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Offband Meshcore 1.2.0
A big one. This release rebuilds how Offband stores your data, gives the app a new navigation shell, and makes GIFs work across every MeshCore client. It is also the first Offband release built, signed, and published across all platforms automatically through CI.
Your data now lives in a real database
Messages, contacts, channels, and the rest have moved from scattered preference entries to a proper drift / SQLite database. Your existing data is migrated automatically the first time you open this version, and nothing is thrown away. Message history is kept in full, storage errors no longer fail silently, and on desktop the database no longer gets tangled up in OneDrive/Documents sync.
Because this is a one-time on-device migration, it is worth backing up nothing in particular but simply being aware that the first launch does a little more work than usual.
A new way to get around
There is a new navigation drawer you open from the hamburger button, and you can pin it open so it stays alongside your chat. The channel list lives there and you can switch channels without leaving the one you are in. Map layer toggles moved into the panel, Disconnect and Settings moved to its footer, and Contacts gained a filter rail. The back button now behaves the way you would expect: it backgrounds the app instead of killing it, and it no longer knocks you off a connected radio.
GIFs that work everywhere
GIFs are now sent as a plain Giphy link instead of an Offband-only code, so people on other MeshCore clients can actually see them. Pasted Giphy and Tenor links render inline, behind a trusted-host allowlist.
Also in this release
- Desktop remembers your window position and size.
- Reach a contact's settings straight from its long-press menu.
- FEM LNA control and Offband capability readout in Device Info, where the radio supports it.
- You can no longer accidentally block your own node.
Full details in the changelog.