u/zlshames

Hi All,

The long awaited app-rewrite is now complete! What started out as just rewriting a few services here and there, ended up turning into pretty much a full app re-write and re-architecture. Nearly every service & component has been updated or optimized in some way. This was 100% necessary for the longevity of the app. Not only was the community frustrated with stability & performance issues, but updates came to Flutter (our app framework) which made the app perform even worse, if we didn't make some major changes. Lastly, as a shock to no one, the AI-boom has brought a lot of contributors to the ecosystem, as well as new users.

This update brings tons and tons of changes, big and small. Though, you may not even notice most of them. Some were just UI tweaks to better match the iOS or Material You feel. Some were tweaks to optimize how the app uses memory. Some were improvements to UI reactivity and user-feedback. Others were completely new features, like Custom Groups, Reacting via a Notification, or Chat Filters. The point is, we broke everything, and we changed everything in one way or another. And we added features that the community has been asking about for years.

Now, this update is only covering the Android & Desktop app. Since this was such a large effort, we decided to hold off on any Server updates & improvements until after all of the app updates were complete. But now that is released... so after everything cools down a bit, we will begin work on Server updates. This likely will include new private API features, better Tahoe support, and more. There are plenty of code pull requests for us to go through.

Going forward, we plan to be more active with releases! We hope you enjoy this release. If you run into issues, please submit them as Issues on GitHub. If you would like to support the development team, you can donate here:

• Support Us (One-Time): https://bluebubbles.app/donate
• Sponsor Us (Recurring): https://github.com/sponsors/BlueBubblesApp

Full Changelog & Download: https://github.com/BlueBubblesApp/bluebubbles-app/releases/tag/v2.0.0%2B89