element-hq/element-x-android v26.08.2

Element X Android v26.08.2

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Note: this release in an internal release, it will not be pushed to the stores.

What's Changed

✨ Features

• Remove the legacy web-based account creation for matrix.org by @jmartinesp in #7412

🙌 Improvements

• Move the custom tile server URL config to the Element wellknown content by @jmartinesp in #7416
• Explain a rate limiting push gateway in the notification troubleshooter by @hayaksi1 in #7448
• Move the :libraries:wellknown logic into enterprise modules by @jmartinesp in #7429
• Refresh the room members when a mention is started by @hayaksi1 in #7438
• Close the invite screen once the invite has been declined by @hayaksi1 in #7440
• Use Profiles sliding sync extension check for own profile subscription by @ganfra in #7403
• Simplify choosing the account provider during sign in, with autocomplete of previously used ones by @jennaharris7 in #7394

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fix wrong TextComposer placeholder displayed when in a thread. by @bmarty in #7413
• Fix bug reports failing to send after the app has crashed by @hayaksi1 in #7395
• Fix outgoing session verification stuck with incomplete recovery setup by @hardcore-sushi in #7433
• Keep transparency when an image is shared into the app with an imprecise mime type by @hayaksi1 in #7452
• Don't restart the sync service if the client is shutting down by @jmartinesp in #7472
• Normalize the applicationName used in user agent by @bmarty in #7477
• Keep playing a voice message when another app plays a short sound by @hayaksi1 in #7454
• Keep the send button when the composer is emptied while editing a message by @hayaksi1 in #7456
• Do not open the room again when the app is resumed from the recents list by @hayaksi1 in #7436
• Stop waiting for a room alias that the remote server never resolves by @hayaksi1 in #7446

🧱 Build

• build-rust-sdk: print the command we run by @richvdh in #7407
• Remove license check on Pro modules. by @bmarty in #7418
• Improve build time config and update the Firebase configuration by @bmarty in #7473
• Make the PUSHER_APP_ID configurable at build time. by @bmarty in #7478

📄 Documentation

• Add KDoc to all the interfaces of the api modules by @bmarty in #7426

🚧 In development 🚧

• [LinkNewDevice] Ensure the notice screen is also protected by the timeout. by @bmarty in #7428

Dependency upgrades

• Update kotlin to v2.3.11 by @renovate[bot] in #7396
• Update plugin sonarqube to v7.4.0.8496 by @renovate[bot] in #7415
• Update metro to v1.4.1 by @renovate[bot] in #7421
• Update roborazzi to v1.71.0 by @renovate[bot] in #7423
• Update dependency io.sentry:sentry-android to v8.52.0 by @renovate[bot] in #7414
• Update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v26.08.13 by @renovate[bot] in #7420
• Update dependency io.github.sergio-sastre.ComposablePreviewScanner:android to v0.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in #7431
• Update dependency org.maplibre.compose:maplibre-compose to v0.14.0 by @renovate[bot] in #7432
• Update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v26.08.17 by @renovate[bot] in #7460
• Update dependency org.matrix.rustcomponents:sdk-android to v26.08.19 by @renovate[bot] in #7479
• Update media3 to v1.11.0 by @renovate[bot] in #7427
• Update dependency androidx.compose:compose-bom to v2026.08.00 by @renovate[bot] in #7483

💼 Element Pro

• Add hooks to allow providing additional feature flags in EX pro by @richvdh in #7419
• Use the right base URL for the ESS config/well known endpoints by @jmartinesp in #7469

Others

• Do not display pinned events that the client cannot render by @hayaksi1 in #7379
• Hide the forward action on live location shares by @hayaksi1 in #7343
• Do not fail the screenshot recording job when there is nothing to commit by @hayaksi1 in #7355
• Show the account a UnifiedPush registration belongs to in the distributor by @hayaksi1 in #7345
• Stop repeating messages that are already shown in a room notification by @hayaksi1 in #7370
• Turn a matrix: URI in a message into a pill by @hayaksi1 in #7354
• Send a message with Enter on a physical keyboard, Shift+Enter for a new line by @hayaksi1 in #7353
• Do not group timeline messages sent more than five minutes apart by @hayaksi1 in #7349
• Linkify URLs whose host is a bracketed IPv6 address by @hayaksi1 in #7347
• Add missing tests for RustTemporaryMatrixClient by @jmartinesp in #7417
• Revert "Keep manually revealed media visible when re-entering a room" by @bmarty in #7424
• Fix outdated documentation. by @bmarty in #7430
• Sync strings - New language supported: Arabic by @bmarty in #7461
• Keep the focused login field visible above the keyboard by @hayaksi1 in #7455
• Relax image compression so photos and screenshots keep more detail by @hayaksi1 in #7451
• Open the user profile of a user id that contains a slash by @hayaksi1 in #7445
• Remove the F-Droid dex patching step from the release script by @hayaksi1 in #7442
• Convert markdown to HTML when a caption is edited by @hayaksi1 in #7441
• Exclude carriage returns from the login and password fields by @hayaksi1 in #7439
• Show an error when the room to leave cannot be found by @hayaksi1 in #7437
• Give the room name in the timeline top bar a 48dp tap target by @hayaksi1 in #7450
• Model the fake voice recorder on a cancellable recording job by @hayaksi1 in #7466

New Contributors

• @hardcore-sushi made their first contribution in #7433

Full Changelog: v26.08.1...v26.08.2