❖ Fix: "Out of Stamps" form could move partially off-screen
❖ Various stability improvements
If you have any problems with this update, please get in touch with us using the in-game support system. Thank you for playing!
❖ Fix: Display was tiny when returning to the app in the middle of a game
❖ Holding the on-screen Delete key for 1 second will clear the current answer
If you have any problems with this update, please get in touch with us using the in-game support system. Thank you for playing!
❖ Fix: App sometimes stopped responding to input
If you have any problems with this update, please get in touch with us using the in-game support system. Thank you for playing!
❖ Improved keyboard, which should track taps more accurately
❖ Updated Solver form
❖ Added EU, Greece and Ukraine flag icons for subscribers
If you have any problems with this update, please get in touch with us using the in-game support system. Thank you for playing!
❖ Fix: the game timer could slow down under some circumstances.
You might notice that your daily times are a bit slower after this update, but don't worry - everyone's scores are just getting more accurate!
❖ Fixed: Screen was incorrectly displaying in landscape orientation
❖ Improved pack puzzle selection form
❖ Fix: Crash on start-up on some devices
❖ Fix: Some buttons were sometimes missing on the Subscribe screen
❖ Fix: Failed to scroll to the relevant clue when tapping on the grid
❖ Fix: Some buttons were sometimes missing on the Subscribe screen
Previously in v2.80:
❖ New title screen layout shows previews of daily puzzles
❖ New anytime screen layouts
❖ New Settings screen
❖ Better in-game layout
❖ Fix: Notifications weren't working when we replied to a message
❖ Fix: Rare crash on start-up
❖ Fixed: The home screen was corrupted on 480 pixel-wide screens
❖ Better handing of network errors
* Fix: crash when network data arrives after the app goes into the background
❖ Fix: Audio caused app freeze when app being was sent into the background
❖ Fix: Audio caused app freeze when app being was sent into the background
❖ Fix: App sometimes stopped responding when being sent into the background
❖ Fix: Some ad displays rewarded the wrong number of stamps
❖ Fix: Crash when failing to access the Play Store
❖ Fix: App sometimes stopped responding when being sent into the background
❖ Fix: Some ad displays rewarded the wrong number of stamps
❖ Fix: Crash when failing to access the Play Store
* Fixed a crash when adding letters to the grid after re-entering the app
* Improved support for phones with tall screens
* Fixed text size on 800x1280 tablets
* Reduced install size
v2.50.003:
* Fix: overlapping navigation bar on KitKat and older devices
In v2.50:
* Improved handling of external keyboards
* Faster and more reliable storage of games in progress
* Fix: returning to a daily game showed an empty grid but kept previous play time
Note: upgrading to v2.50 will lose any games in progress. Your daily times will be preserved.
* Fix: Crash in audio system
* Fix: App stops responding when storing settings
* Fix: App start-up is delayed by the ad system
* Fix: Subscription badge was lost when restarting the game - very sorry!
Other recent updates:
* Improved stability when exiting and restarting the game quickly
* Improved start-up and restart times
* Improved frame rate in-game
* Reduced network requests when there is a problem connecting to our server
* Fixed: Crash when showing in-game messages
* Improved start-up and restart times
* Improved frame rate in-game
* Reduced network requests when there is a problem connecting to our server
* Fixed: Crash when showing in-game messages
* Fixed: particle effects were missing
Fix: Touches were offset on Samsung Galaxy Tab S1 and S2
Fix: Calls to initialise our advert provider sometimes caused crashes
* Now detects billing issues with subscriptions and puts a warning badge on the title screen
* Fix: The Puzzles Plus screen was showing incorrect information for expired subscriptions
* Fix: Transferring the game to a new device sometimes caused daily games to not update
* Fix: Mis-timed (?) screen tap caused a crash
* Fix: Prevent saved games from storing lots of extra data every exit/entry
Fix: Rare crash when downloading times from our server
In version 2.28.017:
* Correct handling of devices that aren't compatible with the app
Previously, in version 2.28.016:
* Setting to turn sound effects on and off
* Setting to skip the writing animation when entering a letter on the grid
* Performance improvement when there are many 'unlocked' letters on the grid
* Reduced app install size
In this update:
* Bugfix: sound was playing when mute was enabled
* Bugfix: the grid background was black for some users
* Bugfix: sometimes tapping a start daily puzzle button wasn't doing anything
* Bugfix: some users were not getting any sound
Sorry if you experienced any of these problems, we hope this version makes things better! If you do see any problems, let us know via the message button.
In this update:
* Stability and performance improvements
In this update:
* Stability improvements
In this version of Astraware Crosswords:
* We've streamlined the ad providers we use (for non-subscribers!) to improve reliability and make the download smaller.
* We've also worked to improve the app stability in other places across the app
* We're now providing the app using an Android Bundle, so your device will only download the game files that it needs
If you have a phone with a tall screen, you may have found that the screen went black on v2.25.002. Really sorry about that! This version fixes that problem, and also properly supports tall screens.
Also in version 2.25:
- New data privacy setting - we won't send identifying data to any servers unless you give us permission to do so
- Tidied up the clue area on the game screen
- Prevents the game timer running at double speed in some circumstances
- Updated to show a nice icon on newer devices
- New data privacy setting - we won't send identifying data to any servers unless you give us permission to do so
- Tidied up the clue area on the game screen
- Fixed a bug which caused screen flickering after a purchase had been completed
- Prevents the game timer running at double speed in some circumstances
- Performance and stability improvements
Fixed an issue that (rarely) caused the game to stop responding when the device gained or lost network connectivity.
- Improved video availability
- Stability improvements
- Improved support for latest devices
- Improved performance when communicating with our server
- Improvement to the built-in support system and FAQs
- Added TapResearch back with surveys for additional stamps
- Many performance tweaks and minor fixes
- Fix for a problem with built-in or pack puzzles (exiting partway through and returning could cause a problem and the puzzle would be lost.)
- Corrected an error whereby subscribers could see a message about running low on stamps
Minor animations added (end of game medals)
New support system built in to the game
Additional puzzle servers added in US & UK to make sure you can always collect the daily puzzles!
Fixed an error where a duplicate 'home' icon was showing during a game
Fix for score-table issue (002)
Fix for high score name entry (and badge choosing) problem (003)
Fix for problem restoring puzzles sometimes after returning to app (003)
Corrected the count of hints used in completing a puzzle (004)
- More daily puzzles added for everyone to play- Extra stamps to collect every day- More videos available - build up your stamps faster for more puzzles!- New puzzle - The Plus - added for subscribers- Fix for potential crash on (only) first launch
- More daily puzzles added for everyone to play- Extra stamps to collect every day- New puzzle - The Plus - added for subscribers
New Survey provider available for bigger stamp rewards!Speed and stability improvementsFurther fix for cursor positioning when completing a word
Fix for a problem which could cause a crash on a puzzle with a very long word in a clue (only affects a small number of devices, and only if 'large clue font' is switched off)
- New Puzzles Plus subscription available to give unlimited daily and stream puzzles ad-free- Subscribers can add their own choice of badges for the high score tables- High score nickname now asked just once and remembered for future puzzles (can be changed from the option screen), name size limit increased too.- New option to skip high score submission and screens for daily puzzles for players who don't wish to take part
- New stamps page accessible from title screen.- Stamps mean you can play more games ad-free!- Extra stamps bonus for upgrading to the latest version.- More games list now shows a list of other Astraware games to try!- Version 2.17.005 - App now reduces file/cache usage better- Improved connectivity for getting the daily puzzles- Version 2.17.006 - Fix for a bug which was making the game unintentionally silent for some players!
