commit a5b9a97486ef08387e1e7ae9e33c72f9cbe5aae3 truex <truex@equwal.com> 2026-09-21 12:39:41 -0700 Add the 0.1.0-beta notes, the settings copy and Ink Update
CHANGELOG.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ PRIVACY.md | 7 +++++-- README.md | 6 +++++- 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index f64000c..bb5f4d3 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ # Changelog +## 0.1.0-beta - 2026-09-21 + +Version code 16. The first beta. The alpha versions end here. + +- **Updates: Ink Update.** Rebind has no internet permission, so it cannot + look for a new version. Ink Update, an open source app of its own, does + that: F-Droid first, then Google Play (it leaves an app that Google Play + installed to Google Play), then GitHub. It makes a notification and opens + the page. Setup has an "Updates" row that installs or opens it. The build + for direct install carries it. +- The build for direct install carries Ink Dim too. Hardware hacks lists it. +- The lists of carried apps are named "Extensions". + +- **Settings are safe across versions and across an uninstall.** An update + always kept the settings: they are in the data of the app. An uninstall + removed them. Now Android asks at uninstall whether to keep the data + (`hasFragileUserData`), and Rebind keeps an automatic copy of the settings in + `Documents/Rebind/rebind-settings.json`, which an uninstall does not touch. + Import opens that folder. `StoredFormatTest` holds the texts that every + 0.0.x version stored, so a new version cannot stop reading them unseen. + ## 0.0.15-alpha - 2026-09-21 Version code 15. diff --git a/PRIVACY.md b/PRIVACY.md index 2473fa0..f5fc45e 100644 --- a/PRIVACY.md +++ b/PRIVACY.md @@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ service asks Android which part of the current window can scroll, so that it can scroll it. It does not read, record or transmit what the window contains. **Your settings.** Your key bindings, timing preferences and which capture -channels are on are saved in the app's private storage on your device. They -leave the device only through Android's own backup, if you have it on. +channels are on are saved in the app's private storage on your device. Rebind +also keeps a copy of them as a file in your Documents folder +(`Documents/Rebind/rebind-settings.json`), so that an uninstall does not lose +them. The file stays on your device. Your settings leave the device only +through Android's own backup, if you have it on, or if you share the file. **Voice typing.** If you bind the Voice typing action, Rebind asks for the microphone permission. A speech recognition app on your device, which you diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a53851f..51df900 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ The pictures are from a Viwoods AiPaper Reader. - Navigation in any mix of button bar, gestures and the Power button (needs Shizuku or an adb grant). - Extra-dim frontlight below the lowest system level (needs Shizuku with root). -- Export and import of all settings as one JSON file. +- Export and import of all settings as one JSON file. Rebind also keeps an + automatic copy in `Documents/Rebind/`, which stays after an uninstall. +- Updates: [Ink Update](https://github.com/equwal/ink-update) tells you when a + new version is ready. It is an app of its own, so that Rebind needs no + internet permission. No ads. No internet permission. Nothing is collected. See [PRIVACY.md](PRIVACY.md).