Sync for Lemmy Beta 91 release notes

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