Frankie by Creativecrap

Begin with this release. The minimum requirement is iOS 15.0.

### Fallback Fonts

Fallback fonts used when the default font missing a glyph it will try to replace with the fallback font to display the glyph if available.

To use Fallback Font feature, please install custom fonts via the FontBooth app or other font provider apps.

The fallback font support built-in text editor and keyboard candidates, however the user installed font doesn’t support under keyboard extension therefore you can not use fallback font in custom keyboard.

#### NEW

- Added a keyboard character preview option, the key label will not respond to shift state just like legacy iOS keyboard if disabled.
- Added a Fallback Font feature to support using user installed fonts and enhance the lack of Unicode CJK block of system fonts.

#### FIXED

- Fixed incorrect cursor position when moving cursor by on-screen arrow keys.
- Fixed Always open Clip Pad on launch not working issue.
- Fixed other minor bugs.

#### CHANGED

- Input Method collection classified
- Keyboard collection classified

- Fixed an issue that caused the keyboard extension to crash since v3.0.1

#### NEW

- Add user installed font support for built-in editor

#### FIXED

- Fixed an issue may cause radical not display correctly for some input method
- Fixed an issue cause no candidate result for specified radical

#### CHANGED

- Remove Dayi4 from input method collection since its similar to Dayi

In this release, we've fine-tuned the learning tool and introduced a user-custom lexicon and several other improvements.

Due to the data structure and source change, this release is incompatible with the previous version.

The lexicon and various functions may not work as expected if the upgrade process is not completed.
Please enter Setting / Chinese Lexicon and follow the upgrade instructions.
If you never use a custom lexicon or have some other issue after the upgrade,
you can choose Setting / Reset / Factory Reset to get a fresh restart.

#### NEW

- Haptic feedback for 3rd party keyboard
- Emoji, Symbols, and Kaomoji also gain training behavior

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Most common words classified and training improved
- Adjust flick keyboard sensitivity

#### CHANGED

- Separate user custom lexicon from original lexicon
- Lexicon, Emoji Training, etc., are now all enabled by default
- Setting options get a re-arrangement
- Removed some sound effects
- Removed hidden characters from a different locale
- Removed Traditional Chinese conversion during import custom lexicon

#### FIXED

- QWERTY-K14 not working as expected
- Keyboard contains shrink rows that sometimes do not display correctly
- Various bug fixes

This release contains regular updates and a few bug fixes.

#### CHANGED

- Dictate text now respect for available locales instead of only allowing English
- Emoji database update, including the new Emojis introduced on iOS 16.4
- Update the most popular Emoji list
- Update resource files, including the input method list and some keyboard layouts

#### FIXED

- Related Emoji list may have duplicate items in the candidate panel

#### NEW

- In Clip Pad mode, split the close button into a "Done" button for dismissing the keyboard, a "Close" button for saving and closing document
- Show top-ranking emoji by default in the candidate panel
- Continuously select candidates by double tap items from the candidate panel

#### FIXED

- fixed inconsistent font on pop-up keys
- fixed [1/2] key incorrect response issue
release candidate 1

#### NEW

- You can now copy phrases directly from the lexicon list or searching result

#### FIXED

- Fixed an issue that Zhuyin input method with non-standard keyboard layout doesn't work with Training and Syllable correction

The emoji feature remains also has some improvements.

#### NEW

- Swipe up from lexicon type of candidates to display more related lexicon and Emoji
- Search related Emoji from selected text from the in-app editor
- Allows hiding Shift key and Globe key
- When installing a custom input method, you can choose multiple CIN table files or pre-converted input method database files (please refer to the FAQ)

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Emoji update and several improvements
- Optimized memory usage for keyboards
- Improve the compatibility of keyboard background while the hosting app doesn't support dark mode properly

#### CHANGED

- Setting options adjustment
- Symbols from the Candidate Panel no more specified full-width only characters and may contain dynamic symbols as well

#### FIXED

- Fixed Zhuyin input method has different candidates sorting with different keyboard
- Fixed the color theme of the built-in editor on iPadOS
- Fixed keyboard key sometimes remains on popup state after finger released issue
- Minor bugs fixes

#### NEW

- Added: lexicon from array30

#### FIXED

- Fixed mismatch keyboard issue of bpmf-Hus.cin

This release contains several improvements and bug fixes.
For floating keyboard on iPadOS, now it fallbacks to most suitable keyboard layout for current input method automatically.
For Array input methods, the floating keyboard will use the flick keyboard layout instead regular 10x5 keyboard layout.

** The Emoji prediction is deprecated and will be removed in the further version.

#### NEW

- Added Shift-Q fore backward selection for bpmf-hsu keyboards.
- Added multiple touches support for Shift key and Sibling key.
- Added full-width symbol collection in candidate panel.
- Added Kaomoji symbol collection in candidate panel.

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Exclude some specified keys for sibling input mode to prevent unexpected behavior.
- Reduce the length of radicals for Array input method with numeric type of keyboards by replacing with alternative positions.
- Reduce memory impact and improve performance for filtering characters that might be the same character between Traditional and Simplified Chinese locale.
- Improve the display of tones characters of bpmf keyboards.
- Improve floating keyboard support for iPadOS.

#### CHANGED

- The "bpmf-hsu.cin" table now belongs to bpmf input method family and supports Q-key features.
- The candidate select by keys feature will be disabled while using the numeric type of keyboard to prevent conflicts.
- Removed the individual bpmf tone label from bpmf keyboards.

#### FIXED

- Fixed the Enter key has no response to physical keyboards not made by Apple on iPadOS 15.0 and above.
- Fixed incorrect results or behaviors while candidates matching locale feature enabled.
- Fixed an issue that may cause 3rd party keyboard to have incorrect keyboard height in Split view on iPadOS 15.0 and above.

Introduce the new "Matches locale" option for Candidate Bar to reducing candidates that are the same Chinese characters but different locales.

#### NEW

- Candidate Bar / Matches Locale option

#### NEW

- There is new storage for resource files, you may change the resource location to gitee from reset setting, if GitHub is not reachable

#### CHANGED

- Composer label now resized with the height of candidate bar
- Candidate items would use bigger font size when both composer label and Selkey options are turned off

#### FIXED

- Fixed an issue that may cause the content over Cloud service when the network is not stable
- Fixed the search function of the lexicon

Better stroke type input methods

#### NEW

- New keyboard layouts for stroke type input methods
- New symbols keyboard layouts

#### FIXED

- Fixed an issue that causes unable to insert symbol characters with Smart Punctuation
- Fixed an issue that shows the empty result when looking for more homophones and phonetic candidates
- Minor bug fixes

About Input Method and Keyboard

This release contains several new keypad style keyboard layouts and a new composing mode option.

#### NEW

- New keypad style keyboard layouts for Bpmf input method
- New 14 keys QWERTY keyboard layout
- New composing mode option for input method
- Display available radicals for the last candidate on the Space key

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Array30/40 can use keypad without position keyboard layout properly
- Improve live preview for Array flick keyboard

#### CHANGED

- Optional result of radical lookups
- Popup keys changes for「-」「,」「@」
- Keyboard layout category changed
- Jyut6ping3 input method and lexicon update

#### FIXED

- Fixed unable to disable radical lookup and phonetic lookup issue
- Fixed wrong radical lookups when Bpmf input method with non-standard keyboard layout issue
- Fixed an issue that causes unexpected deleting text before cursor when selecting candidates other than radical type
- Fixed a few issues when using keypad keyboard on Array input method
- Reduce memory footprint when loading keyboard layouts
- Minor bug fixes

#### NEW

- Added Jyut6ping3 input method
- Added lexicon information before install

#### CHANGED

- Improve the result of pinyin lexicon and sorting
- Instead of updating multiple resources from multiple places, you can now update them all at once from Settings / Reset / Update Resources
- Lexicon data updates
- Remove labels for built-in numeric keypad layout
- Replace the original Cantonese input method by Jyut6ping3
- Use gradient background instead of full transparent background on keyboard extension

#### FIXED

- Fixed a bug that causes incorrect result when the candidate phrase contains mixed letter cases
- Fixed a bug that select-key may return the wrong result or unexpected behavior on Position mode
- Fixed a typo that causes the pop-up function for numeric keys missing
- Fixed an issue that causes duplicated behaviors after changed between input methods, i.e. duplicated candidate outputs
- Fixed keyboard layout margin inconsistency
- Fixed the background color issue for keyboard previews

Introduce One-Handed Keyboard

#### NEW

- One-handed keyboard support for phone devices

#### CHANGED

- Candidate panel tab style
- Candidate item selection by shortcut not longer required any Select-Key mode
- Position Select-Key ignore composition to make the ordering more nature

#### FIXED

- Keyboard keys around the edge delay issue fixes
- Minor bug fixes

It may not be visible but this update is a big one.
Some of the core functionality has been redesigned to make it more stable and benefits with performance improvements.
More custom-able behavior for different personal preferences.
Thank you for the feedback and the feature requests, we always love hearing what we can do to make Frankie/OkidoKey better.

Keep Calm And Mask On.

#### NEW

- Added Caps Lock preference for toggle input method or capitalize
- Added more shortcuts for candidate navigation for external keyboard
- Added Position Select-Key mode
- Added sibling keyboard gesture option
- Added single capital character gesture for the shift key
- Allows globe key remain in popup state
- Offers an option to make a local copy of the file on saving error

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Clip Pad open/close performance
- Overall performance and stability improves
- Shortcut cmd-s and visual response

#### CHANGED

- Added shift key modifier for Homophones and Phonetic lookup shortcuts
- Close button of the editor always use “Done” instead of Save and Done
- Keyboard and candidate item font size adjustments
- Moved accent labels to the bottom of the key for some Bpmf keyboards
- Moved input method rebuild action to its detail view
- Synced key state across all keyboards, i.e. capitalize state

#### FIXED

- Bpmf-Hsu input method radical and "G" key mismatch issue
- Document content syncing when editing the same document on multiple devices
- Highlighted candidate item jumping issue on keyboard navigation
- Incorrect keyboard size under iPadOS when app state changed
- Keyboard label color incorrect on dark mode
- Open In Place not working issue
- Some HUD response covered by keyboard issue
- Unexpected sibling keyboard behavior

OkidoKey has a new name: Introducing Frankie

We’re changing the name and logo, but everything else stays the same.

- Allows to change Sel-key for each input method
- Added Q-Key support for Hsu-bpmf input method
- Fixed a bug that cause Sel-Key return wrong candidate on Array input method
- Other bug fixes and adjustments

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Allows selecting the first candidate by Return key and keyboard shortcut.
- Rename OkidoKey "Clipboard" to "Clip Pad" to reduce confusion with the system clipboard.
- Added two new keyboard layout for array10.
- Added Haptic feedback for keyboard, it "feels" more like the native keyboard.
- Added Simplified Chinese lexicon from Jeiba.
- Add Universal Clipboard and Clear option for Clip Pad.

#### FIXED

- Fixed a bug that causes selecting a candidate may return multiple times after switching between keyboards.
- Fixed a bug that causes Array context to have extra candidates while having duplicate compositions in shortcut mode.
- Fixed icon or key color mismatch in dark mode.
- Fixed incorrect icon for caps lock under iOS12 and below.
- Fixed the space key not display correct state after cursor moving mode.
- Fixed the w and arrow keys caused keyboard no response issue from the Array flick and position1 keyboards.
- Fixed various bugs for install and import Chinese Lexicon.
- Fixed various issues from the text editor, including English mode and emoji issues.

It's been a while since our last release, thank you for the feedback and the feature requests.

This release contains lots of bug fixes and compatibility for iOS13.

To make keyboard shortcuts easy to use and manageable, we have redesigned the key combinations for all shortcuts, please review them from Setting / Shortcuts.

Alone with the release, all lexicon databases updates all phrases with incorrect pronunciations, for example, 恐嚇 "konghe" was previously "kongxia", 龜裂 "junlie" was previously "guilie", etc. It's recommended to update your current lexicon database from Setting / Lexicon, choose the proper lexicon and update with replace option.

#### NEW

- All icons use built-in SF Symbol on iOS13.
- Dark mode supported on iOS13.
- You can now arrange the priority of predictive candidates from Setting / Candidate Priority.
- You can use cmd-s to save the document without close the document.

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Increase the space key size for choco and some keyboard layouts that have more than 4 keys at the last row.
- Clipboard auto-copy visual feedback.
- Lexicon search behavior now the same as a keyboard.
- Improved the stability of text editor.
- Redesigned keyboard shortcuts.

#### FIXED

- Fixed a bug where radicals not transformed into the specified Chinese locale.
- Fixed a bug that returns the wrong candidate by select-keys on Array Context.
- Fixed a bug that causes on-screen keyboard with the wrong size when awaking from the docked mode.
- Fixed a bug that input method imported with file extension name other than .cin not identified as a valid input method.
- Fixed a bug that lexicon training not working.
- Fixed an issue that causes document scrolled to the top while saving.
- Fixed an issue that causes text editor not drawing lines properly.
- Fixed an issue that pasting text from the clipboard at a wrong position.
- Fixed crashes that could occur when accessing the lexicon database.
- Fixed wrong pronunciation of phrases from each lexicon database.

added: text editor margin and line spacing preference
added: custom lexicon weight
added: keyboard live preview
fixed: missing visual response for auto-copy button
fixed: missing descriptions

fixed: Incomplete result in candidate panel for Array input method
changed: Increased the range of keyboard height

Candidate bar became heavy and not easy to navigate while more and more resource appears.

Introduce New Candidate Panel

To open the new Candidate Panel by select “…” from the candidate bar.
Candidate Panel sort candidate resources into different tabs. It can display more items at once and easy to navigate for more items.

The candidate bar only displays most recently candidates for each category, to reduce resource usage and gain performance improvements at the same time. The behavior also applies to candidates form input method itself.

- Added: New Candidate Panel
- Added: Initial input for lexicon, i.e. mmm -> 莫名其妙、密密麻麻、某某某
- Changed: Remove up/down directions and speed gravity effects from Spacebar cursor control, allows only left/right directions in a certain range of current content
- Fixed: user lexicon not working properly
- Fixed: array-flick keyboard wrong behavior introduce in v2.2.0

Introduce the new lexicon and custom keyboard height

The 2.2.0 Release notes were:

You can now:

- Bring your own lexicon from CSV file
- Add or remove phrases on the fly
- Custom keyboard height
- Long press on space key to move the cursor

=== Lexicon ===

To make lexicon more manageable, the original lexicon database was removed and no longer installed by default. You can download and install new lexicon database or brings your own phrases from CSV file.

Visit FAQ for more information about the new lexicon.

*** NEW ***
- New lexicon database
- Edit phrases on device
- Import or export lexicon database
- Long press on space key to move the cursor on the keyboard
- Custom keyboard height for both portrait and landscape mode

*** FIXED ***
- Input numeric issue on Array input method
- Keyboard size incorrect and compatibility improves

*** REMOVED ***
- Custom keyboard bottom margin
- Original lexicon database

Keyboard visible state incorrect issue fixes