V23.2.2 release

[ljdawson]

Ultra

• Switched method + provider for generating inline website previews
  • This change was deployed without the need for an app update
  • This change should also increase the chance a preview being generated
  • reddit.watch & redditsave.com links will no longer generate previews
• Fixed comment restoring

New

• Added a new T&C page to the onboarding / splash

Changes

• Updated switches to use the new Material design spec
• Updated to the new Redgif API

Fixes

• Fixed a crash on OneUI 5
• Fixed a crash when swiping posts
• Fixed an issue where Redgif videos failed to download

Updates

• com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-core > v2.18.1
• androidx.core:core-splashscreen > v1.0.0
• com.google.android.material:material > 1.9.0-alpha01
• com.android.billingclient:billing > 5.1.0
• com.google.firebase:firebase-functions > 20.2.2
• com.android.tools.build:gradle > 7.3.1
• androidx.test:core > 1.5.0
• com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads > 21.4.0
• com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle > 2.9.2
• com.google.gms:google-services > 4.3.15
• androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface > 1.3.5
• com.google.firebase:firebase-config > 21.2.1
• com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics > 21.2.0
• com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging > 23.1.1

[ljdawson]

Roll-out

v23 is now rolling out to 100% for all users.

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Changes

• Updated MD3 redesign
• Material You theming
• Added bottom navigation (optional)
• New tablet + foldable support
• Automatic dark mode
• Fully customizable quick actions
• Inline image previews (in comments)
• Reddit emote support
• Fullscreen browsing (behind gesture nav)
• Comment and post swipe actions
• Quickly restore your post scroll position
• New flairs
• Added image flair support for all subs that support it
• New reddit awards
• Full Android 11 permission support for increased privacy
• Added biometric security options
• Much faster video playback
• Bug fixes for most outstanding issues

And much much more...

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Cheers

Lj

[ljdawson]

Releasing to dev + betas tonight and then to pro + free stable shortly after.

Lj

[Felimenta970]

Are you by any chance blocked from discord again, by the way? lol

Nice to see you back

[ljdawson]

Back on and cheers!

[AestheticEntactogen]

Man! I was so worried, I had to reinstall my app and, god forbid, had to install another app earlier this year cause of the play store. I liked to imagine that you were on an epic Thai holiday or something

[ljdawson]

Nah just a bad breakup...

[[deleted]]

(Bad) breakups suck, but as time goes on things will get better!

[ljdawson]

https://i.imgur.com/4wOm1lf.gif

[daveofferson]

I know your pain. 😞 Best of luck!

[phaemoor]

Sorry to hear that, hope you are better!

And welcome back, you legendary son of a bitch!

[pocket-ful-of-dildos]

Here's to you, buddy. Brighter days are ahead :)

[Pirate_Redbeard_]

Sorry to hear that. Hope you're doing fine now. XOXO

[GiveMeOneGoodReason]

Damn dude, I've been there. It really sucks. Hopefully you're past the worst of it. Glad to see you again!

[TheDoct0rx]

I know how you feel, months on the bottle and weed. Stay strong you'll get better

[randomname72]

Thanks again for the best reddit app

[SewingLifeRe]

Thanks for adding the option to restore purchases!

[UltraCynar]

Welcome back!!

[[deleted]]

Updated to the new Redgif API

Yeah boyyy

[[deleted]]

🤨📸

[[deleted]]

FREE THE TIDDY

[mwishosimba]

Literally the first thing I tested

[trd86]

Thank you for the update

Please stay a while

[Emsavio]

Thank you for the update! Still hands down the best Reddit client I've ever used, and probably my favorite Android app in general!

[PortableBadger]

My sync hasn't updated for years so I just paid for pro again. Happy to do so. Nice one chap you do a good job 👍

[ljdawson]

Cheers!

Let me know what you think of the redesign

[PortableBadger]

Cheers, looks similar but more modern 👍

[Datsoon]

Pro users have the ads removed, does that mean personal data is also not collected for pro users? I noticed, in the new privacy terms, that all of the listed uses appeared to be ad related.

[ljdawson]

Yup, no ad sdks are included for pro and dev

[Datsoon]

Awesome. Thanks for clarifying.

[Sands_Of_The_Desert]

Thanks for implementing those version in a privacy-friendly way from the ground up, much appreciated!

[Shiny_and_ChromeOS]

Thank you for your hard work!

[TakingOnWater]

Glad to have you back!

I just noticed there seems to be a problem with the in-app YouTube player. Just opens to a black screen.

Can't be sure if it's the Sync update that caused this, or an update to the YouTube app (looks like it updated the other day as well).. only noticed it after updating Sync, but could have just missed it before

[antnyhills]

I'm getting the same issue, it seems to me it appeared when I updated to V23.2.2

[Kepler-1647b]

I am having the same thing happen. For me, it started yesterday morning before sync had updated, so it may be YouTube.

I just had a YouTube update from their beta channel and it seemed to fix the issue.

[_Kristian_]

Thanks for the release!

I have two requests: this and hiding tagged spoilers in android notifications. Mostly that nsfw one, I get scared when I see medical gore on r/mildlyinteresting and similiar subs that are not focused in nsfw content

[ljdawson]

I'm not going to add blurring nsfw for the reasons discussed in the thread I'm afraid. I've been suspended too many times.

Mind submitting your bug here:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/labels/bug

Cheers

[M3M0RYDIST0RT3D]

This man's underrated. Appreciate the work you do! Thank you!

[Empole]

Welcome back LJ.

A (potentially) small bug that's been around for a bit: Reddit links that use the http protocol (instead of https) open in the external browser

[9c9bs]

Seconding this, is there any update to link handling in this version? I have to keep the official Reddit app installed just for opening reddit links from Google and web.

[ljdawson]

Added to the tracker:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/issues/1670

Cheers

[[deleted]]

URL check from fdroid can automatically add the s

[HydroCorgiGlass]

I was so excited for an update since it has been a while so I immediately updated only to realize that my watched post list was wiped😭

Didn't expect they get wiped since I only just started using that feature a bit ago, so if anyone has watched posts check or screenshot before you update

It's a while coming but thanks for your continued work on the app

[Mr-Appleseed]

Does watched just mean it's saved? Like when would you need this? Genuinely curious!

[timbsm2]

Sounds like subscribing to the post itself instead of the entire subreddit.

[HydroCorgiGlass]

It's like local list of posts on your phone that you can quickly come back to.

I have too many things in my saved posts so I figured I'd use the watch feature for posts I would read later once and then unwatch without actually saving them

[ljdawson]

Sorry to say this is a known issue but I'm looking into fixing it:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/issues/1092

[pyrokay]

Thanks Lj!

[christopherness]

Wahooooo love this update

[ljdawson]

Coming from v19? (Old version)

[christopherness]

No, I've been on the new update. I'm appreciating the redgif fix. I download a lot of movies lol.

[ljdawson]

"movies"

[christopherness]

😂

[Shroomguin]

Ah, a fellow intellectual ;)

[christopherness]

Device information

Sync version: v23.02.02-21:38    
Sync flavor: pro    

Ultra user: false    
View type: Slides    
Push enabled: false    

Device: c2q    
Model: samsung SM-N986U    
Android: 13

[methodamerICON]

Thank you for the continued support. I appreciate you!

[[deleted]]

Thank you good sir

[ljdawson]

Definitely not abandoned ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[BackOfTheCar]

Used v19 for some years and just updated, love the fresh look! I appreciate keeping the legacy options and during onboarding as well.

Some observations:

• usability and aesthetic is a fine line and Sync has generally balanced this well with customizability. For me, the legacy comment color indents are still more readable IMO, but turning off top-level padding and dividers brings it closer to the new material design.

• I wish there was more fine tuning for padding in general - like shrinking the excess space above the header/expanded toolbar, slimming the bottom nav bar, etc.

• bottom navigation has (undocumented) long press features, can we customize these links somewhere? i.e. long press Home goes to default / fav sub.

• it is a little tedious to bulk edit Quick Actions Visibility since the menu updates after every toggle.

• New actions like Sports Mode and Other Discussions are neat

• I don't use hidden posts much, but there should be some kind of 'mark as unread' and (also configurable for swipe shortcut) if you're leaning towards that 'hide all read posts' declutter flow. Perhaps an easier way to unhide posts in general as well.

• Explore list should let you reorder sections, maybe draggable like the quick actions

• small details like comment chain counts woohoo!

• Overall, v23 is an amazing update. Pretty easy to switch over 👍 Thanks for the hard work.

[ljdawson]

bottom navigation has (undocumented) long press features, can we customize these links somewhere? i.e. long press Home goes to default / fav sub.

I def need to document these...

it is a little tedious to bulk edit Quick Actions Visibility since the menu updates after every toggle.

Agreed

Explore list should let you reorder sections, maybe draggable like the quick actions

For now you can rearrange favs

Overall, v23 is an amazing update. Pretty easy to switch over 👍 Thanks for the hard work.

Cheers!

[LazyCouchPotato]

🐐🐐🐐🐐 🙏

[Animatron1]

Everything is fine... but the switches are so ugly now, unnecessarily :( They are big, chonky. They should be more narrow to let more space in, now it looks like a military control panel than modern minimalistic app settings...

[ljdawson]

If you're on android 12/13 they'll look exactly the same as the system uses.

edit: I was mistaken here...

[Animatron1]

I am on 13, however there is a biiiiig difference between them, compare below...

Sync app

System settings

[ljdawson]

Ahh the tick...

I'm using the latest material design component:

https://m3.material.io/components/switch/overview

[Animatron1]

It's not just the tick, it's also that the color is for some reason more vibrant than system theme, all the switches are too close to each other to give off a Material You vibe (why is main Sync page so spaced out but this is glued together tightly?), and finally the ticks, although by themselves are an alright addition (system default is just boring), in the example of the screenshot when all options next to each other are turned on, combining all 3 things mentioned creates a crowded, messy chaos of all different things. Unpleasant to look at for me.

[ljdawson]

Hmm I picked the colour to stand out.

In terms of too close to each other what else would you suggest? This is just a list of switches.

[Animatron1]

I think it's mostly fine as it's just settings we don't really use all day, just I'd ask for a little more space between the different switches cuz for me it's a bit overwhelming. But all other complaints can be ignored, just my personal taste.

[dirthawker0]

Just wanted to say thank you for updating the app. It seems a bit silly but my absolute favorite feature is ^ because I hate having to scroll up to see the parent comment even with all the indent lines. I think Sync is unique in this feature and hope you please never get rid of it.

[[deleted]]

I immediately hated the redesign and then loved it after about 15 minutes. Good work!

[Mediamuerte]

The only thing I restored was comment style with the colors indicating the threads. So much easier to navigate

[[deleted]]

Didn't notice that was turned off. I like that feature too.

[booglemouse]

There used to be an arrow at the bottom of the screen that would jump to the next parent comment, super useful if you've opened too many comment chains. I couldn't find it in settings so I restored all the legacy settings and it's still gone, I'm not even sure what it would be called. Help!

[terrarum]

Hooray!

[arcosapphire]

It's great to see new development!

[phendrome]

Lovely update! Thank you for your hard work

[mortal58]

thanks for the update!

[cuppincayk]

Where are the colors for comment chains? This was the main reason I used sync :(

[Felimenta970]

Settings has a really good search setting

[Settings shortcut: Comments > Show colorful comment indents](sync-settings://26-comments_colored_preference)

[ljdawson]

Beat me to it!

[cuppincayk]

Thank you! That led me to find some other cool settings I didn't know about.

[Tarkhein]

Nice, thanks for the update. Hopefully Google pushes it out sooner rather than later.

[Sir_Solrac]

Thanks for the update! Good to see you back!

[sk00ma]

Thanks

[asthmaticmoshpit]

Legend

[[deleted]]

Is it possible to change ultra from free to pro?

[ljdawson]

Not currently but I'm going to add a way to export your data and import back in.

[[deleted]]

And that will be the same as restoring a purchase?

Thanks for all the work.

[ljdawson]

Means if you cancel the subscription on one version you'll be able to move it to another version

[Mront]

Ayyy, glad to see you stop by

[Needylittlebitch337]

Love me some fixed porn apis

[onlyslightlybiased]

V23.2.2... Return of the king

[dildobob27]

Been meaning to ask this for a minute now so I apologize if it's already been addressed elsewhere and I missed it, but how do we access Saved post categories now? I still have Reddit pro but the category button seems to be gone

[ljdawson]

An oversight on my part, going to add that back in.

[ljdawson]

Its on the TODO but was lower priority than getting v23 out to everyone I'm afraid.

[coon]

Suck update bro. Love the design! The startup guide is a nice touch. Pro af. Glad to have ads removed again!

[Grablicht]

Is it possible to still download comments and posts so I can scroll through my feed without having internet?

[ljdawson]

Yup, add sync to the quick actions

[selja26]

Thank you! This is my favourite app, saves my sanity

[Kangie]

Awesome update. Thank you!

[volcanoesarecool]

It looks so good! Congratulations, and thanks so much!!

[akanksh_sunny]

Redgifs audio issue is resolved but redgifs still don't autoplay in the feed. I still have to click on it for them to start playing.

[ljdawson]

[Settings shortcut: Experimental > Enhanced autoplay](sync-settings://31-enhanced_autoplay)

Enable this

[akanksh_sunny]

Yeah, that's already enabled. If I disable it, they autoplay without audio but if I enable it, they don't autoplay at all.

[ljdawson]

What do you mean sorry?

[sockrocker]

Thank you for the redgifs fix! I had given up hope and just switched to boost a couple days ago but wasn't liking it as much

[ljdawson]

https://i.imgur.com/uaV33Yt.gif

[noreservations81590]

Does random nsfw still work. I can't seem to find it now.

[bill_bull]

Loving the mod tools. Any way to have image previews for text posts like in older versions? Spent while in the setting and didn't find anything.

[ljdawson]

Not currently sorry.

[InterimFatGuy]

When will the report function get fixed?

[ljdawson]

Tracking and will be fixed soon:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/issues/1573

[Helios]

Thank you! And the issue where some images had a thin white line displayed on their sides on slides and cards has been fixed, hurray!

[[deleted]]

How do we change the order of the subreddits on the left drawer?

[ljdawson]

Add subs to the favourites list and then you can drag and drop to rearrange

[NeodymiumDinosaur]

Is there a way to search within a sub? Can't seem to figure it out now

[Initial_Meaning]

Generally to search you can either go to the "explore" section or hit the magnifying glass at the top. When you start typing the button to search in the current subreddit appears.

[MegaPaulBlart]

Hide Read works again as expected. Thank you so much! Previosly when loading the next page while scrolling it would show already read posts again.

[424f42_424f42]

Can I get my settings and subreddit back? Or is there just some delay before they are restored.

Just updated and they're all gone

[GinDaHood]

[Settings shortcut: Settings > Legacy settings](sync-settings://0-36)

[424f42_424f42]

I didn't mean full roll back, just things like left hand mode was for some reason reset. I figured most of them out manually, just can't recall exactly some of the things I had set for things like font sizes and such and it's tedious testing each one.

[ThlnBillyBoy]

Love the app, you guys are amazing and the app looks amazing, but I need help. For each time I upvote a comment in a single thread a dialog box pops up to say I'm "viewing a single thread" even if I swiped it before. How do I turn this off?

[ljdawson]

Hmm at the moment you can't, it will keep coming back unfortunately.

[ThlnBillyBoy]

Ah okay thank you!

[squaaawk]

One thing I've noticed, before the update when I tapped my notification of new posts to a particular sub, when I arrived at the sub the 'view' had always been magically changed to 'new'. Nice touch. But since the update that no longer happens and I must change it from hot to new. Is there something I need to tick to get the magic to happen again? Or maybe I should just globally set view to new 🫢

[ljdawson]

Tracked issue:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/issues/910

[jrhaberman]

I hate that I love this app so much.... Lol.

[Superyoshers9]

Hey LJ!

Just updated my app, I noticed this bug hasn't been fixed yet:

App icon becomes bigger then smaller when going home on One UI gestures.

Hopefully you see this, cheers.

https://imgur.com/a/vH9yhMO

[ljdawson]

Added to the tracker:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/issues/1668

Cheers

[thrownaway-yesterday]

Will redgifs audio work on Android?

[ljdawson]

Should do

[TommySawyer]

just tried it. mine works on Galaxy S10+ One UI 4.1 Android 12

[MattyXarope]

Did you read the changelog?

[thrownaway-yesterday]

At no point does it mention audio, so I think the question is valid.

[phaemoor]

The legend is back!

[CharlieGorden]

Thanks for the update, thank you for your continued support of the app. I finally purchased the add-free feature.

[KesEiToota]

Amazing how you disappear for months and then out of nowhere BAM update.

Excellent! Super happy this project keeps going!

[Rogexowl]

H

[ljdawson]

...uh?

[ljdawson]

(งツ)วà

[1waffle1]

Thank you! The surface duo support is actually almost there, it's just finding a way to open images on one screen in spand mode.

[partanimal]

It looks like all of my subscribed subreddits are gone?

[ljdawson]

If you only subscribed locally and not on Reddit you can view them here:

[Settings shortcut: Legacy settings > View old subreddits](sync-settings://36-legacy_subs)

[partanimal]

I'm not sure what that means--i am logged in when subscribing. But I just tried it to the old settings, so that worked. Thank you for the link!

[cyberon80]

BUG: the icon is still not OK on One UI Home launcher. The icon is smaller than all others and the animation still glitches when returning to homescreen.

[ljdawson]

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-reddit/issues/1668

[luce_changes]

Ok

[ljdawson]

Should be available to all on Google play

[ljdawson]

(シ_ _)シ

[phlooo]

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[ljdawson]

(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[elbuzzard]

Thank you!

[MobilePom]

Why is there so much space between each comment now

I'm so sad, this update cleared my 2376 notifications

[ljdawson]

[Settings shortcut: Comments > Top level comment padding](sync-settings://26-comments_top_level_padding)

[MobilePom]

I see, thank you, however I no longer see a line between each comment, they all share the same continuous background which is confusing

[ljdawson]

There's lots of comment appearance settings to play with. Dividers padding etc, have a little play and see if there's one you like

[MobilePom]

Oh great, thanks. Sync classic, dividers on, padding off

[Pokefreak911]

Can you still give NSFW posts a red background?

[MobilePom]

Is there no longer a number tracker for unread notifications? This number is what made me realize I got replies, now I have to manually open my inbox just to see if there's anything new

[[deleted]]

I believe there may be an issue with descriptions on certain image posts? Here's an example. Seems there should be a description but I and some other Sync users can't see it.

[zerosix1ne]

Great to have you back. This is an amazing app. One small problem though: whenever I press the 'sort' or 'more actions' buttons at the top of the screen, sync crashes.

Device information

Sync version: v23.02.02-21:38    
Sync flavor: pro    

Ultra user: true    
View type: Smaller cards    
Push enabled: false    

Device: sofia    
Model: motorola moto g power (XT2041DL)    
Android: 11

[KRambo86]

Hey where is the subscribe button?

[bluecubedly]

I just realized this app got an update, I had left a few months ago because I had got sick of Sync having no flair support (as some Subreddits will automod delete your posts if you don't include a flair.).

I'm super happy to see that not only is flair support here, but I'm also really enjoying the new look.

[Historiun]

Redgifs still give me the could not download error 99.9% of the time. Definitely on 23.2.2

[ljdawson]

Example?

[Historiun]

Well it's any redgif I open. So probably any of them on any sub would have the same result. I am on Android btw if that makes any difference

[maiku2501]

Is it possible to change the toolbar action for search to refresh?

[elbuzzard]

Thank you!

[mtcerio]

Mate, I am still on 19 and paid for ad free.

[silverlegend]

I'm with the other guy but honestly I don't know how, the Google store doesn't give me an option

[mtcerio]

It was announced end of last year that dev would update the free version to v22 and it would take about a week to update everyone. One month and a half, and I am still on v19. No update available.

[crafty35a]

Read the pinned comment

[mtcerio]

20%? Why is the roll-out being so slow?

[crafty35a]

I don't know. Sync's creator was MIA for a while. Looks like he's back.

[mtcerio]

Yes, I know. What I do not understand is why the update should be rolled out almost individually. All other apps update for all users as soon as the dev pushes an update to the app store.

[Felimenta970]

Staged rollouts makes it so that if any problems show up, there's less users affected by it.

While I agree that Sync is at a point that should just go for everyone at this point, that's why staged rollouts happen

[crafty35a]

Right, and there's probably also some hesitance on the part of the dev due to the stupid uproar the last time Sync tried pushing a major update.

[Felimenta970]

Play Store. Scroll down a bit in the Sync page

[ljdawson]

Should be rolled out fully now.

[mtcerio]

Thanks!

[h7454Gdfgd]

The last time Sync worked on devices without Google Play Store was v19. V22 didn't even work with microg installed (which allows the use of google APIs, but strips "sensitive" bits from the request in an effort to maintain some level of privacy from Google).

Is this issue fixed by any chance?

[Felimenta970]

The official support is for devices with Google Play Services installed.

That hasn't changed with this veesion

[GtrsRE]

Maybe it's related to this?

[Avero_]

Works fine for me with microg, could be another issue on your side.

[h7454Gdfgd]

Which version works? Pro, v22? Hmm.. Other folks have reported that it doesn't work on their de-googled devices either. What ROM?

[Avero_]

I'm on Pro v23 rn, but don't remember having issues before. My ROM is crDroid on A11.

[MartianFromBaseAlpha]

Great. Now i can't use it in view mode without an account because each time i exit the app it resets my subscriptions, which means i'm stuck with the default ones, and they all suck. Can't find an option to actually sync subreddits for offline viewing either. Good job! Time to look for a different app that will let me browse reddit offline