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Changes in Element 1.1.7 (2021-XX-XX)

Features :

Improvements 🙌:

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Message states cosmetic changes (#3007)
  • Fix color issues when the system theme is changed (#2738)

Translations 🗣:

SDK API changes ⚠️:

Build 🧱:

  • Upgrade to gradle 7

Test:

Other changes:

  • New store descriptions

Changes in Element 1.1.6 (2021-04-16)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash on the timeline
  • App crashes on "troubleshoot notifications" button (#3187)

Changes in Element 1.1.5 (2021-04-15)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash during Realm migration
  • Fix crash when playing video (#3179)

Changes in Element 1.1.4 (2021-04-09)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Split network request /keys/query into smaller requests (250 users max) (#2925)
  • Crypto improvement | Bulk send NO_OLM withheld code
  • Display the room shield in all room setting screens
  • Improve message with Emoji only detection (#3017)
  • Picture preview when replying. Also add the image preview in the message detail bottomsheet (#2916)
  • Api interceptor to allow app developers peek responses (#2986)
  • Update reactions to Unicode 13.1 (#2998)
  • Be more robust when parsing some enums
  • Improve timeline filtering (dissociate membership and profile events, display hidden events when highlighted, fix hidden item/read receipts behavior)
  • Add better support for empty room name fallback (#3106)
  • Room list improvements (paging)
  • Fix quick click action (#3127)
  • Get Event after a Push for a faster notification display in some conditions
  • Always try to retry Http requests in case of 429 (#1300)
  • registration availability endpoint added to matrix-sdk

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix bad theme change for the MainActivity
  • Handle encrypted reactions (#2509)
  • Disable URL preview for some domains (#2995)
  • Fix avatar rendering for DMs, after initial sync (#2693)
  • Fix mandatory parameter in API (#3065)
  • If signout request fails, do not start LoginActivity, but restart the app (#3099)
  • Retain keyword order in emoji import script, and update the generated file (#3147)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Several Services have been migrated to coroutines (#2449)
  • Removes filtering options on Timeline.

Build 🧱:

  • Properly exclude gms dependencies in fdroid build flavour which were pulled in through the jitsi SDK (#3125)

Other changes:

  • Add version details on the login screen, in debug or developer mode
  • Migrate Retrofit interface to coroutine calls

Changes in Element 1.1.3 (2021-03-18)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix regression in UpdateTrustWorker (introduced in 1.1.2)
  • Timeline : Fix ripple effect on text item and fix background color of separators.

Changes in Element 1.1.2 (2021-03-16) (was not published tp GPlay prod)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Lazy storage of ReadReceipts
  • Do not load room members in e2e after init sync

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Add option to cancel stuck messages at bottom of timeline see #516
  • Ensure message are decrypted in the room list after a clear cache
  • Regression: Video will not play upon tap, but only after swipe #2928
  • Cross signing now works with servers with an explicit port in the servername

Other changes:

  • Change formatting on issue templates to proper headings.

Changes in Element 1.1.1 (2021-03-10) (was not published tp GPlay prod)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Allow non-HTTPS connections to homeservers on Tor (#2941)
  • Fetch homeserver type and version and display in a new setting screen and add info in rageshakes (#2831)
  • Improve initial sync performance - split into 2 transactions (#983)
  • PIP support for Jitsi call (#2418)
  • Add tooltip for room quick actions
  • Pre-share session keys when opening a room or start typing (#2771)
  • Sending is now queuing by room and not uniquely to the session
  • Improve Snackbar duration (#2929)
  • Improve sending message state (#2937)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Try to fix crash about UrlPreview (#2640)
  • Be robust if Event.type is missing (#2946)
  • Snappier message send status
  • Fix MainActivity display (#2927)

Translations 🗣:

  • All string resources and translations have been moved to the application module. Weblate project for the SDK will be removed.

Build 🧱:

  • Update a lot of dependencies, with the help of dependabot.
  • Add a script to download and install APK from the CI

Other changes:

  • Rework edition of event management

Changes in Element 1.1.0 (2021-02-19)

Features :

  • VoIP : support for VoIP V1 protocol, transfer call and dial-pad

Improvements 🙌:

  • VoIP : new tiles in timeline
  • Improve room profile UX
  • Upgrade Jitsi library from 2.9.3 to 3.1.0
  • a11y improvements

Bugfix 🐛:

  • VoIP : fix audio devices output
  • Fix crash after initial sync on Dendrite
  • Fix crash reported by PlayStore (#2707)
  • Ignore url override from credential if it is not valid (#2822)
  • Fix crash when deactivating an account

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Migrate AuthenticationService API to coroutines (#2449)

Other changes:

  • New Dev Tools panel for developers
  • Fix typos in CHANGES.md (#2811)
  • Colors rework: first step: merge file colors_riot.xml to file colors_riotx.xml and rename the file to colors.xml

Changes in Element 1.0.17 (2021-02-09)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Create a WidgetItemFactory and use it for better rendering of Jitsi widget change (video conference)
  • Open image from URL Preview (#2705)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Bug in WidgetContent.computeURL() (#2767)
  • Duplicate thumbs | Mobile reactions for 👍 and 👎 are not the same as web (#2776)
  • Join room by alias other federation error (#2778)
  • HTML unescaping for URL preview (#2766)
  • URL preview on reply fallback (#2756)
  • RTL: some arrows should be rotated in RTL (#2757)
  • Properly delete objects from Realm DB (#2765)

Build 🧱:

  • Upgrade build tools

Other changes:

  • Change app name from "Element (Riot.im)" to "Element"

Changes in Element 1.0.16 (2021-02-04)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash on API < 30 and light theme (#2774)

Changes in Element 1.0.15 (2021-02-03)

Features :

  • Social Login support

Improvements 🙌:

  • SSO support for cross signing (#1062)
  • Deactivate account when logged in with SSO (#1264)
  • SSO UIA doesn't work (#2754)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix clear cache issue: sometimes, after a clear cache, there is still a token, so the init sync service is not started.
  • Sidebar too large in horizontal orientation or tablets (#475)
  • UrlPreview should be updated when the url is edited and changed (#2678)
  • When receiving a new pepper from identity server, use it on the next hash lookup (#2708)
  • Crashes reported by PlayStore (new in 1.0.14) (#2707)
  • Widgets: Support $matrix_widget_id parameter (#2748)
  • Data for Worker overload (#2721)
  • Fix multiple tasks
  • Object deletion in database is not complete (#2759)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Increase targetSdkVersion to 30 (#2600)

Build 🧱:

  • Compile with Android SDK 30 (Android 11)

Other changes:

  • Update Dagger to 2.31 version so we can use the embedded AssistedInject feature

Changes in Element 1.0.14 (2021-01-15)

Features :

  • Enable url previews for notices (#2562)
  • Edit room permissions (#2471)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Add System theme option and set as default (#904, #2387)
  • Store megolm outbound session to improve send time of first message after app launch.
  • Warn user when they are leaving a not public room (#1460)
  • Option to disable emoji keyboard (#2563)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Unspecced msgType field in m.sticker (#2580)
  • Wait for all room members to be known before sending a message to a e2e room (#2518)
  • Url previews sometimes attached to wrong message (#2561)
  • Room Topic not displayed correctly after visiting a link (#2551)
  • Hiding membership events works the exact opposite (#2603)
  • Tapping drawer having more than 1 room in notifications gives "malformed link" error (#2605)
  • Sent image not displayed when opened immediately after sending (#409)
  • Initial sync is not retried correctly when there is some network error. (#2632)
  • Fix switch theme issue, and white field issue (#2599, #2528)
  • Fix request too large Uri error when joining a room

Translations 🗣:

  • New language supported: Hebrew

Build 🧱:

  • Remove dependency to org.greenrobot.eventbus library

Other changes:

  • Migrate to ViewBindings (#1072)

Changes in Element 1.0.13 (2020-12-18)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix MSC2858 implementation details (#2540)

Changes in Element 1.0.12 (2020-12-15)

Features :

  • Add room aliases management, and room directory visibility management in a dedicated screen (#1579, #2428)
  • Room setting: update join rules and guest access (#2442)
  • Url preview (#481)
  • Store encrypted file in cache and cleanup decrypted file at each app start (#2512)
  • Emoji Keyboard (#2520)
  • Social login (#2452)
  • Support for chat effects in timeline (confetti, snow) (#2535)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Add Setting Item to Change PIN (#2462)
  • Improve room history visibility setting UX (#1579)
  • Matrix.to deeplink custom scheme support
  • Homeserver history (#1933)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix cancellation of sending event (#2438)
  • Double bottomsheet effect after verify with passphrase
  • EditText cursor jumps to the start while typing fast (#2469)
  • UTD for events before invitation if member state events are hidden (#2486)
  • No known servers error is given when joining rooms on new Gitter bridge (#2516)
  • Show preview when sending attachment from the keyboard (#2440)
  • Do not compress GIFs (#1616, #1254)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • StateService now exposes suspendable function instead of using MatrixCallback.
  • RawCacheStrategy has been moved and renamed to CacheStrategy
  • FileService: remove useless FileService.DownloadMode

Build 🧱:

  • Upgrade some dependencies and Kotlin version
  • Use fragment-ktx and preference-ktx dependencies (fix lint issue KtxExtensionAvailable)
  • Upgrade Realm dependency to 10.1.2

Other changes:

  • Remove "Status.im" theme #2424
  • Log HTTP requests and responses in production (level BASIC, i.e. without any private data)

Changes in Element 1.0.11 (2020-11-27)

Features :

  • Create DMs with users by scanning their QR code (#2025)
  • Add Invite friends quick invite actions (#2348)
  • Add friend by scanning QR code, show your code to friends (#2025)

Improvements 🙌:

  • New room creation tile with quick action (#2346)
  • Open an existing DM instead of creating a new one (#2319)
  • Use RoomMember instead of User in the context of a Room.
  • Ask for explicit user consent to send their contact details to the identity server (#2375)
  • Handle events of type "m.room.server_acl" (#890)
  • Room creation form: add advanced section to disable federation (#1314)
  • Move "Enable Encryption" from room setting screen to room profile screen (#2394)
  • Home empty screens quick design update (#2347)
  • Improve Invite user screen (seamless search for matrix ID)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash on AttachmentViewer (#2365)
  • Exclude yourself when decorating rooms which are direct or don't have more than 2 users (#2370)
  • F-Droid version: ensure timeout of sync request can be more than 60 seconds (#2169)
  • Fix issue when restoring draft after sharing (#2287)
  • Fix issue when updating the avatar of a room (new avatar vanishing)
  • Discard change dialog displayed by mistake when avatar has been updated
  • Try to fix cropped image in timeline (#2126)
  • Registration: annoying error message scares every new user when they add an email (#2391)
  • Fix jitsi integration for those with non-vanilla dialler frameworks
  • Update profile has no effect if user is in zero rooms
  • Fix issues with matrix.to deep linking (#2349)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • AccountService now exposes suspendable function instead of using MatrixCallback (#2354). Note: We will incrementally migrate all the SDK API in a near future (#2449)

Test:

  • Add allScreensTest to cover all screens of the app

Other changes:

  • Upgrade Realm dependency to 10.0.0

Changes in Element 1.0.10 (2020-11-04)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Rework sending Event management (#154)
  • New room creation screen: set topic and avatar in the room creation form (#2078)
  • Toggle Low priority tag (#1490)
  • Add option to send with enter (#1195)
  • Use Hardware keyboard enter to send message (use shift-enter for new line) (#1881, #1440)
  • Edit and remove icons are now visible on image attachment preview screen (#2294)
  • Room profile: BigImageViewerActivity now only display the image. Use the room setting to change or delete the room Avatar
  • Better visibility of text reactions in dark theme (#1118)
  • Room member profile: Add action to create (or open) a DM (#2310)
  • Prepare changelog for F-Droid (#2296)
  • Add graphic resources for F-Droid (#812, #2220)
  • Highlight text in the body of the displayed result (#2200)
  • Considerably faster QR-code bitmap generation (#2331)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fixed ringtone handling (#2100 & #2246)
  • Messages encrypted with no way to decrypt after SDK update from 0.18 to 1.0.0 (#2252)
  • Incoming call continues to ring if call is answered on another device (#1921)
  • Search Result | scroll jumps after pagination (#2238)
  • Badly formatted mentions in body (#1506)
  • KeysBackup: Avoid using !! (#2262)
  • Two elements in the task switcher (#2299)

Changes in Element 1.0.9 (2020-10-16)

Features :

  • Search messages in a room - phase 1 (#2110)
  • Hide encrypted history (before user is invited). Can be shown if wanted in developer settings
  • Changed rainbow algorithm

Improvements 🙌:

  • Wording differentiation for direct rooms (#2176)
  • PIN code: request PIN code if phone has been locked
  • Small optimisation of scrolling experience in timeline (#2114)
  • Allow user to reset cross signing if he has no way to recover (#2052)
  • Ability to share text
  • Create home shortcut for any room (#1525)
  • Can't confirm email due to killing by Android (#2021)
  • Add a menu item to open the setting in room list and in room (#2171)
  • Add a menu item in the timeline as a shortcut to invite user (#2171)
  • Drawer: move settings access and add sign out action (#2171)
  • Filter room member (and banned users) by name (#2184)
  • Implement "Jump to read receipt" and "Mention" actions on the room member profile screen
  • Direct share (#2029)
  • Add FAB to room members list (#2226)
  • Add Sygnal API implementation to test is Push are correctly received
  • Add PushGateway API implementation to test if Push are correctly received
  • Cross signing: shouldn't offer to verify with other session when there is not. (#2227)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Improve support for image/audio/video/file selection with intent changes (#1376)
  • Fix Splash layout on small screens
  • Invalid popup when pressing back (#1635)
  • Simplifies draft management and should fix bunch of draft issues (#952, #683)
  • Very long topic cannot be fully visible (#1957)
  • Properly detect cross signing keys reset
  • Don't set presence when handling a push notification or polling (#2156)
  • Be robust against StrandHogg task injection
  • Clear alerts if user sign out
  • Fix rows are hidden in Textinput (#2234)
  • Uploading a file to a room caused it to have a info.size of -1 (#2141)

Translations 🗣:

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Search messages in a room by using Session.searchService() or Room.search()

Build 🧱:

  • Use Update Gradle Wrapper Action
  • Updates Gradle Wrapper from 5.6.4 to 6.6.1. (#2193)
  • Upgrade kotlin version from 1.3.72 to 1.4.10 and kotlin coroutines version from 1.3.8 to 1.3.9
  • Upgrade build tools from 3.5.3 to 4.0.1, then to 4.1.0
  • Upgrade com.google.gms:google-services from 4.3.2 to 4.3.4
  • Upgrade Moshi to 1.11.0, Dagger to 2.29.1, Epoxy to 4.1.0

Other changes:

  • Added registration/verification automated UI tests
  • Create a script to help getting public information form any homeserver

Changes in Element 1.0.8 (2020-09-25)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Add "show password" in import Megolm keys dialog
  • Visually disable call buttons in menu and prohibit calling when permissions are insufficient (#2112)
  • Better management of requested permissions (#2048)
  • Add a setting to show timestamp for all messages (#2123)
  • Use cache for user color
  • Allow using an outdated homeserver, at user's risk (#1972)
  • Restore small logo on login screens and fix scrolling issue on those screens
  • PIN Code Improvements: Add more settings: biometrics, grace period, notification content (#1985)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Long message cannot be sent/takes infinite time & blocks other messages (#1397)
  • Fix crash when wellknown are malformed, or redirect to some HTML content (reported by rageshakes)
  • User Verification in DM not working
  • Manual import of Megolm keys does back up the imported keys
  • Auto scrolling to the latest message when sending (#2094)
  • Fix incorrect permission check when creating widgets (#2137)
  • Pin code: user has to enter pin code twice (#2005)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Rename tryThis to tryOrNull

Other changes:

  • Add an advanced action to reset an account data entry

Changes in Element 1.0.7 (2020-09-17)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Handle date formatting properly (show time am/pm if needed, display year when needed)
  • Improve F-Droid Notification (#2055)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Clear the notification when the event is read elsewhere (#1822)
  • Speakerphone is not used for ringback tone (#1644, #1645)
  • Back camera preview is not mirrored anymore (#1776)
  • Various report of people that cannot play video (#2107)
  • Rooms incorrectly marked as unread (#588)
  • Allow users to show/hide room member state events (#1231)
  • Fix stuck on loader when launching home

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Create a new RawService to get plain data from the server.

Other changes:

  • Performance: share Realm instance used on UI thread and improve SharedPreferences reading time.

Changes in Element 1.0.6 (2020-09-08)

Features :

  • List phone numbers and emails added to the Matrix account, and add emails and phone numbers to account (#44, #45)

Improvements 🙌:

  • You can now join room through permalink and within room directory search
  • Add long click gesture to copy userId, user display name, room name, room topic and room alias (#1774)
  • Fix several issues when uploading big files (#1889)
  • Do not propose to verify session if there is only one session and 4S is not configured (#1901)
  • Call screen does not use proximity sensor (#1735)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Display name not shown under Settings/General (#1926)
  • Editing message forgets line breaks and markdown (#1939)
  • Words containing my name should not trigger notifications (#1781)
  • Fix changing language issue
  • Fix FontSize issue (#1483, #1787)
  • Fix bad color for settings icon on Android < 24 (#1786)
  • Change user or room avatar: when selecting Gallery, I'm not proposed to crop the selected image (#1590)
  • Loudspeaker is always used (#1685)
  • Fix uploads still don't work with room v6 (#1879)
  • Can't handle ongoing call events in background (#1992)
  • Handle room, user and group links by the Element app (#1795)
  • Update associated site domain (#1833)
  • Crash / Attachment viewer: Cannot draw a recycled Bitmap #2034
  • Login with Matrix-Id | Autodiscovery fails if identity server is invalid and Homeserver ok (#2027)
  • Support for image compression on Android 10
  • Verification popup won't show
  • Android 6: App crash when read Contact permission is granted (#2064)
  • JSON for verification events leaks in to the room list (#1246)
  • Replies to poll appears in timeline as unsupported events during sending (#1004)

Translations 🗣:

Build 🧱:

Other changes:

  • Use File extension functions to make code more concise (#1996)
  • Create a script to import SAS strings (#1909)
  • Support data-mx-[bg-]color attributes on <font> tags.

Changes in Element 1.0.5 (2020-08-21)

Features :

  • Protect access to the app by a pin code (#1700)
  • Conference with Jitsi support (#43)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Share button in rooms gives room ID link without via parameters (#1927)
  • Give user the possibility to prevent accidental call (#1869)
  • Display device information (name, id and key) in Cryptography setting screen (#1784)
  • Ensure users do not accidentally ignore other users (#1890)
  • Better handling DM creation when invitees cannot be inviting due to denied federation
  • Support new config.json format and config.domain.json files (#1682)
  • Increase Font size on Calling screen (#1643)
  • Make the user's Avatar live in the general settings

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix incorrect date format for some Asian languages (#1928)
  • Fix invisible toolbar (Status.im theme) (#1746)
  • Fix relative date time formatting (#822)
  • Fix crash reported by RageShake
  • Fix refreshing of sessions list when another session is logged out
  • Fix IllegalArgumentException: Receiver not registered: NetworkInfoReceiver (#1960)
  • Failed to build unique file (#1954)
  • Highlighted Event when opening a permalink from another room (#1033)
  • A Kick appears has "someone has made no change" (#1959)
  • Avoid NetworkOnMainThreadException when setting a user avatar
  • Renew turnserver credentials when ttl runs out

Translations 🗣:

  • Add PlayStore description resources in the Triple-T format, to let Weblate handle them

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Rename package im.vector.matrix.android to org.matrix.android.sdk
  • Rename package im.vector.matrix.rx to org.matrix.android.sdk.rx

Build 🧱:

  • Fix RtlHardcoded issues (use Start and End instead of Left and Right layout attributes)

Other changes:

  • Use Context#getSystemService extension function provided by core-ktx (#1702)
  • Hide Flair settings, this is not implemented yet.
  • Rename package im.vector.riotx.attachmentviewer to im.vector.lib.attachmentviewer
  • Rename package im.vector.riotx.multipicker to im.vector.lib.multipicker
  • Rename package im.vector.riotx to im.vector.app
  • Remove old code that was used on devices with api level <21
  • Add Official Gradle Wrapper Validation Action

Changes in Element 1.0.4 (2020-08-03)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix Crash when opening invite to room user screen

Changes in Element 1.0.3 (2020-07-31)

Features :

  • Support server admin option to disable E2EE for DMs / private rooms [users can still enable] (#1794)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Crash reported on playstore for HomeActivity launch (151 reports)

Changes in Element 1.0.2 (2020-07-29)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Added Session Database migration to avoid unneeded initial syncs

Changes in Element 1.0.1 (2020-07-28)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Sending events is now retried only 3 times, so we avoid blocking the sending queue too long.
  • Display warning when fail to send events in room list
  • Improve UI of edit role action in member profile
  • Moderation | New screen to display list of banned users in room settings, with unban action

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix theme issue on Room directory screen (#1613)
  • Fix notification not dismissing when entering a room
  • Fix uploads don't work with Room v6 (#1558)
  • Fix Requesting avatar thumbnails in Element uses wrong http "user-agent" string (#1725)
  • Fix 404 on EMS (#1761)
  • Fix Infinite loop at startup when migrating account from Riot (#1699)
  • Fix Element crashes in loop after initial sync (#1709)
  • Remove inner mx-reply tags before replying
  • Fix timeline items not loading when there are only filtered events
  • Fix "Voice & Video" grayed out in Settings (#1733)
  • Fix Allow VOIP call in all rooms with 2 participants (even if not DM)
  • Migration from old client does not enable notifications (#1723)

Other changes:

  • i18n deactivated account error

Changes in Element 1.0.0 (2020-07-15)

Features :

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Video calls are shown as a voice ones in the timeline (#1676)
  • Fix regression: not able to create a room without IS configured (#1679)

Changes in Riot.imX 0.91.5 (2020-07-11)

Features :

  • 3pid invite: it is now possible to invite people by email. An Identity Server has to be configured (#548)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Cleaning chunks with lots of events as long as a threshold has been exceeded (35_000 events in DB) (#1634)
  • Creating and listening to EventInsertEntity. (#1634)
  • Handling (almost) properly the groups fetching (#1634)
  • Improve fullscreen media display (#327)
  • Setup server recovery banner (#1648)
  • Set up SSSS from security settings (#1567)
  • New lab setting to add 'unread notifications' tab to main screen
  • Render third party invite event (#548)
  • Display three pid invites in the room members list (#548)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Integration Manager: Wrong URL to review terms if URL in config contains path (#1606)
  • Regression Composer does not grow, crops out text (#1650)
  • Bug / Unwanted draft (#698)
  • All users seems to be able to see the enable encryption option in room settings (#1341)
  • Leave room only leaves the current version (#1656)
  • Regression | Share action menu do not work (#1647)
  • verification issues on transition (#1555)
  • Fix issue when restoring keys backup using recovery key

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • CreateRoomParams has been updated

Build 🧱:

  • Upgrade some dependencies
  • Revert to build-tools 3.5.3

Other changes:

  • Use Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT to save megolm key or recovery key in a txt file
  • Use Context#withStyledAttributes extension function (#1546)

Changes in Riot.imX 0.91.4 (2020-07-06)

Features :

  • Re-activate Wellknown support with updated UI (#1614)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Upload device keys only once to the homeserver and fix crash when no network (#1629)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash when coming from a notification (#1601)
  • Fix Exception when importing keys (#1576)
  • File isn't downloaded when another file with the same name already exists (#1578)
  • saved images don't show up in gallery (#1324)
  • Fix reply fallback leaking sender locale (#429)

Build 🧱:

  • Fix lint false-positive about WorkManager (#1012)
  • Upgrade build-tools from 3.5.3 to 3.6.3
  • Upgrade gradle from 5.4.1 to 5.6.4

Changes in Riot.imX 0.91.3 (2020-07-01)

Notes:

  • This version is the third beta version of RiotX codebase published as Riot-Android on the PlayStore.
  • Changelog below includes changes of v0.91.0, v0.91.1, and v0.91.2, because the first beta versions have been tagged and published from the branch feature/migration_from_legacy.
  • This version uses temporary name Riot.imX, to distinguish the app with RiotX app.

Features :

  • Call with WebRTC support (##611)
  • Add capability to change the display name (#1529)

Improvements 🙌:

  • "Add Matrix app" menu is now always visible (#1495)
  • Handle /op, /deop, and /nick commands (#12)
  • Prioritising Recovery key over Recovery passphrase (#1463)
  • Room Settings: Name, Topic, Photo, Aliases, History Visibility (#1455)
  • Update user avatar (#1054)
  • Allow self-signed certificate (#1564)
  • Improve file download and open in timeline
  • Catchup tab is removed temporarily (#1565)
  • Render room avatar change (#1319)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix dark theme issue on login screen (#1097)
  • Incomplete predicate in RealmCryptoStore#getOutgoingRoomKeyRequest (#1519)
  • User could not redact message that they have sent (#1543)
  • Use vendor prefix for non merged MSC (#1537)
  • Compress images before sending (#1333)
  • Searching by displayname is case sensitive (#1468)
  • Fix layout overlap issue (#1407)

Build 🧱:

  • Enable code optimization (Proguard)
  • SDK is now API level 21 minimum, and so RiotX (#405)

Other changes:

  • Use SharedPreferences#edit extension function consistently (#1545)
  • Use retrofit2.Call.awaitResponse extension provided by Retrofit 2. (#1526)
  • Fix minor typo in contribution guide (#1512)
  • Fix self-assignment of callback in DefaultRoomPushRuleService#setRoomNotificationState (#1520)
  • Random housekeeping clean-ups indicated by Lint (#1520, #1541)
  • Keys Backup API now use the unstable prefix (#1503)
  • Remove deviceId from /keys/upload/{deviceId} as not spec-compliant (#1502)

Changes in RiotX 0.22.0 (2020-06-15)

Features :

  • Integration Manager and Widget support (#48)
  • Send stickers (#51)

Improvements 🙌:

  • New wording for notice when current user is the sender
  • Hide "X made no changes" event by default in timeline (#1430)
  • Hide left rooms in breadcrumbs (#766)
  • Handle PowerLevel properly (#627)
  • Correctly handle SSO login redirection
  • SSO login is now performed in the default browser, or in Chrome Custom tab if available (#1400)
  • Improve checking of homeserver version support (#1442)
  • Add capability to add and remove a room from the favorites (#1217)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Switch theme is not fully taken into account without restarting the app
  • Temporary fix to show error when user is creating an account on matrix.org with userId containing only digits (#1410)
  • Reply composer overlay stays on screen too long after send (#1169)
  • Fix navigation bar icon contrast on API in [21,27[ (#1342)
  • Fix status bar icon contrast on API in [21,23[
  • Wrong /query request (#1444)
  • Make Credentials.homeServer optional because it is deprecated (#1443)
  • Fix issue on dark themes, after alert popup dismiss

Other changes:

Changes in RiotX 0.21.0 (2020-05-28)

Features :

  • Identity server support (#607)
  • Switch language support (#41)
  • Display list of attachments of a room (#860)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Better connectivity lost indicator when airplane mode is on
  • Add a setting to hide redacted events (#951)
  • Render formatted_body for m.notice and m.emote (#1196)
  • Change icon to magnifying-glass to filter room (#1384)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • After jump to unread, newer messages are never loaded (#1008)
  • Fix issues with FontScale switch (#69, #645)
  • "Seen by" uses 12h time (#1378)
  • Enable markdown (if active) when sending emote (#734)
  • Screenshots for Rageshake now includes Dialogs such as BottomSheet (#1349)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • initialize with proxy configuration

Other changes:

  • support new key agreement method for SAS (#1374)

Changes in RiotX 0.20.0 (2020-05-15)

Features :

  • Add Direct Shortcuts (#652)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Invite member(s) to an existing room (#1276)
  • Improve notification accessibility with ticker text (#1226)
  • Support homeserver discovery from MXID (DISABLED: waiting for design) (#476)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix | Verify Manually by Text crashes if private SSK not known (#1337)
  • Sometimes the same device appears twice in the list of devices of a user (#1329)
  • Random Crashes while doing sth with cross signing keys (#1364)
  • Crash | crash while restoring key backup (#1366)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • excludedUserIds parameter added to the UserService.getPagedUsersLive() function

Changes in RiotX 0.19.0 (2020-05-04)

Features :

  • Change password (#528)
  • Cross-Signing | Support SSSS secret sharing (#944)
  • Cross-Signing | Verify new session from existing session (#1134)
  • Cross-Signing | Bootstraping cross signing with 4S from mobile (#985)
  • Save media files to Gallery (#973)
  • Account deactivation (with password only) (#35)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Verification DM / Handle concurrent .start after .ready (#794)
  • Reimplementation of multiple attachment picker
  • Cross-Signing | Update Shield Logic for DM (#963)
  • Cross-Signing | Complete security new session design update (#1135)
  • Cross-Signing | Setup key backup as part of SSSS bootstrapping (#1201)
  • Cross-Signing | Gossip key backup recovery key (#1200)
  • Show room encryption status as a bubble tile (#1078)
  • UX/UI | Add indicator to home tab on invite (#957)
  • Cross-Signing | Restore history after recover from passphrase (#1214)
  • Cross-Sign | QR code scan confirmation screens design update (#1187)
  • Emoji Verification | It's not the same butterfly! (#1220)
  • Cross-Signing | Composer decoration: shields (#1077)
  • Cross-Signing | Migrate existing keybackup to cross signing with 4S from mobile (#1197)
  • Show a warning dialog if the text of the clicked link does not match the link target (#922)
  • Cross-Signing | Consider not using a spinner on the 'complete security' prompt (#1271)
  • Restart broken Olm sessions (MSC1719)
  • Cross-Signing | Hide Use recovery key when 4S is not setup (#1007)
  • Cross-Signing | Trust account xSigning keys by entering Recovery Key (select file or copy) #1199
  • E2E timeline decoration (#1279)
  • Manage Session Settings / Cross Signing update (#1295)
  • Cross-Signing | Review sessions toast update old vs new (#1293, #1306)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix summary notification staying after "mark as read"
  • Missing avatar/displayname after verification request message (#841)
  • Crypto | RiotX sometimes rotate the current device keys (#1170)
  • RiotX can't restore cross signing keys saved by web in SSSS (#1174)
  • Cross- Signing | After signin in new session, verification paper trail in DM is off (#1191)
  • Failed to encrypt message in room (message stays in red), [thanks to pwr22] (#925)
  • Cross-Signing | web <-> riotX After QR code scan, gossiping fails (#1210)
  • Fix crash when trying to download file without internet connection (#1229)
  • Local echo are not updated in timeline (for failed & encrypted states)
  • Render image event even if thumbnail_info does not have mimetype defined (#1209)
  • RiotX now uses as many threads as it needs to do work and send messages (#1221)
  • Fix issue with media path (#1227)
  • Add user to direct chat by user id (#1065)
  • Use correct URL for SSO connection (#1178)
  • Emoji completion 🎉 does not completes to 🎉 like on web (#1285)
  • Fix bad Shield Logic for DM (#963)

Translations 🗣:

  • Weblate now create PR directly to RiotX GitHub project

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Increase targetSdkVersion to 29

Build 🧱:

  • Compile with Android SDK 29 (Android Q)

Other changes:

  • Add a setting to prevent screenshots of the application, disabled by default (#1027)
  • Increase File Logger capacities ( + use dev log preferences)

Changes in RiotX 0.18.1 (2020-03-17)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Implementation of /join command

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Message transitions in encrypted rooms are jarring #518
  • Images that failed to send are waiting to be sent forever #1145
  • Fix / Crashed when trying to send a gif from the Gboard #1136
  • Fix / Cannot click on key backup banner when new keys are available

Changes in RiotX 0.18.0 (2020-03-11)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Share image and other media from e2e rooms (#677)
  • Add support for /plain command (#12)
  • Detect spaces in password if user fail to login (#1038)
  • FTUE: do not display a different color when encrypting message when not in developer mode.
  • Open room member profile from avatar of the room member state event (#935)
  • Restore the push rules configuration in the settings

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash on attachment preview screen (#1088)
  • "Share" option is not appearing in encrypted rooms for images (#1031)
  • Set "image/jpeg" as MIME type of images instead of "image/jpg" (#1075)
  • Self verification via QR code is failing (#1130)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • PushRuleService.getPushRules() now returns a RuleSet. Use getAllRules() on this object to get all the rules.

Build 🧱:

Other changes:

  • Restore availability to Chromebooks (#932)
  • Add a documentation to run integration tests

Changes in RiotX 0.17.0 (2020-02-27)

Features :

  • Secured Shared Storage Support (#984, #936)
  • It's now possible to select several rooms (with a possible mix of clear/encrypted rooms) when sharing elements to RiotX (#1010)
  • Media preview: media are previewed before being sent to a room (#1010)
  • Image edition: it's now possible to edit image before sending: crop, rotate, and delete actions are supported (#1010)
  • Sending image: image are sent to rooms with a reduced size. It's still possible to send original image file (#1010)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Migrate to binary QR code verification (#994)
  • Share action is added to room profile and room member profile (#858)
  • Display avatar in fullscreen (#861)
  • Fix some performance issues with crypto

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Account creation: wrongly hints that an email can be used to create an account (#941)
  • Fix crash in the room directory, when public room has no name (#1023)
  • Fix restoring keys backup with passphrase (#526)
  • Fix rotation of full-size image (#647)
  • Fix joining rooms from directory via federation isn't working. (#808)
  • Leaving a room creates a stuck "leaving room" loading screen. (#1041)
  • Fix some invitation handling issues (#1013)
  • New direct chat: selecting a participant sometimes results in two breadcrumbs (#1022)
  • New direct chat: selecting several participants was not adding the room to the direct chats list
  • Room overview shows deleted messages as “Encrypted message” (#758)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Get crypto methods through Session.cryptoService()
  • ProgressListener.onProgress() function will be invoked on the background thread instead of UI thread
  • Improve CreateRoomParams API (#1070)

Changes in RiotX 0.16.0 (2020-02-14)

Features :

Improvements 🙌:

  • Show confirmation dialog before deleting a message (#967, #1003)
  • Open room member profile from reactions list and read receipts list (#875)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash by removing all notifications after clearing cache (#878)
  • Fix issue with verification when other client declares it can only show QR code (#988)
  • Fix too errors in the code (1941862499, a250a895fe)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

  • Javadoc improved for PushersService
  • PushersService.pushers() has been renamed to PushersService.getPushers()

Changes in RiotX 0.15.0 (2020-02-10)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Improve navigation to the timeline (#789, #862)
  • Improve network detection. It is now based on the sync request status (#873, #882)

Other changes:

  • Support SSO login with Firefox account (#606)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Ask for permission before opening the camera (#934)
  • Encrypt for invited users by default, if the room state allows it (#803)

Changes in RiotX 0.14.3 (2020-02-03)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix Exception in DeviceListManager

Changes in RiotX 0.14.2 (2020-02-02)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix RiotX not starting issue

Changes in RiotX 0.14.1 (2020-02-02)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Cross-signing: fix UX issue when closing the bottom sheet verification (#813)
  • Room and room member profile: fix issues on dark and black themes

Changes in RiotX 0.14.0 (2020-02-01)

Features :

  • First implementation of Cross-signing
  • Enable encryption in unencrypted rooms, from the room settings (#212)
  • Negotiate E2E by default for DMs (#907)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Sharing things to RiotX: sort list by recent room first (#771)
  • Hide the algorithm when turning on e2e (#897)
  • Sort room members by display names

Other changes:

  • Add support for /rainbow and /rainbowme commands (#879)

Build 🧱:

  • Ensure builds are reproducible (#842)
  • F-Droid: fix the "-dev" issue in version name (#815)

Changes in RiotX 0.13.0 (2020-01-17)

Features :

  • Send and render typing events (#564)
  • Create Room Profile screen (#54)
  • Create Room Member Profile screen (#59)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Render events m.room.encryption and m.room.guest_access in the timeline

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix broken background sync in F-Droid version
  • Fix issue with downloaded file on encrypted rooms. The file was not properly decrypted

Build 🧱:

  • Change the way versionCode is computed (#827)

Changes in RiotX 0.12.0 (2020-01-09)

Improvements 🙌:

  • The initial sync is now handled by a foreground service
  • Render aliases and canonical alias change in the timeline
  • Introduce developer mode in the settings (#745, #796)
  • Improve devices list screen
  • Add settings for rageshake sensibility
  • Fix autocompletion issues and add support for rooms, groups, and emoji (#780)
  • Show skip to bottom FAB while scrolling down (#752)
  • Enable encryption on a room, SDK part (#212)

Other changes:

  • Change the way RiotX identifies a session to allow the SDK to support several sessions with the same user (#800)
  • Exclude play-services-oss-licenses library from F-Droid build (#814)
  • Email domain can be limited on some homeservers, i18n of the displayed error (#754)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix crash when opening room creation screen from the room filtering screen
  • Fix avatar image disappearing (#777)
  • Fix read marker banner when permalink
  • Fix joining upgraded rooms (#697)
  • Fix matrix.org room directory not being browsable (#807)
  • Hide non working settings (#751)

Changes in RiotX 0.11.0 (2019-12-19)

Features :

  • Implement soft logout (#281)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Handle navigation to room via room alias (#201)
  • Open matrix.to link in RiotX (#57)
  • Limit sticker size in the timeline

Other changes:

  • Use same default room colors than Riot-Web

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Scroll breadcrumbs to top when opened
  • Render default room name when it starts with an emoji (#477)
  • Do not display " (IRC)" in display names https://github.com/vector-im/riot-android/issues/444
  • Fix rendering issue with HTML formatted body
  • Disable click on Stickers (#703)

Build 🧱:

  • Include diff-match-patch sources as dependency

Changes in RiotX 0.10.0 (2019-12-10)

Features :

  • Breadcrumbs: switch from one room to another quickly (#571)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Support entering a RiotWeb client URL instead of the homeserver URL during connection (#744)

Other changes:

Bugfix 🐛:

  • When automardown is ON, pills are sent as MD in body (#739)
  • "ban" event are not rendered correctly (#716)
  • Fix crash when rotating screen in Room timeline

Changes in RiotX 0.9.1 (2019-12-05)

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix an issue with DB transaction (#740)

Changes in RiotX 0.9.0 (2019-12-05)

Features :

  • Account creation. It's now possible to create account on any homeserver with RiotX (#34)
  • Iteration of the login flow (#613)
  • [SDK] MSC2241 / verification in DMs (#707)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Send mention Pills from composer
  • Links in message preview in the bottom sheet are now active.
  • Rework the read marker to make it more usable

Other changes:

  • Fix a small grammatical error when an empty room list is shown.

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Do not show long click help if only invitation are displayed
  • Fix emoji filtering not working
  • Fix issue of closing Realm in another thread (#725)
  • Attempt to properly cancel the crypto module when user signs out (#724)

Changes in RiotX 0.8.0 (2019-11-19)

Features :

  • Handle long click on room in the room list (#395)
  • Ignore/UnIgnore users, and display list of ignored users (#542, #617)

Improvements 🙌:

  • Search reaction by name or keyword in emoji picker
  • Handle code tags (#567)
  • Support spoiler messages
  • Support m.sticker and m.room.join_rules events in timeline

Other changes:

  • Markdown set to off by default (#412)
  • Accessibility improvements to the attachment file type chooser

Bugfix 🐛:

  • Fix issues with some member events rendering (#498)
  • Passphrase does not match (Export room keys) (#644)
  • Ask for permission to write external storage when uri comes from the keyboard (#658)
  • Fix issue with english US/GB translation (#671)

Changes in RiotX 0.7.0 (2019-10-24)

Features:

  • Share elements from other app to RiotX (#58)
  • Read marker (#84)
  • Add ability to report content (#515)

Improvements:

  • Persist active tab between sessions (#503)
  • Do not upload file too big for the homeserver (#587)
  • Attachments: start using system pickers (#52)
  • Mark all messages as read (#396)

Other changes:

  • Accessibility improvements to read receipts in the room timeline and reactions emoji chooser

Bugfix:

  • Fix issue on upload error in loop (#587)
  • Fix opening a permalink: the targeted event is displayed twice (#556)
  • Fix opening a permalink paginates all the history up to the last event (#282)
  • after login, the icon in the top left is a green 'A' for (all communities) rather than my avatar (#267)
  • Picture uploads are unreliable, pictures are shown in wrong aspect ratio on desktop client (#517)
  • Invitation notifications are not dismissed automatically if room is joined from another client (#347)
  • Opening links from RiotX reuses browser tab (#599)

Changes in RiotX 0.6.1 (2019-09-24)

Bugfix:

  • Fix crash: MergedHeaderItem was missing dimensionConverter

Changes in RiotX 0.6.0 (2019-09-24)

Features:

  • Save draft of a message when exiting a room with non empty composer (#329)

Improvements:

  • Add unread indent on room list (#485)
  • Message Editing: Update notifications (#128)
  • Remove any notification of a redacted event (#563)

Other changes:

  • Fix a few accessibility issues

Bugfix:

  • Fix characters erased from the Search field when the result are coming (#545)
  • "No connection" banner was displayed by mistake
  • Leaving community (from another client) has no effect on RiotX (#497)
  • Push rules was not retrieved after a clear cache
  • m.notice messages trigger push notifications (#238)
  • Embiggen messages with multiple emojis also for edited messages (#458)

Build:

  • Fix (again) issue with bad versionCode generated by Buildkite (#553)

Changes in RiotX 0.5.0 (2019-09-17)

Features:

  • Implementation of login to homeserver with SSO (#557)
  • Handle M_CONSENT_NOT_GIVEN error (#64)
  • Auto configure homeserver and identity server URLs of LoginActivity with a magic link

Improvements:

  • Reduce default release build log level, and lab option to enable more logs.
  • Display a no network indicator when there is no network (#559)

Bugfix:

  • Fix crash due to missing informationData (#535)
  • Progress in initial sync dialog is decreasing for a step and should not (#532)
  • Fix rendering issue of accepted third party invitation event
  • All current notifications were dismissed by mistake when the app is launched from the launcher

Build:

  • Fix issue with version name (#533)
  • Fix issue with bad versionCode generated by Buildkite (#553)

Changes in RiotX 0.4.0 (2019-08-30)

Features:

  • Display read receipts in timeline (#81)

Improvements:

  • Reactions: Reinstate the ability to react with non-unicode keys (#307)

Bugfix:

  • Fix text diff linebreak display (#441)
  • Date change message repeats for each redaction until a normal message (#358)
  • Slide-in reply icon is distorted (#423)
  • Regression / e2e replies not encrypted
  • Some video won't play
  • Privacy: remove log of notifiable event (#519)
  • Fix crash with EmojiCompat (#530)

Changes in RiotX 0.3.0 (2019-08-08)

Features:

  • Create Direct Room flow
  • Handle /markdown command

Improvements:

  • UI for pending edits (#193)
  • UX image preview screen transition (#393)
  • Basic support for resending failed messages (retry/remove)
  • Enable proper cancellation of suspending functions (including db transaction)
  • Enhances network connectivity checks in SDK
  • Add "View Edit History" item in the message bottom sheet (#401)
  • Cancel sync request on pause and timeout to 0 after pause (#404)

Other changes:

  • Show sync progress also in room detail screen (#403)

Bugfix:

  • Edited message: link confusion when (edited) appears in body (#398)
  • Close detail room screen when the room is left with another client (#256)
  • Clear notification for a room left on another client
  • Fix messages with empty in_reply_to not rendering (#447)
  • Fix clear cache (#408) and Logout (#205)
  • Fix (edited) link can be copied to clipboard (#402)
  • KeyBackup / SSSS | Should get the key from SSSS instead of asking recovery Key (#1163)

Build:

  • Split APK: generate one APK per arch, to reduce APK size of about 30%

Changes in RiotX 0.2.0 (2019-07-18)

Features:

  • Message Editing: View edit history (#121)
  • Rooms filtering (#304)
  • Edit in encrypted room

Improvements:

  • Handle click on redacted events: view source and create permalink
  • Improve long tap menu: reply on top, more compact (#368)
  • Quick reply in timeline with swipe gesture (#167)
  • Improve edit of replies
  • Improve performance on Room Members and Users management (#381)

Other changes:

  • migrate from rxbinding 2 to rxbinding 3

Bugfix:

  • Fix regression on permalink click
  • Fix crash reported by the PlayStore (#341)
  • Fix Chat composer separator color in dark/black theme
  • Fix bad layout for room directory filter (#349)
  • Fix Copying link from a message shouldn't open context menu (#364)

Changes in RiotX 0.1.0 (2019-07-11)

First release!

Mode details here: https://medium.com/@RiotChat/introducing-the-riotx-beta-for-android-b17952e8f771

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