Exotic 7.1 (build 71)

Changes

  • Fullscreen mode:
    • Added information dialogs on the usage of fullscreen mode
    • Fixed issues with address bar visibility in fullscreen mode
    • Fixed fade out duration of exit fullscreen button
  • Downloads:
    • Fixed downloading files on certain older Android versions
    • Added error dialogs showing reason for failed downloads (applicable to downloading updates and ad blocklist)
  • Reintroduced CVE fixes for Android versions older than 4.4
  • Fixed "Copy link text" option not being visible in some cases
  • Fixed issues with console logging messages not being separated

Translations

Viola 7.1 continues its translation activities at Crowdin. We would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions:

  • Otus9051: Bengali
  • davigamer987: Portuguese, Brazilian
  • cat658011: Russian
  • xenxynon: Hindi

New languages added:

  • Bengali
  • Hindi
  • Russian

Translations in this update is incomplete. If you would like to improve the translations of our project, please join our Crowdin.

For developers

Web developers targeting browsers can detect the use of this version of Viola by checking whether the user agent string includes Viola/7.1.

New JavaScript function has been added for web developers to get the build tag of the currently running version of Viola through ViolaBrowser.getProductBuildTag().

Resources

Important:

Viola 7.0 introduced two variants for different Android versions. For Android 4.4.4 (including KitKat Wear) and below, use Legacy variant. For Android 5.0 and later, use Modern variant.