12

Notable changes in version 12:

• update SDK to 36 (Android 16)
• migrate to AndroidX Fragment, Loader and Preference libraries including handling a breaking change in the LoaderManager API
• update Kotlin to 2.2.0
• update Android Gradle plugin to 8.12.0
• update Gradle to 8.14.3
• update AndroidX AppCompat library to 1.7.1 in one of the Android platform dependencies

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 11) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

11

Notable changes in version 11:

• temporarily revert AndroidX fragment/loader/preference library migration due to what appears to be an upstream Messaging or AndroidX bug causing the app to go back to the conversation list when returning to it

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 10) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

10

Notable changes in version 10:

• revert change to process message data in secondary users since it caused a regression (duplicate received messages from secondary users) and needs to be done another way

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 9) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

9

Notable changes in version 9:

• process message data in secondary users
• avoid creating conversation channels prior to users configuring notifications for them
• mark bubbled conversations as read
• remove duplicate observable conversation sound
• migrate to AndroidX Fragment, Loader and Preference libraries
• update AndroidX Appcompat library to 1.7.1
• update Gradle to 8.14.2

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 8) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

8

Notable changes in version 8:

• associate contact URIs with notifications to fix starred contacts bypassing Do Not Disturb
• respect "Incoming messages" notification settings when creating notification channels for conversations
• prevent conversation deleted toast spam
• update Guava library to 33.4.8
• update AndroidX RecyclerView library to 1.4.0
• update Android Gradle plugin to 8.10.1
• update Gradle to 8.14.1
• update Kotlin to 2.1.21
• update Android build tools to 36.0.0
• migrate to AndroidX Nullable annotations

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 7) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

7

Notable changes in version 7:

• avoid null pointer exception in an edge case for the notification overhaul

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 6) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

6

Notable changes in version 6:

• completely overhaul notifications with support for notification channels, conversation-style notifications, quick replies and other modern notification features

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 5) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

5

Initial out-of-band update with dependency updates and under-the-hood modernization.