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What's Changed

• Update to Spring Boot 3.2.x
• More efficient loading of media using UUIDs
• Much more efficient storing and loading of media, using BLOBs instead of base64
• This release contains breaking changes and will not be compatible of older releases

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa/compare/v1.9.0...v1.10.0

What's Changed

• Added profile prompts
• Added email notifications on likes and chats
• Release versions will now sync with releases of alovoa-expo

New Contributors

• @pranavbalakrishnan4100 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa/pull/356

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa/compare/v1.3.0...v1.9.0

Changelog:

• Change app frontend to alovoa-expo
• You can now send a compliment to your likes!
• Update Spring Boot version from 2.X to 3.0.X
• ...and much more!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa/compare/1.2.0...v1.3.0

It's been over a year since the last release, so I think it's about time to create a new one 😊

• Tons of new languages from our volunteer translators
• Tons of UI and security improvements
• New onboarding page
• New APIs for third-party apps
• New native app! Check out the repo here: https://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa-expo
• Support for right-to-left languages
• And much more!

Updated Spring Boot to 2.5.6 New animation for homepage Language modal instead of select Added referral system New modal fade animations Open profiles always open modal instead of new tab Preferred age range is now dynamic, thanks to @allstaralok Removed several columns from the database and calculate them on the fly instead Many many bugfixes and UI improvements

Final version before upgrading to Spring Boot 2.4.X or 2.5.X.

Changes:

• Data curruption prevention
• Show disliked users in profile
• More quality of life changes and bug fixes

Over 1000 registered users! I think it's time for a new release version (but it really doesn't matter because it's a rolling release type of app).

Some cool new stuff happened since the last release:

• More advanced algorithm when searching for new users
• Much cleaner code base thanks to Sonarqube
• Czech translation thanks to @zen0bit
• Remember me checkbox when logging in with email
• A lot of new stuff for the admin area
• Redesigned home page based on user feedback
• Service Worker will cache static files, should use much less data now
• Thousands of bug fixes
• Minor security fixes
• Can be found in multiple app stores! Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alovoa.alovoa_playstore), Microsoft Store (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/alovoa/9nq88l2pg1tw), Amazon App Store (https://www.amazon.com/Nonononoki-Alovoa/dp/B0976DXPR4)

First public release! https://alovoa.com

Update privacy policy and TOS in English and German Optimized for very small screens (KaiOS compatible) Added email template - looks more professional Improved dark theme support even further Better rate limiting Added spinner when loading large content Improve UI for most pages Deleting account now takes 24 hours for improved security Improved translation Improved README Added fonts Improved tests Minified files for faster loading speed Fixed vapid notification Added protection mechanism for minor Improved search algorithm, should be much faster Changed picture format to webp, reducing the size down to ~10% compared to png Removed opening new tabs, replaced with iframes Added SEO for Google, possibly other search engines Tons of other bug fixes and QoL changes