alovoa

Improved reporting handling

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa/compare/v1.10.0...v1.11.0

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

Now live! https://alovoa.herokuapp.com/
Note: Social login only works on localhost

Alovoa now supports 10 languages!

Admin area finished!
Allow user to delete profile picture
Fixed: oAuth Users can't request data or delete account

User can now add more images
User can now add their interests and filter by interest in the search area

Vastly improved mobile view
Replaced all hard coded text strings so they can be easily replaced (translation is way easier)
Dark Theme!!!
Lots and lots of bug fixes and improvements
Note: Profile image size for test version has been increased to 50KB
New version now live: https://alovoa.herokuapp.com/

Web Push API using VAPID. You can now opt-in to receive notifications on every modern browser except Safari (and every other browser on iOS).
Keep in mind that the application will connect to a proprietary server that's hard coded in your browser.

What's new:
Encrypted messages
More secure captcha
Cleaning up User table
Less accurate location for more privacy
Several quality of life improvements

All basic functions have been implemented! Of course, there are some rough edges here and there.
You can now:

• Register an account
• Activate an account via email
• Edit your profile
• Search for other users
• Like users
• Dislike users
• Block users
• Report users
• View user profile
• Match with users
• Message matched users