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Fixed

• Fix effect update for animated backgrounds (gif, videos, etc);
• Require kivy==2.2.0 (which includes kivy Smoothline rounded_rectangle fix);
• Ask update for horizontal blur fbo.

Fixed

• Fix related to state of UI not updating when needed.
• Fix that allows changing the background dynamically (with binding and unbinding properties).
• Fixed issue that caused the app to crash if an instance of FrostedGlass was removed.
• Improved binding/unbinding of properties.

Highlights

• Performance improvement with new rules for widget update. Only widgets inside the window, or on the current screen (when using ScreenManager) will be updated, avoiding unnecessary computation of widgets that are not being viewed.
• Improved integration with ModalView.
• Significant performance improvement when using multiple moving FrostedGlass widgets (like inside a ScrollView).
• Added support for auto-update when using videos as background.
• Improved performance when animating the blur_size property.
• Minor bug fixes.

Docs

• Added usage example with ModalView.
• Updated overview video with new example using ModalView.

Internal

• Removed final effect widget from child widget tree. Now the effect is drawn directly on the canvas.
• General refactoring.

Highlights

• Significant improvements in overall performance.
• Improved blur quality.
• Automatic effect update to keep it in sync with the background.
• Improved noise texture quality and consistency of its appearance on different devices.

Added

• Added saturation property.
• Added outline_color property.
• Added outline_width property.
• Added refresh_effect() method.
• Added feature to add widgets to the container FrostedGlass #1.

Changed

• Default luminosity value changed from 1.25 to 1.3.
• Default overlay_color value changed from [1, 1, 1, 0.75] to [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5].
• Default luminosity value changed from 1.25 to 1.3.
• Default blur_size value changed from 60 to 25.
• update_effect() does not need to be called manually to update the effect. This is already managed by the widget.

Removed

• Removed downscale_factor property.
• Removed start_auto_update_effect() method.
• Removed stop_auto_update_effect() method.

Fixed

• Temporary FPS drop when there was a touch on the screen (even using static FrostedGlass widgets).