Changes in Element v1.4.28 (2022-07-13)

Features ✨

• Improve user experience when he is first invited to a room. Users will be able to decrypt and view previous messages (#5853)
• [Location sharing] - Reply action on a live message (#6401)
• Show a loader if all the Room Members are not yet loaded. (#6413)

Bugfixes 🐛

• Fixes numbered lists always starting from 1 (#4777)
• Adds LoginType to SessionParams to fix soft logout form not showing for SSO and Password type (#5398)
• Use stable endpoint for alias management instead of MSC2432. Contributed by Nico. (#6288)
• [Poll] Fixes visible and wrong votes in closed poll after removing 2 previous polls (#6430)
• Fix HTML entities being displayed in messages (#6442)
• Gallery picker can pick external images (#6450)
• Fixes crash when sharing plain text, such as a url (#6451)
• Fix crashes on Timeline [Thread] due to range validation (#6461)
• Fix crashes when opening Thread (#6463)
• Fix ConcurrentModificationException on BackgroundDetectionObserver (#6469)
• Fixes inconsistency with rooms within spaces showing or disappearing from home (#6510)

In development 🚧

• FTUE - Adds support for resetting the password during the FTUE onboarding journey (#5284)
• Create DM room only on first message - Design implementation & debug feature flag (#5525)

Other changes

• Replacing Epoxy annotation layout id references with getDefaultLayoutId (#6389)
• Ensure RealmList<T>.clearWith() extension is correctly used. (#6392)
• [Poll] - Add a description under undisclosed poll when not ended (#6423)
• Add android:hasFragileUserData="true" in the manifest (#6429)
• Add code check to prevent modification of frozen class (#6434)
• Let your Activity or Fragment implement VectorMenuProvider if they provide a menu. (#6436)
• Rename Android Service to use AndroidService suffix (#6458)

What's Changed

• Ensure clearWith lambda is deleting all the list item by @bmarty in #6392
• Replacing epoxy item annotation layout references with getDefaultLayoutId by @ouchadam in #6415
• Bump realm-gradle-plugin from 10.9.0 to 10.11.0 by @dependabot in #6130
• [FTUE] Forgot password by @ouchadam in #6263
• Add android:hasFragileUserData="true" in the manifest by @bmarty in #6429
• Show a loader if all the Room Member are not yet loaded. by @bmarty in #6413
• Use stable endpoint for alias management by @deepbluev7 in #6288
• Open URL on external browser task by @yostyle in #4364
• Bump flipper from 0.151.1 to 0.152.0 by @dependabot in #6416
• Bump fragment from 1.4.1 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot in #6420
• Bump activity from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot in #6419
• FTUE - Msisdn (phone number) entry by @ouchadam in #6108
• [Location sharing] - Reply action on a live message (PSG-343) by @mnaturel in #6414
• Fixes broken SoftLogout UX for homeservers that support both Password and SSO by @ericdecanini in #5398
• Share Megolm session keys when inviting a new user by @ariskotsomitopoulos in #5853
• Simple check to prevent frozen class modification by @BillCarsonFr in #6434
• Gallery picker can pick external images (not just videos) by @cloudrac3r in #6450
• Bump google-services from 4.3.10 to 4.3.13 by @dependabot in #6409
• [Poll] - Add a description under undisclosed poll when not ended (PSB-134) by @mnaturel in #6425
• [Poll] - Wrong votes in closed poll after removing 2 previous polls (PSG-590) by @mnaturel in #6431
• [FTUE] MSISDN / Phone number confirmation by @ouchadam in #6157
• Fix HTML entities being displayed in messages by @cloudrac3r in #6447
• Fix copy paste issue by @bmarty in #6456
• Rename Android Service to use AndroidService suffix by @bmarty in #6458
• Upgrade androidx activity and fragment to 1.5.0 by @bmarty in #6436
• Crash - Sharing text by @ouchadam in #6467
• Fix typo by @bmarty in #6468
• Fix ConcurrentModificationException on BackgroundDetectionObserver by @bmarty in #6469
• Fix crashes when opening Thread (#6463) by @ganfra in #6474
• Timeline: fix validation of timeline event changes by @ganfra in #6462
• Bump flipper from 0.152.0 to 0.153.0 by @dependabot in #6491
• Fixing numbered lists always starting from 1 by @ouchadam in #6473
• Bump lifecycle from 2.4.1 to 2.5.0 by @dependabot in #6418
• FTUE - Homeserver edits not updating the selected server UI by @ouchadam in #6454
• Add GitHub action to check for a towncrier file by @bmarty in #6482
• Add dependency to opusencoder and remove module from this project by @bmarty in #6489
• Fixes inconsistent rooms in home behaviour by @ouchadam in #6511
• Start DM on first message (UI) by @Florian14 in #6051
• Adding tests around the share intent handling by @ouchadam in #6471
• Translations update from Weblate by @RiotTranslateBot in #6527
• Delete unused key error_attachment by @bmarty in #6533

New Contributors

• @deepbluev7 made their first contribution in #6288

Full Changelog: v1.4.27...v1.4.28