Panels - Comic Reader 3.3.8

Free Version

Publisher Description

Elevate your comic reading experience with Panels. Enjoy reading your favorite titles in a clean and delightful interface, with plenty of customization and advanced features.

Key features:
- Universal Compatibility: Support for most common comic types: CBR, CBZ, CB7, PDF and comic ePUB* (not text eBook). Support for multiple image formats, including WebP.
- Cross-Device Sync: Synchronize your reading progress across all your devices and resume reading exactly where you left off.
- Full iCloud Drive support: store your entire library on iCloud and access it from different devices.
- Library Organization: Effortlessly manage your comic library with intuitive tools for easy navigation.
* Themes: support for Light and Dark modes, and many others.
* Reading Presets: Choose from a multitude of reading presets or create your own, including horizontal, vertical, or panel-by-panel guided view.
- Right to Left reading (manga): read any comic with Panels.
* OPDS support: Stream, search and download comics from your OPDS compatible server.
* Secure your content: Keep files locked using a password or Face ID for your collections and files. Use Incognito mode to keep your reading sessions hidden.
- Customize your library collections: change folder color, logos and use custom images to make it yours.
* Customizable Live Text and Subject detection.
* Experimental Features: Access experimental features like screen reading or panel-by-panel navigation.

Native support for importing files from:
* iCloud Drive
* Dropbox
* Microsoft OneDrive
- Substack
* OPDS: Komga, Kavita, Codex and others
* Local network shared files and folders via SMB and Embedded web server
- iTunes
- External drives
- Airdrop
- Drag&Drop from other apps

* Require an active subscription or a one-time purchase.

• You may purchase an Auto-Renewing Subscription to unlock all the premium features while it's active; or a one-off purchase to unlock the current major version features forever.

• Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.

• Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase

• Read our privacy policy and terms of use: https://panels.app/privacy / https://panels.app/terms

Mar 20, 2024
Version 3.3.8
3.3.8
====================

Fixes:

• Comics with .cb7 extension won't open even when Panels supports it.

3.3.7
====================

Fixes:

• Fixed a concurrency issue that made the app crash randomly while loading page thumbnails.

3.3.6
====================

Improvements:

• Reduced memory consumption when reading PDF comics.

Fixes:

• Thumbnails of OPDS servers wouldn't render when the URL was external to the server. This issue was reported to affect MyLar, which uses ComicVine images.

• One-finger zoom sometimes crashed the app.

Additionally, this version prevents the creation of new Google Drive connections. The service integration has been discontinued due to the latest Google Drive policies (more information is linked in the app with alternative methods to pull your comics from Google Drive). You will be able to continue using the importer for a while if you already have your account connected, but it's very likely to stop working when Google revokes the old entitlements.

3.3.5
====================

Improvements:

More memory management improvements:

• We have reduced the maximum memory allowance per page image from 3% to 2.5% of the total device memory.

• Before decodign an image, Panels now checks whether or not it will fit in the available memory to avoid exhausting it.

3.3.4
====================

Improvements:

• Reduce the allowance of memory usage per page to reduce the chances of crashing due to memory exhaustion.

3.3.3
====================

Fixes:

• Random crash when reading.

• Sometimes the readers crash when using one-finger zoom.

3.3.2
====================

Improvements:

• Speed up PDF rendering.

• Reduce ePUB footprint.

3.3.1
====================

Improvements:

• Readers now consume less memory.

• Added ePUB to imported UTI so Panels can handle it from other apps.

Fixes:

• Page images are not cached when generated from ePUB/PDF.

• Thumbnails are not cached on disk.

3.3.0
====================

Improvements:

• ePUB Comic support

• Live Text now shows a button on top of the reader to give feedback when the text/subject detection is complete. Tapping on this button shows the Live Text detection highlight.

• Added another Live Text button to highlight the detected subjects to be lift-off the page.

• A new Live Text section in Settings to hide/show the new feedback button, and to select the type of detection we want Live Text to do. (text only, subjects only, text + subjects).

• Improved the internal logic to deal with RTL reading.

• Adds UI feedback when deleting caches. Also shows the cache size.

Fixes:

• Clear cache also deletes URLSession caches and other temporary files.

• Compressed files with a different compression method, but the cbz/zip extension doesn't work.

• Dynamic background works incorrectly when reading RTL.

• Dynamic background works incorrectly in vertical pagination and scrolling readers.

• Pages miniatures sometimes fail to render, showing a black loading state forever.

• Opening a comic from the widget can cause the app to present two readers, one on top of the other.

About Panels - Comic Reader

Panels - Comic Reader is a free app for iOS published in the Reference Tools list of apps, part of Education.

The company that develops Panels - Comic Reader is Produkt Studio. The latest version released by its developer is 3.3.8.

To install Panels - Comic Reader on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2024-03-20 and was downloaded 7 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Panels - Comic Reader as malware if the download link is broken.

How to install Panels - Comic Reader on your iOS device:

Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
Once the Panels - Comic Reader is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
After Panels - Comic Reader is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.

Program Details

General
Publisher	Produkt Studio
Released Date	2024-03-20
Languages	English

Category
Category	Education
Subcategory	Reference Tools

System requirements
Operating systems	ios

Download information
File size	89.23 MB
Total downloads	7

Pricing
License model	Free
Price	N/A

Version History

Here you can find the changelog of Panels - Comic Reader since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-17. The latest version is 3.3.8 and it was updated on soft112.com on 02 April, 2024. See below the changes in each version:

version 3.3.8

posted on 2024-03-20

Mar 20, 2024
Version 3.3.8
3.3.8
====================

Fixes:

• Comics with .cb7 extension won't open even when Panels supports it.
3.3.7
====================

Fixes:

• Fixed a concurrency issue that made the app crash randomly while loading page thumbnails.
3.3.6
====================

Improvements:

• Reduced memory consumption when reading PDF comics.

Fixes:

• Thumbnails of OPDS servers wouldn't render when the URL was external to the server. This issue was reported to affect MyLar, which uses ComicVine images.

• One-finger zoom sometimes crashed the app.

Additionally, this version prevents the creation of new Google Drive connections. The service integration has been discontinued due to the latest Google Drive policies (more information is linked in the app with alternative methods to pull your comics from Google Drive). You will be able to continue using the importer for a while if you already have your account connected, but it's very likely to stop working when Google revokes the old entitlements.
3.3.5
====================

Improvements:

More memory management improvements:

• We have reduced the maximum memory allowance per page image from 3% to 2.5% of the total device memory.

• Before decodign an image, Panels now checks whether or not it will fit in the available memory to avoid exhausting it.
3.3.4
====================

Improvements:

• Reduce the allowance of memory usage per page to reduce the chances of crashing due to memory exhaustion.
3.3.3
====================

Fixes:

• Random crash when reading.

• Sometimes the readers crash when using one-finger zoom.
3.3.2
====================
Improvements:

• Speed up PDF rendering.

• Reduce ePUB footprint.
3.3.1
====================

Improvements:

• Readers now consume less memory.

• Added ePUB to imported UTI so Panels can handle it from other apps.
Fixes:

• Page images are not cached when generated from ePUB/PDF.

• Thumbnails are not cached on disk.
3.3.0
====================

Improvements:

• ePUB Comic support

• Live Text now shows a button on top of the reader to give feedback when the text/subject detection is complete. Tapping on this button shows the Live Text detection highlight.

• Added another Live Text button to highlight the detected subjects to be lift-off the page.

• A new Live Text section in Settings to hide/show the new feedback button, and to select the type of detection we want Live Text to do. (text only, subjects only, text + subjects).

• Improved the internal logic to deal with RTL reading.

• Adds UI feedback when deleting caches. Also shows the cache size.
Fixes:

• Clear cache also deletes URLSession caches and other temporary files.

• Compressed files with a different compression method, but the cbz/zip extension doesn't work.

• Dynamic background works incorrectly when reading RTL.

• Dynamic background works incorrectly in vertical pagination and scrolling readers.

• Pages miniatures sometimes fail to render, showing a black loading state forever.

• Opening a comic from the widget can cause the app to present two readers, one on top of the other.

version 3.3.0

posted on 2024-02-20

Feb 20, 2024
Version 3.3.0
3.3.0
====================

Improvements:

• ePUB Comic support

• Live Text now shows a button on top of the reader to give feedback when the text/subject detection is complete. Tapping on this button shows the Live Text detection highlight.

• Added another Live Text button to highlight the detected subjects to be lift-off the page.

• A new Live Text section in Settings to hide/show the new feedback button, and to select the type of detection we want Live Text to do. (text only, subjects only, text + subjects).

• Improved the internal logic to deal with RTL reading.

• Adds UI feedback when deleting caches. Also shows the cache size.
Fixes:

• Clear cache also deletes URLSession caches and other temporary files.

• Compressed files with a different compression method, but the cbz/zip extension doesn't work.

• Dynamic background works incorrectly when reading RTL.

• Dynamic background works incorrectly in vertical pagination and scrolling readers.

• Pages miniatures sometimes fail to render, showing a black loading state forever.

• Opening a comic from the widget can cause the app to present two readers, one on top of the other.

version 3.2.1

posted on 2024-02-01

Feb 1, 2024
Version 3.2.1
3.2.1
====================

Improvements:

• Clear cache also deletes URLSession caches and other temporary files.
Fixes:

• Compressed files with a different compression method but cbz/zip extension don't work.
3.2.0
====================
Improvements:

• Completely new Continuous Scroll Reader (Vertical Scroll). It fixes previous reader layout issues, performance and crashes with large comic files.

• Continuous Scroll now supports 1-finger zoom.

• Dynamic Background now supports two colors (immersive mode).

• PDF performance improvement

• Improved pages pre-fetch

• Large CBZ/CBR performance improvements

• We have updated the ZIP library, which improves compatibility with ZIP64.
Fixes:

• Dynamic Background has been fixed.

• PageCurl reader sometimes crashes on the last page.

• Pages miniatures gallery now uses their correct size when the cover differs from the rest of the pages.

• The current page on the vertical scroll reader is incorrectly calculated, affecting reading progress and not marking titles as read.

• LiveText is producing unnecessary analysis that can overload the device.

• LiveText selection does not work using a mouse/trackpad

• Some PNG images fail to decode, in some cases, preventing comics from opening.

• Kavita reading progress synchronization does not work if the server customizes the base URL.

• Panels makes unnecessary requests streaming pages.

• Page Curl crashes when two pages are forced into a single page.

• OPDS servers show the generic file icon on the library instead of a folder when it's expected to load a remote cover, but it fails.

version 3.2.0

posted on 2024-01-30

Jan 30, 2024
Version 3.2.0
3.2.0
====================
Improvements:

• Completely new Continuous Scroll Reader (Vertical Scroll). It fixes previous reader layout issues, performance and crashes with large comic files.

• Continuous Scroll now supports 1-finger zoom.

• Dynamic Background now supports two colors (immersive mode).

• PDF performance improvement

• Improved pages pre-fetch

• Large CBZ/CBR performance improvements

• We have updated the ZIP library, which improves compatibility with ZIP64.
Fixes:

• Dynamic Background has been fixed.

• PageCurl reader sometimes crashes on the last page.

• Pages miniatures gallery now uses their correct size when the cover differs from the rest of the pages.

• The current page on the vertical scroll reader is incorrectly calculated, affecting reading progress and not marking titles as read.

• LiveText is producing unnecessary analysis that can overload the device.

• LiveText selection does not work using a mouse/trackpad

• Some PNG images fail to decode, in some cases, preventing comics from opening.

• Kavita reading progress synchronization does not work if the server customizes the base URL.

• Panels makes unnecessary requests streaming pages.

• Page Curl crashes when two pages are forced into a single page.

• OPDS servers show the generic file icon on the library instead of a folder when it's expected to load a remote cover, but it fails.

version 3.1.3

posted on 2023-12-19

Dec 19, 2023
Version 3.1.3
3.1.3
===========

Improvements:

• Improved some localized texts.

Fixes:

• Moving comics to a different collection using drag and drop crashes the app.

• LiveText + subject detection acts on the adjacent page in the continuous scroll reader.

• The continuous scroll reader has a memory leak.

• The LiveText Analyzer has a memory leak.
3.1.0
===========

Introducing Live Text: supported devices using iOS 16+ will now be able to select text and characters. Use it to translate, share and even create new stickers!

Panels now supports 10 more languages, for a total of 12:
• English
• Spanish
• Catalan
• Russian
• Portuguese
• French
• Chinese
• Italian
• German
• Hindi
• Japanese
• Korean

Most of these translations were generated using AI. Our goal is to make Panels more accessible to everyone. We are aware that most of these translations might not be 100% accurate, and we plan to keep iterating on them.
Features:

• Live-Text

• 12 Languages
Improvements:

• New gestures and zoom section in settings

• One-finger zoom gesture has been improved

• One-finger zoom no longer works with long press. Use tap + long press instead. This follows a more iOS system convention, similar to how Maps gestures work.

• Readers' Page Cache polish. Expanded the number of pages we cache in memory from 6 to 10. Improved the logic for cache invalidation.

• We have modernized the logic for decoding images and creating thumbnails.
Fixes:

• Fixed Page Curl reader not rendering properly after rotating the device.

• Fixed bug when switching from one preset to another where it will not show the correct page.

• Fixed random crash with Page Curl animation

• Fixed crash when number of pages in a comic was edited

• Fixed crash with drag gesture

• Fixed crash when trying to open certain PDFs

• Fixed crash while calculating background color

• Komga & Kavita progress sync doesn't work for some users using certain local network configuration, due to a change in how iOS 17 constructs URLs.

• Library sometimes doesn't load covers immediately after opening the app.

• iCloud Downloads don't show the comic cover in the Downloads section.

version 3.0.8

posted on 2023-11-15

Nov 15, 2023
Version 3.0.8
3.0.8
===========

Improvements:

• Added RFC1918 ranges as AppTransportSecurity exceptions to allow connecting OPDS servers using local network without HTTPS.

• Library polish to show covers faster and placeholders less frequently.

• Performance improvements so processing remote iCloud files does not make the UI so laggy.

• Swipe to delete action on the Storage Manager on an iCloud library now shows a non-destructive action to "Remove Download", instead of a destructive "Delete"

Fixes:

• Sometimes, the app crashes when closing the reader when reading a file on iCloud or an external folder.

• iCloud sometimes doesn't provide download progress when the device is using a cellular connection.

• Added logs to investigate a crash that sometimes occurs on the Page Curl reader.
3.0.0
===========

Welcome to our biggest release!

Introducing Panels 3.
A new set of features that takes Panels to a whole new level.

===========

Features:

• iCloud Library: Change your library root folder. Use iCloud Drive, an external drive, or any other folder on your device

• Customize Collections: Customize the appearance of your collections. Adjust folder colors or add custom logos and covers to personalize your experience.

• Reader Configurations: Create and save your own reader configuration. Explore new modes, including Page Curl animation and automatic background color adjustments.

• Incognito Mode: Enable Incognito mode to ensure your reading sessions remain private without appearing in 'reading now' or widgets.

• Better Storage Management: It is now easier to monitor disk space usage. Identify files consuming more space at a glance.
Improvements:

• Added a new toggle to hide reading time.

• Added a new menu action in 'reading now' comics to navigate to its containing folder.

• Enhanced visualization of OPDS collections for an improved browsing experience.

• Search tab improvements: OPDS search and UI improvements.

• Swipe freely with Panels View enabled for improved navigation.

• Enhanced double-tap zoom - faster response and ability to zoom on the single-page paginated reader. Panels now stores the preferred zoom level.

• Panels will show a modal prompt if a newer reading session is saved from another device, guiding you to the most up-to-date page.

• View comic information from all pages by tapping on the comic title at the top.
Fixes:

• Resolved black pages in readers, especially affecting vertical mode.

• Fixed vertical mode issues (big space at the bottom), continued reading indicators, and memory issues leading to app crashes.

• Further enhancements for iOS 17 compatibility.

• Fixed OPDS omitting series with the same name as the collection.

• Resolved issues with PDFs not rendering.

• Implemented memory and performance improvements.

• Fixed issues with 1-finger zoom.

• Numerous minor improvements for enhanced app performance.

version 3.0.6

posted on 2023-11-07

Nov 7, 2023
Version 3.0.6
3.0.6
===========

Features:

• Added a new modal to announce future seasonal promotions/discounts.
Improvements:

• The Library now scrolls automatically when a new collection is added.

• Less chances of locking files while loading thumbnails.

• Pre-computes collections content counters in the index, to speed up Library performance in general.

• Annotate non-free presets in the reader so it's easier to identify the ones you have/don't have access to.
Fixes:

• iOS 15/16 widgets don't work.

• In some cases, iCloud downloads don't work.

• Opening a collection containing other collections shows a annoying flicker of the covers.

• Locked files/folders should be hidden in Files app but that logic broke recently.
3.0.0
===========

Welcome to our biggest release!

Introducing Panels 3.
A new set of features that takes Panels to a whole new level.

===========

Features:

• iCloud Library: Change your library root folder. Use iCloud Drive, an external drive, or any other folder on your device

• Customize Collections: Customize the appearance of your collections. Adjust folder colors or add custom logos and covers to personalize your experience.

• Reader Configurations: Create and save your own reader configuration. Explore new modes, including Page Curl animation and automatic background color adjustments.

• Incognito Mode: Enable Incognito mode to ensure your reading sessions remain private without appearing in 'reading now' or widgets.

• Better Storage Management: It is now easier to monitor disk space usage. Identify files consuming more space at a glance.
Improvements:

• Added a new toggle to hide reading time.

• Added a new menu action in 'reading now' comics to navigate to its containing folder.

• Enhanced visualization of OPDS collections for an improved browsing experience.

• Search tab improvements: OPDS search and UI improvements.

• Swipe freely with Panels View enabled for improved navigation.

• Enhanced double-tap zoom - faster response and ability to zoom on the single-page paginated reader. Panels now stores the preferred zoom level.

• Panels will show a modal prompt if a newer reading session is saved from another device, guiding you to the most up-to-date page.

• View comic information from all pages by tapping on the comic title at the top.
Fixes:

• Resolved black pages in readers, especially affecting vertical mode.

• Fixed vertical mode issues (big space at the bottom), continued reading indicators, and memory issues leading to app crashes.

• Further enhancements for iOS 17 compatibility.

• Fixed OPDS omitting series with the same name as the collection.

• Resolved issues with PDFs not rendering.

• Implemented memory and performance improvements.

• Fixed issues with 1-finger zoom.

• Numerous minor improvements for enhanced app performance.

version 3.0.3

posted on 2023-10-26

Oct 26, 2023
Version 3.0.3
3.0.3
===========

Improvements:

• Update Unrar library to version 6.24

• Adds identifiers for new iPhone models (15, 15 Pro, 15 Plus, 15 Pro Max)

Fixes:

• Google SignIn crashes.

• In some cases, selecting All in the Library crashes the app.

• In some cases, continue reading crashes the app.

• Some iCloud downloads trigger a crash on the app.

• Calculating the background color of a page sometimes crashes the app.
3.0.0
===========

Welcome to our biggest release!

Introducing Panels 3.
A new set of features that takes Panels to a whole new level.

===========

Features:

• iCloud Library: Change your library root folder. Use iCloud Drive, an external drive, or any other folder on your device

• Customize Collections: Customize the appearance of your collections. Adjust folder colors or add custom logos and covers to personalize your experience.

• Reader Configurations: Create and save your own reader configuration. Explore new modes, including Page Curl animation and automatic background color adjustments.

• Incognito Mode: Enable Incognito mode to ensure your reading sessions remain private without appearing in 'reading now' or widgets.

• Better Storage Management: It is now easier to monitor disk space usage. Identify files consuming more space at a glance.
Improvements:

• Added a new toggle to hide reading time.

• Added a new menu action in 'reading now' comics to navigate to its containing folder.

• Enhanced visualization of OPDS collections for an improved browsing experience.

• Search tab improvements: OPDS search and UI improvements.

• Swipe freely with Panels View enabled for improved navigation.

• Enhanced double-tap zoom - faster response and ability to zoom on the single-page paginated reader. Panels now stores the preferred zoom level.

• Panels will show a modal prompt if a newer reading session is saved from another device, guiding you to the most up-to-date page.

• View comic information from all pages by tapping on the comic title at the top.
Fixes:

• Resolved black pages in readers, especially affecting vertical mode.

• Fixed vertical mode issues (big space at the bottom), continued reading indicators, and memory issues leading to app crashes.

• Further enhancements for iOS 17 compatibility.

• Fixed OPDS omitting series with the same name as the collection.

• Resolved issues with PDFs not rendering.

• Implemented memory and performance improvements.

• Fixed issues with 1-finger zoom.

• Numerous minor improvements for enhanced app performance.

version 2.15.7

posted on 2023-09-15

Sep 15, 2023
Version 2.15.7
Fixes breaking changes introduced by Komga 1.4 release

version 2.15.6

posted on 2023-07-31

Jul 31, 2023
Version 2.15.6
Fixes:

• The readers leak memory making the app unstable and more prone to crashes.

version 2.15.5

posted on 2023-05-27

May 27, 2023
Version 2.15.5
Features:

• Dynamic Background Color. (Labs)

• New Machine-Learning-based Panels View detector. (Labs)

• New Panels Labs screen including Panels 3 feature preview.
Improvements:

• Tables UI revamp to match modern iOS design patterns.

• Library tab behavior on iPhone is nos customizable. Second tap can take you to the root of the Library or the navigation.

• Embedded web server port can be customized.

• Removing a library, now removes its indices and caches. (clean up)

• Panels View: Better UI feedback when calculating panels. (Labs)

• Panels View: Pre-calculate adjacent pages' panels. (Labs)

• Panels View: Continues from the visible panel after moving the scroll. (Labs)
Fixes:

• OPDS navigation sometimes can't be restored correctly.

• Many bugs in Panels View have been fixed.

• Crash in Geometry Analyzer after modifying a comic file.

• Substack comics now get their cover locally generated if the Substack API fails to return a valid image.

• Cancelling drag to close crashes the app.

version 2.15.4

posted on 2023-04-20

Apr 20, 2023
Version 2.15.4
Fixes:

• OPDS requests cache not working.

version 2.14.3

posted on 2023-03-13

Mar 13, 2023
Version 2.14.3
Features:

• Library can now show a "completed" badge con read comics. (opt-in feature in settings)

Improvements:

• Reading Session created from multiple sources (OPDS download, OPDS Streaming, local,...) are now better detected as duplicated and reconciled.

Fixes:

• OPDS Servers configured with IP addresses, not including the http scheme, won't sync reading sessions correctly.

• 1-finger zoom broke and zooms off-center.

• Document files are included in iCloud Backups but they shouldn't.

version 2.13.3

posted on 2022-08-10

Aug 10, 2022 Version 2.13.3
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Fixes a crash presenting the new copy-paste interface on iPad
2.13.2
=================

Improvements:

• We have polished the copy-paste workflows. Now you can paste from the clipboard notification.

• Paste actions appear at the top of the library menu for easier access.

• Panels now opens any known format even if the file extension doesn't match the file type.
2.13.0
=================

Features:

• Re-index content progressively.

• Optimize reindex to avoid redundant jobs.

• New format-specific renderers. PDFs are now rendered natively using PDFKit, not as images.

• Better thumbnails load.
Improvements:

• New folders cells.

• Increase thumbnails cache up to 150.
Fixes:

• Fixes a bug pre-loading adjacent pages in right-to-left reading mode. Amongst other issues, it was causing pages not being paired correctly in the double-page reader.

• Fixes another bug pre-loading adjacent pages in double-page reader when the page was single.

version 2.12.7

posted on 2022-05-10

May 10, 2022 Version 2.12.7
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Adjust to orientation reading mode now works as expected.

• More work aiming to fix a crash when using the double page reading mode.

2.12.6
=================

Fixes:

• A bug where the reader showed a random page after putting the app int he background and then going back to it.

• A crash on launch affecting users that hadn't updated the app for a while.

• Some more stability improvements aiming to fix a crash that randomly occurs in the reader.
2.12.5
=================

Fixes:

• Some stability fixes.
2.12.4
=================

Fixes:

• Alphabetical sorting.

• Jump to random page in RTL + double page reader.

• Fix skip pages

• Fixed directional tap on vertical scroll reader.

• ... more fixes to come in the next build.

Improvements:

• Optimizations for large libraries.

• Performance improvements in search for large libraries.

• Load thumbnails asynchronously without blocking the UI.

• Memory consumption optimization in the reader.

• Better Drag n Drop support. Now it's easier to drop content inside a folder.

• Better Drag n Drop support 2. Now, you can drop content inside another folder and specify the position.
2.12.2
======

Improvements:

• Adds a new option in iOS Settings to factory reset Panels without losing any content (files/folders).

Fixes:

• Fixes a bug that caused the Adjust to orientation and Fill Screen readers to position the page incorrectly when reading comics in RTL mode.
2.12.1
======

Improvements:

• Changes how the library is periodically re-indexed for better performance and stability.

Fixes:

• Fixes some issues with the pages carousel in the readers.

• Solves the image flicker when animations are disabled.
2.12.0
======

Features:

• New File-System based Library engine.

• Nested collections!

• Access to your files through Files.app.

• Folders support in the embedded web server.
Fixes:

• Library transitions are now much smoother.

• The download progress now appears inside the cancel button as expected.

version 2.12.6

posted on 2022-05-05

May 5, 2022 Version 2.12.6
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• A bug where the reader showed a random page after putting the app int he background and then going back to it.

• A crash on launch affecting users that hadn't updated the app for a while.

• Some more stability improvements aiming to fix a crash that randomly occurs in the reader.
2.12.5
=================

Fixes:

• Some stability fixes.
2.12.4
=================

Fixes:

• Alphabetical sorting.

• Jump to random page in RTL + double page reader.

• Fix skip pages

• Fixed directional tap on vertical scroll reader.

• ... more fixes to come in the next build.

Improvements:

• Optimizations for large libraries.

• Performance improvements in search for large libraries.

• Load thumbnails asynchronously without blocking the UI.

• Memory consumption optimization in the reader.

• Better Drag n Drop support. Now it's easier to drop content inside a folder.

• Better Drag n Drop support 2. Now, you can drop content inside another folder and specify the position.
2.12.2
======

Improvements:

• Adds a new option in iOS Settings to factory reset Panels without losing any content (files/folders).

Fixes:

• Fixes a bug that caused the Adjust to orientation and Fill Screen readers to position the page incorrectly when reading comics in RTL mode.
2.12.1
======

Improvements:

• Changes how the library is periodically re-indexed for better performance and stability.

Fixes:

• Fixes some issues with the pages carousel in the readers.

• Solves the image flicker when animations are disabled.
2.12.0
======

Features:

• New File-System based Library engine.

• Nested collections!

• Access to your files through Files.app.

• Folders support in the embedded web server.
Fixes:

• Library transitions are now much smoother.

• The download progress now appears inside the cancel button as expected.

version 2.12.2

posted on 2022-04-21

Apr 21, 2022 Version 2.12.2
Finally, one of our biggest releases is here after a year of work.
We have completely rewritten the Library engine with two main objectives: supporting nested collections and allowing you to organize your files however you want, from the Files app or inside Panels.
The library represents the file system where collections are folders containing your comic files.
Also, it unlocks the possibility of using external containers in the future.

We hope you enjoy this new version of Panels.
New in this build
=================

Improvements:

• Adds a new option in iOS Settings to factory reset Panels without losing any content (files/folders).

Fixes:

• Fixes a bug that caused the Adjust to orientation and Fill Screen readers to position the page incorrectly when reading comics in RTL mode.
2.12.1
======

Improvements:

• Changes how the library is periodically re-indexed for better performance and stability.

Fixes:

• Fixes some issues with the pages carousel in the readers.

• Solves the image flicker when animations are disabled.
2.12.0
======

Features:

• New File-System based Library engine.

• Nested collections!

• Access to your files through Files.app.

• Folders support in the embedded web server.
Fixes:

• Library transitions are now much smoother.

• The download progress now appears inside the cancel button as expected.

version 2.12.0

posted on 2022-04-14

Apr 14, 2022 Version 2.12.0
Finally, one of our biggest releases is here after a year of work.
We have completely rewritten the Library engine with two main objectives: supporting nested collections and allowing you to organize your files however you want, from the Files app or inside Panels.
The library represents the file system where collections are folders containing your comic files.
Also, it unlocks the possibility of using external containers in the future.

We hope you enjoy this new version of Panels.
Features:

• New File-System based Library engine.

• Nested collections!

• Access to your files through Files.app.

• Folders support in the embedded web server.
Fixes:

• Library transitions are now much smoother.

• The download progress now appears inside the cancel button as expected.

version 2.11.7

posted on 2022-04-08

Apr 8, 2022 Version 2.11.7
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Some more stability changes to fix some crashes.
2.11.6
======

Improvements:

• Adds support for double page reader of streamed comics.

Fixes:

• Fixes a crash streaming OPDS comics.

• Fixes current page position when rotating to double page reader.
2.11.4
======

Fixes:

• Some users have experienced crashes on launch. It was caused by an incorrect database migration on users that hadn't updated the app in a while. This version fixes this issue.
2.11.2
======

Improvements:

• You can now add collections to favorites from the contextual menu.

• Reading Now shows the comics as soon as you start reading them, regardless of how much time you've spent reading them.

• Zoom Lock is now an optional feature. You can enable it in the readers settings. It's disabled by default.
Fixes:

• We have fixed a bunch of problems with the reading sessions that caused them to rollback randomly, or not show the correct reading time.

• The reader menu wasn't updating after opening another comic using "Continue Reading" and showed the previous content instead.

• Collections only show the dotted line placeholder if they are completely empty. Otherwise they show as many comics at possible and then the average color of the front cover.

• The reading time was reset after changing the page using a swipe gesture. Causing the app to compute the read time incorrectly.

2.11.1
======

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused the readers to crop when the device is rotated.
2.11.0
======

Features:

• We have completely redesigned the readers!

• We've also redesigned the Reading Now section.

• The tap gestures to navigate to next/previous page are now configurable from settings.
Improvements:

• Streamed comics no longer open the reader the app can't connect with the server.

• External libraries now show an error message when it can't reach the server. Even if cached content is shown.

• We have removed the gesture to share a page in favour of the share button. Makes the app conform better to Apple's design patterns.
Fixes:

• External libraries sometimes showed an annoying flicker when loading additional content pages.

version 2.11.4

posted on 2022-03-17

Mar 17, 2022 Version 2.11.4
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Some users have experienced crashes on launch. It was caused by an incorrect database migration on users that hadn't updated the app in a while. This version fixes this issue.
2.11.2
======

Improvements:

• You can now add collections to favorites from the contextual menu.

• Reading Now shows the comics as soon as you start reading them, regardless of how much time you've spent reading them.

• Zoom Lock is now an optional feature. You can enable it in the readers settings. It's disabled by default.
Fixes:

• We have fixed a bunch of problems with the reading sessions that caused them to rollback randomly, or not show the correct reading time.

• The reader menu wasn't updating after opening another comic using "Continue Reading" and showed the previous content instead.

• Collections only show the dotted line placeholder if they are completely empty. Otherwise they show as many comics at possible and then the average color of the front cover.

• The reading time was reset after changing the page using a swipe gesture. Causing the app to compute the read time incorrectly.

2.11.1
======

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused the readers to crop when the device is rotated.
2.11.0
======

Features:

• We have completely redesigned the readers!

• We've also redesigned the Reading Now section.

• The tap gestures to navigate to next/previous page are now configurable from settings.
Improvements:

• Streamed comics no longer open the reader the app can't connect with the server.

• External libraries now show an error message when it can't reach the server. Even if cached content is shown.

• We have removed the gesture to share a page in favour of the share button. Makes the app conform better to Apple's design patterns.
Fixes:

• External libraries sometimes showed an annoying flicker when loading additional content pages.

version 2.11.2

posted on 2022-02-04

Feb 4, 2022 Version 2.11.2
New in this build
=================

Improvements:

• You can now add collections to favorites from the contextual menu.

• Reading Now shows the comics as soon as you start reading them, regardless of how much time you've spent reading them.

• Zoom Lock is now an optional feature. You can enable it in the readers settings. It's disabled by default.
Fixes:

• We have fixed a bunch of problems with the reading sessions that caused them to rollback randomly, or not show the correct reading time.

• The reader menu wasn't updating after opening another comic using "Continue Reading" and showed the previous content instead.

• Collections only show the dotted line placeholder if they are completely empty. Otherwise they show as many comics at possible and then the average color of the front cover.

• The reading time was reset after changing the page using a swipe gesture. Causing the app to compute the read time incorrectly.

2.11.1
======

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused the readers to crop when the device is rotated.
2.11.0
======

Features:

• We have completely redesigned the readers!

• We've also redesigned the Reading Now section.

• The tap gestures to navigate to next/previous page are now configurable from settings.
Improvements:

• Streamed comics no longer open the reader the app can't connect with the server.

• External libraries now show an error message when it can't reach the server. Even if cached content is shown.

• We have removed the gesture to share a page in favour of the share button. Makes the app conform better to Apple's design patterns.
Fixes:

• External libraries sometimes showed an annoying flicker when loading additional content pages.

version 2.11.1

posted on 2022-01-21

Jan 21, 2022 Version 2.11.1
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused the readers to crop when the device is rotated.
2.11.0
======

Features:

• We have completely redesigned the readers!

• We've also redesigned the Reading Now section.

• The tap gestures to navigate to next/previous page are now configurable from settings.
Improvements:

• Streamed comics no longer open the reader the app can't connect with the server.

• External libraries now show an error message when it can't reach the server. Even if cached content is shown.

• We have removed the gesture to share a page in favour of the share button. Makes the app conform better to Apple's design patterns.
Fixes:

• External libraries sometimes showed an annoying flicker when loading additional content pages.

version 2.11.0

posted on 2022-01-12

Jan 12, 2022 Version 2.11.0
New in this build
=================

Features:

• We have completely redesigned the readers!

• We've also redesigned the Reading Now section.

• The tap gestures to navigate to next/previous page are now configurable from settings.
Improvements:

• Streamed comics no longer open the reader the app can't connect with the server.

• External libraries now show an error message when it can't reach the server. Even if cached content is shown.

• We have removed the gesture to share a page in favour of the share button. Makes the app conform better to Apple's design patterns.
Fixes:

• External libraries sometimes showed an annoying flicker when loading additional content pages.

version 2.10.3

posted on 2022-01-02

Jan 2, 2022 Version 2.10.3
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused the embedded web server to fail uploading files after the first file.
2.10.2
======

Fixes:

• Fixed moving content using drag and drop when the sorting mode is not "Manual"
Platform:

• Updates Dropbox SDK to conform Auth API v2

2.10.1
======

Improvements:

• Sort by type (collection/comic).

• Reorder multiple items at once.

Fixes:

• Couldn't reorder collections.
Platform:

• Updated some of our third party dependencies.

• Thumbnail generation is now more efficient by preventing duplicating the same operation if the same thumbnail is requested from multiple parts of the app at once.
2.10.0
======

Features:

• Organize your Library using Drag and Drop. You can finally add comics to collections by dragging them on top.

Improvements:

• You can now sort your Library by file size or length (number of pages for comics and number of comics for collections).

Fixes:

• Crash extracting some cbr/rar files.

• Crash reading comics that appeared especially on the double-page reader.

version 2.10.2

posted on 2021-12-30

Dec 30, 2021 Version 2.10.2
New in this build
=================

Fixes:

• Fixed moving content using drag and drop when the sorting mode is not "Manual"
Platform:

• Updates Dropbox SDK to conform Auth API v2

2.10.1
======

Improvements:

• Sort by type (collection/comic).

• Reorder multiple items at once.

Fixes:

• Couldn't reorder collections.
Platform:

• Updated some of our third party dependencies.

• Thumbnail generation is now more efficient by preventing duplicating the same operation if the same thumbnail is requested from multiple parts of the app at once.
2.10.0
======

Features:

• Organize your Library using Drag and Drop. You can finally add comics to collections by dragging them on top.

Improvements:

• You can now sort your Library by file size or length (number of pages for comics and number of comics for collections).

Fixes:

• Crash extracting some cbr/rar files.

• Crash reading comics that appeared especially on the double-page reader.

version 2.10.1

posted on 2021-12-28

Dec 28, 2021 Version 2.10.1
New in this build
=================

Improvements:

• Sort by type (collection/comic).

• Reorder multiple items at once.

Fixes:

• Couldn't reorder collections.

• Couldn't move content using drag and drop when the sorting mode was different than "Manual".
Platform:

• Updated some of our third party dependencies.

• Thumbnail generation is now more efficient by preventing duplicating the same operation if the same thumbnail is requested from multiple parts of the app at once.
2.10.0
======

Features:

• Organize your Library using Drag and Drop. You can finally add comics to collections by dragging them on top.

Improvements:

• You can now sort your Library by file size or length (number of pages for comics and number of comics for collections).

Fixes:

• Crash extracting some cbr/rar files.

• Crash reading comics that appeared especially on the double-page reader.

version 2.10.0

posted on 2021-12-23

Dec 23, 2021 Version 2.10.0
Features:

• Organize your Library using Drag and Drop. You can finally add comics to collections by dragging them on top.

Improvements:

• You can now sort your Library by file size or length (number of pages for comics and number of comics for collections).

Fixes:

• Crash extracting some cbr/rar files.

• Crash reading comics that appeared especially on the double-page reader.

version 2.9.7

posted on 2021-12-10

Dec 10, 2021 Version 2.9.7
New in this version
====================

Improvements:

• Adds support for OPDS-PSE 1.1.

• Improved configuration of OPDS server when omitting the port.

Fixes:

• Better memory management. The app was accumulating so much memory while reading comics that iOS would eventually kill it.

• Files imported from other apps are properly imported again.

2.9.6
=====

Improvements:

• Automatic Page loading retries when they fail.

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug configuring OPDS severs that caused it to fail if the host contained query params.

Platform:

• Better internal error handling + telemetry logging

• More polish work on the concurrency department aiming to improve stability.
2.9.5
=====
Improvements:

• Improved the page load giving more priority to the ones on screen. This should make the page load snappier.

• When downloading files from OPDS server libraries, now the app suggest the original collection as the new collection name.

Fixes:

• A bug in the vertical scroll reader that made it jump to the wrong page in RTL reading mode.

• A bug that could cause the app to lose the library index when the space in disk was low.

• Some visual fixes when using dark themes.

Platform:

• Better internal error handling + telemetry logging

• More polish work on the concurrency department aiming to improve stability.
2.9.4
=====

Improvements:

• Configuring an OPDS server using an IP address is now simpler thanks to some internal heuristics to tweak the configuration for you.

Fixes:

• Some concurrency fixes. Aims to improve stability and reduce crashes.

Platform:

• Updated some third-party dependencies.

• Removed some unnecessary dependencies.

• More work to prepare the app for the future sandbox open that will give users access to their file-system.
2.9.3
=====

Features:

• You can now remove Substack Library.

• If you have a passcode set, accessing "Recently Imported" now requires authentication.

Improvements:

• PDFs are rendered with a white background again so pages with transparencies have a background.

• PDF render speed.

Fixes:

• Some navigation bars appeared transparent on iOS 15.

• External Keyboard support didn't work on iOS 15.

• A bug in the Double Page Reader that made one of the pages appear in black.

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