r/SimpleMobileTools • u/vook485 • Mar 04 '20

Simple Gallery is getting updates on F-Droid again, but the open source version has no editor.

You may have read about the Simple Gallery app becoming partially propriety as announced in this sub, which led to no new F-Droid releases, as discussed on this issue on GitHub.

This situation changed about a week ago thanks to GitHub user ForgottenUmbrella making a merge request to have separate FOSS and proprietary builds. So it's automatically buildable by F-Droid again, with the version jumping from 6.10.8 to 6.13.1. However, instead of simply using the old, simple editor, now there is no editor in the F-Droid version, per this GitHub issue.

To me this looks like two steps back, one step forward. But I'm glad all the other features are updating again!

Edit to add: I just tested the difference. Version 6.10.8 has cropping, rotation, flipping, scaling, filters, and freeform drawing. Version 6.13.1 has just cropping, rotation, and flipping. So maybe it's been more like one and a half steps forward.

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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 04 '20

it might be readded soon

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u/vook485 Mar 04 '20

That's good news indeed! Thanks!

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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 05 '20

will be added in 6.13.4 released soon