A Quick View of Rocket.Chat Mobile 4.10

Rocket.Chat Mobile App 4.10 goes live today and we couldn't be more excited! :)

Check out the new features, improvements, bug fixes, and user experience development efforts made by our team.

Version 4.10

• Release Date: August 10, 2020

Compatibility

• iOS 11+
• Android 5+
• Rocket.Chat server 0.70.0+

Rocket.Chat Mobile App 4.10 Highlights

Push Notification Data Privacy

• The Rocket.Chat server sends only the identifier of the message to the app, which requests the rest of the content
• This way neither Google Firebase Cloud Messaging nor Apple Push Notification Service have access to the content
• This feature was release on version 3.5.0 of the server (link here)
• This feature is available on Enterprise only

Add deep link to Jitsi calls

• Now the app is opened directly when a Jitsi URL is pressed

Improvements

• New mention/badge colors
• Performance improvements on lists
• All dependencies updated
• React Native 0.63
• Add analytics events

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hanging on splash screen when deep link params are wrong
• Fixed long press gestures not working properly on Android

Chore

• Move Detox to Github Actions
• Only run Flipper in debug via MainApplication is debug
• Update Flipper to 0.51.0

Sneak Peek: What To Expect Next?

E2E encryption in mobile chat: This feature will ensure that only the user and the person who received the message can decipher the messages