UniPatcher

Release history

UniPatcher changelog

See what changed in the current Android release and review the project's earlier compatibility, patch-format and interface updates.

Current release

UniPatcher v0.18

This release updates UniPatcher for current Android devices, changes the minimum supported Android version, reduces memory use for BPS patching and adds another interface language.

Android compatibility

  • Added support for Android 16.
  • Added support for devices that use 16 KB memory pages.
  • Raised the minimum supported version from Android 5.0 to Android 7.0 (Nougat).

Patching

  • Reworked BPS patching to use less memory.

Languages

  • Added a Tamil translation, contributed by TamilNeram.
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Earlier versions

Release history

These entries summarize the published project changelog. Requirements and supported behavior shown for older versions are historical and do not override the current Android 7.0-or-newer requirement.

  1. UniPatcher v0.17.3

    • Added Arabic, Esperanto, Indonesian, Central Kurdish, Lithuanian, Malay and Vietnamese translations.
    • Updated many other translations with help from the translation community.

  2. UniPatcher v0.17.2

    • Added Hebrew and German translations and completed Spanish and Portuguese translations.
    • Updated other translations and fixed an issue that prevented some files from being selected.
    • Added GitHub Discussions as a place for questions and feature ideas.

  3. UniPatcher v0.17.1

    • Moved file operations into the open app and changed completion notifications to an in-app message.
    • Added Turkish and moved translation work to Weblate.

  4. UniPatcher v0.17

    • Adopted Android's Storage Access Framework for SD-card and cloud-storage files.
    • Added LZMA-compressed XDelta3 support and Android 10 and 11 compatibility.
    • Removed the add-SMC-header action, fixed disappearing notifications and refined the interface.

  5. UniPatcher v0.16.1

    • Added Android 9 support and refreshed the gamepad and launcher icons.

  6. UniPatcher v0.16

    • Fixed BPS patching and raised the minimum system requirement to Android 5.0.

  7. UniPatcher v0.15

    • Added Android 8 support, improved the tablet interface, and added Chinese and Portuguese translations.
    • Documented ARMv7 and x86 architecture support for that release.

  8. UniPatcher v0.14.2

    • Added a Korean translation.

  9. UniPatcher v0.14.1

    • Added Norwegian Bokmål, Japanese and French translations.

  10. UniPatcher v0.14

    • Added XDelta3 patch creation and an option to ignore checksum warnings.
    • Added a Spanish translation and removed analytics and crash-reporting libraries.

  11. UniPatcher v0.13.2

    • Added a Ukrainian translation.

  12. UniPatcher v0.13.1

    • Removed the in-app rating prompt.

  13. UniPatcher v0.13

    • Added IPS32 support and removed advertising.

  14. UniPatcher v0.12

    • Added APS support for Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance patches and made the output directory selectable.

  15. UniPatcher v0.11

    • Added EBP support for EarthBound patches and an Italian translation.

  16. UniPatcher v0.10.1

    • Added a dark theme.

  17. UniPatcher v0.10

    • Added XDelta3 patch support.

  18. UniPatcher v0.9.2

    • Added long-press checksum viewing for ROM files and fixed a bug.

  19. UniPatcher v0.9.1

    • Remembered the last directory, added configurable patch and ROM directories, and added Polish.

  20. UniPatcher v0.9

    • Added BPS support, an in-app help page, Russian and general improvements.

  21. UniPatcher v0.8.2

    • Fixed an important bug introduced in version 0.8.1.

  22. UniPatcher v0.8.1

    • Improved patching performance.

  23. UniPatcher v0.8

    • Added Android Marshmallow permission support, output renaming and a floating action button.
    • Refreshed the interface and raised the minimum system requirement to Android 4.0.

  24. UniPatcher v0.7.3

    • Added Android 5 support and improved the design and usability.

  25. UniPatcher v0.7.2

    • Fixed a bug triggered when the device entered sleep mode.

  26. UniPatcher v0.7.1

    • Fixed an Android 2.3 crash.

  27. UniPatcher v0.7

    • Made UniPatcher free and added DPS support.
    • Added Sega Mega Drive checksum repair and SNES SMC-header tools.

  28. UniPatcher v0.6

    • Added PPF patch support and smaller improvements.

  29. UniPatcher v0.5

    • Added UPS support and file associations for IPS and UPS files, alongside a redesign and a What's New dialog.

  30. UniPatcher v0.4

    • Changed patching so the result is stored in a new output file.

  31. UniPatcher v0.3

    • Introduced a new interface, icon, rating dialog and sharing action.

  32. UniPatcher v0.2

    • Added Android 2.1 support, SD-card installation, background patching and file-manager images.

  33. UniPatcher v0.1

    • Initial release with IPS patch support.