v0.2.4-1

This is the first pre-release for Thunder v0.2.4! Please note that there are a few changes to the versioning from now on. General releases will have the following format: x.y.z (e.g., 0.2.4, 0.2.5), while pre-release versions will have the following format: x.y.z-n (e.g., 0.2.4-1, 0.2.4-2)

Thank you to everyone who has been contributing towards the project while I've been gone! Huge thanks to @micahmo and @ajsosa for handling PRs and discussions, as well as everyone else who has contributed towards PRs, translations, issues, and so forth.

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 since the last general release:

Added

• Show OP identification first before self/mod/admin by @micahmo in #569
• Show full text of a URL when activating tooltip on post in feed by @micahmo in #582
• Re-design comment creation screen by @coslu in #643
• Support image uploading when creating comments by @coslu in #643
• Show active user indicator when creating posts and comments by @coslu in #643
• Added bot identifier in comments header by @micahmo in #638
• Added access to saved comments in account page by @CTalvio in #519
• Added Polish translation by @Pazdikan in #659
• Added default user avatar when none is present by @coslu in #666
• Added lock indicator to posts and prevent commenting when post is locked by @ajsosa in #676
• Added the ability to combine the post FAB with the comment navigation buttons by @micahmo in #648
• Show special user identifiers in post by @micahmo in #669
• Added importing/exporting of settings to JSON by @hjiangsu in #644
• Added instance status and latency indicators in account switcher by @micahmo in #655
• Added option to not dim read posts by @micahmo in #695
• Added Spanish translations by @ajsosa in #662
• Added Spanish translations by @ireneairyn in #674
• Ability to mark deleted replies as read by @micahmo in #693

Changed

• Prioritize and identify default theme in Settings by @micahmo in #611
• Hide gesture customize hint when gestures are disabled in the Settings page by @micahmo in #599
• Text preview improvements in feed by @micahmo in #631
• Added markdown rendering to taglines and support for multiple taglines by @micahmo in #593
• Moved saved post star indicator before the title by @ajsosa in #684
• Comment indicators follow theme colors and accents by @tom-james-watson in #671
• Removed thumbnail progress indicators by @micahmo in #691
• Display sort name as subtitle and make sort button use generic sort icon on top bar by @tom-james-watson in #670
• Improved dismiss read functionality by @CTalvio in #698
• Do not grey out read own/saved posts in profile by @CTalvio in #645
• Improvements to error handling by @micahmo in #647
• Bring comments in profile/replies up to feature parity with posts by @CTalvio in #608
• Change instance/username entry keyboard type by @micahmo in #687
• Show pencil icon for edited posts in feed by @micahmo in #692
• Improved ability to refresh posts by @micahmo in #685
• Remove hero animations by @micahmo in #689
• Improved bottom pickers (sort by) by @micahmo in #686

Fixed

• Handled issue with loading comments without a direct parent by @micahmo in #624
• Do not capture FAB summon gesture while disabled by @micahmo in #653
• Ensure snackbar appears over image viewer by @micahmo in #661
• Fixed infinite spinner for load more replies + toast by @ajsosa in #667
• Fixed NPE that broke commenting by @ajsosa in #681
• Fixed top post missing and dismiss read top post disappearing by @CTalvio in #697
• Fixed another comment spinner by @micahmo in #672
• Fixed some issues with the app bar by @micahmo in #682
• Fixed semantic labeling of sort picker by @micahmo in #654
• Limit set state on isOverridingSwipeGestureAction in comment_card (perf improvement) by @ajsosa in #694

New Contributors

• @Pazdikan made their first contribution in #659
• @ireneairyn made their first contribution in #674

Full Changelog: v0.2.3+16...v0.2.4-1