Mastodon 2024.4

version 2024.4

Apr 18, 2024
Version 2024.4
Hello! Hello and welcome to another version of hand-written release notes for Mastodon for iOS. This time it's the 2024.4-release and we're working hard to keep up the schedule: One release per month! Just kiddin. Truth to be told: We're basically a bunch of lazy people but from time to time we think: Well, we should ship another release. And then we work really, REALLY hard to make the Mastodon-app better. And this is why the 2024.4-version contains this:

- We (hopefully!) improved the polls! Voting and poll creation should be much smoother and way more stable now. Give it a try and ask those nice and helpful people on Mastodon what to have for dinner tonight! (IOS-181)
- New month, new me! We updated the designs of the Home-screen, you can switch between your local community-timeline and the people you're following. We also updated the little indicator (we call it: Pill) that shows if there are new posts or if that toot was sent. Let us know how you like those changes! (IOS-234, IOS-235)
- We also updated how we present the timestamp and other meta-information of a post (IOS-232)
- Under the Explore-tab, we improved the interface which lets you choose between the most popular posts and other things to explore (IOS-237)
- Remember that we added Domain-blocking a few releases ago? Turns out: You could block the community you're part of. This wasn't intended at all and we just missed that, sorry and thanks for reporting! (GH-1269)
- We added a new visibility option to post. It's called either "Unlisted" or "Quiet public" and modernized the icons for those different options. (GH-1271)
- Temporarily we turned off haptic feedback. But same as with the community timeline or a famous killing machine: I(t) will be back! (IOS-247)
- Last, but not least we tweaked how the number of people is presented. (GH-1266)

You see: Lots of new bits and pieces to improve the Mastodon-experience step by step. And we will keep making it better. Thank you so much for supporting us and using Mastodon and enjoy the rest of this day and week and month and year and so on!

version 2024.3

Mar 23, 2024
Version 2024.3
Hello and welcome to the release notes of the 2024.03-version of Mastodon for iOS. We're working hard to fix the bugs we introduced a few versions earlier and so this release mostly contains bug fixes and improvements. And without further ado it's an honor to present the release notes:

- Have you checked out the new Dettings-area yet? We added some more options there. For example you can set the default language for posts there or activate if you want to be asked before unfollowing someone. (IOS-166)
- Pardon my french: We fixed a bug for french-speaking users. If you wanted to compose a long post, the app crashed when it was too long. Thanks to you for reporting it and thanks to us for fixing it. Great teamwork! (GH-1255)
- We switched the tabs on the notification-screen so that it matches the other Mastodon-apps. (IOS-240)
- When you wanted to reply to a status, your handle showed up twice. Sure, your name is really nice, but once is enough (GH-1254)
- We fixed the cursor-color for the input for image descriptions. Now it sparks more joy to write image descriptions. This is a subtle hint: WRITE IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS!. (GH-1253)
- The app has its own User-Agent now. It also constains the version number. (GH-1098)
- We removed the Community-tab from the Explore-tab. It was kind of hidden but don't worry: It'll come back soon, stay tuned! (IOS-236)
- We fixed a bug (twice!) that didn't let you edit your profile. Now you can change your handle and your bio again and upload a nice avatar. Sometimes you need more than one shot. (GH-1244, IOS-239, GH-1259)
- We cleaned up some dust in the project. This won't affect your daily use. Promise! (GH-1248, GH-1247, GH-1252)

That's it! We're steadily working on improving the app, adding new features (and the community-tab!) and fixing nasty bugs. And, as always, this wouldn't be possible without you! And you are also the reason why we keep making things better: It's some awesome and wholesome to see all you people actually use Mastodon. So: Keep using it, please!

version 2024.2

Feb 27, 2024
Version 2024.2
Welcome to another release of Mastodon for iOS. Some time has passed, but the latest version is finally here: Say hello to 2024.02! It's mostly a maintenance release, nothing special:

We fixed some bugs related to widgets (GH-1234) and hashtag-search (GH-1233) and improved performance throughout the entire app (GH-1237, GH-1192, GH-1230, GH-1229, GH-1227). Oh, and we improved sharing (GH-1199).

That's it, please enjoy the latest and greatest of Mastodon so far. In the meantime we're improving the app step by step. Have a great day!

version 2024.1

Feb 1, 2024
Version 2024.1
This is a first!

Hello and welcome to the first release of Mastodon for iOS in 2024. We've worked hard, searched (and found and fixed) bugs and looked for other improvements. And we increased the speed, otherwise this wouldn't be the first release, right? Still, it comes with a truckload of stuff:

- Say hello to my little friend: Domain blocks! You're really annoyed by a bunch of people from the very same instance? Well, instead of blocking them individually, you can block the entire instance now, right from the app. To do so, head to the profile of that person as if you wanted to block them but block the domain. Now you can rest in peace and by resting in peace I mean enjoying Mastodon more than ever, of course! (IOS-5)
- We made some huge progress in our long-term project: Performance Improvements. Using the app should be significantly faster now, as we reworked the Status-handling throughout the entire app. (GH-1167, GH-1210, IOS-214)
- Speaking of speed: We reduced the amount of Network-requests sent to your Mastodon-instance when you scroll the Home-timeline. And we also don't fetch data anymore we don't need in the Status-menu. Why downloading stuff you don't need, right? Instead the app now fetches the data for the menu, when you need them. (GH-1214, GH-1213)
- You know, that you can edit your statuses afterwards, right? This comes in super handy when you fidn a tpyo in a status, for example. What you couldn't edit were image descriptions, also known as alt text. Well, now you can. This will also be super useful as it means that you can — and should! — add descriptions to images later, if you forgot that in the first place. (GH-1138)
- We fixed a bug that the app didn't respect the post-length defined on your server. (GH-1049)
- When we improved the credentials-handling in 2023.14, we forgot to make the Widgets use the new code. As a consequence the Wdgets couldn't login into your account which means that you couldn't use the Widgets. Sorry! (GH-1201)
- Search also got a little better: We fixed an endless loop when something went wrong. (GH-1188)
- Last but not least, we fixed a nasty bug that one offline account affected other accounts. In other words: If you have multiple accounts in the app with one being a suspended or expired account, this prevented the other accounts from being used, too. We cut the ties here. (GH-1178)

That's it! This is all the 2024.1-release of Mastodon contains. We didn't hide any other things like secret bug fixes or various improvements in there. Maybe we should declare it organic software?

Anyway, thank you for reading these hand-crafted release notes. And, of course: Thank you for using Mastodon!

version 2023.16

Nov 25, 2023
Version 2023.16
Welcome to another release of Mastodon for iOS. Consider this our special offer: It's free! We've been quite busy in the last couple of days, but we want you to enjoy the latest and greatest bug fixes as soon as possible. This release is the 16. this year, that's why the version number is 2023.16. And it features this:

- We fixed a bug that wouldn't let you logout on iPad. When you tried to logout, well, the app crashed, but only on iPad. Thanks to everyone who reported it (and sorry for the crash)! (GH-1172)
- Speaking of logging out: When you restarted the app right after logging out, well, you were still logged in as we didn't remove the credentials properly. (GH-1181)
- Another credential-related bug: In the 2023.14-release, we added a bug so you couldn't share to Mastodon from another app. It resulted in the very precise error message "No available account". Well, good news everyone: We found your account! And we fixed the bug, so that you can share interesting articles and memes with your friends on Mastodon. Right in time for #Caturday. (GH-1168)
- This is the first contribution of Rizwan and we're very grateful for that: When you double-tap the search tab, it focuses the search bar so that you can start searching right away. Thank you, Rizwan! (GH-748)
- You Hometimeline shouldn't forget your position any longer when you switched tabs. (GH-744)
- We added some performance improvements for "Familiar Followers". (IOS-195)

That's it for now. We hope, that you didn't spend too much on special offers. Although Mastodon is free for you to use, it's not free to develop. That's why we're so grateful for your ongoing support. The less you spend on special offers, the more you can spend on us!

Just kidding, have a lovely time.

version 2023.15

Nov 15, 2023
Version 2023.15
Another day, another release? Yes, sadly, because we screwed up and we'd like to apologize for that.

Remember that we changed the required iOS-version in the 2023.14-release? Saying, that not many people would be affected? Turns out: Too many people couldn't use the app this morning because it crashed. But only on iOS 16. And this release fixes that. Thanks to all of you who quickly reported it. I was awake very fast this morning due to that. (GH-1161)

Again: We're really sorry that you couldn't use the app for a few hours. In the end, we are humans, programmers, who care about their work, but humans are known to make mistakes from time to time.

Thank you so much for using Mastodon (although it might have its rough edges here and there) and for your ongoing support — we're really grateful for that.

version 2023.13

Sep 21, 2023
Version 2023.13
Hello and welcome to 13. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023. We hope, that you've had a wonderful day so far!

Search got heavily improved in Mastodon and so we thought: Why not improving the iOS-app a bit, too? We hope, that the new search makes it easier for you to find interesting conversations and people on Mastodon. And so, that you spend more time looking for those interesting conversations and people than spending your time reading release notes, we keep them short this time:

- Better Search-screen (IOS-141)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes.

Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! Don't forget to enjoy the summer

version 2023.12

Aug 28, 2023
Version 2023.12
Hello and welcome to 12. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023. We hope you enjoy the summer at least a bit? We do, but nevertheless, we wanted to ship a new release. And it contains this:

- Your posts are visible to different groups of people. You can see this visibility now in the app (GH-594)
- We improved the trends-screen for instances with limited federation (GH-1104)
- You can use the app in Belarusian now (GH-1080)
- We didn't rename Mastodon to M (or any other random letter).
- When your instance doesn't have custom emojis, the spinner doesn't keep spinning (GH-1087)
- Double-tap on images enlarges those images (again) (GH-1084)
- We improved the error-handling (GH-1099)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! And don't forget to take a day of from time to time :)

version 2023.11

Jul 3, 2023
Version 2023.11
Hello and welcome to the rather short release notes of the 11. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023:

- There are improvements in the UX for fullscreen-video and -audio, we fixed a little bug that didn't let you exit these screens (GH-1070, GH-955)
- We laid the groundwork to include more suggested servers (IOS-171)
- We didn't include a limit of how many toots you can read per day.
- If you already added a poll and accidentaly close the screen, you're asked to confirm that now. (GH-1078)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! And don't forget to take a day of from time to time :)

version 2023.10

Jun 28, 2023
Version 2023.10
Hello and welcome! Get yourself a hot or cold drink of your choice, have a seat and enjoy your drink while reading the release notes for the 10. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023. As a former spy-actor would say, but with the weekend or so:

The Release Notes!

- As always: We updated the translations. Thank you very much to all the volunteers who helped with translations! (GH-1052)
- Video attachments got a new, more beautiful play-button (IOS-119)
- Speaking of attachments: We fixed a bug here, too. Sometimes the media viewer got dismissed although it shouldn't. (IOS-159).
- Blurple color looks better now when viewed in Dark Mode (IOS-160)
- The number of followers and followees is more correct now (GH-1053)
- The menu for posts learned a few new tricks. Check them out by tapping on the three dots in the upper right corner of a post (IOS-103)
- We added a workaround for when sensitive content was unvoluntarily visible (sometimes) (GH-1067)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Enjoy the rest of your snacks (or grab some more) and have an amazing day.

version 2023.9

May 25, 2023
Version 2023.9
Hello and welcome! Get yourself small beverage of your choice, and some sweets or snacks, as you deserve them, have a seat and enjoy the release notes for Mastodon for iOS.

- Due to the help of many volunteers you can use the app in Greek now. That's Greek to me! (Sorry, I really tried, but I couldn't resist.) Also other languages got better translations, too! Thank you so much to all the people helping with translations, you're awesome! (GH-1038)
- When you change the tab on the notifications-screen, the app remembers your choice and doesn't reset your selection when you restart the app (GH-1048)
- We fixed a bug that the number of your followers and the people you follow didn't update (GH-417)
- Mastodon and the fediverse are more fun with friends and we want to help you have fun. That's why we updated and re-designed the screen, that suggests some accounts that you could follow if you don't follow people, yet. (IOS-157)
- We fixed a crash connected to custom emojis (GH-1042)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)

version 2023.8

May 10, 2023
Version 2023.8
Hello and welcome! Get yourself a hot or cold beverage, have a seat and enjoy the release notes for Mastodon for iOS. We switched the versioning scheme from semantic versioning to calendar-based versioning. 2023.8 means: This version is the eighth version this year. Without further ado, the release notes:

- Have you heard of the verification-mechanism in Mastodon? If users have a verified link in their profile, you can see that now in the search-results or the list of followers (IOS-140)
- We added another widget. Say hello to the #hashtag-widget. #hashtag-widget says: Hello! If you add it to your homescreen and select a #hashtag, it will show you the most recent status with this very #hashtag. (IOS-152)
- There was a timezone-related bug in the profile. The "joined"-date was wrong in some cases (and timezones) (GH-1015)
- We slightly changed a button-text on the Onboarding-screen to make it more clear that there are hundreds, if not thousands of servers you can join. (IOS-153)
- We fixed a bug that prevented you from hiding sensitive content again (GH-1024)
- There are more accessibility improvements (GH-1009)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)

version 1.5.2

Apr 19, 2023
Version 1.5.2
This update contains bug fixes, quality-of-life-improvements and updated translations:

- We added the parallax-effect to the onboarding, again. Have you ever tilted your phone during onboarding? (IOS-134)
- You're looking now better than ever: We slightly adjusted the position of your account-image in the Tab-bar (IOS-145)
- There's one crash less now when you close the Compose-screen (GH-1018, GH-890, GH-946)
- We updated the appearance of the media/alt-hint (IOS-148)
- Of course we further improved accessibility, this time in the onboarding (GH-95)
- There are some improvements in the documentation, but you won't see them in the app (GH-1017) and minor code cleanups (GH-1021)
- And, as mentioned in the beginning: We updated the localized texts.

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)

version 1.5.1

Apr 9, 2023
Version 1.5.1
- The updated Welcome-Screen makes it simpler to join Mastodon (IOS-134)
- The entire Onboarding looks nicer now (totally the truth!) (IOS-139, IOS-138, IOS-137, IOS-135, IOS-132, IOS-131, IOS-129)
- Oh, and we improved the visual appearance of the app here and there (IOS-113)
- Links to mastodon.social and mastodon.online can be opened in the app now (IOS-123)
- We improved the accessibility of the app (IOS-71, IOS-82, IOS-69, IOS-94, IOS-96, IOS-97, IOS-80)
- We switched the tabs on the notification-screen (GH-969)
- The settings got cleaner (GH-984)
- The crash that happened (sometimes) when you reordered the fields in your profile, was fixes (GH-413)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. You're awesome!

version 1.5

Mar 2, 2023
Version 1.5
- You can edit your posts now (IOS-2)

Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these (rather short) release notes. You're awesome!

version 1.4.5

Jul 2, 2022 Version 1.4.5
- New app icon and new brand color!
- Fixed "Posts and Replies" tab on profiles not loading replies

version 1.4.0

Apr 29, 2022 Version 1.4.0
- Added community timeline (between "News" and "For you"!)
- Fixed validation errors not being displayed during sign-up
- Fixed sorting on the list of servers - medium-sized servers should now appear higher
- Fixed list of servers filtering out invite-only servers when logging in
- Various other fixes and translation updates!

version 1.3.0

Mar 27, 2022 Version 1.3.0
- iPad support
- Lots of new designs and visual updates
- You can now connect to .onion servers when using Orbot

version 1.2.0

Dec 5, 2021 Version 1.2.0
- Multi-account support. Add multiple accounts to the app by long-pressing on your profile picture
- Browsing for following/followers lists
- Character limits and other configuration now loaded from your server's API
- If you accidentally scrolled to top by tapping the Mastodon logo, tap it again to return to the previous spot
- Fixes for voice over support
- Other fixes and improvements

version 1.0.8

Sep 11, 2021 Version 1.0.8
- Adds support for sharing URLs from other apps
- Adds Russian, Scottish Gaelic and Thai languages
- Fixes GIF playback sometimes pausing music

version 1.0.6

Aug 11, 2021 Version 1.0.6
- Fixed English and German app titles
- Fixed content warnings overflowing layout when zoomed in

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