v27.211

This is an Android-only release. It is the same as v27.209 except its version number.

Highlights for users

• Fixed a bug introduced in v27.210 where notifications stopped working on Android 13. (#5752)

This release is identical to v27.209 except for its version number.

Highlights for developers

• Reverted the targetSdkVersion bump to 33, so it's back to 31. (#5752)
• Resolved issues: PR #5752

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EOF

v27.210

This is an Android-only release.

Highlights for users

• (Android) In this release, we adjust some build configuration as required by Google Play. (We set targetSdkVersion to 33, a.k.a. Android 13.) (#5453)

Highlights for developers

• Bumped targetSdkVersion to 33, aka Android 13. (#5453)
• Resolved issues: #5453

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EOF

v27.209

Highlights for users

• (iOS) You can now upload video attachments from your camera or media library. (#3624, #5733)
• (Android) You can now upload video attachments from your media library (Android 13+). (#3624)

Highlights for developers

• Bumped kMinAllowedServerVersion to 3.0. (PR #5747)
• Bumped kMinSupportedVersion to 4.10. (PR #5748)
• Resolved issues: #3624, #5733

sha256sum -c <<EOF
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EOF

v27.208

Highlights for users

• "Private messages" are now called "direct messages", following that rename in Zulip Server 7.0. (#5731)

Plus, like every release, other fixes and improvements for your Zulip experience.

sha256sum -c <<EOF
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EOF

v27.207

Highlights for users

• Support for unmuting topics in a muted stream, an upcoming Zulip Server 7 feature. (#5727, #5691)
• (Android) We believe we have fixed a nasty bug where the keyboard would freeze while typing on some Samsung devices. If the issue persists, please report it! (#5729)

Plus, like every release, other fixes and improvements for your Zulip experience.

Highlights for developers

• Changed where we generate /pm-with/… links (just in quote-and-reply) to use the new /dm/… format instead. (#5710)

• Resolved issues: #5729, #5691, #5362, #5726, #5710

sha256sum -c <<EOF
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EOF

v27.206

Highlights for users

• We've added more failure handling to the notification troubleshooting screen. (PR #5721)
• We now offer the app in Luri (Bakhtiari). Many thanks to our kind volunteer translators!

Highlights for developers

• Users can now retry the register-device-token request on demand, and if the server gives an error, they can see the message in the client. (PR #5721)

sha256sum -c <<EOF
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v27.205

Highlights for users

• (iOS) Fixed an issue where text inputs wouldn't respond to tapping near the left edge of the screen. (#5486)

Plus, like every release, other fixes and improvements for your Zulip experience.

Highlights for developers

• Bumped kMinSupportedVersion to "4.0". (PR #5707)
• We now use presence tuning parameters from the server, when available. (#5669)
• We now support narrow links with new "/dm/…" and "/is/dm" filters (the new way to say "/pm-with/…" and "/is/private"). (#5692)
• Ran yarn upgrade. (PR #5713)
• Upgraded Flow to v0.175.1. (PR #5700)
• Prep work toward supporting unmuted topics in muted streams. (PR #5690)
• Converted more of our Java code to Kotlin. (PR #5695, PR #5701)
• Used patch-package to fix an Xcode build failure in react-native. (PR #5709)
• Resolved issues: #5669, #5692, #5698, #5702, #5486

sha256sum -c <<EOF
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EOF

v27.204

Highlights for users

• (iOS) Fixed a bug where tapping a notification wouldn't bring you to the conversation. (#5679)
• Fixed a bug where the app wouldn't work if your email address contained diacritics or characters from non-Latin scripts. (PR #5178)

Plus, like every release, other fixes and improvements for your Zulip experience.

Highlights for developers

• We've adapted the topic-mute model to the new user_topic API. (#5380)
• Resolved issues: #5679, #5380, PR #5178

sha256sum -c <<EOF
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EOF

v27.203

Highlights for users

This iOS-only release is identical to version v27.201, except we've now correctly marked the app as requiring iOS 14+.

v27.202

This is an iOS-only stable release in the v27.201 series, with a bugfix atop v27.201.

Highlights for users

• (iOS) Fixed a bug on devices running iOS 12 where the unread notice would show nonsense instead of the number of unread messages. (#5670)

Note: This will be the last release to support iOS 12 and 13.