Message notifications are back!
A big refresh to messaging
- Added a new unified inbox option "all" combining comment replies, mentions and direct messages
- Quick action buttons are now shown for comment replies, mentions and direct messages
- Comment reply actions (more icon) now shows the user and community rows (with additional options)
- Comment replies now show the community icon and post title
- Comment replies have had a visual refresh
- Comment replies, mentions and direct messages can now be quickly reported and marked as read
- Comment replies, mentions and direct messages can now be marked as unread
- Added a quickly reply swipe gesture
- Added page dividers
- Your own send direct messages can now be deleted
- Direct messages are now shown in threads

New

Added .webm support to the image viewer and image peek
Added "linked instances" and "blocked instances" to the instance chip group

Changes

Experimenting with always showing the community icon in feeds
Updated the reply icon

Github issues closed

View mode not updating properly #402
No messages returned snackbar doesn't automatically go away #333
Add ability to disable "view more" toast messages #365
Allow images in comments to use shared element transitions #391
Add new app icons to replace the legacy S4R ones that were removed #389
Add option to swap upvote and down vote colors to match Lemmy #386
Username doesn't show in the account picker if there is no display name #451
Account settings save button not disappearing after saving #448
When swapping between automatic and manual theming, some elements don't change color properly #479
Override sort dialog shows cancel button twice #484
Username of non active account in account picker is empty #492
Crash on startup with latest update #445
Missing username in picker #478
Not showing link options properly and crashing when clicked #513

Other fixes

Fixed a title displaying issue caused by the recent change to titles
Fixed a crash when clicking link options on a text post
Fixed a bug where the description of the current messaging section in the toolbar wouldn't update correctly
Fixed an issue with a broken lift target in messaging causing the status bar not to change color

v122 adds support for a super secret upcoming new feature...

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Sync for Lemmy Beta 109 release notes (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

60 comments fedilink

Key points

Open externally has been replaced with "Link Options" when viewing post options
- Added an additional open externally icon next to the link options item
- Added an image preview and URL preview for link options
Added "Open on Archive.org" to Link Options
Downvoting is now disabled for instances that do not support it
The title field in submit is now working correctly for alt keyboard such as Swiftkey

New

The update checker has been re-enabled
Added support for inserting an image link from the text editor
Added support for markdown in titles

Github issues closed

App crashes following Beta 96 update if "Hide username in account picker" is enabled #460
The in app update checker crashes on Android 14 #49
App crashes when trying to access the three-dot menu or sort menu (on Android 14) #458
Kebab Menu causes DeadObjectException #6
Change Sync logo colors to match Lemmy #1
Replace hardcoded orange #106
Resolving domains is incredibly slow #121
Add better support for video posts (ending in .mp4) #164
Having sort by controversial #219
Sync does not render embedded gifs #213
App Info should link to community #217
Importing Backups does not restore Bottom Navbar settings, possibly other settings as well. #227
Disable downvote on relevant instances #206
Translate all does not display result #183
Images in Comments #203
Crashing loading a profile #209
Change Upvote and Downvotes arrow colours to match Lemmy's colours #226
Title markdown not supported #236
Switch color is wrong when swapping between theming settings #140
Autocomplete title in submit not working #370
NSFW status doesn't display in Post View #296
[Minor] Ultra: Inconsistent wording #422

Other fixes

Fixed a crash when changing section in messaging using the drawer layout
Fixed missing usernames in the profile picker in the drawer

Updates

com.google.android.play:app-update > 2.1.0
androidx.browser:browser > 1.8.0
com.android.billingclient:billing > 6.2.0
com.google.firebase:firebase-config > 21.6.3
com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads > 23.0.0

Removed

com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3

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Sync for Lemmy Beta 106 release notes (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

29 comments fedilink

Ultra

Favorites are now saved and syncronized between devices automatically
Favorites are now restored when restoring ultra
Favorite ordering is now saved and synchronized between devices

Other fixes

Fixed incorrect coloring of the Sync logo for the onboarding page
Fixed incorrect coloring of the Sync logo on the restore purchases page
Updated the colors in the ultra preview failed image
Updated the swipe upvote / downvote colors to match the current theme

313

Sync for Lemmy Beta 103 release notes (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

77 comments fedilink

Key points

Updated the Sync logo to match the Lemmy voting colors
Updated editing posts to match the submit post screen including editing titles etc

New

Added the option to customize the voting colors
Added controversial sort to user profiles and searches

Github issues closed

RedGifs unable to load #474
Unable to edit post tile when editing post #471
When editing a Post, it's not giving an option to edit the Post Title #298
Post Editing doesn't let you change anything except text #297
Can't edit posts for community I mod #456
Sync crashes when viewing this posts comments #464
Network Error notification spam #453
Clicking the "Instances" button returns the error "Could not load communities." #469
Random NSFW Button Loading Perpetually #467

69

Markdown tests (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

59 comments fedilink

If you come across something that doesn't work pop it here

129

[POLL] Should the upvote / downvote + Sync icon colors be updating to match Lemmy? (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

32 comments fedilink

So blue for upvote, red for down and then an updated Sync logo.

198

Sync for Lemmy status page (syncforlemmy.betteruptime.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

17 comments fedilink

Evening all.

I've created a status page to monitor all services I maintain to run Sync for Lemmy.

There's not too many at the moment but will keep updating as I create new APIs etc.

Cheers, Lj

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Sync for Lemmy Beta 102 release notes (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

46 comments fedilink

New

Added scaled + controversial sorts (scaled sort is missing #466)

Changes

Updated the settings text to remove Sort from Post options (now under Account Settings)
Added the option to upload nsfw content again

Other fixes

Fixed a crash for badly formatted user tags
Fixed a crash when updating a user display name that contains '
Fixed an issue where clicking save under Account Settings would cause the button to show again

Updates

com.google.android.gms:play-services-base > 18.3.0
com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads > 22.6.0
com.google.android.ump:user-messaging-platform > 2.2.0
com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging > 23.4.1
com.google.firebase:firebase-config > 21.6.2
com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics > 21.5.1
com.google.firebase:firebase-functions > 20.4.0
com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer > 2.19.1
com.google.mlkit:translate > 17.0.2
com.google.android.material:material > 1.11.0
androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview > 1.3.2
androidx.browser:browser > 1.7.0
androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface > 1.3.7

Removed

com.github.nipunru:nsfw-detector-android

Notes

The APK size should be around 5MB smaller

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Sync for Lemmy Beta 100 release notes (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

28 comments fedilink

Fixed all RedGif issues
Added a progressbar for video previews when using slides

290

Upcoming releases (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

160 comments fedilink

Hey everyone.]

So update 98/99 has gone live which fixes the crashes (thanks for the reports).

I'm gearing up for a pretty sizable release but just wanted to check in and ask if there was any issues you're having that I should know about or any new feature requests.

Sorry for the bad comms but I'm making my way through lots of messages and posts on here. Thanks for the patience as I get through these all.

Cheers, Lj

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Sync for Lemmy Beta 98 release notes (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy

22 comments fedilink

Fixes

Wide spread crashing reported by all users #475
Combine Sync for Reddit and Sync for Lemmy into one app #473
App crashes following Beta 96 update if "Hide username in account picker" is enabled #460

edit: 99 is going live that fixes another crash related to #475