Locale 1.4

  • New automatic cloud-based backup/restore of situations for devices running Android 2.2 or later supporting Android’s BackupManager.  There are no user interface options within Locale for this feature, as backup and restore is performed automatically
  • Location improvements
    • 20% faster detection of location changes. Locale now detects location changes within an average of 4 minutes
    • Battery usage reduced by up to 50%
    • Improved compatibility with Android 2.2’s Wi-Fi Tethering
    • Location Training UI improvements
    • Improved conversion of latitude, longitude names into actual street names
    • Fixed a rare bug where the map could get stuck zooming
  • Improved performance when launching the app
  • New Korean localization and updated Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Czech, and Japanese localizations
  • Improved compatibility with the Motorola Charm
  • UI improvements to the Wallpaper Setting
  • Security improvements
  • Fixed a bug where upgrading from Locale 1.0.9 or earlier to Locale 1.2 or later (skipping the Locale 1.1.x series) could corrupt Locale’s database
  • Developer Platform Improvements
    • Improved platform API compliance: Locale 1.4 supports a strict API compliance mode, to help developers verify plug-ins will work correctly with different hosts
    • The ACTION_HELP Intent has been deprecated in favor of Android’s ACTION_VIEW Intent which simply launches the web browser
    • The ACTION_START_LOCALE Intent has been deprecated in favor of Android’s PackageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage() method.
    • RESULT_REMOVE has been deprecated. As of Locale 1.4, it will behave as RESULT_CANCELED