Version History
Here you can find the changelog of MapleRead CX since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-28.
The latest version is 5.4.1 and it was updated on soft112.com on 19 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 5.4.1
posted on 2024-03-14
Mar 14, 2024
Version 5.4.1
- Fix regression bugs
version 5.3.1
posted on 2024-02-15
Feb 15, 2024
Version 5.3.1
- Improve pagination algorithm for EPUB books embedding large images
- Fix bugs
version 5.3
posted on 2024-01-25
Jan 25, 2024
Version 5.3
- Support switches "Status Bar Always On" and "Status Bar Always Dark" for all iPhone and iPad models
- Simplify Import confirmation dialog of "Exchange | Files" by default
- Fix bugs for some types of EPUB books, including those written in right-to-left direction
- Fix other bugs
version 5.2.1
posted on 2024-01-04
Jan 4, 2024
Version 5.2.1
Fix bugs
version 5.2
posted on 2023-12-18
Dec 18, 2023
Version 5.2
- Optimize for a smoother ride when scrolling library book list view with a lot of books
- Make book cover thumbnails as sharp as possible for all 7 UI Text Sizes and abridged or not
- Change tag separator symbols in Book Info view
- Change fonts used for series and volume in Book Info view
- Add to System Settings the switch "Two-finger Swipe to Turn Page"
- Fix bug of parsing series and volume of some books from standardebooks.org
- Fix bug of parsing metadata of books downloaded from DropBox via Exchange | Websites | HTML
- Fix other bugs
version 5.1
posted on 2023-12-14
Dec 14, 2023
Version 5.1
- Enhance Library Booklist view
. Increase standard row height to show more book info
. Show series and volume where applicable
. Offer "Abridge Info" option for showing more books per screen
. Offer an option to display reading progress indicator as pie chart or percentage
- Enhance Magnify Book Cover view
. Show series and volume where applicable
. Add previous and next buttons to browse through books
- Enhance Book Info view
. Add previous and next buttons to browse through books
- Enhance EPUB Classic Book and Modern Book views
. Add two-finger swipe to turn page
- Fix bugs
version 5.0.2
posted on 2023-10-27
Oct 27, 2023
Version 5.0.2
- Fixed bugs
version 5.0.1
posted on 2023-10-03
Oct 3, 2023
Version 5.0.1
- Fixed bugs related to book listening, UI Text Size and EPUB footnotes
version 5.0
posted on 2023-09-23
Sep 23, 2023
Version 5.0
This is a major release with many new features:
- Book listening and immersion reading
. Reading while listening to any EPUB book in sync
. Simple and intuitive UI
. Narrator voices for over 40 languages besides English for your choice
. Choice of voices filtered by current book language
. Ever-improving high-quality voices as provided by iOS
. Remember last voice selection for each language
. Speed control, faster or slower as you see fit in different circumstances
. Timer control, good for many cases including your bedtime reading too
. Play and pause for normal listening
. Play-once and play-repeat for selected words for learning and fun
. Background listening
. Compatible with Lock Screen Music Player
. Compatible with CarPlay
- Senior-friendly UI Text Size control
. Normal and larger font sizes for non-book text in almost all views
. Scalable popover view sizes as appropriate
. Just the right size for comfortable reading and note taking
- Library view
. New "Magnify Book Cover" view for selected book
. Book cover image displayed with new groove-and-shadow effect
. Polished UI look and button re-arrangement
. Enhanced Settings menu
. New in-app help and online help
. Never Read/Marked/Altered section for Sort by Date Read/Marked/Meta Altered respectively
- EPUB viewers
. Refined toolbar and page slider design for all 3 EPUB viewers
. Full-page application of theme (background color and image) to Classic Book viewer
. Refined header and footer layout for Modern Scroll viewer
. New option "Prefer Remaining Page Count"
. Compact context menu with new icons
. Enhanced image zoom view of embedded images
. Enhanced cover image aspect fit on the first page
- Book Info view
. New image zoom view to preview your choice of book cover image
. Simple editable book language field to fix for immersion reading
- Misc
. New or polished icons everywhere, including Library, Exchange and book viewers
. Performance improvement
. Various minor UI enhancement
. Bug fixes
version 4.9
posted on 2023-09-01
Sep 1, 2023
Version 4.9
- Optimize code to reduce power consumption
- Add a smart batch download option to prefer OPDS or EPUB embedded metadata
- Add an option to "Restore from Book" in Book Info Edit view to honor empty metadata
- Add "Go to System Settings" to Library Settings
- Update Help of Exchange | iTunes
- Fix a bug that may sometimes lead to loss of last reading position of an opened book when the app is returned from background
- Fix a bug that may sometimes lead to incorrect display of Library view after device rotation
version 4.8.3
posted on 2023-08-01
Aug 1, 2023
Version 4.8.3
- Address various issues related to EPUB text selection, note deletion, Library UI
version 4.8.1
posted on 2023-05-18
May 18, 2023
Version 4.8.1
- Add to Settings the switch "Pinch & Spread to Adjust Font Size"
- Allow Sort by MD5 in Library views when Diagnostics is turned on
- Fix bugs
version 4.8
posted on 2023-02-04
Feb 4, 2023
Version 4.8
- Add "Set My Translator" to EPUB and PDF reader context menu
- Add "Rebuild Library" in Settings app to fix corrupted book database
- Fix some iOS 16 reader context menu compatibility issues
- Fix bugs including that of false duplication during book import
version 4.4
posted on 2022-08-21
Aug 21, 2022 Version 4.4
- Fix bugs
version 4.3
posted on 2022-05-03
May 3, 2022 Version 4.3
- Make Notes view settings persistent
- Fix bugs and improve stability
version 4.2
posted on 2021-12-15
Dec 15, 2021
Version 4.2
- User Fonts and Custom Fonts for EPUB Text Font and Heading Font
-- Support import of font files in multiple ways as if it were a book file as User Fonts
-- Allow selected system-supplied fonts including those installed by some third-party font apps as Custom Fonts
-- Add “Edit Display Name” for User Fonts and Custom Fonts
- Increase EPUB header/footer font sizes on iPhone for improved legibility
- Fix compatibility issues with latest Dropbox API changes
- Fix compatibility issues with iOS 15 and Xcode 13
- Fix bugs and improve stability
version 4.1
posted on 2021-09-19
Sep 19, 2021 Version 4.1
- Add the switch “Apply to Theme” for day/night (light/dark) appearances
- Add the popup menu item “Report Bugs...” for book-specific bug reporting
- Auto-copy as the new cover image when you copy from Google Image after tapping Cover Image button in Book Info Edit View
- Increase the size of Description Edit View in Book Info View
- Fix bugs and improve stability
version 4.0.1
posted on 2021-07-02
Jul 2, 2021 Version 4.0.1
Enable Backup and Restore of all user-created data and books in library
version 4.0
posted on 2021-06-11
Jun 11, 2021 Version 4.0
- Full support of day/night (light/dark) appearances in all relevant views
- Support multiple font sizes and Dynamic Type in UI Text Size setting for selected library views and exchange views
version 3.7.3
posted on 2021-05-31
May 31, 2021 Version 3.7.3
- Added a progress bar below the top toolbar for webpage loading
- Fixed bugs
version 3.7.2
posted on 2021-05-15
May 15, 2021 Version 3.7.2
- Enhanced EPUB text selection to adapt to recent versions of iOS and iPadOS
- Fine-tuned EPUB layout of over-sized images
version 3.7.1
posted on 2021-05-12
May 12, 2021 Version 3.7.1
- Fixed a regression bug that is related to EPUB hyperlinks pointing to the same chapter
version 3.7
posted on 2021-03-16
Mar 16, 2021 Version 3.7
- Added timestamps to bookmarks, which are now always sorted by date, regardless of sync
- Improved font overriding for some CSS over-constrained EPUB books
- Addressed compatibility issues with recent changes of Google Translate API
- Addressed compatibility issues with recent changes of Google Drive API
- Addressed compatibility issues with recent changes of Dropbox API
- Addressed compatibility issues with recent changes of iOS SDK
- Addressed an issue with displaying Table of Contents when it has a lot of entries
- Addressed a display issue when Apply Sepia Effect is turned on for some devices
- Addressed a status bar display issue for iPad Pro
- Addressed some EPUB3 compatibility issues
- Fixed EPUB regression bugs when toggling Apply Publisher's Style
- Fixed EPUB regression bugs when jumping to some types of hyperlinks
- Fixed EPUB regression bugs when performing text search
version 3.6
posted on 2020-11-25
Nov 25, 2020 Version 3.6
- Addressed some EPUB rendering issues
- Addressed various iOS 14 and iPhone 12 compatibility issues
version 3.6
posted on 2020-11-25
25 Nov 2020 Version 3.6
- Addressed some EPUB rendering issues
- Addressed various iOS 14 and iPhone 12 compatibility issues
version 3.5.2
posted on 2020-08-28
Aug 28, 2020 Version 3.5.2
- Added an EPUB option "Status Bar Always On" (for iPhone models with a notch)
- Fixed regression bugs
version 3.5.1
posted on 2020-08-18
Aug 18, 2020 Version 3.5.1
Fixed regression bugs inadvertently introduced in previous overhaul of EPUB display engine
version 3.5
posted on 2020-08-13
Aug 13, 2020 Version 3.5
Overhauled the underlying EPUB display engine to
- Ensure compatibility with the latest iOS and Xcode development tools
- Reduce memory usage
- Speed up page turning by tapping on edges and swiping in Modern Book View
- Speed up whole-book page numbering
- Fix text selection bugs, due to previous incompatibility introduced by iOS 13
Performed tune-up by
- Upgrading the underlying web server component of PC Upload
- Making the bookshelf view auto-scalable on all iOS devices
- Improving fault-tolerant handling of EPUB files, including those with illegal HTML tags
Added new features including
- Two buttons beside the upper page slider to facilitate EPUB chapter/section navigation
version 3.4
posted on 2020-05-02
May 2, 2020 Version 3.4
- Introduced over 30 keyboard shortcuts for physical keyboards
- Add an option “Single Column if Split View” for EPUB (iPadOS only)
- Fixed bugs
version 3.3
posted on 2020-03-17
Mar 17, 2020 Version 3.3
- Added an option “Override Black Background” under “Apply Theme Colors” in EPUB Modern Book and Modern Scroll viewers for every iPhone model with a notch
- Fixed bugs
version 3.2.2
posted on 2020-03-10
Mar 10, 2020 Version 3.2.2
- Fixed bugs related to UI text size when iOS Settings text size is not standard size
version 3.2.1
posted on 2019-11-07
Nov 7, 2019 Version 3.2.1
- Introduced optional collapsible Table of Contents
- Allowed Baidu Translate as a pre-defined Dictionary
- Added one more context menu customization item “My Command 2”
- Fixed bugs
version 1.5.1
posted on 2016-07-08
version 3.6
posted on 1970-01-01
2020年11月25日 Version 3.6
- Addressed some EPUB rendering issues
- Addressed various iOS 14 and iPhone 12 compatibility issues