10 posts tagged with "Release Notes"

🛠️ App Improvements​

• 🗂️🎙️ Unveiled one of Rune’s biggest upgrades—rooms can now be minimized, so you can explore the app while staying in voice or game chat!
• Redesigned the group member invite flow with a cleaner share section and simpler UI—making it way easier to add friends which drove a big spike in usage 🚀👥
• 🔍 Added smart friend suggestions to the group add members screen, complete with a red badge for visibility and a new full-screen search experience.
• Launched a new Group Details header—admins can now edit the name and emoji directly, complete with new call/play buttons, member suggestions and cleaner admin tools! 📝 
• Improved handling of ending realm calls early when the caller leaves by using updated room state to exit cleanly if no one has accepted yet 📞👤
• Switched to a new user status system with smarter, screen-specific pollers and push updates— keeping presence info and joinable room data accurate and up to date 💬

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Polished up the minimized rooms release by fixing orientation flips on Android and smoothing out mute button behavior 🔧
• Disabled experimental layout animations on Android to help prevent an app crash, then reenabled when it didn’t seem to decrease crash rate 📱
• Prevented layout animations for react-native-screens on Android to prevent app crashes 🚫 
• Deactivated the back button inside rooms to prevent issues with minimizing rooms! 🔒
• Resolved an issue where the mute button was incorrectly disabled by resetting its logic at the start and end of rooms 🎤🔁 
• 👾 Addressed a race condition causing gremlins if a new token was requested right after logout and the user logged in again immediately!
• Turned off RTL (right-to-left) support to help reduce crashes tied to orientation changes in React Native.
• 🧼 Polished the group details screen with better spacing, member counts in the header, and clearer Add Members search results!
• Added a missed translation for the "Owner" group status on the Add Groupmate screen to improve clarity across languages 🌍 
• Made layout tweaks to the Group Detail screen—added a crown icon for the group owner and centered names when there's no subtitle 👑📐
• Adjusted app user row layout to center properly and use consistent group status translations 🧩
• Consolidated joinable room icons across the friends list and members pane—now you’ll just see one clean, unified tile when a room is joinable 🎮 
• 🔓 Fixed an issue where unlocking a room cleared other users’ room info in stories and the member pane—now only the correct room gets updated!
• Fixed Realm-Call notifications to show correct user names by waiting for language to load and removing localization 🗣️
• Handled a null object case to prevent a long-standing crash related to voice chat messages 🎙️🛡️
• Prevented navigation to messages after being unfriended by updating the member pane popup to properly handle removed friends.
• 🎯👆 Fixed the add members icon so tapping it now works as expected—no more dead button!
• Made the entire delete account screen scrollable so everything stays readable on shorter devices.

🛠️ App Improvements​

• 🔄🎭 Updated the group avatar change screen to match the user avatar flow by adding a back button, removing save/cancel buttons, and showing a save prompt when changes are made!
• Tweaked the game details screen by simplifying the header, moving the large graphic into the scrollable body, and hiding buttons from the details body in realms.
• Updated room tiles to display user names instead of group names for clearer identification.
• Prepared various screens in the app for a big upcoming change—stay tuned! 😉✨
• 🎉👥Added both the Chat and Games tabs to groups—just the beginning of big upgrades coming to groups!
• Enhanced the Room calling UI by adding a "Calling" alert, opening the game chooser when creating a room and inviting, and updating icons to show whether it's a call or invite 📞🎮
• Overhauled the Members Pane with a new "Add Member" button, better navigation, active room indicators, and updated sorting to prioritize online members!
• Added a call-group member picker so you can easily select up to 5 people to join you in a room!
• Improved the Game Details header and scroll behavior, plus removed the extra "Play" button for a cleaner look.

🪲Bug Fixes​

• 🎨📱 Fixed various header display issues, including transparency on the home screen, gaps on iOS daily rewards, corrected gem center colors, and removed the dark bar on the Add Groupmate screen!
• Stopped the app from showing the add email banner for users who already have an email linked 📧🚫
• Resolved a strange rendering issue when opening the member pane popup or other translucent overlays 🖼️✨
• Refined the friends list bottom sheet to match the member pane popup and fixed a bug where friend-requested users showed as inactive until the request was accepted 🔧
• Addressed an issue where the wrong group was invited to a room when hitting play from a DM’s games view, ensuring proper friend vs. group handling and forcing re-renders with updated navigation keys.
• Corrected the online members count in group headers to include only online users, not "Away" users!
• Refined the member pane styling in groups to prevent messages from scrolling behind it during group verification on iOS 📱
• Adjusted push notification handling to prevent unnecessary app initialization when the app isn’t running 🔔
• Upgraded react-native-callkeep to fix an iOS crash caused by joining flow from a realm!
• Removed the flash of the "No Friends" screen on cold boot by displaying a loading state until friends are fully loaded ⏳
• Upgraded app navigation to prevent white flashes when moving quickly and ensure notifications always take you to the right place 🚀
• Prevented a few "Gremlins" login errors by ensuring the 'prepare for auth' process runs after exiting verification or removing local user accounts 👾🔑
• Prevented a crash when receiving a background call due to "Cannot read property 'routes' of undefined" 📞🚫
• 📏 Adjusted spacing on the group rooms screen to align properly with the new controls.

🛠️ App Improvements​

• Added a fun and simple sound effect for gaining gems in the app, from daily rewards to quests 💎🔊
• 🎨 Introduced dynamic gradient height behind titles in game preview tiles to make game titles easier to read!
• Upgraded all login flow assets to be even sharper and more polished ✨
• Removed nonfunctional arrows from room info on the Room Details screen for a cleaner look!
• 🔢 Enabled one-time code autofill in keyboard suggestions for a smoother login experience.

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue causing weirdly small button text sizes by rerendering scalable text 🔤
• Prevented a bug where users weren’t showing up on cold-boot by ensuring we load and persist local users 👥
• Averted signed-in users with no wifi to a new no wifi screen so there’s no confusion and users can reinitialize the app then be returned directly to their previous screen! 📶
• 🔍Found and fixed a few more crashes related to unsafe casting of errors to objects.
• Added missing onScrollToIndexFailed handlers to prevent crashes 🚫📜
• Stopped a crash issue when the link email code error wasn't an object by removing unsafe casts.
• Resolve the problem where scrolling to the bottom wasn’t possible on searchable list screens when the keyboard was open ⌨️
• Upgraded our login flow health reporting for enhanced bug-busting in the future 📊
• Addressed an issue where gamers were occasionally added to a room twice on incoming calls by waiting for the user token 📞
• 🕒🔒Investigated and prevented failures during account activations by accommodating the longer time spent in sign-in state for first-time activations.
• Removed a 5-second delay before friend’s rooms are joinable which was causing problems where an incoming call was flashing briefly before the call interface rendered.
• ✅ Tweaked guest verification to behave more reliably when singing in takes longer than usual.
• Thwarted a race condition that could trap users in onboarding by ensuring the overlay loads at the right time 🚀
• Prevented a rare problem where gamers could get stuck right after entering their verification codes 🔐
• 👾🚫Blocked unnecessary gremlin screen from appearing when logging out and immediately logging back in!

🛠️ App Improvements​

• Added quests into the app! Now gamers can earn gems by inviting friends, customizing avatars, playing games, and registering their email 💎🎮
• Introduced daily rewards, allowing gamers to earn an increasing amount of gems by logging in each day 💎📅
• Implemented gems for matching to foster a flourishing gem economy and make each matching session more meaningful 🤝
• 📣 Showcased all the gems changes with a concise explainer announcement page.
• Updated purchase flows for display names and avatars to match the gems for matching flow, ensuring consistency throughout the app!
• The new login flow eliminated the need for an "update required" screen before login, streamlining access to the app 🚀
• 🎯 Removed the "invite 3 friends" challenge banner and functionality as quests now replace this.
• 🔴 Improved discoverability of unclaimed quests by marking them with a red dot, so you know you have gems waiting to be collected!
• Released festive holiday avatar items for Christmas and New Years so everyone can get in the spirit 🎄🎉
• Added a maintenance screen to manage downtime during major upgrades, keeping Rune gamers informed 📲

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Disabled all the new gem sounds to avoid crashes while we fix them behind the scenes 🔇
• ✨ Improved game comment list header to prevent flickering!
• Made sure quest headings are translated when the language is changed 🌐🔁
• Fixed an issue where the Add Friend quest wasn’t opening the Invite Friend action sheet.
• Updated our push code to only show one reward alert at a time, avoiding confusing spam 🚨
• Resolved the problem where the profile page wasn't scrolling to show the remaining quests on Android phones 📱
• Prevented errors by disabling multiple claims for gem rewards while the first tap is being processed.
• Tweaked our email verification flow to respect the gamer's language settings on their phone 🌍
• Made further improvements to our splash screen code to catch and address issues causing prolonged load times of 30s+.
• Adjusted font sizing to accurately reflect the number of people who played games recently 🔠
• 🛡️ Cleaned up various small errors in the new login flow to bulletproof the experience for everyone.
• Busted a small but frustrating bug where occasionally icons were being swapped throughout the app!
• Averted a crash on the daily rewards main screen by cleaning up some code 🥳
• Upgraded some dependencies to remove occasional animation crashes on Android!

🛠️ App Improvements​

• Unveiled our new and improved login experience: Upgraded flow resolves captcha issues, improves multi-account handling, and remembers email IDs to speed up logins! 🚀🔑
• Released a complimenting onboarding experience, giving encouraging gems & guiding users through name customization, avatar setup, and enabling notifications ✨🎉
• Updated our login logic to be even simpler—removed the birthday picker and now you just input your age directly 🎂
• Stopped showing the old locked view for outdated clients. With the new login experience, we've eliminated the need for an update required screen 🔒
• Removed the "Rune Again" overlay now that our name transition has fully settled in ✨
• Enhanced the game lists with pull-to-refresh functionality across all variants 🕹️🔄
• 💎 Restyled our gem icons, animations, and balance design; setting the stage for bigger changes ahead!
• Launched game comment translations, enabling everyone to automatically see all game comments in their own language 💬
• Improved multi-language and diacritic support in all searches, enhancing global usability 🌍

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Prevented a race condition: now if a user enters their age too quickly, the app handles auth preparation more smoothly to avoid error screens 🏁
• Fixed guest verification to work without restarts after incomplete email verifications and streamlined age confirmation flow to prevent back navigation errors.
• Removed a login issue by removing an unnecessary fallback that placed error and done handlers incorrectly, preventing uncaught errors.
• Tweaked the splash screen logic: It stays visible longer if the app isn't fully initialized and hides more aggressively once ready, reducing bugs!
• Updated logging to deprioritize uncompressed messages and ensure foreground activities are captured more effectively 📲🔍
• Updated localUser sync when app user changes, fixing a bug where display name and avatar updates weren’t immediately reflected. Now, they’re correct on next login 👤
• Caught and removed a potential source of network failures to reduce crashes and improve stability 🌐
• Implemented possible fixes for production crashes related to 'TypeError: Cannot read property 'nodes' of undefined' with defensive programming.
• Addressed log spam issues by fixing getLinkKey errors that occur when user share links are not yet populated upon login or logout 🔗
• Fixed a crash by ensuring navigation containers correctly reference existing routes, especially during login scenarios.
• Upgraded react-native-screens from 3.34.0 to 3.35.0 to address a known crash issue.
• Resolved an issue with images in our expo updates, allowing us to re-enable auto-updates for iOS 🍏

💻 SDK Improvements​

• Introduced world time that syncs milliseconds since epoch across server and clients, making it possible for you all to build daily changes and seasonal events directly into your games!
• Improved the warning message for actions taken after game over within the SDK, enhancing clarity and guidance 🚨
• Updated the allowed package size for games, accommodating larger game files 📦
• Added the ability to playtest AI games directly in the SDK, complete with types for developers to specify image data for Open AI integration 🤖

🛠️ App Improvements​

• Implemented design changes to the game details screen, making it look even better and easier to navigate ✨
• 🔄 Added pull-to-refresh in the choose game screen inside rooms, serving up new recommendations to gamers each time!
• 🎨🛒 Improved our purchasing UI with better visuals and a smoother flow between avatar options.
• Updated our "choose game" UI for better alignment when favoriting and easier game selection 🎮👌
• Upgraded a bunch of navigation pathways and flows throughout the app, making Rune feel more polished 🌟
• 🔴 Added small and sleek red dots to encourage gamers to customize their avatar and names!
• Improved the way our app does over-the-air updates so everyone can get the newest designs & material seamlessly 🧵

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Went on a bug-busting hunt this month! Tracked down and prevented a plethora of bugs in voice chat and rooms 💥🐛
• Refactored Rune's alert code and inadvertently fixed a few app crashes! Shout out to Denis 🚀
• Fixed the Rooms tabs by moving them back inside the header, similar to the search layout so the app is a cohesive experience throughout!
• Updated the game share aspect ratio to square, ensuring it looks better and fits on all screens 🖼️
• Made sure that all comments from a blocked or reported user immediately hide after refresh 🚫
• Disabled the unlock room button in matching rooms to keep the gaming experience between you and your new friend!
• Added ignoring 'rooms ending' events in the room if the call hasn’t started yet, avoiding false error reports 📞
• Adjusted our emoji picker for perfect visual alignment, eliminating jumping when selecting or deselecting on Android 😊
• Fixed a few cases where room ends weren't notifying the app properly, busting a few tricky bugs!
• Resolved an issue where gem totals weren't updating after a name change 💎
• Fixed an issue with game version selection, making sure that in dev game versions are not available for normal users. Thanks @iamlegend235 in our Discord for reporting it.

💻 SDK Improvements​

• Added an isNewGame flag to stateSync event that sets to true whenever there's a new game session (start of new game, restart) allowing devs to more easily handle game restarts 🕹️
• Updated our persistence code to bust a bug where players leaving wouldn't trigger the persisted state in the Dev UI!
• Prevented game errors by disallowing Rune.actions from being called inside update functions or other actions.
• Refined our logs to now include whether a user is a player, spectator, or unknown for all client-side messages 🔍

🛠️ App Improvements​

• 🏠 Pushed the new games tab to be the landing home page, boosting your games to the forefront for new gamers.
• Upgraded the change game UI inside rooms to show curations just like on the home page 🖼️
• Added the ability for gamers to favorite your games so they can easily keep coming back for more 💗
• Finally brought the whole app into the beautiful new Rune redesign with updated settings and onboarding pop-ups visuals! 🎨
• Unveiled mutual friend suggestions—a simple addition that dramatically improved friend request rates 👥✨
• 🎮 Added all your games directly onto your public dev profile screens, making it easy for everyone to see your catalog of games.
• Upgraded all list scrolling animations on Android, making the app feel more polished!
• Allowed reporting other users for toxic comments or other public actions to maintain our positive gaming community 🚫💬
• 👁️ Slight visual tweaks to the total plays display on your games to clearly showcase their popularity!
• Added more channels for gamers to share your games directly, like Instagram and Snapchat 📣
• Upgraded our over-the-air update logic, making it easier than ever for gamers to update the app—sometimes seamlessly without even noticing 🚀
• Added new logging to track exactly how and where gamers launch your games, enhancing our homepage improvements 📊

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Resolved a tricky crash on Android 14 during background calls caused by stricter microphone permissions on Android’s end 📱
• Addressed more Android 14 issues where push notifications weren't opening rooms as intended 🔔
• 🤝 Fixed a bug where the match feedback screen reappeared if the app was closed and reopened during its display.
• Improved typing in Rune rooms on Android—no more letter skipping or input delays ✍️
• To prevent the keyboard from blocking games, it now dismisses automatically whenever any pop-up or modal screen opens ⌨️
• Fixed a few issues on the new home page, improving its robustness and preventing crashes when changing orientation from landscape to portrait 🔄
• Updated our chat logic to prevent the app from crashing when no sticker apps are available for sending GIFs!
• Adjusted our emoji picker for perfect visual alignment, eliminating jumping when selecting or deselecting on Android 😊
• Made visual fixes to landscape games to accommodate all different screen sizes and phone types 📐
• Improved the display count on game details—now all your friends who recently played fit neatly in the box 👯
• 🌍 Caught and fixed some translation errors in all the updated app copy.
• Fixed the occasional white flashing on the room join & made it less jarring.
• Improved friend suggestions by fixing an animation glitch optimized querying for mutual friends to improve performance 👥
• 🎧 Prevented exceptions that were being thrown when accessing room sound audio files, enhancing stability.

💻 SDK Improvements​

• Introduced the Dev Dashboards 🥳 https://dash.rune.ai/
• Refactored game error logging in preparation for sharing all this info with you all 🖥️
• 🌐🛡️ Correctly ignores blob requests if they are to the same domain as currently allowed ones, ensuring streamlined data handling.
• Bumped rune-eslint to the latest version (2.0.1 to 2.0.2) to fix the "Rune is not defined" issue that @Pixel Pincher was experiencing!
• Unveiled the latest dev UI with improved visuals and enhancements to prevent flashing!

🛠️ App Improvements​

• Unveiled the new home (games 🎮) tab, now featuring game carousels with expandable curation lists like "Puzzle" or "Action" games!
• Revamped our game details page with updated visuals, new play and matching buttons, social proof of how many people love your game, and many more improvements! 🤝
• Added in fun room sounds that pop 💥 so you can easily know when someone leaves, enters, or is reconnecting even without looking at your phone!
• Shuffled avatar features around in the editor to look better and make more sense 🎨
• 🖼️ Now clicking an avatar anywhere in the app shows the user's profile — quick and easy!
• Upgraded our main page logic: now it auto-scrolls back to the top when you re-tap the tab’s button on the loaded screen 👆

🪲Bug Fixes​

• 👥 Updated the friend suggestion logic to recognize when you've added someone as a friend elsewhere in the app.
• Fixed a crash that was happening when auto scrolling to the top on the friends tab if you're already there and have no friends.
• Busted a small bug where the "friends" label occasionally wasn't showing on friend profiles 🐛
• 🎤Fixed some voice chat start errors by fixing the feedback screen logic!
• Updated our TikTok social link in the app so everyone can stay up to date on all things Rune 🔗

💻 SDK Improvements​

• Built out our behind-the-scenes game tracking to prep for some exciting new developer features coming soon! 🌟
• Fixed the dev UI mobile layout to account for bottom toolbars on some devices & adjusted the minimum dimensions on landscape 📱
• Added Vue game template built by oats 🚀
• Updated example user avatars to ensure you’re inspired by the newest content!
• Vite plugin now includes logic that allows importing not only external package but also files from external package (somePackage vs somePackage/innerFile). This was done by Pixel Pincher! 🥳

🛠️ App Improvements​

• More profile improvements like adding explainer text for the "Top Developer" badge and in-room profiles! 👀
• 🌐 Added the ability to change your language and country directly in the new and improved profile screen!
• Enhanced our expo update logic on Android, now it’ll download automatically without user feedback and wait to apply until the next app restart 🚀
• Removed the Preview button from the avatar editor, as avatars now update lightning-fast when you choose new cosmetic options.
• Upgraded scrolling performance in the profile interest picker and enable bouncing scroll everywhere so the app is more responsive 📜

🪲Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a visual bug where games with long names were overlapping the # of players section on the game details screen 👥
• Rectified a visual issue where avatar customization options appeared square instead of round on Android 7.
• Sorted out an unexpected audio switch from speaker to earpiece when a new roommate joins your room on iOS devices.
• Busted two bugs where the splash screen was flashing white briefly beforehand and showing after they exited a room if they booted the app into an incoming call.
• Lots of perfecting how the avatar background colors and profile screen look inside the app 🎨

💻 SDK Improvements​

• 🚀 Added ESLint and Vite plugins to the SDK package, simplifying code setup!
• Spruced up our example game dev UI so it is more responsive to layout changes ✨
• Introduced checks for newer SDK versions on dev/build commands, ensuring you all have the most up-to-date tools! ⚒️
• Integrated updated avatar assets into the SDK, so many options for customization! 🛠
• Updated the dev UI for better screen fit across all phones, especially in landscape mode.
• Improved dev UI logic so now you can’t remove players from the UI while it’s loading.
• Refurbished the SDK network detection logic to better handle CSS!
• Fixed a possible state desync that was happening on player leaving.
• Upgraded our error messages in the SDK to be clearer and introduced logging of error stack traces to enhance troubleshooting and debugging 📊
• 🎯 Rebuilt the interpolators to independently maintain speed and targets for each axis, enhancing precision and control!

🛠️ App Improvements​

• Brought the settings and profile screens into the redesign, they now match the app’s beautiful new aesthetic 🎨 Also added your most played games onto your profile.
• Unveiled the Rune drop to our playerbase with a beautiful explainer banner, screen and video 📹
• 🌒 Updated both our app icon and share room links to rune!
• 🧹 Cleaned up code in preparation for v2 avatars—get ready for more customization options soon!
• Final Rune Transition items, including replacing the llama icon with a friends icon for the number of allowed players badge in games 👥 and updated the “Install Rune” image that pops up inside browser rooms!
• Added our updated Rune socials and emails to the app 🔗

🪲 Bug Fixes​

• Resolved an issue where one failing effect during app booting after tapping a shareLink could leave the app in limbo.
• 🔧 Fixed our web rooms to properly handle CommonJS imports

💻 SDK Improvements​

• Updated the ESLint plugin version to 1.0.2 ✨
• Fixed the layout of the dev UI on iOS mobile, which has been displaying incorrectly