What's new?

Hey everyone, I know it's been a bit since the last official release. That doesn't mean we haven't been putting in work. We've knocked out a crap ton of issues/tickets, and we've added a ton of new features. Check out the full list below!

The Big Stuff

• Redesigned pinned chats for iOS theme
• Huge settings UI overhaul
• Notification improvements
• Performance and reliability improvements
• Lots of small new features and UI / UX improvements

The Nitty Gritty

New Features

• Redesigned Pinned Chats
  • iOS theme now has iOS 14 style "big pins"
  • Overhauled the group avatar icons - they are now arranged in a circle with a customizable max count
  • Group avatar icons now prefer to show avatars with pictures
• New Options / Settings
  • Added support for setting the mute/unmute default behavior for videos (media settings)
  • Added support for 24hr time format (misc settings)
  • Added support for double tapping a message to send a quick tapback (conversation settings, and Private API must be enabled)
  • Added support for setting the default number to call
  • Added support for locking the app via pin or biometrics (misc settings)
  • Added support for showing contact avatars in direct chats (conversation settings)
  • Added support for redacting big emojis (redacted mode settings)
  • Added support for setting the swipe direction in the fullscreen attachment viewer (media settings)
  • Added support for customizing swipe actions for the conversation tiles (chat list settings)
  • Added "Restart Private API" button (requires server v0.1.20) (connection & server settings, and Private API must be enabled)
• New Redacted Mode Features
  • Added redacted mode support to the chat creator
  • Added redacted mode to the server management details (connection URL & others)
• New Media and Message-Related Features
  • Added support for pull-to-refresh in the attachment picker menu to load new attachments
  • Added the "info" and "redownload from server" options to the fullscreen video player
  • Added an "open in browser" button in the message details popup for links
  • Added the ability to share text via the message details popup
  • Added the ability to choose multiple files in the share menu
  • Added the ability to choose other apps to load files from via the share menu
• New Notification-Related Features
  • Added 30sec timeout and error notification when a message fails to send due to connection loss
  • Notifications are now grouped under a single item
• Other New Features
  • Allow any type of URL in the manual configuration setup to support ngrok tcp connections
  • Added support for Android Auto
  • Adaptive Icon support
  • Typing indicators can now show inside the chat list (requires Private API to be enabled)
  • If your last sent message errored, your message preview in the chat list will show that
  • Recipient names/addresses will now always show in the message details popup

Bug Fixes

• System Interaction Bugs
  • Fixed duplicate apps in app switcher
  • Remove notification in the notification panel when marking a single chat or all chats as read
  • Fixed muted chats still sending notifications in some cases
  • Fixed issue where replying to a notification would crash the app on Android 8 and under
  • Fixed sharing not working when the app is fully closed
  • Fixed sharing to a direct chat would not work if the chat was currently open
  • Fixed conversation shortcuts when long pressing the app icon not working correctly
  • TIFF Images now get handled using the regular file opener widget
• UI bugs
  • Fixed ">" indicator not showing for long group names on the message header
  • Fixed animation not working when receiving a chat
  • Hide reaction details when in redacted mode
  • Fixed text box placeholder label
  • Fixed switching from Material theme to iOS theme would make the chat list disappear
  • Fixed overlaps in the message details popup
  • Fixed "unsupported" showing instead of the contact number in the chat creator
  • Fixed license page theming in dark mode
  • Fixed issue where some messages would show up as a link preview
  • Fixed layout issues with "Scroll To Bottom" button
  • Fixed issue where send button would not switch between the send/mic icon in Material theme
• UX bugs
  • Fixed some bugs with the audio player
  • Fixed some bugs with chats becoming randomly unpinned
  • Fixed some bugs with the reset app workflow
  • Fixed back button closing app instead of removing selections when in multi-select mode
  • Fixed dupe messages when retrying to send a failed message
  • Fixed "Restart iMessage" button not working
  • Fixed issues with initializing the camera after taking a picture
  • Fixed issue with syncing business chats (they are ignored now)
  • Fixed many issues with URL parsing
  • Fixed camera being used after closing the share sheet in some cases

Improvements

• UI Improvements
  • Completely redesigned all settings screens
  • Improved padding on setup page indicator
  • Remove "Socket Disconnected" message when the app is in the background
  • Improved unread message indicator in the message view
  • Improved audio player design
  • Use Android-style spinners everywhere when in Material theme
  • Improved details popup layout
  • Added loading indicator when getting chats on startup
  • Added loading indicator to new chat creator when fetching existing chats
  • Improved the image placeholder widgets
  • Added new splash screens
• UX Improvements
  • Only show re-download from server if the message has successfully sent
  • The details menu will close after copying message text
  • Added haptic feedback when sending a reaction
  • Improved share menu performance
  • Variable animation speeds for progress circles
  • Warning message now shows when trying to start a new chat when the server is running on Big Sur and up
  • New snackbar style
  • Improved the hitbox for the remove attachment button in the share preview
  • Improved the animation when opening the share menu
  • Added Battery Optimization page to the setup

Optimizations

• Migrated the entire app to Nullsafety and Flutter 2.0 - what does this mean for you? Much better stability and lots of under-the-hood optimizations!
• Migrated to new Socket IO plugin
• Migrated to using the GetX package
• Media & Message-Related Optimizations
  • Improved smart reply functionality
  • Improved handling of SSL errors for link previews
  • Improved handling of .heic images
  • Improved handling of saving media to the device
  • Improved handling of compressing attachments for better performance & reliability
  • Video thumbnails are now cached to the device
  • Improved logic for getting image dimensions
  • Improved image display widget to be more reliable
• System Interaction Optimizations
  • Vastly improved notifications logic to make them more consistent and more reliable
  • Prevent sharing items to the app when setup is incomplete
  • Better support for sharing text & audio attachments
• Other Optimizations
  • Avatar quality is now determined by low-memory mode
  • Improved contact matching for weirdly formatted phone numbers
  • Improved under-the-hood logic for chats
  • Improved under-the-hood logic for messages