Twitterrific

What's New in 6.0

We've packed a ton of great new stuff into Twitterrific including GIPHY integration, displaying full, auto-playing media right in the timeline, new icons and themes, an improved attachment preview and so much more!

NEW FEATURES

• Video and GIFs silently autoplay directly in your timelines and message threads!
  • Videos with an audio track show a speaker icon to avoid any loud surprises
  • Autoplaying of videos and GIFs can be disabled in Settings
• View full images right in your timeline!
  • Tweets or direct messages with an image attachment will display the thumbnail at the photo's native aspect ratio
  • Tweets with two or more images use adjusted aspect ratios and face-detection to avoid taking up as much space
• GIPHY Integration!
  • Tap the GIF button when composing a tweet or direct message to find just the right snarky animation
  • Refine your search with the built-in Reactions, Memes, or Swear Trek filters
• Support for Twitter's new quoted tweets with media:
  • When quoting another tweet, you can attach photos, a video, or an animated GIF
  • The timeline displays both the media you attached and your quoted tweet
• View media and add descriptions using the new attachment preview
  • Tap the small thumbnail of attached media to get a better, bigger look
  • Easily add accessibility descriptions to all images, videos and GIFs
  • Swipe between multiple photos to quickly add descriptions to each one
• More customization goodies!
  • Three new playful app icons: Crow, Dove, Neon
  • Five new colorful themes: Dove, Akikiki , Puffin, Falcon, Parakeet
  • 12 fun new "Olliemoji" stickers added to the bundled iMessage sticker pack
  • A new font: San Francisco Compact Rounded ('SF Rounded')
  • A new Presentation setting to show tweet author's full name, username or both
  • A new High Contrast Text presentation option
  • Two smaller line spacing steps for tighter text
• Help fund continued development of Twitterrific:
  • No features are locked or restricted - try everything without paying anything
  • Eliminate banner ads and subscription reminders by signing up for a monthly or yearly subscription
  • Don't enjoy subscriptions? Purchase the one-time "Forever" option instead
  • Twitterrific 5 customers get full benefits for up to 6 months from their last purchase date
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IMPROVEMENTS

• Refreshed glyphs, font weights and colors app-wide
• Videos without audio no longer duck audio from other apps
• New "Audio and Video" settings category for autoplay and sound effects
• Twitterrific ignores the mute switch when playing audio (what most people want)
• Added support for the Brave web browser
• VoiceOver indicates the type of media and number of photos attached to a tweet
• Headings, tab bar buttons, and toggles are marked as such for VoiceOver
• VoiceOver magic tap on the main timeline opens compose
• Added the VoiceOver escape gesture to all popups
• Added animation with compose sub-panels open/close
• Changed the default app icon - the previous icon is an option in the theme panel
• Popup views on iPad make better use of the available screen space
• Selecting a tweet no longer unexpectedly scrolls the timeline
• Clearing the search filter no longer loses your place in the timeline
• Long press the "Follow" button on a profile to follow with a different account
• Long-pressing a user in compose's user search no longer dismisses the view
• Clear buttons on search fields only appear when needed
• Increased the maximum number of tweets per timeline
• Replies to a tweet are sorted by date instead of by engagement
• All panels and popups have rounded corners
• Private lists have a new icon in the sidebar
• The Twitterrific banner ad uses your current app icon
• Improved tap area of the location badge on tweets with an attached location

BUG FIXES

• Timelines never refresh if the “Automatically Refresh Timelines” setting is off
• Fixed an issue where some quoted tweets wouldn't show their quoted URLs
• Fixed some Twitter URLs from being incorrectly identified as a link to a user
• Fixed Center Stage and DM layout issues on devices without home buttons
• Fixed problems preventing the "Open User Page" profile action from working
• Fixed a bug that would break user and hashtag autocomplete when swapping accounts while composing a tweet
• The "Profile Photo" avatar shortcut (long press) now opens the image in app
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the banner ad to be blank
• Loading reply chains no longer leaves a zombie timeline open in memory
• Fixed animation issues while dismissing compose's autosuggestion bar
• Profile action popups appear in the correct location on iPad
• Accessibility descriptions are properly attached to videos or GIFs when posting
• Fixed compose view layout problems after rotating and dismissing the keyboard
• Fixed a bug that could cause crashes at launch and when switching accounts
• Timelines won't loop forever trying to fill a gap that could never be filled
• Timelines no longer unceremoniously stop scrolling when decelerating
• Timelines can update in the background while being filtered by a search query
• Fixed timeline position issues when clearing the cache or adding a new account
• Fixed display issues with the alt app icons while scrolling the Appearance Panel
• Fixed a problem causing the timeline loading indicator to flicker
• Fixed several issues that caused crashes when clearing the cache
• The keyboard no longer appears while viewing drafts
• Trends are now correctly sorted by popularity
• Removed old and obsolete code

OTHER

• Requires iOS 11.2+
• Upgrading from a prior version may result in previously read messages and tweets being marked as unread
• Added iCloud Drive to enable support for customizing themes (experimental, undocumented and unsupported - but if you peek in the folder, you might find some tips for getting started)
• Removed support for Tweet Marker since the service is shutting down