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v1.4.30

29 Jul 08:46
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Changes in Element v1.4.30 (2022-07-29)

Features ✨

  • [FTUE] - Enable improved login and register onboarding flows (#2585)
  • Adds settings screen to change app font scale or enable using system setting (#5687)
  • [Location sharing] - Delete action on a live message (#6437)
  • [Timeline] - Collapse redacted events (#6487)
  • Improve lock screen implementation with extra security measures (#6522)
  • Move initialization of the Session to a background thread. MainActivity is restoring the session now, instead of VectorApplication. Useful when for instance a long migration of a database is required. (#6548)
  • Share location with other apps (#6567)
  • Support element call widget (#6616)
  • [FTUE] Updates FTUE registration to include username availability check and update copy (#6546)
  • [FTUE] - Allows the email address to be changed during the verification process (#6622)
  • [FTUE] Updates the copy within the FTUE onboarding (#6547)
  • [FTUE] Test session feedback (#6620)
  • [FTUE] - Improved reset password error message (#6621)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fixes wrong voice message being displayed and played on the timeline. (#6213)
  • Fixes the room list not taking into account the Show all rooms in Home preference (#6665)
  • Stop using unstable names for withheld codes (#5115)
  • Fixes room not being in space after upgrade (#6200)
  • Fixed issues with reporting sync state events from different threads (#6341)
  • Display specific message when verification QR code is malformed (#6395)
  • When there is no way to verify a device (no 4S nor other device) propose to reset verification keys (#6466)
  • Unwedging could cause the SDK to force creating a new olm session every hour (#6534)
  • [Location Share] - Wrong room live location status bar visibility in timeline (#6537)
  • Fix infinite loading when opening a DM when the current room is the same DM. (#6549)
  • Do not log the live location of the user (#6579)
  • Fix backup saving several times the same keys (#6585)
  • Check user power level before sharing live location (#6587)
  • [Location Share] - Live is considered as ended while still active (#6596)
  • Put EC permission shortcuts behind labs flag (PSG-630) (#6634)
  • ObjectAnimators are not canceled in TypingMessageDotsView (#6663)

SDK API changes ⚠️

  • Communities/Groups are removed completely (#5733)
  • SDK - The SpaceFilter is query parameter is no longer nullable, use SpaceFilter.NoFilter instead (#6666)

Other changes

  • Nightly build publication on Firebase (#6478)
  • Communities/Groups are removed completely (#5733)
  • Improves performance on search screen by replacing flattenParents with directParentName in RoomSummary (#6314)
  • Log durations of DB migration and migration steps. (#6538)
  • [Location Share] - Standardise "Stop" texts for live (#6541)
  • Adds NewAppLayoutEnabled feature flag (#6584)
  • [Location sharing] - Small improvements of UI for live (#6607)
  • Live Location Sharing - Reset zoom level while focusing a user (#6609)
  • Fix a typo in the terms and conditions step during registration. (#6612)
  • [Location sharing] - OnTap on the top live status bar, display the expanded map view (#6625)
  • [Location Share] - Expanded map state when no more live location shares (#6635)

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kittykat, jmartinesp, and 14 other contributors
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v1.4.28

13 Jul 12:15
@bmarty bmarty
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This release include a migration of DB which may freeze the app and users may get some ANR. This release will not go to the stores. There are other known issues to fix in this release.

Changes in Element v1.4.28 (2022-07-13)

Features ✨

  • Improve user experience when he is first invited to a room. Users will be able to decrypt and view previous messages (#5853)
  • [Location sharing] - Reply action on a live message (#6401)
  • Show a loader if all the Room Members are not yet loaded. (#6413)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fixes numbered lists always starting from 1 (#4777)
  • Adds LoginType to SessionParams to fix soft logout form not showing for SSO and Password type (#5398)
  • Use stable endpoint for alias management instead of MSC2432. Contributed by Nico. (#6288)
  • [Poll] Fixes visible and wrong votes in closed poll after removing 2 previous polls (#6430)
  • Fix HTML entities being displayed in messages (#6442)
  • Gallery picker can pick external images (#6450)
  • Fixes crash when sharing plain text, such as a url (#6451)
  • Fix crashes on Timeline [Thread] due to range validation (#6461)
  • Fix crashes when opening Thread (#6463)
  • Fix ConcurrentModificationException on BackgroundDetectionObserver (#6469)
  • Fixes inconsistency with rooms within spaces showing or disappearing from home (#6510)

In development 🚧

  • FTUE - Adds support for resetting the password during the FTUE onboarding journey (#5284)
  • Create DM room only on first message - Design implementation & debug feature flag (#5525)

Other changes

  • Replacing Epoxy annotation layout id references with getDefaultLayoutId (#6389)
  • Ensure RealmList<T>.clearWith() extension is correctly used. (#6392)
  • [Poll] - Add a description under undisclosed poll when not ended (#6423)
  • Add android:hasFragileUserData="true" in the manifest (#6429)
  • Add code check to prevent modification of frozen class (#6434)
  • Let your Activity or Fragment implement VectorMenuProvider if they provide a menu. (#6436)
  • Rename Android Service to use AndroidService suffix (#6458)

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Full Changelog: v1.4.27...v1.4.28

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yostyle, ouchadam, and 11 other contributors
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v1.4.27-RC2

06 Jul 16:15
@ouchadam ouchadam
v1.4.27-RC2
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RC2 - Includes 8abae6f

Changes in Element v1.4.27 (2022-07-06)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fixes crash when sharing plain text, such as a url (#6451)
  • Fix crashes on Timeline [Thread] due to range validation (#6461)
  • Fix crashes when opening Thread (#6463)
  • Fix ConcurrentModificationException on BackgroundDetectionObserver (#6469)

Full Changelog: v1.4.26...v1.4.27-RC2

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v1.4.26

30 Jun 15:49
@ganfra ganfra
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Changes in Element v1.4.26 (2022-06-30)

Features ✨

  • Use UnifiedPush and allows user to have push without FCM. (#3448)
  • Replace ffmpeg-kit with libopus and libopusenc. (#6203)
  • Improve lock screen implementation. (#6217)
  • Allow sharing text based content via android's share menu (eg .ics files) (#6285)
  • Promote live location labs flag (#6350)
  • [Location sharing] - Stop any active live before starting a new one (#6364)
  • Expose pusher profile tag in advanced settings (#6369)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fixes concurrent modification crash when signing out or launching the app (#5821)
  • Refactor - better naming, return native user id and not sip user id and create a dm with the native user instead of with the sip user. (#6101)
  • Fixed /upgraderoom command not doing anything (#6154)
  • Fixed crash when opening large images in the timeline (#6290)
  • [Location sharing] Fix crash when starting/stopping a live when offline (#6315)
  • Fix loop in timeline and simplify management of chunks and timeline events. (#6318)
  • Update design and behaviour on widget permission bottom sheet (#6326)
  • Fix | Some user verification requests couldn't be accepted/declined (#6328)
  • [Location sharing] Fix stop of a live not possible from another device (#6349)
  • Fix backslash escapes in formatted messages (#6357)
  • Fixes wrong error message when signing in with wrong credentials (#6371)
  • [Location Share] - Adding missing prefix "u=" for uncertainty in geo URI (#6375)

In development 🚧

  • FTUE - Adds automatic homeserver selection when typing a full matrix id during registration or login (#6162)

Improved Documentation 📚

  • Update the PR process doc to come back to one reviewer with optional additional reviewers. (#6396)

SDK API changes ⚠️

  • Group all location sharing related API into LocationSharingService (#5864)
  • Add support for MSC2457 - opting in or out of logging out all devices when changing password (#6191)
  • Create QueryStateEventValue to do query on stateKey for State Event. Also remove the default parameter values for those type. (#6319)

Other changes

  • Notify of the latest known location in LocationTracker to avoid multiple locations at start
  • Debounce location updates
  • Improve location providers access (#5913)
  • Add unit tests for LiveLocationAggregationProcessor code (#6155)
  • Making screenshots in bug reports opt in instead of opt out (#6261)
  • Setup Flipper (#6300)
  • CreatePollViewModel unit tests (#6320)
  • Fix flaky test in voice recording feature. (#6329)
  • Poll view state unit tests (#6366)
  • Let LoadRoomMembersTask insert by chunk to release db. (#6394)

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jmartinesp, Johennes, and 13 other contributors
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v1.4.25

27 Jun 16:45
@bmarty bmarty
v1.4.25
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Bugfixes 🐛

  • Second attempt to fix session database migration to version 30.
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v1.4.24

22 Jun 12:46
@ouchadam ouchadam
v1.4.24
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Changes in Element v1.4.24 (2022-06-21)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fix loop in timeline and simplify management of chunks and timeline events. (#6318)

Full Changelog: v1.4.22...v1.4.24

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v1.4.22

14 Jun 15:16
@ouchadam ouchadam
v1.4.22
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Changes in Element v1.4.22 (2022-06-14)

Features ✨

  • Make read receipt avatar list more compact (#5970)
  • Allow .well-known configuration to override key sharing mode (#6147)
  • Re-organize location settings flags (#6244)
  • Add report action for live location messages (#6280)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fix cases of missing, swapped, or duplicated messages (#5528)
  • Fix wrong status of live location sharing in timeline (#6209)
  • Fix StackOverflowError while recording voice message (#6222)
  • Text cropped: "Secure backup" (#6232)
  • Fix copyright attributions of map views (#6247)
  • Fix flickering bottom bar of live location item (#6264)

In development 🚧

  • FTUE - Adds Sign Up tracking (#5285)

SDK API changes ⚠️

  • Some methods from Session have been moved to a new SyncService, that you can retrieve from a Session.
  • SyncStatusService method has been moved to the new SyncService
  • InitSyncStep have been moved and renamed to InitialSyncStep
  • SyncStatusService.Status has been renamed to SyncRequestState
  • The existing SyncService has been renamed to SyncAndroidService because of name clash with the new SDK Service (#6029)
  • Allows AuthenticationService.getLoginFlow to fail without resetting state from previously successful calls (#6093)
  • Allows new passwords to be passed at the point of confirmation when resetting a password (#6169)

Other changes

  • Adds support for parsing homeserver versions without a patch number (#6017)
  • Updating exit onboarding dialog copy formatting to match iOS (#6087)
  • Disables when arrow alignment in code style (#6126)

What's Changed

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Full Changelog: v1.4.20...v1.4.22

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kittykat, jmartinesp, and 12 other contributors
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v1.4.20

13 Jun 12:54
@bmarty bmarty
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Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fix: All rooms are shown in Home regardless of the switch state. (#6272)
  • Fix regression on EventInsertLiveObserver getting blocked so there is no event being processed anymore. (#6278)
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v1.4.19

07 Jun 15:24
@bmarty bmarty
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Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fix | performance regression on roomlist + proper display of space parents in explore rooms. (#6233)
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v1.4.18

31 May 18:12
@bmarty bmarty
v1.4.18
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Note: Due to a regression on Space switching, this release will not go to the stores and is replaced by 1.4.19.

Features ✨

  • Space explore screen changes: removed space card, added rooms filtering (#5658)
  • Adds space or user id as a subtitle under rooms in search (#5860)
  • Adds up navigation in spaces (#6073)
  • Labs flag for enabling live location sharing (#6098)
  • Added support for mandatory backup or passphrase from .well-known configuration. (#6133)
  • Security - Asking for user confirmation when tapping URLs which contain unicode directional overrides (#6163)
  • Add settings switch to allow autoplaying animated images (#6166)
  • Live Location Sharing - User List Bottom Sheet (#6170)

Bugfixes 🐛

  • Fix some notifications not clearing when read (#4862)
  • Do not switch away from home space on notification when "Show all Rooms in Home" is selected. (#5827)
  • Use fixed text size in read receipt counter (#5856)
  • Revert: Use member name instead of room name in DM creation item (#6032)
  • Poll refactoring with unit tests (#6074)
  • Correct .well-known/matrix/client handling for server_names which include ports. (#6095)
  • Glide - Use current drawable while loading new static map image (#6103)
  • Fix sending multiple invites to a room reaching only one or two people (#6109)
  • Prevent widget web view from reloading on screen / orientation change (#6140)
  • Fix decrypting redacted event from sending errors (#6148)
  • Make widget web view request system permissions for camera and microphone (PSF-1061) (#6149)

In development 🚧

  • Adds email input and verification screens to the new FTUE onboarding flow (#5278)
  • FTUE - Adds the redesigned Sign In screen (#5283)
  • [Live location sharing] Update message in timeline during the live (#5689)
  • FTUE - Overrides sign up flow ordering for matrix.org only (#5783)
  • Live location sharing: navigation from timeline to map screen
    Live location sharing: show user pins on map screen (#6012)
  • FTUE - Adds homeserver login/register deeplink support (#6023)
  • [Live location sharing] Update entity in DB when a live is timed out (#6123)

SDK API changes ⚠️

  • Notifies other devices when a verification request sent from an Android device is accepted.` (#5724)
  • Some val have been changed to fun to increase their visibility in the generated documentation. Just add () if you were using them.
  • KeysBackupService.state has been replaced by KeysBackupService.getState()
  • KeysBackupService.isStucked has been replaced by KeysBackupService.isStuck()
  • SDK documentation improved (#5952)
  • Improve replay attacks and reduce duplicate message index errors (#6077)
  • Remove RoomSummaryQueryParams.roomId. If you need to observe a single room, use the new API RoomService.getRoomSummaryLive(roomId: String)
  • ActiveSpaceFilter has been renamed to SpaceFilter
  • RoomCategoryFilter.ALL has been removed, just pass null to not filter on Room category. (#6143)

Other changes

  • leaving space experience changed to be aligned with iOS (#5728)
  • @ignore a number of tests that are currently failing in CI. (#6025)
  • Remove ShortcutBadger lib and usage (it was dead code) (#6041)
  • Test: Ensure calling 'fail()' is not caught by the catch block (#6089)
  • Excludes transitive optional non FOSS google location dependency from fdroid builds (#6100)
  • Fixed grammar errors in /vector/src/main/res/values/strings.xml (#6132)
  • Downgrade gradle from 7.2.0 to 7.1.3 (#6141)
  • Add Lao language to the in-app settings. (#6196)
  • Remove the background location permission request (#6198)

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jmartinesp, ignore, and 18 other contributors
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