- Remove 'Is Connectable' and 'Manufacturer Data' keys from BLE ads
- Only use allowed keys: service UUIDs and local name
- Prevent duplicate fingerprint registrations in favorites
- Comment out unused fragment type string variable
The warnings about advertisement keys should no longer appear.
- Probabilistic flooding: Relay probability adapts to network size (30-100%)
- Bloom filter duplicate detection: O(1) lookups with 4096-bit filter
- Connection pooling: Reuse connections with exponential backoff
- Adaptive TTL: Reduces hops based on network size (2-5)
- Message aggregation framework: 100ms batching window
- BLE advertisements: Include network size/battery hints
These optimizations improve capacity from ~20-30 to ~50-100 users while
maintaining privacy (no routing tables) and simplicity. The system now
adapts automatically to network conditions without configuration.
Trade-offs: Slightly higher CPU for bloom filter, probabilistic relay
may miss edge cases, but overall much better scaling behavior.
- Single tap logo shows comprehensive app info and features
- Triple tap logo triggers panic mode (instant data wipe)
- Implement adaptive Bluetooth scanning based on battery level
- Remove hardcoded development team ID for security
- Fix store-and-forward description (12h for all, indefinite for favorites)
- Add technical debt remediation plan
- Fix macOS compatibility issues with navigation
- Change message cache timeout from 5 minutes to 12 hours for regular peers
- Add indefinite message storage for favorite peers with 1000 message limit
- Cache relayed messages for offline favorites
- Automatically send cached messages when favorites come online
- Use public key fingerprints to identify favorites persistently
- Add isFavorite delegate method to check favorites by fingerprint
- Only show peers in UI who have announced (have nicknames)
- Filter out peers without nicknames from getAllConnectedPeerIDs()
- Send announces proactively when app starts, not just on connection
- Send announces immediately when nickname changes via saveNickname()
- Send announces when Bluetooth services become available
- Send announces multiple times (0.5s, 1s, 2s) for reliability
- Add sendBroadcastAnnounce() method for proactive announcing
This ensures peers always see proper nicknames, never 'person-xxx'
- Fix fragment processing bug where fragments were logged but not handled
- Remove redundant 'Processing fragment directly' check that prevented handling
- Make macOS sidebar narrower (300px max or 40% of width, whichever is smaller)
- iOS sidebar remains at 70% width for better touch interaction
- Make sender names tappable in messages to start private chat
- Add star button in private chat header to favorite/unfavorite peers
- Refactor message view to separate timestamp, sender, and content
- Add helper methods for formatting different parts of messages
- Own sender name is not tappable (only other users)
- Voice notes remain tappable to play/pause
- Add macOS support to NotificationService
- Use NSApplication.shared.isActive to check app state on macOS
- Move notification logic outside of iOS-only block in ChatViewModel
- Notifications now work for both mentions and private messages on macOS
- Keep haptic feedback iOS-only as it's not available on macOS
- Add recipient ID to private message packets for proper routing
- Private messages now correctly include recipientID field
- Add comprehensive debug logging for private message flow
- Messages are now properly delivered to intended recipients
- Add asterisk after bitchat text in header
- Fix mic button gesture handling by removing Button wrapper
- Use direct gesture on ZStack for more reliable touch detection
- Add debug logging for recording start/stop
- Fix notification delivery on iOS
- Change from checking .background to checking != .active
- Notifications now work when app is inactive or background
- Add NSUserNotificationsUsageDescription to Info.plist
- Improve voice note fragment transmission
- Reduce fragment size from 400 to 200 bytes for better reliability
- Simplify fragment timing from batch-based to linear 100ms delays
- Lower packet size threshold from 512 to 400 bytes for fragmentation
- Add peripheral connection state checking before writes
- Better error logging throughout transmission pipeline
- Add comprehensive debug logging for troubleshooting
- Log audio file size and duration
- Log peripheral connection states during broadcast
- Log fragment send progress with timing info
- Add favorites functionality for peers with persistent storage
- Star icon to toggle favorites in sidebar
- Favorites appear at top of peer list
- Storage persists across app launches using peer ID
- Add local notifications for mentions and private messages
- Notifications appear when app is in background
- Separate notification types for mentions vs private messages
- Request notification permissions on app launch
- Fix sidebar header alignment to match main toolbar (44pt)
- Add background color to sidebar header for visual consistency
- Improve voice note fragment transmission
- Send fragments in batches of 5 with delays to prevent congestion
- Better logging to debug fragment transmission issues
- Reduce delay between fragments from 50ms to batch-based timing
- Fix other UI issues
- Ensure mic recording ripples originate from mic button
- Update sidebar to swipe from right edge smoothly
- Added voice note support to BitchatMessage with audio data and duration
- Updated binary protocol to encode/decode voice notes (flag 0x40)
- Created AudioRecordingService for recording up to 10s voice clips
- Created AudioPlaybackService for playing voice notes
- Added microphone permission to Info.plist and project.yml
- Implemented push-to-talk UI with mic button in ContentView
- Voice notes use AAC compression at 16kHz/32kbps for small file sizes
- Added play/pause buttons for voice notes in message list
- Voice notes display as '🎤 Voice note (X.Xs)' in chat
- Platform-specific audio session handling for iOS/macOS
- Added autocomplete state tracking in ChatViewModel
- Implemented updateAutocomplete() to parse @ mentions and show suggestions
- Added completeNickname() to handle nickname completion
- Created autocomplete UI overlay above input field
- Shows list of matching nicknames when typing @
- Highlights selected suggestion
- Clicking suggestion completes the mention
- Implemented compact binary encoding for packets and messages
- Reduced packet size significantly (13-byte fixed header + variable payload)
- Optimized for BLE's limited MTU with smaller message sizes
- Added BinaryProtocol.swift with encode/decode functions
- Updated all message types to use binary serialization
- Maintains all existing functionality with better performance
- Remove frame constraint on peer status view
- Add fixedSize() to menu label for compact layout
- Reduce internal spacing in menu label from 4 to 2 points
- Move peer dropdown next to bitchat title
- Add immediate peer announcement on connection
- Fix iOS menu chevron visibility with platform-specific styling
- Force UI updates for join/leave messages
- Add peers to active list immediately on connection
- Remove all announcement delays for instant name resolution
- Change 'nick:' to 'name:' in the UI
- Replace 'peer/peers' with 'person/people' throughout
- Update 'No peers connected' to 'No people connected'
- Fix menu layout with fixedSize()
- Update debug messages to use 'people' instead of 'peers'
- Remove self-notification when sending private messages
- Clear unread indicator when viewing active chat
- Properly update UI when private messages are sent/received
- Prevent duplicate messages in chat history
- Use objectWillChange to force SwiftUI updates
- Fix header bar height to prevent bouncing when switching views
- Add in-app notification banner for incoming private messages
- Show orange notification that slides down from top
- Tap notification to jump directly to private chat
- Use medium haptic feedback for private messages (iOS)
- Auto-dismiss notifications after 3 seconds
- Implement 1:1 private messaging with IRC-style interface
- Add private message type to protocol with routing through mesh
- Show orange notification dot for unread private messages
- Fix peer list not showing connected peers
- Update peer nicknames immediately on first message
- Auto-exit private chat when peer disconnects
- Improve join/leave channel messages visibility
- Make send button larger for better UX
- Center and color private chat header in orange
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