v0.3.0

[hjiangsu]

Hey everyone, its been a while but it's finally time for another Thunder release. As always, there have been many improvements, additions, changes and fixes in this release which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

A quick reminder: if you are using the Google Play version or App Store version, please note that it may take a bit of time before you receive the update. Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

• Instance and community modlogs are now available in Thunder. To access the instance modlog, tap on the triple dot button located on the top app bar and select "Modlog" when viewing general feeds (Subscribed/Local/All). To access a community modlog, navigate to the given community and find "Modlog" in the extended actions.
• Mod reports are now available to view and resolve within Thunder via the drawer. If you are a moderator or admin of a community/instance, you should see a new "Reports" option under the general feeds. Only post and comment reports are available at this time. Private message reports will come in a future update.
• The user feed has been fully re-worked to provide a better experience similar to the general/community feeds. This means that you can now change the sorting when viewing a user feed, and use the FAB for additional actions.
• An instance explorer has been added into the Search page. This allows you to explore communities, posts and comments for the current instance.
• Thunder now has an in-app changelog for updates. It is turned on by default, but can be toggled off in the settings. This changelog should help you keep track of what additions, changes, and fixes have been added in upcoming versions.

ℹ General

• Improvements to markdown rendering. Spoiler markdown detection has been improved, and there is now initial/experimental support for subscript and superscript markdown tags. Markdown quick actions when creating posts/comments will be added in the near future.
• You can now customize the user/community name format and style across Thunder! This is accessible through Settings -> Appearance -> Theming. You can adjust the font weight, colour, and format for both user and community names.
• Improved UI/UX for long press actions, and additional customization options including customizable feed dividers and navigation bar labels.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

Full Changelog: 0.2.9...0.3.0

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Additions

• Added instance explorer to see instance posts/communities/comments by @micahmo in Add instance explorer #1133
• Added partial superscript/subscript markdown support by @hjiangsu in Partial superscript/subscript markdown support #1157
• Added ability to mark posts as read when scrolling through feed by @Fmstrat in Add feature for mark read on scroll #1139
• Added support for posting as a different user by @micahmo in Add support for posting as a different user #1159
• Added instance and community modlogs by @hjiangsu in Instance and community modlogs #1156 and Move instance modlog action to popup menu #1180
• Added option to show full date and select date format by @hjiangsu in Add option to show full date and select date format #1174
• Added additional Lemmy styled user/community formats by @hjiangsu in Add additional Lemmy styled user/community formats #1183
• Added ability to search federated instances by @micahmo in Add searching for instances #1168
• Added ability to switch user in user account settings page by @micahmo in Temporarily change account in settings page #1171
• Added new type badge to indicate video URLs by @hjiangsu in Distinguish direct video URLs #1192
• Added in-app changelog by @micahmo in Add in-app changelog #1208 and Fix title of changelog #1213
• Added support for custom user/community styles by @micahmo in Add support for user/community styles #1201, Add lighten style #1233, and Use new user/community styles #1227
• Added option to show navigation labels by @micahmo in Add option to show navigation labels #1235
• Added customizable feed card divider by @hjiangsu in Add customizable feed card divider #1230
• Added ability to view post/comment reports by @hjiangsu in Initial ability to view post/comment reports #1210
• Added Turkish language localizations by @mikropsoft in Create app_tr.arb #1195

Changes

• Refactored user page to match feed page by @hjiangsu in User feed page refactor #1144
• Improved sort top submenu transition by @micahmo in Improve sort submenu transition #1178
• Adjusted “Hide NSFW Previews” setting label to “Blur NSFW Previews” by @hjiangsu in Fix hide NSFW label #1158
• Improved Lemmy spoiler detection by @hjiangsu in Fixes to spoiler markdown regex matching #1170
• Improved link handling for users/communities by @micahmo in More link handling improvements #1187 and Even more link handling! #1200
• Reworked internal post parsing logic and thumbnail previews by @hjiangsu in Distinguish direct video URLs #1192
• Hide unsupported FAB actions based on feed (general, community, user) by @hjiangsu in Remove unsupported FAB actions on feeds #1194
• Categorized post/comment bottom sheet options by @micahmo in Improve post/comment bottom sheets #1199
• Improved link sharing experience by @micahmo in Improve link sharing experience #1204
• Improved feedback when loading instance information by @micahmo in Use loading page for instance #1218 and Fade in instance icon #1222
• Android back button closes opened drawer by @micahmo in Back button closes drawer #1226
• Android back button closes opened user sidebar by @micahmo in Close user sidebar with back button #1229
• Applied subtitle hint for show post author setting by @micahmo in Show post author subtitle #1253
• Improved navigation to comment context by @micahmo in Feature/improve comment context #1252
• Improved handling of search result comments on deleted posts by @micahmo in Handle search result comments on deleted posts #1249
• Removed usernames on user feeds posts by @micahmo in Hide usernames on user feeds #1259
• Applied timeout when loading image dimensions for image viewer by @hjiangsu in Add timeout when loading image dimensions for image viewer #1268

Fixes

• Show keyboard automatically when community search is triggered, and state fixes by @micahmo in Fix community search issues #1149
• Fixed issue with talkback and downvote semantic label by @hjiangsu in Fixed issue with downvote semantic label #1151
• Fixed notifications page state issue by @micahmo in Fix notifications page state issue #1153
• Fixed issue with refreshing the feed when switching accounts by @micahmo in Fix an issue with refreshing the feed #1154
• Fixed in-app browser url scheme redirection by @micahmo in Fix in-app browser issue #1152
• Fixed community name format in create post page by @micahmo in Fix CommunitySelector format #1172
• Fixed handling of multiple deep link actions by @micahmo in Fix deep link handling #1188
• Fixed tagline refreshing multiple times on load issue by @micahmo in Fix tagline issue #1209 and Fix taglines #1212
• Fixed sidebar overflows by @micahmo in Fix sidebar overflow #1248
• Fixed tagline overflow by @micahmo in Fix tagline overflow #1261

Misc

• Moved fastlane directory for F-Droid approval by @hjiangsu in Move fastlane directory #1148
• Fixed CI for Flutter 3.16.9 and update docker builds by @Fmstrat in Fix CI for Flutter 3.16.9 and update docker builds #1137
• Upgraded to Flutter 3.19 by @hjiangsu in Upgrade to Flutter 3.19 #1167
• Updated peter-evans/create-pull-request by @micahmo in Update peter-evans/create-pull-request #1173
• Updated instances by @github-actions in Update instances #1155
• Updated Lemmy API version by @hjiangsu in Update Lemmy API version #1203
• Added development flavor by @hjiangsu in Add development flavor #1214
• Improved animations for advanced share sheet and link preview modals by @micahmo in Feature/animated size #1217
• Updated translations from Weblate by @hjiangsu in Update translations from Weblate #1231
• Upgraded gradle version and migrated to flutter_sharing_intent by @hjiangsu in Chore: upgrade gradle version, migrate to flutter_sharing_intent #1236
• Updated internal package dependencies by @hjiangsu in Chore: Update dependencies #1243
• Integrate i18n-ally by @micahmo in Proposal: Integrate i18n-ally #1264
• Migrated from sqflite to drift packages by @hjiangsu in Core: Migrate from sqflite to drift packages #1266
• Updated Lemmy API to support upcoming 0.19.4 by @hjiangsu in Update Lemmy API to support upcoming 0.19.4 #1276

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This discussion was created from the release v0.3.0.