From ac372fc79b769fd16ecfab0800bf92e7a92638cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Simmons Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:28:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Write 6.1.9-6190 release notes. --- Technotes/ReleaseNotes-iOS.markdown | 248 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 247 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Technotes/ReleaseNotes-iOS.markdown b/Technotes/ReleaseNotes-iOS.markdown index 4150dfb6c..bc30a910f 100644 --- a/Technotes/ReleaseNotes-iOS.markdown +++ b/Technotes/ReleaseNotes-iOS.markdown @@ -1,6 +1,252 @@ # iOS Release Notes -### 6.0.1 TestFlight build 608 - 28 Aug 2021 +### 6.1.9 TestFlight build 6190 22 April 2025 — branch: main tag: iOS-6.1.9-6190 + +Made some external modules internal to the app (RSCore, RSParser). +Added .xctestplan files. + +### 6.1.8 TestFlight build 6146 21 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.8-ios tag: iOS-6.1.8-6146 + +Fixed a bug where sometimes feed icons wouldn’t show up until switching screens +Fixed crash in the starred articles widget + +### 6.1.8 TestFlight build 6145 18 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.8-ios tag: iOS-6.1.8-6145 + +Improved usability of split view in iPad +Fixed bug where you could get two refresh progress bars at the same time on iPad (one in feeds view toolbar and one in timeline view toolbar) + +### 6.1.7 TestFlight build 6144 12 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.7-ios tag: iOS-6.1.7-6144 + +Fix crash on rotation on Max phone when in fullscreen and going from portrait to landscape +Improve the look of tables in the default article theme + +### 6.1.7 TestFlight build 6143 11 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.7-ios tag: iOS-6.1.7-6143 + +Made the split view on iPad less obtrusive and hard to use in portrait view +Fixed bug where controls could disappear when not in fullscreen mode + +## 6.1.6 App Store build 6142 6 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6142 + +(Releasing build 6142 as App Store release) + +Fix a crashing bug that would most commonly appear on closing a web page +Fix weird border issues with widgets +Fix bug updating account and feed names on Feeds screen after names have been edited +Fix a bug where some feeds can be slow to update (drop Cache-Control support except for openrss.org) +Fix display bug with footnote links (remove link underline) +Adopt modern iOS split view + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6142 2 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6142 + +Fix a bug where some feeds can be slow to update. (Technical change: drop Cache-Control support except for openrss.org, which requested the support in the first place. Most feed providers aren’t providing intentional Cache-Control headers, it appears, and our continuing Cache-Control support means too-long delays between feed updates in many cases.) + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6141 1 Jan 2025 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6141 + +Fix bug updating account and feed names on Feeds screen after names have been edited +Fix Go To Feed menu item bug + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6140 31 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6140 + +Fix theme importing +Draw account row separators on the Feeds view all the way across the screen + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6139 30 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6139 + +Fix display bug with footnote links (remove link underline) +Fix bug with toolbars appearing when fullscreen mode is on +Fix crashing bug on the Settings > Timeline layout view +Make sure Feeds view shows on first run +Add button to articles view that shows/hides timeline when in regular horizontal size class (iPads, mainly) + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6138 26 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6138 + +Fix layout issues with widgets — adopt widget API changes from iOS 17 + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6137 23 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6137 + +Fix bug where next-unread on iPhone would sometimes briefly show the timeline before going to the next article + +### 6.1.6 TestFlight build 6136 22 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.6-ios tag: iOS-6.1.6-6136 + +Hopefully fix layoutSubviews crash by switching to the modern three-column split view + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6135 16 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6135 + +Add dark and tinted app icons + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6134 15 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6134 + +Fix crash introduced in previous build (crash on selecting a folder) + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6133 14 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6133 + +Fix bandwidth-use bugs with downloading feed home pages to find feed icons and favicons +Update default theme with enhancements by John Gruber + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6132 12 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6132 + +Restore ability to swipe back from a Safari view (web page view) +Space out requests made to openrss.org +Send user-agent with platform, version, and build to openrss.org (and only to that site) +Cut down on bandwidth use on fetching web page metadata (still more work to do on this one, but this is an improvement) + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6131 10 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6131 + +Fix hanging progress indicator in the Feeds view + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6130 9 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6130 + +Fix crash importing OPML subscriptions + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6129 8 Dec 2024 - branch: 6.1.5 tag: iOS-6.1.5-6129 + +Fix newly-introduced bugs with reporting refresh/sync progress + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6128 - 7 Dec 2024 + +Restore ability to tap on image and view its alt text (as with xkcd, for instance) + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6127 - 7 Dec 2024 + +Fix a crashing bug in `-[UINavigationBar layoutSubviews:]` that started when we built with Xcode 15 +Now building with Xcode 16.1 + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6126 - 4 Dec 2024 + +Use less bandwidth by respecting Cache-Control headers — skip refreshing feeds that have asked not to be refreshed yet. (This is of course also kind to servers, which is important.) +Fix a potential crashing bug (data race) in the object that stores article status (read/unread, starred/unstarred) + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6125 - 4 Dec 2024 + +Use less bandwidth by respecting Cache-Control headers — skip refreshing feeds that have asked not to be refreshed yet. (This is of course also kind to servers, which is important.) +Fix a potential crashing bug (data race) in the object that stores article status (read/unread, starred/unstarred) + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6124 - 21 Mar 2024 + +Nothing actually changed — this is just because TestFlight expired. + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6123 - 21 Dec 2023 + +Building with Xcode 14.2 on macOS 13 to see if that makes the new-in-iOS-17 crashing bug go away. + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6122 - 19 Dec 2023 + +Remove code for showing Twitter and Reddit deprecation alerts. + +Build using Xcode 15.1. + +### 6.1.5 TestFlight build 6121 - 29 Sep 2023 + +Build using Xcode 15 to make sure there are no regressions. + +### 6.1.4 TestFlight build 6120 - 1 July 2023 + +Build using Xcode 14.3.1 so the app won’t crash on launch on iOS 13. + +### 6.1.4 TestFlight build 6119 - 30 June 2023 + +Remove Reddit from Settings. Remove Reddit API code. + +### 6.1.3 TestFlight build 6118 - 23 June 2023 + +Fix release notes URL: it’s now https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire/releases/ + +This build was released to the App Store. + +### 6.1.3 TestFlight build 6117 - 18 June 2023 + +Show Reddit shutoff alert to people using Reddit integration. + +### 6.1.2 TestFlight build 6116 - 19 Mar 2023 + +Revise Twitter alert to not mention any dates +Update copyright to 2023 + +### 6.1.1 TestFlight build 6114 - 5 Feb 2023 + +Remove Twitter integration. Include alert that Twitter integration was removed. + +### 6.1.1 TestFlight build 6113 - 22 Jan 2023 + +Fix a crashing bug when fetching data for the widget + +### 6.1.1 TestFlight build 6112 - 16 Jan 2023 + +Add some feeds back to defaults — now an even 10 feeds + +### 6.1.1 TestFlight build 6111 - 8 Jan 2023 (didn’t actually go out via TestFlight) + +Fixed a crashing bug in the Feeds screen +Cut way down on number of default feeds, added BBC World News + +## 6.1 Release build 6110 - 9 Nov 2022 + +Changes since 6.0.1… + +Article themes. Several themes ship with the app, and you can create your own. You can change the theme in Preferences. +Fixed a bug that could prevent BazQux syncing when an article may not contain all the info we expect +Fixed a bug that could prevent Feedly syncing when marking a large number of articles as read +Disallow creation of iCloud account in the app if iCloud and iCloud Drive aren’t both enabled +Added links to iCloud Syncing Limitations & Solutions on iCloud Account Management UI +Copy URLs using repaired, rather than raw, feed links +Fixed bug showing quote tweets that only included an image +Video autoplay is now disallowed +Article view now supports RTL layout +Fixed a few crashing bugs +Fixed a layout bug that could happen on returning to the Feeds list +Fixed a bug where go-to-feed might not properly expand disclosure triangles +Prevented the Delete option from showing in the Edit menu on the Article View +Fixed Widget article icon lookup bug + + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6109 - 31 Oct 2022 + +Enhanced Widget integration to make counts more accurate +Enhanced Widget integration to make make it more efficient and save on battery life + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6108 - 28 Oct 2022 + +Fixed a bug that could prevent BazQux syncing when an article may not contain all the info we expect +Fixed a bug that could prevent Feedly syncing when marking a large number of articles as read +Prevent Widget integration from running while in the background to remove some crashes + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6107 - 28 Sept 2022 + +Added links to iCloud Syncing Limitations & Solutions on iCloud Account Management UI +Prevented the Delete option from showing in the Edit menu on the Article View +Greatly reduced the possibility of a background crash caused by Widget integration +Fixed Widget article icon lookup bug + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6106 - 9 July 2022 + +Fix a bug where images wouldn’t appear in the widget + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6105 - 6 July 2022 + +Write widget icons to the shared container +Make crashes slightly less likely when building up widget data + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6104 - 6 April 2022 + +Building on a new machine and making sure all’s well +Moved built-in themes to the app bundle so they’re always up to date +Fixed a crash in the Feeds list related to updating the feed image +Fixed a layout bug that could happen on returning to the Feeds list +Fixed a bug where go-to-feed might not properly expand disclosure triangles + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6103 - 25 Jan 2022 + +Fixed regression with keyboard shortcuts. +Fixed crashing bug adding an account. + +### 6.1 TestFlight build 6102 - 23 Jan 2022 + +Article themes. Several themes ship with the app, and you can create your own. You can change the theme in Preferences. +Copy URLs using repaired, rather than raw, feed links. +Disallow creation of iCloud account in the app if iCloud and iCloud Drive aren’t both enabled. +Fixed bug showing quote tweets that only included an image. +Video autoplay is now disallowed. +Article view now supports RTL layout.### 6.0.1 TestFlight build 608 - 28 Aug 2021 Fixed our top crashing bug — it could happen when updating a table view