data is secure, even if someone has access to your phone.
New document scanner
While the old document scanner did its job, it lacked features like automatic cropping, document detection or even basic visual enhancements for a better document quality.
For a greater experience, an improved document scanner replaces the legacy one. It supports features like automatic document detection and cropping, visual enhancements and more. The legacy scanner is still available as a fallback and can be turned on in the settings.
Backups
Under settings, a new option to create and restore backups is available. Backups contain all relevant information (folders, document, tags and detected text) and can be used to restore your data on a different device or as a savepoint - in case something breaks.