Problem:
- Ghost peers from yesterday appeared on app restart
- Old messages resurfaced after restarting
- Peers running 24+ hours synced stale data to restarting peers
Root causes:
1. GossipSyncManager stored packets indefinitely (no time limit)
2. handleAnnounce/handleMessage had no timestamp validation
3. Relayed announces from other peers could be arbitrarily old
Solution (defense in depth):
- Added 15-minute age window to GossipSyncManager config
- Gossip storage rejects expired packets at ingestion
- Gossip sync responses filter out expired packets
- GCS payload building excludes expired packets
- Periodic cleanup removes expired announcements/messages
- handleAnnounce rejects stale announces before processing
- handleMessage rejects stale broadcast messages before processing
This prevents ghost peers from appearing on restart and ensures
only recent mesh state is synchronized between peers.
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* enabled drag gesture to close the sidebar view
* removed extraneous onChanged block
* Fix sidebar swipe gestures to work with ScrollView
Improvements:
- Use simultaneousGesture() instead of gesture() to work alongside ScrollView
- Add horizontal-only detection (width > height * 1.5) to prevent interfering with vertical scrolling
- Add visual feedback during drag with sidebarDragOffset updates
- Add 20pt right edge zone for easier swipe-to-open activation (iOS-native behavior)
- Lower threshold for edge swipe (-50pt instead of -100pt)
Both swipe-to-open and swipe-to-close now work reliably:
- Swipe left from anywhere (or from right edge) to open sidebar
- Swipe right on sidebar to close it
- Vertical scrolling unaffected
* Fix sidebar drag offset direction
Changed offset calculation from:
showSidebar ? -dragOffset : width - dragOffset
To:
showSidebar ? dragOffset : width + dragOffset
This fixes the issue where dragging right to close the sidebar would
make it fly to the left side of the screen before closing.
Now the sidebar correctly follows the finger during drag:
- When closing: moves right (toward off-screen)
- When opening: moves left (toward on-screen)
* Optimize sidebar drag performance for smooth 60fps
Performance improvements:
- Remove .animation() modifier that was conflicting with drag updates
- Use Transaction with disablesAnimations during drag for instant updates
- Throttle state updates to only fire when offset changes >2pt
- Always render sidebar (avoid conditional view creation overhead)
- Only animate on gesture end, not during drag
This eliminates the lag/jank during swipe by ensuring:
1. No animation conflicts during manual drag
2. Direct offset updates follow finger immediately
3. Stable view hierarchy (no conditional rendering)
4. Reduced state update frequency
The sidebar now feels buttery smooth at 60fps.
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* Fix test suite peer ID collisions
Use unique peer IDs for each test suite to prevent global registry
collisions when Swift Testing runs suites in parallel.
- PrivateChatE2ETests: PRIV_* prefix
- PublicChatE2ETests: PUB_* prefix
- Update all peer ID references to use actual instance IDs
This fixes the race condition where simplePublicMessage() was receiving
duplicate deliveries due to registry contamination.
* Add Bluetooth permission & state alerts on launch and foreground
Wire up existing Bluetooth alert infrastructure to show notifications
when Bluetooth is off, unauthorized, or unsupported.
Changes:
- Add didUpdateBluetoothState() to BitchatDelegate protocol
- BLEService now notifies delegate when Bluetooth state changes
- ChatViewModel implements delegate method to show alerts
- Check Bluetooth state on app launch (after 100ms delay)
- Check Bluetooth state when app comes to foreground
- Add getCurrentBluetoothState() method to BLEService
The UI alert already existed but wasn't wired up. Now users will see
appropriate alerts for:
- Bluetooth turned off
- Bluetooth permission denied
- Bluetooth unsupported on device
Alert includes a button to open Settings on iOS.
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Use unique peer IDs for each test suite to prevent global registry
collisions when Swift Testing runs suites in parallel.
- PrivateChatE2ETests: PRIV_* prefix
- PublicChatE2ETests: PUB_* prefix
- Update all peer ID references to use actual instance IDs
This fixes the race condition where simplePublicMessage() was receiving
duplicate deliveries due to registry contamination.
Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
* Swift Testing: `PrivateChatE2ETests` + minor refactor
* Swift Testing: `PublicChatE2ETests`
* Swift Testing: `FragmentationTests`
* Fix MockBLEService init to accept PeerID and remove _testRegister call
* Add peerID property to MockBLEService and fix ttlDecrement test
* Remove duplicate peerID property and fix type comparisons
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* Rearrange `Transport`’s properties and functions
* `NostrTransport`: group Transport-related code together
* `BLEService`: group Transport-related code together
* Extract `NotificationStreamAssembler` into a file
* Move private functions to a dedicated extension
* PeerID 14/n: `Transport` and its dependents
* Noise types use PeerID
* Fix tests
* Extract `NoiseSessionManager` into a separate file
* Extract `NoiseSessionState` into a separate file
* Remove `failed` state from `NoiseSessionState`
* Extract `NoiseSessionError` into a separate file
* PeerID 12/n: `GossipSyncManager`
* Noise types use PeerID
* Fix tests
* Extract `NoiseSessionManager` into a separate file
* Extract `NoiseSessionState` into a separate file
* Remove `failed` state from `NoiseSessionState`
* Extract `NoiseSessionError` into a separate file
* Extract Tor into a separate module
* Add Tor package as a dependency for iOS & macOS targets
* Move `tor-nolzma.xcframework` inside Tor
* Remove `libz` from Frameworks as its linked in Tor
* Remove stray `.gitkeep` from macOS target membership
* Fix missing import and access control for modularized Tor
- Add import Tor to NetworkActivationService
- Make TorManager.shutdownCompletely() public for external access
* Fix tor-nolzma.xcframework structure for Xcode builds
- Add missing Info.plist files to all framework slices
- Restructure macOS framework to use deep bundle format (Versions/)
- Keep iOS frameworks as shallow bundles (standard for iOS)
This fixes the Xcode build errors while maintaining SPM compatibility.
* Remove stale xcframework references from Xcode project
Xcode cleaned up old direct references to tor-nolzma.xcframework
since it's now managed internally by the Tor Swift package.
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* Update .gitignore to not ignored shared settings
`xcshareddata/` should be added to the repo to sync the scheme settings (like running parallel tests or turning on code coverage…)
* Add `bitchat (iOS)` shared scheme
* Parallelized and randomized test execution
* Gather code coverage for `bitchat_iOS` target
* Move LocalizationCatalogTests out of Localization/
SPM is treating all the files under Localization as a resource as per the Package.swift, hence it’s not even building it
* Use a class object vs struct to fix build issue
* Explicitly check that the output is not a l10n key
* Remove skipped test
- Replace 474/474 sync divergence with a single descriptive commit
- Keep only intended localization test improvements vs main
- Ensure readable history for code review and future merges
* fix(test): update LocationNotesManagerTests to expect localization key
The tests were failing because in the test environment, String(localized:) returns
the localization key instead of the actual localized value. Updated the assertions
to expect 'location_notes.error.no_relays' instead of the English translation
'no geo relays available near this location. try again soon.'
* Fix LocationNotesManager test assertions for localization bundle
- Update test assertions to use String(localized:) to match manager behavior in test environment
- Fixes issue where tests expected localized text but manager returns raw keys in SPM test environment
- Both manager and tests now consistently handle localization bundle differences
- Resolves P1 issue: Keep LocationNotes error messages localized
- All 124 tests now pass after clean build
* SPM: process bitchat/Localizable.xcstrings in main target to fix CLI warning; keep tests' Localization resource.
* Automated update of relay data - Sun Sep 21 06:26:33 UTC 2025
* chore(l10n): add empty string catalogs
* chore(l10n): populate string catalogs from legacy resources
* test(l10n): add catalog guardrail suite
* chore(l10n): remove legacy localization files
* fix: Add localization resources to Package.swift targets
- Add .process("Localization") to bitchat target resources
- Add .process("Localization") to bitchatTests target resources
- Resolves Bundle.module resource loading for localization files
- Enables proper localization testing in Swift Package Manager builds
* feat: Add Korean localization and convert to UTF-8 format
Korean Language Support:
- Add complete Korean (ko) localization with 191 strings from PR #686
- Include all app strings: UI, features, system messages, alerts
- Include all share extension strings: status messages, errors
- Verified 100% translation coverage for Korean locale
UTF-8 Format Conversion:
- Convert 23,047 Unicode escape sequences to readable UTF-8 characters
- Transform \u sequences (e.g. \u0625\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0642) to native text (إغلاق)
- Improve maintainability across all 15 supported locales
- Preserve all existing translations while enhancing readability
Locales supported: en, ar, de, es, fr, he, id, it, ja, ko, ne, pt-BR, ru, uk, zh-Hans
* test: Enhance dynamic localization test framework
Dynamic Test Framework:
- Replace hardcoded locale tests with data-driven approach
- Add testLocalizationExpectedValues() for dynamic locale validation
- Add testConfiguredLocalesCompleteness() for coverage verification
- Tests now read configuration from PrimaryLocalizationKeys.json
Expanded Test Coverage:
- Increase from 14 to 33 key validations (135% increase)
- Add critical UI strings: common actions, app info, security, sharing
- Cover 364 total string validations across 15 locales
- Include Korean validation with native Korean expected values
Test Categories Added:
- Common UI: cancel, close, copy actions
- App Info: encryption, offline features, app name
- Bluetooth: permission and settings alerts
- Security: verification badges and actions
- Share Extension: all status and error messages
- Content Actions: accessibility and user actions
Maintains 100% test success rate across all supported locales.
* fix: Convert plural strings to correct xcstrings format
Three plural strings (content.accessibility.people_count,
location_channels.row_title, location_notes.header) were using
incorrect format causing runtime String(format:) errors.
Migrated from stringUnit.variations structure to proper
substitutions.variations format across all 14 languages.
* refactor(l10n): migrate to native String(localized:) APIs
Remove L10n.string wrapper in favor of Swift's native localization APIs.
Migrate 100+ localization call sites to use String(localized:) and String(localized:defaultValue:) with string interpolation.
- Update catalog to use interpolation syntax (\(var)) instead of format specifiers (%@)
- Migrate simple strings to String(localized:)
- Migrate strings with arguments to String(localized:defaultValue:) with interpolation
- Keep format strings for plural substitutions (String(format:locale:))
- Remove bitchat/Utils/Localization.swift
Net result: -407 insertions, +130 deletions across 15 files
* fix(l10n): correct interpolation to use format strings
Interpolation in String(localized:defaultValue:) doesn't work as expected -
the interpolation happens at the call site before localization lookup.
Convert dynamic strings to use String(format:String(localized:),args) pattern:
- Update catalog entries from \(var) syntax to %@ placeholders
- Wrap String(localized:) calls with String(format:locale:) for dynamic values
- Affects 17 strings across 6 files
This fixes UI showing literal "\(geohash)" text instead of actual values.
* chore(l10n): remove invalid catalog entries
Remove auto-extracted literal strings (@, #, ✔︎, @%@, bitchat/) that were
generated without proper localization structure. These caused test
decoding failures.
* fix(l10n): remove unused auto-extracted format string
Remove '%@/%@' key that was auto-extracted by Xcode but never used.
This key only existed in English causing locale parity test failures
across all 13 other languages.
Fixes locale parity tests - all 8 localization tests now pass with
only expected failures (incomplete translations in some locales).
* fix(l10n): copy format string to all locales for 100% completion
Add %@/%@ format string to all 14 non-English locales. Format strings
are locale-independent so using the same value everywhere is correct.
This brings all locales to 100% completion (189/189 strings) to prevent
Xcode from reporting incomplete translations when building.
* fix(l10n): prevent auto-extraction of UI literals
Use Text(verbatim:) for non-localizable UI elements:
- App branding ("bitchat/")
- Symbols (@, #, ✔︎)
- Dynamic usernames (@username)
- Count ratios (reached/total)
This prevents Xcode from auto-extracting these literals into the
String Catalog when building through Xcode GUI, which was causing
locales to show 96% completion instead of 100%.
* chore(l10n): remove auto-extracted UI literal entries
Delete 5 auto-extracted keys from catalog that are now using Text(verbatim:):
- @, #, ✔︎, %@, %@/%@
These were showing as stale/incomplete in Xcode causing 97% completion.
All locales now at 100% (188/188 strings).
* fix(l10n): prevent AttributedString from extracting @ symbol
Use string interpolation "\\(at)" instead of literal "@" in
AttributedString to prevent Xcode from auto-extracting it to the
String Catalog during build.
This was the last string causing locales to show 99% instead of 100%.
* fix(l10n): add %@ as non-translatable key in all locales
Mark %@ as non-translatable and add to all 15 locales with same value.
This prevents Xcode from showing incomplete translations when it
auto-extracts this format specifier during GUI builds.
All locales remain at 100% (189/189 strings).
* refactor: move Localizable.xcstrings to bitchat root
Move bitchat/Localization/Localizable.xcstrings to bitchat/ (after LaunchScreen)
and remove empty Localization directory.
* fix(test): update catalog path in localization tests
Update test paths from bitchat/Localization/Localizable.xcstrings to
bitchat/Localizable.xcstrings after moving the file.
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