Thunder App

Hey everyone, Thunder v0.5.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a quite a bit of time, but introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes 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.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

Important: Your feed settings (default feed type and sort) will now be based on your Lemmy account settings. The previous feed settings will now ONLY apply to guest accounts. As such, you may have to re-configure your default feed type and default sort type if you were previously using the in-app settings.

Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

• The inbox page has been completely re-written with an updated design to more closely align with Material 3 design guidelines. There's also been a number of fixes to support quick actions within the inbox page (e.g., voting, saving, etc).
• Thunder now respects more of your Lemmy account settings including your default feed/sort settings. You can update your display name, bio, email, and much more in the new Account Settings page. You can also quickly switch between different accounts to modify your Lemmy settings across all your authenticated accounts.
• Additional Lemmy 0.19.x features have been added to Thunder including the ability to hide posts, custom thumbnail support, site content warnings, and more. We are still continuously working on bringing Thunder up to feature-parity with Lemmy, so let us know what features you would like to see.
• Custom user notes/labels are now available in Thunder! This will allow you to add any custom notes to a given user. You can add user labels from the settings page via Settings -> User Labels. Alternatively, you can add labels through the action sheets by long pressing on a given comment and selecting User -> Add User Label.

ℹ General

• The create/edit button for posts and comments have been moved to the markdown toolbar. This should hopefully make it more accessible for one-handed use.
• URL filtering has been added to keyword filters. Simply add a new keyword filter with a URL, and it should be hidden from view.
• Link sharing has been improved to support additional media/external links.

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

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Additions

• Refactor inbox page by hjiangsu
• Add additional account settings by hjiangsu
• Add support for custom user labels by micahmo
• Add support for hiding posts by micahmo
• Add ability to create links to app settings by micahmo
• Add account birthday indicator to users by micahmo
• Add ability to import/export local app database by micahmo
• Add post/comment language metadata by micahmo
• Add community stats for community visibility/local subscribers by micahmo
• Add ability to create block quote from selection when commenting by micahmo
• Add ability to re-order user accounts by micahmo
• Add ability to upload multiple images at a time for a post/comment by hjiangsu
• Add support for site content warnings by micahmo
• Add support for custom thumbnails in posts by micahmo
• Add ability to sort inbox by ggichure
• Add ability to view post as a different user by micahmo
• [Experimental] Add debug setting to customize image dimension timeout value by hjiangsu
• [Experimental] Add new experimental post page by hjiangsu

Changes

• Extend keyword filters to URLs by hjiangsu
• Remove page scroll animation when switching between bottom navigation items by hjiangsu
• Decrease layout jank originating from images within comments, and improve image error states by micahmo
• Disable account switching when editing post/comment by micahmo
• Defer loading image dimensions when opening image preview by micahmo
• Improve link sharing for images/video URLs by micahmo
• Show placeholder icon for posts without thumbnails by micahmo
• Allow snackbars to be closed on action by micahmo
• Immediately remove blocked users/communities from feed, disable ability to block self by micahmo
• Use community/user display names globally by micahmo
• Show community/user sort type on community/user headers by micahmo
• Use user/community format styling to cross-posts by micahmo
• Fallback to opening non-Lemmy instances in browser by micahmo
• Improve feedback when subscribing/unsubscribing to community by hjiangsu
• Move create/edit post button into markdown toolbar by micahmo
• Move create/edit comment button into markdown toolbar by micahmo
• Show voting when hidden scores are enabled by hjiangsu
• Add option to navigate to user's instance from post actions by micahmo
• Disable "Subscriptions" sort type option for guest accounts by micahmo
• Remove images from push notifications, improve UnifiedPush logic by micahmo

Fixes

• Fix table column markdown alignment by hjiangsu
• Fix mark post as read when previewing media on 0.19.4 by hjiangsu
• Fix sidebar lag when subscribed to a large amount of communities by hjiangsu
• Fix superscript/subscript parsing edge cases by micahmo
• Fix image overflow when rendering inside a spoiler tag by micahmo
• Fix issue where optimistic voting would not reflect upvotes/downvotes properly by micahmo
• Fix post text preview showing raw markdown by hjiangsu
• Fix snackbar positioning when opening/dismissing keyboard by micahmo
• Fix labeling and minor semantics by micahmo
• Fix text field spell check causing exception on ** text by hjiangsu
• Fix minor typo in 'Change Password' page by wadamT
• Fix semantics for link information by hjiangsu
• Fix share text post by micahmo
• Fix image proxy handling by hjiangsu
• Fix for markdown toolbar not showing above system keyboard by hjiangsu
• Fix dim read posts setting not being applied for card view by hjiangsu

Misc

• Fix macOS build errors by hjiangsu
• Remove javaToolchain binaries by hjiangsu
• Remove push package Android dependency by hjiangsu
• Update PR template by hjiangsu
• Update instances by github-actions
• Update translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
• Update Turkish localizations by mikropsoft
• Migrate anonymous instances to database by micahmo
• Minor under-the-hood feed related changes by hjiangsu
• Improve parsing of video speed setting by micahmo
• Move experimental push notifications under experimental flag by micahmo
• Add more push notifications debugging by micahmo
• Migrate draft storage to local database by micahmo

New Contributors

• wadamT made their first contribution

When crossposting a text-only post, Thunder automatically populates the body field with a link to the original post and quotes any existing body text. This is good.

When crossposting a link post, the body field is empty. No link to the original post is added to the body field, nor is any body text quoted. This is not good.

I'm new to this app here. I come from Boost and wanted to try something new. I do like the app, however I have issues writing comments or posts.

My keyboard will cover the area where my text is, so while typing I am unable to read what I type.

If I want to read or correct my text, I need to tab the back button to close my keyboard.

I didn't find anything in the settings to prevent that. My keyboard is not floating.

Here are some screenshots:

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^ I can't see the lower few rows of text.

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^ after tabbing back to close the keyboard I can read but not correct. Tabbing on the text will open the keyboard, which will cover my text again.

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^ installed version

My phone is an Android Oppo A5s (CPH1909).

Thanks for any help!

For almost the entire time I've been using Thunder, my default view has been by subscriptions. I'm not sure if something changed and this got deleted, or for new feature was added and didn't taken to account the subscriptions, but I'd like to set it back to that being my default view.

Is there currently no way to write or answer direct messages?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18159531

> > Updated! Updates are shown in quote text like this. > > # An Apps Experiment > > ## Introduction > > This is an experiment I performed out of curiosity, and I have a few big disclaimers at the bottom. Basically, I've seen a lot of comments recently about one app or another not displaying something right. Lemmy has been around for a while now and can no longer be considered an experimental platform. > > Lemmy and the apps that people use to access the platform have become an important part of people’s lives. Whether you are checking the app weekly or daily, and whether you use it to stay up on the news or to stay connected to your hobby, it’s important that it works. I hope that this helps people to see the extent of the challenge, and encourages developers to improve their apps, too. > > ## How I did it > > I wanted to investigate objectively how accurately each app displays text of posts and comments using the standard Lemmy markdown. Markdown is a standard part of the Lemmy platform, but not all apps handle it the same. It is basically what gives text useful formatting. > > I used the latest release of each app, but did not include pre-releases. I only included apps that have released an update in the last 6 months, which should include most apps in active development. I was unable to test iOS-exclusive apps, so they are not included either. In all, 16 apps met the inclusion criteria. > > > I also added Eternity, which is in active development, although it has not had a recent update. I was able to include several iOS apps thanks to testing from @jordanlund@lemmy.world – Thanks, Jordan! This made for 21 apps that were tested. > > Each app was rated in 5 categories: Text, Format, Spoilers, Links, and Images. I chose these mostly based on the wonderful Markdown Guide from @marvin@sffa.community, which was posted about a year ago in !meta@sffa.community (here). > > I checked whether each app correctly displayed each category, then took the overall average. Each category was weighted equally. Text includes italic, bold, strong, strikethrough, superscript, and subscript. Format includes block quotes, lists, code (block and inline), tables, and dividers. Spoilers includes display of hidden, expandable spoilers. Links includes external links, username links, and community links. Images included embedded images, image references, and inline images. > > > Thanks to input from others, I also added a test to see if lemmy hyperlinks opened in-app. There was a problem with using the SFFA Community Guide that caused some apps to be essentially penalized twice because there was formatting inside formatting, so I created this TEST POST to more clearly and fairly measure each app. > > In each case, I checked whether the display was correct based on the rules for Lemmy Markdown, and consistent with the author’s intent. In cases where the app recognized the tag correctly but did not display it accurately, that was treated as a fail. > > ## Results > > Out of a possible perfect 10, only 3 apps displayed all markdown correctly: > > ### Jerboa (Official Android client) - 10.0 > ### Alexandrite - 10.0 > ### Voyager - 10.0 > ### Summit - 9.7 > ### Photon - 9.3 > ### Arctic - 9.3 (pending) > ### Interstellar - 9.1 > ### Lemmy-UI - 9.0 > ### Thunder - 8.9 > ### Tesseract - 8.6 > ### Quiblr - 8.1 > ### mlmym - 8.0 > ### Lemmios - 8.0 (pending) > ### Mlem - 7.5 (pending) > ### Boost - 7.3 > ### Eternity - 7.0 > ### Sync - 6.9 > ### Connect - 6.7 > ### Lemmynade - 6.1 > ### Avelon - 5.7 (pending) > > More details of testing here > > > ::: spoiler Disclaimers > > ## Disclaimers > > ### I Love Lemmy Apps (and their devs) > > Lemmy apps devs work very hard, and invest a lot in the platform. Lemmy is better because they are doing the work that they do. Like, a LOT better. Everyone who uses the platform has to access it through one app or another. Apps are the face of the entire platform. Whether an app is a FOSS passion project, underwritten by a grant, or generating income through sales or ads, no one is getting rich by making their app. It is for the benefit of the community. > > This is not meant to be a rating of the quality or functionality of any app. An app may have a high rating here but be missing other features that users want, or users may love an app that has a lower rating. This is just about how well apps handle markdown. > > ### This is pretty unscientific > > You’ll see my methodology above. I’m not a scientist. There is probably a much better way to do this, and I probably have biases in terms of how I went about it. I think it’s interesting and probably has some valuable information. If you think it’s interesting, let me know. If you think of a better way, PM me and I’d be happy to share what I have so you don’t have to start from scratch. > > ### My only goal is to help the community > > I do think that accurately displaying markdown should be a standard expectation of a finished app. I hope that devs use this as an opportunity to shore up the areas that are lagging, and that they have a set of standards to aim for. > > I don’t have any Apple things > > Sorry. This is just Android and Web review. If someone would like to see how iOS apps are doing, please reach out and I’ll share how we can work together to include them. > > ::: >

See the test comment in the comment section of the original post (this is just a cross-post). Thunder is doing pretty well but has a few things not showing entirely correct.

So is this Thunder itself or some app it is deferring to whose config I should look at?

Basically videos start out dim for a few seconds until the video controls fade out. This means the first few seconds of every video are basically unwatchable, and with short videos this is all or most of the video. For example https://lemmy.world/post/17884719

Is it possible to add support for selecting multiple media items at once? Would like to post content, but haven't found any client that supports this. Selecting individual items is cumbersome.

If I start writing a comment, but decide "nah, not right now" and back out, my partially written comment is "saved as draft".

If I go back to the comment, the partially written comment is "restored from draft".

• Are drafts stored indefinitely?
• Is there a way to see all my current drafts?
• If I keep creating new drafts without ever finishing them, will my storage get full?
• Is there any way to delete drafts?

In this example, some commenters are joking around and placing angle brackets (less than, greater than) around their comment's text. As a result, the comment text does not display.

It does display in a web browser or Voyager. Raccoon also does not render the comments, though strangely it does render that last comment in the chain. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the comment includes an apostrophe and comma, unlike the others.

Hi, I'd like to switch from Boost to Thunder permanently but the lack of moderator actions is the final hurdle.

Being able to remove posts is a good start, but not being able to do anything with comments is a bit of an issue for me. Any idea when this feature might be added?

I found a Similar logo design to thunder, and was wondering where this is originally from?

I was browsing TikTok, yes, judge me. Haven’t been on in years, and still hate it.

I'm currently trying out the Thunder app on my Pixel 4A. When I open the menu on the left side of the screen, the app always stutters. Occasionally, it also stutters when I scroll through my feed.

Full height images have been enabled in card view but I'm still seeing cropped off portions

Version: 0.4.0

Votes don't show up in both posts and comments. Issue began upon updating to 0.4.0

Logged out and in. Nothing changed.

Sometimes when I am scrolling through a comment feed, I somehow make this dialogue pop up and it seems to involve comments with links in them. I don't like it and I don't know how I am making it happen, it just gets in the way.

Long short, how do I make it stop or disable it entirely? It happens very often.

Title. I apologize if this is not the appropriate location to report bugs or other issues, or if this has been reported before, or if this is an issue larger than Thunder.

I noticed this morning that despite having it set in settings, opening a post's media will not mark it as read, as it had previous to today. I've switched the settings on/off, restarted the app, restarted my phone, all to no avail.

If I need to report this elsewhere or provide more information, let me know. I went to GitHub originally, but I don't have an account over there, and didn't see an option to report an issue without one.

Thank you in advance.

Is it possible to have link posts in compact layout while other posts are in cards layout? I miss this feature from Boost and Eternity.

Hey everyone, Thunder v0.4.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a bit longer than usual, but as a result, introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes 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.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

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

• The comment creation page has been fully re-built from the ground up and introduces a few new features, including the ability to specify the comment language, ability to comment as a different user, and addition of spoilers to the markdown toolbar. If you have any suggestions or feedback regarding these changes, feel free to make a new issue on GitHub!
• There is now initial support for video playback on Thunder! The built-in video player should work with most video URLs (that end in a proper video extension) and should work with YouTube URLs. Additionally, you can customize some video settings such as playback speed, auto-mute, auto-play and more in the Settings page. The video player is still experimental, so there may still be some issues present.
• Additional customization options including the ability to customize the colours of actions (upvotes, downvotes, saving, etc.), hiding thumbnails from the feed, showing user/community avatars, and much more.

ℹ General

• There have been improvements to the overall UI/UX across the board. This includes improvements to the pure black theme, improvements to markdown rendering of tables, quotes, and more.
• There have also been a lot of changes under-the-hood to hopefully improve the overall performance and reliability of actions. As a result of these changes, there may still be some issues that were not caught during testing. If you notice any general issues, please make a new issue on GitHub.

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.

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Additions

• Updated create comment page UI and added language selector to comments by hjiangsu
• Added ability to comment as a different user by micahmo
• Added spoiler to markdown buttons by micahmo and hjiangsu
• Added support for selecting discussion languages by iparks99
• Added support for new sort types as defaults by micahmo
• Added option to show user/community avatars by iparks99
• Added an option to hide thumbnails in feed by iparks99 and hjiangsu
• Added option to use profile picture for drawer by micahmo
• Added support for customizable action colors by micahmo
• Added selectable post/comment text by micahmo
• Added notification debugging section by micahmo
• Added confirmation message when unsubscribing from community by micahmo
• Added experimental support for video player by ggichure and hjiangsu
• Added sort options in instance explorer by micahmo
• Added ability to perform empty search in Search by micahmo

Changes

• Show individual unread counts in inbox page by micahmo
• Improved missing post snackbar message by micahmo
• Improved spoiler appearance by micahmo
• Adjusted markdown editor link dialog styling by micahmo
• Adjusted padding to community sidebar by micahmo
• Added loading page for posts/comments on slower connections by micahmo
• Adjusted post/comment language selector styling by hjiangsu
• Refactored post metadata and user/community chips by hjiangsu
• Refactored post page quick actions by hjiangsu
• Implemented core architecture to handle push notifications (APNs, UnifiedPush) by hjiangsu
• Added retry action when initial feed loading fails by micahmo
• Improved markdown appearance for block quotes, code blocks, and dividers by micahmo
• Apply full name customizations to inbox mentions view by micahmo
• Allow creating posts/comments with null language by micahmo
• Optimistically mark replies as read by micahmo
• Improved cross-post UI by CTalvio
• Disabled Thunder's edge swipe to go back on Android by hjiangsu
• Fixed various OLED color theme issues, community name format by CTalvio
• Improved UX for notification settings by micahmo
• Improved swipe gesture setting clarity with icons by CTalvio
• Added loading page when opening notifications and increased size of notification icon by micahmo
• Replaced score indicator icon by CTalvio
• Improved image dimension fetching logic by hjiangsu
• Improved the comment context jumping by micahmo
• Improved account page and management UI by CTalvio
• Improved selection of text when creating post/comment by micahmo

Fixes

• Fixed subscribe/favourite app bar action not updating UI by micahmo
• Fixed comment load spinner showing incorrectly by micahmo
• Fixed account page back button behaviour on Android by hjiangsu
• Fixed issues with deleted comment content showing up by micahmo
• Fixed search FAB primary single press action not triggering by micahmo
• Fixed issue marking multiple replies as read by micahmo
• Fixed issue with tablet mode images and full-height images by hjiangsu
• Fixed pan/pinch triggering unintentional double tap zoom by CTalvio
• Fixed issue popping notification page triggering twice by micahmo
• Fixed viewing notifications as correct user by micahmo
• Fixed FAB modal transparency and exit fade animation by CTalvio

Misc

• Integrate run on save scripts for VSCode by micahmo
• Configure i18n.ally plugin by ipcjs
• Apply linter suggested fix-ups by micahmo
• Updated translations by hjiangsu
• Updated instances by github-actions
• Replaced scrollable_positioned_list with super_sliver_list by hjiangsu
• Added test endpoint for UnifiedPush server and reduced UnifiedPush notification payload (in development) by micahmo

is it an option, cause i cant find it anywhere? if it is, please tell me where can i do it

I scroll all:scaled fairly often, as my list of subs isn't super active, but there are some communities that come up fairly often that I would rather not see. Is there a way to implement that on the client side or would that require a Lemmy change?

Is there a way to disable the app's back navigation gesture? It kinda overlaps with Android's back gesture

I use the follow system when setting a theme. However, Thunder defaults to gray theme rather than amoled.

Would love to have the option to set a preferred dark theme so that it defaults to the amoled option instead.

Edit: nvm, I changed something in settings, it was user error. Pls disregard

Hi Thunder devs, I have an accessibility issue to report regarding the special styling for original poster and mod names (changed with the last major release). I haven't checked against WCAG, but I'm pretty sure they don't meet color contrast standards; it's pretty hard to read the grey text, especially over the 'mod' orange.

Otherwise, no complaints. I really dig Thunder, I chose it as my daily driver after months of testing alongside Voyager, Eternity, and Jerboa. It just feels more responsive and intuitive, and the customization options are quite good. Nice work!

Feature request: Horizontal swipe for next/previous post in feed

I would love this as an option for navigating between posts, and I'm surprised that most Lemmy apps don't have this.

Joey for Reddit had this feature, as does the official Reddit app. Connect for Lemmy has this feature, and Boost for Lemmy doesn't show the comments in swiping mode. Eternity is the only Lemmy app which does it properly so far, but development has fallen behind in other areas.

Would the Thunder devs consider implementing this feature? It would probably win me over!

Any way to collapse your profile as you scroll down your posts / saved posts? Sometimes I want to send a screenshot of a post I saved but the profile is taking up a lot of space together with the bottom tab bar.

The feed default sort options list is missing "scaled" and "controversial" options. Would be great if those could be added. Thanks for the great app!

edit: Looks like this is already in the works: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/pull/1298

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

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I would just like to thank everyone for the continued support and contributions. Thunder is still a project that I can only work on the side, and knowing that others enjoy it drives me to continue working on it!

If you would like to show a token of appreciation to me or anyone else that has contributed, check out the following link for more information: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/issues/756

Thanks again for everything so far, and I hope you enjoy this update!

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• Added instance explorer to see instance posts/communities/comments by micahmo
• Added partial superscript/subscript markdown support by hjiangsu
• Added ability to mark posts as read when scrolling through feed by Fmstrat
• Added support for posting as a different user by micahmo
• Added instance and community modlogs by hjiangsu
• Added option to show full date and select date format by hjiangsu
• Added additional Lemmy styled user/community formats by hjiangsu
• Added ability to search federated instances by micahmo
• Added ability to switch user in user account settings page by micahmo
• Added new type badge to indicate video URLs by hjiangsu
• Added in-app changelog by micahmo
• Added support for custom user/community styles by micahmo
• Added option to show navigation labels by micahmo
• Added customizable feed card divider by hjiangsu
• Added ability to view post/comment reports by hjiangsu
• Added Turkish language localizations by mikropsoft

Changes

• Refactored user page to match feed page by hjiangsu
• Improved sort top submenu transition by micahmo
• Adjusted “Hide NSFW Previews” setting label to “Blur NSFW Previews” by hjiangsu
• Improved Lemmy spoiler detection by hjiangsu
• Improved link handling for users/communities by micahmo
• Reworked internal post parsing logic and thumbnail previews by hjiangsu
• Hide unsupported FAB actions based on feed (general, community, user) by hjiangsu
• Categorized post/comment bottom sheet options by micahmo
• Improved link sharing experience by micahmo
• Improved feedback when loading instance information by micahmo
• Android back button closes opened drawer by micahmo
• Android back button closes opened user sidebar by micahmo
• Applied subtitle hint for show post author setting by micahmo
• Improved navigation to comment context by micahmo
• Improved handling of search result comments on deleted posts by micahmo
• Removed usernames on user feeds posts by micahmo
• Applied timeout when loading image dimensions for image viewer by hjiangsu

Fixes

• Show keyboard automatically when community search is triggered, and state fixes by micahmo
• Fixed issue with talkback and downvote semantic label by hjiangsu
• Fixed notifications page state issue by micahmo
• Fixed issue with refreshing the feed when switching accounts by micahmo
• Fixed in-app browser url scheme redirection by micahmo
• Fixed community name format in create post page by micahmo
• Fixed handling of multiple deep link actions by micahmo
• Fixed tagline refreshing multiple times on load issue by micahmo
• Fixed sidebar overflows by micahmo
• Fixed tagline overflow by micahmo

Misc

• Moved fastlane directory for F-Droid approval by hjiangsu
• Fixed CI for Flutter 3.16.9 and update docker builds by Fmstrat
• Upgraded to Flutter 3.19 by hjiangsu
• Updated peter-evans/create-pull-request by micahmo
• Updated instances by github-actions
• Updated Lemmy API version by hjiangsu
• Added development flavor by hjiangsu
• Improved animations for advanced share sheet and link preview modals by micahmo
• Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
• Upgraded gradle version and migrated to flutter_sharing_intent by hjiangsu
• Updated internal package dependencies by hjiangsu
• Integrate i18n-ally by micahmo
• Migrated from sqflite to drift packages by hjiangsu
• Updated Lemmy API to support upcoming 0.19.4 by hjiangsu

For some reason, my app can’t seem to handle logins correctly. I am able to log in ok, but the account management page never shows the login, which means I can see my inbox, etc.

I haven’t tried completely deleting and reinstalling yet, but I have tried to log in several times with no change in app behavior.

With the recent Thulean* comment spam attacks, mods have dutifully deleted the offending comments, but Thunder still renders the deleted comments.

Connect seems to have the same bug

Voyager and Jerboa show the comments as deleted

Examples:

https://startrek.website/post/8228446

https://ani.social/post/2729729

https://lemmy.world/post/13350248

How can I switch between two instances and make all the sub lemmies I subscribed to appear in subscribed section?

If i remember correctly, there was some space between posts in early versions. On 0.2.9 in card view, there is no space. Is there some way to get back this post divider, so that I can easier see where one post ends and a new one begins?

Does Thunder currently support the ability to report posts and/or comments? I'm having trouble finding any way to do this from the app.

When I switch between logged in accounts, I have to manually refresh the feed tab/view to reflect the account switch. I would prefer the reload be done automatically, an option to allow users to specify this behavior would be ideal.

Hey everyone, just a friendly reminder for those on instances that are either about to upgrade or have recently upgraded from version 0.18 to 0.19 (e.g., lemmy.world, lemmy.blahaj.zone, sh.itjust.works, etc.).

After your instance updates to 0.19, please remember to re-authenticate (i.e., log out and log back in). This is because of some authentication changes made in 0.19 which invalidates the session.

Thanks!

It seems that the web UI treats spoilers without a space after ::: the same as the regular ones, while Thunder ignores those as spoilers. It looks like the closing spoiler marker may be entered without whitespace but it consumes extra text after the spoiler, and overall acts weird

I can create an issue if that's needed, or this post may be referenced in an existing issue to be used as a test

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Hey everyone, it's time for yet 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

• Initial support for moderator actions. Thunder has added support for some moderator actions such as locking, pinning, and removing posts. To access these actions, simply long-press on a post and select "Moderator Actions" from the menu. Additional moderator actions such as mod logs, and reports will come in a future update.
• Support for high-refresh rate devices. Thunder should now feel smoother on Android devices with high-refresh rate displays, and should no longer be limited to 60 Hz. For iOS, Thunder also supports ProMotion devices.
• Customizable post metadata. You can now customize the post metadata information (vote counts, comment counts, etc) on your feed! This can be done in Settings -> Appearance -> Compact/Card View Settings. Simply drag and drop the metadata information you want to see on your feed. The order of the information will be the order that you drag it into the preview.
• Experimental local push notification support on Android. Thunder has experimental support for handling push notifications locally on Android devices. When enabled, Thunder will attempt to fetch new notifications in the background while the app is not running. Please note that this feature is highly dependent on the Android OS and their battery saving settings

ℹ General

• Additional UI/UX and quality-of-life improvements. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Support for spoiler markdown tags. Spoiler tags will be automatically minimized, and can be expanded when tapping on them
  • Support for creating cross posts for an existing post, and deleting existing posts
  • Addition of more options including hiding top app bar, medium font scale option, and colorized usernames
• Added new condensed post body view to the post page which shows a smaller preview of images and thumbnails
• Added the ability to search posts/comments directly from community feed

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

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I would just like to thank everyone for the continued support and contributions. Thunder is still a project that I can only work on the side, and knowing that others enjoy it drives me to continue working on it!

If you would like to show a token of appreciation to me or anyone else that has contributed, check out the following link for more information: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/issues/756

Thanks again for everything so far, and I hope you enjoy this update!

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Changelog

Additions

• Added new condensed post body view to the post page by micahmo
• Added compatibility with high-refresh displays to Thunder on Android devices by mufeedali
• Added initial support for markdown spoiler tags by hjiangsu
• Added ability to create cross-posts from the post page by micahmo
• Added ability to share user profiles by micahmo
• Added ability to subscribe/unsubscribe to community from long-press action by hjiangsu
• Added option to hide the top app bar on scroll by hjiangsu
• Added user counts to instance page by micahmo
• Added additional medium font scale option by hjiangsu
• Added moderated communities to drawer by hjiangsu
• Added ability to share communities by micahmo
• Added ability to clear image cache on startup, and manually by hjiangsu
• Added experimental local push notifications on Android by micahmo
• Added notification page to display individual messages by micahmo
• Added ability to delete posts by micahmo
• Re-introduced in-app browser as an option by micahmo
• Added community icon indicator when posting is restricted to mods by hjiangsu
• Added option for colourized usernames by ggichure
• Added new unread comment indicator for read posts by CTalvio
• Added ability to customize post card metadata information by hjiangsu
• Added ability to search posts/comments from community feed by micahmo
• Added setting to change image cache settings on Android by micahmo
• Added initial moderator post actions (lock, pin, remove) by hjiangsu

Changes

• Improved post/comment score formatting by micahmo
• Adjusted the color of the delete draft icon by micahmo
• Language selector now prioritizes current language at the top of the list by micahmo
• Community selector shows suggested communities by default by micahmo
• Prioritize favorites in empty community prompt by micahmo
• Improved account log out flow by micahmo
• Search page suggests alternate filters when there are no search results by micahmo
• Account selector improvements and minor fixes by hjiangsu
• Image viewer dynamically adjusts image zoom based on resolution Niranjan-Dorage
• Added indicator for media downloads by micahmo
• Indicate deleted posts by micahmo
• Added inkwell to spoiler markdown by micahmo
• Added option to navigate to new post after creation by micahmo
• Improved handling for navigation to non-instances by micahmo
• Adjusted search bar to match material design, and misc fixes by micahmo
• Removed usesCleartextTraffic attribute on AndroidManifest by hjiangsu
• Added locale code to app language selector by hjiangsu

Fixes

• Fixed issues with images being too wide in community/user sidebars by micahmo
• Fixed issues where post actions were not being updated properly in the search page by micahmo
• Fixed issue where local featured posts were not being highlighted properly by micahmo
• Fixed issue where subscriptions in drawer were not in alphabetical order by hjiangsu
• Fixed an issue where you could favorite a non-subscribed community by micahmo
• Fixed some issues with user navigation and error handling by micahmo
• Fix some issues with the search page resetting by micahmo
• Fixed some community/user name detection by micahmo
• Fixed issue with advanced image preview not showing by micahmo
• Fixed exit confirmation snackbar by micahmo
• Fixed issue with creating cross-posts by micahmo
• Fixed an issue with loading favorites on startup by micahmo
• Fixed issue where feed FAB can be triggered on other pages by hjiangsu
• Fixed issue where app language bottom sheet would fill full height by hjiangsu
• Fixed issue with deferred comments by micahmo
• Fixed search page keyboard on iOS by hjiangsu
• Fixed post page failure when image fails to load by hjiangsu
• Fixed inbox counter not reflecting true number of unread notifications by hjiangsu

Misc

• Clean up linter warnings by hjiangsu
• Updated instances by github-actions
• Updated translations by hjiangsu
• Added CI workflow to check for sorted translations by hjiangsu
• Sorted translations in alphabetical order by hjiangsu
• Refactored community and user avatars by hjiangsu
• Reorganized files to their domain by hjiangsu
• Refactored local settings to use localization strings by hjiangsu
• Refactored thumbnail badges and compact post cards by hjiangsu
• Migrated from gallery_saver package to gal for media downloads by hjiangsu
• Created new feature request, and bug report templates. by K4LCIFER
• Refactored snackbars to use overlays and remove dependency on context by hjiangsu

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12315554

> Post is displaying URL image in Thunder but not Voyager > > Hi, > > I'm comparing Lemmy Android app clients and I'm between Thunder and Voyager. > > I noticed something weird with Voyager. There was this post it displays an image in the timeline using Thunder but it doesn't in Voyager. > > Is it some configuration that I need to tweak in Voyager? > > Also, is there some config to display short text about the post if has image? Like some description below if available > > Thanks