XCSoar Files

Version 7.45.1 - 2026-08-28

• highlights
• add Linux systemd service controls and display brightness
• add a standard macOS application menu
• split Display and Layout in Configuration (display type, text size, resolution, and rotation)
• android
• fix crash when exiting the app [#2873]
• fix crash when restarting the app immediately after exit
• iOS
• use the system keyboard for text entry so special characters can be typed, and add a Paste button for the clipboard; the Keyboard text-input style keeps XCSoar's own grid #2894
• use the system font instead of Helvetica, covering more characters and providing a designed bold cut
• save the settings when the app moves to the background, so they survive being swiped away in the app switcher
• fix other apps' audio staying ducked after XCSoar plays a sound, and the audio vario cutting out when leaving settings #2609
• fix crash on exit after opening the flight export dialog
• remove the thin white frame around full-screen dialogs (such as the Fly/Simulator screen), which no longer stop one pixel short of the display edge
• Linux
• apply KMS screen rotation to the framebuffer console
• input
• fix USB HID remotes (e.g. SteFly) that stop sending keys on OpenVario after the stick re-enumerates #2820
• weather
• show the overlay name as XC Therm (with a space) in setup, weather dialogs, map titles, and download messages
• request SkySight live tiles in UTC so overlay times match the forecast
• keep NOTAM list filters in sync after opening the list
• fix the weather cursor bar keeping light colours in dark mode, and unreadable labels on Windows
• fix SkySight re-downloading forecast metadata when stepping layers on the weather cursor, which could hit the API rate limit #2867
• fix choosing SkySight as a page overlay with no layers available silently switching back to None
• map
• fix the ragged white halo behind map labels on high-DPI screens #2879
• fix the map scale arrows: draw them at the height of the scale box instead of overlapping it
• fix the live snail trail losing circling detail and jumping as the map follows the aircraft, including at 10x replay #2948
• keep the pan-mode map scale while panning, and restore the saved circling or cruise scale when leaving pan mode
• erase the gesture trail when it leaves the map window
• FLARM
• fix ADS-B traffic ground speed wrapping above 457 km/h [#2887]
• fix no-position targets missing from the radar and map [#2847]
• glide computer
• fix best-glide speed and speed-to-fly at altitude when MacCready is set, so density scaling no longer inflates MacCready #2881
• fix circling wind staying blank on paragliders and other aircraft without airspeed or a gyroscope, including fast IGC replay; polar min-sink can lower GPS-only wind quality #2905
• skip estimated TAS from ground speed and wind when GPS track is missing
• devices
• fix the map ground track line following heading instead of ground track with Condor 3 UDP in a crosswind #2900
• fix the Devices Debug button not writing port traffic to xcsoar.log #2903
• fix LXNAV polar sync writes that could zero the vario polar when crew or empty mass were sent before the device polar was known; preserve max weight and glider name when sending a polar #2397
• dialogs
• put the Close button on the right of the Status and Weather tab strips
• label Close on the Quick Menu, BlueFly setup, and file Download dialogs, which were not aborting an edit
• replace Close with Back on Configuration settings pages, so Close on the menu still means leave and save
• let Shift type '_' on XCSoar's on-screen keyboard
• let Select as Alternate pin a landing field from AUTO, and use Alternate Mode: Auto only to return the Alternate InfoBox to the computed list #2912
• fix keyboard wrap in the Checklist: Down from Close returns to the list and highlights an item so Enter acts on that row #2862
• infoboxen
• pack portrait InfoBoxes on tall screens so title, value, and comment sit closer together; InfoBox title size still grows the boxes toward square at 150%
• fit the analogue vario gauge to the available InfoBox size
• show Airspeed TAS and IAS in blue when the value is estimated from ground speed and wind instead of an instrument
• replace light green on Alternate MANUAL final glide with blue, matching Next waypoint
• ui
• move Display type, text size, and display resolution onto the Display settings page
• keep pan-mode menu buttons about 20 mm tall on tall phones, large enough for a gloved tap
• data files
• run the data-directory layout migration before loading the profile, so old waypoint/airspace keys are not applied too late
• development
• documentation: document the release and post-release version workflow
• build system: provision ANGLE via the Python thirdparty pipeline
• macOS: build a pinned SDL2 instead of the Homebrew bottle
• macOS/iOS: read TESTING=y from darwin/.env, so Xcode builds can produce the testing flavour
• ci: publish manuals and Windows installers; upload iOS dSYMs to App Store Connect