BookFusion Android 2.20.4 -Saved Themes, TTS Improvements & Many Fixes
This update brings personalized reading experience front and center. Create and sync your own reader themes, dial in text-to-speech with finer control, and enjoy a long list of fixes that make reading feel faster and more reliable.
New
Saved Themes (now on Android)
Make the reader yours and keep it that way across every device.
- Create & save themes: Set your font, size, spacing, margins, colors, and more then save them as a custom theme.
- Auto-sync everywhere: Your custom themes sync across Android, iOS, and Web.
- One-tap apply: Switch your themes instantly before a study session or a long commute.
- Already using themes on iOS/Web? They’ll appear automatically in the Android app.
TTS & Other Improvements
- Speed slider: Adjust narration speed with a simple slider.
- Finer control: Tune speed in 0.05x steps for your perfect pace.
- Long-Tap actions now supported on the series view for books
Fixes & improvements
- Fixed wrong theme settings when changes are made between presets (from dropdown)
- Fix files being uploaded as temp files
- Update error message for trying to export highlights from books not synced
- Fixed displaying download icon only in valid state
- Fixed crash when creating bookshelf
- Now support long-Tap actions on a Series view for book
- fixed crash with fonts
- fixed missed preset in the list
- reworked UI for presets screen
- improved logic for custom fonts between platforms
- Download icons displayed for already downloaded books in the list of highlights
- Returning back to highlights list crashes the app
- Wrong navigation from bookmarks or bottom navigation bar (reflowable epub)
- Sorting for series/bookshelf does not work properly (after pressing View All)
- Font style does not work for default font (epub book)
- Sorting issue on Bookshelf (search or without bookshelf)
- Series Sort Not Respected in Android
- Fixed blank page for PDFs on Samsung devices with Android 15
- Improvement for the communication between themes and reader configurations
- Page turn buttons and highlighted text
- Volume keys for turning pages does not work properly with theme changes
- Tap to turn in vertical scroll mode
- Settings presets are reset by empty response from the API (no data on the server)
- Checking RTL logic, and books from Hindawi.org
- Other
Community Survey
This update checks off the seven top-voted items. We take your input seriously, your voice is never lost. It may take us a little longer at times, but we’re listening and delivering.
As promised, please see the survey link below for you to vote on the priority of the next set of features as we get the Android app to parity with the iOS app and beyond. What features would you like to see added to Android sooner rather than later?
What’s Next ?
We have a few changes to polish off the saved theme feature for full cross platform support and a few other minor improvements before starting the next new feature.
If you run into any issues, spot a bug or just have feedback, we’re just a message away. And if you’re loving this update, please consider leaving us a review in the Play Store.
Links:
- Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookfusion.android.reader
- Official BookFusion APK: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qwu88mm54o4en3jc51r9f/com.bookfusion.android.reader_Android_v.2.20.5_c.220051-release-protected.apk?rlkey=ghzq6quf27b5x4g0r4ikqgnxr&dl=0
Happy reading,
The BookFusion Team
