seedvault/CHANGELOG.md

[11-2.2] - 2021-09-29

User-facing changes

• Don't backup on metered networks
• Disable spell-checker on recovery code input
• Disable Nextcloud restore when not installed and no store available
• Ask for system authentication before storing a new recovery code
• Prevent screenshots of recovery code
• Add expert settings with an option for unlimited quota
• Allow launching restore through a dialer code
• Restrict exported components

Others

• Improve .editorconfig setup
• Move LocalContactsBackup to product partition
• Link FAQ in Readme to make it more discoverable
• Compares kotlin-bip39 library with bitcoinj library
• Provide an overview over key derivations
• document potential information leakage through the long-lived SQL caches
• Add warning for third-party tools to README

[11-2.1] - 2021-07-06

Updated

• Switch to a different BIP39 library due to licensing

Notes

• Not tagged as a stable release

[11-2.0] - 2021-07-05

Added

• Storage backup!

Notes

• Not tagged as a stable release

[11-1.2] - 2021-07-05

Fixed

• Fix local contacts backup on LineageOS.
• Minor string fixes.
• Make recovery code fit on smaller screens / larger densities
• Sync app colors with system Settings theme for consistency

Updated

• Translations update, both existing languages and new.
• Switch all text references to github.com/seedvault-app

[11-1.1] - 2021-04-16

Fixed

• Don't crash when storage app gets uninstalled

Added

• Allow verifying and re-generating the 12 word recovery code
• Prepare for storage backup
• gradle: Use AOSP platform key for signing

[11-1.0] - 2021-04-16

Notes

• Change versioning scheme to include Android version
• 11-1.0 is the first release for Android 11
• Incomplete changelog entry, lots of changes done

[1.0.0] - 2020-03-07

Added

• APK backup and restore support with the option to toggle them off.
• Note to auto-restore setting in case removable storage is used.
• UX for showing which packages were restored and which failed.
• Show heads-up notification when auto-restore fails due to removed storage.
• Show list of apps and their backup status.
• Support for excluding apps from backups.

Fixed

• Device initialization and generation of new backup tokens.

[1.0.0-alpha1] - 2019-12-14

Added

• Automatic daily backups that run in the background.
• User friendly UI for creating and restoring backups.
• Support to backing up to and restoring from removable storage.

Updated

• Application can now be configured in the settings app.
• BIP39 is now used for key generation.

Notes

• This contains breaking changes, any backups made prior to this release can no longer be restored.
• Application can no longer be built in the Android source tree. It must be built using Gradle and binaries can now be found here: https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault-prebuilt

[0.3.0] - 2019-03-14

Fixed

• Transport encryption. Some of the application data was not included during encryption.

Notes

• This contains breaking changes, any backups made prior to this release can no longer be restored.

[0.2.0] - 2019-03-01

Added

• Support for encrypted backups with a 256-bit AES key generated from a password using PBKDF2.

[0.1.2] - 2019-02-11

Fixed

• Downgrade SDK target version to 26 due to #15.

[0.1.1] - 2019-02-11

Added

• Action bar options for selecting all packages during backup / restore.
• Upgrade compile SDK version to 28.
• Upgrade target SDK version to 28.

Fixed

• Ignore com.android.providers.downloads.ui to resolve #14.