2.0~alpha1

THIS IS AN ALPHA RELEASE. DO NOT INSTALL IT IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE REPORTING ISSUES OR WORKING WITH SYSTEM FILES

Hi everyone! It has been awhile since the last beta and you may have noticed that we've skipped over a stable release of Zebra 1.2 in favor of Zebra 2.0. Before I get into the details there are some new things you need to know about alphas of Zebra:

• For the time being, Zebra 2.0 can only be installed on devices with a Procursus bootstrap. This is a technical limitation and I hope to have it resolved by the time the full release of Zebra 2.0 comes out.
  • Jailbreaks with a Procursus bootstrap include: Chimera, Odyssey, Odysseyra1n, and Taurine.
  • There are no jailbreaks on iOS 11 that support Procursus
• Betas of Zebra are now installed as a separate package. This means that the beta version of Zebra can be installed alongside of the stable version. This also means that you will have to downgrade the main Zebra package to 1.1.18 in order to install the Zebra 2.0 beta. This was done to ensure that the user still has a stable package manager while trying out the Zebra beta.
  • If you are experiencing issues after downgrading to Zebra 1.1.18 from the 1.2 betas you will have to delete your database file that is located at /var/mobile/Library/Application Support/xyz.willy.zebra/zebra.db and reopen Zebra.
• Zebra 2.0 uses merged sources list and will contain the same sources that other package managers like Cydia and Sileo use. If you have extra sources installed exclusively into Zebra 1.x, there is a migration option available in the add source menu.
• This is an alpha not a beta. It may be prone to crashing in which case I'm relying on testers to be able to report crashes to me and very specific reproduction steps.
• I will also be closing a lot of old issues that applied to the 1.2 betas because they no longer apply. If they still apply in the 2.0 alpha please reopen your issue.

Now that is out of the way, let's talk about Zebra 2.0 itself. Why did I skip over 1.2? The simple answer is that there was a huge backend rewrite between 1.1 and 1.2. I already rewrote the database backend for Zebra 1.2 but I was not happy with how it turned out as there were several crashes and inconsistencies with the new system. Because of this, I decided to switch Zebra's backend from my own implementation over to libapt which is by far more stable and much better at dependency resolution.

Not many new features have been added since the last 1.2 beta but because of this huge rewrite, a lot of things are currently non-functional as I have not converted them over to the new libapt backend. These features will be added back in a future beta so if you're going to miss them I would suggest not updating quite yet. Here is a list of features that are not currently implemented in Zebra 2.0:

• Source Filters
• Package Filters
• Featured Packages
• Payment API support
• Changes
• Community News
• Favorites
• Ignoring package updates
• Package Sharing
• Source List Export
• Settings
• iOS 12 dark mode
• Package Compatibility
• URI Schemes
• Notifications
• Package swipe actions

There may be more features missing that I have not listed here but I will update the list if new ones are found. These features will be reimplemented at some point in the beta process but I wanted to get this initial beta out first to test the new libapt backend before developing new features.

1.1.19

Fixed in this version:

• Workaround for not being able to send support emails from within Zebra
• Temporarily removed the source clipboard feature

1.1.18

Fixed in this version:

• #1813 - Fix for "repository is broken" message on newer version of APT
• #1808 - Add compatibility for the Apple Pencil's "scribble" writing

1.1.17

Fixed in this version:

• #1978 - Modified extrainst so that it uses /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash

1.1.16

Fixed in this version:

• Support for the Taurine jailbreak in Community Sources
• Support for Procursus repo if Odysseyra1n is being used in Community Sources
• Procursus repo will be listed in Community Sources if Procursus is detected but no known jailbreak is found

1.1.15

Fixed in this version:

• Fixed an issue which would cause su/sling to crash on iOS versions lower than 14.

1.1.14

Fixed in this version:

• Fixed a crash on iOS 14 that would occur when the 'bold text' accessibility setting was enabled.

1.1.13

Fixed in this version:

• Fix an issue with slow package installs due to APT wanting to download the package again.
• Potential fix for an issue where prompts for network access would not be shown on devices purchased in China.

Thanks to @Diatrus for his help in fixing both of these issues!

1.1.12

Quick update to fix a bug related to resolving dependencies for Procursus' Core Utilities package.

1.1.11

Hey all! It has been awhile! I've taken some time off of Zebra but I'm back now and going to keep pushing out betas/updates. 1.1.11 serves to fix a few major issues that users have been experiencing with the stable build of Zebra and we're going to work hard to get out another 1.2 beta soon.

New in this version:

• Added a swipe to delete in the "Recent Searches" section of the search tab

Fixed in this version:

• Fixed a few issues in the filter tab where selections wouldn't update or selections wouldn't respect their actual settings
• Fixed an issue where the community news cell would appear empty
• Fixed an issue where inline media playback would appear fullscreen
• Fixed an issue where packages that hadn't been completely installed would show up in Zebra's listings
• Fixed an issue where the "Retro" icon couldn't be selected on iPads
• Fixed a crash that could occur after refreshing sources with the refresh console displayed.

Changed in this version:

• Sources in the "Community Sources" page will now display regardless of whether or not the user has added them