Alpha Release [v0.2.9]: Moderator actions, high-refresh support, and more!

Hey everyone, it's time for yet another Thunder release. As always, there have been many improvements, additions, changes and fixes in this release which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

A quick reminder: if you are using the Google Play version or App Store version, please note that it may take a bit of time before you receive the update. Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

• Initial support for moderator actions. Thunder has added support for some moderator actions such as locking, pinning, and removing posts. To access these actions, simply long-press on a post and select "Moderator Actions" from the menu. Additional moderator actions such as mod logs, and reports will come in a future update.
• Support for high-refresh rate devices. Thunder should now feel smoother on Android devices with high-refresh rate displays, and should no longer be limited to 60 Hz. For iOS, Thunder also supports ProMotion devices.
• Customizable post metadata. You can now customize the post metadata information (vote counts, comment counts, etc) on your feed! This can be done in Settings -> Appearance -> Compact/Card View Settings. Simply drag and drop the metadata information you want to see on your feed. The order of the information will be the order that you drag it into the preview.
• Experimental local push notification support on Android. Thunder has experimental support for handling push notifications locally on Android devices. When enabled, Thunder will attempt to fetch new notifications in the background while the app is not running. Please note that this feature is highly dependent on the Android OS and their battery saving settings

ℹ General

• Additional UI/UX and quality-of-life improvements. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Support for spoiler markdown tags. Spoiler tags will be automatically minimized, and can be expanded when tapping on them
  • Support for creating cross posts for an existing post, and deleting existing posts
  • Addition of more options including hiding top app bar, medium font scale option, and colorized usernames
• Added new condensed post body view to the post page which shows a smaller preview of images and thumbnails
• Added the ability to search posts/comments directly from community feed

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

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

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I would just like to thank everyone for the continued support and contributions. Thunder is still a project that I can only work on the side, and knowing that others enjoy it drives me to continue working on it!

If you would like to show a token of appreciation to me or anyone else that has contributed, check out the following link for more information: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/issues/756

Thanks again for everything so far, and I hope you enjoy this update!

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Changelog

Additions

• Added new condensed post body view to the post page by micahmo
• Added compatibility with high-refresh displays to Thunder on Android devices by mufeedali
• Added initial support for markdown spoiler tags by hjiangsu
• Added ability to create cross-posts from the post page by micahmo
• Added ability to share user profiles by micahmo
• Added ability to subscribe/unsubscribe to community from long-press action by hjiangsu
• Added option to hide the top app bar on scroll by hjiangsu
• Added user counts to instance page by micahmo
• Added additional medium font scale option by hjiangsu
• Added moderated communities to drawer by hjiangsu
• Added ability to share communities by micahmo
• Added ability to clear image cache on startup, and manually by hjiangsu
• Added experimental local push notifications on Android by micahmo
• Added notification page to display individual messages by micahmo
• Added ability to delete posts by micahmo
• Re-introduced in-app browser as an option by micahmo
• Added community icon indicator when posting is restricted to mods by hjiangsu
• Added option for colourized usernames by ggichure
• Added new unread comment indicator for read posts by CTalvio
• Added ability to customize post card metadata information by hjiangsu
• Added ability to search posts/comments from community feed by micahmo
• Added setting to change image cache settings on Android by micahmo
• Added initial moderator post actions (lock, pin, remove) by hjiangsu

Changes

• Improved post/comment score formatting by micahmo
• Adjusted the color of the delete draft icon by micahmo
• Language selector now prioritizes current language at the top of the list by micahmo
• Community selector shows suggested communities by default by micahmo
• Prioritize favorites in empty community prompt by micahmo
• Improved account log out flow by micahmo
• Search page suggests alternate filters when there are no search results by micahmo
• Account selector improvements and minor fixes by hjiangsu
• Image viewer dynamically adjusts image zoom based on resolution Niranjan-Dorage
• Added indicator for media downloads by micahmo
• Indicate deleted posts by micahmo
• Added inkwell to spoiler markdown by micahmo
• Added option to navigate to new post after creation by micahmo
• Improved handling for navigation to non-instances by micahmo
• Adjusted search bar to match material design, and misc fixes by micahmo
• Removed usesCleartextTraffic attribute on AndroidManifest by hjiangsu
• Added locale code to app language selector by hjiangsu

Fixes

• Fixed issues with images being too wide in community/user sidebars by micahmo
• Fixed issues where post actions were not being updated properly in the search page by micahmo
• Fixed issue where local featured posts were not being highlighted properly by micahmo
• Fixed issue where subscriptions in drawer were not in alphabetical order by hjiangsu
• Fixed an issue where you could favorite a non-subscribed community by micahmo
• Fixed some issues with user navigation and error handling by micahmo
• Fix some issues with the search page resetting by micahmo
• Fixed some community/user name detection by micahmo
• Fixed issue with advanced image preview not showing by micahmo
• Fixed exit confirmation snackbar by micahmo
• Fixed issue with creating cross-posts by micahmo
• Fixed an issue with loading favorites on startup by micahmo
• Fixed issue where feed FAB can be triggered on other pages by hjiangsu
• Fixed issue where app language bottom sheet would fill full height by hjiangsu
• Fixed issue with deferred comments by micahmo
• Fixed search page keyboard on iOS by hjiangsu
• Fixed post page failure when image fails to load by hjiangsu
• Fixed inbox counter not reflecting true number of unread notifications by hjiangsu

Misc

• Clean up linter warnings by hjiangsu
• Updated instances by github-actions
• Updated translations by hjiangsu
• Added CI workflow to check for sorted translations by hjiangsu
• Sorted translations in alphabetical order by hjiangsu
• Refactored community and user avatars by hjiangsu
• Reorganized files to their domain by hjiangsu
• Refactored local settings to use localization strings by hjiangsu
• Refactored thumbnail badges and compact post cards by hjiangsu
• Migrated from gallery_saver package to gal for media downloads by hjiangsu
• Created new feature request, and bug report templates. by K4LCIFER
• Refactored snackbars to use overlays and remove dependency on context by hjiangsu