v18.0

[carloscabanero]

Next Blink version will align with new iOS - iPadOS and macOS release.

[carloscabanero]

IMPORTANT: If using iOS18 beta, please make sure to update your devices to the latest version. If using iOS17, everything should still work as expected.

Build 935 / AppStore Build 936

• Added support for light and dark icons on the new iOS18 home screen. Dark / Light icons #2048. Check out how to configure Dark/Light icons
• Adjusted UI for new iPhone 16 seres.
• On iOS18, fixed crashes on startup and when running certain commands. Thanks to TestFlight reports.
• On iOS18, resolved issues with unresponsive sessions when switching tabs after restoring the app from the background. Mosh unresponsive on tab after app restores from background #2047
• Updated OpenSSH and other libraries for iOS18 compatibility.
• Files.app and SFTP/SCP command issues when overwriting files to remote destinations. Files.app overwrite should prompt user #2050
• Fixed for random mosh sessions closing without storing state.
• OpenSSH, Vim, xxd libraries updated to work on iOS18.
• Released from new build system, tested everything is in place.
• iOS17 and iPadOS17 are now the minimum version required to run Blink Shell.

[larme]

Hi @carloscabanero, do we still plan to release the new MacOS version?

[carloscabanero]

I will get back to you on that in the proper thread #1420

[carloscabanero]

Version 18.0.1 build 937 (Community) and 940 (AppStore):

• Fixes keyboard repeat on accentuated characters. Keys with accent on physical keyboard does not autorepeat #1965
  Kudos to @yury

Known Issues:

• Fixing Files.app is our number one priority iOS18 Files.app issues #2051, Move to new Replicated Files Extension API #1717
• Mosh server has issues in macOS Sequoia due to the new Local Network Privacy policies. OS X: Nothing received from server on UDP port 60003 mobile-shell/mosh#1254 (comment)