0.2.5-1

This is the first pre-release for Thunder v0.2.5! This nightly adds a few new additions and changes to enhance your user experience. Furthermore, a lot of internal changes have been made to improve app stability and performance.

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

Please see below for the full changelog since the last general release. For those on TestFlight, you will receive the pre-release update once it has been approved by Apple.

Some notable changes to test out:

• Feed page refactor - the logic powering the feed page has been completely re-written from the ground up to hopefully enable better performance and stability. As this is a major change to the underlying logic, there are bound to be issues that were missed during testing. If you notice any issues, please create a new issue on GitHub!
• Added ability to add/manage anonymous profiles. This allows you to create a profile under a given instance without having to log in.
• Added actions to post/comment long-press menu. This adds in vote and save actions to the long-press menu.
• Added support for community/person mentions when creating a new comment or post. To use this feature, simply tap on the @ or ! actions located in the markdown section when creating a new post or comment.

The next pre-release versions from this point on will be mainly focused on fixing existing issues with the feed refactor, as well as introducing support for Lemmy 0.19.x.

Thanks again for sticking around, and please mention any bugs and issues that you encounter when using this version!

Additions

• Added ability to add anonymous instance accounts by @micahmo in #677
• Added more post/comment actions to long-press menu by @micahmo in #741
• Added initial support for username/community mentions in comments and posts by @micahmo in #751
• Added instance pipeline to pull active instance list from API by @micahmo in #799

Changes

• Changed underlying structure of the feed page for better performance/architecture by @hjiangsu in #752
• Collapsing a comment will disable accidental taps on username by @micahmo in #747
• Introduce caching of images with a limit by @micahmo in #745
• Updating Thunder package dependencies by @gwbischof in #771
• Inbox unread badge limit increased to 99+ by @micahmo in #775
• Removed non-functional message user action on user sidebar by @hjiangsu in #802
• Added and fixed FAB haptics by @micahmo in #800
• Migrated from BottomNavigationBar to NavigationBar by @ggichure in #783

Fixes

• Fixed issue where posts would not load when failing to fetch image dimensions by @Fmstrat in #761
• Fixed animation not being triggered with deferred comments by @micahmo in #749
• Fixed NSFW previews not being properly blurred by @micahmo in #795
• Fixed spacing issue with post title when post is saved by @micahmo in #801
• Fixed issue where Thunder hangs on app load if the current instance is down by @micahmo in #770
• Fixed interactions with saved comments by @micahmo in #779
• Fixed user comments grammar by @micahmo in #796
• Fixed issue where search would reset by @micahmo in #804

New Contributors

• @gwbischof made their first contribution in #771

Full Changelog: 0.2.4...0.2.5-1