Delta Chat Android Changelog

v1.49.0

2024-11

New emoji picker with support for more emojis
Webxdc apps can now trigger notifications
Webxdc apps can now deep-link to internal sections when you click their info-messages in chat
Add "Show in Chat" to the menu of opened Webxdc apps
Reverse order of messages in the notification group
Notify reactions to own messages
Improve the button to start Webxdc apps
Make account deletion confirmation dialog faster
Rename "Back up Chats to External Storage" to "Export Backup"
Improve compatibility with classic email clients in the outgoing messages
Removed internal font scaling setting in favor of the better system settings
Use privacy-preserving webxdc addresses
Use Rustls for connections with strict TLS
fix: Trim whitespace from scanned QR codes.
fix quotes: Line-before-quote may be up to 120 character long instead of 80
fix: Prevent accidental wrong-password-notifications
fix: Remove footers from "Show Full Message..."
fix: Only add "member added/removed" messages if they actually do that
fix: Update state of message when fully downloading it
fix: send message: Do not fail if the message does not exist anymore
fix: Do not percent-encode dot when passing to autoconfig server (so, fix handling of some servers)
fix displaynames not being updated when intially scanned by a QR code
several bug fixes
update to core 1.151.2

v1.48.3

2024-10

new Proxy settings screen available at "Advanced / Proxy"
manage a list of HTTP(S), SOCKS5 or Shadowsocks Proxies
Proxies icon shown on the chatlist if proxies are used
share Proxies by showing a QR code
scan Proxies' QR code and use them
make Proxy URLs inside Delta Chat tappable
open Delta Chat when tapping Proxy URLs in other apps
support for realtime webxdc apps moved out of experimental and enabled by default
realtime webxdc apps can be disabled at "Settings / Advanced"
"New Contact / Link" button to view, share or copy the invite line
"New Contact / Scan" button to easier access the scanner functionality
open "New Contact" scan/show activities directly, do not try to be too smart and open the last active tab
allow to attach multiple images in one step
to easier differ between multiple profiles, set a "Private Tag" (long tap profile switcher)
"Private Tag" is shown in notifications
improve profile deletion dialog: show name, size and avatar of the profile being deleted
show profile name in title bar when the user has multiple profiles
improve profile switcher layout
improve notification: allow to "Mark Read" from the notification
search for unread chats in the search's three-dot-menu
allow pasting QR codes from "Add As Second Device" screen
save traffic by supporting "IMAP COMPRESS"
automatic reconfiguration, e.g. switching to implicit TLS if STARTTLS port stops working
parallelize IMAP and SMTP connection attempts
improve DNS caching
always use preloaded DNS results
prioritize cached results if DNS resolver returns many results
always move auto-generated messages to DeltaChat folder
ignore invalid securejoin messages silently
delete messages from a chatmail server immediately by default
make resending pending messages possible
don't SMTP-send messages to self-chat if BccSelf is disabled
HTTP(S) tunneling
don't put displayname into From/To/Sender if it equals to address
hide sync messages from INBOX (use IMAP APPEND command to upload sync messages)
more verbose SMTP connection establishment errors
add "Learn More" button to "Manage keys"
visual feedback when tapping the action button of a message
log unexpected message state when resending fails
smoother backup and "Add Second Device" progress bars
assign messages to ad-hoc group with matching name and members
use stricter TLS checks for HTTPS downloads (images in HTML mails, Autoconfig)
improve logging for failed QR code scans, AEAP, Autocrypt, notification permissions and sending errors
improve logging of multi account setup (log account ID)
show more context for the "Cannot establish guaranteed..." info message
show file name in "Message Info"
show root SMTP connection failure in connectivity view
fix: Sort received outgoing message down if it's fresher than all non fresh messages
fix: avoid app being killed when processing a PUSH notification
fix crash when refreshing avatar
fix crash in gallery
fix: shorten message text in locally sent messages too
fix: Set http I/O timeout to 1 minute rather than whole request timeout
fix: don't sync QR code token before populating the group
fix: do not get stuck if the message to download does not exist anymore
fix: do not attempt to reference info messages
fix: do not get stuck if there is an error transferring backup
fix: make it possible to cancel ongoing backup transfer
fix: reset quota when entering a new address
fix: better detection of file extensions
fix: "database locked" errors
fix: never initialize realtime channels if realtime is disabled
fix reception of realtime channels
fix: normalize proxy URLs
fix connections getting stuck in "Updating..." sometimes
fix scanning "add second device" QR code from scanner above chatlist
fix warning about wrong password
fix app getting stale when receiving a PUSH notifications takes longer
fix app getting stale on network changes
fix: skip IDLE if we got unsolicited FETCH
update translations and local help
update to core 1.148.6

v1.46.14

2024-09

add monochrome/themed launcher icon support
allow to remove the selected profile in "Switch Profile" dialog
improve display of selected profile in "Switch Profile" dialog
improve the hit/tap area to open "Switch Profile" dialog in the main screen's toolbar
add support for system per-app language and remove in-app language selector
remove the experimental "encrypt database" checkbox in classic registration screen
fix various bugs
update to core 1.142.12

v1.46.13

2024-08

improve contact profile's "Edit Name" dialog
upgrade the status bar to modern Android look and feel
add direct support for android14, required to be able to continue shipping to Google Play
increase minimal supported android to 5; as required by updating several outdated dependencies
drop support for gmail oauth2, gmail can still be used using "App Passwords", you'll get hints as needed (reason for dropping was unmaintainable bureaucracy and costs added by google)
update various dependencies for added security and stability
jcenter (a dependency origin) is closing, move dependencies to other origins
when SOCKS5 is enabled, route autoconfig and oauth2 config there
fix encryption compatibility with old Delta Chat clients
fix crashes when opening log view with many lines
fix: hide copy to clipboard while QR is not ready
fix moving outgoing auto-generated messages to the "DeltaChat" folder
fix: try to create "INBOX.DeltaChat" if "DeltaChat" is not possible for some provider
fix receiving messages with "DeltaChat" folder cannot be selected
fix: do not crash on unknown "Certificate Checks" values
update provider database
update to core 1.142.8

v1.46.10

2024-08

mark bots in chat titles and profiles as such
if the experimental videochat is enabled, invitations can be sent via the "Attach" menu now
show potentially dangerous buttons with red color
focus on name and profile images in reaction details; the address is available on tap
focus on name and profile image in profile switcher; the address is still shown for classic e-mail profiles
add device message about new placement of "Switch Profile" if more than one profile is in use before update
update translations
using core 1.142.2

v1.46.8

2024-08

"Share Contact" directly from a contact's profile
add "Share Invite Link" to "New Contact" screen
add "Invite Friends" to main menu
cleanup "Profile Switcher", long tap to delete profiles
"Mute Notifications" via a long tap directly from "Profile Switcher"
search non-english messages case-insensitive
display attached contact's names in summaries and quotes
protect From: and To: metadata where possible
do not reveal sender's language metadata in read receipts
allow importing contacts exported by Proton Mail
for chatmail profile, hide error prone "add contact manually" in favor to invite links
automatically expand "Password and Account / Advanced" if there were advanced options set before
show potentially dangerous menu entries with red color
remove "Switch Profile" from main menu, as this very often used option causes confusion with finger memory and other menus; instead, just tap your profile image in the upper left corner to add or to switch profiles
prevent creating contact without encryption in chatmail profiles via mailto:-links
no unarchiving of groups on member removal messages
improve caching of DNS results
focus on name for QR code titles
report first error instead of the last on connection failure
long tap email address in contact's profile for copying to clipboard
fix battery drain due to endless IMAP loop
fix: remove push notification toggle, it is not needed as raised false expectations
fix: keep "chatmail" state after failed reconfiguration
fix issues with failed backup imports
fix: avoid group creation on member removal messages
fix downloading partially downloaded messages
fix various networking bugs
update translations and local help
update to core 1.142.2

v1.46.7

2024-07

add option to mark all selected chats as being "Read" (long tap a chat to start select mode)
new, single-device chatmail profiles default to "Delete Messages after Download"
when using a chatmail profile on multiple devices, deletion is changed to "Automatic" (deletion strategy is up to the server then)
fix back-button behaviour in the welcome screen
update translations and local help
using core 1.140.2

v1.46.5

2024-06

support webxdc apps with experimental realtime channels ("Settings / Advanced / Realtime Webxdc Channels")
fewer traffic in larger chatmail groups by allowing more than 50 recipients per time
log debug level (mostly foreign modules) only if "Settings / Advanced / Developer Mode" is enabled
fix: avoid asking to disable battery optimisations when creating the second profile
fix hangs on low/no network during onboarding
fix: cancel muting does not cancel selection in chatlist
fix migrated address losing verified status and key on experimental AEAP
fix: allow creation of groups by outgoing messages without recipients
fix: avoid group splits by preferring ID from encrypted header over references for new groups
fix: do not fail to send images with wrong extensions
fix: retry sending MDNs on temporary error
fix: do not miss new messages while expunging the folder
fix missing logging info lines
fix: remove group member locally even if sending fails
fix: revert group member addition if the corresponding message couldn't be sent
update translations and local help
update to core 1.140.2

v1.46.3

2024-06

Disable FCM PUSH notification support for F-Droid and other non-Google-Play-builds
using core 1.139.5

v1.46.2

2024-06

fix: create new profile when scanning/tapping QR codes outside "Add Profile"
update translations and local help
using core 1.139.5

v1.46.1

2024-05

new onboarding: you can create a new profile with one tap on "Create New Profile" - or use an existing login or second-device-setup as usual
use FCM PUSH notification if supported by providers (as chatmail) and by the operating system
do not ask for disabling "battery optimisations" when PUSH notifications are working
add an option to disable PUSH notifications
contacts can be attached as "Cards" at "Attach / Contact"; when the receiver taps the cards, guaranteed end-to-end encrypted can be established
"Profiles" are names as such throughout the app; note that these profiles exist on the device only, there is nothing persisted on the server
adding contacts manually at "New Chat / New Contact / Add Contact Manually"
send any emoji as reaction
show reactions in summaries
nicer summaries by using some emojis for attachment types
pin/archive/etc chats directly from search result
new map for - still experimental - location streaming (enable at "Settings / Advanced")
ask for system unlock before accessing "password & account"
advanced settings resorted, you'll also find "password & account" and "show classic emails" there
improve resilience by adding references to the last three messages
one-to-one chats are read-only during reasonable run of securejoin
if securejoin is taking longer than expected, a warning is shown and messages can be sent
improve resilience by including more entries in DNS fallback cache
improve anonymous mailing lists by not adding hostname to Message-ID
harden share-to-delta
add second device's troubleshooting is always available offline now
hide folder options if not supported by the used account
allow to view password (after entering system secret)
device update message is added as unread only for the first account
share log to other chats or apps
use colors for info/warning/error in the log
fix: preserve upper-/lowercase of links from HTML-messages
fix: rescan folders on "Watch Sent Folder" changes
fix sometimes wrong sender name in "Message Info"
fix: do not send avatar in securejoin messages before contact verification
fix: avoid being re-added to groups just left
fix: do not auto-delete webxdc apps that have recent updates
fix: improve moving messages on gmail
fix: improve chat assignments of not downloaded messages
fix: do not create ad-hoc groups from partial downloads
fix: improve connectivity on startup by adding backoff for IMAP connections
fix: mark contact request messages as seen on IMAP server
fix: convert images to RGB8 before encoding into JPEG to fix sending of large RGBA images
fix showing large PNG files
fix: do not convert large GIF to JPEG
fix receiving Autocrypt Setup Messages from K-9
fix: delete expired locations and POIs with deleted chats
fix: send locations more reliable
fix: use last known location if it is recent enough
fix: do not fail to send encrypted quotes to unencrypted chats, replace quote by "..." instead
fix: always use correct "Saved Messages" icon when the chat is recreated
fix: add white background to transparent avatars
fix crashes when exporting or importing huge accounts
fix: remove leading whitespace from subject
fix problem with sharing the same key by several accounts
fix busy looping eg. during key import
fix remote group membership changes always overriding local ones
fix hint when adding a webxdc shortcut to the home page
fix webxdc links for securejoin
fix sending uncompressed images (bug introduced in beta 1.45 beta series)
fix: hide not useful menu options in the QR screens
fix scanning invite codes from the "New Chat" screen
fix: use the last header of multiple ones with the same name; this is the one DKIM was using
fix migration of legacy databases
fix: on onboarding, keep entered name and avatar when scanning QR codes or going for other options
fix broken "..." ellipsis for small screens
fix: do not mark the message with locations as seen
fix startup crash on android4
fix location streaming crash introduced in 1.45 beta
update translations and local help
update to core 1.139.5

v1.44.0

2024-03

sync self-avatar and self-signature text across devices
remove webxdc sending limit
recognize "Trash" folder by name in case it is not flagged as such by the server
send group avatars inline so that they do not appear as unexpected attachments
"Settings / Advanced / Send statistics to Delta Chat's developers" now include number of protected/encrypted/unencrypted chats
fix sending sync messages on updating self-name etc.
fix sometimes slow reconnects
more bug fixes
update translations and local help
update to core 1.136.2

v1.43.1 Testrun

2024-02

add "Settings / Advanced / Send statistics to Delta Chat's developers" to draft a message with statistic; the message is only sent if the user hits the "Send" button
add device message if outgoing messages are undecryptable
"Settings / Advanced / Read System Address Book" is remembered per-account
add link to troubleshooting for "Add as Second Device" on welcome screen and update troubleshooting
fix compatibility issue with 1.42 when using "Add Second Device" or backups
fix sometimes mangled links
fix sometimes wrongly marked gossiped keys
fix: guarantee immediate message deletion if "Delete Messages from Server" is set to "At once"
fix: Never allow a message timestamp to be a lot in the future
fix: make IMAP folder handling more resilient
update translations and local help
update to core 1.135.0

v1.43.0 Testrun

2024-02

add "Reactions": long tap a message to react to it ❤️
reactions from others are shown below the messages
tap a reaction below a message to get reaction details
sharing QR code now shares "Invite Link": if tapped by with Delta Chat users, Delta Chat opens; otherwise the browser opens; the server does not get any information about the link details (as "Fragment" is not sent to server)
copying/pasting QR code data now also supports invite links
when using multiple accounts, the avatar in the upper left corner now shows the number of unread messages in other account
updated "welcome message" now focuses about how to get in contact
add meaningful info message if provider does not allow unencrypted messages
long-tapping chatlist items now allow to mute/unmute chats directly
ask for system unlock secret before opening "Password & Account"
add 'Learn More' to ephemeral messages dialog
mark data as being "fragile", supporting systems now allows the data to be kept, making reinstalls easier
new option "Settings / Advanced / Read System Address Book": when enabled, the address book addresses are added to the "New Chat" activity
faster reconnects when switching from a bad or offline network to a working network
add "From:" to protected headers for signed-only messages generated by some apps
sync user actions for ad-hoc groups across devices
sync contact creation/rename across devices
encrypt read receipts
only try to configure non-strict TLS checks if explicitly set
accept i.delta.chat as well as openpgp4fpr: links
force a display name to be set when using an instant onboarding QR code
focus on name and state for guaranteed e2ee chats; email address and other data are available in the profile
improve navigation on account creation by adding a title and a back button to the welcome screen
fix: delete resent messages on receiver side
fix: do not drop unknown report attachments, such as TLS reports
fix: be graceful with systems mangling the qr-code-date (macOS, iOS)
fix unexpected line breaks in messages (by using Quoted-Printable MIME)
fix: avoid retry sending for servers not returning a response code in time (force BCC-self)
fix partially downloaded messages getting stuck in "Downloading..."
fix inconsistent QR scan states (track forward and backward verification separately, mark 1:1 chat as verified as early as possible)
fix duplicated messages for some providers as "QQ Mail"
fix: do not remove contents from unencrypted Schleuder mailing lists messages
fix: reset message error when scheduling resending
fix marking some one-to-one chats as guaranteed
fix: avoid multiple resending of messages on slow SMTP servers
fix: more reliable connectivity information
fix: delete received outgoing messages from SMTP queue
fix timestamp of guaranteed e2ee info message for correct message ordering after backup restore
fix: add padlock to empty part if the whole message is empty
fix IDLE timeout renewal on keepalives and reduce it to 5 minutes
fix: fail fast on LIST errors to avoid busy loop when connection is lost
fix: improve checking if all members of a chat are verified
fix: same "green checkmark" message order on all platforms
fix CI by increasing TCP timeouts from 30 to 60 seconds
update translations and local help
update to core 1.134.0

v1.42.6

2023-11

sync changes on "Your Profile Name", "Show Class Mails", "Read Receipts" options across devices
remove receiver limit on .xdc size
fix decryption errors when using multiple private keys
fix more log in errors for providers as 163.com; this was introduced in 1.41
fix: database locked errors on webxdc updates
update translations and local help
update to core 1.131.9

v1.42.4

2023-11

fix battery draining due to active IMAP loop on some providers; this was introduced in 1.41
fix log in error on some providers as 163.com; this was introduced in 1.41
fix "Learn More" buttons that opened the help always in english
update local help
update to core 1.131.7

v1.42.3

2023-11

fix: avoid infinite loop by failing fast on IMAP FETCH parsing errors
update translations
update to core 1.131.6

v1.42.2

2023-11

fix contact creation using outdated names sometimes
fix: do not replace the message with an error in square brackets when the sender is not a member of the protected group
fix: compare addresses on QR code scans and at similar places case-insensitively
fix: normalize addresses to lower case to catch unrecoverable typos and other rare errors
fix: fetch contact addresses in a single query
fix: sync chat name to other devices
update translations and local help
update to core 1.131.5

v1.42.1

2023-11

fix "Member added" message not being a system message sometimes
update translations and local help
update to core 1.131.4

v1.42.0

2023-11

fix download button shown when download could be decrypted
using core 1.131.3

v1.41.9 Testrun

2023-11

fix missing messages because of misinterpreted server responses (ignore EOF on FETCH)
fix: re-gossip keys if a group member changed setup
fix: skip sync when chat name is set to the current one
fix: ignore unknown sync items to provide forward compatibility and to avoid creating empty message bubbles in "Saved Messages"
update translations and local help
update to core 1.131.3

v1.41.8 Testrun

2023-11

use local help for guaranteed end-to-end encryption "Learn More" links
do not post "NAME verified" messages on QR scan success
improve system message wording
fix: allow to QR scan groups when 1:1 chat with the inviter is a contact request
fix: add "Setup Changed" message before the message
fix: read receipts created or unblock 1:1 chats sometimes
add Vietnamese translation, update other translations and local help
update to core 1.131.2

v1.41.7 Testrun

2023-11

synchronize "Broadcast Lists" (experimental) across devices
add "Scan QR Code" button to "New Chat / New Contact" dialog
fix: do not skip actual message parts when group change messages are inserted
fix broken chat names (encode names in the List-ID to avoid SMTPUTF8 errors)
update translations
update to core 1.131.1

v1.41.6 Testrun

2023-11

simplify adding new contacts: "New Chat / Add Contact" button is now always present
add a QR icon beside the "Show QR invite code" option
add info messages about implicitly added members
improve handling of various partly broken encryption states by adding a secondary verified key
fix: mark 1:1 chat as protected when joining a group
fix: raise lower auto-download limit to 160k
fix: remove Reporting-UA from read receipt
fix: do not apply group changes to special chats; avoid adding members to trashed chats
fix: protect better against duplicate UIDs reported by IMAP servers
fix more cases for the accidentally hidden title bar on android14
update provider database
update translations
update to core 1.130.0

v1.41.5 Testrun

2023-11

sync Accept/Blocked, Archived, Pinned and Mute across devices
add "group created instructions" as info message to new chats
clone group in the group's profile menu
add hardcoded fallback DNS cache
improve group creation and make it more obvious that a group is created
auto-detect if a group with guaranteed end-to-end encryption can be created
more graceful ratelimit for .testrun.org subdomains
faster message detection on the server
fix accidentally hidden title bar on android14
fix: more reliable group consistency by always automatically downloading messages up to 160k
fix: properly abort backup process if there is some failure
fix: make sure, a QR scan succeeds if there is some leftover from a previously broken scan
fix: allow other guaranteed e2ee group recipients to be unverified, only check the sender verification
fix: switch to "Mutual" encryption preference on a receipt of encrypted+signed message
fix hang in receiving messages when accidentally going IDLE
fix: allow verified key changes via "member added" message
fix: partial messages do not change group state
fix: don't implicitly delete members locally, add absent ones instead
update translations
update to core 1.129.1

v1.41.3 Testrun

2023-10

allow to export all backups together
"New Group" offers to create verified groups if all members are verified
verified groups: show all contacts when adding members and explain how to verify unverified ones
"QR Invite Code" is available after group creation in the group's profile
update translations
using core 1.127.2

v1.41.2 Testrun

2023-10

guarantee end-to-end-encryption in one-to-one chats, if possible
if end-to-end-encryption cannot be guaranteed eg. due to key changes, the chat requires a confirmation of the user
"verified groups" are no longer experimental
backup filenames include the account name now
"Broadcast Lists" (experimental) create their own chats on the receiver site
tapping the title bar always opens account switcher; from there you can open connectivity
add "Deactivate QR code" option when showing QR codes (in addition to deactivate and reactivate QR codes by scanning them)
show name and e-mail address of verifiers
fix stale app on configuration screen if DNS is not available
fix: keep showing old email address if configuring a new one fails
fix starting chats from the system's phone app (by improving mailto: handling)
fix unresponsiveness when opening "Connectivity View" when offline
fix configure error with "Winmail Pro Mail Server"
fix: set maximal memory usage for the internal database
fix: allow setting a draft if verification is broken
fix joining verified group via QR if contact is not already verified
fix: sort old incoming messages below all outgoing ones
fix: do not mark non-verified group chats as verified when using securejoin
fix: show only chats where we can send to on forwarding or sharing
fix: improve removing accounts in case the filesystem is busy
fix: don't show a contact as verified if their key changed since the verification
update translations
update to core 1.127.2

v1.41.1 Testrun

2023-10

tweak action bar color in dark mode
fix asking for permissions on Android 11; these bugs were introduced by 1.41.0
fix chatlist showing sometimes chats from other accounts after clicking notifications
fix crash when clicking a notification sometimes
fix crash when selecting a background image sometimes
fix long-taps on audio message's controls in multi-select mode
fix dark mode's color of "encrypt" checkbox in welcome screen
fix sorting error with downloaded manually messages
fix group creation when the initial group message is downloaded manually
fix connectivity status view for servers not supporting IMAP IDLE
fix: don't try to send more read receipts if there's a temporary SMTP error
fix "Verified by" information showing an error instead of the verifier sometimes
update translations
update to core 1.125.0

v1.41.0 Testrun

2023-10

keep screen on while playing voice messages
pause background music when starting voice messages
use the system camera as default; the old built-in camera can be enabled at "Settings / Advanced"
add "Verified by" information to contact profiles
screen reader: read out message types
screen reader: allow tapping anywhere in the message to start voice or audio playback
set different wallpapers for different accounts
add "Select All" to gallery and to file lists
resend attachments from profile (long tap, then "Resend" in the menu)
allow to import a key file instead of a folder containing keys
search in "Attach Contact" dialog
improve landscape mode for webxdc apps
adapt webxdc loading screen to dark mode
add file name to dialog shown if a webxdc app wants to share information
add app icon to webxdc info messages and improve webxdc app icon layout
improve layout of input bar when system emojis are used
ask for permissions before adding notifications on Android 13 (needed by the required update to API 33)
switch account if needed when opening webxdc app on the system's home screen
improve video error messages and logging
fix sometimes wrong avatar shown in notifications when using multiple accounts
fix: save map preferences per account to avoid resetting location and zoom
fix: play audio and voice messages: do not show progress in unrelated messages
fix: update relative times directly after entering chatlist, do not wait for a minute
fix issues when after selecting a non-system-language, system-language strings still show up
fix: only jump to message if info message is from webxdc
fix: update webxdc document name in titles immediately
fix: do not open Connectivity when tapping forward/share titles
fix starting conversation with contact from the phone contacts app
fix WASM support for some webxdc apps
fix off-by-one mismatch in manual language selection
fix: sanitize invalid filename we get from some camera apps
fix: display sticker footer properly
fix: webxdc apps starting twice sometimes
fix sending images and other files in location steaming mode
fix connectivity view layout if eg. storage shows values larger than 100%
fix scanning account-QR-codes on older phones that miss the Let's Encrypt system certificate
fix: make Thunderbird show encrypted subjects
fix: do not forward document name when forwarding only a webxdc app
fix: do not create new groups if someone replies to a group message with status "failed"
fix: do not block new group chats if 1:1 chat is blocked
fix "Show full message" showing a black screen for some messages received from Microsoft Exchange
fix: skip read-only mailing lists from forwarding/share chat lists
fix: do not allow dots at the end of email addresses
fix: do not send images pasted from the keyboard unconditionally as stickers
fix: forbid membership changes from possible non-members, allow from possible members
fix: improve group consistency across members
fix: delete messages from SMTP queue only on user demand
fix: improve wrapping of email messages on the wire
fix memory leak in IMAP
update translations and local help
update to core 1.124.1

v1.40.1

2023-08

fix: correct core-submodule picked up by f-droid
update to core119.1

v1.40.0

2023-08

use image editor for avatar selection when possible
allow media from blob: and data: in webxdc
optimized native library size
improve loading screen in dark mode
improve IMAP logs
update "verified icon"
fix webxdc issues with dark mode
fix crash in android 4.2 or older when opening a HTML message in full message view
fix: avoid IMAP move loops when DeltaChat folder is aliased
fix: accept webxdc updates in mailing lists
fix: delete webxdc status updates together with webxdc instance
fix: prevent corruption of large unencrypted webxdc updates
fix "Member added by me" message appearing sometimes within wrong context
fix core panic after sending 29 offline messages
fix: make avatar in qr-codes work on more platforms
fix: preserve indentation when converting plaintext to HTML
fix: remove superfluous spaces at start of lines when converting HTML to plaintext
fix: always rewrite and translate member added/removed messages
add Luri Bakhtiari translation, update other translations and local help
update to core119

v1.38.2

2023-06

fix version code issue with google play
using core117.0

v1.38.1

2023-06

update translations
using core117.0

v1.38.0

2023-06

improve group membership consistency
fix verification issues because of email addresses compared case-sensitive sometimes
fix empty lines in HTML view
fix empty links in HTML view
fix displaying of smaller images that were shown just white sometimes
fix android4 HTML view; bug introduced in v1.37.0
update translations
update to core117.0

v1.37.0 Testrun

2023-06

new webxdc APIs: importFiles() and sendToChat()
remove upper size limit of attachments
save local storage: compress HTML emails in the database
save traffic and storage: recode large PNG and other supported image formats (large JPEG were always recoded; images send as "File" are still not recorded or changed otherwise)
also strip metadata from images before sending in case they're already small enough and do not require recoding
strip unicode sequences that are useless but may trick the user (RTLO attacks)
set a draft when scanning a QR code containing compatible mailto: data
tweak colors: make titles more visible in dark mode
bigger scroll-to-bottom button
fix appearance of verified icons
fix some bugs with handling of forward/share views
fix: exiting messages are no longer downloaded after configuration
fix: don't allow blocked contacts to create groups
fix: do not send messages when sending was cancelled while being offline
fix various bugs and improve logging
update to core116.0

v1.36.5

2023-04

use SOCKS5 configuration also for loading remote images in HTML mails
bug fixes
update translations and local help
update to core112.8

v1.36.4

2023-04

start with light/dark theme depending on system theme
fix verification icons for one-to-one chats
fix fetch errors due to erroneous EOF detection in long IMAP responses
more bug fixes
update translations and local help
update to core112.7

v1.36.2

2023-04

add a device message after setting up a second device
speed up "Add as Second Device" connection time significantly on the getter side
if possible, show Wi-Fi-name directly after scanning an "Add Second Device" QR code
fix immediate restarts of "Add Second Device"
fix: do not show just trashed media in "All Media" view
fix: update database if needed after "Add Second Device"
update translations and local help
update to core112.6

v1.36.0

2023-03

new, easy method of adding a second device to your account: select "Add as Second Device" after installation and scan a QR code from the old device
view "All Media" of all chats by the corresponding option in the chat list's menu
add "Clear Chat" option to remove all messages from a chat
show non-deltachat emails by default for new installations (you can change this at "Settings / Chats and Media)
show notifications for all accounts
make better use of dark/light mode in "Show full message"
show icon beside info messages of apps
resilience against outages by caching DNS results for SMTP connections (IMAP connections are already cached since 1.34.11)
prefer TLS over STARTTLS during autoconfiguration, set minimum TLS version to 1.2
use SOCKS5 configuration also for HTTP requests
make invite QR codes even prettier
improve speed by reorganizing the database connection pool
improve speed by decrypting messages in parallel
improve reliability by using read/write instead of per-command timeouts for SMTP
improve reliability by closing databases sooner
improve compatibility with encrypted messages from non-deltachat clients
fix: Skip "Show full message" if the additional text is only a footer already shown in the profile
fix verifications when using for multiple devices
fix backup imports for backups seemingly work at first
fix a problem with gmail where (auto-)deleted messages would get archived instead of deleted
fix deletion of more than 32000 messages at the same time
update provider database
update translations and local help
update to core112.1

v1.34.13

2023-02

fix sending status updates of private apps
show full messages: do not load remote content for requests automatically
using core107.1

v1.34.12

2023-02

disable SMTP pipelining for now
fix various bugs and improve logging
update translations
update to core107.1

v1.34.11

2023-01

add SOCKS5 options to "Add Account" and "Configure"
introduce DNS cache: if DNS stops working on a network, Delta Chat will still be able to connect to IMAP by using previous IP addresses
speed up sending and improve usability in flaky networks by using SMTP pipelining
fix SOCKS5 connection handling
fix various bugs and improve logging
update translations
update to core107

v1.34.10

2023-01

fix: make archived chats visible that don't get unarchived automatically (muted chats): add an unread counter and move the archive to the top
fix: send AVIF, HEIC, TXT, PPT, XLS, XML files as such
fix: trigger reconnection when failing to fetch existing messages
fix: do not retry fetching existing messages after failure, prevents infinite reconnection loop
fix: do not add an error if the message is encrypted but not signed
fix: do not strip leading spaces from message lines
fix corner cases on sending quoted texts
fix STARTTLS connection
fix: do not treat invalid email addresses as an exception
fix: flush relative database paths introduced in 1.34.8 in time
faster updates of chat lists and contact list
update translations
update to core106

v1.34.8

2022-12

If a classical-email-user sends an email to a group and adds new recipients, the new recipients will become group members
treat attached PGP keys from classical-email-user as a signal to prefer mutual encryption
treat encrypted or signed messages from classical-email-user as a signal to prefer mutual encryption
fix migration of old databases
fix: send ephemeral timer change messages only of the chat is already known by other members
fix: use relative paths to database and avoid problems eg. on migration to other devices or paths
fix read/write timeouts for IMAP over SOCKS5
fix: do not send "group name changes" if no character was modified
add Greek translation, update other translations
update to core104

v1.34.7 Testrun

2022-12

prevent From:-forgery attacks
disable Autocrypt & Authres-checking for mailing lists because they don't work well with mailing lists
small speedups
improve logging
fix detection of "All mail", "Trash", "Junk" etc folders
fix reactions on partially downloaded messages by fetching messages sequentially
fix a bug where one malformed message blocked receiving any further messages
fix: set read/write timeouts for IMAP over SOCKS5
update translations
update to core103

v1.34.5

2022-11

allow removal of referenced contacts from the "New Chat" list
show more debug info in message info
improve IMAP logging
show versionCode in log
fix potential busy loop freeze when marking messages as seen
fix build issue for F-Droid
update translations
update to core101

v1.34.4

2022-11

fix opening chats for android4 (bug introduced with 1.34.3)
fix adding notifications on some android versions
update translations
using core98

v1.34.3

2022-10

fix Share-to-Delta and calling Delta otherwise for android12
using core98

v1.34.2 Testrun

2022-10

fix messages not arriving on newer androids by switching to more modern APIs
fix "recently seen" indicator for right-to-left languages
fix message bubble corner for right-to-left languages
fix: suppress welcome messages after account import
fix: apply language changes to all accounts
update dependencies and set targetSdkVersion to 32
update translations and local help
update to core98

v1.34.1

2022-10

more visible "recently seen" indicator
fix: hide "disappearing messages" options for mailing lists
update translations
using core95

v1.34.0 Testrun

2022-10

start using "Private Apps" as a more user friendly term for the technical "Webxdc" term
add "Private Apps" to the home screen from the app's menu, allowing easy access and integration with "normal" apps
"Private Apps" and "Audio" are shown as a separate tabs in chat profile
show a "recently seen" dot on avatars if the contact was seen within ten minutes
order contact and members lists by "last seen"
show mailing list addresses in profile
user friendlier system messages as "You changed the group image."
introduce a "Login" QR code that can be generated by providers for easy log in
allow scanning of "Accounts" and "Logins" QR codes using supported system cameras
truncate incoming messages by lines instead of just length
for easier multi device setup, "Send Copy To Self" is enabled by default now
fix: hide "Resend" option for messages that cannot be resent
fix: hide "Leave group" option for mailing lists
fix: mark "group image changed" as system message on receiver side
fix: improved error handling for account setup from QR code
fix: do not emit notifications for blocked chats
fix: show attached .eml files correctly
fix: don't prepend the subject to chat messages in mailing lists
fix: reject private app updates from contacts who are not group members
update translations
update to core95

v1.32.0

2022-07

update Maplibre
update translations
using core90

v1.31.1 Testrun

2022-07

AEAP: show confirmation dialog before changing e-mail address
AEAP: add a device message after changing e-mail address
AEAP replaces e-mail addresses only in verified groups for now
fix: handle updates for not yet downloaded webxdc instances
fix: better information on several configuration and non-delivery errors
update translations, revise english source
update to core90

v1.31.0 Testrun

2022-07

experimental "Automatic E-mail Address Porting" (AEAP): You can configure a new address now, and when receivers get messages they will automatically recognize your moving to a new address
combine read receipts and webxdc updates and avoid sending too many messages
message lines starting with > are sent as quotes to non-Delta-Chat clients
support IMAP ID extension that is required by some providers
forward info messages as plain text
allow mailto: links in webxdc
fix: allow sharing filenames containing the character ~
fix: allow DeltaChat folder being hidden
fix: cleanup read receipts storage
fix: mailing list: remove square-brackets only for first name
fix: do not use footers from mailinglists as the contact status
update to core88

v1.30.3

2022-06

cleanup series of webxdc-info-messages
fix: make chat names always searchable
fix: do not reset database if backup cannot be decrypted
fix: do not add legacy info-messages on resending webxdc
fix: webxdc "back" button always closes webxdc
fix: let "Only Fetch from DeltaChat Folder" ignore other folders
fix: Autocrypt Setup Messages updates own key immediately
fix: do not skip Sent and Spam folders on gmail
fix: cleanup read-receipts saved by gmail to the Sent folder
fix: handle decryption errors explicitly and don't get confused by encrypted mail attachments
update provider database, add hermes.radio subdomains
update translations
update to core86

v1.30.2

2022-05

show document and chat name in webxdc titles
add menu entry access the webxdc's source code
remove anyway unused com.google.android.gms from binary to avoid being flagged
send normal messages with higher priority than read receipts
improve chat encryption info, make it easier to find contacts without keys
improve error reporting when creating a folder fails
fix: repair encrypted mails "mixed up" by Google Workspace "Append footer" function
fix: use same contact-color if email address differ only in upper-/lowercase
update translations
update to core83

v1.30.1

2022-05

fix wrong language in read receipts
fix encoding issue in QR code descriptions
webxdc: allow internal pages
update translations and local help
update provider database
update to core80

v1.30.0

2022-05

speed up loading of chat messages by a factor of 20
speed up finding the correct server after logging in
speed up marking messages as being seen and use fewer network data by batch processing
speed up messages deletion and use fewer network data for that
speed up webxdc parsing by not loading the whole file into memory
speed up message receiving a bit
speed up chat list
speed up opening chat
speed up various parts by caching config values
revamped welcome screen
archived+muted chats are no longer unarchived when new messages arrive; this behavior is also known by other messengers
warn when enabling "Only Fetch from DeltaChat Folder"
fix: do not create empty contact requests with "setup changed" messages; instead, send a "setup changed" message into all chats we share with the peer
fix an issue where the app crashes when trying to export a backup
fix outgoing messages appearing twice with Amazon SES
fix unwanted deletion of messages that have no Message-ID set or are duplicated otherwise
fix: assign replies from a different email address to the correct chat
fix: assign outgoing private replies to the correct chat
fix: ensure ephemeral timer is started eventually also on rare states
fix: do not try to use stale SMTP connections
fix: retry message sending automatically and do not wait for the next message being sent
fix a bug where sometimes the file extension of a long filename containing a dot was cropped
fix messages being treated as spam by placing small MIME-headers before the larger Autocrypt:-header
fix: keep track of QR code joins in database to survive restarts
fix: automatically accept chats with outgoing messages
fix connectivity view's "One moment..." message being stuck when there is no network
fix wrong avatar rotation when selecting self-avatar from gallery
fix wrong font size in app title
fix quitting app when forwarding on android4 and android11+
fix emojis on android4
fix: do not disable fullscreen keyboard
fix: mark messages as seen more reliable and faster
fix sound notifications, allow to set to "silent"
fix ux issue in the forward dialog
fix: update search results when the chatlist changes
fix: show download failures
fix sending webxdc via share-to-delta
fix potential webxdc id collision
fix: send locations in the background regardless of other sending activity
fix rare crashes when stopping IMAP and SMTP
fix correct message escaping consisting of a dot in SMTP protocol
fix: don't jump to parent message if parent message is not a webxdc
fix webxdc background mode so that music stops playing
webxdc: improve display of webxdc items in the gallery's "docs" tab
webxdc: show icon in quotes
webxdc: long-tap on a message allows resending own messages
webxdc: allow sessionStorage, localStorage and IndexedDB
webxdc: remove getAllUpdates(), setUpdateListener() improved
webxdc: option to set minimal API in the manifests
add finnish translation, update other translations
update to core79

v1.28.3

2022-02

faster message moving and deletion on the server
parse MS Exchange read receipts and mark the original message as read
fix a bug where messages in the Spam folder created contact requests
fix a bug where drafts disappeared after some days
fix: do not retry message sending infinitely in case of permanent SMTP failure
fix: set message state to failed when retry limit is exceeded
fix: avoid archived, fresh chats
update translations
update to core76

v1.28.1

2022-02

update translations, thanks a lot to all translators, porting Delta Chat to so many languages <3

v1.28.0

2022-01

add option "Advanced / Only Fetch from DeltaChat Folder"; this is useful if you can configure your server to move chat messages to the DeltaChat folder
to safe traffic and connections, "Advanced / Watch Sent Folder" is disabled by default; as all other IMAP folders, the folder is still checked on a regular base
fix: use Webxdc name in chatlist, quotes and drafts
fix splitting off text from Webxdc messages
fix: show correct Webxdc summary on drafts
fix: speed up folder scanning
fix: make it possible to cancel message sending by removing the message; this was temporarily impossible since 1.27.0
fix: avoid endless reconnection loop
fix display of qr-group-invite code text
update translations
update provider-database
update to core75

v1.27.2 Testrun Release

2022-01

improve Webxdc bubble layout
async Webxdc API and reworked Webxdc properties
fix: do not share cached files between Webxdc's
fix: do not force dark mode for Webxdc and HTML-messages

v1.27.1 Testrun Release

2022-01

fix backup import issue introduced in 1.27.0
update to core72

v1.27.0 Testrun Release

2022-01

add option to create encrypted database at "Add Account / Advanced", the database passphrase is generated automatically and is stored in the system's keychain, subsequent versions will probably get more options to handle passphrases
add experimental support for Webxdc extensions
add "Advanced / Developer Mode" to help on creating Webxdc extensions
add writing support for supported mailinglist types; other mailinglist types stay read-only
"Message Info" show routes
explicit "Watch Inbox folder" and "Watch DeltaChat folder" settings no longer required; the folders are watched automatically as needed
detect correctly signed messages from Thunderbird and show them as such
synchronize Seen status across devices
more reliable group memberlist and group avatar updates
recognize MS Exchange read receipts as such
fix leaving groups
fix unread count issues in account switcher
fix crash when selecting thumbnail image
fix add POI if the user cannot send in a chat
fix "Reply Privately" in contact request chats
add Bulgarian translations, update other translations and local help
update provider-database
update to core71

v1.26.2

2021-12

re-layout all QR codes and unify appearance among the different platforms
show when a contact was "Last seen" in the contact's profile
group creation: skip presetting a draft that is deleted most times anyway
display auto-generated avatars and unread counters similar across platforms
fix chat assignment when forwarding
fix layout bug in chatlist title
fix crashes when opening map
fix group-related system messages appearing as normal messages in multi-device setups
fix removing members if the corresponding messages arrive disordered
fix potential issue with disappearing avatars on downgrades
fix log in failures for "Google Workspace" (former "G Suite") addresses using oauth2
switch from Mapbox to Maplibre
update translations
update to core70

v1.24.4

2021-11

fix accidental disabling of ephemeral timers when a message is not auto-downloaded
fix: apply existing ephemeral timer also to partially downloaded messages; after full download, the ephemeral timer starts over
update translations and local help
update to core65

v1.24.3

2021-11

fix crash when exporting several attachments at the same time
fix messages added on scanning the QR code of an contact
fix incorrect assignment of Delta Chat replies to classic email threads
add basic support for remove account creation
update translations and local help

v1.24.2

2021-11

show the currently selected account in the chatlist; a tap on it shows the new, improved account selector dialog
new option "Auto-Download Messages": Define the max. messages size to be downloaded automatically - larger messages, as videos or large images, can be downloaded manually by a simple tap then
long tap the app icon to go directly to one of the recent chats (requires Android 7 and a compatible launcher)
much more QR code options: copy, paste, save as image, import from image
new: much easier joining of groups via qr-code: nothing blocks and you get all progress information in the immediately created group
new: get warnings before your server runs out of space (if quota is supported by your provider)
messages are marked as "being read" already when the first recipient opened the message (before, that requires 50% of the recipients to open the message)
contact requests are notified as usual now
force strict certificate checks when a strict certificate was seen on first login
do not forward group names on forwarding messages
"Broadcast Lists", as known from other messengers, added as an experimental feature (you can enable it at "Settings / Advanced")
improve accessibility: add some button descriptions
remove "view profile" from the chat menu; just tap the chat name to open the profile
accept contact request before replying from notification
improve selected recipients list on group creation
from within a contact's profile, offer group creation with that contact ("New Group or Subject")
fix: disappearing messages timer now synced more reliable in groups
fix: improve detection of some mailing list names
fix "QR process failed" error
fix DNS and certificate issues
fix: if account creation was aborted, go to the previously selected account, not to the first
fix back button not working in connectivity view sometimes
fix: disable chat editing options if oneself is not a member of the group
fix shared image being set as draft repeatedly
fix: hide keyboard when compose panel is hidden
fix "jump to section" links html-messages
fix: allow to select audio files in multi-select mode in Docs tab
fix fullscreen input issues by disabling this mode
fix: group creating: don't add members if back button is pressed
update provider-database
update translations and local help

v1.22.1

2021-08

update translations

v1.22.0

2021-08

added: connectivity view shows quota information, if supported by the provider
fix editing shared images
fix account migration, updates are displayed instantly now
fix forwarding mails containing only quotes
fix ordering of some system messages
fix handling of gmail labels
fix connectivity display for outgoing messages
update translations and provider database

v1.21.2 Testrun Release

2021-08

fix: allow dotless email address being added to groups
fix: keep selection when migrating several accounts
fix crash when going back to the chatlist
update translations

v1.21.1 Testrun Release

2021-08

fix: avoid possible data loss when the app was not closed gracefully before; this bug was introduced in 1.21.0 and not released outside testing groups - thanks to all testers!

v1.21.0 Testrun Release

2021-08

added: every new "contact request" is shown as a separate chat now, you can block or accept or archive or pin them (old contact requests are available in "Archived Chats")
added: the title bar shows if the app is not connected
added: a tap in the title bar shows connectivity details (also available in settings)
deactivate and reactivate your own QR codes by just scanning them
when using multiple accounts, the background-accounts now also fetch messages that way, account switching is much faster than before and the destination account is usually directly usable
allow dotless email address and localhost server, this allows using eg. yggmail addresses
images from "Image keyboards" are sent as stickers now
unify appearance of user-generated links
don't open chat directly if user clicks in blocked addresses
let openpgp4fpr:-links work in html-messages
speedup chatlist while messages are downloaded
fix: make log view's scroll to top/bottom work
fix sharing files with "%" in their name
fix: welcome-screen respects dark mode now
fix: html-views respect app/system theme
fix: hide unnecessary controls if you can't send in a chat
fix: disable location service if it is not used anymore

v1.20.5

2021-06

fix downscaling images
fix outgoing messages popping up in "Saved messages" for some providers
fix: do not allow deleting contacts with ongoing chats
fix: ignore drafts folder when scanning
fix: scan folders also when inbox is not watched
fix: adapt attached audio's background to theme
fix: request composer's focus after recording is done
fix sharing messages with attachments
fix highlighting messages in search results
fix: set correct navigation bar color in dark mode
fix: use the same emoji theme throughout the app
in in-chat search, start searching at the most recent message
improve error handling and logging
remove screen lock as announced in v1.14.0
update translations and provider database

v1.20.2

2021-05

fix crash when receiving some special messages
fix downloading some messages multiple times
fix formatting of read receipt texts
update translations

v1.20.1

2021-05

improved accessibility and screen reader support
use the same emoji style everywhere across the app
allow to select and copy text from "message details" and error dialogs
show hints about how location data are used
fix: don't collapse search menu on group changes
add Indonesian, Polish, Ukrainian local help, update other translations

v1.19.2 Preview Release

2021-04

opening the contact request chat marks all contact requests as noticed and removes the sticky hint from the chatlist
if "Show classic mails" is enabled, the contact request hint in the corresponding chat
speedup global search
show system message status while sending and on errors
improve quote style when replying with a sticker
fix clicks on system messages
fix sticker scaling
fix: disable "reply privately" in contact requests chat

v1.19.1 Preview Release

2021-04

show answers to generic support-addresses as info@example.com in context
allow different sender for answers to support-addresses as info@example.com
add APNG and animated webp support
allow videochat-invites for groups
let stickers handle taps
add more options to Gallery and Documents long-tap menus
allow to add POI with text of any length
improve detection of quotes
ignore classical mails from spam-folder
hide share button in media previews, draft images or avatars
fix crash when profile tabs are changed during some items are selected
add Czech translation, update other translations
add Chinese and French local help, update other local helps

v1.17.0 Preview Release

2021-04

new mailinglist and better bot support
add option to view original-/html-mails
check all imap folders for new messages from time to time
use more colors for user avatars
improve e-mail compatibility
improve compatibility with Outlook.com and other providers changing message headers
swipe up the voice message record button to lock recording
show stickers as such
show status/footer messages in contact profiles
scale avatars based on media-quality, fix avatar rotation
export backups as .tar files
enable strict TLS for known providers by default
improve and harden secure join
new gallery options "Show in chat" and "Share from Delta Chat"
display forwarded messages in quotes as such
show name of forwarder in groups
add chat encryption info
tweak ephemeral timeout options
show message delivery errors directly when tapping on a message
add option to follow system light/dark settings
better profile and group picture selection by using attachment selector
make the upper left back button return to chat list even if the keyboard is open
fix decoding of attachment filenames
fix: exclude muted chats from notify-badge/dot
fix: do not return quoted messages from the trash chat
fix text width for messages with tall images
fix disappearing drafts
much more bug fixes
add Khmer and Kurdish translations, update other translations
add Czech local help, update other local help

v1.14.5

2020-11

show impact of the "Delete messages from server" option more clearly
fix: do not fetch from INBOX if "Watch Inbox folder" is disabled and do not fetch messages arriving before re-enabling
fix: do not use STARTTLS when PLAIN connection is requested and do not allow downgrade if STARTTLS is not available
update translations

v1.14.4

2020-11

fix input line height when using system-emojis
fix crash on receiving certain messages with quotes

v1.14.3

2020-11

add timestamps to image and video filenames
fix: preserve quotes in messages with attachments

v1.14.2

2020-11

make quote animation faster
fix maybe stuck notifications
fix: close keyboard when a quotes is opened in another chat
fix: do not cut the document icon in quotes
fix: make the the quote dismiss button better clickable again
update translations

v1.14.1

2020-11

improve display of subseconds while recording voice messages
disable useless but confusing forwarding of info-messages
fix: show image editor "Done" button also on small screen
fix: show more characters of chat names before truncating
fix crash in image editor

v1.14.0

2020-11

new swipe-to-reply option
disappearing messages: select for any chat the lifetime of the messages
chat opens at the position of the first unseen message
add known contacts from the IMAP-server to the local addressbook on configure
direct forwarding to "saved messages" - save one tap and stay in context :)
long tap in contact-list allows opening "profile" directly
allow forwarding to multiple archived chats
enable encryption in groups if preferred by the majority of recipients (previously, encryption was only enabled if everyone preferred it)
add explicit switches for handling background connections at "Settings / Notifications"
ask directly after configure for the permission to run in background to get notifications
speed up chatlist-view
speed up configuration
try multiple servers from autoconfig
prefix log by a hint about sensitive information
check system clock and app date for common issues
prepare to remove screen lock as it adds only few protection while having issues on its own
improve multi-device notification handling
improve detection and handling of video and audio messages
hide unused functions in "Saved messages" and "Device chat" profiles
remove unneeded information when copying a single message to the clipboard
bypass some limits for maximum number of recipients
fix launch if there is an ongoing process
fix: update relative times in chatlist once a minute
fix: hide keyboard when leaving edit-name
fix: connect immediately to an account scanned from a qr-code
fix errors that are not shown during configuring
fix keyboard position on Android Q
fix mistakenly unarchived chats
fix: tons of improvements affecting sending and receiving messages, see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
update provider database and dependencies
add Slovak translation, update other translations

v1.12.5

2020-08

fix notifications for Android 4
fix and streamline querying permissions
fix removing POIs from map
fix emojis displayed on map
fix: connect directly after account qr-scan
make bot-commands such as /echo clickable

v1.12.3

2020-08

more generous acceptance of entered webrtc-servers names
allow importing backups in the upcoming .tar format
remove X-Mailer debug header
try various server domains on configuration
improve guessing message types from extension
make links in error messages clickable
fix rotation when taking photos with internal camera
fix and improve sharing and sendto/mailto-handling
fix oauth2 issues
fix threading in interaction with non-delta-clients
fix showing unprotected subjects in encrypted messages
more fixes, update provider database and dependencies

v1.12.2

2020-08

fix improvements for sending larger mails
fix a crash related to muted chats
fix incorrect dimensions sometimes reported for images
improve linebreak-handling in HTML mails
improve footer detection in plain text email
define own jitsi-servers by the prefix jitsi:
fix deletion of multiple messages
more bug fixes

v1.12.1

2020-07

show a device message when the password was changed on the server
videochats introduced as experimental feature
show experimental disappearing-messages state in chat's title bar
improve sending large messages
improve receiving messages
improve error handling when there is no network
use correct aspect ratio of background images
fix sending uncompressed images
fix emojis for android 4
more bug fixes

v1.10.5

2020-07

forward and share to multiple contacts in one step
disappearing messages added as an experimental feature
fix profile image selection
fix blurring
improve message processing
improve overall stability

v1.10.4

2020-06

add device message, summing up changes
update translations and help

v1.10.3

2020-06

with this version, Delta Chat enters a whole new level of speed, messages will be downloaded and sent way faster - technically, this was introduced by using so called "async-processing"
avatars can be enlarged
add simplified login for gsuite email addresses
new emoji selector - including new and diversified emojis
you can now "blur" areas in an image before sending
new default wallpaper
if a message cannot be delivered to a recipient and the server replies with an error report message, the error is shown beside the message itself in more cases
backup now includes the mute-state of chats
notifications now use one system-editable channel per chat, this fix various notification bugs
android 7 and newer groups notifications
multi-account is an officially supported feature now
default to "Strict TLS" for some known providers
improve reconnection handling
improve interaction with conventional email programs by showing better subjects
allow calling the app from others apps with a standard email intent
fix issues with database locking
fix importing addresses
lots of other fixes

v1.8.1

2020-05-14

fix a bug that could led to load if the server does not use sent-folder
fix bug on sharing
improve polling when background-connection is unreliable
since 1.6.0, changing group-name removed the group-avatar sometimes, fixed

v1.8.0

2020-05-11

by default, the permanent notification is no longer shown; the background fetch reliability depends on the system and the permanent notification can be enabled at "Settings / Notifications" as needed
fix a bug that stops receiving messages under some circumstances
more bug fixes
update translations

v1.6.2

2020-05-02

expunge deleted messages more frequently
bug fixes
update translations

v1.6.0

2020-04-29

new options to auto-delete messages from the device or from your server see "Settings / Chats and media"
to save traffic and time, smaller and faster Ed25519 keys are used by default
in-chat search
search inside the integrated help
new experimental feature that allows switching the account in use
improve interaction with traditional mail clients
improved onboarding when the provider returns a link
to improve background fetch, show a permanent notification by default
the permanent notification can be disabled at "Settings / Notifications"
bug fixes
add Indonesian and Persian translations, update other translations

v1.3.0

2020-03-25

on forwarding, "Saved messages" will be always shown at the top of the list
streamline confirmation dialogs on chat creation and on forwarding to "Saved messages"
cleanup settings
improve interoperability eg. with Cyrus server
fix group creation if group was created by non-delta clients
fix showing replies from non-delta clients
fix crash when using empty groups
several other fixes
add Sardinian translation, update other translations and help

v1.2.1

2020-03-04

on log in, for known providers, detailed information are shown if needed;
in these cases, also the log in is faster as needed settings are available in-app
save traffic: messages are downloaded only if really needed,
chats can now be pinned so that they stay sticky atop of the chat list
a 'setup contact' qr scan is now instant and works even when offline - the verification is done in background
unified 'send message' option in all user profiles
streamline onboarding
add an option to create an account by scanning a qr code, of course, this has to be supported by the used provider
lower minimal requirements, Delta Chat now also runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
fix updating names from incoming mails
fix encryption to Ed25519 keys that will be used in one of the next releases
several bug fixes, eg. on sending and receiving messages, see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1250 for details on that
add Croatian and Esperanto translations, update other translations and help

The changes have been done by Alexander Krotov, Allan Nordhøy, Ampli-fier, Angelo Fuchs, Andrei Guliaikin, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Besnik, Björn Petersen, ButterflyOfFire, Calbasi, cloudieg, Dmitry Bogatov, dorheim, Emil Lefherz, Enrico B., Ferhad Necef, Florian Bruhin, Floris Bruynooghe, Friedel Ziegelmayer, Heimen Stoffels, Hocuri, Holger Krekel, Jikstra, Lin Miaoski, Moo, Nico de Haen, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, Ozancan Karataş, Pablo, Paula Petersen, Pedro Portela, polo lancien, Racer1, Simon Laux, solokot, Waldemar Stoczkowski, Xosé M. Lamas, Zkdc

v1.1.2

2020-01-26

fix draft saving
fix oauth2 issue introduced in 1.1.0
several other fixes
update translations, update local help

v1.1.1

2020-01-24

fix draft saving

v1.1.0

2020-01-21

integrate the help to the app so that it is also available when the device is offline
rework qr-code scanning: there is now one activity with two tabs
reduce traffic by combining read receipts and some other tweaks
improve background-fetch on Android 9
fix deleting messages from server
fix saving drafts
other fixes
add Korean, Serbian, Tamil, Telugu and Bokmål translations, update other translations

The changes have been done by Alexander Krotov, Allan Nordhøy, Angelo Fuchs, Andrei Guliaikin, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Besnik, Björn Petersen, ButterflyOfFire, Calbasi, cyBerta, Dmitry Bogatov, dorheim, Emil Lefherz, Enrico B., Ferhad Necef, Florian Bruhin, Floris Bruynooghe, Friedel Ziegelmayer, Heimen Stoffels, Hocuri, Holger Krekel, Jikstra, Lin Miaoski, Moo, Nico de Haen, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, Ozancan Karataş, Pablo, Pedro Portela, polo lancien, Racer1, Simon Laux, solokot, Waldemar Stoczkowski, Xosé M. Lamas, Zkdc

v1.0.3

2019-12-22

do not try to recode videos attached as files
check write-permissions before trying to save a log
enable some linker optimizations and make the apk about 11 mb smaller
fix issues with some email providers
reset device-chat on import, this removes useless or unfunctional messages and allows messages being added again

v1.0.2

2019-12-20

fix opening attachments on newer android versions
fix accidentally shown device-chat-system-notifications on older androids
fix sending images and other attachments for some providers
don't recreate and thus break group membership if an unknown sender (or mailer-daemon) sends a message referencing the group chat
fix yandex/oauth

v1.0.1

2019-12-19

fix OAauth2/GMail
fix group members not appearing in contact list
fix hangs appearing under some circumstances
retry sending already after 30 seconds
improve html parsing

v1.0.0

2019-12-17

Finally, after months of coding and fixing bugs, here it is: Delta Chat 1.0 :) An overview over the changes since v0.510:

support for user avatars: select your profile image at "My profile info" and it will be sent out to people you write to
introduce a new "Device Chat" that informs the user about app changes and, in the future, problems on the device
new "Saved messages" chat
add "Certificate checks" options to "Login / Advanced"
if "Show classic emails" is set to "All", emails pop up as contact requests directly in the chatlist
add "Send copy to self" switch
rework welcome screen
a new core: for better stability, speed and future maintainability, the core is written completely in the Rust programming language now
for end-to-end-encryption, rPGP is used now; the rPGP library got a first independent security review mid 2019
improved behavior of sending and receiving messages in flaky networks
more reliable background fetch on newer Android versions
native 64bit support
minimum requirement is Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
tons of bug fixes

The changes of this version and the last beta versions have been done by Alexander Krotov, Allan Nordhøy, Ampli-fier, Andrei Guliaikin, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Besnik, Björn Petersen, ButterflyOfFire, Calbasi, cyBerta, Daniel Boehrsi, Dmitry Bogatov, dorheim, Emil Lefherz, Enrico B., Ferhad Necef, Florian Bruhin, Floris Bruynooghe, Friedel Ziegelmayer, Heimen Stoffels, Hocuri, Holger Krekel, Jikstra, Lars-Magnus Skog, Lin Miaoski, Moo, Nico de Haen, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, Ozancan Karataş, Pablo, Pedro Portela, polo lancien, Racer1, Simon Laux, solokot, Waldemar Stoczkowski, Xosé M. Lamas, Zkdc

v0.982.0

2019-12-16

move doze-reminder to device-chat
improve logging
update translations
fix crashes on connecting to some imap and smtp servers

v0.981.0

2019-12-15

avatar recoding to 192x192 to keep file sizes small
fix read-receipts appearing as normal messages
fix smtp crash
fix group name handling if the name contains special characters
various other bug fixes

v0.980.0

2019-12-14

support for user avatars: select your profile image at "settings / my profile info" and it will be sent out to people you write to
previously selected avatars will not be used automatically, you have to select a new avatar
rework tls stack
alleviate login problems with providers which only support RSA10
prototype a provider-database with a testprovider
improve key gossiping
bug fixes

v0.973.0

2019-12-10

names show up correctly again
html-attachments are possible again
improve adding/removing group members
improve connection handling and reconnects
update translations

v0.971.0

2019-12-06

rework welcome screen
update translations
improve reconnecting
various bug fixes

v0.970.0

2019-12-04

introduce a new "Device Chat" that informs the user about app changes and, in the future, problems on the device
rename the "Me"-chat to "Saved messages", add a fresh icon and make it visible by default.
add Arabic translation
add Galician translation
update translations
use the rust-language for the mail-parsing and -generating part, introducing a vastly improved reliability
fix moving messages
fix flakiness when receiving messages and in the secure-join process
more bug fixes

v0.960.0

2019-11-24

update translations
more reliable background fetch on newer Android versions
bug fixes
minimum requirement is now Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

v0.950.0

2019-11-05

add "Certificate checks" options to "Login / Advanced"
update translations
bug fixes

v0.940.2

2019-10-31

re-implement "delete mails from server"
if "Show classic emails" is set to "All", emails pop up as contact requests directly in the chatlist
fix android9 voice-recording issues
update translations
various bug fixes

v0.930.2

2019-10-22

add "send copy to self" switch
rework android4 emoji-sending
rework android9 background-fetch
fix 64bit issues
fix oauth2 issues
target api level 28 (android9, pie)
update translations
various bug fixes

v0.920.0

2019-10-10

improve onboarding error messages
update translations
various bug fixes

v0.910.0

2019-10-07

after months of hard work, this release is finally based on the new rust-core that brings improved security and speed, solves build-problems and also makes future developments much easier. there is much more to tell on that than fitting reasonably in a changelog :)
this is also the first release including native code for 64bit systems
minor ui improvements
add Hungarian translation
update translations

v0.510.1

2019-07-09

new image cropping feature: crop images before sending them
updated image editing user interface
update Chinese (zh-cn and zh-tw), Italian, Dutch, Turkish translations
remove swipe to archive and swipe to unarchive chats
improve UX to discard contact requests
improve UX to block contacts
bugfixes

The changes have been done by Björn Petersen, cyBerta, Enrico B., Heimen Stoffels, Lin Miaoski, Ozancan Karataş, Zkdc

v0.500.0

2019-06-27

New chat-profile: Gallery, documents, shared chats and members at a glance
Add video recording and recoding
Show video thumbnails
Forward/Share: Add searching and forward/share to new contact/chat
Share: Support direct sharing to a recently used chats
New notification handling, including a mute-forever option :)
Optional plipp-plop sounds in chats
Better document- and music-files view
Add new-messages marker
Keep chat-scroll-position on incoming messages
Clean up settings dialog
More general "outgoing media quality" option (replaces image-quality option)
Improve quality of voice messages
More touch-friendly layout
Add an experimental option to delete e-mails from server
Improve compatibility with older phones
Show a warning if the app is too old and won't be updated automatically (done just by date comparison, no data is sent anywhere)
New option to save the log to a file
Make input text field a bit larger
Add Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese translations
Update Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian translations
Bugfixes

The changes have been done by Allan Nordhøy, Ampli-fier, Andrei Guliaikin, Anna Ayala, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Besnik, Björn Petersen, Boehrsi, Calbasi, Christian Schneider, cyBerta, Enrico B., Eric Lavarde, Ferhad Necef, Floris Bruynooghe, Friedel Ziegelmayer, Heimen Stoffels, Holger Krekel, Iskatel Istiny, Jikstra, Lars-Magnus Skog, Lin Miaoski, Luis, Moo, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, Ozancan Karataş, Racer, Sebek, Yuriy, Zkdc

v0.304.0

2019-05-07

Add Catalan translation
Update several other translations
Bugfixes

The changes have been done by Ampli-fier, Andrei Guliaikin, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Björn Petersen, Calbasi, Enrico B., ferhad.necef, Heimen Stoffels, link2xt, Maverick2k, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, Ozancan Karataş, Racer1, Webratte

v0.303.0

2019-05-01

Add labels to map markers
Always show self-position on map
Tweak Log UI
Bugfixes

The changes have been done by Ampli-fier, Björn Petersen, cyBerta

v0.302.1

2019-04-27

add POIs on maps
Tweak Log UI
add location indicator in chat messages
bugfixes

The changes have been done by Björn Petersen, cyBerta, Daniel Boehrsi.

v0.301.1

2019-04-22

Fix chat view and log for Android 4.4 (Kitkat)

v0.301.0

2019-04-20

Experimental location-streaming can be enabled in the advanced settings; when enabled, you can optionally stream your location to a group and view a map with the members that are also streaming their location
Tweaked dark-mode
Improved account setup and profile dialogs
Show and hide the virtual keyboard more gracefully
Speed up program start
Speed up message sending
Handle Webp-Images and Vcard-files
Add Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese translations
Update several other translations
Bug fixes

The changes have been done by Alexander, Ampli-fier, Angelo Fuchs, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Besnik, Björn Petersen, cyBerta, Daniel Böhrs, Enrico B., ferhad.necef, Floris Bruynooghe, Friedel Ziegelmayer, Heimen Stoffels, Holger Krekel, Janka, Jikstra, Luis, Moo, Nico de Haen, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, Ozancan Karataş, Racer1, sebek, Viktor Pracht, Webratte and others

v0.200.0

2019-03-14

Simplified setup (OAuth2) for google.com and yandex.com
Improved setup for many other providers
Decide, which e-mails should appear - "Chats only", "Accepted contacts" or "All"
Improve moving chat messages to the DeltaChat folder
Option for a stronger image compression
Smaller message sizes in groups
Share files from other apps to Delta Chat
Share texts from mailto:-links
Log can be opened from setup screen
Add Lithuanian translation
Update several other translations
Bug fixes

The changes have been done by Alexandex, Angelo Fuchs, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Björn Petersen, Besnik, Christian Klump, cyBerta, Daniel Böhrs, Enrico B., ferhad.necef, Florian Haar, Floris Bruynooghe, Friedel Ziegelmayer, Heimen Stoffels, Holger Krekel, Iskatel Istiny, Lech Rowerski, Moo, Ole Carlsen, violoncelloCH and others

v0.101.0

2019-02-12

First Play Store release, optimisations for Android O
Ask to disable battery optimisations
Start Azerbaijani and Swedish translations
Update several other translations
Many bug fixes

The changes have been done by Ampli-fier, Angelo Fuchs, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Besnik, Björn Petersen, Christian Klump, Daniel Böhrs, Enrico B., ferhad.necef, Florian Haar, Floris Bruynooghe, Heimen Stoffels, Holger Krekel, Iskatel Istiny, Lech Rowerski, violoncelloCH and others.

v0.100.0

2019-01-23

Complete rework of the ui using pure material design
Images and other files can be sent together with a description
Images can be modified before sending, eg. text can be added or hand-drawn signs
Image and media gallery for each chat
Embedded camera, new camera icon directly in input field
Embedded video player
New emoticons
Contacts and groups can be joined with a QR-code-scan
Options for watching several IMAP-folders
Option to move messages to the DeltaChat-folder
Improved multi-device behavior
Improved Accessibility eg. for screen readers
Dark theme
Support right-to-left languages
Relative time display
Chatlist and contact list support a long click for several operations
Archive chats by swiping a chat right out of the chatlist
Show date always atop of the chat
Fix redraw problems with hidden system status or navigation bar
Reply directly from within notification
The system credentials have to be entered before exports
The app can be protected by the system credentials
Hide the permanent notification more reliable
Improved resending of messages
Allow password starting/ending with whitespaces
Bug fixes
Probably more i forgot

The changes have been done by Ampli-fier, Angelo Fuchs, Asiel Díaz Benítez, Björn Petersen, chklump, Daniel Böhrs, Florian Haar, Hocceruser, Holger Krekel, Lars-Magnus Skog

Translations are still in progress and video-recording is not yet re-implemented. Help is very welcome -:)

v0.20.0

2018-08-14

Check size before sending videos, files and other attachments
On sending problems, try over an appropriate number of times; then give up
Detect sending problems related to the message size, show an error and do not try over
Show message errors in the message info
Add user forum to website
Update python bindings
Seed node.js bindings and a CLI version based on this
Prepare Android bindings update
Update Danish, Italian and Russian translations

The changes have been done by Andrei Guliaikin, Angelo Fuchs, Björn Petersen, compl4xx, Boehrsi, Enrico B., Floris Bruynooghe, Holger Krekel, Janka, Jikstra, Karissa McKelvey, Lars-Magnus Skog, Ole Carlsen

v0.19.0

2018-07-10

Give advices for Google users
Speed up by making database-locks unnecessary
Fix drafts appearing twice
Update Albanian, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Turkish translations
Update website

The changes have been done by Allan Nordhøy, Angelo Fuchs, Besnik, Björn Petersen, Calbasi, Claudio Arseni, guland2000, Heimen Stoffels, Holger Krekel, Luis Fernando Stürmer da Rosa, Mahmut Özcan, Ole Carlsen, Osoitz, sebek, Thomas Oster

v0.18.2

2018-06-23

Fix initial configure process to hang at 95% under some circumstances

v0.18.0

2018-06-21

Speed up message sending/receiving
Retry failed sending/receiving jobs just in the moment the networks becomes available again
Make message sending/receiving more reliable
Handle attachment file names with non-ASCII characters correctly
Paging through images made available by Angelo Fuchs
Several connection issues with different configurations were fixed by Thomas Oster
Improve chat-folder creation by Thomas Oster
Request permissions before using the camera; added by Thomas Oster
Key import improved by Thomas Oster
Improve background and foreground message fetching reliability
Try to use the permanent notification only when really needed
Update internal sqlite library from 3.22.0 to 3.23.1
Update internal libEtPan library from 1.7 to 1.8
Add Danish translation from Ole Carlsen
Update Albanian, Basque, Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Telugu translations

v0.17.3

2018-05-17

Fix system messages appearing twice
Fix: Use all gossipped verifications in verified groups
Update Basque, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian translations

v0.17.2

2018-05-15

Fix problem with adding formerly uncontacted members to groups
Unblock manually blocked members when they are added manually as contact again

v0.17.1

2018-05-11

Improve QR code scanning screens
Add a labs-option to disabled the new QR logo overlay
Update Russian translations

v0.17.0

2018-05-07

Show shared chats in user profiles
If a contact has changed his encryption setups, this is shown as a system messages in the middle of the chat view
Show added group members, changed group titles etc. as system messages
Show direct buttons to create a new group or contact in the "New Chat" dialog
Improve "Add contact" dialog
Move subject and most chat metadata to the encrypted part following the "Memoryhole" proposal
Show read-timestamps in message info
Do not add contacts from Bcc to group-memberlist to avoid privacy leaks and to get a unique memberlist for all group-members
In a mail contains plaintext and encrypted parts, the whole mail is treated as not being encrypted correctly
Restructure settings and advanced settings
Fix problems with Office 365 and similar services
Fix a problem where incoming messages are shown as being sent by oneself
Experimental QR code scanning options can be enabled in the advanced settings
Update Albanian, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian translations
Add Basque translation
Add Chinese translation
Add Japanese translation

v0.16.0

2018-03-19

Messages from normal clients to more than one recipient create an implicit "ad-hoc group"
Allow group creation though contact requests
Always display the sending time in the chat list; the list itself is sorted by receiving time and "Message info" shows both times now
If parts but the footnote are cut from mails, this is indicated "..."; use "Message info" to get the full text
Highlight the subject in the "Message info"
Autoconfigure prefers 'https' over 'http'
Bug fixes, eg. avoid freezes if the connection is lost
Update Russian, Tamil and Turkish translations

v0.15.0

2018-02-27

Render the waveform for voice messages
Fix problems with voice messages on various devices
Improve deletion of message that were moved around by another e-mail client
Really delete messages on the server, do not only mark them for deletion
Ignore subsequent keys or blocks in OpenPGP files
Leave incoming Autocrypt Setup Messages in the inbox so that any number of other e-mail-clients can process them
Avoid messages sent to the "Me" chat appearing twice in other e-mail clients
Update Albanian translation

v0.14.0

2018-02-20

Evaluate gossiped keys
Option to transfer the Autocrypt Setup to another device or e-mail client
Accept Autocrypt Setup transferred from other devices or e-mail client
Send any data from device to device using the chat "Me - Messages I sent to myself"
Do not send messages when there is an access error
Request for contact permissions only once
Bug fixes
Update French and Turkish translations

v0.13.0

2018-01-18

Reply encrypted if the sender has enabled encryption manually (esp. useful when chatting with clients as K-9 or Enigmail)
Update welcome screen graphics
Update Norwegian, Russian and Turkish translations

v0.12.0

2018-01-07

Gossip keys of other group members in the encrypted payload (will also be evaluated in one of the next versions)
Use SHA-256 instead of SHA-1 in signatures
Make the permanent notification clickable
Update permanent notification after import
Fix rendering of system messages
Various bug fixes
Update Albanian, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and Turkish translations

v0.11.4

2017-12-17

Add option to initiate Autocrypt Key Transfer
Connect after importing a backup
Reading memory hole headers
Add Albanian translation
Update German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian translations

v0.10.0

2017-11-29

Fix usage of multiple private keys
Fix various memory leaks
Update English, Portuguese and Turkish translations

v0.9.9

2017-11-18

Alternate include order for F-Droid
Add Serbian translation
Update Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Ukrainian translations

v0.9.8

2017-11-15

Fix a bug that avoids chat creation under some circumstances (bug introduced in 0.9.7)

v0.9.7

2017-11-14

Archive chats or delete chats by a long press
Notify the user in the chatlist about contact requests of known users or of other Delta Chat clients
Show messages only for explicitly wanted chats
Show more detailed reasons about failed end-to-end-encryption
Explicit option to leave a group
Do not show the padlock if end-to-end-encryption is disabled by the user
Import images from a backup when using a different device with different paths
Add copy-to-clipboard function for "About / Info"
Rework Emoji-code
Add Norwegian Bokmål translation
Add Tamil translation
Add Turkish translation
Update Catalan, German, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Telugu and Ukrainian translations

v0.9.6

2017-10-18

Support keys generated with multiple subkeys eg. from K-9
Show PDFs and other attachments with bad names
Bug fixes

v0.9.5

2017-10-08

Backup export and import function
Query password before export
Move replies from normal E-Mail-Clients to the "Chats" folder
Improve helping MUAs on showing chat threads
Improve onboarding
Add URL to default footer
Test a different approach for battery saving in this release
Update French, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian translations

v0.9.4

2017-08-23

Introduce an editable "Status" field that is shown eg. in email footers
Editable and synchronized group images
Show the subject of messages that cannot be decrypted
Do not send "Read receipts" when decryption fails
Do not request "Read receipts" from normal MUAs as there are too many MUAs responding with weird, non-standard formats
Deleting a chat always deletes all messages from the device permanently
Ignore messages from mailing lists
Do not spread the original authors name nor address on forwarding
Encrypt mails send to SMTP and to IMAP the same way
Improve showing HTML-mails
Cleanup Android code
Remove badge counter on app restart
Add Ukrainian translation
Add Telugu translation
Add Catalan translation
Update German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Russian translations

v0.9.3

2017-07-13

Introduce "Read receipts" and avoid social pressure to leave it activated
Improve encryption dialog in profile
Fix marking messages as "seen" when opening the contact requests
Ignore signature.asc files of signed-only messages
Update Polish, Portuguese and Russian translations

v0.9.2

2017-06-28

Encrypt group chats
Cryptographically sign messages
Validate signatures of incoming messages ("Info" shows the state)
Show lock beside end-to-end-encrypted messages with a validated signature
If end-to-end-encryption is available on sending time, guarantee the message not to be sent without end-to-end-encryption later
Show special characters in HTML-mails
Help MUAs on showing chat threads
Show attachments from multipart/alternative structures
Upgrade from Autocrypt Level 0 to Level 1; as the levels are not compatible, encryption on mixed setups does not happen
Update Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and French translations

v0.9.1

2017-06-04

Profile: Improve encryption state dialog
Improved video quality of short clips
Make encryption-dialog localizable
Update Russian translation

v0.9.0

2017-06-01

Add end-to-end-encrypting following the OpenPGP and Autocrypt standards
Add a function to compare keys
Profile: Add option to copy the email address to the clipboard
Pimp GUI

v0.1.36

2017-05-04

Support camera on Android Nougat

v0.1.34

2017-05-03

Link to new homepage https://delta.chat
Localizable Help-URLs

v0.1.33

2017-04-29

Better support for right-to-left (RTL) languages, taking advantage of Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean MR1, API level 17).
Send PNG files without resizing and converting to JPEG
If JPEG files are send without compression, they still appear as image, not as attached files
Raise-to-speak defaults to false
Unify long click behaviour
Support Android's system function "Delete data"
Replies to messages pop up automatically even if send from other email addresses (typical scenario for alias addresses)
Fix group-replies from normal email-clients.

v0.1.32

2017-04-22

Update Spanish and Portuguese translations
Update internal sqlite library to version 3.18.0, released on 2017-03-28
Remove more of the custom language handling, use Android's routines instead
General code cleanup
Play GIF files
Option to disable autoplaying GIF files
When sending contacts, only use the names the receivers have set themselves
Show some hints when long-pressing icons in the action bar

v0.1.29

2017-04-19

Add Russian translation
For outgoing (group-)messages, only use the names the receivers have set themselves

v0.1.28

2017-04-14

Pimp notifications
Bug fixes

v0.1.27

2017-04-12

Use a permanent foreground service for reliable notifications
Monitor the IMAP-IDLE thread and reconnect if IMAP-IDLE seems to hang
Various battery and background optimizations

v0.1.25

2017-04-04

Use system or user selected video player.
Do not connect if not configured (avoids a warning on the first time startup)
Add vertical scrollbar, eg. to settings activities.
Pimp GUI and logo.
Update Korean.

v0.1.24

2017-03-31

Share images and documents from other apps to Delta Chat
Offer to mailto:-link-support to other apps
Ignore implausible sending time of incoming messages; use the receive time in these rare cases
Show errors only when Delta Chat is in foreground
Dynamically adapt video bitrate for longer videos to an attachment-size of max. 25 MB

v0.1.23

2017-03-28

Retry connecting to IMAP if there is not network available on the first try
Notify about new messages if the app is not active for hours, optimize battery consumption

v0.1.22

2017-03-22

Show HTML-only messages
Show connection errors
Add options for SSL/TLS and STARTTLS
Automatic account configuration, if possible
Recode large videos
Add Hungarian translation
Add Korean translation

v0.1.21

2017-03-10

Record and send voice messages
Record and send videos
Send and play music
Send contacts and email addresses
Sending and opening attachments of any type
Share and open commands for all attachments
Accept VCards send to us by other apps
Clickable email addresses
Update Polish translation
Fix tablet startup bug
Close the app when using the lock-app-via-pincode function
Protect data by using a content provider for sharing
Try to clear the task switcher's screenshots when locking the app via pincode
Pimp GUI

v0.1.20

2017-02-16

Avoid unwanted downloads of lots of old messages
Make the "Chats" folder visible if the server hides new folders by default
Fix a crash when the server returns empty folders
Update Polish and Portuguese translations
Use API level 25 (Nougat 7.1) as target

v0.1.18

2017-02-11

Add Polish translation
Use a new default background for chats
Improve typography by using the system font instead of a custom resource font
Remove custom plural handling, use Android's routines instead
Remove unused source code and strings
More fixes of lint errors and warnings

v0.1.17

2017-02-07

Drop two unnecessary permissions ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION and ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Really add French translation
Update Portuguese translation
Start fixing translation handling of the program
Remove special "foss" build, because the whole program is free now.

v0.1.16

2017-02-06

Add French translation
Fix some lint errors and warnings

v0.1.15

2017-01-31

Prepare for first release on F-Droid

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