If you've been on beta you've probably already seen some of this as I worked out bugs and other issues. But in general the top line is there's been some major re-architecture of the app which should let it feel even snappier and more performant than before. I've also added Image Gallery support, so now any post with multiple images in the body will auto-collapse into one image gallery. This is configurable in the settings if you prefer to see all of the images as well. I've also taken Horizontal swiping on posts out of 'Experimental' and it should handle pagination and backing-out more gracefully.
Galleries and video playback now work better and load in the right resolutions, images and thumbnails behave consistently, and animations feel smoother. I also made caching and performance improvements which should reduce stutters and stale content.
If you have any feature requests please let me know :)
TL;DR Changes (versions 287–301)
Media & galleries: added image galleries and video support in galleries; fixed uploaded images not showing, full-resolution image loading, tall-thumbnail aspect-ratio preservation, alt-text display, and various image preload/load timeouts and error-handling improvements.
Playback & UI: added video autoplay countdown animation, removed small image animation delays, improved community search relevance, adjusted image animation timing, and smoothed swipe-to-close behavior.
Caching & performance: fixed multiple comment/post caching issues (including edits showing cached content), introduced a setting to control max cache size, improved comment rendering performance, reduced memory leaks, and generally improved scroll feel and pagination.
Offline, federation & reliability: added offline fallback for community pages, federation detection for comments, enhanced error messages, fixed gray-screen and other stability issues, and reverted/adjusted settings storage to improve reliability.
Permissions, downloads & validation: improved Android permission handling for downloads, added file validation for downloaded images, and implemented download timeout and retry logic.
Misc UI & quality-of-life: added a bug report button, adjusted Export button placement, fixed bottom-sheet and external-link behaviors, made reply text selectable, fixed thumbnails not being clickable, and other small layout/typo fixes.
Full Changelog
Added:
Video support in galleries
Bug report button in settings overflow
Setting to control max cache size
Video autoplay countdown animation
Support for image galleries (post customization)
Offline fallback mode for community pages
Improved image error handling
Improved Android permission handling for downloads
Federation detection for comments (warning when not federated)
Enhanced error messages across the app
Post refresh now clears related caches (comments, scroll position, sort preferences)
File validation for downloaded images (format checks, size limits)
Download timeout & retry handling (improved)
Improved permission dialogs for denied storage access
Better logging for download/image debugging
Image dimension capping refactor (maintain aspect ratio for tall images)
Fixed:
Uploaded images not showing in Create Post
Image preloading hanging (added timeout)
Small delay when animating images
Images not loading in full resolution
Subscribed communities sometimes not loading
Edited posts showing cached content
Small memory leak when creating a comment
Text not selectable when replying
Bottom sheet compass button issue
Opening links in external browser issue
Comment caching problems on posts
Comment caching on certain posts
Post page being cut off by app bar
List view media/external browser issue
Quick changing post type in post page view
Spoiler font colour not following user text colour
Regression in spoiler color setting
Swipe-to-close post smoothness
Alt text displaying instead of post title
Android permission safety before downloading images
Export button placement
Incorrect DB usage in some flows
Settings storage revert/clarity ('s' or 'db' indicator)
Thumbnails in list view not clickable
App freeze when limiting thumbnail heights
Images in galleries showing thumbnails instead of fulls
Comments caching too much
Editing a post showing wrong community
Loading icon stuck when replying to comments
Tall thumbnails blurry (aspect ratio preservation)
Post refresh briefly showing "no comments" during loading
Drawer search Enter key not working
SocketException errors exposed to users in offline mode
Community header not showing in offline moderated list
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lemmy.ca
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