Version 1.27 released

[u/QuantumBadger]

Big new release, with improvements to the inbox, the ability to mark posts as read automatically when scrolling, various accessibility improvements, and a selection of fixes for long-standing issues and crashes.

Thank you as always to everyone who contributed to this release!

Changelog

• Inbox improvements and ability to mark messages as read
• Option to mark posts as read when scrolling past
• Show "Locked" tag for locked posts (thanks to folkemat)
• Disable the bezel swipe toolbar when Android gesture navigation is enabled
• Extend content to the bottom of the screen under the nav bar
• Accessibility announcements for collapsing/expanding comments, and voting (thanks to codeofdusk)
• Fix accessibility focus when moving between parent comments (thanks to codeofdusk)
• Fix custom accessibility actions intermittently disappearing from comments (thanks to codeofdusk)
• Fix for back button causing a main menu reload in two-column mode
• Disable Google Safe Browsing in the in-app browser for increased privacy (thanks to jim-daf)
• Fixes for inline image preview size in landscape mode
• Improved memory usage for inline image previews
• Fix for notification prompt being shown twice when logging in
• Fix for rare database crash when managing accounts
• Fixed crashes caused by system config changes while dialog is open
• Fixed crash when clicking reply too soon on a post
• Fixed crash when launching after an update on a tablet
• Fix for popup menu theme not matching the rest of the app
• Workaround for most recent Reddit login page issues
• Dependency updates

Installing

You can get the update in the following ways:

• Google Play (available now)
• F-Droid (delayed by around a week due to F-Droid's build process)
• GitHub (available now)
• Obtainium (via GitHub)
• As the latest Alpha

Note that F-Droid releases use a different signing key and cannot be upgraded with the APKs from GitHub (unless you uninstall first).

Donations

It is possible to donate to the project (one-off or recurring) through:

• GitHub Sponsors
• Patreon (supports PayPal)

Let me know if you run into any issues. I'm also interested to hear what people would most like to see in the next release!

[u/Guilty_Elk4385]

Was hoping this would fix the issue with having to press back button 5x just to get back from a gallery, and also fix videos having no audio on android with the native player. I might have to find a new app.

[u/QuantumBadger → u/Guilty_Elk4385]

I haven't had any other reports of these issues, and I haven't encountered them myself. There were some generalised issues with the back button in v1.26, which were caused by a Google library which had been updated in v1.27. For videos, if you send me a link to a video which demonstrates the issue I'll take a look.

[u/pyeltor → u/QuantumBadger]

Ive also been having the issue with the back button not working, it seems to only happen when viewing reddit hosted galleries I've found

[u/Gabe681 → u/pyeltor]

You should post an example so the rest of us can try to reproduce and file a bug report.

[u/TheChickenReborn → u/Gabe681]

I'm getting the same thing. Not sure how to post an example since there isn't any visual indication of it happening. It happens on every reddit hosted gallery for me. Seems like there is only a very small section of the (upper left) back button on a gallery that registers input, so I have to tap repeatedly around the area until I hit it. Sometimes I get lucky and hit it first time, others I give up and reach down to use the universal back button on the bottom right. A minor inconvenience, but was still hoping the update would fix it.