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Dynamic Theme build 1.4.30201 (1.4.302.1)

Released on February 22, 2018

Dynamic Theme changelog

What's new

Build 1.4.30000 (1.4.300.0)

  • Slovak translation (thank you Martin Kubáň and Štefan Darvaš)

Build 1.4.29300 (1.4.293.0)

  • Czech translation (thank you Martin Krejčí)

Build 1.4.29100 (1.4.291.0)

  • A context menu is available in the picture view when you make a right click on the picture"

  • The splash screen is now optional on Redstone 3+ (Windows decide if it is display or not)

  • The application now uses Fluent Design elements (Acrylic and Reveal) on Redstone 4+ to match Windows Settings app

  • You can now choose the display language of the application in the Information view - in response of received feedbacks

  • You can now choose the application theme (default system theme, light or dark) in the Information view

  • You can now support us with a donation! - in response of received feedbacks

  • A right pane is added in all view to display hints or contextual links

What's changed

Build 1.4.30200 (1.4.302.0)

  • New UI with Fluent Design for Redstone 4+ users (added a title bar)

  • Upgrade to the last AppCenter SDK (1.4.0)

Build 1.4.30100 (1.4.301.0)

  • Deletion of the Spanish translation (incomplete)

  • Deletion of the German translation (incomplete)

  • Deletion of the Dutch translation (incomplete)

  • Internal optimizations

  • Optimization of the Advanced Report feature

Build 1.4.30000 (1.4.300.0)

  • English translation

  • French translation

  • Italian translation

  • German translation

  • Spanish translation

  • Improved High Contrast support

  • Improved use of the App Center SDK after migration from the HockeyApp SDK

  • Fiability improvements

Build 1.4.29600 (1.4.296.0)

  • Fiability improvements

Build 1.4.29400 (1.4.294.0)

  • German translation

Build 1.4.29300 (1.4.293.0)

  • English translation

  • French translation

  • Simplified Chinese translation

  • Traditional Chinese translation

  • Turkish translation

Build 1.4.29100 (1.4.291.0)

  • Uses of the last SDK + .NET Native

  • Copyright is added in Information menu

  • Old message dialog (Windows 8 style) are replaced by new Windows 10 style (API changes)

  • Creation of the Bing and/or Windows Spotlight directories in your Pictures folder only if it's needed

  • Performance improvements at the application startup

  • Migrate from HockeyApp to App Center SDK

  • More reliable and understandable logging mechanism

What's fixed

Build 1.4.30201 (1.4.302.1)

  • Bing pictures history viewer is not working because of changes in Microsoft's backend

  • Crash when opening some menu on old Windows 10 10240 (Threshold 1) and 10586 (Threshold 2) versions

  • Possible crash when the application make a query to get available in-app available purchase items

Build 1.4.30200 (1.4.302.0)

  • Possible crash with slideshow option and random mode when a directory without pictures is used

  • When user select slideshow mode, current picture is not used/setted

  • Some menus are truncated in some languages

Build 1.4.30100 (1.4.301.0)

  • The slideshow mode was long and unreliable in certain circumstances

  • Some internal errors

Build 1.4.30000 (1.4.300.0)

  • Some reliability issues when picture's fit mode is different than 'Fill'

  • Link to Windows settings for the accent color not displayed in the 'Information' view

  • The slideshow mode could malfunction if pictures with a long name are used

  • Some GUI fixes for compatibility with older versions of Windows 10

Build 1.4.29600 (1.4.296.0)

  • Broken Advanced Report feature

  • Hang when multiple messages are displayed

  • Some errors that cause the unexpected application closure

Build 1.4.29400 (1.4.294.0)

  • Encoding of the Czech translation

  • Encoding of the Simplified Chinese translation

  • Encoding of the Traditional Chinese translation

  • Encoding of the Turkish translation

Build 1.4.29300 (1.4.293.0)

  • Reliability of the Background Task execution when an error is occured (next run not correctly and not always set)

  • Some fixes related to HokeyApp to App Center SDK migration

  • Some fixes of the new design for Redstone 4+

  • Some internal errors

Build 1.4.29100 (1.4.291.0)

  • Detection of the current culture is not always working to get associated Bing picture (current culture option) - thank you for the reports!

  • Bad navigation history after resize (from wide to narrow format) of the application if you are in the picture viewer

  • The picture viewer window loses data when the application is minimized

  • Advanced report dialog is not properly centered

  • Exceptions detected/reported during the data migration at the application startup

  • Some internal errors

Known Issues

  • The app works with Continuum but the settings do not apply correctly

Current Releases

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