Android SDK Release Notes

08-20-2026

Social SDK v3.2.1

New Features

• Reactions: Introduced a poll-style Reactions widget that lets readers react to content and see results update in real time. The widget provides a lightweight engagement experience alongside the Conversation, with server-driven theming and built-in login handling for gated posts.

API & SDK Updates

• Added getReactions(...) to OpenWeb.manager.ui.components and the Reactions() composable for embedding the new Reactions widget.

• Introduced OWNavigationToolbarStyle in OWConversationSettings to hide the Conversation navigation bar or title and customize the back button as a back arrow, close icon, or hidden.

• Added OWPreConversationHeaderStyle to OWPreConversationSettings to hide the Pre-Conversation header row or title.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved a crash that could occur when opening a comment from another app in a Jetpack Compose integration.

• Continued hardening of SSO token renewal to prevent the conversation from getting stuck on an infinite loading state. This covers sessions with an expired refresh token, hosts that renew without reporting completion, and a missing renewal callback.

• Prevented real-time replies from incorrectly appearing as new top-level comments in the live Conversation view.

• Corrected an issue where the system back button did not navigate back on the first tap after opening the login screen from a Conversation.

• Restored missing Community Guidelines and Appeal links on the rejected-comment clarity screen when using languages other than English.

• Fixed profile UI issues where the avatar could briefly flicker and the user badge did not appear immediately.

• Removed a flicker from the full-Conversation subheader when tapping the first reply in a comment thread.

• Fixed an issue where the nudge banner remained visible after collapsing the floating bar in the floating Conversation style.

• Resolved a crash that could occur when opening a user profile while logged in.

07-28-2026

Social SDK v3.1.0

New Features

• User Profiles: Introduced a native user profile experience for viewing a user's profile, comment and reply history, and activity, with profile editing, privacy controls, muted-user management, and account data request/deletion.

• Star Rating Quick Submit: Added the ability to rate an article directly from the ratings summary without opening comment creation; the submitted rating is displayed and remembered per article.

API & SDK Updates

• Introduced a social review summary customization element for the element-based customization API.

• Streamlined the set of BI analytics events reported to host apps; several events are no longer forwarded through the analytics delegate.

• Expanded inline documentation across the public API to clarify the recommended integration paths.

• Deprecated the legacy theme-based color API in favor of the element-based customization API.

• Deprecated the legacy Views and Flows UI entry points in favor of the unified Components API OpenWeb.manager.ui.components). The legacy entry points remain available until the next major version.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed an issue where the Pre-Conversation did not refresh after submitting a comment and returning to it.

• Resolved an issue where background color customization wasn't applied in landscape orientation.

06-14-2026

Social SDK v3.0.0

New Features

• Push Notifications: Keep users engaged with notifications for replies, likes, and mentions while the app is in the background.

API & SDK Updates

• Introduced spotim-compose, a new Jetpack Compose library for integrating OpenWeb conversations.

• Introduced a redesigned, elements-based customization API for styling SDK UI elements directly, with per-element fonts and custom view callbacks.

• Introduced the Components API, a unified API for integrating conversation views (pre-conversation, conversation, and full-screen) through a simplified set of functions.

• Upgraded the SDK to Kotlin v2.0.0.

• Deprecated the UI.Views and UI.Flows APIs.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved a crash that occurred in the SSO renewal callback when the conversation view was detached.

• Resolved an issue where the conversation could freeze when restoring the app from the background.

• Improved the post-login experience so that an action requiring authentication (vote, comment, or reply) is automatically completed after a successful login instead of being lost.

• Fixed an issue where Full Conversation, Comment Creation, and Comment Thread occasionally failed to open on the first tap after closing and reopening the app.

• Fixed an issue where opening a reply from the full conversation after login could show an empty Comment Thread.

• Ensured the SDK consistently honors the configured initial sort mode when opening a conversation.

• Corrected real-time moderation so that comments receiving a reject verdict now display the blocked nudge instead of the pending nudge.

• Fixed an issue where the moderation nudge message did not reappear when flagged text was re-typed in edit mode.

• Fixed an issue where a reply to the only root comment did not render in the conversation list.

• Fixed an issue where the first comment posted by a guest was displayed without a username.

• Fixed an issue where photo and GIF uploads stopped working in certain cases.

• Ensured Floating Comment Creation collapses after posting a rating-only comment.

• Added a progress indicator on the Post button when posting a comment immediately after login.

• Corrected the profile avatar to display as a circle instead of a square.

• Corrected the title shown on the Edit Reply screen for the Regular and Light styles.

• Resolved a crash that occurred when fetching an SSO authentication code via startSSO, and addressed a related error that surfaced when user details could not be retrieved.

• Fixed an issue where the conversation could load indefinitely in certain integrations.

• Fixed an issue where the Recommend button was not tappable while only the star rating responded.

03-31-2026

Social SDK v2.5.0

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Added support for customizable report success messages via server-side text overrides.

• Addressed crashes related to network error handling and authentication flows.

• Prevented comments from being posted after a conversation was closed by an admin.

• Resolved cases where user mentions didn't work correctly.

• Restored availability of the appeal option for affected comments.

• Fixed an issue where conversations failed to load for certain posts until refreshed.

• Resolved an issue where conversations appeared empty after logging in via Comment Creation.

• Ensured that Facebook links posted via webview are correctly reflected in the conversation.

• Fixed the disappearance of the “X” button for returning to the root comment in Comment Creation.

• Corrected the Comment Creation layout in expanded mode after returning from the login flow.

• Fixed incorrect edit/reply state restoration when returning from background.

• Prevented draft comments from disappearing when opening Comment Creation from Pre-Conversation.

• Fixed auto-capitalization not applying to the first letter after a period.

• Corrected navigation from avatar taps in Pre-Conversation to open the expected screen.

• Fixed the “Authorize to participate” button to correctly open the login screen instead of Full Conversation.

• Restored the missing indent line for comments with a moderation status.

• Fixed sorting name color not applying customization settings.

• Updated thesuccess message displayed after reporting a comment.

• Ensured that sorting changes in Full Conversation are reflected in Pre-Conversation when navigating back.

• Aligned report reason language options with the web platform.

03-16-2026

Social SDK v2.4.3

Bug Fixes

• Corrected multiple UI state issues in Pre-Conversation.

• Fixed incorrect Notifications screen state after user logout.

• Removed unnecessary “View X Replies” indicator when replies are not present.

• Corrected Pre-Conversation layout being cut off and missing the “Show more” button.

• Prevented Star Ratings from appearing when replying.

• Restored missing root comment content when replying in Conversation Regular/Light styles.

03-05-2026

Social SDK v2.4.1

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved Comment Creation bugs including:

  • Resolved various UI issues.

  • Fixed problems with the expanded state behavior.

  • Addressed cases where user mentions didn't work reliably.

  • Fixed scenarios where the Comment Creation text field cache failed.

  • Restored proper visibility of Comment Labels.

  • Added missing Reply/Edit title in Comment Thread.

  • Fixed visibility issues in the Error state.

• Restored Blitz layout disappearing when selecting the Typing + Comments state.

• Fixed Blitz not showing new comments when opened from Pre-Conversation.

• Prevented Conversation from disappearing after opening and closing the login screen.

• Fixed issue with Social Reviews color customization.

• Added ability to remove the online-user counter in Conversation.

• Improved timeout handling to prevent potential infinite loading loops.

01-06-2026

Social SDK v2.4.0

New Features

• Nudges: Get early feedback from the system before a comment is posted

• Custom Display API: New API for customizing username and comment count views

• Floating Comment Creation UI: Redesigned “Floating” style for comment input with full feature support, including:

  • Image upload

  • Take picture

  • Upload GIF

  • Comment labels

  • User mentions

  • Star rating

  • Nudges

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Synced the “What do you think?” button state with server response.

• Restored functionality of the “Share” button.

• Fixed missing divider line after comments submitted through the Blitz button.

• Improved data caching and server sync for smoother performance

• Enhanced memory handling and comment loading speed; improved scroll responsiveness.

• Optimized SDK initialization time.

• Refined comments loading animation for a smoother visual experience.

• Disabled extra Sentry data collection to prevent ANR crashes.

11-18-2025

Social SDK v2.3.3

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Added support for dynamic sort options from configuration.

• Resolved a crash that occurred when loading a disabled spotId.

• Prevented a crash triggered when opening Notifications from PreConversation with Filter Tabs enabled.

• Addressed an issue where community guidelines appeared blank when accessed from the "awaiting review" screen.

• Corrected behavior where scrolling to a posted comment didn't work as expected.

• Fixed a bug where tapping the new comment indicator didn't show the comment's GIF.

• Improved reply toggling logic to ensure expanding or collapsing replies doesn't affect long comments.

• Updated styling for the comment menu in both PreConversation and Comment Thread views.

• Ensured the Blitz indicator no longer reappears after being dismissed.

API & SDK Updates

• Deprecated ad events in OWViewActionCallbackType.

10-23-2025

Social SDK v2.3.2

Features & Improvements

• Fixed crash caused by duplicate view-holder IDs occurring in limited cases.

Bug Fixes

• Upgraded the Sentry SDK to version 8.23.0.

• Reduced the volume of Sentry transactions and events.

10-06-2025

Social SDK v2.3.1

Features & Improvements

• Upgraded the Sentry library to version 8.20.0.

• Added a shimmering effect while the conversation is loading.

• Implemented functionality to hide the Report option when guest reporting is disabled

• The typing/create endpoint now triggers when a user begins typing.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Full Conversation refresh wasn't working.

• Resolved incorrect sizing of GIF previews.

• Fixed a crash that occurred when changing orientation on the Report Reasons screen.

• Addressed a bug where the comment thread failed to scroll to the selected comment.

• Prevented multiple modal windows from opening when Mute is double-tapped.

• Resolved an issue that allowed editing and deleting of rejected comments.

• Fixed a crash occurring on the error screen during a refresh.

• Ensured that entered comment text remains after minimizing and reopening the app.

• Fixed issue where mention display name color was lost after orientation change.

• Resolved issue where the floating comment input disappeared after orientation change

• Enabled conversation refresh after login via Like or Post Comment.

• Restored the missing green active icon on comments.

09-11-2025

Social SDK v2.2.3

Features & Improvements

• Updated the appearance of featured comments by adding a distinct background and star icon for visual emphasis.

• Added support to display user avatars based on their initials when no profile image is available.

• Added the ability to enable or disable pull-to-refresh on conversation and comment-thread screens.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected visual inconsistencies with reply indentation lines.

• Resolved an issue where posted comment content was missing during editing.

• Fixed a crash triggered by the use of OWConversationStyle.Compact.

• Adjusted floating comment creation behavior to respect customization settings.

• Addressed a bug preventing the comment input from closing when using OWCommentCreationStyle.Light.

• Resolved an empty state display issue that affected visibility of the community guidelines.

• Improved input handling on tablet devices.

• Refined theming and layout across input components and empty states.

08-15-2025

Social SDK v2.2.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed user mentions resetting on screen rotation.

• Resolved blank screen when viewing images fullscreen.

• Improved RTL support in notification animations.

• Fixed UI bugs in Pre-Conversation and Social Reviews (SR) summary views.

• Fixed multiple issues in Floating mode:

  • Rate options missing after switching from reply to the root comment.

  • Blinking rating UI in empty/pre-conversation states.

  • Improved collapse animation and scroll behavior in SR components.

  • SR count now updates for comments pending approval.

  • Enhanced network error handling.

Features & Improvements

• Made SR summaries expandable and scrollable.

• Hid notification features when the login screen isn't implemented.

08-04-2025

Social SDK v2.2.1

Features & Improvements

• Improved error handling for increased stability and crash prevention.

• Fixed a potential view leak in the Comment Creation screen.

• Added support for 16KB memory page sizes (required on some Android 15 devices).

07-17-2025

Social SDK v2.2.0

New Feature: Social Reviews (Star Ratings)

• Users can now add star ratings when leaving a comment, with ratings shown alongside published comments to boost visibility and engagement. This feature can be toggled per article via the settings.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed redirection issues when accessing conversations via prompt links or PreConversation views.

• Resolved issues with comment block interactions (e.g., GIFs) and missing elements in empty conversations.

• Fixed UI and localization bugs affecting error screens, closed messages, badge labels, and comment editing.

• Improved landscape layout and visual consistency across conversations, notification bell, info section, and toast notifications.

• Enhanced the Notification Bell functionality, including payload accuracy, background color, and behavior when entering conversations.

• Improved customization support for sort order, info layout, and brand colors.

• Improved SDK stability across multiple entry types, such as Compact, Summary, and Button Only).

• Prevented repeated actions from multiple button taps in the SDK.

• Simplified SDK setup by removing the JitPack repository requirement.

06-08-2025

Social SDK v2.1.2

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved stability issues and addressed potential crash scenarios.

05-29-2025

Social SDK v2.1.1

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed an issue where the empty state wasn't visible when a conversation had no content.

• Resolved a bug where fragment-level theme settings were overriding the activity-level theme, ensuring consistent theming across the app.

• Optimized the app startup initialization process to prevent it from being overridden by other apps configurations.

• Improved scrolling mechanism to better support multiple scrolling hierarchies within the UI.

Features

• Introduced a customization API for the Info layout, allowing greater flexibility in the UI configuration.

05-12-2025

Social SDK v2.1.0

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved issues with the typing indicator disappearing after interactions and corrected text display.

• Fixed problems with like/reply feed text, image/GIF labels, timestamp formatting, and incorrect reference messages in reply threads.

• Addressed issues causing unexpected scrolling behavior and stuck pagination in conversations.

• Fixed missing bottom borders, dark mode styling inconsistencies, and UI glitches like truncated texts, shadowed icons, and article preview errors on fresh app launch.

• Resolved a stability issue that could cause the app to crash in some situations.

• Updated the UI to hide the 'Mute' option for unauthenticated users.

Features

• Introduced a floating notification bell and feed to help users stay updated on interactions.

• Added support for Android 16.

• Added support for full-screen images.

• Article headers and Filter tabs now hide on scroll for a smoother user experience.

04-08-2025

Social SDK v2.0.1

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved several crash scenarios to improve app stability.

• Fixed UI inconsistencies across profile, landscape, and Comment Creation modes.

• Improved session handling by addressing problems with token refresh, logout, and login flows.

• Resolved issues affecting comment visibility, saved text, and editing behavior.

• Fixed bugs related to color customization features.

02-20-2025

Social SDK v2.0.0

Features

• Now compatible with Android 15, ensuring smooth performance on the latest OS.

• Improved UI adaptability for different screen orientations.

• Optimized background processes for better efficiency.

• Expanded customization options for UI elements.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed unexpected crashes and improved app stability.

• Resolved UI inconsistencies and alignment issues.

• Improved sorting and filtering behavior.

• Standardized font styles across the application.

• Fixed navigation bugs related to tab behavior.

• Fixed custom font display inconsistencies.

• Addressed visibility issues in certain UI modes.

• Corrected translation inconsistencies across different languages.

API & SDK Updates

• Added new API functionalities for better integration.

• Standardized naming conventions across SDK components.

• Removed outdated initialization methods to improve efficiency.

• Simplified customization options for developers.

02-20-2025

IAU SDK v1.2.0

Features

• Added support for Android version 35.

• Upgraded Nimbus to version 2.25.1.

• Removed Sentry.

10-16-2024

Social SDK v1.25.1

Bug Fix

• The Kotlin version has been reverted from 2.0.0 to 1.9.10 to enhance compatibility and resolve issues experienced by developers using earlier Kotlin versions in their projects.

09-30-2024

Social SDK v1.25.0

Features

• The SDK now supports the following languages: Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

• Language and locale change support has been added.

Bug Fixes

• Default sorting remains when switching between Newest and All tabs.

• The sorting option is unaffected by the Newest filter tab.

• After filing an appeal, the label visibility has been corrected.

• The Online users label and the Sort By text do not overlap.

• Reply dates are no longer cut off.

09-05-2024

Social SDK v1.24.0

Features

• OpenWeb has introduced the Mentions feature that allows users to tag others in comments.

• Partners can set a minimum character length for reported comments.

• Arrows have been moved to the right side of the Conversation as per custom UI requests from the Admin Panel.

• The color for comment action buttons can now be customized.

• Kotlin has been upgraded to version 2.0.0 for enhanced language features and performance improvements.

Bug Fixes

• The screen no longer flickers due to scrolling occurring after a comment with Read More was pressed.

• An unresponsive "X" button on the comment control in Landscape mode is fixed.

• Missing error handlers have been added for when comments or replies fail to load.

• Labels are now truncated appropriately.

• Long comments no longer collapse after interacting with View more replies.

• The placeholder style has been corrected to align with design specifications.

• The background behind the keyboard now displays correctly in Dark mode.

• Comments now reflect changes when a user is muted in PreConversation.

• A crash no longer occurs when clicking on the login prompt in mobile guest mode.

• Navigation issues from UI Views screens have been resolved.

• The parsing of the FilterTabs response in the CommentThread screen is fixed.

• Comments now display correctly with line breaks.

• User display names are formatted correctly after posting new comments or replies.

• The issue with root comment storage after posting a reply from PreConversation has been fixed.

• Comment text is no longer cut off when clicking the See more button.

• An issue with multiple instances in the stack has been resolved.

• The GIF and the Sign up to post buttons no longer overlap. 

• In German and Dutch, the privacy text no longer overlaps the OpenWeb logo.

• Unresponsive back buttons and crash issues within a partner integration have been resolved.

07-29-2024

v1.23.1

Bug Fixes

• Missing strings in the Dutch language have been added.

• The article header can be hidden in a Conversation.

• A bug in the customized dark color setting has been fixed.

07-15-2024

v1.23.0

Feature

The Android SDK now supports Dutch translations.​

06-30-2024

v1.22.0

Feature

We have introduced new filter tabs to improve Conversation organization and user experience.​

Bug Fixes

• Scrolling is now responsive in all conditions.

• Navigation issues in Conversation threads have been corrected.

• GIF sizes are consistent between editing and posting.

• GIF posting issues are resolved.

• When new comments are added, the correct number of new messages appears in the notification.

• New comments are highlighted properly.

• An error message view now appears when opening comments with invalid IDs.

• In compact mode, incorrect display messages no longer appear for closed Conversations.

• Comment Creation screen styles have been corrected in both light and dark modes.

• Pre-Conversation and Comment Thread screens are aligned and compression issues have been resolved.

• The position and visibility of the popup menus and buttons have been corrected.

• The cursor is properly positioned in the input field during text entry.

• The keyboard appears correctly during comment creation.

• Inactive button behavior and styling has been improved on various screens.

• Restrictions preventing guest users from muting or reporting are enforced.

• Login prompts and redirection for guest users have been corrected.

• Conversations containing comments with links load correctly.

• Conversation screen display and functionality issues no longer after restoring the app.

• All missing strings in supported languages have been translated.

• Crashes in specific UI Views or replies no longer occur.

• Community Guidelines text and visual elements are handled properly in all modes and styles.

06-11-2024

IAU SDK v1.1.2

Features

• The repository has been moved to Maven Central.

• The dependency has been updated to io.github.spotim:spotim-sdk-iau:X.X.X.

03-19-2024

v1.21.0

Features

• When a user's comment has been reported, that user can request an appeal.

• When a user's comment has been reported, that user can click Learn more from the Conversation to be informed about the status of the reported comment.

• The user experience has been improved through multiple UI updates to alignment, behavior, and styles.

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Bug Fixes

• The version restriction on the com.google.crypto.tink:tink-android library has been removed.

• If a nested comment is reported, the This message was reported displays.

• Comments can include gifs.

02-04-2024

v1.20.0

Enhancements

• Conversation and pre-Conversation styles align with the style of the iOS SDK.

• A new ViewMoreReplies view enables dynamically loading more replies to a comment.

• A floating keyboard style has been added for comment creation.

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Bug Fixes

• Crash issues in the ThreadCommentId API have been resolved by updating androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle to version 2.6.1.

• System dark mode is fully supported.

• Clicking on a link no longer causes a crash.

• A NoInternetConnectionIOException is no longer thrown when the internet is unavailable.

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Changes

• In getCommentThreadIntent(), the argument name threadCommentId argument has been renamed to commentId.

• In SpotImThemeParams, true is now the default value for isSupportSystemDarkMode.

• New APIs have been added for the independent floating fragment: SpotIm.getConversationFragmentIndependent(..) and SpotIm.getPreConversationFragmentIndependent(..).

• A new API has been added for providing custom views: SpotIm.setAccessoryViewProvider.

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Dependencies

The following dependencies have been updated:

• androidx.appcompat:appcompat to v1.6.1

• androidx.browser:browser to v1.6.0

• androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout to v2.1.4

• androidx.core:core-ktx to v1.10.1

• androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx to v1.6.2

• androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common-java8:2.6.2

• androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.6.2

• androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout to v1.1.0

• androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx to v2.7.0

• com.google.dagger:dagger-android to v2.47

• com.google.android.material:material to v1.9.0

• com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson to v2.9.0

The following dependency has been removed:

• androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2

01-09-2024

v1.19.2

Bug Fix

• A crash no longer occurs when the PreConversation screen opens with the layoutListener.

07-25-2023

v1.19.1

Features

• Users can now specify a report reason when reporting a comment that appears in the moderation panel, helping moderators make better decisions.

• Compact mode view is supported for preConversation.

Bug Fixes

• Toast messages no longer overlap with the last comment.

• Clicking a toast message from the preConversation no longer causes a blank toast message to appear.

• Replying to a comment from the preConversation creates a comment reply.

• A blank page no longer displays when the thread comment ID is invalid.

Change

• Text for the mute user confirmation dialog now reads: After muting this user, you will no longer see their activity. To manage your muted users, go to your profile > Privacy settings.

06-08-2023

v1.18.0

Features

• The SDK has been integrated with Maven Central.

• Deep link support for comment IDs has been added.

Bug Fixes

• Toast messages appear in the correct position when the app orientation changes between portrait and landscape.

• Toast messages appear in the correct position when transitioning between light and dark modes

• A possible crash related to the persistence encoding and decoding process has been fixed.

• A rare crash, which could occur in the network layer, has been fixed.

• SDK initialization has been improved due to a configuration update.

v1.18.1

Bug Fix
(Release Date: 07/03/2024)

• A crash no longer occurs when reopening the PreConversation screen.

03-15-2023

v1.17.3

Bug Fixes

• An entire thread of muted comments no longer displays when launching an app or refreshing.

• An entire thread is not shown when a comment and all its replies are muted, reported, or deleted.

02-08-2023

v1.17.2

Feature

• An analytics callback is returned through the AnalyticsEventDelegate when a logged in user mutes another user (.COMMENT_MUTE_CLICKED).

Bug Fixes

• Only logged in users see the option to mute another user.

• Flickering no longer occurs when the Conversation has loaded.

• Clicking on a link in a comment opens the link.

• Changing the orientation of the device does not cause the app to crash.

• Text is no longer duplicated during comment creation.

• Changing the orientation of the device while creating a comment does not display an incorrect character count.

01-17-2023

v1.17.1

Bug Fixes

• The GIF option can be disabled.

• The login flow callback returns the Activity Context.

01-12-2023

v1.17.0

Features

• Users can be muted directly from the mobile client.

• A new API enables retrieving a full Conversation as a fragment.

• A character counter can be enabled when a user creates a comment or a reply.

Bug Fix

• Only the host application has the ability to change the locale format.

12-07-2022

v1.16.0

Features

• When a user mutes messages of a specific user from the web UI, this setting is respected by the Android SDK.

• When comment editing has been disabled in your Spot settings, this setting is respected by the Android SDK.

Enhancements

• OpenWeb encrypts sensitive data by default instead of using EncryptedSharedPreferences.

• The description for rejected comments has been improved.

Bug Fixes

• The posted link from the Conversation flow no longer appears in the Admin Panel.

10-23-2022

v1.15.5

Enhancements

• OpenSans is now the default font. Extra fonts have been removed to reduce the SDK binary size. You can still add custom fonts to your Android app.

Bug Fixes

• Flickering and bouncing issues in the Conversation screen have been corrected.

• A bug in the Read More option has been corrected.

• Rotating the device screen no longer causes a user message in the comment creation screen to be saved.

• Gifs have been properly aligned in right-to-left (RTL) languages.

• Hebrew translation for Show more comments has been created.

09-19-2022

v1.15.4

Bug Fix

• Spinner appears normally after a device orientation change.

08-30-2022

v1.15.2

Enhancements

• Support for Android 13 (API level 33) has been added.

• A spinner now appears while loading a Conversation or changing a sort option.

08-10-2022

v1.15.1

Enhancements

• You can receive a callback when a user presses on a user profile or avatar, instead of when the existing profile screen is opened

• The year is included in the date of a comment that was posted prior to the current year.

Bug Fixes

• Editing a comment no longer causes a crash.

• Sort mode is maintained when re-opening a Conversation.

07-21-2022

v1.14.0

Enhancements

• Users now have the ability to see pending messages that they have written which require approval.

• After a new comment has been created, a CREATE_MESSAGE_SUCCESSFULLY event is logged.

07-12-2022

v1.13.2

Enhancement

• Dates above comments are formatted in the SDK language.

Bug Fix

• Margin and UI issues between the username and dates in RTL languages have been corrected.

06-22-2022

v1.13.1

Enhancement

• The share button can be hidden based on the remote configuration.

06-19-2022

v1.13.2

Enhancement

• Sensitive data has been moved to EncryptedSharedPreferences.

Bug Fix

• When recovering from a 403 authentication error, the failed request is retried.

06-06-2022

v1.12.0

Enhancements

• French language support has been added.

• Line breaks can be added to comment text.

• The getUserLoginStatus API has been improved.

Bug Fixes

• When recovering from a 403 authentication error, SSO is renewed, if needed.

• The Conversation screen retains the same sort option after posting a new comment.

05-24-2022

v1.11.0

Fixed

• An SSO authentication flow issue has been corrected.

• When an authentication token has expired and is no longer valid, it is removed.

Updated

• The renewSSOAuthentication function has been added inside LoginDelegate.

• The function inside LoginDelegate has been renamed to startLoginUIFlow.

05-19-2022

v1.10.2

Bug Fix

• A hotfix for an SSO authentication-related bug has been released.

05-18-2022

v1.10.1

Enhancements

• The PostId has been added the SpotImCustomUIDelegate callback.

• The application bundle ID has been added to the Webhook callback

Bug Fixes

• All replies appear under the original comment.

• New comments appearing with likes.

04-25-2022

v1.10.0

Enhancement

• A new API for setting the initial sort option when a Conversation opens has been added.

Bug Fix

• Special characters are decoded in the callback returned from the comment counters API.

04-10-2022

v1.9.8

Bug Fix

• Support has been added for any postId that contains special characters.

04-05-2022

v1.9.7

Bug Fix

• An issue with comment status which caused some comments to be hidden in the pre-Conversation has been corrected

03-31-2022

v1.9.6

Enhancements

• Different types of like and dislike customizations are supported, such as heart icon, upvote, downvote, and recommend.

• The user avatar online indication can be disabled.

• Subscriber badge has been added.

03-23-2022

v1.9.5

Enhancement

• The comment creation screen can now be opened directly from the publisher app.

Bug Fix

• Read-only messages no longer overlap the last comment on the Conversation screen.

03-15-2022

v1.9.3

Enhancement

• The text of the message shown to users when an article is closed for comments can now be customized.

Bug Fixes

• When a user changes to landscape on the share screen, flickering no longer occurs.

• An issue with the report comment open edit screen has been corrected.

03-07-2022

v1.9.2

Bug Fix

• In instances when multiple apps are being installed with the SDK, a manifest conflicting provider has been fixed.

01-26-2022

v1.9.1

Enhancements

• Comments can be edited.

• Real-time viewing counter has been added.

• The post button can be customized.

Bug Fix

• In Android 12, an image can now be added to comments.

01-12-2022

v1.9.0

Enhancement

• Comments can be created with an image.

Bug Fixes

• Comments with images are visible in the pre-Conversation.

• In Android 12, PendingIntent without FLAG_IMMUTABLE or FLAG_MUTABLE crash has been corrected.

01-02-2022

v1.8.0

Enhancements

• OpenWeb SDK now supports Android 12.

• A new guest nickname design has been introduced.

Bug Fix

• Comments can be deleted without a crash occurring.