Sync for Lemmy v120 release notes. Notifications, revamped messaging and finally out of beta! (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by ljdawson@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Key points

Message notifications are back!
A big refresh to messaging
- Added a new unified inbox option "all" combining comment replies, mentions and direct messages
- Quick action buttons are now shown for comment replies, mentions and direct messages
- Comment reply actions (more icon) now shows the user and community rows (with additional options)
- Comment replies now show the community icon and post title
- Comment replies have had a visual refresh
- Comment replies, mentions and direct messages can now be quickly reported and marked as read
- Comment replies, mentions and direct messages can now be marked as unread
- Added a quickly reply swipe gesture
- Added page dividers
- Your own send direct messages can now be deleted
- Direct messages are now shown in threads

New

Added .webm support to the image viewer and image peek
Added "linked instances" and "blocked instances" to the instance chip group

Changes

Experimenting with always showing the community icon in feeds
Updated the reply icon

Github issues closed

View mode not updating properly #402
No messages returned snackbar doesn't automatically go away #333
Add ability to disable "view more" toast messages #365
Allow images in comments to use shared element transitions #391
Add new app icons to replace the legacy S4R ones that were removed #389
Add option to swap upvote and down vote colors to match Lemmy #386
Username doesn't show in the account picker if there is no display name #451
Account settings save button not disappearing after saving #448
When swapping between automatic and manual theming, some elements don't change color properly #479
Override sort dialog shows cancel button twice #484
Username of non active account in account picker is empty #492
Crash on startup with latest update #445
Missing username in picker #478
Not showing link options properly and crashing when clicked #513

Other fixes

Fixed a title displaying issue caused by the recent change to titles
Fixed a crash when clicking link options on a text post
Fixed a bug where the description of the current messaging section in the toolbar wouldn't update correctly
Fixed an issue with a broken lift target in messaging causing the status bar not to change color

v122 adds support for a super secret upcoming new feature...

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[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 88 points 9 months ago

This is exactly the reason, after using Sync for YEARS on reddit, I paid for Sync on Lemmy the minute it was available.

This is absolutely the best application for browsing this type of forum. I get why some other folks prefer FOSS/Free/Non-ad based apps, but I have no qualms about shelling out the cash for a really well designed app that I use just about daily.

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

(シ_ _)シ

[-] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

Yeah its not even close. Lj, you are an extremely skilled developer. Thanks for making such a good app

[-] anonymoose@lemmy.ca 35 points 9 months ago

Added .webm support to the image viewer and image peek

This, along with the other image viewer fixes is a massive quality of life upgrade! 🙌

[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

Sync apps have been my go-to for 10 years. Here's to 10 more 🍻

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

🍻

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 24 points 9 months ago

Holy shit. This looks like an epic update!

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 20 points 9 months ago

Sync is actually just the best.

[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

You're the best LD!

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

♥️

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

In the play store description I noticed you refer to "subs" but they're called "communities" here.

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Cheers I'll change that.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

Great. You've been killing it lately, thank you.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

While you're at it this setting should probably say "Body" or maybe "post body" instead of "selftext".

Settings shortcut: View type > Show selftext previews

Edit: oh, found it in a couple other spots

Settings shortcut: Post options > Long press selftext to select text

Settings shortcut: Link handling > Expanded selftext links

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[-] Jeze64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 9 months ago

Common LJ W. Happy lifetime Ultra supporter.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Excellent work boss, as always 👍🏻

Edit: Wow the messaging section is looking good, Sync for Reddit never looked that nice!

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 13 points 9 months ago

Superb! Thank you for the hard work!

[-] CrinterScaked@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Thank you so much for the continued updates!

Something about the fixes for usernames not showing up appears to have undone the fix for #122. I can see my username in plaintext for the current account even though I have hidden the display names.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 11 points 9 months ago

This is awesome, nice work!

Hope push notifications are next! (yes, I'm on Ultra)

[-] UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Notifications! Yes! Thank you.

(Can someone please reply to this, so that I can test if they work for me? Thanks. 🙂)

[-] MontyGommo@lemmy.one 4 points 9 months ago

Hello, friend

[-] UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Thanks. It doesn't seem to work though. I've set it to check for messages every 10 minutes but I get no notification. (The app was closed during that time) 🤔

Does anyone have the some problem? I'm on Android 14 on a Pixel 7 Pro.

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Able to reproduce this. Seems like setting anything under 15 mins causes an issue. Will patch today.

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[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Much preferred the old inbox. If I get 5 replies to a comment I dont need to see the post title above all of them (I dont really want to see it above any of them.) I clicked the "show post titles in replies" option in the messaging options section to off but it made no difference.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

I'm wondering that also. The extra functionality is nice but it's going to take some getting used to. I'll adjust though

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

Great work, thank you. I'm wondering if you've put any more thought into displaying downvotes on comments? Now that post editing is fixed that's basically the only thing I keep going back to the PWA for.

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

New messaging looks awesome!

Is there a way I can bind sync to be my default app for links to my instance? Annoying that someone sends me a lemmy.ca link and I have to go find it manually in sync, or just view it in my browser.

[-] kellenoffdagrid@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 9 months ago

Oh true, Fediverse links are still not handled ideally. I know there's technical limitations to fedi app developers keeping an up-to-date list of domains that their app can open links from, but it would definitely be nice if there were some easier way to do things.

One side note, I've noticed that Megalodon (a Mastodon client) has a pretty good workaround for this issue -- if you use the share sheet to share a link with Megalodon, it gives you the option to post the link or to attempt to open the link in the client. That'd be a pretty killer feature to have in Sync, if there isn't some easier/better way to make it easier to choose certain Lemmy domains to open in Sync by default.

[-] Hate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Android Settings -> Apps -> Sync -> Open by default

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[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Any plans on emoji pickers for instances with custom emojis?

Custom emojis also currently render much larger than they should.

[-] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 6 points 9 months ago

Nice one.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago

Thanks boss! Much appreciated

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 9 months ago

I cannot open the inbox. I get "Error opening page".

Device information

Sync version: v24.03.20-17:18    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

View type: Small cards    
Push enabled: false    

Device: lavender    
Model: Xiaomi Redmi Note 7    
Android: 10

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[-] Vashtea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

Excellent!

[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

Not sure if you know this already, but spoilers made by people using the website version don't load properly.

The markdown for spoilers can be found here https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html

test spoiler

TEST

[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

Hmm that's weird, that one worked. But if I try viewing this post https://sopuli.xyz/post/10635149, the spoilers are a mess.

[-] mom@nom.mom 4 points 9 months ago

My experience exactly when I tried mentioning the spoiler problem (there's a markdown-specific post here if you wanted to add anything else, btw)

I think there are 3 ways of marking spoilers and Sync only recognizes 1 of them or something. Even on this community's about section there's a spoiler that doesn't work in the app.
¯\_ (ツ) _/¯

the spoilers are a mess.

Yup. They are (for now)!

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[-] wahming 5 points 9 months ago

The new default inbox view is pretty unreadable, at least for me. The entire screen is filled by like 1.5 replies, there's tons of dead space. Is there any way to change the view options of the inbox? I can't seem to find any.

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[-] mom@nom.mom 4 points 9 months ago

Love the update! Thank you, Mr. LJ!

Sadly though, I just got my first reply notification (yay!) … and the inbox notification badge that tells me I have 1 new only shows up on the bottom nav bar and not in my left drawer or more actions inboxes..

I can screenshot them if you need me to.

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Which action boxes?

Adding it to the drawer is on my todo

[-] mom@nom.mom 4 points 9 months ago

Using the "More Actions" menu via the three-dots button at the top of my Subscribed feed, this is my view:

In the lower left of that menu is my Inbox icon, with no "new messages" badge. (I admit I don't know all the right words) In the dimmed bg you can see my Bottom Nav bar, with a badge on it.

(Cropped view of the 2 inbox icons)

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Question - I notice that the little nav bar dot with a number to indicate new replies or messages is now showing in dark grey rather than orange. I had a look in settings, but I can't see a way to choose the colour for that. Anyone know of a way?

Normally appears here when there's a new reply:

In case it's useful...

Device information

Sync version: v24.03.19-19:12    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

View type: Smaller cards    
Push enabled: false    

Device: raven    
Model: Google Pixel 6 Pro    
Android: 14