#Catima 2.41.0 is out!
https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/releases/tag/v2.41.0
This release adds support for UTF-8 barcodes (by default, the encoding will be extracted from the pkpass file or auto-detected if set otherwise).
It also contains some bugfixes and UI tweaks.
Due to Google dropping Android 5 compatibility in their libraries, this will be the last release available for Android 5.
Coming soon to an app store near you.
This is also the first release using Jetpack Compose, Google's "new" UI toolkit. It is only used in the About activity for now but the plan is to eventually use this in all activities instead of the old Android XML layout engine, which Google is definitely giving less priority for bugfixes and features.
I would like to specifically thank @theimpulson and @Iamlooker for helping me out so much while I was trying to wrap my head around it, your help has been amazing.
Happy new year everyone :)
Small update! I just released 2.41.1 to fix a visual regression in the new UI that mostly affected devices Android 14 and below (but also slightly affected Android 15 and up):
https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/releases/tag/v2.41.1
The bug in question for those curious: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/issues/2911
Purely cosmetic, no other changes, so no quick update needed.
This one is still available for Android 5, but the *next* release won't be (assuming we won't need another bugfix release).
Happy new year to those who celebrate :)
Moin @SylvieLorxu 👋
Thank you for Catima and all your hard work for this great project! ✨
All the best for 2026! 🍀 🌈 🌅 ☀️ 🤩
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