talk-android/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning. Types of changes can be: Added/Changed/Deprecated/Removed/Fixed/Security

[20.0.0] - 2024-09-14

Added

• Offline support for conversations list and chat
• Federated calls
• Allow banning users and guests
• Open internal links for files app from any screen
• Show conversation description in chat and when listing open conversations

Changed

• New workflow for conversation creation

Fixed

• Connection fails with wired internet
• Minor bugs

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/85?closed=1

[19.0.1] - 2024-05-23

Fixed

• Wrong availability of "leave conversation" and "delete conversation"
• Chats jump to last message instead to first unread message
• Sent text from "share to" feature is set repeatedly for text input
• Shared files from Nextcloud fail to open Nextcloud files app
• Minor bugs

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/83?closed=1

[19.0.0] - 2024-04-23

Added

• Federated conversations
• Message editing

Changed

• Updated file icons

Fixed

• Participants in conversation info screen are missing
• Flickering appbar when scrolling conversation list
• Call notification screen is sometimes incomplete/unresponsive
• Polls won't open
• Note to self icon is not shown for languages other than english
• Minor bugs

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/81?closed=1

[18.1.0] - 2024-03-12

Added

• Diagnosis screen (in advanced settings. incl. share option to create new issue)
• Show warnings if notification settings are not set correctly
• Grouping for upload notifications (@parneet-guraya)
• Stop media playback when switching output device (@parneet-guraya)
• Avoid multiple media playbacks (@parneet-guraya)
• Add "Add to notes" in message options
• Cursor position is saved in message drafts
• Share message text to other apps
• Support Android 14
• Janus 1.x support

Fixed

• App permanently sends speaking data channel message
• Back button closes app when forwarding a message

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/79?closed=1

[18.0.1] - 2023-12-22

Fixed

• Voice messages sometimes fail to playback

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/75?closed=1

[18.0.0] - 2023-12-11

Added

• File captions
• Note To Self
• Recording consent
• Share files by long press context menu (@Smarshal21)
• Save files to storage (@FaribaKhandani)
• Show active call in chat with accept call buttons

Fixed

• Not possible to delete voice, video, image, contact and location messages (@Smarshal21)
• Hide "unread mention" bubble in search mode (@sowjanyakch)
• Call notification screen remains open
• Minor bug fixes (@parneet-guraya et al.)

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/75?closed=1

[17.1.3] - 2023-11-17

Fixed

• Login via Active Directory fails when using Umlauts in username
• Crash when guest without name joins a call
• Chat messages disappear on initial configuration change (e.g. screen rotation)

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/78?closed=1

[17.1.2] - 2023-10-19

Fixed

• Fix to play voice messages
• Fix to send voice message after recording was stopped to re-listen
• Fix emoji size in markdown headers
• minor bug fixes

Changed

• message reminder: TimePicker format matches locale of device
• removed Android Auto support for now

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/76?closed=1

[17.1.0] - 2023-09-15

Added

• Markdown support
• Group system messages
• Set reminders for messages
• List open conversations
• Call duration visible while in a call
• Filter for unread / mentioned conversations
• Continuous recording of voice messages
• Android Auto support
• Keep message drafts
• Show status icon in chatview
• Send indicator that user is speaking when being in a call

Fixed

• Media playback does not retain state (@parneet-guraya)
• minor bug fixes

Changed

• Adjust app icon size for notifications (@Smarshal21)

Minimum: Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/71?closed=1

[17.0.2] - 2023-07-24

Fixed

• Fix establishing of call connection to High Performance Backend when rejoining call

Minimum: NC 14 Server, Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/73?closed=1

[17.0.1] - 2023-07-07

Fixed

• Avoid crash when opening conversations (happened when OpenAI translations were enabled)
• Avoid loading conversations screen multiple times after login when multiple accounts are used
• Fix phone book integration
• Minor fixes

Changed

• new UI for Settings screen

Minimum: NC 14 Server, Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/72?closed=1

[17.0.0] - 2023-06-12

Added

• Typing indicator (requires NC27 and high performance backend)
• Conversation avatars (requires NC27)
• Reactions in calls (requires NC27)
• Translate chat messages (requires NC27 and translation provider)
• Group mentions in a conversation
• Set conversation description

Fixed

• Avatars gone in conversation list (e.g. after screen rotation)

Minimum: NC 14 Server, Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/70?closed=1

[16.0.1] - 2023-04-21

Fixed

• Fix to scroll to first unread message
• Rare crashes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/69?closed=1

[16.0.0] - 2023-03-20

Added

• Call recording support (requires NC26, HPB + recording server)
• Breakout rooms support (requires NC26 + HPB)
• Raise hand
• Scroll to bottom button in chat (@rapterjet2004)
• Scroll to quoted messages on tap (@rapterjet2004)

Fixed

• Display duplicated chatmessages
• Chatmessages not being displayed
• Broken "mention" design when groupname contains emoji
• Avatars/Images not being displayed in some cases
• Fix theming of set status dialog buttons
• Fix call buttons size for landscape mode
• Rare crashes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/65?closed=1

[15.1.2] - 2023-02-17

Added

• Show raised hands of remote participants

Changed

• Better voice message recording quality

Fixed

• Missing author in group conversations
• Missing file thumbnails in "share from Nextcloud"
• Repair multiple actions when switching account via notification
• Missing "back" button when opening chat by notification
• Rare crashes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/67?closed=1

[15.1.1] - 2023-01-18

Fixed

• Missing file icons in chat
• "Random" crashes
• Call connections

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/66?closed=1

[15.1.0] - 2023-01-12

Added

• Support latest emojis
• Localize time formatting

Changed

• Android 6 required
• Improvements to calls

Fixed

• Crash on startup because of Unknown color
• The video of the first remote participant is eventually disabled
• Show notifications for missed calls and improve duration for ringing
• Too hard to react with already given reactions
• Crash when joining call when ringtone is set to silent

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/61?closed=1

[15.0.3] - 2022-12-15

Fixed

• App crash on startup when having multiple accounts
• Accounts seem to disappear
• Wrong conversation title / conversation title sometimes switches

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/64?closed=1

[15.0.2] - 2022-12-01

Fixed

• Fail to show user status in conversation list in some scenarios
• Fail to upload files on some devices
• Fail to pick avatar from local gallery
• Minor call issues

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/63?closed=1

[15.0.1] - 2022-10-19

Fixed

• Defect translations for regions like de_AT

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/62?closed=1

[15.0.0] - 2022-10-17

Added

• Simple polls (Talk 15 required on server)
• Direct video upload
• Show upload notification with progress bar for files >1MB
• Server theming
• Handle expiring messages (Talk 15 required on server)
• Respect permissions set by moderators
• Account chooser for "share to Nextcloud"
• Link previews (Talk 15 required on server)

Changed

• Update design to Material 3
• Move allow guests preferences to conversation info

Fixed

• Load higher resolution avatars in conversation list
• Upload large files

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/59?closed=1

[14.2.0] - 2022-08-31

Added

• Tabs for deck cards, locations and other objects in shared items view
• "Mark as read" via notification
• Create new profile avatar image with camera

Changed

• Load higher resolution avatars in conversation list

Fixed

• Fail to open newly created conversation
• Starting a call from chat screen crashes
• Rare crashes during swipe left for reply to a message

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/57?closed=1

[14.1.1] - 2022-08-15

Fixed

• Swipe left for reply to a message
• Multiple minor issues

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/58?closed=1

[14.1.0] - 2022-07-18

Added

• Search within messages
• Quick reply via notification (@starypatyk)

Changed

• Scroll to oldest unread message when opening a conversation

Fixed

• No conversations loaded when user status app is limited to groups (server setting)
• Minor bugfixes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/52?closed=1

[14.0.2] - 2022-05-13

Added

• Handling for "event.participants.update.all" from HPB

Fixed

• Multiple NPE
• Reactions option for deleted messages and commands are shown
• Always show reaction count (not only > 1)
• Reactions option shown in read-only conversations

For a full list, please see https: https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/55?closed=1

[14.0.1] - 2022-05-03

• fix app crashes when UI isn't available anymore
• fix to load conversations when servers status app is disabled

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/54?closed=1

[14.0.0] - 2022-05-02

Added

• emoji message reactions
• set own user status / show user status of others
• show shared items of a conversation
• search for open conversations
• mark conversation as read
• select audio output for calls
• choose notification sounds by android settings (starypatyk)
• share contact from attachment dialog

Fixed

• call connection from android to web sometimes fail on HPB
• top bar partially hidden when typing message
• can't open chat view from notification (starypatyk)
• minor fixes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/50?closed=1

[13.0.0] - 2021-11-29

Added

• set own user status / show user status of others
• search for open conversations
• mark conversation as read (@AndyScherzinger)
• select audio output for calls
• choose notification sounds by android settings (@starypatyk)
• share contact from attachment dialog

Fixed

• top bar remains fully visible when typing message
• minor fixes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/50?closed=1

[12.2.1] - 2021-09-02

• clear chat history (as moderator)
• forward text messages
• RTL support

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/45?closed=1

[12.1.2] - 2021-07-16

• fix to share link from chrome
• make links clickable in conversation description
• minor fixes

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/47?closed=1

[12.1.1] - 2021-07-09

Fixed

• fix crash on startup (happened for some older Nextcloud server versions)
• fix to receive notifications when using Nextcloud server 22
• fix background of send button (when server version is <22)
• minor fixes

[12.1.0] - 2021-07-06

Added

• "share to Nextcloud Talk" from other apps
• location sharing (requires Talk 12 on server)
• voice messages (requires Talk 12 on server)
• open files inside app (jpg, .png, .gif, .mp3, .mp4, .mov, .wav, .txt, .md)
  • other data types are opened with external apps if they are able to handle it
• edit profile information and privacy settings
• add grid view for calls, make own video movable
• improve vcard support

Changed

• improve conversation list design and dark/light theming (@AndyScherzinger)
• introduce new dark/light toolbar/searchbar design (@AndyScherzinger)
• improve login screen design (@AndyScherzinger)
• improve content/toolbar alignments (@AndyScherzinger)
• various design improvements (@AndyScherzinger)

Fixed

• @ in username is allowed for phonebook sync
• avoid sync when phonebook is empty
• avoid creation of multiple "chat via"-links in phonebook
• delete "chat via"-link from phonebook if phone number was deleted on server
• remove all "chat via"-links from phonebook when sync is disabled
• fix to show avatars for incoming pictures in group chats (@starypatyk)
• do not allow selecting files in files browser that are not allowed to be reshared
• fix to show all file previews
• don't keep screen enabled in chat view
• fix logfile flooding (Too much storage was used when the app was offline and a high performance backend is used)

[11.1.0] - 2021-03-12

Added

• add ability to enter own phone number when address book sync is enabled

Fixed

• show links for deck-cards

[11.0.0] - 2021-02-23

Added

• upload files from local storage
• delete messages (requires Talk 11.1 on server)
• UI-improvements for call screens
• new ringtone for outgoing calls