This is the first public beta build of Tusker, so if you're just joining us, welcome! Not too many new features this build, mostly bugfixes, so test everything and generally use the app.
Features/Improvements:
- Add timeline descriptions the first time you view federated/local
- Show messages when loading posts fails or when there are no newer posts
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash after editing lists
- Fix crash when refreshing before anything is loaded
- Fix crash when fetching recommended instances fails
- Fix crash when replying to posts with code formatting
- Fix crash when changing preferences after switching accounts
This is a quick follow-up to the previous build with fixes for a couple major crashes. Unfortunately, due to a bug in iOS 14, the Disable Infinite Scrolling preference now requires the iOS 15 beta to use. It may return in a future build if I can find a workaround, but it's disabled in the meantime.
Features/Improvements:
- iPadOS 15: Add Open in New Window context menu action to sidebar items
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash when editing accounts in a list
- Fix crash when refreshing timeline on iOS 14
- Fix(ish) crash when opening collapsed status with Disable Infinite Scrolling active on iOS 15
This is a big one! In addition to a bunch of fixes for anyone on the iOS 15 beta, there are a couple of big ticket features, including the Open in Tusker action extension and the Disable Infinite Scrolling preference.
Features/Improvements:
- Add Open in Tusker action extension
- Quickly search for any URL in Tusker
- In a share sheet, scroll to the bottom, tap "Edit Actions..." and turn on the "Open in Tusker" action
- Add Digital Wellness preference to disable infinite scrolling
- Add fast account switching indicator to My Profile tab
- Improve VoiceOver accessibility of polls and timeline statuses
- iPadOS: Create multiple main windows for different accounts by dragging from an account in Preferences
- iPadOS: Delete attachments on Compose screen by right-clicking and selecting Delete
- iPadOS 15: Add Open in New Window context menu action to most things
- iPadOS 15: Allow dragging the Compose sheet into a separate window
Bugfixes:
- Fix being unable to commit previewed account from timeline status
- Fix crash when searching fails
- Fix poll option percentages being cut off
- Fix polls not collapsing inside CWs
- Fix More button on profiles not being accessible with VoiceOver
- Fix VoiceOver reading profile fields in incorrect order
- Fix gallery animations jittering on devices with square screens (iPads, non-notched iPhones)
- Fix CW text jumping around post collapse animation
- iOS 15: Fix crash due when showing Draw Something screen in Compose
- iPadOS 14/iOS 15: Fix navigation bar turning transparent after opening the attachment gallery
- iPadOS 14/iOS 15: Fix drag-selecting poll options initiating a status cell drag interaction
- iPadOS: Fix crash when loading a previously-opened conversation window
- iPadOS 15: Fix showing Compose screen when keyboard focus moves through the sidebar
Known Issues:
- Disable Infinite Scrolling preference only affects timelines, not notifications or profiles
- iPadOS 15: The Compose sheet cannot be dismissed by swiping down
- iPadOS 15: Keyboard focus is stuck in the sidebar
Polls! They're finally here. There will likely be another build in the next several weeks to polish some things off before WWDC, so if you've encountered any issues, now's the time to let me know :)
Features/Improvements:
- Show polls on posts
- Add authoring polls to Compose screen
- Add poll completed notifications
- Add preference for requiring confirmation before reblogging
Bugfixes:
- Fix cursor movement not working in Compse text field when an emoji was entered
- Fix several crashes related to network requests failing
- Show assets in attachment picker immediately after permissions is initially granted
- Fix crash when tapping non-HTTP(S) link with the In-App Safari preference enabled
Known Issues:
- Polls with between 23h30m and 24h left show as "0 weeks remaining"
There are a whole bunch of new features in this release, in addition to a slew of bugfixes. The big ticket items are multi-window support on iPadOS and fast account switching on iPhone (fast account switching will be supported on iPads in a future build).
Features/Improvements:
- Add fast account switching on iPhone
- Long-press on the My Profile tab and drag up to select another account
- Add account switching animation
- iPadOS: Add multiple windows
- Drag and drop statuses and accounts on timelines into auxiliary windows
- Drag and drop sidebar items into new windows
- Drag and drop Compose drafts into new windows
- Add key commands
- ⌘R to refresh timelines
- ⌘N to Compose a post
- ⌘B/⌘I text formatting on Compose screen
- ⇧⌘[/⇧⌘] to switch between sub-tabs
- iPadOS: ⌘1/⌘2/⌘3/⌘4/⌘5 to select sidebar items
- Show link cards on statuses
- Add Grayscale Images preference to Digital Wellness
- Add preference for applying opposite collapse behavior for specific keywords
Bugfixes:
- Fix statuses not appearing on My Profile until scrolling
- Fix crashes when scrolling through timelines
- Fix logging into PixelFed instances
- Interacting with PixelFed instances remains only partially supported
- Enlarge expand/collapse button tap area
- Fix cursor disappearing behind keyboard when typing attachment descriptions
- Fix crash when viewing custom emojis with spaces in their URLs
- Fix split view not working in landscape on Plus/Max iPhones
This release is primarily focused on bug fixes with the one key feature of autocomplete suggestions when typing in the Compose screen. It also fixes an issue on the various new sizes of iPhone 12, so if you're getting a new device, make sure to update.
Features/Improvements:
- Add autocompletion on Compose screen
- Autocomplete provides suggestions for @-mentions, hashtags, and emojis as you're typing in the post body
- Provides suggestions for emojis as you're typing in the CW field
- Type a colon and expand the emoji suggestions to view all custom emoji on your instance
- Hashtag suggestions prioritize trending and saved hashtags, in addition to searching all hashtags on your instance
- Account suggestions prioritize accounts that you follow or that follow you, as well as searching all accounts known to your instance
- Show custom emojis in users' display names in follow, favorite, and reblog notifications
- Enable picture-in-picture playback of video attachments
- iOS 14: Automatically enter picture-in-picture when closing the app while a video is playing
- Correctly positiong gallery controls on iPhone 12-family devices
- Round corners of the avatar on the My Profile tab icon
- Remove extraneous U+FFFC characters inserted by dictation when posting
- Add swipe to remove accounts in Preferences
Bugfixes:
- Fix not being able to tap placeholders in Compose
- Fix broken layout on Compose screen when replying to very long posts
- Fix crash when opening Compose or My Profile too quickly after launch
- Upload photos taken with the in-app camera as JPEGs instead of PNGs
- Fixes an issue where Mastodon would incorrectly believe the file size to be too large
- Fix crash when using home screen shortcuts
- Disable rotating into landscape on iPhone on iOS 14
The marquee feature of this build is the new and improved Compose screen. It's been rewritten to use SwiftUI, is significantly more resilient to data loss, and now shows the toolbar when the main text field is not focused. It also turns out Apple is surprise-releasing iOS 14 very soon (or possibly already has, depending when you're reading this). For those who were not already on the beta train, iOS 14 brings a number of new features including a sidebar on iPadOS and lots and lots of context menus (a home screen widget is coming Soon™).
Known Issues:
- Pasting images to create attachments when composing a post is not currently supported due to an iOS bug (#109)
- Full-size previews do not display in context menus for attachments on the Compose screen due to an iOS issue (#110)
Features/Improvements:
- Rewrite Compose screen using SwiftUI
- Prevent draft posts being lost if the app crahes or is killed by the system while composing
- Show toolbar while post content is not being edited
- Save post visibility in drafts
- Move Draw Something action out of the context menu
- iOS 14: Use context menus for setting post visibility
- Show BlurHash previews for attachments on Mastodon
- Add Expand All Content Warnings preference (Preferences -> Behavior)
- Add Collapse Long Posts preference (Preferences -> Behavior)
- Improve image gallery opening animation
- Use fade in/out animations for opening/closing gallery and attachment picker when the Reduce Motion system setting is enabled
- iOS 14: Also requires the "Prefer Cross Fade" setting be enabled
- Slightly reduce default status font sizes
- Add "Direct Message" context menu action to Compose button on profile screen
- Allow viewing attachments and navigating through posts/accounts on instance public timelines
Bugfixes:
- Fix errors when uploading attachments not displaying
- Fix attachments not posting in the correct, user-specified order
- Fix accounts displaying with outdated information (avatars, display names, etc.)
- Fix Compose not showing button on profile screen
- Fix navigation title not being set on profile screen
- Fix follow notifications not showing names for users without display names set
- iPadOS 14: Fix crash when resizing app in split view mode
This is the first update since WWDC and the introduction of iOS 14. As such, most of the focus has been on fixing iOS 14-specific problems. However, there are still a couple new features, both for those on the iOS 14 beta and those not.
Features/Improvements:
- Add toggle between Posts, Posts and Replies, and Media on user profiles
- Remove 'Show Replies in Profiles' preference
- Limit link preview animation to only link text
- Add additional context menu actions for statuses, accounts, and hashtags
- Add semi-translucent background to image descriptions, so they're legible against light images
- iPadOS 14: Add sidebar
- When using multitasking on iPad and switching in and out of "compact" mode, the active tab as well as the navigation history for all tabs will be transferred between the sidebar and tab bar modes.
- iOS 14: Use context menus on status/account '...' buttons
- iOS 14: Replace 'More' status swipe action with 'Share'
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash when attempting to change post visibility on iPad
- Fix attachment view corners not being rounded
- Fix crash when viewing instance public timelines
- Fix Preferences button not appearing on My Profile tab
- Fix tapping current tab bar item not scrolling to top
- Fix crash showing audio attachments on Mastodon
- Fix timeline refreshing forever
- Set app category (fixes usage not being categorized correctly under Screen Time)
- iOS 14: Fix crash when searching for instances
- iOS 14: Fix crash when displaying accounts with no pinned posts
- iOS 14: Fix crash when displaying search results
This is the pre-WWDC update with lots of bugfixes and some small features. There will likely be another build this week to fix any pressing issues that arise from iOS 14.
- Disable reblog button for direct/followers-only posts
- On Pleroma, the reblog button is still enabled for your own followers-only posts to match Pleroma's "Boost to original audience" feature.
- Add preference to always display status visibilities below account avatars
- Add preference to show reply indicators for statuses in timelines
- Show share/dismiss controls and image description for gifv attachments
- 'Share' is currently disabled for gifv attachments, it will be enabled in a future build
- Add crash report helper
- If the app detects that it crashed the last time it was running, it will allow you to review the crash report and email it to me
- Add Recognize Text context menu option for images on the Compose screen
- This uses iOS' builtin Vision framework to perform on-device OCR and generate an image description from the recognized text
- Tweak attachment previews to always have a 16:9 aspect ratio
Bugfixes:
- Fix account/status More actions not working
- Improve share sheet loading speed
- Fix crash when loading bookmarks
- Prompt for Photos access before showing photo picker. Prevents empty sheet displaying.
- Fix profile fields not displaying and improve layout
- Fix profile header image not displaying the first time an account is loaded
- Don't show Follow action for your own account
- Fix attachments on the Compose screen being cut-off above the home indicator on iPhone X-style devices
- Fix audio being played by other apps pausing when displaying a gifv attachment on Mastodon
## 2020.1 (5)
The main focus of this update has been switching to using CoreData internally to cache/synchronize the most up-to-date versions of all statuses. Currently, this does not provide any new functionality, however, it lays the groundwork for several significant features coming in the future, including multiple window support on iPadOS and state restoration/persistence between launches.
Even though there aren't a huge number of new features in this build, a great deal has changed under the hood. As such, this build may suffer somewhat in the stability department. Please bear with me and report any issues you encounter; you can send me a message on the fediverse, email me at me@shadowfacts.net, or file an issue on the project issue tracker at https://git.shadowfacts.net/shadowfacts/Tusker/issues. Thank you!
Features:
- iPadOS: Add pointer interactions to status action buttons and profile header button
