Sync for Lemmy Beta 91 release notes

New

Added "overview" as a new default section for profiles
Added "saved" as a new section in profiles
Added "all" as a new section in search
Updated the look and feel of the login page
The status of your logged in session is now checked at startup and a relogin page is shown if needed
Added an option to hide all comments made by PipedLinkBot (Settings > Lemmy settings)

Ultra

[Ultra] Feature extension: Summarize third party articles #416

Changes

The sort icon in posts & comments now matches the current sort

Github issues closed

Blocked communities are not blocked #425
Tapping into a post, Sync stops displaying the instance of users #237
Search bar for instance list #430
Instance name missing when viewing comments #421
The article summarizer in Ultra does not show "Summary " when using "Slides" view type and "Show image previews" turned off #409
Add ability to swipe between instances and communities when using the instance or community browser #405
Anonymous profile pic not showing #347
Some favoriting improvements #400
Subscriptions are still shown when anonymous #348
Would be nice if the app had an indicator in the settings of which app icon is currently chosen #399
FAB shown in the Theme Management preview doesn't match the square Material 3 design #395
Remove the controversial comment setting #397
Remove the "Show user flair" setting #396
Move some of the features listed within Settings->Experimental to their designated spots #394
When changing the launcher icon the app icons take a good bit to load #388
Profile button in List View just a TODO #354
"More actions" button crashes app in comments #210
Opening 'More Actions' when in a post crashes the app #351
Dark overlay doesn't work #344
Disable infinite scroll #337
The "select source" bottom sheet should dismiss when clicking camera or gallery before it shows the new intent #379
Remove twitter previews in the settings #359
Card options (columns) missing in View Type Settings menu when view is set to Small Cards #355
Server Donations #212
Support for viewing instance page #207
'Legitimate Interest' GDPR consent settings does not save #200
Very unhelpful bad login notification #197
Adding Instances (More than just the default instance) #190

Other fixes

Fixed an issue where requests weren't cancelled when changing profile section
Pressing About at Root (Everything, Local, Subscribed) should fetch info from the sidebar #39
Fixed an issue preventing searches in communities
Thumbnails should load much faster now
Fixed a crash in the settings when leaving after changing night mode
Fixed an issue where the logged out session would not show a profile picture
Fixed an issue where communities were not filtered locally when viewing instances
Actor pictures now fade in
Fixed an issue loading timestamps

Updates

Gradle > 8.3
Now building with Java 17
Updated to Android Studio 2023.1.1 Beta 1
com.github.bumptech.glide:glide > 4.16.0
org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin > 1.9.10
com.android.tools.build:gradle > 8.2.0-beta01
org.mockito:mockito-core > 5.5.0
org.robolectric:robolectric > 4.10.3
com.google.firebase:firebase-bom > 32.2.3
com.google.auto.value:auto-value > 1.10.3
org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup:tagsoup > 1.2.1
org.slf4j:slf4j-api > 2.0.9
com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver > 5.0.0-alpha.11
jp.wasabeef:glide-transformations > 4.3.0
org.jsoup:jsoup > 1.16.1
commons-io:commons-io > 2.13.0
org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 > 3.13.0

Removed

The old broken tasker integration
org.mp4parser:isoparser
org.mp4parser:muxer
com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-dash
com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-hls
com.github.tittojose:timerangepicker-library
In-app Imgur gallery handling

Notes

Increased the number of threads available to image management
Increased the number of threads available to web requests
Finally transitioned from Butterknife to ViewBinding
Removed the "legacy" dark mode time picker
Clicking on any item that requires login now opens the login page (instead of a toast)
Domains are now shown for non-Lemmy hosted images
Changed the styling of usernames + communities

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I've noticed since updating this morning that clicking images (not sure what it's officially called, the Image Preview? when you click an image post without loading the post comments) frequently loads a blank screen. Only clicking back and then on the image again gets it to load properly.
- There should be an update available that fixes this.
  
  Just downloaded the update and can confirm that fixed the issue. Your turn around time continues to amaze me. I work in a corporate environment where we have to write user stories, discuss them in backlog grooming, do sprint planning, develop, test, go through a Change Advisory Board approval, do release planning, then deployment.
  
  The fact that I can just comment in one of your threads about something weird I'm seeing and then you fix it in less than a day is nothing short of astonishing. You rock!
  
  I can only imagine how good this feels to read a compliment like this. That was really well said.
  
  (シ_ _)シ
- Do you mean peeking? When it only appears while you hold? Or just a tap on the thumbnail?
  
  I didn't even know peeking was a thing until you mentioned it. Oddly enough, that works fine. Tapping the thumbnail gets a blank screen. Holding gets it to load.
- Can you share a screenshot of what you mean?
  
  Thanks
  
  Hope this helps.
  
  I'm browsing like this (Compact mode?):
  
  I click the thumbnail of the top image post. A blank screen loads but no image:
  
  I click on the screen, which takes me back to browsing. The post shows as read:
  
  I click the same thumbnail again and the image loads successfully:
  
  This happens with almost every image, but not all. Maybe 90%?
  
  Getting the same issue
  
  I have the same issue, hard to take a picture of a blank screen so I'll try and be specific with steps to reproduce
  
  I'm using small cards. Click on an image on the right side of a small card
  
  Expected result the image opens up, I can swipe to close it.
  
  Actual result screen is black sometimes with a loading icon. It stays this way indefinitely. Closing the image and clicking it again let's it display as expected
  
  Thanks.
  
  Just small cards?
  
  Seems to be resolved. I was definitely being patient for each pic, tested on several images/posts/instances with the same result each time, but now it works. Sorry for the false positive
  
  Device information
  
  Sync version: v23.09.13-09:43 Sync flavor: googlePlay Ultra user: false View type: Compact Push enabled: false Device: bluejay Model: Google Pixel 6a Android: 13
  
  When tapping to view an image, I get this:
  
  Well, I can't even tell if there's an image in my reply, but I tried to add a screenshot
  
  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  
  I see it
  
  I see it now too. I don't know what was happening, but the only thing I think has changed is that Sync has crashed on me a few times since, and maybe... Magic happened? I really don't know.
  
  I am using Compact mode and experiencing the same thing in the latest update.
  
  This scenario has happened to me, too, so many times and not just in this update.
  
  I get the black screen so I wait between 1 and 10 seconds for it to load.
  
  Give up and press back.
  
  Immediately tap the thumbnail again, and then the image instantly appears.
  
  I wait a random number of seconds each time, so it'd be a really funny coincidence if the image finished loading exactly when I give up every time.
  
  I do have slow cell service in certain locations, so sometimes the image is just slow to load, I'm sure. But the timing of the image finally appearing in step 3 above is too precise to be a coincidence the number of times it's happened.
  
  Update 1
  
  Edit: since writing this comment, every image I've tapped gives the black loading screen and I haven't waited even 1 second before tapping back and tapping the thumbnail again, and then the image immediately loads.
  
  Update 2
  
  I turned off image preloading, cleared cache, and did some testing. It's a good time to test since I currently have poor cell service:
  
  I repeated the same basic steps: tapping a thumbnail, tapping Back as fast as I can, then tapping the thumbnail again. A couple times this immediately displayed the images, but other times I got the black screen again. I think it's based on file size.
  
  I performed the above "Back and re-tap the thumbnail" loop up to 6 times, and when the image still didn't load, I waited 20 seconds on the black screen to see if it would eventually load. It never did. But then I would perform one more quick Back and re-tap and it would load.
  
  This is what I think it happening: the image finishes loading eventually, but the loading screen never gets the "image downloaded" event and never updates to show the image. Then trying again loads it from cache.
  
  If pre-loading is on, and you have fast internet you might never see this behavior. Images will be cached as fast as you can scroll. Maybe you could test this by uploading a truly enormous image, clearing cache, and using only cell service in your basement or something.
  
  That's the exact behavior I get as well. As soon as I hit back the image flashes for a split second.
  
  Oh, I've seen that behavior only one time the other day. Maybe the black overlay is taken away a split second before the image itself is. On my phone that usually doesn't happen. Tapping the Android back button simply goes back to the list.
  
  ~~I think you said you tap the screen itself to cancel. I'll try that.~~ Nope, wasn't you. You said you use the back button as well.
  
  Funny that I said I don't see that, and then it immediately happens to me.
  
  Turns out it happens every time on the current version, but I was having the black screen problem on the last version, too.
- I came here to say this as well! Using Android 13.
- Same here. I just click the image from my frontpage and it just loads to a black screen. If I hold down on the image it will pop up in the full screen preview though. I'm on small cards.