v0.4.0

[hjiangsu]

Hey everyone, Thunder v0.4.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a bit longer than usual, but as a result, introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

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A quick reminder: if you are using the Google Play version or App Store version, please note that it may take a bit of time before you receive the update. Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

• The comment creation page has been fully re-built from the ground up and introduces a few new features, including the ability to specify the comment language, ability to comment as a different user, and addition of spoilers to the markdown toolbar. If you have any suggestions or feedback regarding these changes, feel free to make a new issue on GitHub!
• There is now initial support for video playback on Thunder! The built-in video player should work with most video URLs (that end in a proper video extension) and should work with YouTube URLs. Additionally, you can customize some video settings such as playback speed, auto-mute, auto-play and more in the Settings page. The video player is still experimental, so there may still be some issues present.
• Additional customization options including the ability to customize the colours of actions (upvotes, downvotes, saving, etc.), hiding thumbnails from the feed, showing user/community avatars, and much more.

ℹ General

• There have been improvements to the overall UI/UX across the board. This includes improvements to the pure black theme, improvements to markdown rendering of tables, quotes, and more.
• There have also been a lot of changes under-the-hood to hopefully improve the overall performance and reliability of actions. As a result of these changes, there may still be some issues that were not caught during testing. If you notice any general issues, please make a new issue on GitHub.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

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Additions

• Updated create comment page UI and added language selector to comments by @hjiangsu in Create comment page refactor #1165
• Added ability to comment as a different user by @micahmo in Allow commenting as other user #1352
• Added spoiler to markdown buttons by @micahmo and @hjiangsu in Add spoiler to markdown buttons #1287, Apply spoiler markdown action button fixes #1299
• Added support for selecting discussion languages by @iparks99 in Support for discussion languages #1289
• Added support for new sort types as defaults by @micahmo in Add support for new sort types as defaults #1298
• Added option to show user/community avatars by @iparks99 in User and community avatar support in chips #1318
• Added an option to hide thumbnails in feed by @iparks99 and @hjiangsu in Added an option to hide thumbnails in feed #1302, Additional styling to no-thumbnail mode #1326
• Added option to use profile picture for drawer by @micahmo in Use profile picture for drawer #1313, Fix issue with profile as drawer #1344
• Added support for customizable action colors by @micahmo in Add support for customizable action colors #1304
• Added selectable post/comment text by @micahmo in Add selectable post/comment text #1327
• Added notification debugging section by @micahmo in Add notification debugging section #1343
• Added confirmation message when unsubscribing from community by @micahmo in Add confirmation message for unsubscription #1358
• Added experimental support for video player by @ggichure and @hjiangsu in Experimental support for video player #1081, Image and video player improvements #1369, and Mark post as read on video play #1378
• Added sort options in instance explorer by @micahmo in Add sort to instance explorer #1317
• Added ability to perform empty search in Search by @micahmo in Ability to explore Lemmyverse #1310

Changes

• Show individual unread counts in inbox page by @micahmo in Add individual unread counts #1262
• Improved missing post snackbar message by @micahmo in Improve missing post message #1291
• Improved spoiler appearance by @micahmo in Improve spoiler appearance #1286
• Adjusted markdown editor link dialog styling by @micahmo in Update markdown package for link insertion dialog changes #1307
• Adjusted padding to community sidebar by @micahmo in Add padding to community sidebar #1285
• Added loading page for posts/comments on slower connections by @micahmo in Use loading page for posts/comments #1311
• Adjusted post/comment language selector styling by @hjiangsu in Adjust language selector styling #1316
• Refactored post metadata and user/community chips by @hjiangsu in Refactor post metadata and user/community chips #1281
• Refactored post page quick actions by @hjiangsu in Refactor post page quick actions #1279
• Implemented core architecture to handle push notifications (APNs, UnifiedPush) by @hjiangsu in Implement core architecture to handle push notifications (APNs, UnifiedPush) #1237
• Added retry action when initial feed loading fails by @micahmo in Fix initial load issue #1284
• Improved markdown appearance for block quotes, code blocks, and dividers by @micahmo in Improve markdown appearance #1328
• Apply full name customizations to inbox mentions view by @micahmo in Slightly improve mentions #1271
• Allow creating posts/comments with null language by @micahmo in Allow creating posts/comments with null language #1338
• Optimistically mark replies as read by @micahmo in Optimistically mark replies as read #1314
• Improved cross-post UI by @CTalvio in Improved cross-post UI #1332
• Disabled Thunder's edge swipe to go back on Android by @hjiangsu in Disable Thunder's edge swipe to go back on Android #1350
• Fixed various OLED color theme issues, community name format by @CTalvio in OLED color theme fixes, UI alignment fixes, community insert fix #1347
• Improved UX for notification settings by @micahmo in A number of improvements to notifications #1335
• Improved swipe gesture setting clarity with icons by @CTalvio in Improve gesture setting clarity with icons #1345
• Added loading page when opening notifications and increased size of notification icon by @micahmo in A few notifications-related improvements #1355
• Replaced score indicator icon by @CTalvio in New single-side score indicator icon using stacked arrows #1341
• Improved image dimension fetching logic by @hjiangsu in Image and video player improvements #1369
• Improved the comment context jumping by @micahmo in Improve the comment context jumping #1319
• Improved account page and management UI by @CTalvio in Account page and management improvements #1354
• Improved selection of text when creating post/comment by @micahmo in Improve creating posts/comments #1359

Fixes

• Fixed subscribe/favourite app bar action not updating UI by @micahmo in Fix subscribe/favorite issue #1288
• Fixed comment load spinner showing incorrectly by @micahmo in Fix an issue with comment load spinner #1278
• Fixed account page back button behaviour on Android by @hjiangsu in Fix account page back button behaviour on Android #1293
• Fixed issues with deleted comment content showing up by @micahmo in Fix showing deleted comments #1303
• Fixed search FAB primary single press action not triggering by @micahmo in Fix issue with search from FAB #1308
• Fixed issue marking multiple replies as read by @micahmo in Fix issue marking multiple replies as read #1305
• Fixed issue with tablet mode images and full-height images by @hjiangsu in Fix issue with tablet mode images and full-height images #1334
• Fixed pan/pinch triggering unintentional double tap zoom by @CTalvio in Fix pan/pinch triggering unintentional doubletapzoom #1337
• Fixed issue popping notification page triggering twice by @micahmo in Fix issue popping notification page #1349
• Fixed viewing notifications as correct user by @micahmo in View notifications as correct user #1339
• Fixed FAB modal transparency and exit fade animation by @CTalvio in Fix fab transparency and exit fade #1357

Misc

• Integrate run on save scripts for VSCode by @micahmo in Developer QOL: Integrate Run on Save. #1294
• Configure i18n.ally plugin by @ipcjs in chore: configure i18n.ally plugin #1277
• Apply linter suggested fix-ups by @micahmo in Apply suggested fixups #1292
• Updated translations by @hjiangsu in Update translations #1362
• Updated instances by @github-actions in Update instances #1275
• Replaced scrollable_positioned_list with super_sliver_list by @hjiangsu in Replace scrollable_positioned_list with super_sliver_list #1361
• Added test endpoint for UnifiedPush server and reduced UnifiedPush notification payload (in development) by @micahmo in Improve UnifiedPush notifications #1364

New Contributors

• @ipcjs made their first contribution in chore: configure i18n.ally plugin #1277
• @iparks99 made their first contribution in Support for discussion languages #1289

Full Changelog: 0.3.0...0.4.0

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This discussion was created from the release v0.4.0.

[Spacellary]

To all contributors:
Thanks for the great work on Thunder!

[hjiangsu]

Thanks for the kind words!