Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

1.53.0 - 2024-11-30

Fixed

Tablet users can now navigate between hottest/newest/saved posts again

1.52.0 - 2024-11-26

Added

A brand new tablet-specific UI — Thanks @ThanaReka
Usernames of story authors are highlighted in comments

Fixed

Add a workaround for rare crashes while loading SQLite with older devices
Fix comments page resetting collapsed state while scrolling
Images are cached for longer on disk
Navigation bar now renders a solid background on API levels 31 and below

1.51.0 - 2024-09-22

Fixed

Pull to refresh indicator is no longer hiding behind the top app bar
User profile page correctly renders contents below the top app bar
Revert unread comment handling changes that caused false positives

1.50.0 - 2024-08-30

Fixed

Search bar draws under the status bar when hiding keyboard
Bottom of the comments page is cut off by the navigation bar
Rare crash in comments page

1.49.0 - 2024-08-29

Added

Opening posts you have previously seen will show the number of new comments since last visit

Fixed

Saving posts no longer triggers a page refresh that invalidates scroll position

Changed

Change submitter text to 'authored' when applicable
Unread comments now have a brighter background rather than a text badge
Bottom navigation bar has been redesigned

1.48.0 - 2024-06-05

Added

Swiping a post from left to right now offers a share action

Fixed

Try to workaround an infrequent crash when scrolling hottest/newest posts

Changed

Upgrade to Kotlin 2.0.0
Upgrade to Compose May beta releases

1.47.0 - 2024-05-14

Changed

Bring back dividers between posts (I regret my earlier choices)
Upgrade to Compose May stable releases

Fixed

Navigating to user profiles now works when invoked from the search results page
Fix occasional crashes due to the app incorrectly trying to open multiple database connections

1.46.0 - 2024-04-24

Changed

Remove dividers between posts
Post titles in lists are now truncated to be a single line

Fixed

Disable logging of network errors to Sentry
Add potential workaround for navigation-related crashes

1.45.0 - 2024-04-24

Changed

Upgrade to Compose April releases
Story items are now more compact so you can see more items on your screen.

Fixed

Fixed a crash when clicking an item on the bottom navigation bar too quickly
Removed buggy deeplinks
Clicking a username now correctly navigates to the right page in-app

1.44.0 - 2024-03-19

Fixed

Fixed a bug in the database code that was triggering crashes for a subset of upgrading users

1.43.0 - 2024-03-17

Fixed

Fix crash when trying to open a comments-only post from the home screen widget

1.42.0 - 2024-03-16

Fixed

Adapt to changes in lobste.rs API

1.41.0 - 2024-03-07

Fixed

Downgrade dependency that was pulling in extraneous storage permissions which the app does not require.

1.40.0 - 2024-03-07

Changed

Update to Compose March releases
Improve performance of frequently invoked database queries
Refactor UI data model to improve state handling
Make saved posts update in the background more often
Consolidate widget display logic
Rework some theming logic to align with new Material guidelines

1.39.0 - 2024-01-23

Changed

Add HTML bookmarks as an export format
Rework widget item layout for consistent touch targets
Add attribution for libraries used in the app
Redesign settings screen
Update to Compose December releases

1.38.0 - 2023-11-20

Changed

Add brand new icon by dzuk
Fix a bug that caused the app to fetch the same 20 posts over and over
Significantly improve scrolling performance when there are a lot of saved posts
Move search feature to its own screen
Make top app and bottom system bars use the same color
Reduce unnecessary API calls in search screen
Upgrade to Compose November releases
Enable logging of SQLite queries

1.37.0 - 2023-10-06

Changed

Fixed a crash that infrequently happened in the comments page
Fixed a crash when trying to list saved posts
Fixed a crash in home screen widget when user had less than 50 saved posts
Upgraded to Compose 1.6.0-alpha07

1.36.0 - 2023-10-04

Added

Introduce an initial attempt at a home screen widget

Changed

Fixed a crash triggered when swiping items
Adjusted pull to refresh component to match Material You theme

1.35.0 - 2023-09-19

Changed

Fixed missing vertical spacing between post tags
Fixed user profile links not displaying correctly in-app
Update to Compose October release

1.34.0 - 2023-08-30

Added

Add a swipe action on each story to open the comments page on lobste.rs
Automatically mark posts as "read" and visually distinguish between them

Changed

Tweak list items to reduce vertical size and adjust colors
Drop bogus workarounds for native library crashes
Updated Jetpack Compose and SQLite

Fixed

Rework how comments are displayed to adapt to lobste.rs API change

1.33.0 - 2023-07-31

Changed

Yet another attempt at fixing native library crashes
Rework how baseline profiles are generated

1.32.0 - 2023-07-27

Changed

Upgrade to AndroidX July 26 release
Revert selectable text feature due to sporadic crashes

1.31.0 - 2023-07-25

Added

Added the ability to search for posts
Text in the comments page is now selectable

Changed

Upgrade to Compose July release
Upgrade to Kotlin 1.9.0

1.30.0 - 2023-07-02

Changed

Added another workaround for native library loading crash

1.29.0 - 2023-06-08

Added

Backup and restore options for saved posts

Fixed

Spamming the comments button no longer causes it to be opened multiple times
Saved posts screen now has a visual indication when you have nothing saved
Iconography has been updated across the board to be more consistent

1.28.0 - 2023-06-03

Changed

Navigation transitions have been slightly sped up

Fixed

Add workaround for a native library loading crash observed on some devices

1.27.0 - 2023-05-31

Changed

Small accessibility improvements
Slightly tweak the layout for story items to take less vertical space
Upgrade to Compose 1.5.0-beta01 release
Set accessibility web URI for profile screen
Directly use Material Icons from upstream artifacts
Upgrade dependencies
Add adaptive navigation support (thanks @Yash-Garg)
Use latest SQLite for backing databases

1.26.0 - 2023-05-03

Changed

Upgrade to Compose May release
Disable Sentry performance reporting
Migrate to Compose Foundation FlowRow in LobstersCard

1.25.0 - 2023-04-18

Changed

Make the app draw edge to edge
Simplify Top App Bar color scheme
Rework how baseline profiles are generated
Upgrade to Compose April release

1.24.0 - 2023-03-24

Changed

Rebuild app icon assets to align better with Material guidelines
Adopt Slack's Compose lints and address issues found by it
Upgrade to OkHttp 4.x
Upgrade to Compose March release
Start work on support for logging in with lobste.rs

1.23.0 - 2023-03-02

Added

Introduce Sentry for error reporting and performance monitoring

1.22.0 - 2023-03-02

Changed

In-app browser now respects the user's choice for dark mode
Upgrade dependencies

1.21.0 - 2023-02-09

Changed

Fix bug that caused the app to crash on launch

1.20.0 - 2023-02-09

Changed

Upgrade dependencies

1.19.0 - 2023-02-01

Changed

Upgrade dependencies
Optimize packaged baseline profiles

1.18.0 - 2023-01-21

Changed

Special-case deleted stories in comments API
Fix regression where save button had the incorrect visual state

1.17.0 - 2023-01-12

Added

The app will now mark new comments as unread when returning to posts

Changed

Upgrade to Kotlin 1.8.0
Revert questionable app bar scrolling behaviour change

1.16.0 - 2022-12-24

Changed

Fix bug where newest posts tab actually showed hottest posts instead

1.15.0 - 2022-12-20

Changed

Fix a case where collapsing the parent of an already collapsed comment caused it to become expanded
Tweak progress bar UI to use a linear indicator
Allow app bar to hide when scrolling down
Fix bug where refreshing a list of posts caused it to jump around multiple times

1.14.0 - 2022-12-12

Changed

Rework how often saved posts are updated
Collapsing a comment now collapses all comments under it similar to how it works on the website

1.13.0 - 2022-12-10

Changed

Fix crash when viewing jcs' comments

1.12.0 - 2022-12-09

Changed

Do not schedule post update job every time the app starts
Improve favicon loading to reduce unnecessary redraws
Fix post lists being reloaded unnecessarily

1.11.0 - 2022-12-07

Changed

Upgrade to Compose 2022.12.00 release
Refresh packaged baseline profile
Improve how saved state of posts is queried

1.10.0 - 2022-11-30

Changed

Configure Coil image loader with better caching settings
Refresh packaged baseline profile

1.9.0 - 2022-11-28

Changed

A loading indicator is added to the bottom of the post list to identify when new posts are being fetched

1.8.0 - 2022-11-21

Changed

The release pipeline now automatically generates Play Store release notes from the changelog file

Fixed

Downgrade AGP to 8.0.0-alpha07 to fix Baseline Profiles not being packaged

1.7.0 - 2022-11-19

Changed

Switch to Compose Material's swipe refresh feature
Change metadata extractor logic to no longer prefer canonical URLs. The submitted URL will be retained as-is now.
Remove navigation transition animations

1.6.0 - 2022-11-14

Changed

Migrate dependency injection from Hilt to Anvil + Whetstone

1.5.0 - 2022-11-10

Changed

Upgrade to Compose 2022.11.00 release

1.4.0 - 2022-11-02

Changed

Misc fixes to link metadata extractor

1.3.0 - 2022-10-24

Changed

Prevent errors during link metadata retrieval from crashing the app
Update Jetpack libraries to 2022-10-24 release

1.2.0 - 2022-10-17

Changed

Lazily load link metadata to improve comment page loading speed
Upgrade to latest Compose release
Refactor code to align with Twitter's public Compose guidelines

1.1.0 - 2022-09-30

Added

Add score and relative time to comments

Changed

Update Jetpack Compose
Declare data backup and transfer rules
Improve legibility of links in comments and user profiles
Commonize and improve how network errors are displayed

1.0.0 - 2022-09-20

Initial Play Store release