[May 2019] UI Overhaul Part 3 - New Logo Again...
Pre-release
And another month of development is over. This month I again mainly focused on the UI Overhaul (#52) since it gets time this gets done. I plan with about two to three months more that I have to focus on all the UI stuff till it's finally done.
Never the less this month brings a bunch of new UI related fixed and additions like a new logo (again)!
I was not really that happy with the old "new" logo and how it was scaling so I decided to do a new one again...
The new logo solves these issues and also matches the new simple Windows 10 logo style. (Links to an image taken from: Meet the new icons for Office 365).
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Known bugs
- Not receiving offline messages #27
- MUC nickname changing not working #29
- MUC subject changing leads to an account disconnect #34
- Fix Main Thread async #40
- Support for gtalk #54
Changes
- New logo!
- Added an unread message count indicator for each chat
- Added an unread message count indicator for the app tile
- Added chat suggestions if you click on add chat
- Added a debug option to disable TLS upgrade and TCP connection timeouts
- Added Emoji picker skin tone support
- Added "Mark chat as read" menu flyout items
- Added the account color to the account selection control
- Added a placeholder if you have no chats
- Added a new change presence dialog
- Switched to a mono space font for the OMEMO fingerprint
- Fixed OMEMO signed per key loading
- Fixed devices vibrating continously if a lot of messages arrive
- Fixed enter/shift-enter for sending chat messages #62
- Fixed window not movable #62
- Fixed theme related issues if you decided not to use the same theme as your system for UWPX
- A bunch of code cleanup and code quality improvements
Examples
New Logo
Splash screen PC
Medium Tile with red accent color and one unread message
No chats found
The updated change presence dialog
Emoji picker with skin tones
How can I get this App?
There are three ways how you can get access to the app.
1. Microsoft Store:
The simplest way is to just download it via the Microsoft Store.
2. Sideload:
If you don't want to use the Microsoft Store for getting access to UWPX you can also sideload a pre build app.
For this head over to releases and download the latest UWPX_UI_X.Y.Z.0.zip.
Once downloaded, unpack and right click Add-AppDevPackage.ps1 -> Execute with PowerShell to install it.
For this to work you first have to enable Sideload app in your Windows settings! Click here for more information about this.
3. Build it by your own
Short version:
- Install Visual Studio 2017
- Clone the repo with Visual Studio 2017
- Build the project for your target platform (e.g.
x64) - Install the app on your target system:
Here you can find more information about: How to install UWP apps, using the developer mode.
Long version:
An extended guide on how to build UWP with images to guide you through can be found here.