New dynamic feature scaling, which allows for support for non-phone devices with different hardware capabilities, such as Android tablets and upcoming Android TVs
Security and Data Integrity Improvements
Improved reclamation of storage space when deleting situations
Locale now hides plug-ins that have known security problems
Fixed a bug where plug-ins returning private Serializable objects unavailable to Locale’s classloader could crash Locale
Fixed a bug where plug-in conditions could crash Locale by providing no Activity class in the ACTION_REQUEST_QUERY Intent
Fixed a bug with plug-in namespace collisions
UI improvements
Significantly improved drag-and-drop re-prioritization of situations
Intelligent situation saving: If a situation is opened for editing, no changes are made, and then the situation is saved, Locale’s background service no longer re-triggers situation settings
Improved performance when editing situations
Redesigned delete buttons, which integrate better with the various and inconsistently customized UIs appearing on HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola handsets
The Volume setting UI is now fully navigable by trackball
Time Condition UI has better handling of 12/24 hour time format switches while the UI is running
Location condition now displays a latitude, longitude coordinate while looking up the street name. Previous versions displayed “unknown,” which caused user confusion
The Edit Situation screen updates dynamically as plug-ins are installed or uninstalled in the background
The Edit Situation screen offers to install missing plug-ins for Android 2.2 and later
The Edit Situation screen displays a dialog about plug-ins which duplicate functionality built-in to Locale and provides additional troubleshooting tips for Locale’s built-in functionality
Fixed a bug where the Android back button wouldn’t always return to Locale after choosing the “Get Plug-ins” menu item
Improved software update notifications
New icon for the “View” menu item
Improved performance in the Location condition UI, especially with screen rotations
Improved performance in the Wallpaper setting UI, especially with screen rotations
Updated French, German, Dutch, and Vietnamese localizations
Improved accuracy of locations trained with Wi-Fi Location Training
Improved timeouts for Wi-Fi location scans, providing a workaround for firmware flaws in Samsung Galaxy S handsets