v0.0.2-alpha

Our first joint Android & iOS release!

• The new Android APK is available below, under 'Assets'.
• The iOS build has been submitted for review to TestFlight and should be available in <24 hours. Sign up here. (max 10,000 testers)
  • Until v0.0.2 passes review, you can test our previous build v0.0.1-alpha.
  • If you already joined our TestFlight program, your app may auto-update. You may need to go into TestFlight and press Update.

New Features:

• Home feed with recent posts from featured users (a selection of folks from BitcoinNostr.com)
• Tap any profile image on the home feed to see their profile
• View relay connection status and add/remove relays in your settings
• Nostr events for user metadata, notes, messages, and channels are now stored on your device.
  • The first time you open the app, a loading screen will show while you download an initial batch of notes/users/channels/messages. Those are all stored locally so you won't need to download them again.

Fixed

• The keyboard should no longer cover text inputs on the account creation or channel message screens

Known Issues

• The screen may lag when a lot of new messages load at once, like when entering a new chat channel
  • If the app gets too laggy, try closing & reopening
• Chat channels do not automatically scroll to the end on new messages so you'll need to scroll manually to see any new messages
• Relay connections may timeout after awhile and the app may not reconnect. If you notice this, close and reopen the app

Coming soon

• Following/followers
• Post notes & replies
• NIP-05 integration

See the main README for a list of current and upcoming features.

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Security note:

• Do not install Arc app binaries (.apk's) from any source other than this GitHub repo (ArcadeLabsInc/arc)

Reporting issues

• Any issues other than the known issues above, please tweet at us. Thank you!

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Changelog

• Add contributing+bounties section to README by @ArcadeCityMayor in #29
• Set up Jest and initial tests: nip08, bech32, time by @ArcadeCityMayor in #31
• Prepare iOS build for TestFlight by @ArcadeCityMayor in #32
• Restructure folder hierarchy by @ArcadeCityMayor in #33
• Add initial feed by @ArcadeCityMayor in #34
• Add basic Twitter-style profile by @ArcadeCityMayor in #35
• Add and remove relays by @ArcadeCityMayor in #37
• Store events locally via SQLite by @ArcadeCityMayor in #38

Full Changelog: v0.0.1-alpha...v0.0.2-alpha