Native v8.1.5

~2026.01.29 Patch

Summary

This release improves visual consistency across the app with redesigned headers featuring user avatar "face piles," updated buttons, and the ability to set default avatar colors. We've also fixed numerous issues including problems with editing Gallery replies, retrying messages with image attachments, scroll position preservation, theme compatibility, and onboarding accessibility with larger text sizes.

What's Changed

  • Improves the appearance of screen headers across the entire app; adds a "face pile" group of user avatars to all channels and DMs
  • Improves the appearance and consistency of all buttons
  • Improves the consistency of message sending behavior in all channel types
  • Adds the ability to choose one's default avatar color without setting an image
  • Adds an empty-state placeholder to the Activity screen with prompts to connect one's contact book
  • Fixes an issue where editing a reply in a Gallery channel would display the Gallery text item input rather than the standard edit controls
  • Fixes an issue where retrying an unsent message with an image attachment would result in an image that fails to load for all other members of the channel
  • Fixes an issue where navigating to a user's profile from a Chat channel, then returning to the Chat channel would lose the original scroll position
  • Fixes an issue where system notices would appear unreadable when using themes other than light/dark
  • Fixes an issue where group titles were not rendered in the list of invitations
  • Fixes an issue where empty or new DMs showed a "Failed to load posts / error: no values to set [Retry]" message
  • Fixes an issue where backgrounding the app for 30+ days, then returning would incorrectly report the node's state if using a Tlon Hosting account
  • Fixes an issue during onboarding where setting a larger system text size would result in the advancing buttons being inoperable