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This release adds support for screen shots and metadata for the F-Droid app store. No new features were added to the SolitaireCG app.

Changes include:

• Upgrade to gradle 5.4.1 build process
• Add Fastlane file structure for F-Droid app store
• Update README to place most relevant information at top

This release reduces the background dimming when displaying the "You Win" message which improves the visibility of the game timer and automatic card replay.

Changes include:

• Reduce background dimming when displaying You Win message
• Fix You Win message does not always display on some devices
• Initialise text color to white

Thanks goes to Rudy Sudrich for these enhancements.

On September 16, 2020 Google suspended SolitaireCG citing non-compliance with their "Repetitive Content Policy."

This means that SolitaireCG is no longer available from the Play store.

To install SolitaireCG see Download page.

This release makes the upper right hand suit in large card art more visible.

Changes include:

• Fix help file hyperlinks and add back-to-top links
• Improve visibility of suits for landscape orientation large card art
• Migrate source code from ant to gradle build process

A big thanks goes to Rudy Sudrich for making this release a reality. Of particular note is his work to improve the visibility of the large card art option.

This release adds a French translation and updates the Finnish translation.

Changes include:

• Add French translation
• Update Finnish translation

Thanks to Xin for providing a French (fr) translation.
Thanks to Jack Phoenix for providing an updated Finnish (fi) translation.

The SolitaireCG web site has been migrated to HTTPS.

The migration was made possible by SourceForge providing HTTPS support for project web sites.

The new web site link is: https://solitairecg.sourceforge.io

The old web site link http://solitairecg.sourceforge.net should automatically redirect to the new web site link.

This release adds a lock landscape orientation option that will force the game to remain in landscape mode.

Changes include:

• Add lock landscape orientation option
• Update Esperanto, Finnish, German, and Polish translations

The following ticket was addressed with this release:

• Ticket #19 Orientation woes
  Thanks to JonnyTech for this enhancement request.

Thanks to Verdulo for providing updated Esperanto (eo) and Polish (pl) translations.
Thanks to Olli B. for providing an updated German (de) translation.

This release fixes a regression introduced in 3.0 that prevented pickup of two or more cards at the same time in Forty Thieves when at least one tableau or stack was empty.

Changes include:

• Fix forty thieves logic for single step move of a valid card sequence

Thanks to Evan Wong for reporting the Forty Thieves card pickup regression.

The big news with this release is the addition of support for portrait orientation on Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich and higher).

Changes include:

• Add support for portrait orientation for Android 4.0+ (ICS - API 14+)
• Shrink anchor and card count indicators to fit small screens
• Retain active screen on device rotation
• Migrate help view to Android activity screen
• Update Esperanto (eo) translation
• Prevent vertically scrolling all cards off screen
• Enable rotate of win screen to start new game
• Fix font thickness consistency for xxxhdpi medium fonts
• Fix freecell logic for single step move of a valid card sequence

The following tickets were addressed with this release:

• Ticket #11 Portrait mode: Bug with Stats and New Game screen while changing orientation
  Thanks to Nikolaos Katsantonis for beta testing portrait mode and reporting the issue.
• Ticket #16 Selected cards move infinitely up or down
  Thanks to Nikolaos Katsantonis for discovering the issue.

Thanks to Verdulo for providing an updated Esperanto (eo) translation.

Thanks to Rudy Sudrich for beta testing support for portrait orientation.
Rudy discovered issues with font thickness inconsistency for xxxhdpi medium fonts, and with incorrect logic for freecell single step move of a valid card sequence, sometimes called a Freecell PowerMove.

This release includes an enhancement that adds blank menu items to the alternate menu to workaround missing or inaccessible menu items in Android 6.0 and higher on some devices.

Changes include:

• Add blank menu items to workaround inaccessible menu items issue
• Disable menu on help and stats screen
• Update German (de) translation
• Add Esperanto (eo) and Polish (pl) translations

The following tickets were addressed with this release:

• Ticket #7 Missing or inaccessible menu items / context menu not centered
  Thanks to Max BrainBox, Jacob Korbit, Vid Son, and Marty Kenney for reporting and assisting with this issue.
• Ticket #10 Problem while using the Stats and Help menu items
  Thanks to Nikolaos Katsantonis for the problem report.
• Ticket #13 German text not matching UI
  Thanks to treaki for reporting this issue, and thanks to Olli B. for the updated translation.
• Ticket #15 Polish and Esperanto translations
  Thanks to Verdulo for providing these translations.

This release rolls back a workaround for missing or inaccessible menu items. It was reported that after winning a game in v2.8 that the menu could not be opened again on a Samsung Galaxy S6.

Changes include:

• Undo workaround for missing/inaccessible menu items in Android 6.0+ on some devices

Samsung device users can try disabling the Samsung Game Tuner or the Samsung Game Launcher app if they experience missing menu items in SolitaireCG.

This release includes a workaround for missing or inaccessible menu items in Android 6.0 and higher on some devices.

Changes include:

• Workaround missing/inaccessible menu items in Android 6.0+ on some devices
• Restore automatic save of game statistics and settings
• Group Freecell with variant Black Widow and add descriptions to menu to help distinguish game differences
• Add Vegas game scoring details to help

The following tickets were addressed with this release:

• Ticket #7 Missing or inaccessible menu items / context menu not centered
  Thanks to Max BrainBox, Jacob Korbit, Vid Son, and Marty Kenney for reporting and assisting with this issue.
• Ticket #9 Vegas (deal 1 and 3) scoring problem when pressing New game
  Thanks to Nikolaos Katsantonis for the problem report.
• Ticket #12 Statistics and settings lost after version update
  Thanks to treaki for reporting this issue.

Thanks to Rashmi. Shimoga for suggesting to group Freecell and similar variant Baker's game together.

This release restores the ability to undo moves after application exit, and migrates the options screen to a proper Android preferences activity screen.

Changes include:

• Restore ability to undo moves after application exit
• Migrate options screen to proper Android preferences activity screen
• Improve recognition of Spider game variants Black Widow and Tarantula
• Add German (de) translation

Thanks to Olli B. for improving SolitaireCG by providing a German translation, and for raising and testing issues with spider game variant recognition and missing undos after application exit.

This release adds easier variations of two card games and adds an Exit entry to the main menu.

The Golf and TriPeaks games have new (wrap cards) renditions that permit playing a Queen on a King, and also an Ace on a King or a King on a Ace known as "turning-the-corner".

The Exit menu entry saves the current card game, quits SolitaireCG, and returns control to the Android home screen. The saved game will be resumed when SolitaireCG is restarted.

Changes include:

• Add an Exit entry to main menu
• Add Golf (wrap cards) solitaire game and help rules
• Add TriPeaks (wrap cards) solitaire game and help rules

Note that SolitaireCG 2.6.1 was released immediately after 2.6 so there is no separate news announcement for version 2.6. SolitaireCG 2.6.1 includes a small fix to an html tag in the help rules.

This release includes a card game playability improvement that adjusts card touch sensitivity based on the screen density DPI (Dots Per Inch).

Changes include:

• Adjust card touch sensitivity based on screen DPI

Thanks to Craig Sherman for raising and testing the issue of card stack scrolling sensitity on a high DPI device (e.g., Galaxy 7 Edge at a PPI of 534 pixels per inch).

This release includes the first language translation and tweaks the alternate menu.

Changes include:

• Enable translation of application text strings
• Add Finnish (fi) translation
• Ensure alternate menu caret placed between card anchor columns
• Adjust alternate menu long press detection range to the left

The following tickets were resolved with this release:

• Ticket #5 Various untranslatable, hard-coded strings
  Thanks to Jack Phoenix for providing a patch.
• Ticket #6 Add Finnish (fi) localization
  Thanks again to Jack Phoenix for providing translation.

This release adds a new TriPeaks solitaire game, an exit entry on the alternate menu, and a single tap to send cards to home in Golf game.

Changes include:

• Add TriPeaks solitaire game and help rules
• Add Exit entry to alternate menu
• Add single tap card to Golf game to send card home

This release adds a new Golf solitaire game, improves help with game rules, and adds card count indicators.

Changes include:

• Add Golf solitaire game
• Add card count and foundation first card visual indicators
• Add game rules, terminology, README and COPYING to help
• Migrate solitaire game options into select game menu items
• Restructure menu and remove deal, quit and save&quit entries
• Change auto move option default from always to fling only

This release adds higher resolution card graphics, speeds up card dealing, and adds an alternate menu for devices that lack reliable menu button operation.

Changes include:

• Add long press on bottom center of screen to invoke alternate menu
  
• Make card animation speed the same for all screen resolutions
  
• Simulate Android scaling of original game card dimensions
• Add xxxhdpi, large screen xxhdpi, and xlarge screen xhdpi high resolution graphic images for cards

The following issues were resolved with this release:

• Ticket #1 Options menu missing
  Thanks to Stephen for the initial report. A big thanks goes to Richard Parkins for working with me to develop and test a solution.
• Ticket #3 Graphics animations
  Thanks to JonnyTech for the initial report. Thanks also goes to Fred for providing additional detail on the issue.

Minor update so that APK file can be uploaded to google play store.

Changes include:

• Use only .png files (no xml links) for launcher icons

This major release adds new hi-res graphics to the original card graphics to take advantage of today's larger, higher resolution screens.

Changes include:

• Add new high-resolution graphics
• Add multi-dpi and tablet large screen support
• Bump minimum Android API to 1.6 (required for multi-dpi support)

Significant effort has been put into this release in addition to testing using the Android emulator, a Motorola Moto G (2nd Gen 2014) phone, and an HP 10 Plus tablet.

This release avoids a "Sanity Check Failed" message if help selected when game has been won and the animated card replay is in action.

Changes include:

• Show use start menu message if game won and help selected
• Place Change Log in reverse chronological order in README only

This release sets the default Freecell option to Build By Alternate Color, which is the normal Freecell game.

Changes include:

• Set default Freecell option to build by alternate color

This release adds Baker's game as Freecell option Build By Suit, and avoids game crashes when restart menu selected.

Changes include:

• Prevent illegal N+1 multi-card drop on empty stack in Forty Thieves
• Add Freecell option build by suit Baker's game
• Show restart unavailable message if game won and restart selected
• Avoid game hang in pick card from stack mode and restart selected
• Limit stats display of winning percentage to two decimal places

This release avoids card loss and enables card dealing in spider for devices with few hardware buttons.

Changes include:

• Upgrade project from an older version of the Android SDK
• Add .gitignore file
• Fork project from Solitaire to SolitaireCG
• Add Deal menu entry
• Avoid card loss if spider deal interrupted
• Add README menu display - new files: readme.xml, Readme.java, Utils.java
• Add COPYING menu display - new files: copying.xml, Copying.java
• Add application required permissions to README
• Replace icon: new file solitairecg_icon.png, remove solitaire_icon.png

Curtis Gedak is proud to announce the launch of SolitaireCG.

Starting in late November 2014 when Curtis purchased a Motorola Moto G to replace his Palm OS Tungsten E2, he searched for a Free Software solitaire card game. His search discovered solitaire-for-android written by Ken Magic. Because the game had not been enhanced since it's last release on December 22, 2010, Curtis decided to take on maintenance of the game and created SolitaireCG as a fork of Ken Magic's work.

SolitaireCG stands for Solitaire Card Games. Current card games include klondike (regular solitaire), spider, freecell, and forty thieves.

The initial work on SolitaireCG will be driven by many long standing problems raised on the solitaire-for-android issue tracker.

*Many Thanks* go to Ken Magic.
Without Ken's work there would be no SolitaireCG.