Release 1.6.0

- The app starts faster
- Smooth screen transition animations
- Articles render DSL line breaks, indentation and named colors correctly
- Tabs and extra spaces inside articles no longer break the layout
- The article title can be copied, tapping the article clears the selection
- Source URLs accept host:port addresses
- Dictionary downloads retry automatically when the network switches
- Download progress notifications are more reliable
- Search results clear instantly when the query is erased
- Leftover files from cancelled downloads are now removed automatically
- Improved app stability
- Faster dictionary indexing
- Updated build tooling and documentation
- Long link-heavy articles no longer freeze while scrolling
- Large search result lists render faster
- Dark article colors are readable in the dark theme

app/src/main/java/com/example/research/ui/article/ArticleScreen.kt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.luminance
 import androidx.compose.ui.layout.onSizeChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.testTag
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
@@ -21,9 +22,12 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.testTagsAsResourceId
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.AnnotatedString
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.SpanStyle
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
-import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.LineHeightStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.BaselineShift
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Density
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.isUnspecified
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.IntSize
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import com.example.research.R
@@ -56,8 +60,17 @@ fun ArticleRoute(
 private const val MERGED_BLOCK_MAX_CHARS = 1500
 private const val MERGED_BLOCK_MAX_ITEMS = 12
 
-private fun mergeDslBlocks(blocks: List<DslBlock>): List<DslBlock> {
+private fun mergeDslBlocks(
+    blocks: List<DslBlock>,
+    density: Density,
+    baseStyle: TextStyle,
+): List<DslBlock> {
     if (blocks.size <= MERGED_BLOCK_MAX_ITEMS) return blocks
+    val gapShift = with(density) {
+        val fontPx =
+            if (baseStyle.fontSize.isUnspecified) 0f else baseStyle.fontSize.toPx()
+        if (fontPx > 0f) 8.dp.toPx() / (0.534f * fontPx) else 0.94f
+    }
     val merged = ArrayList<DslBlock>(blocks.size / 4)
     var i = 0
     while (i < blocks.size) {
@@ -80,6 +93,15 @@ private fun mergeDslBlocks(blocks: List<DslBlock>): List<DslBlock> {
             val more = j + 1 < blocks.size &&
                 (j + 1 - i) < MERGED_BLOCK_MAX_ITEMS &&
                 builder.length < MERGED_BLOCK_MAX_CHARS
+            if (more && !blocks[j + 1].continuesPrevious) {
+                val shiftPos = builder.length
+                builder.append('​')
+                builder.addStyle(
+                    SpanStyle(baselineShift = BaselineShift(-gapShift)),
+                    shiftPos,
+                    shiftPos + 1
+                )
+            }
             if (more) {
                 builder.append('\n')
             }
@@ -116,11 +138,7 @@ fun ArticleContent(
         is ArticleState.Success -> {
             val articleSaveKey = "${articleState.dictionaryPath}:${articleState.title}"
             val baseTextStyle = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyLarge.copy(
-                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurface,
+                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurface
-                lineHeightStyle = LineHeightStyle(
-                    alignment = LineHeightStyle.Alignment.Proportional,
-                    trim = LineHeightStyle.Trim.Both,
-                ),
             )
             val indentStep = 16.dp
 
@@ -180,14 +198,16 @@ fun ArticleContent(
             val isHeavyArticle =
                 articleState.dslContent.size > HEAVY_ARTICLE_BLOCK_COUNT
 
+            val density = LocalDensity.current
             val darkTheme = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background.luminance() < 0.5f
             val displayBlocks = remember(
                 articleState.dslContent,
+                density,
                 baseTextStyle,
                 darkTheme
             ) {
                 val merged =
-                    mergeDslBlocks(articleState.dslContent)
+                    mergeDslBlocks(articleState.dslContent, density, baseTextStyle)
                 if (darkTheme) {
                     merged.map {
                         it.copy(text = DslAnnotatedParser.remapForDarkTheme(it.text))
@@ -213,24 +233,32 @@ fun ArticleContent(
                         },
                         contentType = { _, _ -> "article_block" }
                     ) { index, block ->
-                        Box(
+                        val followedByContinuation =
-                            modifier = Modifier
+                            displayBlocks.getOrNull(index + 1)?.continuesPrevious == true
-                                .padding(start = Spacing.contentStart + indentStep * block.indent)
+                        val textContent = @Composable {
-                        ) {
+                            Box(
-                            ArticleLinkText(
-                                block = block,
-                                linksEnabled = true,
-                                preferDirectHitTesting = isHeavyArticle,
-                                style = baseTextStyle,
-                                onRefClick = refClickHandler,
-                                onTextLayout = {},
                                 modifier = Modifier
-                                    .testTag("article_block_$index")
+                                    .padding(
-                                    .semantics {
+                                        start = Spacing.contentStart + indentStep * block.indent
-                                        testTagsAsResourceId = true
+                                    )
-                                    }
+                                    .padding(bottom = if (followedByContinuation) 0.dp else 8.dp)
-                            )
+                            ) {
+                                ArticleLinkText(
+                                    block = block,
+                                    linksEnabled = true,
+                                    preferDirectHitTesting = isHeavyArticle,
+                                    style = baseTextStyle,
+                                    onRefClick = refClickHandler,
+                                    onTextLayout = {},
+                                    modifier = Modifier
+                                        .testTag("article_block_$index")
+                                        .semantics {
+                                            testTagsAsResourceId = true
+                                        }
+                                )
+                            }
                         }
+                        textContent()
                     }
                 }
             }

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ aboutlibraries = "15.2.0"
 activity_compose = "1.13.0"
 agp = "9.4.1"
 compose_bom = "2026.09.00"
-core = "1.19.1"
+core = "1.19.0"
 datastore_preferences = "1.2.1"
 documentfile = "1.1.0"
 kotlin = "2.4.20"