The big new feature in this release is a proper 🌑 dark mode theme 🌚, which you can select in the settings screen.
There are a few other improvements, mostly platform things on Android & iOS.
Highlights from this release
- A brand new 🌑 dark mode theme 🌚! Choose it in Settings → Appearance
- Switching themes takes effect instantly without restarting Robrix, and is remembered across restarting the app
- Coming soon: more themes, auto-switching based on system theme, etc
- Android: resizing the screen, doing split-screen, or opening/closing a folding phone now seamlessly works without losing any app context
- iOS 27: fixed a rare/unusual crash when tapping a text input
- Rotating your phone keeps your scroll position in the room locked to where it was
- Modals (dialog popups) have better layout and margins, especially on mobile devices
- Bug fix: scrolling the "View Event Source" modal now works on touch screens too
Downloading and Installing Robrix
macOS
Download and open the .dmg, then drag Robrix to your Applications folder as normal.
- Apple Silicon (M1 and later):
Robrix_1.0.0-beta.4_aarch64.dmg(github.com) - Intel (x86_64):
Robrix_1.0.0-beta.4_x64.dmg(github.com)
iOS and iPadOS
Join the TestFlight beta at https://testflight.apple.com/join/cQPRgdVY.
Android
Download and then sideload Robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-android-aarch64.apk (github.com). You'll need to allow installing from unknown sources.
Windows 10 and 11
Download and run the installer robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-windows-x86_64.exe (github.com).
Linux
Ubuntu or Debian (and similar) distros.
Pick the proper version for your distro and CPU architecture:
| Your system | File |
|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04+, x86_64 (Intel/AMD) | robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-ubuntu-24.04-x86_64.deb (github.com) |
| Ubuntu 24.04+, aarch64 (ARM) | robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-ubuntu-24.04-arm-aarch64.deb (github.com) |
| Ubuntu 22.04, x86_64 (Intel/AMD) | robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-ubuntu-22.04-x86_64.deb (github.com) |
| Ubuntu 22.04, aarch64 (ARM) | robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-ubuntu-22.04-arm-aarch64.deb (github.com) |
Download and open that file in the Software Center (or App Center), or run this in your terminal:
:::sh
sudo apt install ./robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-ubuntu-24.04-x86_64.deb ## the ./ part is required
Arch Linux.
Download robrix-1.0.0beta.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst (github.com) on x86_64 or robrix-1.0.0beta.4-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst (github.com) on ARM, then run:
:::sh
sudo pacman -U robrix-1.0.0beta.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst ## x86_64
sudo pacman -U robrix-1.0.0beta.4-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst ## Arch Linux ARM and Asahi
Note that the robrix_1.0.0-beta.4_x86_64.tar.gz and robrix_1.0.0-beta.4_aarch64.tar.gz files are just published for use with community-maintained AUR packages (see robrix-bin and robrix-git in that package manager). We can't guarantee they are correct or up-to-date.
AppImage (for any Linux).
Download robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-x86_64.AppImage (github.com) on x86_64 or robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-aarch64.AppImage (github.com) on ARM, and then run:
:::sh
chmod +x robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-x86_64.AppImage
./robrix-1.0.0-beta.4-x86_64.AppImage
What changed in Robrix since the last release
Click here to view the full list
* fix makepad crash for text inputs in iOS 27 by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1156 * refactor all color-related things to be Splash script (dynamic) by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1159 * Tweak modal layout (margins, size, etc) by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1160 * fix scrolling in the event source modal by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1161 * finish making the UI dynamically themeable by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1162 * themeing: split up colors that were used for more than one role by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1163 * Implement a proper dark theme with live switching by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1164 * Android: don't restart the app on fold, split-screen, etc by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1165 * themes: use different color for floating/overlay panes, neutral buttons by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1166 * actually fix touch scrolling for event source modal by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1167 * Release version 1.0.0-beta.4 by @kevinaboos in https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/pull/1168Changes we made to Makepad since the last release
As always, a significant amount of our effort is spent upstreaming improvements & fixes into Makepad, such that Robrix and everyone else benefits from them.
Click here to expand the full list of Makepad changes that are relevant to Robrix
* Rotating your phone while you're scrolled up in a room no longer pulls you back down to the newest message. Rotating changes the screen's safe areas, like where the notch is, which makes Makepad re-apply every widget's style, and that turned the timeline's "follow the newest message" mode back on. Switching between the light and dark themes re-applies styles the same way, so it keeps your place too. Parts of the UI that only exist in the other layout (desktop or mobile) also pick up a new theme once you switch to that layout, and tooltips now take their colors from the theme instead of hardcoded ones. ([makepad#1315](https://github.com/makepad/makepad/pull/1315)) * Scrolling works properly when one scrollable area sits inside another, like the code in the View Source dialog. Each scroll gesture now stays with the innermost area that can scroll that way, even once it hits the end, so the area around it doesn't suddenly start moving partway through a gesture or from leftover momentum. On a touchscreen, dragging on something that only scrolls sideways can also scroll the page around it up and down, and when both can move, a drag keeps to the direction it started in, or moves both if you start diagonally. A touch drag over code also scrolls it now, instead of selecting text. ([makepad#1317](https://github.com/makepad/makepad/pull/1317)) * Android: Robrix no longer restarts when you fold or unfold your phone, enter or leave split-screen, or change system settings like dark mode, display size, font size, language, or wallpaper. Android recreates an app's activity whenever a setting changes that the app hasn't declared it can handle, and Makepad mistook the old activity going away for the app quitting, so Robrix started over from scratch, sometimes even showing a login error. Makepad (and Robrix) now declare all the settings changes they can handle in place, like a new display density. For the few changes that recreate the activity no matter what, like a new wallpaper, the running app now just moves over to the new activity. ([makepad#1318](https://github.com/makepad/makepad/pull/1318)) * iOS 27: fixed a crash that some people hit when tapping into a text box. While sliding the keyboard in, iOS 27 asks the predictive text bar's controller for its style without checking what kind of controller it is, and when the bar has lost its real controller, iOS wraps it in a generic one that doesn't know how to answer, which crashed the app. Makepad now teaches that generic controller to give the default answer, so iOS carries on as usual. ([makepad#1309](https://github.com/makepad/makepad/pull/1309))Full Changelog: https://github.com/project-robius/robrix/compare/v1.0.0-beta.3...v1.0.0-beta.4
