Constellations in magenta - bug or feature?

[RomanK]

Hello Harshad!

Thanks for adding the stars relative brightness setting in the recent version - it was exactly what I needed :-)

I still have on question: I am using Dark Mode on my Android 10/11 devices and since certain SkEye Pro version (I think it was 8.3) the constellation labels and stick figures became being rendered in magenta color instead of yellow. My third device (Android 7, no Dark Theme) renders them yellow even in the current version.

So I wonder if the magenta (being a negative to yellow) is a feature or a bug related to the Dark Mode. Yellow color is definitely more preferable.

Can you comment on this?

Roman

[Harshad RJ]

Hello Roman,

The color of the constellation labels and lines was indeed changed to a purplish hue in v8.3! I changed it because yellow was clashing with the other markings on the map, like the ecliptic line. Also, since yellow is a bright color, I thought it was unsuitable for constellation lines because they are all over the map and hog all the "limelight" :)

I realize that this choice is very subjective. I will try to make the map colors customizable. It should be easy to implement after I complete the transition to a new UI framework. (About 25% of the transition is already complete and shipping in the 8.5.x releases that are rolling out now.)

cheers,

Harshad

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Harshad RJ

[Harshad RJ]

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 10:06 PM RomanK <roman....@gmail.com> wrote:

My third device (Android 7, no Dark Theme) renders them yellow even in the current version.

I forgot to address this.

Can you check the exact app version on your Android 7 device using the "About" dialog? If the app's version is v8.3+ it shouldn't render constellation lines in yellow. If it does, it would be a fortunate bug in your case.

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Harshad RJ