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@rafay99-epic rafay99-epic released this 30 Jul 15:14
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Changes:

  • New UI Design: Implemented a fresh user interface (UI) to enhance the overall look and user experience of the application.

  • Button UI: Incorporated new interactive buttons to improve user interaction and make the app more intuitive.

  • Java Logic for Internet Checking: Implemented Java logic to check for an active internet connection before loading web content in the WebView. This ensures a seamless browsing experience for the users.

  • No Internet Connection UI: Created a dedicated UI to display when there is no internet connection available. This user-friendly screen informs users about the connectivity issue and prompts them to retry once the connection is restored.

  • JavaScript Support in WebView: Enabled JavaScript support in the WebView. JavaScript is an essential component of modern web pages, and enabling it ensures that dynamic and interactive elements function correctly.

  • Enhanced JavaScript Functionality: Added additional code to optimize the usage of JavaScript in the WebView. This improves the performance of JavaScript-driven features on the web page.

  • Code Cleaning: Performed a thorough code cleanup to remove any redundant or unused code, enhancing code readability and maintainability.

  • File Cleanup: Removed unnecessary junk files that were no longer relevant to the application, reducing the overall app size and improving efficiency.

  • Code Comments: Added meaningful comments throughout the codebase to explain the functionality and improve code comprehension for developers working on the project.

  • Progress View Color Change: Enhanced the user experience by implementing a color change for the progress view. The progress view now dynamically adapts its color based on the app's theme or the content being loaded, providing visual cues to users about the loading progress.

  • WebView Performance Improvement: To optimize the WebView's performance, various techniques were applied:

    • Caching: Enabled caching of web content to reduce the need for repeated downloads of the same resources, resulting in faster page loading times.

    • Resource Minification: Minified HTML, CSS, and JavaScript resources to reduce their file sizes, leading to quicker parsing and rendering in the WebView.

    • Image Compression: Compressed images before displaying them in the WebView, reducing the loading time and improving overall performance.

    • Asynchronous Loading: Implemented asynchronous loading of resources to ensure that the WebView's rendering process is not blocked by resource fetching, resulting in smoother user experience.

    • Lazy Loading: Utilized lazy loading for images and other non-essential content, which delays the loading of certain elements until they are about to be displayed on the screen. This approach improves initial page load time.

    • Web Content Analysis: Analyzed web content to identify potential bottlenecks and performance issues, optimizing critical sections of code to achieve faster loading times.

    • Hardware Acceleration: Enabled hardware acceleration in the WebView to offload some rendering tasks to the device's GPU, leading to smoother scrolling and animations.

    • Reduced Network Requests: Minimized the number of network requests by combining multiple resources into a single file where appropriate, reducing the latency and improving page load times.

  • Navigation Bar Changes:

    • Highlight Color: Improved the navigation bar's appearance by customizing the highlight color. Now, when users interact with elements in the navigation bar, such as buttons or icons, the highlight color aligns with the app's theme, enhancing visual consistency.

    • Fixed Image Size: Addressed an issue with image sizes in the navigation bar to ensure consistency and proper alignment. All images now have consistent dimensions, providing a more polished and professional look to the navigation bar.

  • Error Handling:

    • Implemented comprehensive error handling mechanisms throughout the application to handle various potential issues gracefully and provide a better user experience.

    • Internet Connectivity Error: When the application encounters a lack of internet connectivity, the user is presented with the custom-designed UI for "No Internet Connection." The app displays a clear message explaining the situation and offers an option to retry the connection once the network is available.

    • WebView Loading Errors: In the event of errors while loading web content in the WebView, appropriate error messages are displayed to inform users about the problem. Common errors such as page not found, server errors, or SSL certificate issues are handled with user-friendly messages, helping users understand the issue and take necessary actions.

    • Javascript Errors: In cases where JavaScript on the web page encounters errors, the application handles these situations gracefully. It displays user-friendly error messages, preventing any potential disruptions to the overall app functionality.

    • Input Validation: Implemented robust input validation for user interactions to prevent unexpected application behavior and improve security.

    • Crash Prevention: Incorporated defensive coding practices and exception handling to prevent crashes and provide more informative crash reports for easier debugging.

    • Logging and Reporting: Implemented logging mechanisms to capture important events and errors during the app's runtime. This information can be used for troubleshooting and continuous improvement.

By making these changes, we have improved the application's visual appeal, user interaction, and overall performance. Additionally, the code is now more organized and well-documented, making it easier for developers to understand and maintain the application in the future.

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