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[February 2022] Windows 11 and Push

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@COM8 COM8 released this 06 Feb 15:48
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v.0.40.1.0
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Since I finally was able to update my laptop to Windows 11, this release adds further support for it. Now the UI uses the new Mica effect when available, and I updated the settings and all other cards to the new Windows 11 style.
Besides that, I focused on fixing some issues related to push. Now it should run more reliable, even if you do not open the app every day at least once.

I also started working on adding XEP-0363: HTTP File Upload support, by adding a first UI draft for selecting, editing and scaling images you would like to send. This feature far from done, but in case you want to play around with it, you can enable it by enabling debug settings. For this, on the settings page, you have to click at least 5 times on the version number until debug settings show up.

I don't think there will be a release next month, since it's the time of the year again, where I have to write and hopefully pass exams again 🙃.

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Known bugs

  • MUC subject changing leads to an account disconnect #34
  • ListDetailsView looses selection on reorder #166

Changes

  • Added a background task, that refreshes the push channel once per day
  • Windows 11 card style settings
  • Using the new Mica effect when available
  • Started adding support for sending images
  • Updated to Unicode 14.0
  • Updated the XMPP Providers list
  • Fixed always sending the channel URI on startup even if it did not change
  • Disco also requesting and storing #items on startup

Examples

Login/Register page on Windows 11
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Windows 11 settings
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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-Installer.exe.
Once downloaded, double click it and then click on install.

For this to work you first have to enable Sideload app in your Windows settings! Click here for more information about this.

⚠️ Windows will try to warn you that this is a malicious installation program. This is because I did not sign it with a valid developer certificate - you can ignore it. ⚠️

3. Build it by your own

Short version:
  1. Install Visual Studio 2022
  2. Clone the repository with Visual Studio 2022
  3. Build the project for your target platform (e.g. x64)
  4. 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.

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