Tusker/CHANGELOG-release.md

2024.4

This release introduces support for iOS 18, including a new sidebar/tab bar on iPad, as well as bugfixes and improvements.

Features/Improvements:

• Import image description when adding attachments from Photos if possible
• iPadOS 18: New floating sidebar/tab bar

Bugfixes:

• Fix crash when viewing profiles in certain circumstances
• Fix video controls in attachment gallery not auto-hiding
• Fix crash if hashtag search results includes duplicates
• Fix "no content" text not being removed from list timeline after refreshing
• macOS: Fix video controls overlay being positioned incorrectly when Reduce Motion is on
• macOS: Fix reselecting current item not navigating back

2024.3

This update includes a number of bugfixes and performance improvements. See below for a list of fixes.

Bugfixes:

• Fix an issue displaying rich text in certain cases
• Fix crash when video attachment finishes playing
• Fix video attachment thumbnails being flipped on Compose screen
• Fix profile header images being blurry
• Fix crash when opening push notifications in certain circumstances
• Fix certain links in profile fields not being tappable
• Fix gifv playback pausing audio from other apps
• Fix gifv playback being paused when returning from background
• Fix badges on gifv attachments not appearing
• Fix excessive network traffic when opening profile pages
• Fix controls visibility not matching across attachment gallery pages
• Fix add hashtag/instance pinned timeline sheet in Customize Timelines dismissing instantly
• Fix Dynamic Type not applying to status content
• Fix mention/status push notifications not showing CW
• Fix sensitive attachment thumbnails being shown in push notifications
• Fix profile moved overlay visual and VoiceOver issues
• Fix opening Mastodon remote status links
• Fix reply author avatar on Compose screen not being pinned to top when scrolling while typing
• Pleroma/Akkoma: Fix editing attachment descriptions not working
• Pixelfed/Firefish: Fix error loading certain accounts
• Pixelfed: Fix error loading relationships and follow/block/etc. actions
• iPadOS: Fix pointer interactions throughout the app
• iPadOS: Fix multiple close buttons being added in multi-column interface
• iPadOS: Fix Cmd+1/etc. removing columns when returning to previous tab
• iPadOS: Fix multi-column interface not animating for some actions
• iPadOS: Fix selecting search results always adding new column

2024.2

This release introduces push notifications as well as an enhanced multi-column interface on iPadOS!

Features/Improvements:

• Push notifications
• Add post preview to Appearance preferences
• Show instance announcements in Notifications tab
• Add subscription option to Tip Jar
• iPadOS: Multi-column navigation
• Pleroma/Akkoma: Emoji reaction notifications

Bugfixes:

• Fix fetching server info on some instances
• Fix attachment captions not displaying while loading in gallery
• macOS: Remove in-app Safari preferences
• Pleroma: Handle posts with missing creation date

2024.1

This update includes a significant improvements for the attachment gallery and displaying rich text posts. See below for a full list of improvements and fixes.

Features/Improvements:

• Improve attachment gallery
  • Improve animations
  • Display video captions
  • Support sharing/saving videos
  • Resume music playback after playing videos
• Improve rich text display in posts
• Add See Results button to polls
• Add Share and Save to Photos menu items to post attachments
• Show verified links in account lists
• Display message on empty list timelines
• Add preference to indicate attachments lacking alt text
• Mark notifications as read on Mastodon web frontend once displayed
• iPadOS: Support tapping the selected sidebar item to scroll to top

Bugfixes:

• Fix issue changing scope after searching
• Fix crash when searching "from:me"
• Fix tapping Followers button on profile opening Following screen
• Fix crash when removing poll option on Compose screen
• Fix hang when sharing video/GIFV attachments
• Fix stretched Save to Photos icon when sharing attachments
• Fix GIFV playback preventing device sleep
• Fix Notifications tab not scrolling to top when tab bar item tapped
• Fix selection not clearing on Trending Hashtags
• Fix fast account switcher overlapping iPhone sensor housing in landscape
• Fix Edit List screen not updating when adding/removing accounts
• Fix changing list reply policy not refreshing timeline
• Pixelfed: Fix crash when there are multiple follow notifications from the same account
• macOS: Fix attachment gallery displaying improperly when Reduce Motion is on

2023.8

This update adds support for search operators and post translation, and improves support for displaying rich-text posts. See below for a full list of improvements and fixes.

Features/Improvements:

• Show search operators on Mastodon 4.2
• Use server-set preference for default post visibility, language, and (on Hometown) local-only
• Allow changing list reply policy and exclusivity options on Edit List screen
• Add Translate action to conversations (on supported Mastodon instances)
• Style block quotes correclty in rich-text posts
• Improve the appearance of lists in rich-text posts
• Add preference to underline links
• Compress uploaded video attachments to fit within instance limits
• Add preference to hide attachments in timelines
• Update visible timestamps after refresh notifications/timelines
• iPadOS: Allow switching between split screen and fullscreen navigation modes
• Pixelfed: Improve error message when uploading attachment fails
• Akkoma: Enable composing local-only posts

Bugfixes:

• Fix older notifications not loading if all initiially-loaded ones are grouped together
• Fix List timelines failing to refresh if they were initially empty
• Fix replies to posts with CWs always showing confirmation dialog when cancelling
• Fix Compose screen permitting setting the language to multiple/undefined
• Fix crash when uploading attachments without file extensions
• Fix Live Text button reappearing with swiping between attachment gallery pages
• Fix avatars on certain notifications flickering when refreshing
• Fix avatars on follow request notifications not being rounded
• Fix timeline jump button appearing incorrectly when Button Shapes acccessibility setting is on
• Fix public instance timeline screen not handling post deletion correctly
• Fix post that's reblogged and contains a followed hashtag not showing the reblogger
• Fix crash on launch when reblogged posts are visible
• Fix crash when showing display names with custom emoji in certain places
• Fix crash when showing trending hashtags without history data
• Fix potential crash on instance selector screen
• Fix potential crash if the app is dismissed while fast account switcher is animating
• Fix potential crash after deleting List on the Eplore screen
• Pixelfed: Fix error decoding certain posts
• VoiceOver: Fix history entries on Edit History screen not having descriptions
• iPadOS: Fix delay on app launch before "My Profile" sidebar item appears
• iPadOS: Fix language picker button not highlighting when hovered with the cursor
• macOS: Fix "New Post" window title appearing twice
• macOS: Fix Cmd+W sometimes closing non-foreground windows
• macOS: Fix visibility/local-only buttons not appearing in Compose toolbar
• macOS: Fix images copied from Safari not pasting on Compose screen

2023.7

This update adds support for iOS 17 and includes some minor changes.

Changes:

• Support iOS 17
• Indicate that edit history may be incomplete for remote posts
• Fix crash when collapsing to tab-bar mode in certain circumstances
• Fix potential crashes when using autocomplete on the Compose screen
• Fix Iceshrimp instances not being detected

2023.6

This update fixes a number of bugs and improves stability throughout the app. See below for a list of fixes.

Bugfixes:

• Fix issues displaying main post in the Conversation screen
• Fix crash when opening the Compose screen in certain locales
• Fix issues when collapsing from sidebar to tab bar mode
• Fix incorrect UI being displayed when accessing certain parts of the app immediately after launch
• Fix link card images not being blurred on posts marked sensitive
• Fix links appearing with incorrect accent color intermittently
• Fix being unable to remove followed hashtags from the Explore screen
• Akkoma: Fix not being able to follow hashtags
• Pleroma: Fix refreshing Mentions failing
• iPhone: Fix ducked Compose screen disappearing when rotating on large phones

2023.5

This update adds new several Compose-related features, including the ability to edit posts, a share sheet extension, and a post language picker. See below for the full list of improvements and bugfixes.

Features/Improvements:

• Edit posts
• Indicate edited posts in timestamp
• Show post edit history from Conversation screen
• Add Share Sheet extension
• Add expanded attachment view on Compose screen
  • Add an attachment, select the description text field, then tap the expand button
  • Expanded view allows you to see the attachment while writing the description
  • Allows playing back videos while writing description
  • iOS 16: Allows zooming in to the attachment
• Add language picker to the Compose screen
• Improve Compose screen ducking behavior
• Show reblogger's avatar on reblogged posts
• Use system photo picker instead of custom interface
• Improve hashtag search UI in Customize Timelines
• Improve status collapse/expand animation on Notifications screen
• Apply filters to Notifications screen
• Improve performance when scrolling through timeline
• Improve error messages when editing filters
• Change favorite/reblog button order to match Mastodon UI
• Gracefully handle unknown attachment types
• iPadOS: Persist sidebar visibility across

Bugfixes:

• Fix scroll-to-top not working in in-app Safari
• Fix inaccruate titles in certain error popups
• Fix error decoding post HTML
• Fix replied-to account not being the first @-mention
• Fix "No Content" message on profiles using wrong background color
• Fix reblogged posts appearing in Bookmarks
• Fix spurious errors when loading timeline
• Fix crash when displaying certain profiles
• Fix crash when the server returns invalid notifications
• Fix link previews not appearing in Notifications
• Fix Notifications screen taking a long time to load
• Fix deleted posts not being removed from Notifications screen
• Fix crashes when switching between sidebar/tab-bar modes
• Fix instance features not being detected on IDNA domains
• Fix list/hashtag timelines missing controls when opened in new window
• Fix reblog button being enabled on the user's own direct posts
• Fix main post in Conversation flickering
• Fix link card images not loading on Mastodon
• Fix crash when editing filter with the Hide action
• Fix certain remote status links not being resolved
• Fix Handoff to iPad/Mac presenting new screen modally
• GoToSocial: Fix decoding certain posts
• Calckey: Fix decoding certain posts
• iPadOS: Fix Compose window lacking a title
• iPadOS: Fix keyboard focus highlight not showing
• macOS: Fix sidebar keyboard shortcuts not working

2023.4

Features/Improvements:

• Add preference for non-pure-black dark mode
• Add Jump to Present button to timelines on the home tab
• Consolidate Trends into a single screen
• Allow pinning instance public timelines to the Home tab
• Add GIF/ALT badges to attachments (and preference to hide them)
• Add action to show hide/show reblogs from specific accounts
• Add preference to hide link preview cards
• Hide placeholder image in link preview card for previews without images
• Truncate links in posts
• Move Drafts button in Compose screen to nav bar to reduce accidental presses
• Load more posts/notifications on each page
• Update Bookmarks screen when posts are bookmarked/unbookmarked
• Add infinite scrolling to Bookmarks screen
• Add Favorites screen to the Explore tab
• Make attachment description text selectable in gallery
• Add long press to copy username on profile screens
• Optimize conversation loading
• Apply server-configured poll limits in Compose screen
• Add infinite scrolling to trending links/hashtags/posts
• Add state restoration for more screens
• Persist state when switching between accounts
• Add Handoff support for various screens
• Add preference to sync timeline position using Mastodon API, rather than iCloud
• Show percentage of voters for multi-choice polls, rather than percentage of votes
• Display message on remote profiles with no posts
• Indicate moved profiles
• Make Load More button on timelines more prominent
• VoiceOver: Make fast account switcher accessible
• VoiceOver: Improve labels for notifications
• VoiceOver: Fix custom emoji picker not having labels

Bugfixes:

• Workaround for not being able to sign in to certain instances
• Fix timeline position sync not working in certain circumstances
• Fix local-only posts not being decodable when logged in to Akkoma instances
• Fix Trends sometimes appearing in Explore/sidebar on non-Mastodon instances
• Fix favoriters/rebloggers list not resizing on screen rotation
• Fix crash when tapping My Profile tab immediately after app launch
• Handle authentication required errors on instance public timelines
• Fix follow request accept/reject buttons not matching accent color preference
• Fix tapping reblog count in conversation main status showing favorites list
• Fix crash when certain tags are present in post HTML
• Fix crash when opening Report screen in certain circumstances
• iPadOS: Fix crash when resizing window while on the Explore screen
• iOS 15: Fix accent colors not being displayed in Preferences