2.3.0 Beta 2

🎉 A new website with tutorials!!! 🎉
Check it out at docs.keymapper.club.

• Action to broadcast intent, start activity and start service.
• Action to toggle the notification drawer and the quick settings drawer.
• Action to call a phone number.
• A repeat limit action option.
• A logging page.

A lot of bug fixes and performance improvements.

See the changelog at changelog.keymapper.club for more details.

2.3.0 Beta 1

🎉 A new website with tutorials!!! 🎉
Check it out at docs.keymapper.club.

• Action to broadcast intent, start activity and start service.
• Action to toggle the notification drawer and the quick settings drawer.
• Action to call a phone number.
• A repeat limit action option.
• A logging page.

A lot of bug fixes and performance improvements.

See the changelog at changelog.keymapper.club for more details.

2.2.0

This sums up all the changes for 2.2

Added

• Remap fingerprint gestures! #378
  Android 8.0+ and only on devices which support them. Even devices with the setting to swipe down for notifications might not support this! The dev can't do anything about this.

• Widget/shortcut to launch actions. #459

• Setting to show the first 5 digits of input devices so devices with the same name can be differentiated in Key Mapper lists. #470

• Show a warning at the top of the homescreen if the user hasn't disabled battery optimisation for Key Mapper. #496

• Action option to hold down until the trigger is pressed again. #479

• Action option to change the delay before the next action in the list. #476

• Orientation constraint. #505

• Key Event action option to pretend that the Key Event came from a particular device. #509

• Use duplicates of the same key in a sequence trigger. #513

• Show the fingerprint gesture intro slide when updating to 2.2 #545

• Show a silent notification, which advertises the remapping fingerprint gesture feature, when the user updates to 2.2 #546

• Trigger key maps from an Intent #490

• Prompt the user to go to https://dontkillmyapp.com when they first setup the app.

• Add Fdroid link to the Key Mapper GUI Keyboard ad. #524

BREAKING CHANGES

• Key Mapper action shortcuts work completely differently. See https://docs.keymapper.club/redirects/trigger-by-intent

Changes

• No max limit for sliders (except in settings). #458
• The app intro slides will show feedback if the steps have been done correctly.

Removed

• XDA Labs links because it has been shut down.

Bug Fixes

• Save and restore state for all view models. #519
• Use View Binding in fragments properly. This should stop random crashes for some users. #518
• Hold Down action option doesn't work for long press triggers. #504
• A trigger for a specific device can still be detected if the same buttons on another device are pressed. #523
• Fix layout of the trigger fragment on some screen sizes so that some things aren't cut off. #522
• Remapping modifier keys to the same key didn't work as expected. #563
• Parallel triggers which contained another parallel trigger didn't cancel the other. #571
• Don't allow screen on/off constraints for fingerprint gestures #570
• Rename Key Mapper CI Keyboard to Key Mapper CI Basic Input Method.
• Notifications had no icon on Android Lollipop.
• remove coloured navigation bar on Android Lollipop.
• Hold Down option wasn't allowed on Android 8.0 or older.
• Detecting whether remapping fingerprint gestures are supported didn't work.
• The flashlight action would sometimes crash the app.
• The error message for an app being disabled was the wrong one.
• Actions to open Android TV apps didn't work #503
• The app list didn't show Android TV-only apps. #487
• Settings for repeat rate and delay until repeat didn't match their names when configuring an action.
• Text would move up/down when sliding between slides in the app intro. #540
• Icon for "specific app playing media" constraint had the wrong tint. #535
• Limit Media actions to Android 4.4 KitKat+ because they don't work on older versions.
• Up Key Event was sent from all keymaps with the "hold down" action option regardless of whether the trigger was released. #533
• Testing actions didn't work.
• Scroll position was lost when reloading the key map list.
• Try to fix random crashes when navigating.
• Duplicating key maps didn't work.

2.2.0 Beta 2

Added

• Remap fingerprint gestures! #378
  Android 8.0+ and only on devices which support them. Even devices with the setting to swipe down for notifications might not support this! The dev can't do anything about this.
• Show the fingerprint gesture intro slide when updating to 2.2 #545
• Show a silent notification, which advertises the remapping fingerprint gesture feature, when the user updates to 2.2 #546
• Trigger key maps from an Intent #490
• Prompt the user to go to https://dontkillmyapp.com when they first setup the app.
• Add Fdroid link to the Key Mapper GUI Keyboard ad. #524

BREAKING CHANGES

• Key Mapper action shortcuts work completely differently. See https://docs.keymapper.club/user-guide/triggers/#trigger-from-other-apps-230

Changes

• The app intro slides will show feedback if the steps have been done correctly.

Removed

• XDA Labs links because it has been shut down.

Bug Fixes

• Remapping modifier keys to the same key didn't work as expected. #563
• Parallel triggers which contained another parallel trigger didn't cancel the other. #571
• Don't allow screen on/off constraints for fingerprint gestures #570
• Rename Key Mapper CI Keyboard to Key Mapper CI Basic Input Method.
• Notifications had no icon on Android Lollipop.
• remove coloured navigation bar on Android Lollipop.
• Hold Down option wasn't allowed on Android 8.0 or older.
• Detecting whether remapping fingerprint gestures are supported didn't work.
• The flashlight action would sometimes crash the app.
• The error message for an app being disabled was the wrong one.
• Actions to open Android TV apps didn't work #503
• The app list didn't show Android TV-only apps. #487
• Settings for repeat rate and delay until repeat didn't match their names when configuring an action.
• Text would move up/down when sliding between slides in the app intro. #540
• Icon for "specific app playing media" constraint had the wrong tint. #535
• Limit Media actions to Android 4.4 KitKat+ because they don't work on older versions.
• Up Key Event was sent from all keymaps with the "hold down" action option regardless of whether the trigger was released. #533
• Testing actions didn't work.
• Scroll position was lost when reloading the key map list.
• Try to fix random crashes when navigating.
• Duplicating key maps didn't work.

2.2.0 Beta 1

Added

• Remap fingerprint gestures! #378
  Android 8.0+ and only on devices which support them. Even devices with the setting to swipe down for notifications might not support this! The dev can't do anything about this.

• Widget/shortcut to launch actions. #459

• Setting to show the first 5 digits of input devices so devices with the same name can be differentiated in Key Mapper lists. #470

• Show a warning at the top of the homescreen if the user hasn't disabled battery optimisation for Key Mapper. #496

• Action option to hold down until the trigger is pressed again. #479

• Action option to change the delay before the next action in the list. #476

• Orientation constraint. #505

• Key Event action option to pretend that the Key Event came from a particular device. #509

• Use duplicates of the same key in a sequence trigger. #513

Changes

• No max limit for sliders (except in settings). #458

Bug Fixes

• Save and restore state for all view models. #519
• Use View Binding in fragments properly. This should stop random crashes for some users. #518
• Hold Down action option doesn't work for long press triggers. #504
• A trigger for a specific device can still be detected if the same buttons smb://@sds-pc.local:445/Home/Desktop/Android-Projects/release/keymapper-2.2.0-beta.1.apkon another device are pressed. #523
• Fix layout of the trigger fragment on some screen sizes so that some things aren't cut off. #522

2.1.0

Added

• Support for Android 11.
• Backup/Restore keymaps.
• Option for keycode actions to simulate holding the key down.
• Button to show system packages as well in the app list.
• Action to create Key Event with optional modifiers.
• Action to select word at cursor.
• Action to toggle the screen on and off.
• Action to tap a coordinate on the screen. The user and the app can NOT touch the screen at the same time. This is a
  limitation in Android.
• Action to double press recents to go to last app.
• Dismiss button to the notification that pauses/resumes keymaps. It will be shown again when the app is opened.
• Show a warning dialog when leaving the screen to configure a keymap without saving.
• Keymaps can have multiple of the same action. There is now a slider in the action options called "Action Count".
• Can detect the headset button when the screen is off.
• Prompt the user to reboot their device if they fail to record a trigger 2 times in a row.
• Show a toast after using the Screenshot (ROOT) action.
• Consuming the key event is optional for each key.

Changed

• Don't hide the Repeat option if there is no trigger.

Fixes

• Caps Lock key still caps lock when remapped.
• When making a parallel trigger, the keys don't all have the same click type.
• Dragging trigger keys by the remove button would cause a crash
• stop recording if the user leaves the Trigger fragment
• The Menu (ROOT) action was slow
• show a toast if there is an IOException when detecting buttons when the screen is off.
• Remapping modifier keys to modifier keys doesn't work as expected.
• the Screenshot (ROOT) action didn't create the Pictures and Screenshots directories. Therefore, it didn't save the screenshot.
• Hold Down action option didn't work for long-press triggers.
• Opening a keymap with a long-press parallel trigger would set it to short press.
• Crash if a modifier key trigger is not mapped to a Key Event action.
• Potential crash when showing keymaps on the homescreen.
• Attempt to fix the problem of the accessibility service being enabled but broken on some devices.
• Typo in the dialog message prompting the user to reboot.
• The dialog prompting the user to reboot would show at the wrong time.
• Switch to a new App Intro library. Hopefully it is more stable because the old library was crashing for many users.

2.1.0 Beta 4

Bug Fixes

• Crash on KitKat and older on the home screen.
• Consuming the key event is optional for each key.
• There was no search button under the "Other" tab when choosing an action.

2.1.0 Beta 3

Bug Fixes

• App crashed when starting the accessibility service on Android Marshmallow 6.0 and older. OOPS XD.
• The Menu action wouldn't sometimes work on rooted devices.
• Attempt to fix the problem of the accessibility service being enabled but broken on some devices.
• Typo in the dialog message prompting the user to reboot.
• The dialog prompting the user to reboot would show at the wrong time.
• Switch to a new App Intro library. Hopefully it is more stable because the old library was crashing for many users.

2.1.0 Beta 2

Added

• Prompt the user to reboot their device if they fail to record a trigger 2 times in a row.
• Show a toast after using the Screenshot (ROOT) action.

Bug Fixes

• Dragging trigger keys by the remove button would cause a crash
• stop recording if the user leaves the Trigger fragment
• The Menu (ROOT) action was slow
• Entering an invalid integer into the keycode box when creating a Key Event action would cause a crash.
• show a toast if there is an IOException when detecting buttons when the screen is off.
• Remapping modifier keys to modifier keys doesn't work as expected.
• the Screenshot (ROOT) action didn't create the Pictures and Screenshots directories. Therefore, it didn't save the screenshot.
• Hold Down action option didn't work for long-press triggers.
• Opening a keymap with a long-press parallel trigger would set it to short press.
• JSON files are sometimes greyed out when picking a file to restore. All file types are now shown because Android doens't have a mimetype for JSON files.
• Crash if a modifier key trigger is not mapped to a Key Event action.
• Potential crash when showing keymaps on the homescreen.

2.1.0 Beta 1

Added

• Support for a proper keyboard. Install the Key Mapper GUI Keyboard.
• Support for Android 11.
• Backup/Restore keymaps.
• Option for keycode actions to simulate holding the key down.
• Button to show system packages as well in the app list.
• Action to create Key Event with optional modifiers.
• Action to select word at cursor.
• Action to toggle the screen on and off.
• Action to tap a coordinate on the screen. The user and the app can NOT touch the screen at the same time. This is a
  limitation in Android.
• Action to double press recents to go to last app.
• Dismiss button to the notification that pauses/resumes keymaps. It will be shown again when the app is opened.
• Show a warning dialog when leaving the screen to configure a keymap without saving.
• Keymaps can have multiple of the same action. There is now a slider in the action options called "Action Count".
• Can detect the headset button when the screen is off.
• Option to not override the default behavior of the trigger.

Changed

• Don't hide the Repeat option if there is no trigger.

Fixes

• Caps Lock key still caps lock when remapped.
• When making a parallel trigger, the keys don't all have the same click type.