Project ubports , who took into his hands the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform, after Canonical, Posted Updating OTA-19 firmware (over-the-air). The project is also develops Experimental desktop port unity 8 which is renamed Lomiri.
Update Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 formed for smartphones BQ E4.5 / E5 / M10 / U Plus,
Cosmo Communicator, F (X) Tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google Pixel 2XL / 3A,
Huawei Nexus 6p, LG Nexus 4/5, Meizu MX4 / Pro 5, Nexus 7 2013,
OnePlus 2/3 / 5/6 / One, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 / S3 Neo +, Sony Xperia X / XZ / Z4, Vollaphone, Xiaomi Mi A2 / A3, Xiaomi Poco F1, Xiaomi Redmi 3S / 3X / 3SP / 4X / 7 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 7/7 Pro. Separately, without the “OTA-19” label, updates will be prepared for Pine64 Pinephone and Pinetab devices.
Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 is still based on Ubuntu 16.04, but recently the development efforts are focused on preparation for the transition to Ubuntu 20.04. From changes to OTA-19, adding to the framework to develop QML-Module-QTWebView and libQt5WebView5-DeV package applications, which highlighted components to use the Qtwebeng engine. For devices supported in the branches of the layer halium 5.1 and 7.1 providing a low-level layer to simplify equipment support, added The ability to access the gyroscope and the magnetic field sensors.
In the Messenger, the default automatic output of the on-screen keyboard is disabled, which prevented reading incoming messages for which the keyboard was displayed in calculating that the user wishes to write a response. Also removed output of unnecessary password input dialogs during the installation of a wireless connection. Problems are solved with the lack of suspension of playback after extracting the headphone cable, switching to sleep mode after playing the next song and blocking the switching mode after quick playback of two audio sequences (for example, system sound and music). Solved the problem with the enlightenment of the device
PIXEL 3A When initiating the device shutdown and the approximation sensor operation is adjusted during a call.
