Skyscraper 1.5.1 and 1.5.2
Grouped notification details - Tap a grouped notification (X and N others liked/followed you") to see the full list of accounts. Each row has a Follow / Following button, and like/repost groups…
Aug 1, 20263 min read
New
- Grouped notification details - Tap a grouped notification (X and N others liked/followed you") to see the full list of accounts. Each row has a Follow / Following button, and like/repost groups include a link back to the post.
- Advanced search filters - Filter post search by language and by linked domain, alongside the existing sort, time range, from-user, and mentions filters.
- Automatic server detection at login - Your hosting provider (PDS) is now resolved from your handle, so accounts on a custom/third-party PDS sign in without entering a server URL manually.
- Video upload progress — A live loading bar (with percentage) shows while a picked video is prepared, and you can keep typing in the meantime.
Improvements
- Video uploads now post reliably - Videos are converted to MP4 as Bluesky requires, fixing "Expected video/mp4" errors when posting mov clips from Photos.
- Over-limit videos are caught early — Videos longer than 3 minutes or larger than 300 MB are rejected up front with a clear message, before any processing.
- Standard Site cards handle large text - On the Leaflet/standard.site cards, the Subscribe button no longer wraps into a blob and moves to its own full-width row at accessibility text sizes.
- More reliable sharing to Skyscraper — Images shared from other apps (e.g. Tapestry's "share as image") now attach correctly, and the composer no longer jumps when sharing a link from Safari.
- Cleaner group chats — Clearer display of member names when someone joins a group chat.
- Storage cleanup - Temporary video files from the composer are cleaned up so they don't accumulate.
- Group chat invite links now open and join right inside Skyscraper instead of bouncing you to the Bluesky website.
- New "Show Full Size Image Previews" setting (on by default) — single timeline images render at their true aspect ratio instead of being cropped square.
- Share extension: live @mention autocomplete, and sharing a Bluesky post link now creates a real quote post instead of a plain link card.
- Text sizes are now consistent everywhere — Timeline, Notifications, Chat, thread replies, and link cards all follow your in-app text size setting.
Improved
- GIFs always autoplay and loop with no player controls, matching Bluesky.
- Thread view: replies you're reading are highlighted, parent posts are no longer dimmed, and body text is uniform throughout.
- Better colors for grouped notification cells and quoted posts.
- App Tips now respects your chosen dark mode style.
Fixed
- A crash when scrolling past inline videos, and a crash on launch caused by timeline media layout.
- Images, videos, quote posts, and link cards no longer slide or clip inside their containers while scrolling.
- Tab bar labels no longer truncate to "Noti…" and "Expl…" on larger iPhones.
- Chat notices no longer render backwards when someone's display name contains a right-to-left override character.
- Notification rows no longer show the wrong person's avatar while scrolling fast.
- Posts with large link-preview thumbnails no longer fail to send.
- Share extension: images from apps like Tapestry attach reliably, and mention suggestion chips respond to taps.
- Chat list rows now update when someone reacts to a message.
- The composer keeps a loaded link card while you edit or delete the URL text, matching Bluesky.
- Fixed crashes when opening deep reply threads (stack overflow while walking the thread).
- Fixed verification-badge crashes ("No ObservableObject of type AppTheme found").
- Fixed a crash when opening certain profiles (type-metadata demangler overflow).
- Fixed opening bare @handle mentions (no domain) in chat.
- Fixed a share-sheet bug when sharing content into the app.
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