Fedilab Updates & Release Notes

Added

• Add translate button for the profile bio (#1505)
• Add customizable background color for direct messages (#1504)
• Add option to show poll results without voting

Improved

• Limit space taken by long pronouns (#1508)
• Move add reaction to a chip, available on all posts (#1500)
• Improve language detection: strip mentions, URLs and emojis (#1502)
• Simplify the side menu and load release notes async (#1503)

Fixed

• Fix timelines not matching the buttons after reordering the bottom menu (#67, #1507)
• Fix "No message to display" staying on a remote profile that has posts (#1506)
• Fix quoting a boosted post showing the booster instead of the original post (#1501)

Added

• Add per-boost visibility option (#1477)
• Add separate remove button in thread composition (#301)
• Add confirmation dialog for remote conversations (#1466)
• Add unread DM badge on bottom menu (#228)
• Add mixed conversation mode: local replies first, then remote-only replies (#1466)
• Add announcement badge in drawer and optional popup for new announcements (#865)

Improved

• Auto open Messages tab for operator search (#1468)
• Improve API error messages (#1401)
• Respect aspect ratio of wide custom emojis (#1480)
• ALT badge: fix truncated label, add translate button, harmonize on quotes and GIF (#1469)
• Conversation setting now offers Local / Mixed / Remote modes

Fixed

• Fix language code shown instead of locale name (#1470)
• Fix reply inherits parent statistics after interaction (#1471)
• Fix animated media not autoplaying in art timeline (#1451)
• Fix pictures unclickable with fit preview on large screens (#1080, #1451, #1481)
• Fix bookmark icon not updating from overflow menu (#1080)
• Fix attach media grayed out after deleting (#1081)
• Fix missing plural form for user count (#820)
• Fix emoji shortcodes getting translated (#960)
• Fix watermark position cutoff (#977)
• Fix CW field lag on long text (#1479)
• Fix regex in emoji autocomplete (#1479)
• Fix confirmation toast after scheduling (#1331)
• Fix quotation marks in alt text on scheduled posts (#1342)
• Fix quote shown in menu when denied (#1381)
• Fix rating dialog without account (#1323)
• Fix custom emojis not rendered on cache page (#1387)
• Fix crash when browsing custom emojis list (#1474)
• Fix hidden timelines lost in single bar mode (#1398)
• Fix link icon invisible in light mode
• Fix Conscrypt crash on 16KB page size devices
• Fix crash reports
• Use Fedilab Nitter instance and add User-Agent header

Added

• Add Collections support (Mastodon 4.6+)
• Create, edit, delete and browse collections
• Manage collection members
• Notifications when added to a collection, with option to remove yourself
• Dedicated entry in the main menu with "Created by you" and "Featuring you" tabs
• Collections visible on user profiles
• Add pressable ALT badge to read media description without opening (#1459, #1079, #1064)

Fixed

• Fix animated emoji battery drain and crashes (#1318)
• Fix app refreshes every open after GC (#1034)
• Fix sticky scroll after text selection or emoji shower (#1444)
• Fix custom emojis overflowing in display names (#1465)
• Fix timeline gaps and auto-fetch missing messages (#1454, #1410)
• Fix @user links only opening Fediverse accounts (#1455, #888, #1046)
• Fix restore notification position from marker (#1463)

Added

• Add warning for expired scheduled boosts on startup (#1449)

Fixed

• Fix compose button direction and toolbar state in reverse mode (#1444)
• Fix bookmark pagination in reverse order mode (#1445)
• Fix use remote URL for download when media is fetched remotely (#1446)
• Fix media description badge missing on autoplay GIFs (#1447)
• Fix hashtag timeline pagination (#1448)
• Fix duplicate parts when auto-splitting long messages (#1450)
• Fix unused temp media not cleaned on cache clear (#854)
• Fix push distributor not saved in settings (#1091)

Added:

Allow bookmarks to be pinned as timeline tab (#892)

Add custom emoji independent size setting with tap to preview (#860, #1438)

Add emoji autocomplete in CW and poll fields (#1434)

Add reverse sort order for bookmarks and favourites (#1437)

Auto-hide compose button when scrolling hashtag timeline (#1433)

Auto-hide bubble timeline when instance doesn't support it

Improved:

Improve scheduled and draft drawer card styling

Sort scheduled posts by scheduled date (#1436)

Fixed:

Fix cursor position after first mention on reply (#1439)

Fix crash when spamming pick instance button (#1083)

Fix home-muted accounts still showing filter warnings (#1072)

Fix bottom hashtags vanishing with many tags (#1432)

Fix freeze on posts with deeply nested MFM HTML (#1411)

Fix compose button and toolbar desync in reverse scroll mode

Fix delete original post on redraft (#1435)

Fix pull-to-refresh in reverse timeline mode (#1421, #1413)

Fix some crashes

Added

• Reorganize settings with categories and search
• Add option to refresh all timelines at once on pull-to-refresh (#1421)
• Support custom poll durations based on instance max_expiration (#1419)
• Support web+ap:// and web+activitypub:// protocol with account selector
• Allow viewing quotes on any post (#1425)
• Allow installation on ChromeOS devices without touchscreen (#1431)
• Add Bluesky to SkyView link rewriting (#1428)

Fixed

• Fix Pixelfed login failure (#1416)
• Fix cursor jump when hiding keyboard with mentions at top (#1415)
• Fix notification timestamps not refreshing on reload (#1413)
• Fix prefix CW with "re: " when replying to CW'd messages (#1430)
• Fix quoted posts not resolving properly on remote timelines (#1423)
• Fix accidental list deletion from edit timelines screen (#1420)
• Fix opening multiple filter edit dialogs on double tap (#1424)
• Fix enlarge sensitive image blur button hit zone (#1427)
• Fix crash when clicking search results in settings after navigating
• Fix crashes in compose reply with null mentions (Sharkey instances)
• Fix crash in notifications with null IDs
• Fix freeze on posts with deeply nested HTML tags from Misskey MFM (#1411)
• Add network constraint to home cache background worker (#1410)

Fixed

• Fix background home fetch leaving gaps in cached timeline (#1410)
• Fix scroll position lost when returning to scheduled/draft lists (#1412)
• Fix crash on posts with deeply nested HTML tags from Misskey MFM content (#1411)
• Fix scheduled boosts silently failing on network/server errors (#1396)
• Fix crash with foreground service timeout on Android 14+ (#1398)
• Fix crash when translate dialog has unknown language codes
• Fix media share falling back to Glide when DownloadManager fails (#1404)

Added

• Export following list as CSV (#1402)
• Notification filtering policy support
• Filtered notifications (notification requests) UI
• One-time "Keep Android Open" alert at startup
• Handle sensitive media and alt-text icon in quoted posts (#1399)

Fixed

• Fix timeline scroll jumps when auto-fetching missing posts (#1403)
• Fix cursor jumping to first post when composing threads (#1407)
• Fix thread +/- button not updating on paste (#1408)
• Fix image orientation not applied when compression is disabled (#1405)
• Fix GIF and video download/share (#1404)
• Fix marker handling when expired (#1409)
• Fix fallback gap detection when fetchMore is missing (#1410)
• Fix fetch more and scroll position in reverse timeline
• Fix ungrouped notifications vanishing on reload (#1397)
• Fix 16KB page size alignment for Google Play
• Fix some crashes

Added

• Add reverse timeline reading order option (#572)
• Add grouped notifications API (v2) with fallback to local grouping
• Add volume slider and playback speed controls to video player (#1371, #1296)
• Add replies policy option when creating/editing lists (#1314)
• Add pinch zoom on remotely loaded media (#753)
• Add fediverse creator support in link preview cards (#1383)
• Add unreachable gap detection in home timeline (#607)
• Add pinned statuses carousel in profiles

Changed

• Show display name instead of generic text in poll notifications
• Show emoji shortcode as fallback when custom emoji fails to load (#1339)
• Keep timeline stable when interacting with posts (#1367, #1213)
• Improve pronouns and display name handling (#1372, #1074)
• Improve fit preview by capping height

Fixed

• Fix picture timelines not loading new art and losing posts on restart (#1365)
• Fix alt-text changes lost when editing scheduled posts (#1342)
• Fix quotes lost on scheduled posts (#1369)
• Fix unexpected quote_approval format from GlitchSocial instances (#1370)
• Fix scheduled posts: wrong item removed from list and minimum delay enforced
• Fix search pagination for statuses and accounts (#837)
• Fix duplicate posts when one post in a series fails (#1378)
• Fix crash when hiding/deleting timeline after another deletion (#1380)
• Fix compose error message not shown immediately in thread view (#1379)
• Fix quote button not disabled when quoting is denied (#1381)
• Fix pagination for instances with non-alphanumeric IDs (#1240)
• Fix remote mention resolution
• Fix quote visibility forced to unlisted instead of using default

Added

• Add cross-quoting via long press on quote button (#1357)
• Add Trending Links to pinnable timelines and remote instances (#1248)
• Warn when exceeding 4 hashtags limit in combined timeline (#1362)

Fixed

• Fix alt-text lost when editing scheduled posts (#1342)
• Fix sort order when opening intermediate reply in thread (#1359)
• Fix quote button and action counts not following theme_icons_color (#1360)
• Fix show all images from multi-image posts in ART timeline (#1363)
• Fix "No message to display" showing incorrectly on Trending Links pagination (#1364)
• Fix text shift in truncated posts by resetting scroll position (#111)
• Fix remote profile follow button by resolving accounts locally (#1292)
• Fix notifications dismissed too aggressively (#1361)
• Fix custom emoji display in profile bio
• Fix crashes in status cache and timeline helper
• Fix APNG custom emoji animation (#600)
• Fix compose top bar unreachable after hiding keyboard (#1358)
• Fix NPE when media_attachments is null in card

Added

• Misskey support
• Add discussions view for trending links
• Add media display for quoted messages
• Add "Filter this post" feature
• Add Mastodon trending remote as pinnable timeline
• Add setting to allow uncompressed media upload (disabled by default)
• Add options to hide 'sensitive content' and 'media description' indicators
• Add option to change profile image shape in profile page
• Add accessibility action to translate status content
• New preference with multiple options to change how quote button is displayed
• Add option to highlight new comments in conversation threads

Changed

• MathJax text color adapts to actual theme background
• Migrate to targetSdk 35
• Improve link preview preference
• Change boost+quote popup UI
• Remove account from "Home muted" when unfollowing
• Make instance URI clickable in "About the instance" dialog

Fixed

• Crash when app starts on notifications tab
• Fit preview images setting overwritten by high ratio media
• Remote instance hashtag filter not applying
• Timeline filter menu text truncation
• Notification tabs count and foreground service stop
• ANR on long text without spaces
• NPE in quote handling
• Respect user's default quote policy when composing new posts
• Hide CW-protected content in quoted posts
• Image sharing to other apps
• Animated WebP autoplay in timeline
• Display placeholder for unfederated emojis
• Messages filter not working after loading remote profile
• Animated WebP not playing in media viewer
• Audio not clickable when fit preview is enabled
• Cross-posting: use correct instance for character limit and emojis
• Truncation not applied to quoted posts
• Content warning lost when editing scheduled posts
• DeepL translation by using Authorization header
• "Open the original message" can open wrong status
• Quote notifications related fixes (type not being excluded properly, Quotes tab showing polls)
• Video blinks
• Player issue
• Filters improvements
• Android notifications not being dismissed
• Media overlay icons hard to see on bright backgrounds
• Compose top bar unreachable after deleting media attachment
• Emoji picker keyboard not opening and case-sensitive autocomplete
• OutOfMemory crash on very long HTML content
• Some crashes