After a pretty long pause, we finally release a new version of OpenTodoList. It is a mixed release, bringing both new features as well as some tweaks in the background.

Changelog

• There is now syntax highlighting in note editors! Any text in OpenTodoList can be styled using Markdown. With syntax highlighting, it now gets much easier to edit your notes. rpdev/opentodolist#228
• The used Qt version has been updated to Qt 5.12.3. For most users, this should not matter, however, it allows us to use new features in future versions of the app. In addition, it allows us to release a 64bit ARM version of the app. rpdev/opentodolist#213
• We improved the handling of the cache. The cache has been introduced some versions ago and used to speed up the app, as well as reducing the memory required at runtime. Before, there was a known issue which - in the past - hit us on Windows: When you first started the Windows 32bit version of the app, created some content and then (e.g. due to an update) later run the Windows 64bit version on the same device, the app would not be able to re-open the cache. This is by design, however, it was a real use case (and especially is with this release, which for the first time ever includes a 64bit ARM version on Android, which suffers from the same issue). rpdev/opentodolist#214

Downloads

Please find the download links for major platforms on GitHub. For Android, the release is available via Google Play.

Known Issues

There are currently no known issues. If you encounter any issues, please file a bug report in the bug tracker.

After the previous releases of the app rather have been bug fix and maintenance ones, this ones finally brings some cool new features.

Changelog

• You can now re-order items inside a library via drag&drop. This allows you to put the items you are working most frequently with to the top of the page easily! rpdev/opentodolist#218
• A progress value can now be set on todos. Until now, there was a progress indication derived from the number of open and closed tasks within a todo. Now, you can set a progress value manually, which overrides this computed one. rpdev/opentodolist#204

Downloads

Please find the download links for major platforms on GitHub. For Android, the release is available via Google Play.

Known Issues

• There is a known issue with the cache DB used by the app (rpdev/opentodolist#214). When you installed e.g. a 32bit version and then change to a 64bit version, the cache cannot be opened and the app won’t work properly. To fix this, remove the previous cache directory manually before starting the app.

This version of OpenTodoList is rather a maintenance release. It bumps up the used version of Qt on most platforms to v5.11, for some even to 5.12. The most interesting change however is that the app is now available via Flatpak.

Changelog

• The app is now using at least Qt 5.11.2 on all platforms we build relases for. On some platforms, we even use Qt 5.12 now. rpdev/opentodolist#209
• APKs are now signed within the CIs. This means that the APK files can be downloaded and installed as-is without further manual intervention. This eases both testing of developer builds as well as releasing to the Google App Store. rpdev/opentodolist#211
• There recently was a change in the tool linuxdeployqt which we use to create AppImages for Linux. This is worked around temporarily by using an older release of the tool in the CIs. rpdev/opentodolist#216
• Last but not least, the app is now available on Flathub. This means you can easily install it on most Linux distributions via the flatpak command line tool or your favorite software store. rpdev/opentodolist#2159, rpdev/opentodolist#219, rpdev/opentodolist#220

Downloads

Please find the download links for major platforms on GitHub. For Android, the release is available via Google Play.

Known Issues

• There is a known issue with the cache DB used by the app (rpdev/opentodolist#214). When you installed e.g. a 32bit version and then change to a 64bit version, the cache cannot be opened and the app won’t work properly. To fix this, remove the previous cache directory manually before starting the app.

This is again a release which took a lot of time - however, it is an important one. While there shouldn’t be a lot of user visible changes in, this release comes with quite some changes under-the-hood, improving the performance of the app dramatically. And also, the obligatory bug fixes are in.

Changelog

• We integrated QLMDB as a cache for item data. On top, a kind of object store has been implemented, where most interactions are done via transactions executed in background threads. Long story short: For you as a user this means a much more fluent user interface. In particular when your libraries grow, you will notice performance improvements when switching between views. This change implicitly also fixes some minor issues like e.g. the app had to be restarted to apply the deletion of an item via a sync from the server.
• This release comes with an important fix for Android users of the app. Creating libraries in the default location did not work on all devices. With this release the default location has been changed, which should fix this issue on all devices.
• Another important step is that the app now moved away from qmake as its build system to cmake. The latter is much more flexible (at the cost of not being as deeply integrated with the Qt Creator IDE used for developing the app) and also makes it easier to integrate libraries which also use cmake for building.

Downloads

Please find the download links for major platforms on GitHub. For Android, the release is available via Google Play.

Known Issues

• On Windows, make sure you have proper OpenGL support. The app strictly requires OpenGL to work. Most notably, when running within a Virtual Machine, chances are that starting the app will result in an error.

After a lot of monthly releases in the past, there has been no update since April 2017. However, no reason to worry. There’s a larger update in the pipeline, which requires some preparation in the form of a new library called qlmdb - a Qt wrapper around the lmdb C library, which is going to be used in a future version of OpenTodoList.

While most work went into bringing up qlmdb, there were also some bug fixes in the app, which now become available.

Changelog

• There was a bug which caused the user interface to constantly be redrawn. This could significantly drain your battery on mobile devices and laptops. #201.
• The process of setting up a new synchronized library has been improved. Before, when entering e.g. a wrong password, there was no indication that something went wrong. The Validate button simply wont vanish and the OK button never appeared. Now, there’s some better, visual indication to the user that something went wrong. #200

Downloads

Please find the download links for major platforms on GitHub. For Android, the release is available via Google Play.

Known Issues

• On Windows, make sure you have proper OpenGL support. The app strictly requires OpenGL to work. Most notably, when running within a Virtual Machine, chances are that starting the app will result in an error.