Sync for Lemmy Beta 50 release notes - eviltoast

Key points

  • Random and random nsfw back as actions!
  • Added the ability to browse all instances and communities on an instance
  • Added admin tools (see #312 for details)
Ultra
  • Added a new article summarizer
New
  • Added user + community block managers (Settings > Lemmy preferences)
  • UI changes to the post options bottomsheet
    • Icons are now shown next to the user and community items
    • User and community items can be expanded out
    • A few user items have been moved to a separate bottomsheet
  • The filters bottomsheet now uses icons
  • catbox.moe links are now opened in-app (can be disabled)
  • Imgur video posts now show a small preview image
  • You can now view the moderators of a community
  • Added an option to disable the new hiding behaviour (Settings > experimental > keep posts hidden)
Github issues closed
  • Deep linking causes a transparent, unresponsive Activity to appear if Sync isn’t already running #345
  • Random NSFW #246
  • Expose instance name and view its communities #242
  • Add the ability to generate a random base theme color on app launch #358
  • “Failed to start subscription purchase (2)” when subscribing to Ultra #231
  • Crash when using lemmy.ca instance #204
  • Unable to share direct image on Android 14 Beta #104
  • Unable to direct share image #216
  • Remove the “Display if a post is OC” setting #361
  • Block button shown twice in the about menu #403
  • Block list #305
  • Block button does not change to “Unblock” when you block a community #300
  • [Feature Request] Block Community option added to Post Menu #225
  • Function to unblock a user #269
  • When viewing comments in your own or someone else’s profile… #401
  • Summarize article/post/comment feature for Ultra #251
  • Switch Media Upload Dialog for Bottom Sheet #160
  • Support for verified links (top X instances maybe) #77
  • Community in drawer sidebar has blank space between name and instance #47
  • Back arrow in action bar isn’t visible in login screen on tablets #53
  • Theme sharing generates screenshot only #96
Other fixes
  • Fixed a crash when starting chrome custom tabs
  • Fixed a crash when searching
  • Added a potential crash for TextViews crashing
  • Fixed an issue where searching from the drawer would say todo…
  • You can now enter “-” and “_” in the username field
  • Fixed a crash where some S4R backups would cause a crash
  • ProgressBottomSheetDialogFragments now auto dismiss
Updates
  • androidx.annotation:annotation > 1.7.0-rc01
  • com.google.android.material:material > 1.11.0-alpha02
  • com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle > 2.9.9
Notes
  • NSFW images can no longer be uploaded via Sync
  • Android 14 should behave better now
  • View + saved are now enabled by default in the actions manager
  • Your default community has been reset to handle the new local feed changes
  • The voting icons in comments now match slides
  • The profile icon is now accessible via the 3 dot menu for comments
  • Vent@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    NSFW images can no longer be uploaded via Sync

    Why not? How can Sync tell if an image is NSFW?

    • Ljdawson (Sync dev)@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      This was added in response to last weeks incident. Once additional tools are in place on instances I’ll look to remove this.

      Sync uses a local ML model to attempt to classify nsfw content.

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        1 year ago

        Neat, thanks!

        Think the restriction might be lifted in the future once this CSAM thing is figured out?

        Not a huge deal to me, I don’t plan on uploading any NSFW content and my instance has disabled all image uploading (for now) anyway. Really, I’m just curious.

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          Yup. As I said once additional tools are in place on instances to deal with this issue I’ll look to remove the check in app 👍🏻

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            1 year ago

            I’ll see myself out 🤦‍♂️

            Thanks for all the hard work btw! Really looking forward to the article summaries.

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      Why not?

      Because Google is a diarrhea-soaked abomination of a company that will accuse you of personally trafficking child porn if people have the ability to abuse your app for unintended purposes. This is probably coming because lemmyworld’s shitposting board was closed after people spammed it with CP, and LJ is trying to get ahead of Google so they don’t de-list his app. Unfortunately for him, Google reviewers don’t (can’t) read, and will delist his app for a few days anyway. Calling it now.