Version 2.16.5 (20230906)

  • Fix potential crash in our crash report system. See: Murphy’s Law
  • Fix incorrect default setting for analytics opt-in. Should be default off.
    • Please check your setting if you want to make sure it is off
    • Note1: our analytics is always anonymized and never shared as a first step
    • Note2: the backend has been disabled for months, so there should be no exposure
    • Still this was in error and counter to our strict opt-in ethos. We are deeply sorry.
    • We will issue a future update shortly to opt everyone out as a precaution
  • Thanks again for your patience waiting for 2.16 - we’re on to 2.17 work already!
  • We are humbled by the donations 🤯

Version 2.16.4 (20230827)

  • Your dev team is still very excited to be able to release quick fixes for you again!
  • Last big stability release for 2.16 series (see below for main 2.16 info)
  • ❤️ We continue to be very thankful for your support
  • Improved shortcut icons
  • Fix card browser scroll position after editing a card
  • Improve shared deck download handling
  • Fix sound replay on cards
  • Fix deck rebuild not updating UI
  • Synced with community language translations
  • Development for 2.17 is already in progress!
  • Are you still reading this? Good luck in your studies 🤓

Version 2.16.3 (20230818)

  • We meet Play Store requirements again, so we can release fixes quickly again!
  • This is a stability release for the just-released 2.16 series (see below for 2.16 info)
  • 🤜🤛 Thank you! Your support makes the fixes happen!
  • Fix crash in certain cases adding images
  • Fix crash exporting decks with ‘/’ in deck name
  • Fix crash displaying whiteboard menu
  • Fix crash opening preferences after storage migration
  • Remove camera permission (not needed for single photo use)
  • Fix sync required indicator not disappearing
  • Fix keyboard card answer highlighting whole card
  • Fix keyboard card answer causing double-tap
  • Fix incorrect deck highlight in tablet mode
  • Fix display of saved card searches
  • Fix inconsistent italics between Anki / AnkiDroid
  • Add ability to map “reschedule” to a gesture
  • Allow long preference titles to wrap
  • Allow 3rd party cookies in webview to match Anki behavior
  • Improve add shortcut icon
  • Remove beolingus pronounce feature
  • New community-provided translations from https://crowdin.com/project/ankidroid

Version 2.16.2 (20230726)

  • You waited patiently nearly 3 years for this release! ⌛ Thank you
  • What an effort! v2.16 contains 2,693 changes from 143 different authors 🤯
  • AnkiDroid is a labor of ❤️ with a mission to help the whole world learn more
  • you can ❤️ us back so we have more time to work on it
  • “Why It Took So Long”: Scoped Storage replaces sdcard Storage
    • Faster syncing and importing
    • AnkiDroid no longer needs permission to access “All Files”!
    • …But you lose access to data on uninstall
    • Sync, export/import, check media/database disabled during migration
    • Manage Space Activity in System Settings
    • Added “Backup Reminder” prompt
    • More info in our FAQ
  • A huge number of crash fixes, too many to mention
  • “Auto” Day/Night theming to follow system, Android 13+ themed icon
  • Added Anki “New Anki Backend option in advanced settings“ - will be default in 2.17
    • We include anki 2.1.61 now, we’re fully up to date!
    • Stats Heatmap
    • Scheduler v3 support
    • CSV Import, Text import
    • Card Browser Searches
    • Card Info and Deck Options from upstream
  • New gesture manager, supports gamepad and bluetooth keyboard
  • Translations, new languages, lots of fixes, you can help!
  • Add support for hierarchical tags
  • New Onboarding Screen
  • New Preferences
    • Icons & Better Categories
    • Increase max possible backups to 99
    • Full screen navigation drawer option
    • Add Preference for double-tap time interval
    • “Insert Field” in Card Template Editor option
    • Add “Allow sync on metered connections” option
    • New “About” section
    • “Developer Options” is now available
  • Flags added: Pink, turquoise & purple flags as in Desktop
  • Drawing Activity
  • Custom Sync Server improvements
    • Updated to match new Anki Desktop built-in sync server abilities
    • Cleartext traffic permitted (it’s your server, use it how you like)
  • Javascript AP changes:
    • New bury & suspend card or note API
    • New search API
    • New text to speech API
    • Enhanced reschedule API
    • New Reset progress API
    • Enable DOM storage so localStorage works
  • Use language defined in ‘Language Hint’ when typing the answer
  • Mathjax updated to current versions
  • Double-tap floating ‘+’ Deck Picker button to add note
  • Note Editor SVG, video, clipboard paste import support
  • Card Previewer progress bar during preview
  • Card Previewer: Show type-in answer in card previews
  • Card Browser Support for Indeterminate tags when adding/removing tags
  • Sync Account Add “Forgot Email” Button
  • Add option to show all deck stats by default
  • Add Note Gesture
  • Ask to keep data when uninstalling (saves preferences too)
  • Reviewer: Allow “TTS” to be moved to the Action Bar
  • Note Editor: Allow the import of multiple files
  • Import/Export
    • Fixed many general problems with import/export
    • Export just a deck
    • Export just a note
  • UI: Snackbars used where possible, and made much more pleasant
  • UI: Matched the color of status, action and nav bar to background
  • Card Browser: “Note” mode
  • Whiteboard - Stylus Only Mode

Version 2.16.1 (20230726)

  • Published internally, not generally released

Version 2.16.0 (20230726)

  • Unpublished