Thank you all for your feedback. I feel this approach with early releases here in the forum makes more sense, as I get more direct feedback than from the google play releases. Google play releases are more for validating compatibility with more setups.
v1.09 is available as beta on google play store. It will be amended with some translation but other than that it should be OK for public consumption.
Since 1.06
New
* Point of Interest can be "dropped" to the current position, to the home position, or set with a dialog
* New autopilot: Up & away for any distance and speed
* New autopilot: 360° video at any speed
* Dialogs for Autopilots can be controlled with Roll & Pitch
* STOP button cancels photo download (takes ages on long distance FPV)
* Bitrate displayed (only if corruption indicator option is switched on)
* 8D flips (diagonal flips)
* Onscreen Indicator for current throttle, yaw, pitch, roll sent to drone (also for external controller and autopilots)
* Reports if VPS data is outdated (typical due to wifi issues)
* Reports if abnormal VPS position data was detected (sudden jumps, extreme speed differences)
Changes
* Original flightmodes up&away, 360, circle have been removed as they are obsolete now
* Video start on autopilots in video mode
* Sensitive area around the PANIC button enlarged
* Generic Controllers (USB / BT) automatically recognized without pressing scan
Fixes
* RTH rotates slower in case a low quality wifi link results in slow VPS updates (Rotation was overshooting)
* Fixed layout problem for phones using "Right to left" languages
* Bitrate Auto only working if activated on each use
* Home position wrong after takeoff
Open issues
Translation changes for modified / added functions
One cool feature is IMO the onscreen indicator for the commands sent to
Tello:
The red dots inside the onscreen joysticks move according to the command sent to
Tello. That is if 75% yaw is sent to
Tello, the red dot will be at the 75% stick position. It always displays the command sent to
Tello, not the actual stick position: If you have a 33% rate defined for your yaw, and stick is at 75% the red dot will be at 25% (75% stick input, adjusted for 33% rate).
This works also for external controllers to validate connection is OK, and the most interesting part for me: you can watch the autopilots do their job.
The indicator is not updating in realtime but just occasionally (that is 100-200ms delay)
If you get a "not licensed" warning this may be due to problems with the regional play stores being not fully synchronised. May take a few hours.