Fernschreiber

0.19

• Update to TDLib 1.8.67
• Send several pictures, videos or documents as one album – contribution by JimKnopfIoT
• Admin actions in the group members list – contribution by JimKnopfIoT
• Support for contact messages, add shared contacts to the address book – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Attach contacts from the device to a chat
• Share the location once or live for 15 or 30 minutes
• Show added poll options and offer to add one – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Option to forward messages without their sender and captions – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Animated and favorite stickers in the sticker picker – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Add stickers to the favorites and remove them in the sticker picker – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Only one voice note or video plays at a time – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Receive pictures, videos and files shared by other apps – contribution by Andreas Horn
• Option to send photos and videos as file – contribution by Andreas Horn
• Show the chat with yourself as Saved Messages – contribution by Andreas Horn
• Show duration and success of (video) calls – contribution by Simon Schmeisser
• Privacy settings for bio, birthdate and calls
• Record voice notes with Opus instead of Vorbis (where the device supports it)
• Updated rlottie library (for animated stickers)
• Fix: reaction selection for chats without a fixed set of reactions
• Fix: editing group member permissions for messages and media
• Fix: required permissions when forwarding media messages
• Fix: original author of forwarded messages from users and chats
• Fix: show changes of the message auto-delete time
• Fix: button of sponsored messages
• Fix: avoid triggering copy to clipboard and delete message when opening 2nd context menu
• Fix: show sponsor name as author of sponsored messages
• Fix: edit or delete messages right after they have been sent
• Fix: unread reactions stayed unread after opening the chat
• Fix: own messages not recognized for large user IDs
• Fix: keep privacy exceptions made in other Telegram apps
• Fix: voice note duration, waveform and listened state – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Fix: play voice notes with one tap when they still need to be downloaded
• Fix: mention suggestions when typing @ – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Fix: missing parts of animated stickers, show non-square stickers at full size – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Fix: keep the small profile picture visible until the big one is downloaded – contribution by Eugenio Rossi
• Fix: load link previews that arrive after the message
• Fix: chat jumping when photos sent from this device are loaded
• Fix: immediate feedback when attaching a location
• Updated Slovak translation, thanks to okruhliak

0.18

• Update Emoji support to 17 – contribution by jgibbon
• Support for notches - contribution by jgibbon
• New media view for messages including album support – contribution by jgibbon
• Additional safety dialog before deleting a chat
• Option to remove the chat deletion menu item - contribution by JimKnopfIoT
• Animation for order changes in chat list
• Make reactions button configurable - contribution by monich
• Make animation/animated GIF autoplay configurable
• Save power by adding delay between network requests in background - contribution by mbarashkov
• Fix Regression: Show all destinations for message forwarding – contribution by mbarashkov
• Fix: message copy for some use cases – contribution by mbarashkov
• Fix: message range synchronization in ChatModel – contribution by jgibbon
• Updated translations for several languages, thanks to BotchedRPR, carlosgonz0, eson57, Lundrin and okruhliak

0.17

• Update to TDLib 1.8.21, expect some hiccups ;)
• Added contacts sync (OpenRepos builds only)
• Tweaks to reaction handling (opens now on double click or click + star)
• Option to jump to quoted message
• Option to highlight unread conversations
• Option to suppress notification previews
• Option to append last message content to notifications
• Added "unread mention" indicator to chat list
• Improve message when search yields no results
• New unread info for chats with high amount of unread messages
• Setting for session inactivity timeout
• UI improvements in landscape mode
• Fix: Restore video functionality on SFOS 4.5
• Fix: Chat list timestamp now updated more reliably
• Fix: Faster reconnect after network changes
• Fix: Some URLs couldn't be opened
• Updated translations for several languages
• Thanks to monich, nephros, arustg, jgibbon, carlosgonz0, okruhliak, dscheinah, pherjung and mbarashkov for your contributions

0.16

• Support message reactions
• Support t.me/+... links
• Update to TDLib 1.8.3 - let's see if everything still works ;)
• Fix: Much stricter chat list handling, should avoid ghost chats
• Fix: Add RemovableMedia permission to allow uploads from SD card again
• Fix: Context menu in settings/sessions should now always stay in screen area, thanks to monich

0.15

• Use geo: URL handler to open locations (direct call to Pure Maps is no longer working on SFOS 4.4)
• Use generic file handler to open downloaded files (xdg-open is no longer working on SFOS 4.4)
• Fix: Race condition on initial login caused malfunction of chats and settings page
• Fix: Bring notifications back to lock screen of SFOS 4.4

0.14

• Adjustments to SFOS 4.4: Setup application profile, migrate configuration, fix notification sound (bug #486)
• Support for Emoji 14.0
• Support striked-through text - thanks to monich
• Fix: Clean up correctly after creating voice notes (bug #481)
• Fix: Mark sponsored messages as read correctly - thanks to monich
• Updated translations for French, Slovak, Spanish - thanks to pherjung, okruhliak, carlosgonz0

0.13

• Update to TDLib 1.8 - let's see if everything still works ;)
• Fix: Forward message to channels - thanks to monich
• Fix: Message reference issues in repplies - thanks to monich
• Fix: Don't load message with zero IDs - thanks to monich
• Fix: Avoid repeated sticker set loading
• Updated translations for French, Polish, Russian, Swedish - thanks to all contributors

0.12

• Add option to delete private chat
• Improve chat search performance - thanks to monich
• Improve message forwarding - thanks to monich
• Handle external links better for individual messages
• Full support for sponsored messages (yes, that's required before January 1, 2022)
• Move session and logout options from about to settings page - thanks to nephros
• Remove short texts for stickers and animated emojis - thanks to monich
• Fix: Display chat members correctly again after TDLib update
• Fix: Long tap on reply-to headers finally opens context menu - thanks to monich
• Fix: Apply "show stickers as images" setting to animated emojis - thanks to monich
• Fix: Don't save draft for chats with deleted users
• Fix: Hide appearance settings that are not applicable - thanks to monich
• Fix: Less memory consumption for stickers after TDLib upgrade - thanks to monich
• Updated translations for Polish, Spanish, Swedish - thanks to atlochowski, carlosgonz0, eson57

0.11

• Update to TDLib 1.7.9 - bring Fernschreiber back to life
• Support for animated emoji
• Preliminary support for sponsored messages - mandatory after January 1, 2022
• Use larger font for settings section headers - thanks to monich
• Hide "Extra options..." context menu item if it's not needed - thanks to monich
• Updated translation for Spanish - thanks to carlosgonz0

0.10.1

• Fix: Startup wasn't possible on fresh SFOS installation (thanks to Jolla Harbour QA!)
• Fix: New open-with handling created duplicate browser shortcuts
• Open-with support on SFOS 4.2 is (again) a workaround. SFOS 4.3 seems to behave much better...
• Updated translations for Polish - thanks to atlochowski

0.10

• Support for SFOS 4.3 on armv7hl and i486
• New settings accordion - thanks to jgibbon and monich
• Fix open-with issues with browser and Fernschreiber on SFOS 4.2 and later
• Fix: No 'Recently used' section if there are no stickers
• Use generic app booster, fixes some crashes related to animated stickers - thanks to monich
• New translation to French - thanks to pherjung and nbourdais
• Updated translations for Polish, Russian, Slovak, Swedish - thanks to all contributors

0.9

• Enhanced information for location attachments (accuracy, nearest location as plain text using OSM Nominatim)
• Sticker picker performance optimizations - thanks to jgibbon
• Updated rlottie library (for animated stickers)
• Add option to focus text input when entering a chat - thanks to santoshmanikandan
• Add option to display stickers as emojis
• Fix: Correct message sent/read indicator after messages were sent, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/407
• Fix: Disable auto-scroll when app is in background, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/410
• Fix: Adjust scroll position when keyboard is hidden, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/418
• Fix: Chat of recently joined contact now shows up properly
• Fix: Opening Fernschreiber from a notification should no longer result in an error message, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/412
• Fix: Improve handling for additional options drawer - thanks to monich
• Fix: Avoid newline in text input when using send by enter - thanks to santoshmanikandan

0.8.2

• Prepare aarch64 build
• Updated Polish translation - thanks to atlochowski

0.8.1

• Fix: Show active sessions button only when authenticated - thanks to monich
• Fix: Show newly registered contact as simple message
• Updated translations for Finnish, Polish, Russian, Spanish - thanks to all contributors

0.8

• Tap on a sticker to show overlay with the corresponding sticker set
• Sticker set overlay allows to uninstall it
• Redesign sticker picker, improve loading time
• Additional context menu to prevent the normal one from becoming too big, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/216
• Manage all Telegram sessions for current user (see About -> Active Sessions)
• Forward message now directly available in (additional) context menu
• Use different background colors for muted chats - thanks to monich
• Enable storage optimizer per default
• [SFOS 4] Disable contacts sync as no longer possible, see https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/4-0-1-45-non-jailed-contacts-sqlite-datab...
• Fix: Found private chats no longer appear automatically in the chat list
• Fix: Stickers can now be sent as replies
• Fix: Message sticker highlight and click behavior now aligned with other message types - thanks to monich
• Fix: Don't auto-scroll if context menu is opened, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/139
• Fix: Deleted in-reply-to messages are now shown with a placeholder, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/374
• Fix: Sort text replacements better to avoid overlaps in case of special characters, see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/334
• Fix: Trigger mark-as-read (almost) immediately after opening chat (plus configurable delay)
• Fix: [SFOS 4] Documents app can no longer access all directories, always download before calling it
• Fix: [SFOS 4] Forwarding a message no longer causes the page stack to become invalid (navigating back was no longer working)
• Several translations updated - thanks to all contributors

0.7

• Massively extended bot support - thanks to jgibbon
• Option to change first name, last name, username
• Add and delete profile pictures
• Set personal privacy options
• Pin/unpin chat
• Option for online-only mode
• Option to logout - thanks to santoshmanikandan
• Option to override notification sound settings - thanks to monich
• Option to disable delay for marking messages as read
• Show channel members if authorized - thanks to monich
• New UX for audios, voice notes and documents - thanks to jgibbon
• Updated Fernschreiber logo - thanks to monich
• Better loading/preview image - thanks to jgibbon
• New pinned chat icon - thanks to jgibbon
• Add explanations to quiz - thanks to jgibbon
• Real estate optimizations for chat list - thanks to jgibbon
• Nice landscape layout for settings page - thanks to monich
• Full width for channel messages - thanks to jgibbon
• Architecture changes and improvements to message type handling - thanks to jgibbon
• Update channel message count in real time - thanks to monich
• Fix: Get sound back for notifications
• Fix: Chat muted icon always visible in list
• Fix: Mark older messages as read once a reply has been sent
• Fix: No longer display own messages as unread
• Fix: Initial scroll position now normally on the first unread message
• Fix: Improve sent/read indicator handling
• Fix: Don't let context menu be wider than its combo box - thanks to monich
• Fix: Images couldn't be clicked at the complete width - thanks to jgibbon
• Fix: Don't retry downloading files too often - thanks to monich
• A lot more fixes - thanks to monich and jgibbon
• New Slovak translation - thanks to okruhliak
• Several translations updated - thanks to all contributors

0.6.1

• Show indicator for pinned chats
• Use highlightBackgroundColor and align size for all chat attributes (unread messages, secret chat, pinned chat)
• Fix: Chat list order of sequence was wrong in some circumstances
• Fix: Make video (fullscreen) page work again
• Fix: Add build requirements for Qt Multimedia and Qt Positioning
• Updated translations for Finnish and Swedish - thanks to jorm1s and eson57

0.6

• Filter chat list (tap on title bar to open search field) - thanks to the entire dev team for the great discussion and contributions to the layout :)
• Search for public chats (see pulley menu on overview page)
• Search for chat messages (see pulley menu on chat page)
• Support sending voice notes
• Support sending locations
• Add message draft support - thanks to jgibbon
• Basic bot messages support (reply markup) - thanks to jgibbon
• Add 'Mark chat as read/unread' option
• Add download option to audio messages (voice notes, music...)
• Introduce proper text if other people added/removed a person from a chat
• Tweaks to poll layout - thanks to monich
• New option to keep message input focused after message was sent - thanks to jgibbon
• Send message button now removed if Send-message-by-enter option is enabled (and no attachment is set) - thanks to santhoshmanikandan
• Performance and code optimizations (architecture, startup, JS components) - thanks to monich and jgibbon
• Improve readability in light ambiences
• Upgrade to TDLib 1.7
• Fix: Only show reply to option for messages that can be replied to - thanks to monich
• Fix: Emoji positioning in multi-line texts - thanks to monich
• Fix: Left-over @-mention notifications when all messages in chat are read
• Fix: Occasional crashes on opening poll context menu - thanks to monich
• Fix: Don't display in-reply-to section if message wasn't found
• Several translations updated - thanks to all contributors

0.5.1

• Add verification badge to verified chats - thanks to monich
• Improve preview of wide images - thanks to monich
• Fix: Editing functionality (was broken with newlines and didn't update correctly)
• Fix: Show single message in a chat if on receiving side
• Allow any screen orientation for picker dialogs - thanks to monich
• Fix: Long tap on image preview items - thanks to monich and jgibbon
• Press effect for image preview items - thanks to monich
• Fix: Chat Page flickable misplaced under some circumstances
• Fix: Short text for 'myself' short messages of channels in chat list
• Several translations updated - thanks to all contributors

0.5

• Support secret chats
• Support Telegram contacts & synchronization with local contacts DB on request
• Initiate private & secret chats from contact
• Support pinned messages
• Always position chat at last read state, even if unread message count is >50
• Support message forwarding - thanks to jgibbon
• Support multiple message selection - thanks to jgibbon
• Support @-mentioning in message input field - simply type '@' followed by the name to properly mention somebody
• Support video notes
• Better notification handling - thanks to monich
• Better chat permission handling - thanks to jgibbon
• Chat information attached to chat page - thanks to jgibbon
• Display message sent/received indicator in chat list
• Display pinned/in-reply-to message on tap as overlay
• Support for TDLib storage optimizer - thanks to monich
• Switch from elide truncation mode to fade out
• Switch to generic file picker for documents
• Localization improvements (e.g. plural handling) - thanks to jgibbon
• Logging/debugging improvements - thanks to monich and jgibbon
• Several performance improvements - thanks to monich and jgibbon
• Make emojis a little bigger and change alignment to address display issues (only a workaround as it seems to be a QML bug, but we need to use what we have...)
• Fix: Wrong space allocation for some web page previews
• Fix: Display correct chat photo - thanks to monich
• Fix: Message pending indicator though message was sent successfully
• Fix: Mute chats that have never been muted before
• Fix: Truncate username correctly if it's very long
• Several translations updated - thanks to all contributors

0.4.1

• Several translations updated - thanks to all contributors

0.4

• Support for animated stickers - thanks to monich
• Chat information page (members, picture(s), settings...) - thanks to jgibbon
• Support for polls - thanks to jgibbon
• Code & performance optimizations - thanks to monich and jgibbon
• Improve chat scroll position on open - thanks to jgibbon
• Start chats from @-mention or name
• Integration in Sailfish OS open with menu
• Join and leave chats
• Fixes and improvements to notifications - thanks to monich
• Differentiate between simple and normal messages in chats - thanks to jgibbon
• Switch to SVG icons - thanks to jgibbon
• Mark all messages as read - thanks to jgibbon
• Copy message to clipboard - thanks to chstem
• New sticker icon - thanks to jgibbon
• Fixes to link and HTML entity handling
• Switch message sent date display on tap (... ago <-> Monday, ...)
• Many translations updated - thanks to all contributors
• Swedish translation - thanks to eson57

0.3

• Support for sending stickers
• Search for emojis from message input field, use :<keyword> to start searching
• New icon/logo - thanks to iamnomeutente
• Option to customize non-graphical notification feedback - thanks to monich
• Add user registration - thanks to jgibbon
• Don't show irrelevant groups - thanks to monich
• Display information about forwarded messages
• Option to avoid displaying stickers like images - thanks to monich
• Fix: Don't reset edit/in-reply-to mode after focus change
• Fix: Display caption for documents
• Fix: Reserve some space for lazy loaded elements
• Fix: Don't display error message in case of repeated download of the same file
• New translations (Finnish, Italian, Russian), thanks to jorm1s, iamnomeutente, arustg and monich
• That was quite a lot - I hope I didn't forget anything. If I did, big sorry and please let me know!

0.2

• Support sending images, videos and documents
• Support receiving locations and venues - thanks to jgibbon
• Performance improvements for chat list, new sorting algorithm and much more - thanks to monich
• Performance improvements for chat, lazy loading for most UI elements
• Cover page improvements - thanks to jgibbon
• Fix handling of "<>" in messages
• Differentiate text between other people and current user ("You have..." vs. "Somebody has...")
• Support for the Jolla Tablet
• New translations (Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish) - thanks to dashinfantry, edp17, atlochowski, GNUuser

0.1

• Initial Release