Native v9.0.0

This release upgrades the core framework to Expo SDK v54, adds Markdown table rendering in messages, and introduces periodic contact-matching to notify you when people from your address book join the network. We fixed several long-standing bugs, including issues with push notification navigation, unsent and deleted messages sticking to the chat log, and duplicate UI elements appearing after edits or channel management actions.

• Upgrades the core Expo framework SDK to v54, boosting speed and reliability.
• Adds periodic contact-matching to alert you to when people from your phone's address book join the network (if you've connected it).
• Adds rendering support for Markdown tables in messages.
• Adds a "reply" action to Gallery comments, which prefixes the follow-up comment with the comment author's ID, rather than limiting one to a single layer of conversation.
• Adds a pointer to Tlon Messenger on the web in the Settings menu.
• Limits video uploads to 150 MB in size.
• Focuses the filter input field on the Home screen when the magnifying glass icon is pressed to filter groups / messages by name.
• Fixes an issue where tapping on a push notification and entering a channel would occasionally fail to load posts in the channel.
• Fixes an issue where editing a new group from the welcome message and then pressing the Back button would incorrectly navigate to the group settings screen. From there, pressing Back again would cause an infinite loop by navigating back to the group name/description screen.
• Fixes an issue where unsent direct messages would stick to the bottom of the chat log and were unable to be cleared.
• Fixes an issue where deleting your own message often left a "message deleted" artifact that stuck to the bottom of the chat scroller.
• Fixes an issue where swiping right on a chat list item and pressing the mark-as-read checkmark would do nothing.
• Fixes an issue where editing a link post in a Gallery, then pressing Back would result in a blank screen.
• Fixes visual element alignments on the Group info & settings screen.
• Fixes an issue where adding a section in the channel management screen would result in a duplicate sheet, visible after submission.
• Fixes an issue where editing a message with a link preview card would result in a duplicate link preview card in the message display.
• Fixes an issue where non-hosting admins of groups were unable to delete channels.