DOCUMENT APP GENERATOR release notes

Features & improvements

• Added a Studio header home button that returns to the gen.bayton.org generators hub.
• On narrow screens, the home action appears as a full-width item in the collapsed header menu.

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Known issues

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Features & improvements

• Studio now confirms before importing a config over an in-progress build.
• The welcome screen remains exempt because no operator-entered configuration exists there yet.

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Known issues

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Features & improvements

• Library accent colour can now be changed at runtime through managed configuration.
• Added branding_accent so an EMM can re-tint a fielded app without rebuilding.
• Renamed the managed-config theme-mode label to match behaviour: it sets a managed default, not a hard lock.

Fixes

• Corrected documentation and generated-app descriptions for signing environment names, HEIC/HEIF caveats, config export filename, and resumable-sync integrity.

Known issues

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Features & improvements

• URL document downloads now stream to disk instead of buffering the full file in memory.
• Interrupted downloads can resume when the server validator confirms the resource is unchanged.
• Document updates are written atomically so a failed update does not destroy the previous offline copy.
• Size limits are now type-aware: PDF and EPUB up to 150 MiB, other supported types up to 32 MiB.

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Features & improvements

• Added EPUB support with a reflowable in-app reader.
• EPUB reader includes table of contents, font-size and line-height controls, themes, reading progress, and resume.
• EPUBs are handled with zip-slip and zip-bomb protections, XXE-hardened parsing, JavaScript disabled, and synthetic-origin WebView serving.

Fixes

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Known issues

• Fixed-layout EPUBs are detected and shown best-effort.

Features & improvements

• Added bulk document upload in Studio and the classic form.
• Operators can drop multiple files, drop a folder, or browse for files/folders; supported files become built-in document sources automatically.
• Dropped folders are retained as library folders and assigned to their documents.

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Known issues

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Features & improvements

• Added preview support for JSON, XML, source code, CSV, GIF, BMP, HEIC, and HEIF.
• Added animated GIF and animated WebP playback where supported by the platform.
• Added HTML as a selectable format end to end.
• Rebuilt the generated app Settings screen with display controls and effective-configuration details.

Fixes

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Known issues

• HEIC and HEIF rendering depends on device codec support.

Features & improvements

• PDFs now render full-width and support pinch-to-zoom, double-tap-to-zoom, and drag-to-pan.
• Image viewing uses the same transform host for zoom and pan behaviour.

Fixes

• Fixed a PDF render crash by using the bitmap format required by Android PdfRenderer.

Known issues

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Features & improvements

• Rebuilt the generated app UI on the shared generator design system.
• Added light/dark-aware library surfaces, bottom navigation, document thumbnails, folder discs, list/gallery layouts, status, settings, and about screens.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when opening documents by applying the correct generated-app theme to the viewer activity.

Known issues

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Features & improvements

• Initial DOCUMENT APP GENERATOR release.
• Generates signed Android document-viewer apps with embedded and URL-backed document sources.
• Supports PDF, image, plain-text, and markdown content, folder navigation, stored documents, managed configuration, source export, config export, and update-code reuse.

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Known issues

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