This is the first pre-release for Thunder v0.2.1+13!

Be fully prepared to know that these pre-release versions may contain major bugs which could cause Thunder to crash or behave unexpectedly.

There’s been quite a few changes, additions, and tweaks to Thunder overall. There have also been some changes under the hood to improve the overall development experience, so please do try to test everything that you can!

Here’s the full change log so far:

Added

• Added swipe gesture to toggle read/unread status on posts - contribution from @micahmo
• Added option to enable/disable text post indicator on compact view - contribution from @micahmo
• Added improvements to link previews to be more stable, and to work more often - contribution from @micahmo
• Added instance icons in account selection - contribution from @micahmo
• Image viewer supports double-tap and slide zoom - contribution from @CTalvio
• Improvements to image viewer to be more reliable with gesture controls, and overall UI fixes - contribution from @CTalvio
• Added an option to disable FABs in feed/post page - contribution from @ajsosa
• Added customization of nested comment indicators - contribution from @micahmo
• Added ability to delete comment on long press - contribution from @vbh
• Improvements to CI/development workflow
• Added ability to view comment context when tapping on your own comment from profile - contribution from @ajsosa

Changed

• Going back from a selected community in the sidebar will bring you back to the feed view - contribution from @micahmo
• Minor tweaks to toast notification when blocking communities - contribution from @micahmo
• Changed to default feed type to be “All” rather than “Local” - contribution from @micahmo
• Optimization improvements to comment cards and calculating published/edited time - contribution from @ajsosa
• Improved UI navigation experience when logging in - contribution from @micahmo
• Posts no longer have the reply swipe gesture
• Improved about page to add in-app navigation to lemmy community, and update to GitHub url - contribution from @micahmo
• Improvements to community navigation from links - contribution from @micahmo
• Updated README with Google Play Store links - contribution from @micahmo
• Increased relevance of default community search - contribution from @machinaeZER0
• Improved Gesture settings UI to be more clear - contribution from @CTalvio

Fixed

• Fixed issue where comment thread would show spinning indicator even after all comments have been loaded - contribution from @ajsosa
• Fixed minor UI issue where the screen would switch from light-dark-light on app startup - contribution from @micahmo
• Fixed duplicate post regression - contribution from @ajsosa
• Fixed a couple of performance issues with constant widget rebuilding - contribution from @ajsosa
• Fixed swipe action icons not showing properly when on 2-column view - contribution from @ajsosa
• Fixed issue where interacting with saved posts from profile was throwing an error - contribution from @micahmo
• Fixed issue where markdown preview was not working when creating a post - contribution from @micahmo