1.98.0

• You can now restrict replies to your posts to followers only!
• A new settings page now exists to set default "Who can reply" settings on all future posts
• Improvements to the search page interface
• Added a new "Search posts by user" tool to profiles
• When reporting DM conversations, you will now be prompted to block the offending user and delete the conversation
• Added "Interlingua" to application languages

What's Changed

• env var tweaks by @haileyok in #7457
• Prevent following self via Immersive player by @mozzius in #7606
• Typo fix by @surfdude29 in #7637
• Reduce padding on video overlay by @mozzius in #7617
• Change search cancel behaviour by @mozzius in #7624
• Search - clean up refs in render by @mozzius in #7589
• Add example account store by @estrattonbailey in #7641
• Date input improvements by @mozzius in #7639
• Spring cleaning by @mozzius in #7640
• Fix convo header loading state by @mozzius in #7603
• Make convo menu lazy by @mozzius in #7604
• Fix slow Hosting Provider dialog by @mozzius in #7594
• Update expo-blur by @mozzius in #7596
• Upgrade RN to 0.76.6 by @gaearon in #7557
• statsig: rm sha by @haileyok in #7647
• Bump version by @mozzius in #7650
• Allow .webp thumbnail preview when pasting urls by @andrefernandes-95 in #7649
• Added Portal to ErrorMessage to stack it on top of the view by @andrefernandes-95 in #7655
• Updated Swedish translations for v.1.97 by @nilaallj in #7573
• Update Danish localization for 1.97.0 by @c960657 in #7579
• Update Basque localization for 1.97.0 (supersedes #7580) by @pfrazee in #7666
• PT-BR Translation update by @Felps3000 in #7582
• Update Italian translations by @mlocati in #7601
• Updated Hindi localisation for 1.97.0 by @FalKoopa in #7627
• Clean out translation lines which no longer apply by @pfrazee in #7668
• Improved service handle validation logic by @mozzius in #7657
• [APP-1013] Configure and apply default post interaction settings from user preferences by @estrattonbailey in #7664
• simplify avatar ui by @haileyok in #7670
• Updated i18n process by @pfrazee in #7684
• Per-user search history by @mozzius in #7588
• Fix bottom sheet styling in dark mode by @Armster15 in #7523
• Unmark string for translation by @surfdude29 in #7690
• Fix unknown threadgates causing crashes by @mozzius in #7692
• Add language: Interlingua by @pfrazee in #7715
• Refine accessibilityHint by @quiple in #7554
• More i18n process updates by @pfrazee in #7720
• [APP-1031] Add new followerRule to threadgate settings by @estrattonbailey in #7681
• Add deploy key to nightly commit by @pfrazee in #7722
• Fix CI on main by @mozzius in #7727
• Ungate trending topics by @mozzius in #7696
• Fix quote & list padding not being pressable by @mozzius in #7694
• Better animations for dialogs, animate web composer by @mozzius in #7703
• Animate dropdown menus by @mozzius in #7704
• Invert new postonboarding gate by @mozzius in #7695
• Special treatment for recommended starter packs by @mozzius in #7706
• Animate drawer menu on mobile web by @mozzius in #7711
• Improved search page by @mozzius in #7590
• Improved search language select by @mozzius in #7591
• Add dev mode for easy copying of at:// URIs and DIDs by @tom-sherman in #7723
• Revert "Fix quote & list padding not being pressable" by @mozzius in #7733
• Move period in PostInteractionSettingsDialog.tsx by @quiple in #7726
• Use effective filtering for feeds by @estrattonbailey in #7736
• Bitdrift integration by @estrattonbailey in #7728
• Reenable router events by @mozzius in #7735
• [Instrumentation] Signin by @mozzius in #7742
• 1.98 release: Pull latest from crowdin by @pfrazee in #7746
• Add translations missed in last PR by @pfrazee in #7748
• Screen for searching user's posts by @mozzius in #7622

New Contributors

• @andrefernandes-95 made their first contribution in #7649
• @Armster15 made their first contribution in #7523

Full Changelog: 1.97.0...1.98.0