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[TestFlight] Arctic v0.4.x is available for testing (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 6 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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It’s been a very busy couple of weeks for me since the AppStore release. I have not had much time to keep up with new beta posts, so this post aims to cover all the changes in v0.4.0.x updates.

As I am sure most of you have noticed, Arctic finally has a new default icon. I’m super excited about this. The original icon was only ever meant to be a placeholder, and it ended up sticking around far longer than I had intended. With the new icon, I’ve set up a full set of branding resources that I will be open-sourcing later this week to enable community icon contests in the future.

Widgets are here! I’ve added the first set of widgets finally. This set is fully configurable so you can set up feeds based on specific accounts, communities, instances, sorting, etc. I have a lot more widgets planned, and I will try and roll out a new set every couple of updates.

Crosspost rendering has been improved. Crossposts will now embed the original post and display it inline, this helps with following the original thread and it looks a lot better than a long blockquote. I’ve also added a crosspost indicator to post views, so even from the original post, you can browse all the crossposts for the original link.

Link peeking has been enabled. You can now long-press any link and peek at its content just like in Safari. With this addition, I’ve also added some convenience options for opening YouTube links in Piped or opening them in the YouTube app.

Full-screen scrolling has been added. You can enable Hide Bars On Scroll and the top and bottom bars will be hidden while scrolling to enable full-screen viewing.

The markdown editor has several new improvements. Inserting links and images has gotten smarter, when inserting, the selected text will automatically be added as the link title or URL if applicable. Lists will now automatically continue when pressing return while composing a list. Special markdown characters will now render in a muted color while editing. I’ve also added actions for changing indentation (tabs).

There are too many changes to write about each one individually, but as always you can find the full change-logs below. If you encounter any issues in the latest release, please let me know. I am hoping to submit a new update to the AppStore this weekend.

Thank you, to everyone for all the feedback and suggestions. It’s been a huge help in improving Arctic!

Changelogs

v0.4.0.3

Added 2 new icons Mystic Globe and Outline
Added context actions for youtube links to open in Piped, or open in the YouTube app
Added option to preview posts when long-pressing a post cell
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when long-pressing a link preview
Fixed a crash that could occur when pressing return while composing a comment or post
Fixed an issue where forward navigation could show an incorrect font size
Fixed an issue that could cause a zooming transition when using forward navigation
Organized sketch projects for open-source release of branding

v0.4.0.2

Added a new default icon for Arctic
Added support for OpticID on iOS 17+
Added a new changelog controller
Added option to embed crossposts in post views
Added crosspost indicator, and browser to open post views
Added support for peeking URLs in markdown by long-pressing links
Added options to upload images from the Account and Community settings page
Added option to set the matrix user ID in account settings
Added swipe actions to profile view cells
Added long-press actions to profile view cells
Added toolbar actions for indentation in the markdown editor
Added support for automatic list continuation when pressing return in the markdown editor
Fixed crash when editing blocked communities
Fixed some warnings during the initial layout of post-feeds
Fixed an issue that could prevent post cells from updating when needed
Fixed a UI glitch that could happen when swiping cells in some views
Fixed comment swipe actions not displaying "Unvote" option for voted comments
Fixed indentation for root comment cells being larger than needed
Fixed video controls not working in link previews
Updated the Lights-Out icon
Updated special character detection in the markdown editor
Updated post-composer layout to improve keyboard handling
Updated rendering of app icons in the settings menu
Improved handling of videos in the media viewer

v0.4.0.1

Added the first set of Widgets, This widget set allows configuring your own post feed
Added support for removing drafts from the draft history
Added option to disable comment listing modes, this is enabled by default.
Added scaled and controversial sort types to the default post sorting options
Added option to insert image from a URL in the markdown editor
Improved markdown editor to handle link and image insertion better. highlighted text will now pre-populate the link entry
Fixed jumpy behavior when selecting context text in comment replies
Fixed crash on first launch when opening an external url
Fixed voting in post feeds with vote buttons disabled, this will now update the cell appearance
Removed post feed action for opening Experimental SwiftUI view

v0.4.0

Added option to set the vote display style (separate, combined, none)
Added option to disable voting buttons in post cells
Added option to hide top and bottom bars while scrolling
Added the Mod Zone to the inbox view
- The unread badge will now include any unread reports and applications
Updated the markdown editor to render special markdown characters as muted
Updated the community selector to default to listing all communities when in guest mode
Fixed a crash that could occur when changing accounts
Fixed an issue with markdown badges where they could be wrapped over multiple lines
Fixed Lemmy user and community links not working after v0.3.0

Links

Website: getarctic.app
TestFlight: testflight.apple.com
AppStore: apps.apple.com
Issues: github.com
Community: !arctic@lemmy.world

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Arctic v0.3.x is out on TestFlight! (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 7 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Sorry for such a delay in posting release notes, I’ve been very busy the last few weeks, and almost all of my free time has been spent working on updates. Since my last release post, I’ve released v0.3.0, v0.3.1, v0.3.2.

Arctic gained quite a few new features in these releases. I’ll list off some of the most notable changes, and as alway you can find the full list of changes below.

v0.3.0 was primarily focused on markdown rendering improvements. I added support for Lemmy spoilers, subscript, superscript, highlights, and syntax highlighting. Code and blocks are now rendered with a styled background for better distinction.

v0.3.1 added an all new private messages view. Messages are now sorted into conversations, and displayed in a iMesages style feed. You can now edit, delete, and report private messages. This release also included forward navigation. If you swipe back in the navigation stack, you can swipe back forward and pickup where you left off. There is also a new action to quickly switch the post layout while viewing a feed.

v0.3.2 added options to hide read posts, and mark posts as read while scrolling. There a new post layout Headline which is a compact style that only displays the post title. I also improved the layout of other compact layouts. Reddit gallery links will now be rendered as regular image gallery posts.

I’ve also spent some time preparing the first AppStore release for Arctic. I just about have everything ready for submission, with only iPad previews left to design. I hope to submit the first release to the AppStore by the end of the month.

One last thing I would like to include in the first official release, is a new default icon for Arctic. I’ve tried my hand at a few icons now, and so far I’ve not found any that feel adequate. If anyone here is a graphic designer or digital artist, feel free to reach out to me.

v0.3.0 Changelog

Added support for new Markdown features to the Markdown Editor
Added a loading indicator for Lemmy Explorer
Added option to set the instance used for Guest Mode
Added font size preview when using the font size slider
Added appearance settings for adjusting the style of the top and bottom bars in Lemmy
Added a warning message that will show at the end of feeds if you're viewing a filtered feed eg: listing mode set to Local
Added a new preview controller when composing a post or comment
Updated Swimmy to use a single instance of Lemmy Api for all API calls
Updated the account switcher to use the applied font settings
Updated to save and restore listing mode when switching to/from guest mode
Updated Markdown rendering:
- Added support for syntax highlighting in code blocks
- Code blocks and inline code will now be rendered in a box
- Block quotes will now be rendered in a quote box
- Added support for ~subscript~ and ^superscript^
- Added support for ==highlight==
- Added support for Lemmy spoilers
- Added settings to adjust syntax highlighting behavior
- Added support for loading remote images inline
  - Note: This behavior is not enabled yet, I still have more work to do to support videos and animated images
Fixed issue where non-account cells could be reordered in account settings
Fixed Safari Open In extension causing a crash due to a previous update
Fixed Lemmy Explorer failing to load Communities
Fixed issue where the tab-bar profile title would not update for Guest Mode
Fixed an issue that could cause font size changes to not apply unless using the iPad layout
Fixed color themes not applying to the top and bottom bars immediately
Fixed issue where the listing mode could unnecessarily change when switching to guest mode
Fixed issue where changing the sorting/listing mode when viewing a post would not reload the feed if the feed was empty before changing

v0.3.1 Changelog

Added a new Private Messages controller similar to iMessage:
- Messages are now displayed in conversations based on the recipient
- You can now edit, delete, and report messages
Added forward navigation, swipe from the right edge of the screen to re-open previously open views
Added support for selecting text in the reply view context preview
Added an option to the Posts Feed action menu to quickly change the cell layout style
Added option to lock Arctic using biometrics (Face ID, Touch ID, Passcode), with an optional timeout before locking
Added a timestamp to inbox comment cells
Added additional support for internal Markdown customization (user settings coming soon)
Fixed issue with the Syntax Highlighting settings page, where the preview would render incorrectly on iOS 16+
Fixed issue where editing a post multiple times would not reflect the previous changes when re-opening the editor
Updated font size and color in generated initial icons
Updated the markdown editor to respond to font size changes

v0.3.2 Changelog

Added option to mark posts as read while scrolling
Added option to hide read posts in the home feed
Added option to hide read posts in community feeds
Added new post layout style Headline: a compact style that only shows the post title
Added support for fetching images from Reddit gallery links
Added support for viewing YouTube and Piped videos from opened posts
Added support for opening links in private messages
Added support for markdown [[BADGES]] (color defaults to red for now)
Added a delivered notifications manager for deleting notifications once they are read in-app (not enabled yet)
Added notification permissions status cell to notification settings, this is intended to assist users when encountering an error while enabling notifications
Updated unread count polling, polls now allow for threshold waiting to reduce network calls.
Updated support for inline HTML in markdown, HTML will now render with the correct font
Updated NSFW blur view layout
Updated HLS stream support to reduce stalling when playing streams
Updated post spacing for compact post layouts
Fixed media seek gestures blocking the navigation swipe gestures
Fixed forward navigation transition causing a zoom effect for some views
Fixed issue where canceling a navigation transition would clear the forward navigation stack
Fixed an issue preventing videos from opening in the media viewer when viewing a post
Fixed an issue where media gallery views could display duplicate images
Fixed issue allowing a link preview to be displayed in a media post
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the media viewer in rare cases
Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to open a URL that not http(s)
Fixed issue where animated images could display out of bounds when viewed in a paged media viewer
Fixed spoilers incorrectly indenting paragraphs after the first line
Fixed issue where selecting the active account in the account switcher would reload feeds
Updated support for parsing lemmy semantic versions

Links

Website: getarctic.app
TestFlight: testflight.apple.com

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Arctic v0.2.10 is out on TestFlight (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 8 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Happy holidays everyone!

I released Arctic v0.2.10 on TestFlight yesterday. Additionally I forgot to make a release post for v0.2.9 which released a little over a week ago.

v0.2.10

This release features a new Markdown editor, Anonymous Logging, support for new sorting modes, and addresses issues with expired jwt’s on the notification server.

I finally took the time in this release to implement logging using swift-log for cross-platform logging which is shared between Arctic, Swimmy, and the notification server. If you encounter any crashes, please include your logs by going to Settings>About>Arctic Logs. All logs are stored only on device, and don’t include any personal or sensitive information.

The account switcher also includes some new features. Each account now shows a badge indicating your unread notifications at a glance. It will also show a warning if you login session has expired. You can now set a default account, whenever you close or relaunch Arctic, the default account will be loaded.

The markdown editor toolbar has been redesigned. It now features a scrollable action list, and will be easier from me to expand on in the future.

v0.2.9

In this update, I improved the workflow for moderators with a new Mod Zone for accessing all your reports, mod-logs, and user applications. I also added a new section to the subscriptions list that shows all your moderated communities for easy access

Arctic finally supports opening links from other instances natively. For instance if you are browsing lemmy.world and open a link to a post on lemm.ee, Arctic will now resolve the link and open it on the instance you are browsing. In some cases this may fail, for instance if the link is to an instance that is blocked, in this case, it will be opened in the browser.

Most of the other changes in this version are minor tweaks to the UI and a couple of crash/bug fixes. You can read about all the changes in this version below.

Upcoming Changes

I’ve started working on a new markdown renderer using TextKit for a future release. This will offer much improved rendering for markdown. Thinks like embedded tables, code highlighting, backgrounds for blocks like block-quotes, and code. Support for tags, and spoilers, and in-line previews for links and images. This is very early in development and will likely not be released in the next several versions.

v0.2.10 Changelog

Added logging support, you can now find logs for arctic in settings (logs are anonymous and never leave your device)
Added a new Markdown toolbar to improve Markdown editing
Added support for Lemmy v0.19 sort modes (Controversial | Scaled)
Added support for showing taglines in Instance Sidebars
Added unread badges to the Account Switcher
Added the account name to the post composer to show what account you are posting from
Added support for inline HTML in rendered markdown
Added 3 new app icons
Added support for selecting a default account that will automatically be used when reopening Arctic
Added options to disable Account Switcher badges and warnings
Added support for parsing semantic versions to determine Lemmy instance versions
Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to load the duration of a video
Fixed more navigation bar layout issues on iOS 15
Fixed a layout issue in the LoginRefreshController
Fixed issue where arctic would attempt to fetch video thumbnails for unsupported video urls
Fixed upvote by pressing upvote label in comment cells
Fixed an issue where notification options could be reset after certain actions
Updated to use new features in Swimmy and removed some outdated backend code
Updated adding an image link to the post composer, the image will be loaded and displayed
Updated the post composer
Updated block-quote appearance in rendered markdown (quotes are now rendered as muted italic)
Improved the readability of popover views
Re-authenticating an account will now update your auth (jwt) on the notification server (if applicable)

v0.2.9 Changelog

Added a new Mod Zone for accessing:
- Mod Logs
- Reported Content
- User Applications
Added swipe action to subscriptions list view for unsubscribing
Added a moderator section to the subscriptions list view
Added support for video thumbnails in Grid Gallery views
Added a reply arrow to the reply composer to better indicate the context being replied to
Added support for tappable links in profile bios
Added support for accessing the community selector from inside post views
Added chevron to the navigation title view to indicate it's tap action
Added support for resolving urls from other instances
- Note: when opening a link to a post or comment that is not local to your instance, arctic will fetch the local instance url prior to opening the link. This should resolve most instances of lemmy urls being open in the in-app browser.
Updated the section header font size in the subscription list view
Updated the appearance of report, and mod reason controllers
Updated the subscriptions list view index slider to adjust to theme changes
Updated action menus community and moderator action menus
Updated url handling to attempt redirecting http traffic to https
Updated font size handling to support views presented over the main view
Updated the indentation width for child comments in comment threads
Updated about settings section
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the hue comment color theme
Fixed an issue where the inbox may fail to load all items in various sections
Fixed issue where the select text popup would not allow text selection
Fixed issue where arctic could attempt updating a view after its been dismissed, causing a crash
Fixed Lemmy Explorer failing to load instances due to API changes

Links

Website: getarctic.app
TestFlight: testflight.apple.com

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Arctic v0.2.8 is out with updated support for Lemmy v0.19 (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 9 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Arctic v0.2.8 released on TestFlight yesterday. The biggest change in this version is updated support for Lemmy v0.19. I noticed d that several lemmy instances have already updated to v0.19 RC, so I wanted to get this release out as soon as possible.

I also finally added support for overriding the default system font size, and an option to open links in the default browser, or in reader mode.

I finally tracked down a long standing bug that would cause crashes for many users when exiting a post view, or shortly after doing so.

Coming up next in v0.2.9

In the next release I’ve added an all new Mod Zone for quick access to all your mod/admin tools. You can view all your reports, or mod-logs per community. I also added Admin support for managing new user applications.

You can now access your moderated communities in a new section on the subscriptions view, and you can also swipe to unsubscribe from communities.

I’m working on a few more QoL updates before rolling out the next release

v0.2.8 change-log

Updated support for Lemmy v0.19 - Note: Not all of the new features are supported yet, though all of Arctic's current features should be supported
Added support for customizing the font size in Arctic
Added the instance Lemmy version to the sidebar
Added link options: - Open in default browser - Open in reader mode
Added support for editing Community Watchers
Added a new App Icon
Fixed issue where the community selector search did not respect the sorting mode
Fixed Lemmy Explorer failing to load communities
Fixed issue where the application badge would not update immediately after changing notification settings
Fixed an issue with image loading that could cause a crash when exiting a post view
Updated post composer to pre-select the open community when using the long-press gesture
Updated in-app Safari to use Arctic's tint color
Updated Arctic's theme support

Arctic Push Notifications

Added support for updating community notification
Added support for notification sounds
Added support for running on a local machine for debugging
Added support for sending local-urls in notifications
Added collapse identifiers to notifications, in the off chance a duplicate notification is sent, it will be collapsed with the previous one
Fixed incorrect parsing of dates in community notifications
Fixed an issue that would cause registration application notifications to send repeatedly until they were all approved
Updated badge notifications to update less frequently, and improve reliability
Updated support for Lemmy v0.19
Updated the format of sent notifications to improve client-side parsing support

Links

Website: getarctic.app
TestFlight: testflight.apple.com

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Arctic Push Notifications are finally here! (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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I know updates have been comming slow the last few weeks, though I have been hard at work writing a push notification server for Arctic. You can now enable push notifications in settings on a per-account basis. Push notifications currently include Post and Comment replies, as well as Private Messages.

Whats to come: I’m currently working on adding support for more granular notification options. Such as disabling certain types of notifications like Private Messages. I am also working on setting up more notification types such as :

Username Mentions
Community Watchers
Mod Reports
User Applications

About the notification service. In order to provide push notifications, your account auth token (jwt) needs to be uploaded to the server. This is required in order to fetch content from your Lemmy account on your behalf. These tokens remain valid until you logout of Arctic, or change your password. No identifying data is collected for notifications, only a device token that Apple uses to forward the notifications to your device. When disabling notifications in Arctic, your auth and device token will be purged from the server.

Will push notifications be subscription based?

Running a notification server does cost money. While builing Arctic, I’ve always had the goal of keeping all features free for everyone in the spirit of the fediverse. With that said, I have been trying to come up with a modal that would allow me to add notifications without locking them behind a paywall.

I decided to offer basic notifications as a free service allowing everyone access to replies, messages, and mentions. Advanced notifications such as community watchers, Mod, and Admin notifications, there will be a small subscription fee.

I have not settled on pricing for for the subscription just yet. I’ll be offering these notifications for free during TestFlight beta testing.

v0.2.6 Release

Though this version is as primarily focused on push notifications, I also addressed a few other issues, and added a few features.

Arctic now has a Safari Extension, this extension allows you to open any Lemmy url from safari in Arctic. You can configure the extension to automatically open the page in Arctic, or add a banner to the top of the page so you can open the page in Arctic. The rest of the changes were primarily minor bug fixes.

v0.2.6.1 Release

This was simply a hotfix for a loading issue introduced in v0.2.6 that caused issues loading link previews, and scroll performance issues.

v0.2.6.1 Changelog

Reverted some crash fixes from v0.2.6 that would cause link loading to fail, and scroll performance degradation.

v0.2.6 Changelog

Added support for Account Notifications
Added "Open In Arctic" Safari extension
Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when parsing certain urls
Fixed Post Compose View "Post" button not restoring after an error occurred
Added a warning that shows when trying to submit a post without a title
Fixed comment Scroll To Selection not always scrolling to the correct position
Fixed comment separators not properly displaying on all comments
Fixed comment highlighting not showing
Fixed issue that could cause post titles to be cropped vertically when viewing an image post
Fixed media viewer status bar not behaving correctly in some cases
Fixed media viewer action buttons not showing when viewing a gallery
Added swipe actions for voting in the inbox
Fixed community feed action menu icons
Added App Icon selection settings (only 2 icons at the moment)
~~Fixed some crashes that would occur randomly for some users due to tableview updates~~ (reverted in v0.2.6.1)
Fixed moderated communities view not displaying communities when viewing profiles other than your own
Fixed "Scroll To Top" tab bar action not always completing

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Arctic v0.2.5 release notes (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 10 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Arctic v0.2.5 is now out on TestFlight. This is a small update with just a few fixes and new features.

I’ve added an option to convert YouTube links to Piped. YouTube has a lot of restrictions in accessing direct links to videos, thus embedding YouTube videos in-line is unreliable at best unless using Web views which I do not plan on doing. Piped on the other hand is very simple to work with and embedded videos is simple and achievable. This initial implementation does have issues, namely videos may fail to load due to cloudflair on Piped instances. For this reason I’ve added a load balancing option for attempting to distribute Piped requests across several Piped instances.

I’ve also added swipe gestures configuration options for choosing your own actions in post/comment swipe menus. I also included a fix for the new swipe gestures being unusable on some cells.

Link post images are finally fixed for compact post cells, sorry that took so long. I also included some inbox improvements, so now the inbox will properly update once you’ve replied to a message or comment. You can also manually refresh the inbox.

You can see the full list of changes below.

v0.2.5 changes

Comment usernames are in bold now for readability
Added option to convert YouTube links to Piped links (post feed only)
Added option to select which piped instance is used for inline video
Update the post feed title according to the listing type
Updated the elasticity of swipe action gestures
Updated settings icons
Added swipe gesture customization options
Fixed link images not loading when using compact post layout
Inbox now updates when replying to a comment
Added support for refreshing the inbox

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Arctic v0.2.4 release notes (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 10 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Arctic v0.2.4 is is out on TestFlight. This update is primarily focused on new features. I’ve added a few highly requested features. Firstly, a new comment jump button, for jumping between top level comments (tap for next comment, long press for previous comment). I’ve finally taken the time to implement distance based swipe actions, rather than the native swipe drawer. If you prefer the old drawer style, this can still be enabled in settings. Another exciting feature in this version is support for piped.video links. These links will now properly display metadata previews, and I also added an option to play Piped videos in-line in the posts feed.

Some other notable changes in this version include:

Support for HLS video streams in the media player
Options to limit image height in posts for managing large image sizes

The remainder of the changes are rather minor, and you can see the full change-log below.

v0.2.4 changes

Added a jump button to the comments section
Added new swipe action design, this is consistent with other apps behavior where actions are triggered based on distance, rather than opening a drawer. This is optional, an the original style is available in settings.
Added image height options for post cells to constrain the maximum image height
Added support for loading Piped video metadata, and playing Piped videos inline
Added support for playing HLS (m3u8) streams
Added the account username in the comment composer to see which account you are composing from
Added auto-complete when typing an instance url in the Login view
Added support for reordering the account list
Added support for following communities from Lemmy Explorer
Added experimental support for saving comment drafts
Added prompt to login when opening the post/comment composer
Fixed some issues with theme colors not applying in certain areas
Fixed issue where swiping a post with an image would not work
Fixed login button issues in the login controller
Adjusted the colors of red posts to better distinguish between title an body
Sharing post, or comment urls now shares the url to the local instance rather than the remote url for the content

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Arctic release notes (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 10 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Arctic v0.2.2 and v0.2.3 has been released on TestFlight. I’m slacking a little and did not post about the v0.2.2 release. These are both smaller releases without many major changes. I’ve been trying to keep the updates a little smaller than usual, so I can release them faster.

v0.2.2

To summarize v0.2.2, this was mostly geared towards moderation tools. I redesigned the ModLog and added some convenience actions for moderators such as an Undo feature for mod actions. I fixed several crashes, and issues to do with the mod tools released in v0.2.1. For users I added support for sharing videos from the media viewer without needing to save them first. Fixed a crash when changing accounts that was introduced in the previous version. You can read more about this release in the changelog below.

v0.2.3

As for v0.2.3, this was a much smaller release that was mainly intended to fix a parsing issue with Lemmy Explorer. However I also added a couple cool new features. Finally some app theming support, you can now customize Arctics tint color, and comment colors. I also added a comment feed view for viewing your instance comments out of context similar to the web UI. You can also access this for individual communities, however several instances hav this temporary disabled due to performance issues. For mods, I added support for removing entire comment threads, I’ve seen this requested by several mods across lemmy. I also added the ability for admins to purge content from the database.

Upcoming changes

Refined theming support, a few areas were overlooked in the initial release.
A new comment jump button, for quickly navigating between top level comments
All new swipe action design that triggers actions based on distance rather than the current drawer style actions, of course if you prefer the current style, you can use that instead.
Comment and Post drafts so you can pick up where you left off if you dismiss the compose view.

v0.2.3 Changelog

Added App color themes
Added Comment color themes
Added Remove Thread mod action for removing entire comment threads
Added comment action to preview the comments parent
Added Comment list controller for viewing community comments
Fixed parsing issue when viewing Lemmy Explorer communities list
Added Admin purge (comment, user, post) actions to mod menu (note: for now, this is only enabled on communities moderated by the admin)

v0.2.2 Changelog

Added stats to Lemmy Explorer instance list
Added large number formatting eg: 1.2K vs 1200
Added support for sharing videos without needing to save them first
Added support for filtering by all in the Mod Log
Added Mod Log quick actions including an undo option for moderators
Added community Mod Log shortcut to community action menu
Added option to display user avatar as the profile tab icon
Added backend support for instance blocking on Lemmy v0.19
Added support for authentication on Lemmy v0.19
Open In Browser now opens links using your active instance, rather than the original instance
Rewrote Upload History controller
Redesigned Mod Log cells
Fixed profile comments being in incorrect order
Fixed Lemmy Explorer timestamps not displaying
Fixed a crash when refreshing the reports list
Fixed a crash when (un)resolving a post report
Fixed cell highlighting issue in the Mod Log
Fixed a potential crash when performing mod actions
Fixed a potential crash when changing accounts
Updated date formatting to support upcoming Lemmy v0.19
Updated post cell layout, and tweaked design for readability
Updated settings icons
Updated subscriptions title index to no longer require a long press to activate

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Arctic v0.2.1 is now available on TestFlight (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 11 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5508813

Arctic v0.2.1 is now available for testing on TestFlight!

Sorry for the delay with this update, it took longer than I had originally planned. I’ve had a busy couple or weeks, and have not had as much time as usual to work on Arctic. Additionally this update was larger than past updates, with larger features and more commits than any of the previous updates. In the future I will try and keep the updates coming more frequently,

Notable new features

This update comes packed with some exciting new features. Arctic now has support for iPad layouts (split view, slide over, full screen). This is still a work in progress and will improve in future releases. Collapsible comment chains are finally supported, tap or swipe any comment to collapse it’s content and children. Mod tools have also joined the party! You can access mod actions when viewing content from any community you moderate. Just open the action menu for any post or comment for quick access to (ban user, remove content, speak as a mod, feature or lock a post). You can also review and resolve user reported content in the new Mod Zone accessible from the sidebar, and community action menu.

Mod tools and iPad support are still a work in progress and any feedback on theses features is more that welcome.

Less notable new features

Arctic now has Lemmy Explorer (lemmyverse.net) built in. This allows for browsing and searching thousands of instances and communities inside Arctic. Currently, you can access this through Lemmy Explorer in settings. However, I’m working on integrating lemmyverse databases directly in the Search tab, and in the Community browser to allow for better search results, and increase community discovery.

Media viewer action buttons are working now, not much to explain here. You can now vote, share, save, open in browser, etc directly from the media viewer.

Upcoming features

Better iPad support. I plan to add support for 3 column layout, and a context aware sidebar. I’m also working on adding support for multiple windows, so you can browse multiple accounts, or use mod tools while browsing etc. this may take some time and likely won’t be coming in the next release.

Mod tool improvements. Better UI support for moderation, currently the UI doesn’t properly update for all mod actions. Additional convenience actions for mods, such as speak as mod, and feature posts etc before submitting the post/comment.

Comments feed, view instance or community comments in a feed similar to the posts feed, this is to match the web UI.

Chat mode for comments. Disables hierarchical comments to view comments with absolute sorting. Additionally, child comments of deleted or removed comments are not shown.

Adaptive layout. Currently long usernames, or deep nested comments, etc cause some wonky UI, where elements will overlap. I’m working on adding better support in these cases to allow the UI to adapt.

Accessibility improvements. Voiceover should already be working fairly well, however there are a lot of areas for improvement. I’m working on going through the whole UI to ensure all elements are properly supported.

State synchronization. I know I’ve mentioned this before, and I haven’t gotten to this yet. I have a pretty good idea of. How I’m going to handle this, it’s going to take some time to implement though.

Customizable swipe actions. Adding support for user customizable swipe actions. This will also come with distance based triggers rather than the current drawer style swipe actions.

Until next time

As always, thanks to everyone for testing Arctic and providing feedback. We still have a fairly small community here, and I would like to increase engagement, so everyone feel free to post any feedback or suggestions here.

V0.2.1 changes

v0.2.1

Added support for collapsable comment chains
Added split-view iPad layout support (also supported on full size iPhones)
Added option to select app layout (iPhone, iPad)
Added Moderation options to post and comment action menus (must be a moderator for the community)
Added Mod Zone for viewing post/comment reports, and resolving them
Added Lemmy Explorer for browsing communities/instances
Added support for uploading images from the Files app
Added support for loading video thumbnails (WIP)
Added option to save, copy, or open in browser any media
Added swipe actions to the posts feed
Added option to select text from the detailed post view
Added support for refreshing the profile page
Added open in browser option to community feeds
Added alert for viewing detailed account score, and account age
Redesigned settings page, and organized options
Increased the posts feed page size
Optimized image loading, and memory usage
Refactored the profile view and added support for viewing save comments
Fixed posts with no comments not displaying a no comments message
Fixed issue that could cause community feeds not to load on certain instance
Fixed issue where canceling an image upload would result in an infinite loading screen
Fixed crash when deleting an image from the Upload Manager
Fixed search bars on iOS 16 to match the layout of iOS 15
Fixed layout issues after device rotation
Fixed media viewer action buttons not working
Fixed issue where posts would fail to load due to unencoded urls (matrix urls)
Fixed crash that could occur when submitting a new post/comment
Fixed sidebar banners displaying the icon rather than the banner
Fixed comment reports opening a post report
Fixed alerts displaying underneath the media viewer
Fixed moderator list in profiles always displaying your own moderator list rather than the selected user
Fixed crash that would occur when adding or changing accounts
Fixed delated/removed comments always displaying "deleted by creator"

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Arctic v0.2.1 is now available on TestFlight (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 11 months ago by CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world to c/arctic@lemmy.world