Changes in Element 1.1.7 (2021-XX-XX) =================================================== Features ✨: - Spaces beta Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Add ability to install APK from directly from Element (#2381) - Delete and react to stickers (#3250) - Compress video before sending (#442) - Improve file too big error detection (#3245) - User can now select video when selecting Gallery to send attachments to a room - Add option to record a video from the camera Bugfix πŸ›: - Message states cosmetic changes (#3007) - Fix exception in rxSingle (#3180) - Do not invite the current user when creating a room (#3123) - Fix color issues when the system theme is changed (#2738) - Fix issues on Android 11 (#3067) - Fix issue when opening encrypted files (#3186) - Fix wording issue (#3242) - Fix missing sender information after edits (#3184) - Fix read marker not updating automatically (#3267) - Sent video does not contains duration (#3272) Translations πŸ—£: - SDK API changes ⚠️: - RegistrationWizard.createAccount() parameters are now all optional, following Matrix spec (#3205) Build 🧱: - Upgrade to gradle 7 - https://github.com/Piasy/BigImageViewer is now hosted on mavenCentral() Test: - Other changes: - New store descriptions - `master` branch has been renamed to `main`. To apply change to your dev environment, run: ```sh git branch -m master main git fetch origin git branch -u origin/main main # And optionally git remote prune origin ``` - Allow cleartext (non-SSL) connections to Matrix servers on LAN hosts (#3166) Changes in Element 1.1.6 (2021-04-16) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash on the timeline - App crashes on "troubleshoot notifications" button (#3187) Changes in Element 1.1.5 (2021-04-15) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash during Realm migration - Fix crash when playing video (#3179) Changes in Element 1.1.4 (2021-04-09) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Split network request `/keys/query` into smaller requests (250 users max) (#2925) - Crypto improvement |Β Bulk send NO_OLM withheld code - Display the room shield in all room setting screens - Improve message with Emoji only detection (#3017) - Picture preview when replying. Also add the image preview in the message detail bottomsheet (#2916) - Api interceptor to allow app developers peek responses (#2986) - Update reactions to Unicode 13.1 (#2998) - Be more robust when parsing some enums - Improve timeline filtering (dissociate membership and profile events, display hidden events when highlighted, fix hidden item/read receipts behavior) - Add better support for empty room name fallback (#3106) - Room list improvements (paging) - Fix quick click action (#3127) - Get Event after a Push for a faster notification display in some conditions - Always try to retry Http requests in case of 429 (#1300) - registration availability endpoint added to matrix-sdk Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix bad theme change for the MainActivity - Handle encrypted reactions (#2509) - Disable URL preview for some domains (#2995) - Fix avatar rendering for DMs, after initial sync (#2693) - Fix mandatory parameter in API (#3065) - If signout request fails, do not start LoginActivity, but restart the app (#3099) - Retain keyword order in emoji import script, and update the generated file (#3147) SDK API changes ⚠️: - Several Services have been migrated to coroutines (#2449) - Removes filtering options on Timeline. Build 🧱: - Properly exclude gms dependencies in fdroid build flavour which were pulled in through the jitsi SDK (#3125) Other changes: - Add version details on the login screen, in debug or developer mode - Migrate Retrofit interface to coroutine calls Changes in Element 1.1.3 (2021-03-18) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix regression in UpdateTrustWorker (introduced in 1.1.2) - Timeline : Fix ripple effect on text item and fix background color of separators. Changes in Element 1.1.2 (2021-03-16) (was not published tp GPlay prod) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Lazy storage of ReadReceipts - Do not load room members in e2e after init sync Bugfix πŸ›: - Add option to cancel stuck messages at bottom of timeline see #516 - Ensure message are decrypted in the room list after a clear cache - Regression: Video will not play upon tap, but only after swipe #2928 - Cross signing now works with servers with an explicit port in the servername Other changes: - Change formatting on issue templates to proper headings. Changes in Element 1.1.1 (2021-03-10) (was not published tp GPlay prod) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Allow non-HTTPS connections to homeservers on Tor (#2941) - Fetch homeserver type and version and display in a new setting screen and add info in rageshakes (#2831) - Improve initial sync performance - split into 2 transactions (#983) - PIP support for Jitsi call (#2418) - Add tooltip for room quick actions - Pre-share session keys when opening a room or start typing (#2771) - Sending is now queuing by room and not uniquely to the session - Improve Snackbar duration (#2929) - Improve sending message state (#2937) Bugfix πŸ›: - Try to fix crash about UrlPreview (#2640) - Be robust if Event.type is missing (#2946) - Snappier message send status - Fix MainActivity display (#2927) Translations πŸ—£: - All string resources and translations have been moved to the application module. Weblate project for the SDK will be removed. Build 🧱: - Update a lot of dependencies, with the help of dependabot. - Add a script to download and install APK from the CI Other changes: - Rework edition of event management Changes in Element 1.1.0 (2021-02-19) =================================================== Features ✨: - VoIP : support for VoIP V1 protocol, transfer call and dial-pad Improvements πŸ™Œ: - VoIP : new tiles in timeline - Improve room profile UX - Upgrade Jitsi library from 2.9.3 to 3.1.0 - a11y improvements Bugfix πŸ›: - VoIP : fix audio devices output - Fix crash after initial sync on Dendrite - Fix crash reported by PlayStore (#2707) - Ignore url override from credential if it is not valid (#2822) - Fix crash when deactivating an account SDK API changes ⚠️: - Migrate AuthenticationService API to coroutines (#2449) Other changes: - New Dev Tools panel for developers - Fix typos in CHANGES.md (#2811) - Colors rework: first step: merge file `colors_riot.xml` to file `colors_riotx.xml` and rename the file to `colors.xml` Changes in Element 1.0.17 (2021-02-09) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Create a WidgetItemFactory and use it for better rendering of Jitsi widget change (video conference) - Open image from URL Preview (#2705) Bugfix πŸ›: - Bug in WidgetContent.computeURL() (#2767) - Duplicate thumbs | Mobile reactions for πŸ‘ and πŸ‘Ž are not the same as web (#2776) - Join room by alias other federation error (#2778) - HTML unescaping for URL preview (#2766) - URL preview on reply fallback (#2756) - RTL: some arrows should be rotated in RTL (#2757) - Properly delete objects from Realm DB (#2765) Build 🧱: - Upgrade build tools Other changes: - Change app name from "Element (Riot.im)" to "Element" Changes in Element 1.0.16 (2021-02-04) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash on API < 30 and light theme (#2774) Changes in Element 1.0.15 (2021-02-03) =================================================== Features ✨: - Social Login support Improvements πŸ™Œ: - SSO support for cross signing (#1062) - Deactivate account when logged in with SSO (#1264) - SSO UIA doesn't work (#2754) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix clear cache issue: sometimes, after a clear cache, there is still a token, so the init sync service is not started. - Sidebar too large in horizontal orientation or tablets (#475) - UrlPreview should be updated when the url is edited and changed (#2678) - When receiving a new pepper from identity server, use it on the next hash lookup (#2708) - Crashes reported by PlayStore (new in 1.0.14) (#2707) - Widgets: Support $matrix_widget_id parameter (#2748) - Data for Worker overload (#2721) - Fix multiple tasks - Object deletion in database is not complete (#2759) SDK API changes ⚠️: - Increase targetSdkVersion to 30 (#2600) Build 🧱: - Compile with Android SDK 30 (Android 11) Other changes: - Update Dagger to 2.31 version so we can use the embedded AssistedInject feature Changes in Element 1.0.14 (2021-01-15) =================================================== Features ✨: - Enable url previews for notices (#2562) - Edit room permissions (#2471) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Add System theme option and set as default (#904, #2387) - Store megolm outbound session to improve send time of first message after app launch. - Warn user when they are leaving a not public room (#1460) - Option to disable emoji keyboard (#2563) Bugfix πŸ›: - Unspecced msgType field in m.sticker (#2580) - Wait for all room members to be known before sending a message to a e2e room (#2518) - Url previews sometimes attached to wrong message (#2561) - Room Topic not displayed correctly after visiting a link (#2551) - Hiding membership events works the exact opposite (#2603) - Tapping drawer having more than 1 room in notifications gives "malformed link" error (#2605) - Sent image not displayed when opened immediately after sending (#409) - Initial sync is not retried correctly when there is some network error. (#2632) - Fix switch theme issue, and white field issue (#2599, #2528) - Fix request too large Uri error when joining a room Translations πŸ—£: - New language supported: Hebrew Build 🧱: - Remove dependency to org.greenrobot.eventbus library Other changes: - Migrate to ViewBindings (#1072) Changes in Element 1.0.13 (2020-12-18) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix MSC2858 implementation details (#2540) Changes in Element 1.0.12 (2020-12-15) =================================================== Features ✨: - Add room aliases management, and room directory visibility management in a dedicated screen (#1579, #2428) - Room setting: update join rules and guest access (#2442) - Url preview (#481) - Store encrypted file in cache and cleanup decrypted file at each app start (#2512) - Emoji Keyboard (#2520) - Social login (#2452) - Support for chat effects in timeline (confetti, snow) (#2535) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Add Setting Item to Change PIN (#2462) - Improve room history visibility setting UX (#1579) - Matrix.to deeplink custom scheme support - Homeserver history (#1933) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix cancellation of sending event (#2438) - Double bottomsheet effect after verify with passphrase - EditText cursor jumps to the start while typing fast (#2469) - UTD for events before invitation if member state events are hidden (#2486) - No known servers error is given when joining rooms on new Gitter bridge (#2516) - Show preview when sending attachment from the keyboard (#2440) - Do not compress GIFs (#1616, #1254) SDK API changes ⚠️: - StateService now exposes suspendable function instead of using MatrixCallback. - RawCacheStrategy has been moved and renamed to CacheStrategy - FileService: remove useless FileService.DownloadMode Build 🧱: - Upgrade some dependencies and Kotlin version - Use fragment-ktx and preference-ktx dependencies (fix lint issue KtxExtensionAvailable) - Upgrade Realm dependency to 10.1.2 Other changes: - Remove "Status.im" theme #2424 - Log HTTP requests and responses in production (level BASIC, i.e. without any private data) Changes in Element 1.0.11 (2020-11-27) =================================================== Features ✨: - Create DMs with users by scanning their QR code (#2025) - Add Invite friends quick invite actions (#2348) - Add friend by scanning QR code, show your code to friends (#2025) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - New room creation tile with quick action (#2346) - Open an existing DM instead of creating a new one (#2319) - Use RoomMember instead of User in the context of a Room. - Ask for explicit user consent to send their contact details to the identity server (#2375) - Handle events of type "m.room.server_acl" (#890) - Room creation form: add advanced section to disable federation (#1314) - Move "Enable Encryption" from room setting screen to room profile screen (#2394) - Home empty screens quick design update (#2347) - Improve Invite user screen (seamless search for matrix ID) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash on AttachmentViewer (#2365) - Exclude yourself when decorating rooms which are direct or don't have more than 2 users (#2370) - F-Droid version: ensure timeout of sync request can be more than 60 seconds (#2169) - Fix issue when restoring draft after sharing (#2287) - Fix issue when updating the avatar of a room (new avatar vanishing) - Discard change dialog displayed by mistake when avatar has been updated - Try to fix cropped image in timeline (#2126) - Registration: annoying error message scares every new user when they add an email (#2391) - Fix jitsi integration for those with non-vanilla dialler frameworks - Update profile has no effect if user is in zero rooms - Fix issues with matrix.to deep linking (#2349) SDK API changes ⚠️: - AccountService now exposes suspendable function instead of using MatrixCallback (#2354). Note: We will incrementally migrate all the SDK API in a near future (#2449) Test: - Add `allScreensTest` to cover all screens of the app Other changes: - Upgrade Realm dependency to 10.0.0 Changes in Element 1.0.10 (2020-11-04) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Rework sending Event management (#154) - New room creation screen: set topic and avatar in the room creation form (#2078) - Toggle Low priority tag (#1490) - Add option to send with enter (#1195) - Use Hardware keyboard enter to send message (use shift-enter for new line) (#1881, #1440) - Edit and remove icons are now visible on image attachment preview screen (#2294) - Room profile: BigImageViewerActivity now only display the image. Use the room setting to change or delete the room Avatar - Better visibility of text reactions in dark theme (#1118) - Room member profile: Add action to create (or open) a DM (#2310) - Prepare changelog for F-Droid (#2296) - Add graphic resources for F-Droid (#812, #2220) - Highlight text in the body of the displayed result (#2200) - Considerably faster QR-code bitmap generation (#2331) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fixed ringtone handling (#2100 & #2246) - Messages encrypted with no way to decrypt after SDK update from 0.18 to 1.0.0 (#2252) - Incoming call continues to ring if call is answered on another device (#1921) - Search Result | scroll jumps after pagination (#2238) - Badly formatted mentions in body (#1506) - KeysBackup: Avoid using `!!` (#2262) - Two elements in the task switcher (#2299) Changes in Element 1.0.9 (2020-10-16) =================================================== Features ✨: - Search messages in a room - phase 1 (#2110) - Hide encrypted history (before user is invited). Can be shown if wanted in developer settings - Changed rainbow algorithm Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Wording differentiation for direct rooms (#2176) - PIN code: request PIN code if phone has been locked - Small optimisation of scrolling experience in timeline (#2114) - Allow user to reset cross signing if he has no way to recover (#2052) - Ability to share text - Create home shortcut for any room (#1525) - Can't confirm email due to killing by Android (#2021) - Add a menu item to open the setting in room list and in room (#2171) - Add a menu item in the timeline as a shortcut to invite user (#2171) - Drawer: move settings access and add sign out action (#2171) - Filter room member (and banned users) by name (#2184) - Implement "Jump to read receipt" and "Mention" actions on the room member profile screen - Direct share (#2029) - Add FAB to room members list (#2226) - Add Sygnal API implementation to test is Push are correctly received - Add PushGateway API implementation to test if Push are correctly received - Cross signing: shouldn't offer to verify with other session when there is not. (#2227) Bugfix πŸ›: - Improve support for image/audio/video/file selection with intent changes (#1376) - Fix Splash layout on small screens - Invalid popup when pressing back (#1635) - Simplifies draft management and should fix bunch of draft issues (#952, #683) - Very long topic cannot be fully visible (#1957) - Properly detect cross signing keys reset - Don't set presence when handling a push notification or polling (#2156) - Be robust against `StrandHogg` task injection - Clear alerts if user sign out - Fix rows are hidden in Textinput (#2234) - Uploading a file to a room caused it to have a info.size of -1 (#2141) Translations πŸ—£: - Move store data to `/fastlane/metadata/android` (#812) - Weblate is now hosted at https://translate.element.io SDK API changes ⚠️: - Search messages in a room by using Session.searchService() or Room.search() Build 🧱: - Use Update Gradle Wrapper Action - Updates Gradle Wrapper from 5.6.4 to 6.6.1. (#2193) - Upgrade kotlin version from `1.3.72` to `1.4.10` and kotlin coroutines version from `1.3.8` to `1.3.9` - Upgrade build tools from `3.5.3` to `4.0.1`, then to `4.1.0` - Upgrade com.google.gms:google-services from `4.3.2` to `4.3.4` - Upgrade Moshi to `1.11.0`, Dagger to `2.29.1`, Epoxy to `4.1.0` Other changes: - Added registration/verification automated UI tests - Create a script to help getting public information form any homeserver Changes in Element 1.0.8 (2020-09-25) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Add "show password" in import Megolm keys dialog - Visually disable call buttons in menu and prohibit calling when permissions are insufficient (#2112) - Better management of requested permissions (#2048) - Add a setting to show timestamp for all messages (#2123) - Use cache for user color - Allow using an outdated homeserver, at user's risk (#1972) - Restore small logo on login screens and fix scrolling issue on those screens - PIN Code Improvements: Add more settings: biometrics, grace period, notification content (#1985) Bugfix πŸ›: - Long message cannot be sent/takes infinite time & blocks other messages (#1397) - Fix crash when wellknown are malformed, or redirect to some HTML content (reported by rageshakes) - User Verification in DM not working - Manual import of Megolm keys does back up the imported keys - Auto scrolling to the latest message when sending (#2094) - Fix incorrect permission check when creating widgets (#2137) - Pin code: user has to enter pin code twice (#2005) SDK API changes ⚠️: - Rename `tryThis` to `tryOrNull` Other changes: - Add an advanced action to reset an account data entry Changes in Element 1.0.7 (2020-09-17) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Handle date formatting properly (show time am/pm if needed, display year when needed) - Improve F-Droid Notification (#2055) Bugfix πŸ›: - Clear the notification when the event is read elsewhere (#1822) - Speakerphone is not used for ringback tone (#1644, #1645) - Back camera preview is not mirrored anymore (#1776) - Various report of people that cannot play video (#2107) - Rooms incorrectly marked as unread (#588) - Allow users to show/hide room member state events (#1231) - Fix stuck on loader when launching home SDK API changes ⚠️: - Create a new RawService to get plain data from the server. Other changes: - Performance: share Realm instance used on UI thread and improve SharedPreferences reading time. Changes in Element 1.0.6 (2020-09-08) =================================================== Features ✨: - List phone numbers and emails added to the Matrix account, and add emails and phone numbers to account (#44, #45) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - You can now join room through permalink and within room directory search - Add long click gesture to copy userId, user display name, room name, room topic and room alias (#1774) - Fix several issues when uploading big files (#1889) - Do not propose to verify session if there is only one session and 4S is not configured (#1901) - Call screen does not use proximity sensor (#1735) Bugfix πŸ›: - Display name not shown under Settings/General (#1926) - Editing message forgets line breaks and markdown (#1939) - Words containing my name should not trigger notifications (#1781) - Fix changing language issue - Fix FontSize issue (#1483, #1787) - Fix bad color for settings icon on Android < 24 (#1786) - Change user or room avatar: when selecting Gallery, I'm not proposed to crop the selected image (#1590) - Loudspeaker is always used (#1685) - Fix uploads still don't work with room v6 (#1879) - Can't handle ongoing call events in background (#1992) - Handle room, user and group links by the Element app (#1795) - Update associated site domain (#1833) - Crash / Attachment viewer: Cannot draw a recycled Bitmap #2034 - Login with Matrix-Id | Autodiscovery fails if identity server is invalid and Homeserver ok (#2027) - Support for image compression on Android 10 - Verification popup won't show - Android 6: App crash when read Contact permission is granted (#2064) - JSON for verification events leaks in to the room list (#1246) - Replies to poll appears in timeline as unsupported events during sending (#1004) Translations πŸ—£: - The SDK is now using SAS string translations from [Weblate Matrix-doc project](https://translate.element.io/projects/matrix-doc/) (#1909) - New translation to kabyle Build 🧱: - Some dependencies have been upgraded (coroutine, recyclerView, appCompat, core-ktx, firebase-messaging) - Buildkite: New pipeline location: https://github.com/matrix-org/pipelines/blob/master/element-android/pipeline.yml New build location: https://buildkite.com/matrix-dot-org/element-android Other changes: - Use File extension functions to make code more concise (#1996) - Create a script to import SAS strings (#1909) - Support `data-mx-[bg-]color` attributes on `` tags. Changes in Element 1.0.5 (2020-08-21) =================================================== Features ✨: - Protect access to the app by a pin code (#1700) - Conference with Jitsi support (#43) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Share button in rooms gives room ID link without via parameters (#1927) - Give user the possibility to prevent accidental call (#1869) - Display device information (name, id and key) in Cryptography setting screen (#1784) - Ensure users do not accidentally ignore other users (#1890) - Better handling DM creation when invitees cannot be inviting due to denied federation - Support new config.json format and config.domain.json files (#1682) - Increase Font size on Calling screen (#1643) - Make the user's Avatar live in the general settings Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix incorrect date format for some Asian languages (#1928) - Fix invisible toolbar (Status.im theme) (#1746) - Fix relative date time formatting (#822) - Fix crash reported by RageShake - Fix refreshing of sessions list when another session is logged out - Fix IllegalArgumentException: Receiver not registered: NetworkInfoReceiver (#1960) - Failed to build unique file (#1954) - Highlighted Event when opening a permalink from another room (#1033) - A Kick appears has "someone has made no change" (#1959) - Avoid NetworkOnMainThreadException when setting a user avatar - Renew turnserver credentials when ttl runs out Translations πŸ—£: - Add PlayStore description resources in the Triple-T format, to let Weblate handle them SDK API changes ⚠️: - Rename package `im.vector.matrix.android` to `org.matrix.android.sdk` - Rename package `im.vector.matrix.rx` to `org.matrix.android.sdk.rx` Build 🧱: - Fix RtlHardcoded issues (use `Start` and `End` instead of `Left` and `Right` layout attributes) Other changes: - Use `Context#getSystemService` extension function provided by `core-ktx` (#1702) - Hide Flair settings, this is not implemented yet. - Rename package `im.vector.riotx.attachmentviewer` to `im.vector.lib.attachmentviewer` - Rename package `im.vector.riotx.multipicker` to `im.vector.lib.multipicker` - Rename package `im.vector.riotx` to `im.vector.app` - Remove old code that was used on devices with api level <21 - Add Official Gradle Wrapper Validation Action Changes in Element 1.0.4 (2020-08-03) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix Crash when opening invite to room user screen Changes in Element 1.0.3 (2020-07-31) =================================================== Features ✨: - Support server admin option to disable E2EE for DMs / private rooms [users can still enable] (#1794) Bugfix πŸ›: - Crash reported on playstore for HomeActivity launch (151 reports) Changes in Element 1.0.2 (2020-07-29) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Added Session Database migration to avoid unneeded initial syncs Changes in Element 1.0.1 (2020-07-28) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Sending events is now retried only 3 times, so we avoid blocking the sending queue too long. - Display warning when fail to send events in room list - Improve UI of edit role action in member profile - Moderation |Β New screen to display list of banned users in room settings, with unban action Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix theme issue on Room directory screen (#1613) - Fix notification not dismissing when entering a room - Fix uploads don't work with Room v6 (#1558) - Fix Requesting avatar thumbnails in Element uses wrong http "user-agent" string (#1725) - Fix 404 on EMS (#1761) - Fix Infinite loop at startup when migrating account from Riot (#1699) - Fix Element crashes in loop after initial sync (#1709) - Remove inner mx-reply tags before replying - Fix timeline items not loading when there are only filtered events - Fix "Voice & Video" grayed out in Settings (#1733) - Fix Allow VOIP call in all rooms with 2 participants (even if not DM) - Migration from old client does not enable notifications (#1723) Other changes: - i18n deactivated account error Changes in Element 1.0.0 (2020-07-15) =================================================== Features ✨: - Re-branding: The app is now called Element. New name, new themes, new icons, etc. More details here: https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element/ (#1691) Bugfix πŸ›: - Video calls are shown as a voice ones in the timeline (#1676) - Fix regression: not able to create a room without IS configured (#1679) Changes in Riot.imX 0.91.5 (2020-07-11) =================================================== Features ✨: - 3pid invite: it is now possible to invite people by email. An Identity Server has to be configured (#548) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Cleaning chunks with lots of events as long as a threshold has been exceeded (35_000 events in DB) (#1634) - Creating and listening to EventInsertEntity. (#1634) - Handling (almost) properly the groups fetching (#1634) - Improve fullscreen media display (#327) - Setup server recovery banner (#1648) - Set up SSSS from security settings (#1567) - New lab setting to add 'unread notifications' tab to main screen - Render third party invite event (#548) - Display three pid invites in the room members list (#548) Bugfix πŸ›: - Integration Manager: Wrong URL to review terms if URL in config contains path (#1606) - Regression Composer does not grow, crops out text (#1650) - Bug / Unwanted draft (#698) - All users seems to be able to see the enable encryption option in room settings (#1341) - Leave room only leaves the current version (#1656) - Regression | Share action menu do not work (#1647) - verification issues on transition (#1555) - Fix issue when restoring keys backup using recovery key SDK API changes ⚠️: - CreateRoomParams has been updated Build 🧱: - Upgrade some dependencies - Revert to build-tools 3.5.3 Other changes: - Use Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT to save megolm key or recovery key in a txt file - Use `Context#withStyledAttributes` extension function (#1546) Changes in Riot.imX 0.91.4 (2020-07-06) =================================================== Features ✨: - Re-activate Wellknown support with updated UI (#1614) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Upload device keys only once to the homeserver and fix crash when no network (#1629) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash when coming from a notification (#1601) - Fix Exception when importing keys (#1576) - File isn't downloaded when another file with the same name already exists (#1578) - saved images don't show up in gallery (#1324) - Fix reply fallback leaking sender locale (#429) Build 🧱: - Fix lint false-positive about WorkManager (#1012) - Upgrade build-tools from 3.5.3 to 3.6.3 - Upgrade gradle from 5.4.1 to 5.6.4 Changes in Riot.imX 0.91.3 (2020-07-01) =================================================== Notes: - This version is the third beta version of RiotX codebase published as Riot-Android on the PlayStore. - Changelog below includes changes of v0.91.0, v0.91.1, and v0.91.2, because the first beta versions have been tagged and published from the branch feature/migration_from_legacy. - This version uses temporary name `Riot.imX`, to distinguish the app with RiotX app. Features ✨: - Call with WebRTC support (##611) - Add capability to change the display name (#1529) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - "Add Matrix app" menu is now always visible (#1495) - Handle `/op`, `/deop`, and `/nick` commands (#12) - Prioritising Recovery key over Recovery passphrase (#1463) - Room Settings: Name, Topic, Photo, Aliases, History Visibility (#1455) - Update user avatar (#1054) - Allow self-signed certificate (#1564) - Improve file download and open in timeline - Catchup tab is removed temporarily (#1565) - Render room avatar change (#1319) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix dark theme issue on login screen (#1097) - Incomplete predicate in RealmCryptoStore#getOutgoingRoomKeyRequest (#1519) - User could not redact message that they have sent (#1543) - Use vendor prefix for non merged MSC (#1537) - Compress images before sending (#1333) - Searching by displayname is case sensitive (#1468) - Fix layout overlap issue (#1407) Build 🧱: - Enable code optimization (Proguard) - SDK is now API level 21 minimum, and so RiotX (#405) Other changes: - Use `SharedPreferences#edit` extension function consistently (#1545) - Use `retrofit2.Call.awaitResponse` extension provided by Retrofit 2. (#1526) - Fix minor typo in contribution guide (#1512) - Fix self-assignment of callback in `DefaultRoomPushRuleService#setRoomNotificationState` (#1520) - Random housekeeping clean-ups indicated by Lint (#1520, #1541) - Keys Backup API now use the unstable prefix (#1503) - Remove deviceId from /keys/upload/{deviceId} as not spec-compliant (#1502) Changes in RiotX 0.22.0 (2020-06-15) =================================================== Features ✨: - Integration Manager and Widget support (#48) - Send stickers (#51) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - New wording for notice when current user is the sender - Hide "X made no changes" event by default in timeline (#1430) - Hide left rooms in breadcrumbs (#766) - Handle PowerLevel properly (#627) - Correctly handle SSO login redirection - SSO login is now performed in the default browser, or in Chrome Custom tab if available (#1400) - Improve checking of homeserver version support (#1442) - Add capability to add and remove a room from the favorites (#1217) Bugfix πŸ›: - Switch theme is not fully taken into account without restarting the app - Temporary fix to show error when user is creating an account on matrix.org with userId containing only digits (#1410) - Reply composer overlay stays on screen too long after send (#1169) - Fix navigation bar icon contrast on API in [21,27[ (#1342) - Fix status bar icon contrast on API in [21,23[ - Wrong /query request (#1444) - Make Credentials.homeServer optional because it is deprecated (#1443) - Fix issue on dark themes, after alert popup dismiss Other changes: - Send plain text in the body of events containing formatted body, as per https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#m-room-message-msgtypes - Update link to Modular url from "https://modular.im/" to "https://modular.im/services/matrix-hosting-riot" and open it using ChromeCustomTab Changes in RiotX 0.21.0 (2020-05-28) =================================================== Features ✨: - Identity server support (#607) - Switch language support (#41) - Display list of attachments of a room (#860) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Better connectivity lost indicator when airplane mode is on - Add a setting to hide redacted events (#951) - Render formatted_body for m.notice and m.emote (#1196) - Change icon to magnifying-glass to filter room (#1384) Bugfix πŸ›: - After jump to unread, newer messages are never loaded (#1008) - Fix issues with FontScale switch (#69, #645) - "Seen by" uses 12h time (#1378) - Enable markdown (if active) when sending emote (#734) - Screenshots for Rageshake now includes Dialogs such as BottomSheet (#1349) SDK API changes ⚠️: - initialize with proxy configuration Other changes: - support new key agreement method for SAS (#1374) Changes in RiotX 0.20.0 (2020-05-15) =================================================== Features ✨: - Add Direct Shortcuts (#652) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Invite member(s) to an existing room (#1276) - Improve notification accessibility with ticker text (#1226) - Support homeserver discovery from MXID (DISABLED: waiting for design) (#476) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix | Verify Manually by Text crashes if private SSK not known (#1337) - Sometimes the same device appears twice in the list of devices of a user (#1329) - Random Crashes while doing sth with cross signing keys (#1364) - Crash | crash while restoring key backup (#1366) SDK API changes ⚠️: - excludedUserIds parameter added to the UserService.getPagedUsersLive() function Changes in RiotX 0.19.0 (2020-05-04) =================================================== Features ✨: - Change password (#528) - Cross-Signing | Support SSSS secret sharing (#944) - Cross-Signing | Verify new session from existing session (#1134) - Cross-Signing | Bootstraping cross signing with 4S from mobile (#985) - Save media files to Gallery (#973) - Account deactivation (with password only) (#35) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Verification DM / Handle concurrent .start after .ready (#794) - Reimplementation of multiple attachment picker - Cross-Signing | Update Shield Logic for DM (#963) - Cross-Signing | Complete security new session design update (#1135) - Cross-Signing | Setup key backup as part of SSSS bootstrapping (#1201) - Cross-Signing | Gossip key backup recovery key (#1200) - Show room encryption status as a bubble tile (#1078) - UX/UI | Add indicator to home tab on invite (#957) - Cross-Signing | Restore history after recover from passphrase (#1214) - Cross-Sign | QR code scan confirmation screens design update (#1187) - Emoji Verification | It's not the same butterfly! (#1220) - Cross-Signing | Composer decoration: shields (#1077) - Cross-Signing | Migrate existing keybackup to cross signing with 4S from mobile (#1197) - Show a warning dialog if the text of the clicked link does not match the link target (#922) - Cross-Signing | Consider not using a spinner on the 'complete security' prompt (#1271) - Restart broken Olm sessions ([MSC1719](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1719)) - Cross-Signing | Hide Use recovery key when 4S is not setup (#1007) - Cross-Signing | Trust account xSigning keys by entering Recovery Key (select file or copy) #1199 - E2E timeline decoration (#1279) - Manage Session Settings / Cross Signing update (#1295) - Cross-Signing | Review sessions toast update old vs new (#1293, #1306) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix summary notification staying after "mark as read" - Missing avatar/displayname after verification request message (#841) - Crypto | RiotX sometimes rotate the current device keys (#1170) - RiotX can't restore cross signing keys saved by web in SSSS (#1174) - Cross- Signing | After signin in new session, verification paper trail in DM is off (#1191) - Failed to encrypt message in room (message stays in red), [thanks to pwr22] (#925) - Cross-Signing | web <-> riotX After QR code scan, gossiping fails (#1210) - Fix crash when trying to download file without internet connection (#1229) - Local echo are not updated in timeline (for failed & encrypted states) - Render image event even if thumbnail_info does not have mimetype defined (#1209) - RiotX now uses as many threads as it needs to do work and send messages (#1221) - Fix issue with media path (#1227) - Add user to direct chat by user id (#1065) - Use correct URL for SSO connection (#1178) - Emoji completion :tada: does not completes to πŸŽ‰ like on web (#1285) - Fix bad Shield Logic for DM (#963) Translations πŸ—£: - Weblate now create PR directly to RiotX GitHub project SDK API changes ⚠️: - Increase targetSdkVersion to 29 Build 🧱: - Compile with Android SDK 29 (Android Q) Other changes: - Add a setting to prevent screenshots of the application, disabled by default (#1027) - Increase File Logger capacities ( + use dev log preferences) Changes in RiotX 0.18.1 (2020-03-17) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Implementation of /join command Bugfix πŸ›: - Message transitions in encrypted rooms are jarring #518 - Images that failed to send are waiting to be sent forever #1145 - Fix / Crashed when trying to send a gif from the Gboard #1136 - Fix / Cannot click on key backup banner when new keys are available Changes in RiotX 0.18.0 (2020-03-11) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Share image and other media from e2e rooms (#677) - Add support for `/plain` command (#12) - Detect spaces in password if user fail to login (#1038) - FTUE: do not display a different color when encrypting message when not in developer mode. - Open room member profile from avatar of the room member state event (#935) - Restore the push rules configuration in the settings Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash on attachment preview screen (#1088) - "Share" option is not appearing in encrypted rooms for images (#1031) - Set "image/jpeg" as MIME type of images instead of "image/jpg" (#1075) - Self verification via QR code is failing (#1130) SDK API changes ⚠️: - PushRuleService.getPushRules() now returns a RuleSet. Use getAllRules() on this object to get all the rules. Build 🧱: - Upgrade ktlint to version 0.36.0 - Pipeline file for Buildkite is now hosted on another Github repository: https://github.com/matrix-org/pipelines/blob/master/riotx-android/pipeline.yml Other changes: - Restore availability to Chromebooks (#932) - Add a [documentation](./docs/integration_tests.md) to run integration tests Changes in RiotX 0.17.0 (2020-02-27) =================================================== Features ✨: - Secured Shared Storage Support (#984, #936) - It's now possible to select several rooms (with a possible mix of clear/encrypted rooms) when sharing elements to RiotX (#1010) - Media preview: media are previewed before being sent to a room (#1010) - Image edition: it's now possible to edit image before sending: crop, rotate, and delete actions are supported (#1010) - Sending image: image are sent to rooms with a reduced size. It's still possible to send original image file (#1010) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Migrate to binary QR code verification (#994) - Share action is added to room profile and room member profile (#858) - Display avatar in fullscreen (#861) - Fix some performance issues with crypto Bugfix πŸ›: - Account creation: wrongly hints that an email can be used to create an account (#941) - Fix crash in the room directory, when public room has no name (#1023) - Fix restoring keys backup with passphrase (#526) - Fix rotation of full-size image (#647) - Fix joining rooms from directory via federation isn't working. (#808) - Leaving a room creates a stuck "leaving room" loading screen. (#1041) - Fix some invitation handling issues (#1013) - New direct chat: selecting a participant sometimes results in two breadcrumbs (#1022) - New direct chat: selecting several participants was not adding the room to the direct chats list - Room overview shows deleted messages as β€œEncrypted message” (#758) SDK API changes ⚠️: - Get crypto methods through Session.cryptoService() - ProgressListener.onProgress() function will be invoked on the background thread instead of UI thread - Improve CreateRoomParams API (#1070) Changes in RiotX 0.16.0 (2020-02-14) =================================================== Features ✨: - Polls and Bot Buttons (MSC 2192 matrix-org/matrix-doc#2192) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Show confirmation dialog before deleting a message (#967, #1003) - Open room member profile from reactions list and read receipts list (#875) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash by removing all notifications after clearing cache (#878) - Fix issue with verification when other client declares it can only show QR code (#988) - Fix too errors in the code (1941862499c9ec5268cc80882512ced379cafcfd, a250a895fe0a4acf08c671e03434edcd29ccd84f) SDK API changes ⚠️: - Javadoc improved for PushersService - PushersService.pushers() has been renamed to PushersService.getPushers() Changes in RiotX 0.15.0 (2020-02-10) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Improve navigation to the timeline (#789, #862) - Improve network detection. It is now based on the sync request status (#873, #882) Other changes: - Support SSO login with Firefox account (#606) Bugfix πŸ›: - Ask for permission before opening the camera (#934) - Encrypt for invited users by default, if the room state allows it (#803) Changes in RiotX 0.14.3 (2020-02-03) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix Exception in DeviceListManager Changes in RiotX 0.14.2 (2020-02-02) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix RiotX not starting issue Changes in RiotX 0.14.1 (2020-02-02) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Cross-signing: fix UX issue when closing the bottom sheet verification (#813) - Room and room member profile: fix issues on dark and black themes Changes in RiotX 0.14.0 (2020-02-01) =================================================== Features ✨: - First implementation of Cross-signing - Enable encryption in unencrypted rooms, from the room settings (#212) - Negotiate E2E by default for DMs (#907) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Sharing things to RiotX: sort list by recent room first (#771) - Hide the algorithm when turning on e2e (#897) - Sort room members by display names Other changes: - Add support for /rainbow and /rainbowme commands (#879) Build 🧱: - Ensure builds are reproducible (#842) - F-Droid: fix the "-dev" issue in version name (#815) Changes in RiotX 0.13.0 (2020-01-17) =================================================== Features ✨: - Send and render typing events (#564) - Create Room Profile screen (#54) - Create Room Member Profile screen (#59) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Render events m.room.encryption and m.room.guest_access in the timeline Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix broken background sync in F-Droid version - Fix issue with downloaded file on encrypted rooms. The file was not properly decrypted Build 🧱: - Change the way versionCode is computed (#827) Changes in RiotX 0.12.0 (2020-01-09) =================================================== Improvements πŸ™Œ: - The initial sync is now handled by a foreground service - Render aliases and canonical alias change in the timeline - Introduce developer mode in the settings (#745, #796) - Improve devices list screen - Add settings for rageshake sensibility - Fix autocompletion issues and add support for rooms, groups, and emoji (#780) - Show skip to bottom FAB while scrolling down (#752) - Enable encryption on a room, SDK part (#212) Other changes: - Change the way RiotX identifies a session to allow the SDK to support several sessions with the same user (#800) - Exclude play-services-oss-licenses library from F-Droid build (#814) - Email domain can be limited on some homeservers, i18n of the displayed error (#754) Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix crash when opening room creation screen from the room filtering screen - Fix avatar image disappearing (#777) - Fix read marker banner when permalink - Fix joining upgraded rooms (#697) - Fix matrix.org room directory not being browsable (#807) - Hide non working settings (#751) Changes in RiotX 0.11.0 (2019-12-19) =================================================== Features ✨: - Implement soft logout (#281) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Handle navigation to room via room alias (#201) - Open matrix.to link in RiotX (#57) - Limit sticker size in the timeline Other changes: - Use same default room colors than Riot-Web Bugfix πŸ›: - Scroll breadcrumbs to top when opened - Render default room name when it starts with an emoji (#477) - Do not display " (IRC)" in display names https://github.com/vector-im/riot-android/issues/444 - Fix rendering issue with HTML formatted body - Disable click on Stickers (#703) Build 🧱: - Include diff-match-patch sources as dependency Changes in RiotX 0.10.0 (2019-12-10) =================================================== Features ✨: - Breadcrumbs: switch from one room to another quickly (#571) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Support entering a RiotWeb client URL instead of the homeserver URL during connection (#744) Other changes: - Add reason for all membership events (https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2367) Bugfix πŸ›: - When automardown is ON, pills are sent as MD in body (#739) - "ban" event are not rendered correctly (#716) - Fix crash when rotating screen in Room timeline Changes in RiotX 0.9.1 (2019-12-05) =================================================== Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix an issue with DB transaction (#740) Changes in RiotX 0.9.0 (2019-12-05) =================================================== Features ✨: - Account creation. It's now possible to create account on any homeserver with RiotX (#34) - Iteration of the login flow (#613) - [SDK] MSC2241 / verification in DMs (#707) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Send mention Pills from composer - Links in message preview in the bottom sheet are now active. - Rework the read marker to make it more usable Other changes: - Fix a small grammatical error when an empty room list is shown. Bugfix πŸ›: - Do not show long click help if only invitation are displayed - Fix emoji filtering not working - Fix issue of closing Realm in another thread (#725) - Attempt to properly cancel the crypto module when user signs out (#724) Changes in RiotX 0.8.0 (2019-11-19) =================================================== Features ✨: - Handle long click on room in the room list (#395) - Ignore/UnIgnore users, and display list of ignored users (#542, #617) Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Search reaction by name or keyword in emoji picker - Handle code tags (#567) - Support spoiler messages - Support m.sticker and m.room.join_rules events in timeline Other changes: - Markdown set to off by default (#412) - Accessibility improvements to the attachment file type chooser Bugfix πŸ›: - Fix issues with some member events rendering (#498) - Passphrase does not match (Export room keys) (#644) - Ask for permission to write external storage when uri comes from the keyboard (#658) - Fix issue with english US/GB translation (#671) Changes in RiotX 0.7.0 (2019-10-24) =================================================== Features: - Share elements from other app to RiotX (#58) - Read marker (#84) - Add ability to report content (#515) Improvements: - Persist active tab between sessions (#503) - Do not upload file too big for the homeserver (#587) - Attachments: start using system pickers (#52) - Mark all messages as read (#396) Other changes: - Accessibility improvements to read receipts in the room timeline and reactions emoji chooser Bugfix: - Fix issue on upload error in loop (#587) - Fix opening a permalink: the targeted event is displayed twice (#556) - Fix opening a permalink paginates all the history up to the last event (#282) - after login, the icon in the top left is a green 'A' for (all communities) rather than my avatar (#267) - Picture uploads are unreliable, pictures are shown in wrong aspect ratio on desktop client (#517) - Invitation notifications are not dismissed automatically if room is joined from another client (#347) - Opening links from RiotX reuses browser tab (#599) Changes in RiotX 0.6.1 (2019-09-24) =================================================== Bugfix: - Fix crash: MergedHeaderItem was missing dimensionConverter Changes in RiotX 0.6.0 (2019-09-24) =================================================== Features: - Save draft of a message when exiting a room with non empty composer (#329) Improvements: - Add unread indent on room list (#485) - Message Editing: Update notifications (#128) - Remove any notification of a redacted event (#563) Other changes: - Fix a few accessibility issues Bugfix: - Fix characters erased from the Search field when the result are coming (#545) - "No connection" banner was displayed by mistake - Leaving community (from another client) has no effect on RiotX (#497) - Push rules was not retrieved after a clear cache - m.notice messages trigger push notifications (#238) - Embiggen messages with multiple emojis also for edited messages (#458) Build: - Fix (again) issue with bad versionCode generated by Buildkite (#553) Changes in RiotX 0.5.0 (2019-09-17) =================================================== Features: - Implementation of login to homeserver with SSO (#557) - Handle M_CONSENT_NOT_GIVEN error (#64) - Auto configure homeserver and identity server URLs of LoginActivity with a magic link Improvements: - Reduce default release build log level, and lab option to enable more logs. - Display a no network indicator when there is no network (#559) Bugfix: - Fix crash due to missing informationData (#535) - Progress in initial sync dialog is decreasing for a step and should not (#532) - Fix rendering issue of accepted third party invitation event - All current notifications were dismissed by mistake when the app is launched from the launcher Build: - Fix issue with version name (#533) - Fix issue with bad versionCode generated by Buildkite (#553) Changes in RiotX 0.4.0 (2019-08-30) =================================================== Features: - Display read receipts in timeline (#81) Improvements: - Reactions: Reinstate the ability to react with non-unicode keys (#307) Bugfix: - Fix text diff linebreak display (#441) - Date change message repeats for each redaction until a normal message (#358) - Slide-in reply icon is distorted (#423) - Regression / e2e replies not encrypted - Some video won't play - Privacy: remove log of notifiable event (#519) - Fix crash with EmojiCompat (#530) Changes in RiotX 0.3.0 (2019-08-08) =================================================== Features: - Create Direct Room flow - Handle `/markdown` command Improvements: - UI for pending edits (#193) - UX image preview screen transition (#393) - Basic support for resending failed messages (retry/remove) - Enable proper cancellation of suspending functions (including db transaction) - Enhances network connectivity checks in SDK - Add "View Edit History" item in the message bottom sheet (#401) - Cancel sync request on pause and timeout to 0 after pause (#404) Other changes: - Show sync progress also in room detail screen (#403) Bugfix: - Edited message: link confusion when (edited) appears in body (#398) - Close detail room screen when the room is left with another client (#256) - Clear notification for a room left on another client - Fix messages with empty `in_reply_to` not rendering (#447) - Fix clear cache (#408) and Logout (#205) - Fix `(edited)` link can be copied to clipboard (#402) - KeyBackup / SSSS | Should get the key from SSSS instead of asking recovery Key (#1163) Build: - Split APK: generate one APK per arch, to reduce APK size of about 30% Changes in RiotX 0.2.0 (2019-07-18) =================================================== Features: - Message Editing: View edit history (#121) - Rooms filtering (#304) - Edit in encrypted room Improvements: - Handle click on redacted events: view source and create permalink - Improve long tap menu: reply on top, more compact (#368) - Quick reply in timeline with swipe gesture (#167) - Improve edit of replies - Improve performance on Room Members and Users management (#381) Other changes: - migrate from rxbinding 2 to rxbinding 3 Bugfix: - Fix regression on permalink click - Fix crash reported by the PlayStore (#341) - Fix Chat composer separator color in dark/black theme - Fix bad layout for room directory filter (#349) - Fix Copying link from a message shouldn't open context menu (#364) Changes in RiotX 0.1.0 (2019-07-11) =================================================== First release! Mode details here: https://medium.com/@RiotChat/introducing-the-riotx-beta-for-android-b17952e8f771 ======================================================= + TEMPLATE WHEN PREPARING A NEW RELEASE + ======================================================= Changes in Element 1.1.X (2021-XX-XX) =================================================== Features ✨: - Improvements πŸ™Œ: - Bugfix πŸ›: - Translations πŸ—£: - SDK API changes ⚠️: - Build 🧱: - Test: - Other changes: -