element-hq/element-x-android v26.01.0

Element X Android v26.01.0

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What's Changed

✨ Features

• Link new device using QrCode - First version by @bmarty in #5909
• Voice message: variable play back speed by @bmarty in #5963
• Change Room’s Access to/from Space members by @ganfra in #5979
• Create spaces by @jmartinesp in #5982

🙌 Improvements

• change(room member): make sure we never display name/avatar when member is banned by @ganfra in #5826
• Change : room details edit by @ganfra in #5844
• Space feature flags by @ganfra in #5827
• Update unsaved change dialog by @bmarty in #5845
• change(notification): handle invite notification for spaces by @ganfra in #5854
• Change : space settings iteration by @ganfra in #5908
• Change : add "settings" entry menu by @ganfra in #5948
• Changes : iterate again on permissions by @ganfra in #5950

🐛 Bugfixes

• fix: usersWithRole(Owner) returns creators only if privilegedCreatorRole is true by @ganfra in #5832
• Limit composer height dynamically by @bmarty in #5835
• Fix work requests for inaccessible sessions being re-scheduled indefinitely by @jmartinesp in #5849
• Fix permission setting navigation by @bmarty in #5877
• URL-encode deep link path segments and decode them when parsing by @jmartinesp in #5880
• Fix crash when calling Room.predecessorRoom when the room is destroyed by @jmartinesp in #5894
• fix: edit moderators not working by @ganfra in #5906
• Use the right video preset when sharing videos by @jmartinesp in #5892
• Add threadInfo field to message like timeline events by @jmartinesp in #5930
• Fix unverified account after account creation by @jmartinesp in #5914
• Fix class cast exception by @bmarty in #5958
• Fix : iterate on unban permissions by @ganfra in #5959
• Use VerificationState.VERIFIED as soon as it's available by @jmartinesp in #5973
• Make the notification silent when the message is an outgoing message by @bmarty in #5961
• Remove previously used id filtering from RoomSyncSubscriber by @jmartinesp in #5985
• When handling incoming share, reuse existing room screen if possible by @jmartinesp in #6001
• When a duplicate room list entry is found, report it and remove it by @jmartinesp in #6006

🗣 Translations

• Sync Strings by @ElementBot in #5860
• Sync Strings - Adding translations for Croatian by @ElementBot in #5904
• Sync Strings by @ElementBot in #5946
• Sync Strings by @ElementBot in #5956
• Sync Strings by @ElementBot in #5971
• Sync Strings by @ElementBot in #5994

🧱 Build

• Restore no-unused-imports behaviour for ktlintFormat by @jmartinesp in #5847
• Fix: use the right BuildTimeConfig field for the SDK DSN by @jmartinesp in #5856
• Add a way to configure value of useLegacyPackaging by @bmarty in #5862
• Improve proguard config to keep the names in the classes in our packages by @jmartinesp in #5882
• Fix crash when changing the push provider in nightlies by @jmartinesp in #5951

Dependency upgrades

• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface to v1.4.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5846
• fix(deps): update metro to v0.8.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5833
• fix(deps): update dependency org.maplibre.gl:android-sdk to v12.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5831
• chore(deps): update plugin sonarqube to v7.2.0.6526 by @renovate[bot] in #5851
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v25.12.4 by @renovate[bot] in #5855
• fix(deps): update dependency io.sentry:sentry-android to v8.28.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5853
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:detekt to v0.5.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5852
• Update dependency io.mockk:mockk to v1.14.7 by @renovate[bot] in #5866
• Update metro to v0.8.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5867
• Update peter-evans/create-pull-request action to v7.0.11 by @renovate[bot] in #5865
• Update camera to v1.5.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5857
• fix(deps): update showkase to v1.0.5 by @renovate[bot] in #5868
• chore(deps): update codecov/codecov-action action to v5.5.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5874
• fix(deps): update dependency org.maplibre.gl:android-sdk to v12.2.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5876
• fix(deps): update dependency net.zetetic:sqlcipher-android to v4.12.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5872
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v25.12.10 by @renovate[bot] in #5881
• Update android.gradle.plugin to v8.13.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5887
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.crypto.tink:tink-android to v1.20.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5875
• Update Compose BOM to version 2025.12.00. by @bmarty in #5179
• Sync compound tokens https://github.com/element-hq/compound-design-tokens/releases/tag/v6.4.3 by @bmarty in #5913
• fix(deps): update lifecycle to v2.10.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5240
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:detekt to v0.5.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5911
• fix(deps): update kotlin by @renovate[bot] in #5417
• fix(deps): update activity to v1.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5770
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v25.12.17 by @renovate[bot] in #5912
• fix(deps): update dependency io.sentry:sentry-android to v8.29.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5918
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.firebase:firebase-bom to v34.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5915
• fix(deps): update haze to v1.7.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5712
• chore(deps): update peter-evans/create-pull-request action to v8 by @renovate[bot] in #5878
• fix(deps): update dependency com.posthog:posthog-android to v3.27.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5871
• chore(deps): update plugin sonarqube to v7.2.1.6560 by @renovate[bot] in #5905
• fix(deps): update metro to v0.9.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5920
• fix(deps): update activity to v1.12.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5924
• Update plugin sonarqube to v7.2.2.6593 by @renovate[bot] in #5927
• fix(deps): update media3 to v1.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5931
• fix(deps): update metro to v0.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5940
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:detekt to v0.5.3 by @renovate[bot] in #5939
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.zxing:core to v3.5.4 by @renovate[bot] in #5935
• Upgrade robolectric to version 4.16 by @bmarty in #5923
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.webkit:webkit to v1.15.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5925
• chore(deps): update github artifact actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in #5932
• fix(deps): update dependency org.maplibre.gl:android-sdk to v12.3.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5883
• fix(deps): update dependency io.github.sergio-sastre.composablepreviewscanner:android to v0.8.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5916
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v25.12.19 by @renovate[bot] in #5943
• fix(deps): update kotlin by @renovate[bot] in #5917
• fix(deps): update dependency com.posthog:posthog-android to v3.28.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5941
• fix(deps): update wysiwyg to v2.41.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5921
• fix(deps): update roborazzi to v1.53.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5962
• fix(deps): update roborazzi to v1.54.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5970
• fix(deps): update dependency org.unifiedpush.android:connector to v3.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5972
• fix(deps): update metro to v0.9.3 by @renovate[bot] in #5967
• Upgrade compose to 2025.12.01 by @bmarty in #5969
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v26 by @renovate[bot] in #5977
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v26.1.9 by @renovate[bot] in #5986
• fix(deps): update roborazzi to v1.56.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5987
• fix(deps): update dependency com.posthog:posthog-android to v3.28.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5988
• fix(deps): update metro to v0.9.4 by @renovate[bot] in #5991
• fix(deps): update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v26.1.12 by @renovate[bot] in #5999

Others

• Enable Sentry in the SDK and allow bridging spans by @jmartinesp in #5808
• Add alert to encrypted rooms with visible history (Android). by @kaylendog in #5709
• Add accessibility to the "sending" picto. by @bmarty in #5869
• Add SDK database vacuuming operations by @jmartinesp in #5858
• Sync compound tokens https://github.com/element-hq/compound-design-tokens/releases/tag/v6.4.2 by @bmarty in #5897
• RoomSummary: move the icon related to the last message state on start of the message. by @bmarty in #5888
• Qr code scanner cleanup by @bmarty in #5891
• Design : update user rows by @ganfra in #5900
• misc : rework power levels apis by @ganfra in #5879
• Fix preview name by @bmarty in #5919
• Allow uploading extra data to Sentry when analytics is enabled by @jmartinesp in #5910
• Show history visibility banner strictly for shared rooms instead of invited. by @kaylendog in #5936
• Simplify the copy of the history visibility settings by @bmarty in #5942
• Use only font from compound by @bmarty in #5945
• Cleanup FFI object fixtures. by @bmarty in #5957
• Add variable playback speed feature for voice messages by @Medformatik in #5504
• Ensure that avatars always have a content description. by @bmarty in #5968
• Ensure space feature is enabled by @ganfra in #5960
• Adjust metrics to the new specifications by @jmartinesp in #5937
• Use TextFieldState for room list search by @jmartinesp in #5975
• fix(deps): update roborazzi to v1.55.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5976
• Iterate on verification screen by @bmarty in #5981
• Add preview with a11y details. by @bmarty in #5984
• Change the title for AnalyticsTransactions.coldStart and .catchUp by @jmartinesp in #5998
• [a11y] voice message improvements by @bmarty in #5980

New Contributors

• @Medformatik made their first contribution in #5504

Full Changelog: v25.12.0...v26.01.0