Note this is different than AC’s zoomed settings – double tap, pinch.

Zoom

These setting affect AC for the iPhone

Dark/Light Mode, Text Size and Bold Text

A change from Dark/Light mode requires AC to be relaunched

iPhone Display Zoom Setting

Depending on which setting is selected AC often shows slightly different views. Note that not only is the text made larger (Display Zoom) but icons too. AC is carefully designed for either view.

The bi-wheel text is missing (update – some text is now shown) when Display Zoom is set to Larger Text because there’s insufficient space bottom left. This does not occur with the larger screen iPhones.

To see if your IPhone is affected please see:

Your iPhone

For example here’s the main Chart Display Page showing the difference.

AC with Display Zoom Default bi-wheel and second screenshot with Display Zoom with Larger Text bi-wheel

AC with Display Zoom Default bi-wheel and second screenshot with Display Zoom with Larger Text bi-wheel

Note that the iPad has the Display Zoom setting. Please do not use the Larger Text setting for an iPad.

Text Size – default

Text Setting Standard

Chart Details – standard text size

Standard Text Size

Increase Text Size

Text Setting Larger

Chart Details – increased text size

Larger Text Size

Bold Text affects many menu views, for example:

Bold Text not set – default

Bold Text set

Please note that not all views are affected by these settings. Using Bold Text and a large increased Text Size may result in curtailed/truncated titles or sentences or words.

Requirements: iOS 13.0+ . Please note Dark Mode cannot be selected with AC. Use the iPad’s pull-down menu or iPad’s settings.

Please re-launch AC after changing this setting.

Selecting Dark Mode – once selected close down AC (press the home button and swipe-up AC) and reopen

Drag finger down from the right of screen, not the middle of the screen.

Dark Mode settings

From iPad Settings

Dark Mode – iPad Settings

AC Dark Mode:

AC Dark Mode

AC Not Dark Mode

Watch a screencast:

AC’s Dark Mode settings menu icon/item

Dark Mode menu

Dark Mode Settings

Dark Mode Settings

App Theme Colours table is disabled when Dark Mode is in use.

App theme Colours disabled

Fills icon button now disabled for Dark Mode and colour controls (enabled in Light Mode) are hidden

Fills button disabled

Note: colour of the Moon’s glyph is now white. Pluto and Saturn: dark Grey. Sun: yellow.

Full Dark Mode, with user-defined circle and line widths – full landscape, bi-wheel

Dark Mode bi-wheel

Full Dark Mode, with user-defined circle and line widths

Proportional houses – radix

Non-proportional houses – plain – radix, with user-defined circle and line widths

Non-proportional houses

Line aspect settings for above chart

Aspect Line Selection

Aspect Table

Dark Mode Aspect Table

Aspect Grid

Dark Mode Aspect Grid

Printing – is done against a white background.

Selecting the printer icon

Printing is done against a white background

Tapping the share/activity icon allows printing with a black background

Dark Mode printing

Back background

Tap or Click over an image to enlarge

Examples

Smart Invert

Inverted Colours Main

To invert colours (as above):

Smart Invert Settings

iOS 13+

Selecting Smart Invert

Selecting Smart Invert 2

See:

AstroConnexions (for iPad) can be used with iPadOS 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26+

From AC version 3.22 AC requires iPadOS 13+

iPhone

AstroConnexions for iPhone requires iOS 17, 18, 26+

AstroConnexions for iPhone running on an iPad (in box mode) requires iPadOS 17, 18, 26+

Notes:

The original AstroConnexions was released for the iPad.

After approx 7 years AstroConnexions for iPhone was released August 2024

Support for the latest iPhones – all available now

• iPhone 17 Pro Max
• iPhone 17 Pro
• iPhone 17
• iPhone air- coming soon