tinode/chat v0.16.5

TNPG, incognito mode, docker changes, bug fixes

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Server

• Lots and lots of changes around docker, docker-compose.
• Switched to go.mod for builds.
• New push notifications approach to simplify configuration: push gateway, support for silent pushes.
• Tinode server can now accept connections over Unix sockets.
• Default gRPC port changed from 6061 to 16060 so it would not interfere with the default web port 6060 when running in a cluster.
• Better logging in many places, most notably init-db and exporter.

Notable bug fixes:

• Incognito mode fixed: ability to appear offline while connected.
• Significant bug in gRPC-cluster interaction fixed.
• Data race in initializing AWS S3 buckets from a cluster.
• Crash in password reset due to invalid template path.
• Crash in cluster mode #420

Full list of changes: v0.16.4...v0.16.5

Android

• Incognito mode: ability to be online while appearing offline to other users
• Dark (or night) theme on modern devices.
• Account Setting fragment refactored into multiple screens.
• Topic Info fragment refactored into two screens.
• Ability to delete account.
• Request for contacts permission removed from login screen.
• Dropped support for API 19 and 20.
• Legal compliance: added list of used OSS licenses.

Bug fixes:

• Crash in Drafty fixed
• Saving contacts to DB
• Full sync of contacts in background if it has not been performed yet.

Full list of changes: tinode/tindroid@v0.16.4...v0.16.5

iOS

• Incognito mode: ability to be online while appearing offline to other users
• Ability to delete account.
• Chinese translations completed (would be nice for a native speaker to check them).
• PromisedReply substantially refactored.
• Dropped support for iOS 9.

Bug fixes:

• Crash in Drafty fixed.
• Adding and deleting account contacts work as expected now.

Full list of changes: tinode/ios@v1.1.1...v1.2.3

Webapp

• Incognito mode: ability to be online while appearing offline to other users
• Account setting refactored into multiple views.
• Ability to delete account added
• Messages panel got a different background image
• Blocked chats display

Full list of changes: tinode/webapp@v0.16.4...v0.16.5

JS-SDK

• Support for incognito mode.
• Support for display of blocked chats.
• Support for deleting accounts.
• Long polling fixed.

Full list of changes: tinode/tinode-js@v0.16.4...v0.16.5