App v1.3.0

Release v1.3.0

We're excited to announce Pretty Der6y v1.3.0! This release brings highly anticipated Android support, usability improvements for touch devices, and significant under-the-hood enhancements for developers.

✨ New Features

• Android Support is Here!
  • You can now build and run Pretty Der6y on Android devices.
  • Automated Android (APK) builds are now part of our release process and will be attached to future GitHub releases tagged with v*.
• Enhanced Slider Control with Touch Support
  • The mileage/value slider in the user interface now fully supports touch input, making it much easier to use on mobile and touch-enabled devices.

🚀 Improvements & Changes

• Build System & Development Environment:
  • The frontend build system and CLI tooling have been migrated from Deno to Node.js/npm. This primarily affects developers building the project from source. (See updated README.md for build instructions).
  • Integrated Nix flakes (flake.nix, flake.lock) for a more reproducible development environment. A Nix derivation (default.nix) is also available for packaging.
  • Added Direnv integration (.envrc) for easier Nix environment activation.
• Application Updater:
  • The automatic update check is now conditional: it will only run on larger screens (assumed to be desktop environments).
  • For specialized builds (like Nix packages and Android), the updater is disabled by default to prevent conflicts with package managers or platform-specific update mechanisms.
• Security:
  • The backend URL used by the application is now obfuscated within the binary (using a simple Caesar cipher shift) as a minor anti-tampering measure.
• Dependencies & Core:
  • Upgraded Tauri to v2.0.5 (from v2.0.2) and Wry to v0.46.2 (from v0.44.1).
  • Updated many other core Rust dependencies (including hyper, serde_json, rustls, etc.) for improved performance, stability, and compatibility.
  • Refactored internal Objective-C bindings for macOS, aligning with the latest Tauri/Wry changes (moved from objc crate to objc2 suite).
• Continuous Integration (CI):
  • Added a new GitHub Actions workflow (release-android.yml) for building and publishing Android APKs.
  • Updated the cspell GitHub Action to v7 for improved linting.
  • Minor improvements to shell scripting in CI workflows (e.g., ensuring proper variable quoting).

🛠 For Developers & Contributors

• The README.md has been updated with the new Node.js/npm build instructions.
• Nix users can now leverage the provided flake for development and packaging.
• The Specta TypeScript export for Tauri commands is now conditional on desktop builds during debug assertions.
• The .gitignore file has been updated to exclude Direnv and Nix build artifacts.
• CSpell configuration was slightly adjusted.