Version 2.17.6 (20240313)

  • A few more minor fixes on the huge 2.17 release - see changelog for 2.17.0 below

  • Still happily overwhelmed by the donations 💪

  • Fix missing background color on Anki pages

  • Fix bad A/V tags extraction for media

  • Make new Congratulations / deck finish page default off

  • Fix handling of audio-only files in video file formats

  • Fix widget not updated if storage permission granted late

  • Help users when Android system revokes storage permission due to inactivity

  • New community-provided language translations

Version 2.17.5 (20240307)

Version 2.17.4 (20240304)

  • More stability / polishing on the huge 2.17 release - see changelog for 2.17.0 below!

  • We are humbled by the donations, thank you! 🤯

  • Revert crash fix for widgets that caused widgets to disappear, sorry

  • Fix type answer box auto-focus

  • New community-provided language translations

Version 2.17.3 (20240301)

  • More stability / polishing on the huge 2.17.0 release - see changelog for 2.17.0 below!

  • We really appreciate the donations, they paid for these fixes 🤝

  • Fix crash sharing to AnkiDroid before first run

  • Fix crash if AnkiDroid backgrounded while on deck-finished screen

  • Fix crash using widget/shortcuts on full build before storage permission grant

  • Fix Image Occlusion cards preview failure

  • Fix audio/video seeking and performance

  • Fix many UI theming issues (colors, transparency etc)

  • New community-provided language translations

Version 2.17.2

  • Unreleased

Version 2.17.1 (20240225)

  • Mostly stability fixes for the huge 2.17.0 release - see changelog for it below!

  • Always free, always open source, but you may donate if you like 😊

  • Fix crashes importing/sharing certain files, images and decks

  • Fix crash showing dialogs on certain pages

  • Fix metered connection alert theme colors

  • Add ability to rename / reposition card types

  • New community-provided language translations

Version 2.17.0 (20240223)

  • The Big News First! AnkiDroid 2.17 directly includes Anki Desktop code now.

    • 🤜🤛 Thank you! Your donations makes progress like this happen!

    • Including Anki Desktop directly is a powerful change, it gets you lots of highly requested features in their exact desktop form, for the first time in AnkiDroid:

      • Image Occlusion! Finally in AnkiDroid! Cloze deletion for your images

      • Review Heatmap! …​along with all the other statistics from desktop

      • CSV import/export! With desktop import/export included AnkiDroid finally gets this highly requested feature

      • FSRS 4.5 scheduler: Say goodbye to ‘ease hell’! AnkiDroid welcomes the age of AI with this new scheduler. Select your desired retention then FSRS uses machine learning to calculate when you forget, reducing your review load. FSRS is optional, but may be enabled in Deck Options

      • V3 scheduler is enabled by default

        • Supports your own JavaScript for Custom Scheduling

      • Unified congratulations screen when reviewing is complete

      • Filtered Decks: customize preview delays for Again, Hard, and Good buttons

      • Anki’s advanced search syntax is available in the Browser and Filtered Decks

      • See more in Anki’s full changelog

  • AnkiDroid-specific Changes

    • Save your Statistics as a PDF. No more screenshots!

    • Audio recording and Check Pronunciation usability overhaul

    • Late night study session? Screens now refresh if you see the day rollover

    • Undo has been expanded to almost all app activities. Redo has also been added

    • New permissions screen to help new users of the app

    • Note Editor: Added ‘Cloze Deletion (same card)’ toolbar button

    • Improved button mapping support for gamepad joysticks, triggers and pedals

    • Shake is now a supported gesture 🪇🪇

    • User-defined JavaScript Actions are now supported

    • AnkiWeb rate limits for searches & downloads are replaced with a sign in screen

    • Exporting: "Include deck configs" option is enabled

    • Sync: Cancellation is supported

    • Use the Android ‘Share’ menu to create new notes from images (including Image Occlusion)

    • UX: The Deck Picker menus are easier to navigate

    • UI: Material Design has been introduced, making preferences easier to search & navigate, along with a new layout for large screens

    • UI: Better Deck Description screen (long press a deck to access)

    • UI: The Android Navigation bar now matches the active screen

    • UI: Card Info & Help screens are improved

    • …​Many more UI tweaks

    • Improved keyboard shortcuts

      • Previewer accepts arrow keys; Ctrl+Shift+P will preview the Browser’s selection

    • Accessibility Option: minimum screen touch time to reveal answer

  • JS API (0.0.2)

    • We continue to work on this new technology to allow for add-ons in AnkiDroid.

    • This is still a technology preview but is already very powerful.

    • ⚠️ BREAKING: API is now asynchronous

    • Added new API for Speech to Text

    • Handle android dialog cancellation when used as frontend for js dialogs

  • Replacements and Removals

    • Advanced Statistics have been replaced with desktop statistics screen

    • V3 scheduler replaces V2

    • Auto Advance now located in Deck Options and syncs with all Anki clients

    • Text to Speech (TTS) is now Desktop compatible!

      • We have introduced {{tts}} and {{tts-voices:}}, which supports more TTS voices and speeds: manual

      • ⚠️ Our legacy TTS (<tts>) will be removed in a future version. Please migrate your card templates to the new format

    • Backup options unified with Anki Desktop

    • Night mode inversion has been removed - more info

    • Custom fonts removed

    • Full information on all removed features

  • Bug Fixes

  • Release Statistics:

Version 2.16.5 (20230906)

  • Fix potential crash in our crash report system. See: Murphy’s Law

  • Fix incorrect default setting for analytics opt-in. Should be default off.

    • Please check your setting if you want to make sure it is off

    • Note1: our analytics is always anonymized and never shared as a first step

    • Note2: the backend has been disabled for months, so there should be no exposure

    • Still this was in error and counter to our strict opt-in ethos. We are deeply sorry.

    • We will issue a future update shortly to opt everyone out as a precaution

  • Thanks again for your patience waiting for 2.16 - we’re on to 2.17 work already!

  • We are humbled by the donations 🤯

Version 2.16.4 (20230827)

  • Your dev team is still very excited to be able to release quick fixes for you again!

  • Last big stability release for 2.16 series (see below for main 2.16 info)

  • ❤️ We continue to be very thankful for your support

  • Improved shortcut icons

  • Fix card browser scroll position after editing a card

  • Improve shared deck download handling

  • Fix sound replay on cards

  • Fix deck rebuild not updating UI

  • Synced with community language translations

  • Development for 2.17 is already in progress!

  • Are you still reading this? Good luck in your studies 🤓

Version 2.16.3 (20230818)

  • We meet Play Store requirements again, so we can release fixes quickly again!

  • This is a stability release for the just-released 2.16 series (see below for 2.16 info)

  • 🤜🤛 Thank you! Your support makes the fixes happen!

  • Fix crash in certain cases adding images

  • Fix crash exporting decks with '/' in deck name

  • Fix crash displaying whiteboard menu

  • Fix crash opening preferences after storage migration

  • Remove camera permission (not needed for single photo use)

  • Fix sync required indicator not disappearing

  • Fix keyboard card answer highlighting whole card

  • Fix keyboard card answer causing double-tap

  • Fix incorrect deck highlight in tablet mode

  • Fix display of saved card searches

  • Fix inconsistent italics between Anki / AnkiDroid

  • Add ability to map "reschedule" to a gesture

  • Allow long preference titles to wrap

  • Allow 3rd party cookies in webview to match Anki behavior

  • Improve add shortcut icon

  • Remove beolingus pronounce feature

  • New community-provided translations from https://crowdin.com/project/ankidroid

Version 2.16.2 (20230726)

  • You waited patiently nearly 3 years for this release! ⌛ Thank you

  • What an effort! v2.16 contains 2,693 changes from 143 different authors 🤯

  • AnkiDroid is a labor of ❤️ with a mission to help the whole world learn more

  • you can ❤️ us back so we have more time to work on it

  • “Why It Took So Long”: Scoped Storage replaces sdcard Storage

    • Faster syncing and importing

    • AnkiDroid no longer needs permission to access “All Files”!

    • …​But you lose access to data on uninstall

    • Sync, export/import, check media/database disabled during migration

    • Manage Space Activity in System Settings

    • Added “Backup Reminder” prompt

    • More info in our FAQ

  • A huge number of crash fixes, too many to mention

  • “Auto” Day/Night theming to follow system, Android 13+ themed icon

  • Added Anki “New Anki Backend option in advanced settings" - will be default in 2.17

    • We include anki 2.1.61 now, we’re fully up to date!

    • Stats Heatmap

    • Scheduler v3 support

    • CSV Import, Text import

    • Card Browser Searches

    • Card Info and Deck Options from upstream

  • New gesture manager, supports gamepad and bluetooth keyboard

  • Translations, new languages, lots of fixes, you can help!

  • Add support for hierarchical tags

  • New Onboarding Screen

  • New Preferences

    • Icons & Better Categories

    • Increase max possible backups to 99

    • Full screen navigation drawer option

    • Add Preference for double-tap time interval

    • “Insert Field” in Card Template Editor option

    • Add "Allow sync on metered connections" option

    • New “About” section

    • “Developer Options” is now available

  • Flags added: Pink, turquoise & purple flags as in Desktop

  • Drawing Activity

  • Custom Sync Server improvements

    • Updated to match new Anki Desktop built-in sync server abilities

    • Cleartext traffic permitted (it’s your server, use it how you like)

  • Javascript AP changes:

    • New bury & suspend card or note API

    • New search API

    • New text to speech API

    • Enhanced reschedule API

    • New Reset progress API

    • Enable DOM storage so localStorage works

  • Use language defined in ‘Language Hint’ when typing the answer

  • Mathjax updated to current versions

  • Double-tap floating ‘+’ Deck Picker button to add note

  • Note Editor SVG, video, clipboard paste import support

  • Card Previewer progress bar during preview

  • Card Previewer: Show type-in answer in card previews

  • Card Browser Support for Indeterminate tags when adding/removing tags

  • Sync Account Add “Forgot Email” Button

  • Add option to show all deck stats by default

  • Add Note Gesture

  • Ask to keep data when uninstalling (saves preferences too)

  • Reviewer: Allow “TTS” to be moved to the Action Bar

  • Note Editor: Allow the import of multiple files

  • Import/Export

    • Fixed many general problems with import/export

    • Export just a deck

    • Export just a note

  • UI: Snackbars used where possible, and made much more pleasant

  • UI: Matched the color of status, action and nav bar to background

  • Card Browser: “Note” mode

  • Whiteboard - Stylus Only Mode

Version 2.16.1 (20230726)

  • Published internally, not generally released

Version 2.16.0 (20230726)

  • Unpublished

Version 2.15.6 (20210714)

  • One more crash fix, no crashes shall be left unfixed! If we can help it.

Version 2.15.5 (20210713)

  • 🤜🤛 Thank you! Your support makes the fixes happen!

  • Full-screen navigation drawer drag is a preference, default off

  • Floating Action Button ('+') labels are clickable again

  • Fixed crash on first run post-install on tablets

  • Fixed odd weekly breakdown stats chart behavior

  • Fixed crash creating new deck from deck chooser

  • Updated translations (thank you translators!)

  • Full Changelog here

  • We are deep into development for v2.16 + Google Summer of Code, lots of new stuff coming

  • Happy reviewing!

Version 2.15.4 (20210602)

  • Saw one crash show up for 2.15.3: if you touched the 3 numbers instead of the deck name on the deck list on phones, it would crash

  • Temporarily revert full screen navigation drawer option to fix

Version 2.15.3 (20210602)

  • ❤️ Thank you so much for the donations! We appreciate it ❤️

  • Another batch of fixes stabilizing all the work done for AnkiDroid 2.15

  • Fix "Search All Decks" in Card Browser not searching

  • Make new full screen navigation drawer open optional, default off

  • Preserve edited search in card browser if navigation drawer opens

  • Fix crash editing Tags dialog when switching back from another app

  • Fix incorrect cloze help link

  • Increase touchable area of undo icon

  • Fix legacy / handebar template parsing

  • Fix icon sizes for notifications and search

  • Fix audio files incorrectly importing when attached

  • Fix deck options "steps" showing up with lots of decimal places

  • Update translations, add Kannada language

  • Fix F-Droid app store publishing

  • Correct navigation away from and back to Changelog

  • Fix template parsing for "{{FrontSide}}"

  • Fix stats tab view layout in RTL context

  • Fix preview of cloze cards from note editor

  • Full changelog here

Version 2.15.2 (20210526)

  • ❤️ Your donations here give us the time to work on the app, thank you! ❤️

  • 🔥 Hot fixes for 2.15.0 issues (See below for 2.15.0 notes 👇 it was a huge release!)

  • 2.15 should have no regressions now we think 🤞

  • That means we’ll slow down the releases and these popups now, sorry + thank you

  • Fix another API issue breaking card add from external apps

  • Fix conditional template issue that caused blank cards for some

  • Fix auto-advance ignoring "no advance" setting if card had audio

  • Gracefully handle corrupt collections with invalid current decks selected

  • Publish to Amazon App Store again (go get AnkiDroid on your Fire devices!)

  • Issue tracker milestone here

Version 2.15.1 (20210525)

  • ❤️ Your donations funded this rapid set of fixes, enjoy! ❤️

  • 🔥 Hot fixes for 2.15.0 issues (See below for 2.15.0 notes 👇 it was a huge release!)

  • Do not auto-update users to scheduler v2. Yet.

  • Fix crash on undo after deck delete

  • Try harder to successfully paste images

  • Reviewer performance fix - only load mathjax if needed

  • Fixed compatibility issue for 2.15 collections on 2.14

  • Fixed API issue breaking card add from external apps

  • Fresh language translations. See a bad translation? You can fix it easily!

  • Detailed issue log

Version 2.15.0 (20210524)

  • ❤️ Your donations funded these features, enjoy! ❤️

  • Thanks to Google Summer of Code students for a HUGE effort!

  • Way too many changes to describe, but here are the highlights:

  • New timezone code supported for sync with AnkiDesktop!

  • Performance, stability improvements everywhere

  • General UI improvements (accessibility, dark mode, design, more)

  • Many new keyboard shortcuts and gesture actions

  • Languages: Added Odia, Malayalam; big RTL support improvements!

  • Reviewer: Javascript API: many new methods

  • Improved account login, sync conflict, card template UI

  • Tags and Decks dialogs have search!

  • Whiteboard: erase, pen colors, stroke width

  • NoteEditor: Mathjax 3, capitalize sentences setting

  • Huge quality improvements all over codebase, helps future developers

  • 🚧 Full 638 item changelog here! 🚧

Version 2.14.6 (20210309)

  • Reviewer: fix "my card is blank now with 2.14.5! help!" 😱

  • Reviewer: fix Android 8/8.1 review buttons disappear (finally?)

Version 2.14.5 (20210307)

  • We really appreciate the donations, they paid for these fixes 🤝

  • NoteEditor: Android 11 users can crop!

  • NoteEditor: Canceling crop twice won’t delete your image

  • DeckList: parent limits altered to match Desktop

  • DeckList: current deck saved as correct type

  • SchedulerV2: allow very small delays

  • KNOWN ISSUE: Android 8/8.1 answer buttons disappear. Use gestures as workaround.

  • Anyone with Android 8/8.1 that reproduces this and knows how to develop Android layouts? We’d love the help!

Version 2.14.4 (20210307)

  • Re-released immediately as 2.14.5 after release script issue 🤷😅

Version 2.14.3 (20210109)

  • The AnKing has graced us with a new intro video! 🤓

  • Still happily overwhelmed by the donations 💪

  • Reviewer: Fix mark note keyboard shortcut

  • NoteEditor: Fix to remove padding if removing formatting toolbar

  • Previewer: Fix to show same card after edit

  • Scheduler: Fix v1 scheduler completes deck when only learn cards due

Version 2.14.2 (20201202)

  • Wow! We are humbled by the donations 🤯

  • The resources are already going to contributors to improve the app! Thank you ❤️

  • Note Editor: Fix image crop not working first time

  • Note Editor: Paste image at cursor not end

  • Note Editor: Fix Ctrl+C opens preview

  • Note Editor: Add menubar toggle to disable editing toolbar

  • Home Screen: Fix Vivo device shortcut creation (again)

  • Reviewer: Fix numeric keypad not working

  • Note Editor: Fix cloze cards going to wrong deck

  • Navigation Menu: Fix safe display app hang

  • Preferences: Fix gestures menu translation / ordering issue

  • Translations: thanks translators! - you can help too!

  • Full changelog: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/39?closed=1

Version 2.14.1 (2020-11-23)

  • Always free, always open source, but you may donate if you like 😊

  • Move sync button to right of action bar (vs search)

  • Fix duplicate note detection

  • Fix add deck shortcut on Vivo devices

  • Fix non-translatable 'Card Info' strings

  • Fix suspended card handling in filtered decks

  • Sync translations from volunteers on our crowdin.com site (thank you!)

  • Fix crash on mismatched WebView ABIs

  • Fix crash invalid filename handling while pasting image

  • Fix crash selecting cards in card browser

  • Fix crash Android 8 in card browser

  • Fix crash in undo labeling

  • Fix crash reset password when system browser not exported

  • Full changelog: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/38?closed=1

Version 2.14.0 (2020-11-18)

  • Enabled Donations - we ❤️ you, now you can ❤️ us 😊

  • New Screen: Card Info (from Card Browser or as a Reviewer App Bar Button)

  • New Screen: Help - easy access to manual, many community pages/manuals, donation page, translations

  • Home screen: Add deck shortcut

  • Deck Options: SchedV2: Support setting "Hard Factor"

  • Card Browser: Add deck filtering

  • Card Browser: Filter By Flag

  • Card Browser: Adding cards defaults to selected deck

  • Card Browser: Many more keyboard shortcuts

  • Card Browser: Display the number of cards deleted when deleting a note

  • Card Browser: Better handling of deck searches containing wildcards

  • Reviewer: Basic Android TV Support

  • Reviewer: New Gesture: Abort Learning & Sync

  • Reviewer: Support AnkiMobile 9-area gesture touch layout

  • Reviewer: Improve "Empty Card" UX

  • Reviewer: Keyboard shortcuts for flags (Ctrl+1…​4)

  • Note Editor: Editor Toolbar (& keyboard shortcuts) - hugely requested feature!

  • Note Editor Toolbar: Apply Custom Commands (& keyboard shortcuts)

  • Note Editor: Paste to Insert Image

  • Note Editor: Made fields full-width

  • Note Editor: Change Font Size for fields

  • Note Editor: Expand/Collapse Fields

  • Note Editor: Clear Field button

  • Note Editor: Ctrl+Shift+[Num] to switch fields

  • Note Editor: Improved image addition / naming

  • Note Editor: Add preference to convert newline to HTML (or not)

  • OS Integration: Default to "Anki Card" in system context menu vs "Card Browser"

  • Libanki: Add FileUpload API

  • Translations: Tagged screenshots on crowdin.com to help our translators

  • Stability: Fix rare crashes (down to ~50/day total w/1.8million installs!)

  • Performance: massive number of speedups

  • Dev: Massively sped up AnkiDroid builds and improved code readability

  • Totals: 345 code changes and hundreds of translations, made by volunteers, in 2 months

  • Full changelog: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/30?closed=1

Version 2.13.5 (2020-10-03)

  • Fix performance for fast (<1s) answers in review

  • Add links to new Arabic help/manual translation

  • Add back button handling to changelog display

  • Add rate button to changelog

  • Add warning message to handle future db upgrades

  • Sync all translations from our volunteer translators (thanks everyone!)

Version 2.13.4 (2020-09-29)

  • Fix crash showing TagsDialog

  • Fix crash in gesture detection

  • Improve import interrupted error message

  • Fix scheduler counts after undo

  • Fix Card Browser preview after sort

  • Fix button display if answer animation incomplete

  • Sync all translations

Version 2.13.3 (2020-09-23)

  • Fix double-clicking answer buttons skipping cards

  • Change missing media warning to twice-per-session not twice-per-deck

  • Change answer button fade on open

  • Updated all translations from volunteer crowdin.com site up to 20200923

Version 2.13.2 (2020-09-19)

  • Fix Crash rare on Card Browser exit

  • Fix Crash Android 4.4

  • Fix Open Deck failures / improve related messaging

  • Fix messaging for Xioami cloze workaround

  • Move "set field language" after share on Note Editor context menu

Version 2.13.1 (2020-09-17)

  • Add cloze via clipboard paste workaround on MIUI/Xiaomi devices

  • Fix Navigation drawer respects safe display / disable animations preference

  • Fix Reviewer buttons respect safe display / disable animations preference

  • Fix Deck Picker bottom bar opacity

  • Fix Error message about missing content on cards

  • Fix crash selecting deck that disappears during sync

Version 2.13.0 (2020-09-15)

  • Field tag (such as "{{Front}}") appearing in a note’s field will be shown as-is in cards.

  • Add Sync icon badge when changes are pending sync (can be disabled in options)

  • Add Edit Note from card Preview while in Card Browser

  • Add "Anki Card" to system context menu (like "Card Browser") - disabled by default

  • Add Set keyboard language for specific fields in the note editor (example: one field Japanese, other field Portuguese for input).

  • Add Keep keyboard open after adding a note

  • Add Card properties available in JavaScript API

  • Add JavaScript API versioning for scripts (basis for future plugins)

  • Add Auto-Login when selecting saved user account

  • Add Allow import of collection.anki21 files when under SchedV1

  • Add New screen for first-time users

  • Add Button animations when answering cards

  • Add Note Editor: Add shortcuts Ctrl+(Alt)+Shift+C to add a cloze.

  • Fix Some cards in learning were not shown at the right time (Only if you undo/bury/suspend/reset/reschedule and the next card goes to learning mode)

  • Fix Selected deck has translucent background if a deck picker background is set

  • Fix Improved preview screens

  • Fix Better accessibility in Deck Browser for partially sighted users

  • Fix Improve visibility of "Add/Remove Option Group"

  • Fix Improved messages for sync rate limiting error

  • Fix Improved messages for reducing study limits

  • Fix Improved messaging when collection is missing media

  • Fix Improve feedback when accessing Debug Info

  • Fix Add additional warnings to reschedule dialog

  • Fix Whiteboard pen color can be disabled by pressing icon again

  • Fix Ensure all menu items in the reviewer can be customized by "App Bar Buttons" setting

  • Fix Scheduler discrepancy handling early interval on filtered decks

  • Fix Exports work when cards are missing media

  • Fix Crash due to logging.

  • Fix Toasts used to show one more card than the number of card actually reviewed during the time box

  • Fix Handle newlines properly in Note Editor Preview

  • Fix Improve AnkiDroid opening animation

  • Fix Show correct answer button when answering via Keyboard

  • Fix "New Cards Added" Statistic

  • Fix Crash when inserting a cloze when selecting text from right-to-left via keyboard

  • Fix "Show Password" icon revealing saved password

  • Fix Card browser still contains card after the app goes into background

  • Fix Daily unbury occurs during sync if necessary

  • Fix On big screen, buttons moved during loading

  • Translators If some text change because of minor changes (typos) you won’t have to translate it again

  • Performance improvements (specifically: initial loading of large collection (lot of decks, note type, card type, fields, long templates…​), card browser, deck picker startup, next card view, undo, cancelling tasks such as computing a list of card in browser)

  • Dev: Massive dev workflow improvements and automated checks for our translations.

  • Dev: Implement backend for CSV Importer

  • Dev: Improve crash reporting on app startup

  • Dev: Massive improvement in testing, especially around scheduler / card queue behavior

  • Full changelog: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/27?closed=1

Version 2.12.1 (2020-07-21)

Version 2.12.0 (2020-07-18)

  • Add Crop image feature

  • Add Preview in note editor

  • Add edit tags in reviewer

  • Add volume buttons as gestures

  • Add whiteboard pen color

  • Add microphone tool bar in reviewer

  • Add javascript API (check the Wiki!)

  • Improve: app is 3MB smaller

  • Fix: show whole tag in tags dialog

  • Fix copy note copies tags too

  • Fix data corruption canceling template edits

  • performance and bug fixes everywhere!

11 volunteers made hundreds of individual changes this release

Version 2.11.3 (2020-06-17)

  • Fix out-of-memory errors when importing very large decks

  • Fix incorrect out-of-space message on import in Android 4

  • Fix crash if card viewer closed quickly after view

  • Fix unzip fail on .apkg files >2GB

  • Fix crash on edit note in browser multi-select

Version 2.11.2 (2020-06-10)

Version 2.11.1 (2020-06-08)

  • Fix crash in Card Browser multi-select mode

  • Fix Custom Steps interval dialog space entry issue

  • Fix flags don’t export with deck

  • Fix AnkiDroid API doesn’t handle null model id (Anki Compatibility workaround)

  • Fix translation crash in sync dialog in Azerbaijani

  • Details: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/23?closed=1

Version 2.11.0 (2020-06-05)

  • Android minimum supported version is now 4.1 / Jelly Bean / API16 (AnkiWeb Compatibility)

  • Change sibling burying should default to off (Anki Compatibility)

  • Change learn cards do not go in filtered decks in v1 sched (Anki Compatibility)

  • Add Browser Appearance screen, to edit Card Browser render format (Anki Compatibility)

  • Add guidance in Note Editor if no cards will be generated despite full fields

  • Add all translations from our crowdin.com translation site

  • Add ability to decrease daily limit in custom study (Anki Compatibility)

  • Add ability to block gesture handling when tapping hints in Reviewer

  • Add create subdeck option in deck list long-press context menu

  • Add edit note action in Card Browser multi-select mode

  • Add ability to turn off 'Card Browser' system text context menu item

  • Add nightMode CSS selector for card HTML (Anki Compatibility)

  • Add ability to change just the case of a deck name

  • Add page-up/page-down gestures

  • Improve gesture handling in full-screen / immersive mode

  • Improve handling of cloze deletion in TTS mode

  • Improve Card Browser search from Android text selection menu

  • Improve Card Browser with default hide of media filenames

  • Improve Reviewer auto-advance by waiting for TTS to finish

  • Improve transparent SVG display in night mode with white background

  • Improve anki package import handling

  • Improve AnkiWeb login form enter button handling

  • Improve hardware back button handling in restore from backup

  • Improve Reviewer display of un-rendered LaTeX

  • Improve TTS / auto-answer combination, wait for TTS before advance

  • Workaround Firefox open downloaded deck bug

  • Workaround crash on Samsung devices with >500 deck reminders

  • Fix card template editor mistakenly allowing add template on cloze type

  • Fix language change preference

  • Fix ability to unbury a deck in deck list

  • Fix app bar item flicker during review

  • Fix V2 scheduler learning card count after undo

  • More details: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/13?closed=1

Version 2.10.4 (2020-05-31)

Version 2.10.3 (2020-05-29)

  • Fix crash on no permissions on Card Browser system text menu entry

  • Fix crash in widget if external storage unmounts

  • Fix crash on device reboot if no permissions

  • Fix crash if deck picker background image too large

  • Fix crash in tags dialog

  • Fix bad data generated for null objects (Anki compatability)

  • Details here: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/milestone/21?closed=1

Version 2.10.2 (2020-05-14)

  • Fix type answer cards not rendering correctly

  • Fix type answer card template creation on non-English new installs

  • Fix frequent full sync caused by incorrect learning card counts

  • Fix crash importing into fresh install with no storage permission

Version 2.10.1 (2020-05-13)

  • Updated all translations from crowdin translators

  • Fix crash note editor on rapid back button

  • Fix crash from incorrect Thai translation

Version 2.10 (2020-05-12)

  • Add welcome dialog explaining need for storage permission

  • Add support for Flags on cards (including flagging by gesture)

  • Add ability to set background image in Deck Picker

  • Add localization of standard templates created in fresh install

  • Add support for card javascript to reload current card programmatically

  • Add support for restricted learning / classroom devices

  • Add preference to disable "Extended Text UI" full-screen editor

  • Add CSS style capability to heavy checkmark and down arrow in card

  • Add display of current interval on reschedule dialog

  • Add support for card javascript to answer cards programmatically

  • Add ability to toggle sticky field in field editor

  • Improve deck list newline, style, script tag handling in deck descriptions

  • Improve whiteboard on/off state handling, especially between day/night mode

  • Improve multi-selection options in CardBrowser

  • Improve performance (systematic optimization process, lots of improvements!)

  • Improve handling of erroneous notes (missing fields, improper clozes)

  • Improve user messaging on network connection failures

  • Improve counting of suspended/buried cards in advanced statistics

  • Improve v2 scheduler compatibility with Anki ecosystem

  • Improve handling / detection of full sync need

  • Improve Anki compatibility by allowing more field/model/deck name characters

  • Improve deck list estimated review times with human scale times

  • Fix text scaling bug in card browser

  • Fix crash in export while using v2 scheduler

  • Fix Custom Tabs crash with non-default system web browser

  • Fix issues with import of packages with long Unicode names

  • Fix incorrect intervals on lapsed filtered v2 scheduler cards

  • Fix multimedia editor save/cancel behavior

  • Fix incorrect button/gesture availability while existing task is still active

  • Fix type answer crash on invalid characters

  • Fix cloze references not being recognized in all fields

  • Fix invalid ability to change deck to a filtered deck

  • Fix crashes on adding invalid images, audios, and videos

  • Fix CardBrowser crash after deleting card

  • Fix crash and help user if no browser detected

  • Fix Reviewer crash if card not available

  • Fix crash / improve import of pasted decks

  • Fix clicking hint field blocks key input in Reviewer

  • Fix Previewer forgetting which card to show on device rotation

  • Fix Mathjax/cloze interactions

  • Fix vertical alignment of touch area in full-screen review

  • Fix handling of ':::' in deck names

  • Fix incorrect display of HTML comments in card browser

Version 2.9.7 (2020-04-30)

  • Fix crash / workaround deck options timer config regression in AnkiDesktop

Version 2.9.6 (2020-04-03)

  • Fix multimedia crashes (permissions handling, image add, preview)

  • Fix UI and crashes in database check (user dialog + exception handling)

  • Fix Windows 10 image compatibility issue with image paths

  • Fix AnkiDesktop sync compatibility issue if more than 1000 cards due

  • Fix crash in card browser render

  • Fix parsing of image tags in card browser

  • Fix crash in StudyOptionsFragment

  • Fix issue with deck options group changing on export

  • Fix issue with exports containing unexpected media

  • Fix issue with dynamic decks (crash fix, export fix)

  • Fix high frequency issue "AnkiDroid directory is inaccessible"

  • Fix high frequency WebView (card viewer) crash

  • Add columns to card browser (due, ease, changed, created, edited)

  • Fix card scheduler not respecting maximum intervals

  • Fix card browser spins forever on images or empty strings

Version 2.9.5 (2020-03-15)

  • Fix crash rendering card list while updating card browser search

  • Fix case-sensitivity issue with pronunciation words not being found

  • Fix crash caused by auto-sync on startup showing dialog too soon

  • Fix crash on preview of TTS cards showing language selectiond dialog too slowly

  • Fix crash on import if collection not found

  • Fix Anki ecosystem deck configuration issue for Anki Desktop users ⇐ 2.16

  • Fix crash if user attempts to open camera or gallery and no app is available

  • Fix crash building deck reminders while deck is synchronizing

  • Fix crash related to audio recording stop

  • Show helpful messages if import fails because device is out of space

  • Fix crash when taking pictures on devices with Lollipop and older

Version 2.9.4 (2020-02-18)

  • Fix crash when fetching pronunciations in note editor

  • Fix issue with pronunciation words not being found

  • Fix crash on startup for users with auto-sync on startup

  • Fix crash on deck import when app is in background

  • Fix crash for users of Google Chrome Canary

  • Fix crash when adding certain audio clips

  • Fix crash related to fetching Sound metadata

  • Fix issue where audio plays twice

Version 2.9.3 (2020-02-09)

  • Fix issues with connection timeouts and new encryption library

  • Fix incorrect handling of decks with ':::' in their name

Version 2.9.2 (2020-02-03)

  • Add support for new AnkiWeb encryption changes

  • Fix some bugs using filtered decks

  • Fix crash on app startup with uninitialized collection

  • Fix some issues with new cloze deletion menu

  • Fix issue with Mathjax + cloze deletion

  • Fix incorrect intervals bug with new scheduler

  • Add various patches from Anki Desktop

Version 2.9.1 (2019-10-16)

  • Fix crash reviewing on Android 5 - 7

  • Fix crash on Hungarian translation

Version 2.9 (2019-10-14)

  • Change to new adaptive icon

  • Add multi-select in the card browser (delete, change deck, reschedule)

  • Add support for new Anki 2.1 scheduler

  • Add support for Mathjax

  • Add ability to add local audio files to notes

  • Add ability to specify filename and folder on export and import

  • Add ability to insert cloze in Note Editor

  • Add ability to reposition cards

  • Add ability to use due reminders for specific decks

  • Add support for gamepad input when reviewing

  • Add support for common keyboard shortcuts from Anki Desktop

  • Add ability to search in Card Browser for text from system context menu

  • Add ability to recognize tts HTML elements in questions and answers

  • Add ability to display LaTeX rendered to SVG (vs PNG) from Anki Desktop

  • Add confirmation check for full sync trigger in preferences

  • Fix excessive pull-to-sync false positives. Disable when not at top of page.

  • Fix some issues with focus in Note Editor

  • Fix media sync errors related to file creation issues

  • Fix crash related to use of camera without permission or no camera hardware

  • Fix crash related to Card Browser allowing preview with no cards selected

  • Fix crash in Reviewer when collection inaccessible

  • Fix crash related to TTS when TTS not initialized

  • Fix crash related to sdcard mount/unmount on inaccessible collection

  • Fix crash related to audio button being visible after loading pronunciation media

  • Fix crash when attempting to import invalid zip files

  • Fix crash related to switching from split-window mode to single-window mode

  • Fix crash related to missing preferences in Preference editor

  • Fix crash on deck selection after deleting a deck and immediately closing app

  • Fix crash in Reviewer when non-standard browser installed

  • Fix type-answer field showing unexpectedly after undo in Reviewer

  • Fix incorrect display of some characters when using type-answer

  • Fix error related to media in subfolders not showing in Reviewer

  • Fix some issues with generated flashcard html and CSS selectors

  • Fix some Glosbe and Beolingus regressions

  • Fix issue where new deck was created when note type was renamed

  • Fix add note button disappearing from Card Browser when returning from search

  • Fix some statistics display issues

  • Fix incorrect display of some preferences

  • Fix invisible notification bar in NoteEditor

  • Fix newline characters not working in cloze deletions

  • Increase max card count display from 1000 to 99999

  • Improve display handling of very long review intervals (> 68 years)

  • Improve next/back buttons when using Previewer on multiple cards

  • Improve handling of selected deck between statistics, card browser and deck picker

  • Improve Card Browser search by restoring when returning from other activities

  • Improve card focus handling when moving between Note Editor and Card Template Editor

  • Improve labeling of deck-group vs deck-specific options

  • Improve formatting of HTTP error codes during sync

  • Improve handling of multi-touch events while whiteboard displayed

  • Improve permission dialog descriptions

  • Improve handling of "preview new cards" setting when creating custom study deck

  • Improve Navigation Drawer performance on older devices

  • Improve database check dialog with addition progress updates during check

  • Use different notification channels for study reminders and general notifications

  • Drop support for Android < Ice Cream Sandwich MR1 (API15, Android 4.0.3)

  • Add support for more features on Chromebook (import, export, restore backup, camera)

  • Add API support for card/note bury and suspend

  • Add API to open Reviewer on specific decks from other apps

  • Add support for HTML/Javascript debugging

  • Add link to third party apps which support AnkiDroid API in advanced preferences

  • Fix issue with custom sync server certificates

  • Perform basic DB integrity check on app upgrade

  • Introduce optional analytics reporting

Version 2.8.4 (2018-04-27)

  • Fix error syncing due to too many card templates

Version 2.8.3 (2017-11-10)

  • Fix crash adding a picture from camera

  • Fix add note icon disappearing in browser after search

  • Fix translations from Glosbe

  • Fix crash long-tapping when no deck is selected

  • Fix crash entering advanced settings on some devices

  • Fix incorrect graph display in statistics

  • Fix deck not changing properly in statistics

  • Fix rounding error in statistics weekly breakdown

  • Fix spurious new deck created on model rename

  • Improve error message on exception during media sync

  • Improve animation when transitioning between screens

  • Use a round icon on devices that support it

Version 2.8.2 (2017-02-28)

  • Fix bugs showing confirmation dialogs in various places

  • Fix uncommon crash showing dialog after sync

Version 2.8.1 (2017-02-06)

  • Allow sending exported apkg to arbitrary app (e.g. Google Drive)

  • Allow AnkiWeb to display a warning on sync completion

  • Fix potential full-sync after sync cancellation

  • Fix media sync sometimes scanning all files again

  • Fix removing $ character when importing media files

  • Improve automatic card answer timing when audio is played

  • Improve rendering of some statistics

  • Fix some crashes in the Russian, Vietnamese, and Chinese translations

  • Fix crash sending exported apkg by email. NB: Export path can no longer be modified.

Version 2.7 (2016-10-16)

  • Add pull-to-sync feature

  • Add option to place answer buttons at the top

  • Add widget to directly access "Add note" screen

  • Fix issue with importing whole collections and restoring backups

  • Fix deck import failing after the first successful one

  • Fix cards in learning queue not being randomized

  • Fix crash with fullscreen mode and hidden answer buttons

  • Fix rare crash when opening deck options

  • Improve support with TalkBack

Version 2.6.1 (2016-07-08)

  • Add card cycling in previewer (similar to desktop client)

  • Add option to hide 'minutes left' in reviewer

  • Fix language from app setting not always being used

  • Fix not being able to play back new sound recording

  • Fix potential crash on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

  • Improved use of horizontal space when resizing large images

  • Minor adjustment to black theme colors

Version 2.6 (2016-06-14)

  • Add two new themes (black, plain), selectable in preferences

  • Make reviewer app bar icons customizable

  • Split "hide / delete" menu in reviewer into "bury", "suspend", "delete note"

  • Reviewer undo button now removes last stroke when whiteboard in use

  • Add menu entry to change TTS language from reviewer

  • Add more of the statistics available on the desktop client

  • Add "advanced statistics" plugin (must be enabled in advanced settings)

  • Add setting to configure custom sync server (advanced)

  • Fix card templates created in AnkiDroid incorrectly using bold style

  • Fix many importing issues (behavior now consistent with the desktop client)

  • Fix long-tapping card in browser not always working

  • Update sound playback button image

  • Reduce size of whiteboard and gesture area for better interoperability with full screen

  • Improve error messages with inaccessible collections

  • Allow auto-play of HTML media elements (for templates that enable it)

  • Significant updates to the content provider and API (for developers; see documentation)

  • Many small bug fixes, improvements, theme adjustments, translation updates

Version 2.5.4 (2015-12-14)

  • Fix background color in overflow menu of deck picker

Version 2.5.3 (2015-12-14)

  • Fix floating action button (blue +) interfering with deck list on Android 2.3

  • Fix opening apkg files from Gmail

  • Fix automatic playback of consecutive videos

  • Add a new launch screen

  • Improve behaviour surrounding the deck overview screen

  • Multiple media files can now be added to one field in the note editor

  • Don’t include unused media files on export

  • Undo behaviour is now consistent with the desktop client (can no longer undo note edits)

  • Enhancements to sync canceling

  • Minor performance enhancements, crash fixes, and UI tweaks

Version 2.5.2 (2015-12-04)

  • Fix start-up crashes on Samsung devices running Android 4.2

  • Fix crash for new users on Android 6.0

  • Reverted to old typing method. The new method is now an option which is off by default.

  • You can now click on the numbers in the right-most part of the deck list to open the deck overview screen

  • Various fixes to transition animations and progress bars

  • Add option to remove empty cards (previously only possible on desktop)

  • Remove: Google Translate filter. In practice, this feature had no effect and is not required

  • Remove: Google image search for multimedia card. The image search API has been discontinued by Google and no longer works

Version 2.5.1 (2015-12-01)

  • Fix crash when loading deck list (could not open collection bug)

  • Fix visible progress bar showing when answering card

Version 2.5 (2015-11-30)

  • Redesign of user interface to use material design

  • Add new dark theme

  • Simplify the study process by bypassing deck overview screen

  • Add ability to add, edit, delete note types

  • Add setting to enable auto-sync and a Tasker intent to trigger sync

  • Replace "instant add" feature with new API for 3rd party apps to add cards directly to AnkiDroid

  • "Type in the answer" input box now built into the card html itself

  • Make fullscreen-mode immersive and added setting to hide answer buttons when using gestures

  • Add css class for customizing card background color when night mode is enabled

  • Allow changing media volume from the deck picker

  • Add ability to save and view common searches in the card browser

  • Browser now shows full question and answer in the results by default

  • Only show tags relevant to that deck when doing custom study by tag

  • Fix some bugs in the widget

  • Remove "simple interface"

  • Remove support for Android version 2.1 and 2.2 (minimum is now 2.3.3)

  • Add support for Android 6 Marshmallow

  • Disable write-ahead-logging in sqlite database

  • Many other bug fixes and small improvements

Version 2.4.4 (2015-10-20)

  • Fix playback of sound files with apostrophes in file name

  • Fix new card siblings not being buried for the same day

  • Fix media on cards when using the Hebrew Fix option

  • Fix crashes related to "Relative overdueness" and make this sort order available on AnkiDroid

  • When mixing new and review cards, make their rotation more consistent with desktop

Version 2.4.3 (2015-04-21)

  • Fix "unknown field" bug

  • Fix crash showing welcome screen on Android 2.3

  • Fix crash caused by widget

  • Fix rare crash in browser

  • Fix a couple of sync issues

  • Fix crash starting AnkiDroid on a small number of devices

  • Update translations

Version 2.4.2 (2015-03-18)

  • Fix some bugs with cloze templates

  • Fix a translation error

Version 2.4.1 (2015-03-15)

  • Fix some bugs with filtered decks

  • Improve importing of shared decks

  • Open settings if AnkiDroid dir inaccesible

  • Fix a bug with zooming

  • Fix a bug where old card was still shown in reviewer after changing deck

  • Fix some issues with cloze deletion

  • Fix various crashes

  • Update translations

Version 2.4 (2015-01-28)

  • Move "preview" feature to browser

  • Add ability to change note type of existing flashcards

  • Add ability to view and delete card templates

  • Fix TTS for most devices

  • Support playback of videos (see supported formats here)

  • Improve rendering of second column in browser

  • Improve detection of swipe gestures

  • Increase number of languages in Glosbe translator

  • Add support for Chromebooks

  • New crash report system

  • Bug fixes

Version 2.3.2 (2014-11-06)

  • Bug fixes: Sync, TTS, Remote images, Advanced editor, Export

  • Note: This is the last version of AnkiDroid supported by AnkiWeb. Previous versions will not sync.

Version 2.3 (2014-10-27)

  • Add new user manual

  • Make statistics identical to Anki Desktop

  • Fixes to media sync

  • Fix bug where images were not showing

  • Change layout of note editor

  • Add new disable whiteboard option to reviewer and update icons

  • Add full support for APKG export and import

  • Add feature to email exported APKG

  • Increase default number of backups and use APKG

  • Make preview card accessible from card browser

  • Make shared decks download with Android browser

  • Add reset and reschedule feature in note editor

  • Add a new notification system and icon

  • Replace tutorial deck with new welcome screen

  • Disable opening navigation drawer from reviewer when swipe is used

  • Improve audio recording quality

  • Support sticky fields when enabled in Anki Desktop

  • Many other bug fixes

Version 2.2.3 (2014-08-04)

  • New media sync protocol

  • Fix 2 bugs for opening links and resuming the app

Version 2.2 (2014-07-21)

  • Redesign layout

  • Add pictures and sounds to flashcards (experimental)

  • Make second column in card browser configurable

  • Make images on flashcards zoomable

  • Improve preview feature and access via action bar

  • Simplify menus and settings

  • Make slow searches in card browser cancellable

  • Improve adding/removing tags

  • Fix "type in the answer" and cloze deletion features

  • Fix whiteboard feature

  • Restore backups from within the app

  • Make volume duck on any background music when sounds played

  • Make playing of sounds consistent with Desktop version

  • Remove animations feature due to being buggy

  • Improve speed of showing cards

  • Remove duplicate check dialog when adding new flashcards

  • Remove swap button when adding or editing flashcards

  • Remove kanji info feature (will become optional plugin in the future)

  • Make minimum Android version 2.1

  • Fix lots of bugs

Version 2.1.3 (2014-04-05)

  • Create new notes in correct deck

  • TTS fixes

Version 2.1 (2014-03-27)

  • Lots of Bug Fixes

  • New custom study option with improved tag selection

  • New preview card feature in note editor (experimental)

  • New override font preference in addition to default font

  • New "Kanji Info" feature (enabled in preferences→reviewing→Kanji Info)

  • Improve Aedict integration

  • Support for Samsung Multi-Window

  • Fix Some TTS Issues

  • Updated Translations

  • Remove unused media check when deleting decks

  • Significantly increase speed for reducing filtered decks

  • Remove upgrade wizard

Version 2.0.4 (2014-02-03)

  • Fix issue with typing answers

  • Default font now overrides card font

  • Fixed audio playback image being covered by text on Android 2.3

  • Fixed reviewer crash when language set to Romanian

  • Translation fixes

Version 2.0.2 (2013-12-15)

  • Fixed lots of crashes

  • Tablet UI fixes

  • Fixed new card ordering issues

  • Card appearance now matches desktop Anki. (Centering cards is off by default but can be re-enabled)

  • Option groups can now be changed in AnkiDroid

  • Clear error message when using a bad template

  • Fixed timeboxing notifications

  • Properly scale images

  • Better custom font handling

  • More settings (next day starts at, timeboxing value, etc.)

  • Changing AnkiDroid interface language now works.

  • Fixed import/shared deck download issues ("not a valid apkg file")

  • Fixed invisible text on Motorola devices

  • Focus on answer when revealed

  • Filtered decks are now blue in deck list

  • Removed unused circle button in note editor

Version 2.0.1 (2013-02-06)

  • Upgrade wizard

  • Fix importing apkgs

  • Fix media syncing

Version 2.0 (2013-01-03)

  • complete revision

  • libanki2.0 scheduling

  • new learning mode

  • new layout

  • merge syncing possible now

  • better statistics

  • decks are now saved in a single collection

  • options are shareable now

  • tablet layout

  • tons of performance improvements

  • card import function

  • collection can be saved on internal memory

Version 0.1 to 1.1.3

AnkiDroid has continuously evolved collectively as an open source project, with the first version released to the Google Market on June 28 2009. Version 1.1.3 was the last 1.x version (released on 26th June 2012), before the incompatible AnkiDroid v2.0 was released, essentially rewritten from scratch to be compatible with the new Anki Desktop v2.0.