Mark items read on the server immediately instead of waiting for sync

Reader/FervorController.swift

@@ -110,4 +110,25 @@ class FervorController {
         }
     }
     
+    @MainActor
+    func markItem(_ item: Item, read: Bool) async {
+        item.read = read
+        do {
+            let f = item.read ? client.read(item:) : client.unread(item:)
+            _ = try await f(item.id!)
+            item.needsReadStateSync = false
+        } catch {
+            logger.error("Failed to mark item (un)read: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
+            item.needsReadStateSync = true
+        }
+        
+        if persistentContainer.viewContext.hasChanges {
+            do {
+                try persistentContainer.viewContext.save()
+            } catch {
+                logger.error("Failed to save view context: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
 }

Reader/Screens/AppSplitViewController.swift

@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ class AppSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
               let read = nav.topViewController as? ReadViewController else {
                   return
               }
-        read.item.read = !read.item.read
+        Task {
-        updateImage(toolbarItem: item)
+            await fervorController.markItem(read.item, read: !read.item.read)
+            updateImage(toolbarItem: item)
+        }
     }
     
     private func updateImage(toolbarItem: NSToolbarItem) {

Reader/Screens/Items/ItemCollectionViewCell.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import UIKit
 
 protocol ItemCollectionViewCellDelegate: AnyObject {
+    var fervorController: FervorController { get }
+    
     func itemCellSelected(cell: ItemCollectionViewCell, item: Item)
 }
 
@@ -86,14 +88,17 @@ class ItemCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell {
     
     func setRead(_ read: Bool, animated: Bool) {
         guard self.item.read != read else { return }
-        self.item.read = read
+        Task {
-        if animated {
+            await self.delegate?.fervorController.markItem(self.item, read: read)
-            // i don't know why .transition works but .animate doesn't
+            
-            UIView.transition(with: self, duration: 0.2, options: .transitionCrossDissolve) {
+            if animated {
-                self.updateColors()
+                // i don't know why .transition works but .animate doesn't
+                UIView.transition(with: self, duration: 0.2, options: .transitionCrossDissolve) {
+                    self.updateColors()
+                }
+            } else {
+                updateColors()
             }
-        } else {
-            updateColors()
         }
     }
     

Reader/Screens/Items/ItemsViewController.swift

@@ -139,12 +139,16 @@ extension ItemsViewController: UICollectionViewDelegate {
                 }))
             }
             if item.read {
-                children.append(UIAction(title: "Mark as Unread", image: UIImage(systemName: "checkmark.circle"), handler: { _ in
+                children.append(UIAction(title: "Mark as Unread", image: UIImage(systemName: "checkmark.circle"), handler: { [unowned self] _ in
-                    item.read = false
+                    Task {
+                        await self.fervorController.markItem(item, read: false)
+                    }
                 }))
             } else {
-                children.append(UIAction(title: "Mark as Read", image: UIImage(systemName: "checkmark.circle.fill"), handler: { _ in
+                children.append(UIAction(title: "Mark as Read", image: UIImage(systemName: "checkmark.circle.fill"), handler: { [unowned self] _ in
-                    item.read = true
+                    Task {
+                        await self.fervorController.markItem(item, read: true)
+                    }
                 }))
             }
             return UIMenu(children: children)

Reader/Screens/Read/ReadViewController.swift

@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ extension ReadViewController: StretchyMenuInteractionDelegate {
                 self.present(UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [url], applicationActivities: nil), animated: true)
             }),
             StretchyMenuItem(title: item.read ? "Mark as Unread" : "Mark as Read", subtitle: nil, action: { [unowned self] in
-                item.read = !item.read
+                Task {
+                    await self.fervorController.markItem(item, read: !item.read)
+                }
             }),
         ]
     }