eStroke (易笔)

Fixed Writing feature due to View Controller not occupying full screen.

Recompile on latest XCode. Everything else remains the same.

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Upgrade for ios 11 compatibility
Caters for iPhone X Safe Area Layout

Enable eStroke Flashcard export via email
- tab on the Compose Tool in Flashcard Directory to export.
- Long press the attach file on Mail and select "Open in eStroke" to import.

Fix the following bugs associated with eStroke running on ios 7.

- unable to set Default Flashcard via Long Press on item in Flashcard Directory
- Flashcard Stats show grey screen with no content.
- All Speaker buttons in Dictionary pronounce the first item.

- More fixes for eStroke on ios 7 related bugs
- fix iPhone 5 unresponsive toolbar buttons bug.

Fix the following bugs
- URGENT iOS 7 COMPATIBILITY ISSUE. eStroke crashes on iOS 7.
- Animation may freeze if Pronounce Stroke selected

Added Character Evolution from Jiaguwen->Tazhuan->Xiaozhuan->Lishu for characters where applicable

Upgrade stroke pronunciation voice.

Change export flashcard from .csv to .txt format (Tab delimited).

Fixed eStroke crashing on iOS 4 due to iOS 5 API being used.
Fixed eStroke deadlocked when "Pronounce Stroke" is turned on.
Fixed User List update when changes made in History.
Added new Quiz component.
- Can be brought up in User List
- Main Screen via Action tool
- Flashcard module via Action tool
- Quiz Vocabulary based on where it is invoked.

Fixed bug pertaining to moving a created User List to another folder.
Fixed eStroke Usage problem when Pinyin Keyboard selected.

Unclutter Flashcard module
- Move Write and Notes to Action tool in Flashcard
- Move Memo and Stat button

Can share User List and User's flashcard using QR Codes.
- QR Codes can be generated in "User List" via QRCode tool button (bottom right)
- QR Codes can be generated in User Flashcard (not native) via Action Tool (bottom right).
- QR Codes can be read either as image or scan. Access via Action tool on main screen.
- Use two finger to scroll when decoding image.

Added Cantonese Voice (In App Purchase)
- Long Press any speaker to select between Chinese and Cantonese voice.

Multi level user lists
- Create multi level user lists as you would with the flashcards.

User List can now be ordered or random.
Speech highlighted character in main screen as well, i.e. everywhere where speaker is shown.

Memo (memory) mode for Flashcard.
- Tab on brain icon at top left to activate.
- Based on Super Memo
- Phrase is shown but phonetics and definition hidden.
- User think about the character and tab on Show button to see if they got it right.
- User then rate the character as either
o very hard (???)
o hard (?)
o easy (tick) or
o very easy (3 ticks)
- eStroke will decide when to display the character next based on user input.

Added Statistics
- Number of Views
- User rating
- Last viewed
- Test Statistics
o Number of time taken
o Number of corrects.

Fixed random crashing due to multi-thread accessing the same db at the same time.

Normalized Handwriting Style to
- Hong Kong
- China
- Taiwan

Added CFDict
Speech will highlight character spoken in Dictionary and Flashcard.

Minor Bug Fixes
Fixed Flashcard Test missing one row.

Implemented x-callback-url
eStroke://x-callback-url/animate?text=animateText
animateText example
- 4e007A27 (unicode hex encoding)
- %XX%XX%XX (UTF8 encoding)

Added Chinese Voice (In App Purchase)
- Single Character Pronunciation
- Phrases pronounce via stitch up single character pronunciation.

Minor Bugs Fixes.

Added OCR module for Traditional and Simplified Chinese (In App Purchase)

- Select OCR from action tool (bottom rightmost tool)
o It will prompt you to purchase if you haven't done so.

- Take a photo of a Chinese Page e.g. from a book. Best if required text is located near the center of the screen.
- Frame the red box around a chinese character or phrase.
o Touch near the center of the box to move
o Touch outside to resize.

- Tap on OCR tool (bottom rightmost tool) to recognize.
o Select 繁 for Traditional Chinese OCR.
o Select 简 for Simplified Chinese OCR.
- Wait a couple of seconds for recognition. When finished, the phrase characters will be displayed.
- Tap on the recognized phrase to get the corresponding meaning, sub phrases, animations and writing practices.

- Tap outside the phrase or Long Press the phrase to clear.

- OCR recognized phrases are saved in OCR History.

Added New HSK Level 1 to Level 6
New HSK uses CEDICT for content.

- Moves User List to flashcard database
- User List is also included in flashcard Native/User List
- Added Hong Kong Handwriting Style - Use Preference>Bias>Hong Kong Traditional.
- Hong Kong Stroke Order is now based on Hong Kong Education Department stroke order, http://www.edbchinese.hk/lexlist_en/

Fix bug when running on IOS 5
- CEDICT/HANDEDICT/EDICT empty due to database opening in ReadWrite mode. It is now opened in Readonly mode.

Writing/Writing Test can be invoked within flashcard to write/test the flashcard phrase.

Bug fixes in Dictionary when HANDEDICT or EDICT selected but title still shows CEDICT

Flashcard module refinement

-Long Press on Up.. to navigate to the root of the Flashcard Directory.

- Enable user to designate a default Flashcard via Long Press on the Flashcard and select "Make Default" in the Flashcard Directory screen.

- Once designated, all '+' operation will add to the Default Flashcard instead of to the corresponding "My XXX" category.

- Added '+' button in Dictionary and Flashcard list to facilitate easy addition to the default Flashcard.

- User can now create their own flashcard hierarchy
Primary 1
>Lesson 1
>Lesson 2

- Create Flashcard via New Flashcard tool at the bottom right of Flashcard Directory screen
o Choose Flashcard to create flashcard.
o Choose Folder to create folder

- Long Press, drag and drop to flashcard from any of the followings
o Associated Phrase in main screen
o Dictionary
o Phrase in any flashcard

Flashcard Directory Screen can be moved as follows
- Drag the title
- Long Press on the toolbar and drag.

Minor Bug fix
- Associated Phrases in main screen shows Simplified Biasing regardless of what the Bias Preference is - Fixed.

Added Index to Dictionary Search
- For CJK search, index shows the number of characters in the phrase. Tap on index 3 will place the dictionary starting with 3 character phrases.

- For other searches, index shows the position in the search result.

Added indexes to Flashcard list
- Index shows the position of flashcard in the list.

Minor Bug fix
- In multiple row/column mode, if "Clear Before Animate" is not checked, inputting a character will cause the same character to be animated twice in two locations.

- Added "Search to Animate" in Preference to animate multiple characters at once.
o When checked, user will need to tap the search button to terminate input and animate.

Streamline Flashcard operation
- Remove '-', '+' and trash icon from navigation bar. It is very easy to tap wrongly.
- '-' and trash replaced via the following operation
o Tap on list and swipe to delete.
- '+' is now placed at the bottom right of flashcard.

Added Writing Test
-Select 写 button in toolbar to go to Writing mode.
- Select test (tick/cross) button in toolbar to go to Test mode.
- Select a character from the grade button or enter one in the search bar.
- Stroke the character in the right order and direction to progress.
- When completed, eStroke will randomly select the next character in the same grade for the test.

- Can send writing and sequence as email attachment in addition to saving to Photoalbum.

- Can reorder User List on main screen, via Long Press on + button and then Edit
- Can reorder user flashcard list
o Select List and Edit to reorder (Except My Dictionary List)
o My Dictionary List can be reordered via Dictionary>Bookmark.

Enable user to export flashcard under the "My xxx" category to tab delimited CSV file.

Export flashcard via the Action button in the toolbar.

Flashcard are exported via email and mail recipient can be configured using the "Mail Recipient" item in the Action button.

The following fields are exported
- Phrase
- Pinyin, Zhuyin or Jyutping depending on the Phonetics configuration in Preference.
o For "My HSK" flashcard, pinyin is exported regardless of phonetics setting.
- Definition

Added Audio for new HSK Level 1 Flashcard.
Added Radical search
- Tab on 部首 at top of main screen to bring up radical search
- Select 部首 button in Dictionary to bring up radical search.
Added Yale Phonetics for Cantonese pronunciation
- Select Preference>Phonetics>Yale
Long Press on Dictionary to animate Dictionary phrases

Multiple rows and columns for character animation using Pinch Gesture on Animation Box.

- Pinch closer (Zoom out) to increase rows/columns
- Pinch further (Zoom in) to decrease rows/columns
- Checked Preference>Miscellaneous>Clear before Animate to clear display before each new animation.
- Long Press on a character within the Animation View to repeat animation for that character.
- Long Press on an associated phrase to animate the phrase.

-Don't forget, double tap on animation box to animate at maximum resolution

Minor bug fixes