seedvault/CHANGELOG.md

[15-5.1] - 2024-11-20

• It is now possible to verify the integrity of app backups, partially or fully
• The entire WebDAV URL is now shown when in settings
• A launch button is now shown for apps that are force-stopped so that they can be backed up

[15-5.0] - 2024-10-15

• First Android 15 release
• New backup format using compression and deduplication
• Can still restore old backups, but old Seedvault can't restore backups from this version
• Faster and more reliable backups making snapshots that can individually be restored
• Auto-cleaning of old backups
• All backups now mimic device-to-device (allowing backup for all apps)
• All backups now use a high per-app app quota
• App backup (for APKs) moved to expert settings
• Show more information for backups available to restore
• Fix "Waiting to back up..." showing for apps

[14-4.1] - 2024-08-23

• It is now possible to restore after setting up a profile
• It is now possible to select what to restore (e.g. apps, files...)
• Automatic backup scheduling can now be modified by the user
• Native support for WebDAV
• Support for RoundSync (if enabled by the OS)
• Now in Material 3
• Name of profile is now shown when selecting a backup to restore
• Already installed apps are not reinstalled anymore
• Already stored files do not create duplicates anymore
• Respect policy when the installation of apps is disallowed
• Storage backup is now beta instead of experimental
• D2D is now alpha instead of experimental
• Various corrections to the UI

[14-4.0] - 2024-01-24

• Add experimental support for forcing "D2D" transfer backups
• Pretend to be a device-to-device transfer to allow backing up many apps which prevent backup
• Stop backing up excluded app APKs
• Show size of app backups in Backup Status screen
• Slight improvements to color scheme
• Development: Improve CI testing setup

[14-3.3] - 2023-10-06

• Android 14

[13-3.3] - 2023-01-11

• Mark Nextcloud as "Not recommended"
• Warn before turning off backups
• Avoid corrupting old backups when turning off backups
• Pre-grant ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission for Storage backups

[13-3.2] - 2022-12-29

• Add expert option to save logs
• Add more details about branching to README
• Improvements for debug builds
• Documentation improvements
• Better error handling in some cases
• Some Android 13 upgrades

[13-3.1] - 2022-09-01

• Initial release for Android 13
• Don't attempt to restore app that is used as a backup location (e.g. Nextcloud), because can cause restore to abort early
• Upgrade several libraries

[12-3.0] - 2021-10-13

• Initial release for Android 12
• Use the same (faster and more secure) crypto that storage backups use, for app backup.
• Avoid leaking installed app list through filenames by using salted names
• Old backups can still be restored, but new backups will be made with this format
• If you generated the recovery code / setup Seedvault before 11-1.2, you will be prompted to generate a new code.
• Improve backup behavior in general

[11-2.3] - 2021-10-02

Fixed

• Fix translations for the new BIP39 library
• Switch all translations references to github.com/seedvault-app

[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.