We’ve released a new build to all TestFlight groups. This update brings a brand new media viewer, lots of moderator tools, and a host of smaller features and bugfixes.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Features

• Overhauled the media viewer:
  • Replaced the sheet popup with a fullscreen viewer
  • Videos with audio now play audio. Default muting behavior can be set in Settings -> General -> Mute Videos
  • Tapping animated media now pauses instead of stops
  • Media viewer can be swiped up or down to dismiss
  • Optimized webp handling
• Added moderator and administrator tools:
  • Admins can now purge communities, posts, comments, and users
  • Admins can now remove communities
  • Admins and moderators can now ban users
  • Added a setting to always show all moderator actions in feed (Settings -> Moderation -> Show All Actions in Feed)
• Overhauled the sort picker:
  • Streamlined the default sorting options
  • Improved the layout of “top” sort options
  • Shown sorting options can be customized from the “More” menu of the sort picker
• Improved comment UX:
  • Comments in feeds (e.g., profile or Saved) now show post context
  • Added a “Max comment depth” setting, which controls how many comments are shown in a thread before the “More Replies” prompt
  • Comment threads now expand inline
  • Added a setting to toggle tapping comments to collapse them
• Infinite feed loading can now be disabled (Settings -> General -> Infinite Scroll).
• The save icon is now shown in compact posts
• Added the “Swipe Anywhere to Navigate” setting (Settings -> General). When enabled, swiping anywhere on the page will trigger navigation. This feature can only be used if swipe actions are disabled.
• Blocked users, communities, and instances can now be viewed in Settings -> Account -> Block List
• Image uploads that fail because the image is too large now show an “image too large” error instead of a generic one
• Refined the OLED theme
• User token is no longer shown in error toast
• Added the option to nickname accounts (Settings -> Account -> Local Options)
• Added a button to delete all favorited communities (Settings -> Account -> Local Options)
• The downvote button is now hidden on instances with downvotes disabled
• Added infinite loading to the inbox
• Added full profile editing
• Added cake day and new account status to person, community, and instance details
• Added Admin, Bot, and Mlem Developer flairs to the profile page
• Updated the design of several components

Bug Fixes

• Fixed links sometimes opening in Safari on iPad
• Fixed comments sometimes not being ordered correctly on instances running Lemmy v0.18
• Fixed an issue where all accounts were removed from the app if a keychain token was not found
• Fixed guest account “last used” date not always being set correctly
• Fixed image upload failure not being displayed in the frontend
• Tapping a community in the sidebar on iPad while not at the root level view now works correctly
• Fixed image filenames not being preserved when saved or shared
• “Select Text” and “Report” no longer show on deleted posts and comments
• Fixed user/community labels and easy-tap links animating incorrectly when scrolling the feed
• Fixed animated profile pictures being covered by an untappable play button (note that they do not animate at this time).

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2024-12-20 Patch

• Fixed inbox not loading correctly when toggling unread filter
• Fixed comments not loading when opening post from link

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