Since the update, hitting the tick to mark messages as read in the inbox seems to misbehave. It's like it's marking the wrong messages. If I go in a different order, it works, but tapping the comment directs to the wrong posts, assuming of those that were in their slot before marking them off.

Does that make sense? It doesn't make sense. This might need to be a screen recording thing lol...

Hey everyone, Thunder v0.8.0 is now available! This release introduces initial PieFed support and includes significant under-the-hood improvements to enable compatibility with PieFed, along with the usual performance enhancements and bug fixes. As always, if you encounter any issues or have feedback, please share them with the Thunder community or on GitHub.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

Note: Android APKs will now be distributed by ABI to reduce download size. Make sure to download the version that matches your device.

Here are the changes between versions v0.7.3 and v0.8.0. For improved readability, internal issues introduced and fixed in nightly versions will be largely omitted.

Additions

• Added initial support for PieFed by hjiangsu in #1912 and #1952
• Added ability to search for users/communities/posts/comments via their URL by hjiangsu in #1941
• Added ability to set transparent colour for feed dividers by hjiangsu in #1959
• Added ability to toggle alt text and fullscreen mode in image viewer by hjiangsu in #1965

Changes

• Improved post page loading by hjiangsu in #1952
• Improved general markdown logic and rendering by hjiangsu in #1928
• Improved bottom sheet logic for posts/comments by hjiangsu in #1923
• Improved profile switching logic by hjiangsu in #1952
• Improved markdown image support and handling by hjiangsu in #1947

Fixes

• Fixed comment metadata disappearing for comments with no children by micahmo in #1895
• Fixed unified push notification logic by hjiangsu in #1918
• Fixed mark reply/mention as read by hjiangsu in #1925
• Fixed drawer profile picture not displaying properly by hjiangsu in #1930
• Fixed user chip not highlighting OP by hjiangsu in #1936
• Fixed user labels not appearing in some cases by hjiangsu in #1937
• Fixed certain markdown elements not adjusting to system theme changes by hjiangsu in #1938
• Fixed image height not matching aspect ratio in some cases by hjiangsu in #1947
• Fixed "Explore Instance" not working for anonymous profiles by hjiangsu in #1947
• Fixed grey screen on feed page for instances containing a single tagline by hjiangsu in #1947
• Fixed issue where performing comment actions would cause the post page to scroll by hjiangsu in #1949
• Fixed non-functional web build by hjiangsu in #1958
• Fixed post page end card not appearing in some cases by hjiangsu in #1960
• Fixed crash when displaying a large amount of GIFs by hjiangsu in #1962
• Fixed sharing on iOS devices running iOS 26 by hjiangsu in #1964

Misc

• Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu in #1917, #1961
• Updated list of active Lemmy instances by github-actions in #1864
• Upgraded package dependencies by hjiangsu in #1887
• Reorganized repository directory structure by hjiangsu in #1924
• Migrated Lemmy API to internal implementation by hjiangsu in #1935
• Refactored and improved post and comment widgets by hjiangsu in #1944 and #1945
• Refactored database implementation and logic by hjiangsu in #1931
• Upgraded Thunder to Flutter 3.35 by hjiangsu in #1946
• Updated Android workflow to generate per ABI APKs by hjiangsu in #1956
• Removed experimental APNs logic by hjiangsu in #1957
• Removed URL metadata for image posts within post cards by hjiangsu in #1933
• Disabled Android's auto backup/restore on install by hjiangsu in #1932

I find it very difficult to seek a video because the bar is so small.

edit: This issue is resolved with the latest update. It adds a toggle below the image, with alt-text default to off.

Below is the original post context:

How can I stop alt-text from showing over images? Is there a setting I'm not noticing?

Example:

Update: It's worse than I thought. It's crashing my VPN! I use the Mullvad VPN app. After that crashes, Thunder crashes. This happens every time.

First, it slows way down and stutters a bit, then turns all black and crashes to my home screen.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Android 16. Pixel 7 Pro.

If not, can you please add a setting to disable it? It's just not for me. At best it's a distraction while I wait for the image to load. At worst, it blocks part of the image.

I haven't tested this enough to be certain yet, but I happen to have lost my Internet connection a few times today (phone & hotspot issues) while using Thunder. Once the connection was fixed & I reloaded, it seems like the load failure caused Thunder to reset some settings to default such as my preferred sort order, and nav bar visibility.

I'd normally test more before posting to be sure, but it's way past my bedtime & I've got a full day tomorrow, so I wanted to post the possibility before I forgot.

What title say, and I couldn't find a option in the settings to hide it or disable it.

Hey, after trying every lemmy android app I could find, I like thunder the most other than Sync. But there are three main things that stop me from fully switching from Sync.

1. Option to hide bottom navigation bar on scroll, same as we already can with the top one.
2. Option to change the three dots on every post to a share button, hold for options or have both. I only ever vote, share (to save to read later) or check comments. That one extra step to save to my read later app gets weirdly annoying very quickly.
3. Compact card mode, looks the same as cards but have the smaller thumbnails to the side like compact does (which side as an option, right would be my choice).

Sorry if anything is badly explained, got no sleep last night so my brain is running on fumes, just ask if needed and I'll try to explain better.

Since I am here already I wanted to ask another question. There's a lot of drama about changes in github management, well, already since MS took it over years ago.

Have there been any considerations for Thunder to abandon github to move to a different platform, such as Codeberg or something else?

See linked post, OP has a very colorful emoji username, like many have. If I try and give him a label it does not display at all. It is added, if I go and edit user label I can see it in the box, but it is not shown. You can double check by adding a label to anyone else in that thread, it works as expected.

Looks like a small styling issue. Happens with comments as well.

I've had three comments in my inbox for about a week and every day I try to mark them as read, but it doesn't work. They disappear from the list at first, but then when I refresh they're still there. I get the error in the picture which says, LemmyApiException: couldnt_find_comment_reply

I just went to the website and logged into my instance, and I had no problem marking the comments read from there. They disappeared from my Thunder inbox, too, after a refresh.

I saved one of the comments for debugging purposes, in case there's something we can look at.

In my current app, when the author of a post has also written some comments, his name is not marked anymore.

In former versions, the name was marked in a colored background. I would like to have this feature back.

Have I missed a new setting?

I am using the thunder app v0.8.0-1 on Android 13.

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share a quick update on Thunder’s development for those who might not be following our progress on Matrix or GitHub.

The next nightly build of Thunder should be out soon (give or take about a week, depending on when I wrap up internal testing) and will include initial support for PieFed. This has been quite a large undertaking and has resulted in a ton of under-the-hood changes to Thunder’s internal logic. Because of that, the upcoming nightly build will be highly experimental and may introduce more bugs than usual.

If you’re currently running the nightly builds (including TestFlight), I highly recommend backing up your Thunder settings and local database just in case something unexpected happens.

While the upcoming nightly will support PieFed, general availability won’t be coming for some time. This is to give us plenty of time to fix any remaining issues, improve PieFed support, and make sure Thunder is stable before releasing the next update (v0.8.0).

Here’s a quick overview of what will be supported for PieFed in the upcoming nightly:

• Browsing feeds (all, local, subscribed), posts, and comments
• Logging into existing PieFed accounts
• Interacting with posts, comments, and users (vote, save, block, etc.), including some moderator actions
• Searching for content (posts and comments)
• Basic notification support (replies and mentions)

And here’s what won’t be supported just yet (requires some additional work):

• Updating your PieFed account settings
• Reporting posts or comments
• Viewing private messages
• Viewing the modlog or post/comment reports

If you’d like to stay up to date with nightly releases, check out !thunder_nightly@lemmy.world or join our Matrix space!

Finally, if you have any questions about Thunder at all, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer them.

I've enabled the option to show images with full height but sometimes they only show a small portion.

Anything I can do to fix this or is this a bug?

Hi, I liking using Lemmy, but hate seeing current events that relates to America on my feed. So I use the filter that this app has to keep them out.

Now it doesn’t work anymore and I’m starting to see the muted words on the feed again!

Help!

https://github.com/RikudouSage/lemmyverse.link

When an attached image is loaded, then if the loading fails the app should check if it's using proxying (domain belongs to posters'/forums' instance or user's instance & contains redirect format URL pointing to another domain) and give you a button to press to retry, which would suggest bypassing the proxy and requesting the original image directly

Motivation: I keep seeing broken image embeds and can't be bothered to view source and try the redirect section in my browser after rewriting it to a proper link for every failed image load

Let the app do that for me

Is there a way to have clickable action buttons in compact mode. I know you can long press the post and you get the action buttons but that has the vote actions all the way on the left which is hard to press with your thumb.

The way some other app does it is that it gives a button that expands a bar under to access the action buttons.

New install instantly broken

I newly installled this app to browse Lemmy Posts without any account anonymously. After I subscribed to 50+ communities, I found out that my feed for those is greyed out. Furthermore the list of subscriptions is a total mess because only a few of them are actually clickable, some redirect me to a community I never subscribed to and every community is listed there at least three times.
Any ideas what I can do? I'd heavily appreciate a solution that doesn't involve me needing to resubscribe to every channel.
Using GrapheneOS/routed through Tor. Shouldn't affect it in my opinion.

@thunder_app

Seems to be new with v0.7.1.

I'm new to the app but noticed in 0.6.1 that despite changing my language to en_GB as soon as I leave settings and go back in, it reverts back to the US English setting. I went to your site and saw the link for translations and noted that the English (United Kingdom) had 0 translations. I signed up for an account and completed the language translation to 100% and so waited for a new release. Now that 0.7.1 is out the same issue occurs. Has the transition not been imported or am I hitting a bug?

Thanks for the great app!