v3.1.0v322

July 4, 2026 Update

v3.1.0rev322

July 4, 2026 Update

✨ [ NEW ]

• Added Margins with 3 presets: Compact, Comfortable, & Spacious.
• Added reader backgrounds with 11 presets (solid & gradient): Parchment, Night, Forest, Ocean, Rose, Slate, Dusk, Dawn, Mist, Moss, Ember, or keep the default by choosing None which automatically switches back to the app's theme and font colors.
• Added adaptive text colors to adjust automatically for perfect contrast.
• Added an option to set any image from gallery as a custom reading background.
• Custom background images are stored locally; they will not be backed up to any cloud storage.
• Added a function when tapping the progress bar to jump anywhere in the chapter.
• Added UI overhaul to make the TOC display the current reading progress in percentage.
• Added a dynamic search function inside the TOC to quickly search chapters by title, displaying results while typing.

⚡ [ IMPROVEMENTS ]

• Reworked the skipping logic to work just like the Update Tab.
• Improved LNW Scraping by adding diagnostics and support for direct link downloads.
• Reduced skip delay from 200ms to 50ms per chapter, increasing skipping speed further.
• Reworked the Developer Profile modal display.
• Reworked the Credits and Acknowledgements modal display.
• Control panel now a floating bottom‑sheet overlay — no longer pushes content down.
• Progress bar relocated to just above bottom navigation for better visibility.
• TTS highlight map precomputed with useMemo — no longer recalculated inside every render.
• Reading progress saved every 3 seconds via debounce instead of only on unmount.
• TTS scroll now follows the highlighted sentence using paragraph onLayout y‑positions.
• Auto‑scroll stops when TTS starts; TTS stops when auto‑scroll starts.
• Background preferences now persist across sessions via reader_bg.json.
• ImageBackground fills screen by width/height with resizeMode="cover".
• Added splitIntoReadableParagraphs() to normalize \r\n, tabs, blank lines, and single‑newline chapter text.

🗑️ [ REMOVED / REPLACED ]

• Removed dead forceTopRef code.
• Replaced outer content <Text> wrapper with <View> and rendered each paragraph as its own sibling <Text> with marginBottom — spacing is now actually respected.

🐞 [ BUG FIXES ]

• Fixed covers occasionally saving as corrupted or empty files.
• Fixed cover file extension always being saved as .jpg regardless of source format.
• Resolved rare crashes when switching chapters while TTS was active.
• Corrected text color behavior on gradient backgrounds.
• Fixed “Next Chapter” preloading sometimes failing on the first attempt.
• Prevented TTS from continuing after chapter change or app backgrounding.
• splitIntoSentences no longer splits on commas/semicolons — sentence-ending punctuation only (.!?…), preventing choppy TTS fragments.
• Added much smarter paragraph and sentence detection that handles dialogue, punctuation, line breaks, and special characters (→, …, —) for a natural reading flow.
• Previously loaded chapters are stored temporarily in cache to make switching chapters flow seamlessly.
• Optimized scrolling and text rendering; old cache entries are automatically cleared after 30 minutes.
• Improved the persistence settings of the reader so that font size, line spacing, margins, auto‑scroll speed, background choice, and TTS preferences are saved automatically.

♿ [ ACCESSIBILITY ]

• Added haptic feedback for all major interactions.
• Added visual feedback on press for all touch targets.
• Long‑press interactions are clearly documented in the TTS guide (book button) modal.
• Added a Scroll to Top [ ↑ ] button in the reader to scroll directly to the very start of the chapter.

v2.7.4rev260

June 8, 2026 Update

• 🐛 [ PATCH FIX ]
• Fixed deduplication for LightNovelWorld to prevent the repeating phrase when scraping chapters.
• Fixed fetcher for the novel cover on LightNovelWorld.
• ✨ [ NEW ]
• Added a lightweight fetch helper which makes skipping faster.
• Added Credits button under the Report Feedback button in the Settings menu.
• Added Credit's own modal that displays the authors in a scrollable view.
• ⚡ [ IMPROVEMENTS ]
• Reworked the skipping logic to work just like the Update Tab.
• Changed the old skipping logic (every 30 chapters) to 25%/50%/75% milestones instead.
• Reduced skip delay from 200ms to 50ms per chapter, increasing skipping speed further.
• Reworked the display modal for the Developer Profile Modal.
• Reworked the display modal for the Credits and Acknowledgements Modal.
• 🗑️ [ REMOVED ]
• Removed the old skipping logic "every 30 chapters".
• Removed old, redundant code that used a second navigation loop (unoptimized, crude, and made skipping slow).
• Removed old stale code from the previous skipping logic.
• Removed duplicated emoji prefixes used when logging to the Activity Log.

v2.5.18rev250

May 21, 2026 Update

• ⚙️ [ NEW/PATCHED/IMPROVEMENT ]
• Improved the automatic data migration on first launch to handle first run crash.
• Improved the data migration to work every launch of the app to check for existing files.
• In Library, the Novel Card with "Continue" button now shows "Read" if the novel hasn't been started yet
• Added "onPress" navigation to the continue/read button
• Added two "refreshLibrary" methods to manually reload novel data from file system via Reload Button, and Drag-Pull gesture.
• Improved the UI of the Library Screen to have flawless fetching execution of novel files
• Added 'Smart Text Formatting' to the reader that handles text formatting
• Added support for multi-space and newline handling that helps parse text for TTS.
• Added a floating TTS button on top of the Reader screen
• Added status box that displays "now reading" which displays current sentence for reference
• Improved sentence highlighting — TTS highlight now accurately tracks sentences in real-time with reduced lag
• Better short word support — Minimum sentence length reduced from 8 to 2 characters, preventing skipped words like "What," and "(Well)"
• Symbol-to-speech conversion — Game lingo and navigation symbols now read naturally:
  • →, ->, => → reads as "to"
  • ←, <-, <= → reads as "from"
  • ↔, <-> → reads as "between"
  • Example: [Thief 1 -> Thief 2] now reads as "from Thief 1 to Thief 2"
• Text like Name: Gu Qingyang\nEssence: Ancient Tree is split into individual readable chunks
• Each line segment gets its own TTS sentence instead of being skipped
• Highlights no longer disappear on multi-space sections
• Preserved parenthetical phrases — Words in parentheses like (Well), (though) are no longer filtered out
• Highlights appear directly in text as TTS reads (dual feedback: highlight + status box)
• Added symbol normalization for TTS preprocessing
• Improved text matching logic with quote-aware comparison
• Better handling of edge cases (multiple spaces, newlines, parentheses)
• Added proper line break preservation using "\n\n" between paragraphs.
• Added circular URL detection to prevent infinite download loops.
• Added max chapter cap (5000 chapters) as safety guard, previously 3000 chapters.
• Replaced broken chapter fetching with restored working version from earlier build.
• Added Text-to-Speech with voice selection, speed control, and sentence highlighting.
• Added TTS error handling with auto-stop after 3 consecutive errors.
• Added "Report Issue / Feedback" button in Settings section.
  • Added alias field (optional) and detailed description text area.
  • Added auto-filled device info (app version, platform, OS version) in email body.
  • Added email client integration — reports open directly in user's email app.
• Added 6 themes: Dark, Light, Sepia, AMOLED, Warm, and Slate.
• 🐛 [ BUGFIXES ]
• Fixed TTS button location now properly visible in bottom-right corner
• Fixed the position of the floating button positioned with correct z-index layering
• Fixed quote handling — Smart quotes (", ", ', ') no longer trigger "quote" pronunciation in TTS
• Fixed paragraph formatting where content was displaying as a single text lump with no line breaks.
• Added proper line break preservation using \n\n between paragraphs.
• Fixed chapter titles now showing real names instead of generic "Chapter X".
• Fixed TTS initialization not loading saved voice preferences.

v1.4.4rev175

May 13, 2026 Update

• [FIXED] Fixed the doubling of chapter title of FreeWebNovel, e.g 'Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Prologue'
• [FIXED] Fixed the missing chapter title for domains like AllNovel, ReadNovelFull, Novelfull, & Novelbin
• [FIXED] Fixed the stray ' , ' when trimming title for ReadNovelFull
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved the downloader to utilized the new chapter title fetcher mechanism.

v1.4.3rev171

May 11, 2026 Update

• [NEW] Overhauled Library UI to display author, cover, source, progress, and a continue button
• [NEW] Added a more robust synopsis extraction for new domains
• [NEW] Added PDF Letter to the list of supported export options
• [NEW] Added new supported domains to the app: NovelFull.com, AllNovel.org, and NovGo.net
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved the LibraryContext to handle new fields (source, progress)
• [IMPROVEMENT] Added junk filter for new and old supported domains
• [IMPROVEMENT] Added update and download scraper support for the new domains
• [BUGFIX] Fixed the synopsis extraction for new added domains
• [BUGFIX] Fixed the 'Content not available for this chapter'
• [FIXED] Fixed the dysfunctional Synopsis' "See More/See Less"
• [FIXED] Fixed the spacing of the dysfunctional synopsis
• [FIXED] Fixed all the minor bugs and patched what needs to be patched
• [REMOVED] Removed the 'Clear' button in the Activity Log, its redundant to Clear Button

v1.4.0rev147

May 7, 2026 Update

• [NEW] Migrated library storage from AsyncStorage to expo-file-system for better data persistence
• [NEW] Added automatic data migration on first launch with visual progress tracking
• [NEW] Added multi-location data recovery to find novels after app updates
• [NEW] Added individual chapter file storage for 3,000+ chapters support
• [NEW] Added manual refresh button and pull-to-refresh to library screen
• [NEW] Added swipe gesture support for switching between filter tabs
• [NEW] Added search filtering by title or author with batch selection mode
• [NEW] Added complete backup system saving all novels and progress to a single file
• [NEW] Added real-time Activity Log showing backup and restore progress
• [NEW] Added 5 export formats: TXT, EPUB, DOCX, RTF, and MOBI
• [NEW] Added animated initialization screen on first launch
• [IMPROVEMENT] 85% RAM reduction with individual chapter file storage
• [IMPROVEMENT] Enhanced chapter number extraction to support decimal and Roman numerals
• [IMPROVEMENT] Replaced spammy logs with cleaner milestone progress (25%, 50%, 75%)
• [IMPROVEMENT] Optimized chapter list with FlatList virtualization
• [BUGFIX] Fixed Table of Contents where chapters downloaded out of order appeared incorrectly
• [BUGFIX] Fixed gear icon crashing with "Something went wrong" by removing recursive settings calls
• [BUGFIX] Fixed data loss when updating from previous app versions
• [BUGFIX] Fixed duplicate chapter entries when updating novels with existing chapters
• [FIXED] Autoscroll not working with smooth continuous scrolling
• [FIXED] Chapter flashing when navigating by persisting previous content
• [FIXED] Backup not saving all chapters from multiple novels
• [FIXED] Reader settings not persisting after app restart
• [FIXED] Progress bar not updating correctly during max chapter limits

v1.3.11rev137

Apr 28, 2026 Update

• [NEW] Swiping gesture to change Tag Filters [All, Unread, Reading, Completed]
• [NEW] Added'Ascending/Descending' button for TOC and Chapter List
• [NEW] Added ' Page AutoSort ' where no matter you skip chapters, like 1, 2, 5, then download for missing, it will just merged. so 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved the author metadata fetcher for LightNovelWorld
• [BUGFIX] Fixed the 'Go to Updates' button when downloading, novel existed in the library
• [BUGFIX] Fixed the unresponsiveness of buttons

v1.3.10rev131

Apr 25, 2026 Update

• [NEW] Added a 'Duplicity Guard' to the code, checks for existing novel in the library before downloading
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved the scraping code for Novelbin by adding junk filters
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved the code when downloading novels by streamlining and simplifying the title fetching.
• [BUGFIX] Fixed the 'Author' scraper for Novelbin during metadata fetching
• [BUGFIX] Fixed the download code to avoid freezing when downloading existing novel

v1.3.9rev128

Apr 21, 2026 Update

• [NEW] Updates tab now downloads and saves novel covers locally
• [NEW] Refreshes cover images if changed on source website
• [NEW] System Action Required warning card is now clickable
• [NEW] Tapping opens Android settings directly to manage unused apps
• [NEW] Batch delete confirmation with item count display
• [NEW] Added "Starting Chapter" input field next to "Max Chapters"
• [NEW] Updates tab now checks and updates author if changed
• [NEW] Refreshes synopsis when source is updated
• [IMPROVEMENT] Allows 'SKIPPER' to skip chapters smoothly and starting downloads from specific chapter
• [IMPROVEMENT] Improved error handling during updates
• [IMPROVEMENT] Better duplicate detection when merging chapters
• [IMPROVEMENT] Ensures all selected novels are removed properly during deletion
• [FIXED] Make 'Batch Restore' the default for restoring files from Imported Backup
• [FIXED] Resolve the dysfunctional 'Restore' system in the Import function
• [FIXED] Added 'Fetcher' to the 'Update' tab when downloading Chapters.
• [FIXED] Added 'Starting Chapter' field to the 'Update' tab
• [FIXED] Delete Tab only deletes one file even after selection
• [FIXED] Minor bugs and performance issues

v1.3.8rev118

Apr 15, 2026 Update

• [NEW] Added support for LightNovelWorld
• [NEW] Added scraper for Author, Cover, Synopsis, and Chapter Content
• [NEW] Added About Developer tab
• [NEW] Added Github link in the Developer tab
• [NEW] Added Website Link in the Developer tab
• [NEW] Added 'Import File' function to the Backup System
• [IMPROVEMENTS] Skipper Code functionality
• [IMPROVEMENTS] Increased value presets for AutoScroll, Line Spacing, and Font Size
• [IMPROVEMENTS] Download Tab now downloads cover locally for offline display
• [IMPROVEMENTS] Improved the scraper for the LightNovelWorld
• [NEEDS FIXING] 'Delete Tab' only deletes one file even after selection
• [NEEDS FIXING] Add 'Starting Chapter' field to the 'Update' tab
• [NEEDS FIXING] Add 'Fetcher' to the 'Update' tab when downloading Chapters.
• [NEEDS FIXING] Resolve the dysfunctional 'Restore' system in the Import function
• [NEEDS FIXING] Make 'Batch Restore' the default for restoring files from Imported Backup
• [NEEDS FIXING] Minor bugs and performance issues

v1.0.3rev055

Apr 13, 2026

• [NEW] NovelBin and FreeWebNovel now fully supported
• [NEW] Library filters: All, Unread, Reading, Completed
• [NEW] Library search, and batch delete (via ⋮ menu)
• [NEW] Long press novel cover to update reading status
• [NEW] AutoScroll with presets
• [NEW] Updates tab now has search function
• [NEW] Added Skipper (skip existing chapters) and Traverser (resume downloads)
• [NEW] Backup & Restore system
• [NEW] 2-prompt warning when deleting a novel
• [IMPROVEMENT] Better Download tab stability
• [IMPROVEMENT] FreeWebNovel now shows author, cover, and synopsis
• [FIXED] Modify the icon of the Update tab
• [FIXED] Full FreeWebNovel site support.
• [FIXED] Improved Author & Synopsis extraction.

v1.0.2rev36

March 27, 2026

• [NEW] Activity Logs are now visible.
• [IMPROVEMENTS] Stabilized downloader & update lifeline code
• [NEEDS FIXING] Modify the icon of the Update tab.
• [NEEDS FIXING] Full FreeWebNovel site support.
• [NEEDS FIXING] Improved Author & Synopsis extraction.

v1.0.1rev16

March 27, 2026

• Initial release of the app, NovelDR
• [NEW] Added full support to 'ReadNovelFull' & 'NovelFull' site
• [NEW] Added partial support to 'FreeWebNovel' site
• [NEW] Added app themes: Dark, Light, Sepia
• [NEW] Added basic 'Download' and 'Updates' tab for downloading novel
• [NEW] Added 'Library Stats', showing the total chapters and novel in your library.
• [NEW] Added 'Delete Novel' by long-pressing the novel.
• [NEW] Added 'Reader Settings' which houses adjustable Font Size, & Line Spacing.