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Release notes

Version 2.0.2

• Fixed App IDs collection view assertion crash on iOS 18
• Fixed My Apps tab collection view assertion crash on iOS 18
• Fixed "Handshake Failed" error when signing-in

Version 2.0.1

New

• Added dark mode & tinted app icons
• Added Home Screen quick actions with support info

Fixed

• Fixed crash when fetching source containing app larger than 2GB
• Fixed handling Patreon rate limit errors
• Fixed crash updating apps if more than 1 update is available
• Fixed crash installing apps if the internet connection drops

Version 2.0

Sources

• Add any 3rd-party source, in addition to existing Recommended Sources!

• New dedicated Sources tab to easily manage and browse sources

• Separate "Add Source" screen to simplify adding sources

• Preview sources before adding them to AltStor

• Supports remote blocking malicious sources

Redesigned Browse Tab

• New "card" design for app listings

• View most recently updated apps at a glance

• Browse apps by source or by 8 new categories

• Scroll through featured apps from each source

• Change sort order of apps when browsing by source or category

• Tap category name to easily switch between categories when browsing

• Swipe through all screenshots directly from Browse tab

Patreon

• 3rd-party sources can now distribute Patreon-exclusive apps to patrons, including free members

• Donate to developers' Patreons and download Patreon-exclusive apps all within AltStore

• Supports "custom" pledge amounts so patrons can donate what they want

• Shows required pledge amount for Patreon apps (if provided)

App Icon

• Brand new app icon

• Choose alternate app icons in Settings

Detailed App Permissions

• View all entitlements and privacy permissions for an app from its store page

• Tap any permission to view a detailed description

• Automatically verifies permissions are accurate before installing

• Asks user to review permissions when installing and updating app

Source JSON

• Supports JSON5

• buildVersion parameter allows distributing multiple builds with same app version

• sha256 parameter lets AltStore verify downloaded .ipa's have the correct SHA-256 hash

• appPermissions parameter declares all permissions used by an app and its extensions

• marketingVersion parameter allows customizing the version displayed to the user

Misc.

• Added social media follow buttons to Settings

• Handles “search” and “view app” deep links

Screenshots

• Supports screenshots of different sizes

• Supports both iPhone and iPad specific screenshots

• Automatically rounds screenshots taken with Face ID iPhone

• Preview screenshots full-screen by tapping them from an app's store page

• Dismiss full-screen screenshots with swipe gesture

App Verification

• Verifies downloaded app version matches source

• Verifies downloaded app build version matches source

• Verifies downloaded app’s permissions match source

• Verifies downloaded .ipa matches SHA-256 hash (if provided)

Source Verification

• Verifies source's identifier doesn't change after refreshing

• Verifies source’s identifier doesn’t match existing sources when adding

• Verifies all privacy permissions have a valid usageDescription

• Throws error when adding marketplace source to non-marketplace AltStore (and vice versa)

• Includes missing last Coding Path value for DecodingError.keyNotFound

• Deprecates identifier key

News Tab

• Changed image aspect ratio to 3:2

• Updated font to use dynamic text styles

• Uses uniform height for all News Items on source's detail page

Logging

• Switched to OSLog.framework for important tasks

• Export detailed logs via Error Log from Settings tab

Image Caching

• Increased cache limit to reduce how often AltStore refetches images

• Clear image cache with “Clear Cache…” option in Settings

Misc.

• Limits relative dates to "Today" and "Yesterday"

• Changed "WiFi" spelling to "Wi-Fi"

• Displays version # for updates in My Apps tab

• Replaced AppCenter dependency with TelemetryDeck

• Added Privacy manifest

• Updated Patreon sign-out alert message to apply to all pledged apps

• Rethrows Core Data save errors after installing apps

• Captures #fileID and #line for OperationError.appNotFound

• Enforces consistent minimum size for PillButton

• Updates AppViewController to use UINavigationBarAppearance APIs

Resigning Apps

• Fixed various issues resigning certain apps

• Fixed app sometimes freezing when installing/refreshing apps

• Fixed resigning apps with entitlements the original app doesn’t have

• Fixed resigning apps without required entitlements

• Fixed resigning apps with wildcard `keychain-access-groups` entitlement

• Fixed resigning apps with non-English alphanumeric characters in name

User Interface

• Fixed Settings tab bar disappearing on iOS 18

• Fixed squished banners on App IDs screen

• Fixed button titles flashing when scrolling into view

• Fixed incorrect corner radius animation for app + source detail screens

• Fixed "More" button appearing by accident if text height exactly equals collapsed height

• Fixed not showing "more updates" button when there are more than 2 updates

• Fixed erroneously showing “Unsupported Updates Available” message

• Fixed showing “Update” button on app store page when no supported update is available

• Fixed incorrect cell height for some News items

• Fixed missing blur when pushing AppViewController onto modal navigation controller

Misc.

• Fixed crash when adding source with the same name as another source

• Fixed “Core Data error” if error occurs while parsing Source JSON

• Fixed redundant app update appearing after failing to backup/restore app

• Fixed not showing toast view if error occurs during initial sources fetch

• Fixed incorrectly handling various cancelled operations

• Fixed error fetching Friend Zone patrons due to unexpected nil name

• Fixed incorrectly merging app versions for same app from different sources

• Fixed migration error on launch if AltStore app group does not exist

• Fixed "missing app group" error if AltStore app group is not the first one listed in Info.plist

• Fixed accidentally saving "Operation Cancelled" errors to Error Log

• [iPad] Fixed crash when removing apps from My Apps tab

• Fixed CollapsingTextView “TextKit 1 compatibility mode” runtime warning

• Fixed "transformable properties not using secure transformer" runtime warnings

• Fixed "unsatisfiable constraints" runtime error for InstalledAppsCollectionFooterView