Marvin 3.0.3 is out

[kguil]

Here’s what’s new and updated in v3.0.3:

• New: Added “San Francisco” as a reading font.
• New: ‘Shuffle’ is back with a new easy-to-use widget.
• New: Quickly change colours when tapping on a highlight.
• New: Option to have custom commands shown inline with other text selection items.
• New: Setting to show unread markers next to books.
• New: Option to open image menu in a book can be set to a double tap instead of a single tap.
• New: 'Open in…’ option when exporting custom fonts and custom commands.
• New: Mark as unopened or unopened+rewind options in book actions menu.
• New: Added an index of all tutorials and updates in Settings > About Marvin.
• New: New look for the most recently opened book in the iPad’s quick launch panel.
• Updated: Prevents import failure due to device sleep during cloud picker imports.
• Updated: Improved reliability when importing Marvin Classic backups (*)
• Updated: Backup and restore performance and reliability improvements.
• Updated: Books and comics should import a bit faster.
• Fixed: EPUB rendering fixes.
• Fixed: On iPhones with orientation lock enabled, books could open in the wrong orientation.
• Fixed: ComicInfo data would not be read properly from CBR files.
• Other minor fixes and refinements.

(*) You’ll also need to update Marvin Classic to 2.9.1.

If you have a moment, please remember to rate and review Marvin. It really helps a lot. Thanks!

[mariosipad]

For the update!

But where is the update for Marvin SxS, or is my appstore slow tonight?

[kguil]

@mariosipad App Store slow. They're both released at the same time.

[Faterson]

Both available here.

[mariosipad]

@kris:slow appstore it was !! Available now.

[slantybard]

Can you please implement a method for specifying the colours in themes by hexadecimal or RGB? I would like to make my night theme with background of 80% black (R51, G51, B51 or #333333) with white text, but I can't seem to find a way to get this colour for my background.

[kguil]

@slantybard Its my feature request list for consideration.

[quiris]

I would like to report a following problems with "overwriting" book feature:
1) I have a book on Dropbox.
2) I downloaded the book to Marvin's Library.
3) I changed a couple of things in that book.
4) I download the book one more time.
5) Marvin asked me that the book is in my library, did I want to overwrite it.
6) I confirmed overwriting.
7) Second copy of that book appears in Library. No overwriting was performed.
8) I deleted one copy of that book from Marvin's Library
10) During opening a remaining copy of the book a message says: "Oops. This book couldn't be opened because it is damages or encrypted"

[pwalker8]

Nice update. I like the new look for the recently opened.

[ShellShock]

Originally Posted by quiris

I would like to report a following problems with "overwriting" book feature:
1) I have a book on Dropbox.
2) I downloaded the book to Marvin's Library.
3) I changed a couple of things in that book.
4) I download the book one more time.
5) Marvin asked me that the book is in my library, did I want to overwrite it.
6) I confirmed overwriting.
7) Second copy of that book appears in Library. No overwriting was performed.
8) I deleted one copy of that book from Marvin's Library
10) During opening a remaining copy of the book a message says: "Oops. This book couldn't be opened because it is damages or encrypted"

I have seen this happen too.

[odamizu]

@kguil:

for adding increased font-sizes and San Francisco (which I was delighted to discover shows as bold on iDevices with "bold" turned on in the accessibility settings).

Is there a way to limit the Brightness settings to the app only, so that changing the brightness in-app doesn't change it for the entire device? I could not find such a switch in all the settings, but there are so many I may have missed it. Thanks!

[kguil]

@odamizu I'm afraid that iOS doesn't let you do that. Technically, there is a workaround but it hurts battery life so I decided against it. If you want brightness to be darker when you're in a book, your best bet is to turn on extra dimming for that colour preset.

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by kguil

@odamizu I'm afraid that iOS doesn't let you do that. Technically, there is a workaround but it hurts battery life so I decided against it.

That's interesting. In Bluefire Reader, when you adjust brightness, it only affects the app, not the entire device. In Hyphen and BookMaster, there's a toggle that let's you choose whether the brightness setting affects only the app or the entire device. Are you saying this setting hurts battery life?

Originally Posted by kguil

If you want brightness to be darker when you're in a book, your best bet is to turn on extra dimming for that colour preset.

What I'm trying to do is adjust the brightness in Marvin without it changing the brightness for the entire device. I find that every time I leave Marvin, I have to re-adjust the brightness for the device, then when I go back to Marvin, I have to re-adjust the brightness for Marvin, then when I leave Marvin, I have to re-adjust the device brightness again, etc. etc.

Also, not sure if this is new for 3.0.3, but I'm finding that when I switch from Landscape to Portrait or vice versa, the page location shifts dramatically and I totally lose my place. For example, this morning I was at page 222 of 482 (46% overall) in portrait mode, but when flipped to landscape mode, it put me at page 207 of 482 (43% overall).

[Der]

I do not mean to undermine odamizu's brightness request. it's totally reasonable (if possible) and I'd wholeheartedly support having the option.

However, I feel compelled to note that I like the brightness control the way it is. First off, hardware brightness is a must for me, so if that is at all related to the issue being discussed, I'm chiming in strongly against a change. Second, I like being able to use Marvin to temporarily increase the brightness for all apps, with the brightness returning to the default when the device locks. For me, that's a valued bonus feature in Marvin.

[kguil]

@odamizu Yes I am. The only way to make brightness work only within an app is to overlay a translucent black layer on top of everything. This means that while the app will *appear* to be dimmer, the device will still be operating at full brightness, hence using up more battery life. There are other colour shifting, and user confusion issues that must be considered.

Regarding your second point - that's the way Apple designed iOS to work. Every app that allows for the control of hardware brightness will do that. You'll find this documented in Apple docs.