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Sync for Lemmy Beta 91 release notes (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New

Added "overview" as a new default section for profiles
Added "saved" as a new section in profiles
Added "all" as a new section in search
Updated the look and feel of the login page
The status of your logged in session is now checked at startup and a relogin page is shown if needed
Added an option to hide all comments made by PipedLinkBot (Settings > Lemmy settings)

Ultra

[Ultra] Feature extension: Summarize third party articles #416

Changes

The sort icon in posts & comments now matches the current sort

Github issues closed

Blocked communities are not blocked #425
Tapping into a post, Sync stops displaying the instance of users #237
Search bar for instance list #430
Instance name missing when viewing comments #421
The article summarizer in Ultra does not show "Summary " when using "Slides" view type and "Show image previews" turned off #409
Add ability to swipe between instances and communities when using the instance or community browser #405
Anonymous profile pic not showing #347
Some favoriting improvements #400
Subscriptions are still shown when anonymous #348
Would be nice if the app had an indicator in the settings of which app icon is currently chosen #399
FAB shown in the Theme Management preview doesn't match the square Material 3 design #395
Remove the controversial comment setting #397
Remove the "Show user flair" setting #396
Move some of the features listed within Settings->Experimental to their designated spots #394
When changing the launcher icon the app icons take a good bit to load #388
Profile button in List View just a TODO #354
"More actions" button crashes app in comments #210
Opening 'More Actions' when in a post crashes the app #351
Dark overlay doesn't work #344
Disable infinite scroll #337
The "select source" bottom sheet should dismiss when clicking camera or gallery before it shows the new intent #379
Remove twitter previews in the settings #359
Card options (columns) missing in View Type Settings menu when view is set to Small Cards #355
Server Donations #212
Support for viewing instance page #207
'Legitimate Interest' GDPR consent settings does not save #200
Very unhelpful bad login notification #197
Adding Instances (More than just the default instance) #190

Other fixes

Fixed an issue where requests weren't cancelled when changing profile section
Pressing About at Root (Everything, Local, Subscribed) should fetch info from the sidebar #39
Fixed an issue preventing searches in communities
Thumbnails should load much faster now
Fixed a crash in the settings when leaving after changing night mode
Fixed an issue where the logged out session would not show a profile picture
Fixed an issue where communities were not filtered locally when viewing instances
Actor pictures now fade in
Fixed an issue loading timestamps

Updates

Gradle > 8.3
Now building with Java 17
Updated to Android Studio 2023.1.1 Beta 1
com.github.bumptech.glide:glide > 4.16.0
org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin > 1.9.10
com.android.tools.build:gradle > 8.2.0-beta01
org.mockito:mockito-core > 5.5.0
org.robolectric:robolectric > 4.10.3
com.google.firebase:firebase-bom > 32.2.3
com.google.auto.value:auto-value > 1.10.3
org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup:tagsoup > 1.2.1
org.slf4j:slf4j-api > 2.0.9
com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver > 5.0.0-alpha.11
jp.wasabeef:glide-transformations > 4.3.0
org.jsoup:jsoup > 1.16.1
commons-io:commons-io > 2.13.0
org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 > 3.13.0

Removed

The old broken tasker integration
org.mp4parser:isoparser
org.mp4parser:muxer
com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-dash
com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-hls
com.github.tittojose:timerangepicker-library
In-app Imgur gallery handling

Notes

Increased the number of threads available to image management
Increased the number of threads available to web requests
Finally transitioned from Butterknife to ViewBinding
Removed the "legacy" dark mode time picker
Clicking on any item that requires login now opens the login page (instead of a toast)
Domains are now shown for non-Lemmy hosted images
Changed the styling of usernames + communities

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Lots of refactoring + fixes this release.

I've been working hard on localising the app in Spanish + German but that just missed this release, hoping to get that in the next release for sure.

Again beta 50 to 91 mainly due to lots and lots of internal releases!

Cheers, Lj

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Again beta 50 to 91 mainly due to lots and lots of internal releases!

I thought I was going crazy, how could I miss so many versions lol.

I have no update version yet showing in the PlayStore... so I guess it is a matter of time?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same here, I don't have the update available yet. I just assume it's still making its way through the tubes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Hopefully it won't take long, this app keeps showing how premium the Lemmy experience can be on mobile 🤘🏻

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, the app crashes for me 1–2 seconds after opening it. I'm no longer able to use it. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Submitted a fix to Google, should be live soon.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You are awesome! It's crazy to have such a great app for something like lemmy, really not something you expect or at all take for granted. It's so cool that you managed to keep it so similar to the reddit version, it's very nice to feel at home with it after using it for reddit for years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

(シ_ _)シ

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks for all your work LJ, it's clear the value we get from having you be able to dedicate so much time to working on Sync. Love seeing so much improvement to an already great app.

I'm especially happy for the PipedLinkBot feature and profile overview.

Edit: now that the update has shown up on my end and I've tried the new features, I'd like to add that I slightly misunderstood what the PipedLinkBot would do, any chance we could have an option for those comments to be collapsed by default instead of hidden?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ugh, this update is so good. This app is so good. Even if Lemmy continues to lose users and content, I love opening this app because of how good it feels to navigate through it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

(シ_ _)シ

I'm going to keep building it with the faith that this is going somewhere. It's been really fun working on this.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

It's not the user loss that is the concern, it's the actual contributors that matter the most. As long as they stick around, it's all good.

So don't stop contributing folks!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (20 children)

I've noticed since updating this morning that clicking images (not sure what it's officially called, the Image Preview? when you click an image post without loading the post comments) frequently loads a blank screen. Only clicking back and then on the image again gets it to load properly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There should be an update available that fixes this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just downloaded the update and can confirm that fixed the issue. Your turn around time continues to amaze me. I work in a corporate environment where we have to write user stories, discuss them in backlog grooming, do sprint planning, develop, test, go through a Change Advisory Board approval, do release planning, then deployment.

The fact that I can just comment in one of your threads about something weird I'm seeing and then you fix it in less than a day is nothing short of astonishing. You rock!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I can only imagine how good this feels to read a compliment like this. That was really well said.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Same here. I just click the image from my frontpage and it just loads to a black screen. If I hold down on the image it will pop up in the full screen preview though. I'm on small cards.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I came here to say this as well! Using Android 13.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hey, getting instant crashes after updating on my end. I sent in a feedback report, crashes while loading up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just pushed a fix, thanks for the report.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Awesome, thanks 🙏🙏

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Already fixed in newest app update.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Blocked communities are not blocked #425

How does Sync have anything to do with Blocks? I read issue #425. The initial report says "Open the community. Click the block button. Community is now in the list of blocked communities."

That block button has always been a server-side block recorded on the instance itself, right? So I'm assuming the submitter means they checked the list of blocks on their instance's website.

And then you replied that you fixed it. How is this possible?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I mistakenly understood this as the filter issue. Reopened.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just noticed a glitch with spoilers I think

If you use the spoiler tag on a comment and then click on the spoiler to un-hide it, clicking edit will remove the spoiler tag code for the stuff that was originally marked. The " >! ! < " disappears in the editing page is what I mean.

But if you never un-hide it, you can click edit on your comment and it will show the ">! !< " still there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Anyone else having issues with redgifs

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

My app crashes immediately upon opening, after the splash screen but before loading any posts. I've tried restarting my phone. Haven't tried clearing the app's cache because I don't want to relogin and also I shouldn't be on lemmy during work anyway lol.

Running Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with Android 13 and One UI 5.1. I have sync ultra.

Edit: Clearing data worked until I restored my settings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I tried clearing the cache and that didn't work. Also it looks like I'm still logged in so I guess idk what the cache stores lol

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you've enabled the hide button in posts this version will load the post instead of hiding it.

Device information

Sync version: v23.09.13-09:43    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

Ultra user: false    
View type: Slides    
Push enabled: false    

Device: HWVOG    
Model: HUAWEI VOG-L29    
Android: 10

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Added "overview" as a new default section for profiles

This is great and long awaited, however it also means months of muscle memory down the drain again 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems like I cannot open comments anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you switch to the "slides" view mode that should stop the crash. I've already submitted a patch to Google, just waiting their approval.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Top stuff! Thanks, I would never even have thought to do that.

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