- Refactor `Ili934xDisplay` to use `EspLcdSpiDisplay` as base class
- Update `St7789Display` for changes to `EspLcdDisplayV2` related to ILI934x driver
- Updated all board driver implementations for ILI934x driver changes
- Simplified board configurations:
- All boards now have a `Configuration.cpp`
- All board config's headers are removed
- Removed `Boards.h`
- Fix for untar-ing large files
- Increase main task stack size to avoid stackoverflow when downloading apps in App Hub
- Reduce SPI frequency for ST7789 displays (according to spec)
- Added `AppHub` app
- Added `AppHubDetails` app
- Added `cJSON` dependency
- Renamed `AppSim` module to `FirmwareSim`
- Added extra `tt::app::alertdialg::start()`
- Renamed `addApp()`, `removeApp()`, `findAppById()` and `getApps()` to `addAppManifest()`, `removeAppManifest()`, `findAppManifestById()` and `getAppManifests()`
- Added `tt::lvgl::toolbar_clear_actions()`
- Added `tt::network::EspHttpClient` as a thread-safe wrapper around `esp_http_client`
- Added `tt::network::http::download()` to download files
- Added `tt::network::ntp::isSynced()`
- When time is synced, the timestamp is stored in NVS flash. On boot, it is restored. This helps SSL connections when doing a quick reset: when WiFi reconnects, the user doesn't have to wait for NTP sync before SSL works.
- Added `tt::json::Reader` as a `cJSON` wrapper
- Added `int64_t` support for `Preferences`
- Added `int64_t` support for `Bundle`
- Added dependencies: `cJSON`, `esp-tls`
- When time is synced via NTP, disable time sync.
- Added docs to 'tt::file::` functions
- Added `tt::string::join()` that works with `std::vector<const char*>`
- Fixed `tt::file::getLastPathSegment()` for the scenario when a path was passed with only a single segment
- Set `CONFIG_ESP_MAIN_TASK_STACK_SIZE=5120` (from about 3k) for all boards
- Set `CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_3=y` for all boards
New boards:
- LilyGO T-Dongle S3
- M5Stack StickC Plus
- M5Stack StickC Plus2
New drivers:
- AXP192: power control via I2C
- ButtonControl: GPIO button input as LVGL device
Other changes:
- Updated implementation of AXP192 driver for Core2 board
- Fix launcher UX for vertical layout
- Fix error when properties file had an empty line
- Add `__floatsidf` to `tt_init.cpp`
- Moved `file::getlock(path)` from `Tactility` to `TactilityCore`
- Changed all existing `file::*` functions to implement locking by default
- Removed all manual locking where `file::*` functions were used
- When `DevelopmentService` receives a file, it doesn't try to allocate it all in memory. This fixes going out-of-memory on devices without PSRAM.
- Fix for TactilityC include
## TactilityC
- Add `tt_lvgl_lock()` and `tt_lvgl_unlock()`
- Add `tt_thread_set_affinity()`
- Add support for STL symbols
## Other
- Add `Thread::setAffinity()`
- `GuiService`: replace `#define` with `constexpr`
- Remove log storage and log app for now
- Split up ELF symbols into more groups
## App state
Improved app state management in `LoaderService` and `GuiService`:
- Re-ordered some of the state transitions
- Hardened `GuiService` for repeated events (that might trigger a re-render of an app that's already rendered)
- Validate state transitions in `LoaderService` and crash if an app transitions from the wrong state to the next one.
## LoaderService
- Removed `tt::loader::` functions and expose `LoaderService` interface publicly.
- Implement `stopAll()` and `stopAll(id)` which stops all instances of an app, including any apps that were launched by it.
- Rename `stop()` functions to `stopTop()`
- Created `stopTop(id)` which only stops the top-most app when the app id matches.
- Moved `loader::LoaderEvent` to `loader::LoaderService::Event`
- Changed app instance `std::stack` to `std::vector`
## Improvements
- `ElfApp`: error 22 now shows a hint that `main()` might be missing
- Starting, installing and uninstalling apps now stops any running app (and its children) on the stack
## Bugfixes
- `HttpdReq` out of memory issue now shows an error message and doesn't crash anymore (this would happen on devices without PSRAM with WiFi active, when an app was installed)
- `GuiService::hideApp()` lock should not wait for timeout and now waits indefinitely
- `Buildscript/release-sdk-current.sh` deletes the previous local release before building a new one
## Code correctness
- App classes were made `final`
- Apps that had a `void start()` now have a `LaunchId start()`
- `tt::app::State`: renamed `Started` to `Created` and `Stopped` to `Destroyed` to properly reflect earlier name changes
- Refactor `AppManifest`: add new fields and rename existing ones
- Parse and validate the manifest from an app that is being installed.
- Remove deprecated `scoped()` from `Lock`
- Create `Tactility/Paths.h`
- App loading at boot now properly parses the manifest files of external apps
- Properly lock both source and destination locations during app install
- Remove LVGL path variants from `AppPaths` and `ServicePaths`
- Removed `xPath` base classes for apps and services. There's now `AppPaths` and `ServicePaths`.
- Renamed app and service paths: "data" and "system" paths are now "user data" and "assets"
## New features
- Implemented support for app packaging in firmware and `tactility.py`: load `.app` files instead of `.elf` files. Install apps remotely or via `FileBrowser`.
- Ensure headless mode works: all services that require LVGL can deal with the absence of a display
- Service `onStart()` is now allowed to fail (return `bool` result)
- Added and improved various file-related helper functions
## Improvements
- Completely revamped the SystemInfo app UI
- Improved Calculator UI of internal and external variant
- Fix Chat UI and removed the emoji buttons for now
- Fix for toolbar bottom padding issue in all apps
## Fixes
- Fix for allowing recursive locking for certain SPI SD cards
& more
- Add app path get() functions to `TactilityC`
- Improved `Dispatcher` and `DispatcherThread`
- Improved `PubSub` (type safety)
- Created test for `DispatcherThread` and `PubSub`
- Save properties files on app exit (various apps) by posting it to the main dispatcher (fixes UI hanging briefly on app exit)
- Fixed bug with `SystemSettings` being read from the wrong file path.
- `loadPropertiesFile()` now uses `file::readLines()` instead of doing that manually
- Increased timer task stack size (required due to issues when reading a properties file for the very first time)
- General cleanup
- Created `EstimatedPower` driver that uses an ADC pin to measure voltage and estimate the battery charge that is left.
- Cleanup of T-Deck board (updated to new style)
## Launcher
- Launcher now has optional power button to show
- Launcher layout improvements
- Removed text from Launcher (translations with larger amounts of text did not fit small device formats)
## T-Lora Pager
- Implement power off (created `BQ25896` driver)
- Implemented haptics (created `DRV2605` driver project) and buzz on startup
- Reversed scroll wheel
- Created `TloraEncoder` device and relocated its logic from `TloraKeyboard`
- Disabled SPIRAM test to save 0.5 seconds of boot time (current boot time is very slow)
- Update `ST7796` esp_lcd driver to v1.3.4
- Fixed keyboard bug: delete queue in destructor
- Fixed driver dependencies: Avoiding usage of global static shared_ptr. Properly constructor-inject everywhere, or use `tt::hal::findDevices()`
- I2C configuration is now immutable (you cannot disable it anymore from the I2C Settings app, as it would break crucial drivers)
- Renamed I2C and UART subsystems to "Internal"
## Drivers
- On/off interface added to `PowerDevice`
- Created `tt::hal::Configuration.createDevices`, which is intended to replace all custom create calls for display, keyboard, etc.
- Created `EncoderDevice` as a `Device` subtype
## Other Improvements
- Changed `findDevices(type, function)` into a templatized function.
- Improved SD card mounting
## Fixes
- Show Screenshot app again
- Fixed Statusbar: some updates were allowed to time out and fail silently: When the Statusbar service would do a state update, the LVGL statusbar would never get updated due to this timeout.
- Fixed memory leaks in all `createSdCard()` functions (in most board implementations)
## New features
- Implement translations for apps
- Created `tt::settings::setLanguage` and `::getLanguage()`
- External app errors are now reported to the user via an AlertDialog
- Store system settings in `/data/settings.properties`
- Created a "Region & Language" app and moved the timezone setting there.
## Other changes
- Change `/data` and `/system` filesystem sector size from 4096 to 512 bytes to allow for more small files (60+ files of 4kB were over the limit of 256kB for the filesystem)
- Increased size of `/data` and `/system`
- Moved `tt::time::*` to `tt::settings`
- Removed the timezone setting from the "Time & Date" setting app
- Reverse encoder direction of Lilygo T-Lora Pager
- Improved partability of `Time.cpp` (removed separate set of functions for PC/sim)
## New
- Read property files with `PropertiesFile`
- Support `boot.properties` so the user can specify the launcher app and an optional app to start after the launcher finishes. (see `BootProperties.cpp`)
- Create registry for CPU affinity and update code to make use of it
- `AppRegistration` and `ServiceRegistration` now also ensure that the `/data` directories always exist for all apps
- `Notes` is now the default app for opening text files. `TextViewer` is removed entirely. Created `tt::app:🎶:start(path)` function.
- WiFi settings moved from NVS to properties file.
- Specify `*.ap.properties` file on the SD card for automatic WiFi settings import on start-up.
- Added `file::getLock(path)` and `file::withLock(path, function)` to do safe file operations on SD cards
## Improvements
- Update TinyUSB to `1.7.6~1`
- Improved `Boot.cpp` code. General code quality fixes and some restructuring to improve readability.
- `tt::string` functionality improvements
- Rename `AppRegistry` to `AppRegistration`
- Rename `ServiceRegistry` to `ServiceRegistration`
- Cleanup in `Notes.cpp`
- `FileTest.cpp` fix for PC
- Created `TestFile` helper class for tests, which automatically deletes files after the test.
- Renamed `Partitions.h` to `MountPoints.h`
- Created `std::string getMountPoints()` function for easy re-use
- Other code quality improvements
- `SdCardDevice`'s `getState()` and `isMounted()` now have a timeout argument
## Fixes
- ELF loading now has a lock so to avoid a bug when 2 ELF apps are loaded in parallel
- Made an external app from internal Calculator app
- Update tactility.py to v1.2.0 (fix bug with selfupdate)
- Added warning to Development service UI
- Add context to `SECURITY.md`
- Split `ObjectFileReader` and `ObjectFileWriter` into separate cpp files
- Fix related to GPS config read errors
Various improvements and new internal APIs including a new Development service+app which allows `tactility.py` to upload and run applications remotely.
- Implemented `LaunchId` to keep track of the apps that are started
- Implemented `FileSelection` app to select existing and/or new files.
- Moved some re-usable file functionality to `tt::file::`
- Renamed `Files` app to `FileBrowser`
- Updated `Notes` app to use new `FileSelection` functionality, and cleaned it up a bit.
- General code cleanliness improvements
- Implemented `constexpr long int getMicros()` in `Kernel.h`
- Changed `secondsToTicks()`, `minutesToTicks()` and `bool isIsr()` to `constexpr`
- Added more relevant build info
- Bump version for next release
- Fix default gamma for CYD 2432S032C
- Remember gamma curve setting from Display settings app
- Add UART to Core2 (still has no voltage on Grove port, though)
- LVGL performance improvements: pin to second core and set task priority to "critical"
- Fix build warnings, including deprecations
- Removed deprecated `Thread` constructor
- Fix WaveShare S3 display: Some displays would show a white screen at 12MHz, so I'm putting it back to the
official config values.
- Replace C function pointers with C++ `std::function` in `Thread`, `Timer` and `DispatcherThread`
- Rename `SystemEvent`-related functions
- WiFi: fix auto-connect when WiFi disconnects from bad signal
- WiFi: fix auto-connect when WiFi fails to auto-connect
- WiFi: implement disconnect() when tapping connected WiFi ap in WiFi management app
- Refactored GPS service and HAL: GPS is no longer part of the HAL configuration. You can now add configure new GPS devices from the GPS settings app.
- T-Deck adds a boot hook to check if a GPS configuration exists and adds it when the config is empty.
- Implemented the concept of ObjectFile to read/write arrays of a raw data type (e.g. struct) to disk.
- Implemented more file utils (e.g. to create all directories of a path)
- Implemented new app: Serial Console
- `Uart::writeString()`: fixed 2 mutex bugs
- `AlertDialog::start()` with default "OK" button added
- Created `tt::lvgl::defaultLockTime` for re-use
- Removed various usages of deprecated `lvgl::obj_set_style_no_padding()`
- Implemented `hal::uart::getNames()` to list all interface names
- Moved all Loader functionality into Loader class
- Improvement for Dispatcher construction
- Dispatcher and DispatcherThread: you can now specify the timeout when calling `dispatch()`. Default timeout is max timeout.
- Fixes and improvements to `GpsSettings` app, `GpsDevice` and `GpsService`
- Implemented location/GPS statusbar icon
- Added app icon
- Added support for other GPS models (based on Meshtastic code)
- Cleanup unused code and move ISR/IRQ checks to `Kernel.h`
- Improve clang-format
- Fix for LVGL lock transfer: ensure lock isn't activate when changing the lock
- Implement SPI HAL
- Remove `initHardware` HAL configuration entry
- Fix `I2cScanner`: don't scan when port isn't started
- Improved logging code by splitting functionality up into different files
- Set C++23 as new standard (it was already the implied standard due to some code, but now it's explicit)
- Added `tt::hal::Device` and functions (de)register devices and search for them.
- Refactored apps: `Power` and `Display` settings apps now use the device API to find devices.
- Implemented the new API for all existing drivers for all devices, including the simulator.
- Updated HAL Configuration to return `std::shared_ptr` instead of raw pointers.
- Added test project for headless tests and implemented tests for the new code.
- Create `Include/` folder for all main projects
- Fix some issues here and there (found while moving things)
- All includes are now in `Tactility/` subfolder and must be included with that prefix. This fixes issues with clashing POSIX headers (e.g. `<semaphore.h>` versus Tactility's `Semaphore.h`)
- Lots of changes for migrating C code to C++
- Improved `Lockable` in several ways like adding `withLock()` (+ tests)
- Improved `Semaphore` a bit for improved readability, and also added some tests
- Upgrade Linux machine in GitHub Actions so that we can compile with a newer GCC
- Simplification of WiFi connection
- Updated funding options
- (and more)
FreeRTOS handles were stored plainly and they were deleted in the destructor of classes.
This meant that if a class were to be copied, the destructor would be called twice on the same handles and lead to double-free.
Seha on Discord suggested to fix this by using `std::unique_ptr` with a custom deletion function.
The changes affect:
- Thread
- Semaphore
- Mutex
- StreamBuffer
- Timer
- MessageQueue
- EventFlag
Thread changes:
- Removal of the hack with the `Data` struct
- Thread's main body is now just a private static function inside the class.
- The C functions were relocated to static class members
PubSub changes:
- Refactored pubsub into class
- Renamed files to `PubSub` instead of `Pubsub`
- `PubSubSubscription` is now a private inner struct and `PubSub` only exposes `SubscriptionHandle`
Lockable, ScopedLockable, Mutex:
- Added `lock()` method that locks indefinitely
- Remove deprecated `acquire()` and `release()` methods
- Removed `TtWaitForever` in favour of `portMAX_DELAY`
- unPhone improvements related to power and boot (add boot count logging)
- Cleanup of Mutex acquire/release
- Removed `tt_assert()` in favour of `assert()`
- Fix sim build (likely failed due to migration of GitHub Actions to Ubuntu 24.04)
- Fix for `logMutex` bug where the `Mutex` constructor is not called when doing early boot logging (with `DEBUG` level logging) . The only way to make it work is to explicitly call the constructor in the logging wrapper function.
- Fix for unPhone power states
- Remove custom `ESP_TARGET` and use `ESP_PLATFORM` everywhere
- Add `Loader` service functionality to `tt::app::` namespace
- Make `Loader` `PubSub` usable by exposing the messages
- Add board type to crash log
- Don't show SD card in Files app when it's not mounted
- Set default SPI frequency for SD cards
- Move TT_VERSION to scope that works for sim too
- Log Tactility version and board on boot
- Rename "Yellow Board" to "CYD 2432S024C"
- Refactor the way apps work: Instead of a C interface, they are now C++ classes. The main reasoning is that attaching data to an app was cumbersome. Having different implementations for different kinds of apps was cumbersome too. (3 or 4 layers of manifest nesting for the TactilityC project)
- External apps are still written in C, but they get a createData/destroyData in their manifest, so:
- External apps now have their own manifest.
- All functions in the original AppManifest are removed and replaced by a single `createApp` function
- External apps now automatically register (each app individually!) when they run the first time. As a side-effect they become visible in the `AppList` app!
- Adapted all apps for the new interface.
- Adapted all internal logic for these changes (Gui, ViewPort, Loader, AppContext, AppInstance, etc.)
- Rewrote parts of Loader to use std::shared_ptr to make the code much safer.
- Added a refcount check for the `AppInstance` and `App` at the end of their lifecycle. Show warning if refcount is too high.
- WiFi Connect app is now hidden by default, but accessible at the bottom of the WiFi Manage app when WiFi is turned on.
- WiFi service now turns on WiFi when calling connect() and WiFi is not on.
- Removed `blocking` option for `service::loader::startApp()`. This feature was unused and complex.
- Various apps: Moved private headers into Private/ folder.
- Various apps: created start() function for easy starting.
- Added documentation to all TactilityC APIs
- Refactored various `enum` into `class enum`
- Refactor M5Stack `initBoot()` (but VBus is still 0V for some reason)
- Various improvements to Thread and Timer:
- Remove "mark as static" option as it is unused
- Implemented core pinning for ESP32 platforms
- Use `TickType_t` consistently (instead of `uint32_t`)
- Use `enum class` instead of `enum`
- Fix for `flash.sh` not working when using `pip` to install `esptool`
- GitHub actions changed to build simulator on macOS (it's broken, but at least we get a good code portability check for now!)
- `Buildscripts/` shell scripts updated to use `/bin/sh` so it works on macOS too
- Various includes fixed in various subprojects so the code is more portable
## Time & Date
- Added time to statusbar widget
- Added Time & Date Settings app
- Added TimeZone app for selecting TimeZone
- Added `tt::time` namespace with timezone code
## Other changes
- Added `SystemEvent` to publish/subscribe to system wide (e.g. for init code, but also for time settings changes)
- Changed the way the statusbar widget works: now there's only 1 that gets shown/hidden, instead of 1 instance per app instance.
- Moved `lowercase()` function to new namespace: `tt::string`
- Increased T-Deck flash & PSRAM SPI frequencies to 120 MHz (from 80 MHz)
- Temporary work-around (+ TODO item) for LVGL stack size (issue with WiFi app)
- Suppress T-Deck keystroke debugging to debug level (privacy issue)
- Improved SDL dependency wiring in various `CMakeLists.txt`
- `Loader` service had some variables renamed to the newer C++ style (from previous C style)
- Update `Configuration` to use C++ vector instead of C arrays
- Rename `Desktop` app to `Launcher`
- Fix for hard-coded app start of `Launcher` and `CrashDiagnostics` apps.
- Ensure `Launcher` icons are clickable, even if they're not loading.
- Don't show error scenario for SD card in statusbar when SD card status is unknown (this happens during Mutex timeout due to LVGL rendering delays)
- Cleanup deprecated `Mutex` methods.
- `hal::getConfiguration()` now returns a pointer instead of a reference, just like `tt:getConfiguration()`
- Rename `assets` and `config` partitions to `system` and `data`
- Change partition type from `spiffs` to `fat`, so we can have sub-directories
- Fix crash when doing WiFi scan: Increased system event task size to 3kB.
- Free up IRAM on ESP32 (it was required for the Core2, but I also freed up the same amount for Yellow Board)
- Introduced `Paths` objects that can be retrieved by `AppContext` and `ServiceContext`. Apps and services now have their own relative paths. Assets were re-arranged into the correct paths.
- Rename simulator window title to "Tactility"
- Refactored statusbar widget so it persists icon paths properly (it kept a const char* reference, but didn't copy it, so it crashed when the related std::string was destroyed)
- Created `Partitions.h` to expose some useful variables
- Moved USB config in various `sdkconfig` (it was part of the "default" section, but it shouldn't be)
- Updated domain name
- Create real drivers instead of wrapping M5Unified/M5GFX
- Display HAL improvements (better default base class behaviour)
- Fixed bug with LVGL statusbar service locking (would hang indefinitely waiting for mutex, causing WDT issues)
- Fixes for `Critical.h`
- Fixes and improvements for `Dispatcher` and `DispatcherThread`
