Releases · thunder-app/thunder

25 Jul 17:21

hjiangsu

v0.2.1+13

018fe32

v0.2.1+13

Alpha Release [v0.2.1+13]

Wow is it that time again? Why yes it is, its time for another Thunder release! This release has a lot of minor tweaks and improvements to the overall Thunder experience.

A reminder for anyone who didn’t catch the previous announcement, Thunder is now officially available on Google Play! You should also be able to search up Thunder on the Play Store to find it. For more details about the launch, see this post: https://lemmy.world/post/1631968

If you are using the Google Play version or TestFlight, please note that it may take a bit of time before you receive the update. As always, this is an alpha release, so do expect bugs to pop up here and there. Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

You can now select custom accent colours! This will allow you to choose a splash of colour which will be applied consistently across the whole app. Please note that Material You has to be disabled for the accent colours to be applied properly
You can now customize the look of the comment indicators. There are different options to choose from to suit your personal preferences
There are even more settings for you to customize. You can hide the FABs, hide NSFW posts, show community icons and authors on posts, and even more!
Improvements to link previews. With this, you should be seeing more link previews and it should create a more consistent experience
You can now manage blocked communities and users. Simply go to your profile, and there should be a gear icon for you to remove any blocked communities and users.
You can now access user and community sidebars. If you visit a community, or a user, you can tap in the info icon to bring up a sidebar filled with all the information you could possible want
Overall improvements to performance. This update should feel smoother and there should hopefully be less stuttering happening overall
Finally, there has been some under-the-hood changes to allow for localization and translations for the future. Look forward to this in a future update!

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

If you find any issues or would like to suggest features, please open up a new issue! As always, contributions are always welcomed here.

Full Changelog

Added

Added swipe gesture to toggle read/unread status on posts - contribution from @micahmo
Added option to enable/disable text post indicator on compact view - contribution from @micahmo
Added improvements to link previews to be more stable, and to work more often - contribution from @micahmo
Added instance icons in account selection - contribution from @micahmo
Image viewer supports double-tap and slide zoom - contribution from @CTalvio
Improvements to image viewer to be more reliable with gesture controls, and overall UI fixes - contribution from @CTalvio
Added an option to disable FABs in feed/post page - contribution from @ajsosa
Added customization of nested comment indicators - contribution from @micahmo
Added ability to delete comment on long press - contribution from @vbh
Improvements to CI/development workflow
Added ability to view comment context when tapping on your own comment from profile - contribution from @ajsosa
Added Matrix space to about page
Added initial support for custom themes/accents
Added haptic feedback when long pressing on a comment - contribution from @ajsosa
Added width/height limit on comment images, and adjustments to comment button actions - contribution from @CTalvio
Added sidebars to user profiles and community pages - contribution from @CTalvio
Added blur to external link previews - contribution from @ajsosa
Added account settings to manage blocked communities and users - contribution from @micahmo
Added very basic initial support for localization
Added ability to subscribe to communities without being logged in - contribution from @vbh
Added options to show post author, and community icons within the feed - contribution from @sant0s12
Added option to disable NSFW content - contribution from @ajsosa
Added long-press action on image viewer to show image-only mode - contribution from @CTalvio
Added subscription icon in post feed when you are subscribed to a given community - contribution from @micahmo

Changed

Going back from a selected community in the sidebar will bring you back to the feed view - contribution from @micahmo
Minor tweaks to toast notification when blocking communities - contribution from @micahmo
Changed to default feed type to be "All" rather than "Local" - contribution from @micahmo
Optimization improvements to comment cards and calculating published/edited time - contribution from @ajsosa
Improved UI navigation experience when logging in - contribution from @micahmo
Posts no longer have the reply swipe gesture
Improved about page to add in-app navigation to lemmy community, and update to GitHub url - contribution from @micahmo
Improvements to community navigation from links - contribution from @micahmo
Updated README with Google Play Store links - contribution from @micahmo
Increased relevance of default community search - contribution from @machinaeZER0
Improved Gesture settings UI to be more clear - contribution from @CTalvio
Improvements to tap + slide zoom gesture when previewing images - contribution from @CTalvio
Downloaded images are now saved in a separate directory/album - contribution from @njshockey
Material You theme setting is hidden on non-android devices
Comment child count now counts total replies rather than total top level replies - contribution from @micahmo
Desktop builds will always use external browser - contribution from @micahmo
Adjusted way permissions are handled when saving media
Adjusted swipe to dismiss on posts to not move divider alongside swipe gesture - contribution from @micahmo

Fixed

Fixed issue where comment thread would show spinning indicator even after all comments have been loaded - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed minor UI issue where the screen would switch from light-dark-light on app startup - contribution from @micahmo
Fixed duplicate post regression - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed a couple of performance issues with constant widget rebuilding - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed swipe action icons not showing properly when on 2-column view - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed issue where interacting with saved posts from profile was throwing an error - contribution from @micahmo
Fixed issue where markdown preview was not working when creating a post - contribution from @micahmo
Fixed broken show link preview option in settings - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed issue where swiping on a comment would cause text to overflow on top of the comment indicators - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed issue where the app was preventing you from voting or saving multiple things within a short timeframe

As always, I would just like to thank everyone so far for the amazing support so far. Thunder is still a project that I can only work on the side, and it has been incredible so far. A lot of my time has been taken up to work on improvements to Thunder, and to maintain active and meaningful conversations to improve the overall experience for Thunder.

If you would like to show a token of appreciation, you can buy me a coffee! The donations will help support some of the development overhead costs (e.g., apple developer program for TestFlight builds) and other costs!

Thanks again for everything so far, and I hope you enjoy this update! Here’s some canned beans for you for reaching the end of this post 🥫🫘

Contributors

machinaeZER0, CTalvio, and 5 other contributors

Assets 4

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24 Jul 18:12

hjiangsu

v0.2.1-alpha.4+13

d2eb037

v0.2.1-alpha.4+13 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the release candidate 1 for Thunder v0.2.1+13! Given that there are no more major issues present in the pre-releases, this will be the version that will be released to the general stream.

Be fully prepared to know that these pre-release versions may contain major bugs which could cause Thunder to crash or behave unexpectedly.

These are the changes that have occurred since the last pre-release:

Fixed issue where the app was preventing you from voting or saving multiple things within a short timeframe
Adjusted way permissions are handled when saving media
Added subscription icon in post feed when you are subscribed to a given community - contribution from @micahmo
Adjusted swipe to dismiss on posts to not move divider alongside swipe gesture - contribution from @micahmo
Minor adjustment to show author icon in Settings - contribution from @micahmo

Contributors

micahmo

Assets 4

23 Jul 19:13

hjiangsu

v0.2.1-alpha.3+13

f50b7c1

v0.2.1-alpha.3+13 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the third pre-release for Thunder v0.2.1+13! The main focus for the upcoming nightlies will be fixing any outstanding issues and bugs that were introduced previously. There will most likely be no more new features added in the nightlies until the next general release.

Be fully prepared to know that these pre-release versions may contain major bugs which could cause Thunder to crash or behave unexpectedly.

There was a big change under the hood to better handle settings. Because of this, I would appreciate it if testing was done on the different settings to ensure they still work as expected!

These are the changes that have occurred since the last pre-release:

Fixed issue where voting on a comment no longer makes the show all comments button disappear - contribution from @ajsosa
UI fixes for post author on feed view - contribution from @CTalvio
Fixed issue where replying from a comment would reload all comments - contribution from @ajsosa
Fixed issue where the "Show Post Author" setting is off by default, but the authors are still shown - contribution from @micahmo
Fixed issue where swiping on the bottom navigation bar would not open sidebar
Under the hood changes to how local settings are handled
Removed previews from being read in talkback/voiceover on compact posts

Here is the full list of changes since the last general release: