LineageOS Changelog 18: Per-app Network Restrictions, Incognito Mode In Keyboard, Reader Mode & More

LineageOS is the most popular custom ROM, and to make it easier for users to understand the new changes, the LineageOS team occasionally puts together the list of changes which have been made after a specified date. LineageOS published the last changelog on April Fools'day. It's been almost two months since, and LineageOS have now published a changelog mentioning the changes which have been made after April 1.

Here's the changelog:

Changelog

• It’s now possible to restrict WiFi and / or mobile data usage for each app
  
• LiveDisplay has been rewritten as a binderized HAL
  
• Dialer can now enable Do Not Disturb during calls to avoid notification sounds while you're in a call
  
• Reader mode can now tweak your display to make documents and long texts easier to read
  
• Trebuchet now has smarter apps suggestions in the drawer. These will change during the day and whenever you plug in the headphones
  
• Trebuchet can also put legacy app icons into an adaptive icon box
  
• Jelly has a new “reach mode” that moves the top url / search bar to the bottom for easier reachability
  
• Updater has been updated for better reliability and it now supports dark mode through the Styles API
  
• May security patches have been merged in 15.1
  
• April and May security patches have been merged in 14.1
  
• Chromium webview has been updated to version 66.0.3359.139 (both 14.1 and 15.1)
  
• Keyboard now recognizes incognito text fields and it won’t learn for suggestions when typing in one of them
  
• FlipFlap now ignores low priority notifications (both 14.1 and 15.1)
  
• Legacy prebuilt camera HAL 1 support has been readded
  
• SSH support has been readded

Supported Devices

LineageOS have added ten devices to their official roster. These include:

• Google Nexus 4 (mako) 
• HTC One A9 (hiae) 
• Motorola Moto Z (griffin) 
• Nvidia Shield Android TV (foster) 
• Samsung Galaxy S9 (starlte) and S9+ (star2lte) 
• Xiaomi Mi 6 (sagit) 
• Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 (chiron) 
• Xiaomi Mi Note 2 (scorpio) 
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (mido)

Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge have been dropped from the LineageOS 14.1 device list "due to the licensing issues of the device trees".

Miscellaneous Changes

LineageOS have made their CVE Tracker page private. CVE, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure, Tracker mentioned the patches which had been merged for a particular device. The page currently lacks automatic updation and as a result it had to be manually updated by the device maintainer. However, the page wasn't updated as frequently, and this meant that the CVE Tracker wasn't up-to-date. The tracker has been made private until it can be updated automatically.

LineageOS' Project Directors have adopted a Code of Conduct to enhance the public image of the project and encourage efforts from contributors. Lastly, LineageOS have updated their privacy policy to be in line with the European Union's GDPR which went into effect yesterday.

Source: LineageOS
Via: XDA Developers

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