Hey everyone, Thunder v0.7.1 is finally here! This release primarily focuses on improving Thunder’s core architecture in preparation for upcoming API changes. As a result, there aren’t too many new features this time around. The work is still ongoing and will take a bit more time to complete, but doing so will lay the foundation for Thunder to more easily support future API versions and platforms.

As always, if you experience any issues or have suggestions or feedback, feel free to share them with the Thunder community or on GitHub.

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Here are the changes between versions v0.6.1 and v0.7.1. For improved readability, internal issues introduced and fixed in nightly versions will be largely omitted.

Additions

• Added ability to search for top-level settings by micahmo in #1668
• Added semantic labels to all overflow/popup buttons by micahmo in #1705
• Added semantic label to community search subscription button by micahmo in #1790
• Added ability to mark private messages as read by hjiangsu in #1762
• Added ability to toggle community icons in compact mode by hjiangsu in #1746
• Added prompt to add original post body when cross-posting links and images by hjiangsu in #1759
• Added action chips to user and community headers by hjiangsu in #1851
• Added loading indicator on startup under slow network connections by micahmo in #1795
• Added additional support contact in About page by hjiangsu in #1866

Changes

• Enabled the experimental post page to be the default by hjiangsu in #1713
• Enabled full-height images in default configuration by hjiangsu in #1756
• Enabled ability for last tapped post to preserve it’s state by micahmo in #1520
• Improved markdown link behaviour by micahmo in #1700
• Improved UX for toggling pure black theme by hjiangsu in #1690
• Improved visibility of comment navigator in dark mode by micahmo in #1691
• Improved message clarity of “Mark all as read” action by micahmo in #1766
• Improved reply preview actions touch area by hjiangsu in #1815
• Improved notification user handling by micahmo in #1865
• Improved handling of tall images in feed/post by hjiangsu in #1709
• Improved comment depth indicators by hjiangsu in #1788
• Improved post loading under slow network connections by micahmo in #1796
• Improved image handling for instances with image proxy enabled by hjiangsu in #1807
• Improved error handling when navigating to a post of a blocked community by hjiangsu in #1808
• Improved initial feed loading API calls by hjiangsu in #1852
• Display full username in private messages by micahmo in #1823
• Display user avatars only when they have an associated image by hjiangsu in #1806
• Featured posts are compacted when using card mode by hjiangsu in #1757
• Moved author and community metadata to the top of post page by hjiangsu in #1844
• Improved community icon setting terminology by hjiangsu in #1747
• Removed scrape missing previews option by hjiangsu in #1721

Fixes

• Fixed profile modal staying open after logging into new account by micahmo in #1701
• Fixed profile modal not closing after switching accounts by micahmo in #1706
• Fixed issue navigating to post after creation by micahmo in #1797
• Fixed post body not updating after performing an edit by micahmo in #1789
• Fixed instance display in post by micahmo in #1799
• Fixed comment sort setting label not matching selected comment sort option by micahmo in #1771
• Fixed issue where blocked user comments are attached to wrong comment tree by hjiangsu in #1835
• Fixed color of block icon on “Block User” button by micahmo in #1693
• Fixed color of block community button by micahmo in #1834
• Fixed size of vote buttons on the post page by micahmo in #1792
• Fixed link images not respecting edge-to-edge option by hjiangsu in #1708
• Fixed Bluesky image URL parsing by hjiangsu in #1801
• Fixed issue with block quotes not being applied in some cases by micahmo in #1727
• Fixed taglines not showing on anonymous accounts by hjiangsu in #1817
• Fixed advanced share sheet overflow by micahmo in #1794
• Fixed visual glitch when navigating to posts via link by micahmo in #1760
• Fixed visual glitch on post page app bar by micahmo in #1783
• Fixed search keyboard popping up when using back navigation by hjiangsu in #1738
• Fixed video player back button on landscape mode not being displayed by hjiangsu in #1749
• Fixed notification page overlapping with bottom navigation bar by micahmo in #1761
• Fixed positioning of the pull-to-refresh indicator by micahmo in #1861
• Fixed full date setting not accounting for user timezone by hjiangsu in #1758
• Fixed FAB settings page navigation by micahmo in #1811
• Fixed issue where empty inbox message is shown prematurely by micahmo in #1791
• Fixed issue with the feed FAB appearing on the account page by micahmo in #1793
• Fixed community naming by micahmo in #1878

Misc

• Consolidated navigation, account, and authentication logic by hjiangsu in #1707, #1826
• Reorganized account, settings, and removed unused functions/classes by hjiangsu in #1822, #1824
• Refactored media thumbnails and related logic by hjiangsu in #1720, #1714, #1715
• Refactored post-related components (cards, metadata, widgets) by hjiangsu in #1784, #1730, #1723, #1734, #1740, #1743, #1862, #1867, #1868
• Refactored comment-related components (cards, headers, widgets) by hjiangsu in #1800, #1847
• Refactored user-related components (avatar, chips, header, indicator, sidebar) by hjiangsu in #1752, #1751, #1753, #1755, #1754, #1764, #1763, #1769
• Refactored community-related widgets and logic by hjiangsu in #1750, #1702, #1773
• Refactored core logic to use internal models (account, post, feed type) by hjiangsu in #1814, #1838, #1839, #1853, #1836
• Refactored user preferences and modlog logic by hjiangsu in #1842, #1831
• Refactored navigation and linking (sharing intent, deep link, feed page app bar) by hjiangsu in #1832, #1829, #1863
• Refactored instance-related components (list entry, info response) by hjiangsu in #1821
• Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu in #1781
• Updated instances by github-actions in #1688, #1782
• Upgraded Thunder to Flutter 3.32.0 and updated gradle/NDK versions by hjiangsu in #1850, #1859