Vector v0.4.2-4

Compose it, pin it, scan it.

A live-rendering Rich Composer, profile QR cards with in-app scanning, a redesigned Status system, pinned chats and pinned messages and a deep stability pass across Communities, accounts, and Android.

New in Preview 4:

• 😀 Emoji Fidelity: custom emojis now render in chat previews split by unicode emojis, survive copy and cut from the composer as their :shortcodes:, and reply previews never reveal half a shortcode through truncation.
• 📌 Pin Links: plain URLs in pinned messages are clickable now, and pin links wear the theme color like chat links do.
• 🪧 Header Fit: long chat names truncate before they reach the Pins toggle.
• 🖱️ Menu Polish: context menu labels no longer text-select when long-pressed.

New in Preview 3:

• 🤖 Self-Updater Fixed: in-app updates on sideloaded Android builds now download, verify, and install properly. Phones on Preview 1 or 2 need one last manual install of this build; updates flow in-app from here on.
• 🚀 Get Started: a fresh account now sees a glowing Get Started pill where its first chat will live, and Viktor himself welcomes you above the navbar — give him a hover or a tap.
• 📱 QR Button Polish: the profile QR button now matches the Share button's width.

New in Preview 2:

• ✍️ More Markdown: underscore emphasis (italic, bold, both) and # headers now render live in the composer, matching what messages already display.
• 🤏 Tiny Text: start a line with -# for small, muted subtext, in the composer and in chat.
• 🖊️ Marker Gray Fix: typing after a list marker no longer paints the whole line in marker gray.

New:

• ⌨️ Rich Composer: markdown, @mentions, and custom emojis now render live as you type them.
• 📇 Profile QR Cards: share your profile as a beautiful Vector QR, and scan your contacts to add them instantly.
• 📷 QR Scanning: point your camera at a friend's QR from the New Chat screen and land straight on their profile.
• 💭 Status, Redesigned: a compact new status editor with custom emojis and a live preview of how everyone else sees it.
• 📌 Pinned Chats: pin your favourite chats to the top of your list, synced across your devices.
• 📍 Pinned Messages: pin the messages that matter in a Community channel, visible for everyone.
• 🔁 Synced Blocks, Mutes & Nicknames: your block list, mutes, and nicknames now sync between devices.
• 🧩 Mini Apps from URLs: paste a link to an .xdc file and it opens like an uploaded Mini App, multiplayer included.
• 📱 Biometric Unlock (Android): protect your account with your phone's built-in lock screen.
• 📦 Self-Updating Sideloads (Android): builds installed outside an app store now update themselves, and tapping a received .apk installs it.

Improved:

• 🚪 Faster Channel Opens: Community channels open on their newest messages instantly and page older history in as you scroll back.
• 🧮 Member Counts: Community member counts are accurate now, and stay that way.
• 🗂️ No Community Ceiling: your joined-Communities list syncs in full no matter how many you join.
• 👥 Account Switching: the multi-account core was rebuilt so every background task stays bound to the account that started it; switching accounts mid-sync can no longer mix anything between them.
• 📎 Cross-Client Attachments: attachments sent from other Nostr clients now render as proper files instead of bare links.
• 🪶 Tidier System Events: repeated joins and leaves, as well as pins, collapse into one line.
• ✨ UI Polish: modals share a smooth pop-in/pop-out, app chrome is no longer text-selectable, and statuses drop the italic slant.
• 🛡️ Downgrade Protection: the database now refuses to open under an older build instead of risking silent corruption.

Fixed:

• 🐿️ Chipmunk Audio: certain m4a voice files (HE-AAC) played at double speed; they now play at the right speed and pitch, and transcription handles them too.
• 🗑️ Deleted Stays Deleted: deleted messages no longer resurrect after a restart when a relay ignored the deletion.
• 😀 Reaction Dupes: one reaction per person per emoji.
• 💬 Reply Quotes: Community replies keep their quoted context during bulk syncs.
• 🧳 Migration Tail: migrated v1 Communities stop reappearing in your list, devices that missed a migration catch up on their own, and leaving a Community sticks even if a relay was down at the time.
• 🔑 Password Changes: changing your local encryption password now re-encrypts all Community data with it, so nothing goes missing afterwards.
• 🕵️ Mini App Privacy: every Mini App gets its own isolated storage now; apps can no longer read each other's data.
• 📂 Android File Taps: tapping a downloaded file now opens it.
• 🖼️ Chat Landing: chats no longer open scrolled short of the newest message while media is still loading.

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Preview notes: this is Preview 4 of v0.4.2 on the new preview channel. You'll be offered the official v0.4.2 automatically the moment it releases.