v1.4.0

[1.4.0] - 2026-03-22

Added

• GlassStackHeader and HeroHeader components to expand the iOS 26-inspired UI kit, plus an AchievementsScreen scaffold for future engagement features.
• Expanded Pittsburgh RSS coverage (WESA, Kidsburgh, Penguins, Pirates, Pitt Panthers, and more) with opt-in defaults for audio/experimental feeds and Settings badges for default-off sources.
• Digest settings now let users store an optional Perplexity API key locally on-device for digest and article summaries.

Changed

• Navigation, profile, digest, saved, and settings flows refreshed alongside storage/context updates; RSS service and saved-article handling tuned for more resilient data fetch and caching.
• Daily Digest now pulls from live feed data instead of mock articles, surfaces launch controls directly in Digest & Launch settings, and falls back to extractive summaries when no AI key is saved.
• Daily Digest now uses profile-scoped feed recency metadata from Home and Section fetches, so it avoids resurfacing stories the active profile already pulled into the feed moments earlier.
• Onboarding now uses scroll-safe slides, a real Next action, accessible progress feedback, and current minimal/comprehensive tab-layout selection instead of a dead CTA.
• Profile now surfaces tracked reading metrics, relative last-read/save activity, and karma tier status from current device data instead of placeholder streak copy.
• Profile is now pared back to overview, reading, account, and support sections, removing duplicate Settings paths and preview-only clutter.

Fixed

• Sign in with Apple flow and FullStory instrumentation hardened; Jest setup and shared components updated for more reliable tests and UI interactions.
• Pinned Reanimated/Worklets versions to the Expo SDK 54 native bundle to stop JS/native mismatch crashes in Expo Go.
• Feed ordering now follows each story's real publishedAt timestamp, and Home/Section screens keep cached stories visible with honest retry messaging when refreshes fail.
• Reading progress now stays in memory between syncs, saves are batched per active profile, and ArticleScreen safely completes zero-scroll content without corrupting progress state.
• The last active profile now restores on relaunch, and profile switches immediately update the selection used by saved-article and reading-progress storage.
• Completing onboarding now also marks the current app version as seen, so post-update What's New flows do not reopen on the next launch.
• Theme changes now propagate across the app shell and primary surfaces without reload, replacing the old frozen theme/colors path with reactive tokens in navigation, onboarding, profile, reader, and settings flows.
• Production runtime dependencies in the feed/network stack were patched and pinned via direct upgrades and overrides, clearing current npm audit --omit=dev findings for fast-xml-parser and related transitive packages.
• Removed the build-time Perplexity env dependency from app code, and digest refreshes no longer advance the last-visit timestamp when a digest fetch fails.
• Profile stats now retain recent fetched article ids/timestamps, and feed refreshes record them without regressing active-profile persistence.

Documentation

• Rewrote the public GitHub README to better explain the app, local setup, IPA/TestFlight installation, versioned releases, and changelog workflow.
• New and updated guides: EAS hosting, backend learning notes, navigation iOS26 patterns, onboarding/What’s New templates, RSS feed templates, and refreshed standards/deployment docs.
• Added a GitHub Actions iOS release workflow and updated the release docs around the EAS-first IPA/TestFlight path.