v1.0.3

Features ✨:

• Support server admin option to disable E2EE for DMs / private rooms [users can still enable] (#1794)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Crash reported on playstore for HomeActivity launch (151 reports)

v1.0.2

Improvements 🙌:

• Added Session Database migration to avoid unneeded initial syncs
• Sending events is now retried only 3 times, so we avoid blocking the sending queue too long.
• Display warning when fail to send events in room list
• Improve UI of edit role action in member profile
• Moderation | New screen to display list of banned users in room settings, with unban action

Bugfix 🐛:

• Fix theme issue on Room directory screen (#1613)
• Fix notification not dismissing when entering a room
• Fix uploads don't work with Room v6 (#1558)
• Fix Requesting avatar thumbnails in Element uses wrong http "user-agent" string (#1725)
• Fix 404 on EMS (#1761)
• Fix Infinite loop at startup when migrating account from Riot (#1699)
• Fix Element crashes in loop after initial sync (#1709)
• Remove inner mx-reply tags before replying
• Fix timeline items not loading when there are only filtered events
• Fix "Voice & Video" grayed out in Settings (#1733)
• Fix Allow VOIP call in all rooms with 2 participants (even if not DM)
• Migration from old client does not enable notifications (#1723)

Other changes:

• i18n deactivated account error

v1.0.0

Features ✨:

• Re-branding: The app is now called Element. New name, new themes, new icons, etc. More details here: https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element/ (#1691)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Video calls are shown as a voice ones in the timeline (#1676)
• Fix regression: not able to create a room without IS configured (#1679)

v0.91.5

Features ✨:

• 3pid invite: it is now possible to invite people by email. An Identity Server has to be configured (#548)

Improvements 🙌:

• Cleaning chunks with lots of events as long as a threshold has been exceeded (35_000 events in DB) (#1634)
• Creating and listening to EventInsertEntity. (#1634)
• Handling (almost) properly the groups fetching (#1634)
• Improve fullscreen media display (#327)
• Setup server recovery banner (#1648)
• Set up SSSS from security settings (#1567)
• New lab setting to add 'unread notifications' tab to main screen
• Render third party invite event (#548)
• Display three pid invites in the room members list (#548)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Integration Manager: Wrong URL to review terms if URL in config contains path (#1606)
• Regression Composer does not grow, crops out text (#1650)
• Bug / Unwanted draft (#698)
• All users seems to be able to see the enable encryption option in room settings (#1341)
• Leave room only leaves the current version (#1656)
• Regression | Share action menu do not work (#1647)
• verification issues on transition (#1555)
• Fix issue when restoring keys backup using recovery key

SDK API changes ⚠️:

• CreateRoomParams has been updated

Build 🧱:

• Upgrade some dependencies
• Revert to build-tools 3.5.3

Other changes:

• Use Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT to save megolm key or recovery key in a txt file
• Use Context#withStyledAttributes extension function (#1546)

v0.91.4-beta

Features ✨:

• Re-activate Wellknown support with updated UI (#1614)

Improvements 🙌:

• Upload device keys only once to the homeserver and fix crash when no network (#1629)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Fix crash when coming from a notification (#1601)
• Fix Exception when importing keys (#1576)
• File isn't downloaded when another file with the same name already exists (#1578)
• saved images don't show up in gallery (#1324)
• Fix reply fallback leaking sender locale (#429)

Build 🧱:

• Fix lint false-positive about WorkManager (#1012)
• Upgrade build-tools from 3.5.3 to 3.6.6
• Upgrade gradle from 5.4.1 to 5.6.4

v0.91.3-beta

Notes:

• This version is the third beta version of RiotX codebase published as Riot-Android on the PlayStore.
• Changelog below includes changes of v0.91.0, v0.91.1, and v0.91.2, because the first beta versions have been tagged and
  published from the branch feature/migration_from_legacy.
• This version uses temporary name Riot.imX, to distinguish the app with RiotX app.

Features ✨:

• Call with WebRTC support (##611)
• Add capability to change the display name (#1529)

Improvements 🙌:

• "Add Matrix app" menu is now always visible (#1495)
• Handle /op, /deop, and /nick commands (#12)
• Prioritising Recovery key over Recovery passphrase (#1463)
• Room Settings: Name, Topic, Photo, Aliases, History Visibility (#1455)
• Update user avatar (#1054)
• Allow self-signed certificate (#1564)
• Improve file download and open in timeline
• Catchup tab is removed temporarily (#1565)
• Render room avatar change (#1319)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Fix dark theme issue on login screen (#1097)
• Incomplete predicate in RealmCryptoStore#getOutgoingRoomKeyRequest (#1519)
• User could not redact message that they have sent (#1543)
• Use vendor prefix for non merged MSC (#1537)
• Compress images before sending (#1333)
• Searching by displayname is case sensitive (#1468)
• Fix layout overlap issue (#1407)

Build 🧱:

• Enable code optimization (Proguard)
• SDK is now API level 21 minimum, and so RiotX (#405)

Other changes:

• Use SharedPreferences#edit extension function consistently (#1545)
• Use retrofit2.Call.awaitResponse extension provided by Retrofit 2. (#1526)
• Fix minor typo in contribution guide (#1512)
• Fix self-assignment of callback in DefaultRoomPushRuleService#setRoomNotificationState (#1520)
• Random housekeeping clean-ups indicated by Lint (#1520, #1541)
• Keys Backup API now use the unstable prefix (#1503)
• Remove deviceId from /keys/upload/{deviceId} as not spec-compliant (#1502)

v0.22.0

Features ✨:

• Integration Manager and Widget support (#48)
• Send stickers (#51)

Improvements 🙌:

• New wording for notice when current user is the sender
• Hide "X made no changes" event by default in timeline (#1430)
• Hide left rooms in breadcrumbs (#766)
• Handle PowerLevel properly (#627)
• Correctly handle SSO login redirection
• SSO login is now performed in the default browser, or in Chrome Custom tab if available (#1400)
• Improve checking of homeserver version support (#1442)
• Add capability to add and remove a room from the favorites (#1217)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Switch theme is not fully taken into account without restarting the app
• Temporary fix to show error when user is creating an account on matrix.org with userId containing only digits (#1410)
• Reply composer overlay stays on screen too long after send (#1169)
• Fix navigation bar icon contrast on API in [21,27[ (#1342)
• Fix status bar icon contrast on API in [21,23[
• Wrong /query request (#1444)
• Make Credentials.homeServer optional because it is deprecated (#1443)
• Fix issue on dark themes, after alert popup dismiss

Other changes:

• Send plain text in the body of events containing formatted body, as per https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#m-room-message-msgtypes
• Update link to Modular url from "https://modular.im/" to "https://modular.im/services/matrix-hosting-riot" and open it using ChromeCustomTab

v0.21.0

Features ✨:

• Identity server support (#607)
• Switch language support (#41)
• Display list of attachments of a room (#860)

Improvements 🙌:

• Better connectivity lost indicator when airplane mode is on
• Add a setting to hide redacted events (#951)
• Render formatted_body for m.notice and m.emote (#1196)
• Change icon to magnifying-glass to filter room (#1384)

Bugfix 🐛:

• After jump to unread, newer messages are never loaded (#1008)
• Fix issues with FontScale switch (#69, #645)
• "Seen by" uses 12h time (#1378)
• Enable markdown (if active) when sending emote (#734)
• Screenshots for Rageshake now includes Dialogs such as BottomSheet (#1349)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

• initialize with proxy configuration

Other changes:

• support new key agreement method for SAS (#1374)

v0.20.0

Features ✨:

• Add Direct Shortcuts (#652)

Improvements 🙌:

• Invite member(s) to an existing room (#1276)
• Improve notification accessibility with ticker text (#1226)
• Support homeserver discovery from MXID (DISABLED: waiting for design) (#476)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Fix | Verify Manually by Text crashes if private SSK not known (#1337)
• Sometimes the same device appears twice in the list of devices of a user (#1329)
• Random Crashes while doing sth with cross signing keys (#1364)
• Crash | crash while restoring key backup (#1366)

SDK API changes ⚠️:

• excludedUserIds parameter added to the UserService.getPagedUsersLive() function

v0.19.0

Features ✨:

• Change password (#528)
• Cross-Signing | Support SSSS secret sharing (#944)
• Cross-Signing | Verify new session from existing session (#1134)
• Cross-Signing | Bootstraping cross signing with 4S from mobile (#985)
• Save media files to Gallery (#973)
• Account deactivation (with password only) (#35)

Improvements 🙌:

• Verification DM / Handle concurrent .start after .ready (#794)
• Reimplementation of multiple attachment picker
• Cross-Signing | Update Shield Logic for DM (#963)
• Cross-Signing | Complete security new session design update (#1135)
• Cross-Signing | Setup key backup as part of SSSS bootstrapping (#1201)
• Cross-Signing | Gossip key backup recovery key (#1200)
• Show room encryption status as a bubble tile (#1078)
• UX/UI | Add indicator to home tab on invite (#957)
• Cross-Signing | Restore history after recover from passphrase (#1214)
• Cross-Sign | QR code scan confirmation screens design update (#1187)
• Emoji Verification | It's not the same butterfly! (#1220)
• Cross-Signing | Composer decoration: shields (#1077)
• Cross-Signing | Migrate existing keybackup to cross signing with 4S from mobile (#1197)
• Show a warning dialog if the text of the clicked link does not match the link target (#922)
• Cross-Signing | Consider not using a spinner on the 'complete security' prompt (#1271)
• Restart broken Olm sessions (MSC1719)
• Cross-Signing | Hide Use recovery key when 4S is not setup (#1007)
• Cross-Signing | Trust account xSigning keys by entering Recovery Key (select file or copy) #1199
• E2E timeline decoration (#1279)
• Manage Session Settings / Cross Signing update (#1295)
• Cross-Signing | Review sessions toast update old vs new (#1293, #1306)

Bugfix 🐛:

• Fix summary notification staying after "mark as read"
• Missing avatar/displayname after verification request message (#841)
• Crypto | RiotX sometimes rotate the current device keys (#1170)
• RiotX can't restore cross signing keys saved by web in SSSS (#1174)
• Cross- Signing | After signin in new session, verification paper trail in DM is off (#1191)
• Failed to encrypt message in room (message stays in red), [thanks to pwr22] (#925)
• Cross-Signing | web <-> riotX After QR code scan, gossiping fails (#1210)
• Fix crash when trying to download file without internet connection (#1229)
• Local echo are not updated in timeline (for failed & encrypted states)
• Render image event even if thumbnail_info does not have mimetype defined (#1209)
• RiotX now uses as many threads as it needs to do work and send messages (#1221)
• Fix issue with media path (#1227)
• Add user to direct chat by user id (#1065)
• Use correct URL for SSO connection (#1178)
• Emoji completion 🎉 does not completes to 🎉 like on web (#1285)
• Fix bad Shield Logic for DM (#963)

Translations 🗣:

• Weblate now create PR directly to RiotX GitHub project

SDK API changes ⚠️:

• Increase targetSdkVersion to 29

Build 🧱:

• Compile with Android SDK 29 (Android Q)

Other changes:

• Add a setting to prevent screenshots of the application, disabled by default (#1027)
• Increase File Logger capacities ( + use dev log preferences)