White Noise v0.2.1 is out! Notifications behave better, images are smoother, and the app gets out of your way a bit more. SO. What’s new? ✨New Features Notifications & navigation - Deep linking for notifications: tapping a notification now takes you directly to the correct chat or invite screen - Automatic notification clearing: notifications for messages and invites disappear when you open the related chat - Unread counts: added unread message counts for both DMs and groups. - Notification translations: added proper localization support in notifications. 🖼 Images & Media - Automatic image downloads: images in messages now download automatically. - Image zoom: added zoom functionality for images in messages. - Media icons in previews: message previews in the chat list now show a media icon when images are present. 👣 User Experience - Identicons: replaced single-letter avatars with unique identicons for better visual identification. - Unsaved changes dialog: added protection against accidental back navigation on the edit profile screen. 🐛 Bug Fixes Chat Experience - Scroll behavior improvements: chat now jumps instantly to the bottom when opened, does not auto-scroll for incoming messages, and only scrolls when you send a message. - Fixed disappearing messages: messages no longer temporarily disappear after being sent - Better hit-box: the chat bubble hit-box now spans the entire width for easier interaction - Scrollable group details: chat details during the creation flow are now properly scrollable 🔔 Notifications - Missing notifications fix: fixed an issue where multiple messages arriving in the same polling window could miss notifications. - Inactive account navigation: fixed notification navigation for inactive accounts. 💅 UI Polish - Developer settings: fixed content going under the three-button bottom navigation on GrapheneOS and some Android devices. - Keypackage buttons: fixed the loading state displaying incorrectly on keypackage operation buttons. - Chat screen padding: reduced unnecessary bottom padding in the chat screen. - Avatar colors: refactored avatar color handling for consistency. 💪 Performance Improvements - Optimized group metadata: improved group metadata loading and caching. Non-blocking user fetch: switched several areas to use non-blocking user fetch for better responsiveness. - Smarter data loading: added digests and improvements to avoid reloading everything on every update. - Notification efficiency: avoided fetching all groups unnecessarily for notification details. - Background sync optimization: increased the foreground task repeat interval from 1 second to 60 seconds for better battery life. 🛠 Technical Improvements - Better error messages: improved error messaging throughout the app. - Updated Rust crate: updated the underlying Rust crate with various improvements. - Added get_group method : new bridge method for better group data access. This release sharpens notifications, makes images easier to work with, and cleans up a bunch of UI/UX issues reported by the community. The performance work under the hood should make White Noise feel smoother and more responsive in everyday use. Thank you for the support 🖤