Army Knife for Android Changelog |

Version 1.0.1
May 14, 2011
First release

Version 1.0.2
May 15, 2011

Version 1.0.3
Jun 6, 2011

Version 1.0.4
Jun 8, 2011

Version 1.0.5
Jul 5, 2011

Version 1.1.0
Sep 17, 2011

Version 1.1.1
Sep 20, 2011

Version 1.2.0
Dec 6, 2011

Added Magnifying Glass applet
New implementation of flashlight’s camera LED handling: Thanks to Sergej Shafarenka!
Flashlight app has new “choose bg color” options
New better looking menus
Change main app background color option
Added Hebraic language. Improved other translations too
Added links to online Help/FAQ/Changhelog
Tons of bug fixes

Version 1.3.0
Jul 13, 2012

New tool: Mirror (requires front camera and android >= 2.3)
Level: improved rendering on smaller screens
Level: now can be used upside down
Timer: re-designed from scratch. Now you can have up to four timers simultaneously.
Timer: now uses standard notifications system
Compass: improved rendering on smaller screens
Flashlight: now you can turn on/off the light using volume buttons
Stop watch: now you can start, get lap time, stop and reset it by using volume buttons
Magnifying glass: various improvements
… Tons of bugfixing and performance improvements!

Version 1.3.1
Sep 18, 2012

Version 1.4.0
Feb 22, 2013

New tool: Unit Converter
Flashlight: Improved compatibility with some devices (Galaxy Ace and others)
Compass: improved compatibility with Android 4.x
Compass: improved low-pass filter
Level: now compatible with devices without magnetometer (accelerometer required)
Level: improved low-pass filter
Calculator: landscape mode
Calculator: option to save memory status between sessions
Calculator: new function: modulo
Calculator: new function: send result to unit converter
Calculator: improved layout
Magnifying Glass: improved display image size on some devices
Magnifying Glass: landscape mode
Mirror: improved display image size on some devices
Mirror: landscape mode
Ruler: added sixteenths of an inch
Ruler: added inverted colors mode

Version 1.4.1
Apr 4, 2013

Fixed crash on start of Android 1.6 devices (we apologize for this problem!)
Unit Converter: added some measures requested by users: pints and barrels, grains, inches of water, data measures (bits, bytes, …)
Unit Converter: added font size selection
Calculator: added, (finally!) the option to select the decimal separator and thousands grouping symbols
Calculator: added gravitational constant
Improved Russian, Romanian and Hungarian translations

Version 1.4.2
May 18, 2013

Flashlight: fixed bug that prevents “use screen as flashlight” option to be saved.
Flashlight: improved “method 3”.
Flashlight: added option to turn off LED while entering standby status.
Unit Converter: Added: quarts (US), tons per square foot, pounds per square foot, centimeters of water, cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, SI version of data measures.
Unit Converter: now works in landscape mode too.
Timer: added option to generate sound internally if the standard notification system doesn\’t make sounds.
Added languages: Serbian, Croatian.
Improved languages: Russian, German, Romanian, Hungarian.
Improved color chooser dialog. Thanks to Yuku.

Version 1.5.0
May 20, 2015

Changed name to Android Army Knife. See FAQ
Added flashlight widget
Improved languages: Russian, Turkish, Greek
Stopwatch: fixed wrong stop-to-start transition when coming back to the app after pressing the home button
Calculator: fixed bug: “when switching from scientific mode to standard mode the word DEG remains at the top of the input”
Timer: added possibility to configure number of timers

Version 1.5.0 … bis
June 17, 2015

Changed the English name to Army Knife for Android because of a Google request. Let’s hope this one will make it…

Version 1.6.0
Jan 20, 2018

Added a “settings” button inside each tool to overcome the lack of the “menu” button in modern smartphones (SORRY for the HUGE delay!!!)
Implemented the permissions requests at run time (the only authorization that will be asked is the usual permission to use the camera, required by flashlight, magnifying glass and mirror)
Removed, in the app description, every reference to the army knife maker with the red logo, because this is forbidden by the play-store rules…

Version 1.6.1
Jan 25, 2018

Removed unwanted and unused permission to access the telephone number and telephone ID (Thanks Android Compat Library…)
Unit Converter: added UK imperial Pints.
Timer: Fixed the “beep” duration issue.
Shrinked a bit the apk size.
Fixed some minor issues.

Version 1.6.2
Feb 4, 2018

Timer: Removed the delay on alarm notification (please test if the fix is working on your device).
Timer: Fixed switch between portrait/landscape and vice versa problem on digits.
Flashlight: Fixed the issue that caused the flashlight to turn off entering standby on some devices.
Flashlight widget: The widget size is back to 1×1 as is was meant to be.
All: Fixed the “all button labels are capitalized” issue.
All: Now every tool is independent. For example you can
1) start a tool
2) go back to the launcher
3) start another tool
and you’ll see three different apps (launcher, tool1 and tool2) in the app list of your device

Version 1.6.3

Dec 29, 2023

Added compatibility with Android 14
Timer: Added a context menu for each timer where you can:
- Set the timer name
- Reset the timer to zero
- Now it’s possible to choose set beep volume as ring, alarm or max
- Minor bugfixes
Unit Converter:
- Added “energy” category
- Improved sorting of negative results
- Fixed “Number of significant digits displayed” setting
Improved translations:
- French
- Italian

Army Knife for Android Changelog